nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: black stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. The drink Guinness. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Chuckling, we admitted that we would probably partake in a few pints of the black stuff that evening. Example: Regular patrons are convinced that the pub is haunted by the restless spirit of Grace Neill herself, the former owner of the inn who died in 1916 at the age of 98. But don't let that stop your enjoying a perfect pint of the black stuff (from £2.80) and a slap-up lunch.
Word: Pseudomacedonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + Macedonism. For more, see Macedonia. 1. The practice of appropriating to Slavic Macedonia the name, symbolism and history of ancient (Greek) Macedonia. Labels: derogatory, rare, uncountable Example: The unity of selected, falsified cultural heritages of the subjugated peoples represents the muddy historical ground for Pseudomacedonism. Example: […] the holy "truths" of the Pseudomacedonism, the crucial among which is the claim that today´s "Makedonci" of FYROM are direct descendants of Alexander's […]
Word: bellowings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bellowing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beneficed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of benefice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beneficed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a benefice Labels: not-comparable Example: a lewde curate, A parson benyfyced But nothynge well advysed. Example: Sir Wycherly was not a hard drinker, like Dutton; but he was a fair drinker, like Mr. Rotherham, and most of the beneficed clergy of that day.
Word: discount rate Part of Speech: noun 1. An interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The interest rate used to discount future cashflows of a financial instrument; the annual interest rate used to decrease the amounts of future cashflows to yield their present value. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: derma- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *der- Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δέρμᾰ (dérmă)der. English derma- See derma, dermal. 1. Alternative form of dermo-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: veredas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vereda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anny Part of Speech: det 1. Pronunciation spelling of any. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: However seeks dhe anallogy (or natural rule) ov anny tung, must dherfore find it at home; nor wil dhe seeker seek in vain. Example: Ye can't get out o' this for anny less.
Word: anythink Part of Speech: pron 1. Pronunciation spelling of anything. Labels: UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: 'Well, mother told me to ride acrost and see if you wanted anythink. Example: "Lost anythink, Matey?" said he.
Word: arternoon Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of afternoon. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: This oversight of the arternoon has made me somewhat conscientious, if I can be conscientious, and my sight and hearing are now both wide awake. Example: "Good arternoon, sir," said a man who, with a short whip in his hand, trudged beside the white horse that towed the barge.
Word: artizan Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of artisan. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Human education joined to that of nature, may make a good citizen, a skilful artizan, or a well-bred man; but a higher power is wanting in order to produce a Bacon or a Newton. Example: We have been artists if not artizans."
Word: artizans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artizan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bravoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bravo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burthened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of burthen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burglarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From burglar + -ious. Pronunciation: /bɜːˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/, /bɝˈɡlɛɹi.əs/ 1. Being or resembling a burglar Example: At nine o'clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not the liveliest object even in Saint Mary Axe--which is not a very lively spot--with a sobbing gaslight in the counting-house window, and a burglarious stream of fog creeping in to strangle it through the keyhole of the main door. Example: He felt what a great advantage it was to be forewarned of the impending danger, since being forewarned was forearmed, as with the help of the police he could prepare for his burglarious visitors.
Word: acrost Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From across + excrescent t. 1. Alternative form of across. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, nonstandard Example: Now ye sling a couple o' saplings acrost the durrt ye've chucked out. Example: It's in that little brick buildin' straight acrost from the sheriff's door o' the jail--ye've been neighbors this long time!
Word: booke Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of book. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: TO ALL SVCH AS HAVE receiued either pleasure or profite by the two former published bookes of this Argument: And to all beside, that desire to know the wonderfull slie deuises of this hellish crew of Conny-catchers. Example: Scene 10: Enter five or sixe Protestants with bookes, and kneele together.
Word: bowlder Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of boulder. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Between was the wild valley where cattle grazed among the trees and the massive bowlders. Example: Here lay a desolate valley—a shallow, narrow valley dotted with stunted trees and covered with many great bowlders.
Word: bedad Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From by dad, euphemistic form of by God. 1. by God Labels: Ireland, dated Example: Lady O'Dowd is also so attached to it that, she says, if anything were to happen to Mick, bedad she'd come back and marry some of 'em. Example: But as for the party, bedad, it's rotten to the core, and won't stand another session.
Word: burthensome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From burthen + -some. 1. Obsolete spelling of burdensome. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: All ye that, as I do, have felt this smart, Ye know how burthensome 'tis at my heart. Example: "I can, madam, but I do not love one," said Anne, thinking of her most burthensome one.
Word: rewalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + walk. 1. To walk again, specifically to walk where one has already walked. Example: At the very least, rewalking a field should be able to prove that if broadly similar patterns are repeated, the original surface collection was not the product of chance.
Word: rewalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rewalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rewalking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rewalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rewalked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rewalk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reactiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reactive + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being reactive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: airth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of earth. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: I've hearn some folks pretend that it comes from the bowels of the airth, but it don't; its^([sic]) a thing of the air, and I've a notion it travels a mighty long way from its startin' place afore it reaches us. " Example: "As I was tellin' ye," he said, "I allers loved fishin' an' knowed 't was the best thing in the hull airth.
Word: faber Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of fabe: more fabe Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: canonicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canonical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Janette Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet. Example: "Is Janette Lisle Miss Lisle, Walter?" "Yes, Vinnie; the eldest Miss Lisle. Janette is her name. Very pretty name, don't you think?" Example: "Janette Marie de la Beauville," he said softly. "It's a good name. Did you see it on the ad? It sounds much more important than Harry Winston."
Word: Janna Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Hebrew, a fanciful modern variant of Jane. Example: Clever little sister Janna. Correction, Jane. She wasn't going to call me Janna, Jane it was and Jane it will be, to the end. How many times I have said to her, Georgie, no one calls me Jane, no one, I want to be Janna. I can't remember to, says she, making a point, and that's that. She thinks Janna is a smart little name to go with a smart little job.
Word: Thecla Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of an apocryphal early Christian martyr, Ancient Greek Θεοκλεία (Theokleía), (from θεός (theós, “god”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”)). Pronunciation: /θɛklə/, /θiːklə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. 2. An early Christian saint, whose life is recorded in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. Example: 1990, Karen Armstrong, 8: Karen Armstrong: The Acts of Paul and Thecla, Ann Loades, Feminist Theology: A Reader, page 83, One of the first of the virgin saints to act as an important role model for women was Thecla, the legendary disciple of St Paul. Example: In the context of impending martyrdom, the beauty of Thecla’s virgin body connotes dynamis owing less to the eros she evokes and more to the chastity, piety, and resistance she promotes.⁶⁹ That Thecla is also an object of erotic desire, however, is evidenced in men's reactions to her.
Word: Theckla Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Thecla.
Word: tutelars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tutelar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saini Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੈਣੀ (saiṇī). 1. A surname from Punjabi.
Word: fictile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin fictilus, from fictus (from fingere (“to shape, form, devise”)) + -ilis Pronunciation: /ˈfɪktəl/, /ˈfɪktɪl/, /ˈfɪktaɪl/ 1. Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work 2. Molded of clay or earth 3. Of or relating to earthenware 4. Capable of being led or directed Labels: figuratively
Word: qualis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quali Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zayn Part of Speech: noun 1. The letter ز in the Arabic script.
Word: chillaxin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of chillax Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, present
Word: chillaxin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of chillaxing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: senvy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English senvey, senevey, from Old French senevé, senevei, from Vulgar Latin *sināpātium, from Latin sināpi (→ Old French senef), from Ancient Greek σίνᾱπι (sínāpi). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnvi/, /ˈsɛmvi/ 1. The mustard plant or its seed. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The wheat seemed to have disappeared, to make room for a prodigious quantity of senvy which looked extremely well.
Word: senvies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senvy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-mail Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiːmeɪl/ 1. Alternative form of email. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: I finally figured out what e-mail is for. it's for communicating with people you'd rather not talk to. Example: She had been crushed for two whole days by an e-mail from her betrothed, which had announced that he had married a British woman.
Word: e-mail Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈiːmeɪl/ 1. Alternative form of email. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In a poll released last week, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 58 percent of drivers consider other motorists talking on a cellphone to be a very serious threat and that 87 percent consider motorists e-mailing or texting to be such a threat.
Word: æmulation Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of emulation. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] with what æmulation of his concurrents and feare of the Umpiers, hee strove for the Mastery, it is almost incredible. His manner was to deale with his adversaries, as if they had been but his æquals and of the same condition with him, in this sort : namely, to observe, watch and mark their […]
Word: æmulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of æmulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aemulation Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of emulation. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN 'Aemulation' was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.
Word: geniculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin geniculum. 1. A small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.
Word: nonpreservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + preservation. 1. Failure to preserve or be preserved Labels: uncountable Example: We consider a hypothesis of missing diversity plausible if the probability of complete nonpreservation of the group is at least 0.5.
Word: hydraulic retention times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydraulic retention time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: age of judgement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of age of judgment. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order … And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation. Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables … Western reason had entered the 'age of judgement'.
Word: age of judgment Part of Speech: noun 1. The age at which a child is presumed to be able to judge the difference between right and wrong Example: The reason of the distinction between the contracts of minors under the age of 18 and the contracts of minors over 18 years is this, that a minor under the age of 18 is presumed not to have arrived at an age of judgment and discretion sufficient to protect him from the schemes of those who might take advantage of his infancy to defraud him ; and all persons who enter into a contract with a minor under the age of 18 must do so at the peril of having such a contract absolutely disowned and disaffirmed. Civil Code, Section 35. Example: The students are growing and developing at an astonishing rate mentally, physically, and morally. They are no longer children nor have they reached the age of judgment and discretion, but are in the period of transition, of vital and tremendous change. 2. The time of the Last Judgment Example: Thus if God fixes and determines the Day of Judgment, upon the foreſight of ſuch a General Impiety as will deſerve a final exciſion, God cannot reveal this to the World: For one would think it impoſſible, did the World know this beforehand, but the Age of Judgment ſhould be the moſt Devout and Religious Age, that ever had been from the beginning of the World; and then that would not be a fit time to deſtroy the World; and God could not foreſee it the propereſt time of Judgment.
Word: foothot Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fot hot; equivalent to foot + hot. 1. Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at once. Labels: obsolete Example: Thenne there came two knyȝtes of Northgales / that one hyghte Hewe de la montayne / and the other syr Madok de la montayne / & they chalengyd sire launcelot foote hote / Syr Launcelot not refusyng hem but made hym redy
Word: labium minus Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of labia minora Labels: form-of, singular
Word: raught Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English raughte, raghte, from Old English rāhte, a past tense form of rǣċan (“to reach”) (compare taught and teach). Pronunciation: /ɹɔːt/ 1. simple past and past participle of reach Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: His tayle was stretched out in wondrous length, That to the house of heavenly gods it raught, […]
Word: raught Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English roughte, rought, from Old English reahte, first and third person singular preterite of reccan (“to stretch, extend, go”). More at reck. Pronunciation: /ɹɔːt/ 1. simple past and past participle of reck Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: dermato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέρματο- (dérmato-), combining form of δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). 1. Dermal: dermis, but also often, broadly, skin or epidermis. Labels: morpheme Example: Near-synonyms: epidermo-, epidermal
Word: talwege Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Talwege, plural form of Talweg. Pronunciation: /ˈtaːlvɛçə/ 1. plural of talweg Labels: form-of, plural Example: Thus the hypsometric curves (Text-fig. 9) and the talwege (Text-fig. 6) are not so unstable as their form might lead one to believe.
Word: talwegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talweg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball carriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball carrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long-tailed tits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-tailed tit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball-peen hammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball-peen hammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball-pein hammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball-pein hammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball players Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball player Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballpoint pens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballpoint pen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball-point pens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball-point pen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball sacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball sack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thalwege Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Thalwege, plural form of Thalweg, obsolete (pre-1901) spelling of Talweg. Pronunciation: /ˈtaːlvɛçə/ 1. plural of thalweg Labels: form-of, plural Example: Includes longitudinal river profiles, graded profiles, graded slopes, graded streams, thalwege, interlocking spurs.
Word: caricaturesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French caricaturesque. 1. cartoon-like 2. in the style of a caricature
Word: planeside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plane + -side. 1. Beside an airplane; particularly used of baggage check or security searches Labels: not-comparable Example: As a frequent traveler, I often take two suitcases through security but drop them off planeside before boarding, to be stored with other checked bags while in flight.
Word: planeside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plane + -side. 1. A position beside an airplane. Example: In particular was the momentary departure for Vietnam of a brigade of the 82d Airborne Division from Fort Bragg—with LBJ shaking hands at planeside. Example: If, however, the runner is required to obtain the signature of the individual at planeside to whom the package was delivered, the possibility of theft immediately lessens; individuals are less likely to steal--or be careless with--a package if they know that their signature is the last one on a receipt.
Word: bonâ fide Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bona fide. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Any bonâ fide quotations for the following : Abnegative, abnet, abnodate, abnodation, […]
Word: acersecomic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acersecomes. 1. A person who does not cut their hair. Labels: rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acersecomic.
Word: autocratship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From autocrat + -ship. 1. The state of being an autocrat; autocracy. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Keelung Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 雞籠 (Jīlóng), before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. 1. A city in north-eastern Taiwan. Example: SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HARBOR OF KEELUNG, ISLAND OF FORMOSA. . . . Keelung harbor, or Keelung-taw, head (or promontory) is situated near the northeastern point of the island of Formosa. . . . Making and keeping Keelung island well to the eastward, the entrance may be approached without fear, as the soundings are deep, and free from hidden dangers....The town of Keelung is situated at the head of the harbor, about a mile from this last anchorage, and surrounded by extensive mud flats, bare at low water, and can only be approached by small boats at high tides. . . . There is a covered market or bazaar at Sowan Point, near the junk anchorage, and another in the town of Keelung. Example: This trade is as yet undeveloped, but would increase were greater facilities for communication in existence. The principal imports at present are Coal and Rice, but in time of dearth the export from Formosa of the latter commodity is prevented by the Native authorities. Keelung Coal is brought over almost exclusively for the use of coasting steamers.
Word: Jilong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 基隆 (Jīlóng). 1. Synonym of Keelung. Example: Heavy industry developed in the 1970s at Taiwan's other main cities: Jilong, Taizhong, and Gaoxiung^([sic – meaning Gaoxiong]). Jilong, 25 km. east of Taipei, is located near Taiwan's main coal deposit, which has an annual yield of about 2.5 million metric tons. Example: We began to think of moving because of the low salary but also because we were getting very tired of living in Jilong. The weather there is simply terrible: it rains constantly, and the wind blows.
Word: Jiayi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嘉義 (Jiāyì). 1. Alternative form of Chiayi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: About two-thirds of the island is composed of rugged uplands, and numerous peaks crest above 3,000 m. The island’s tallest mountain is Yushan (Jade Mountain). It rises 4,000 m and is located inland from Jiayi (Chia-i), almost astride the Tropic of Cancer. Example: The southern town of Jiayi cemented its reputation as the baseball capital of Taiwan when several of its sons went on to star in baseball in Japan.
Word: céléripede Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of celeripede. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The frame of the céléripede was a wooden bar that was attached to two wheels.
Word: céléripedes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of céléripede Labels: form-of, plural
Word: celeripede Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French céléripède. Pronunciation: /sɛˈlɛɹɪpiːd/, /seɪleɪɹipɛd/ 1. An early form of the bicycle, consisting of two wheels of equal diameter attached by a wooden bar and lacking either pedals or a means of steering. Labels: also, attributive, historical Example: [… I]f Louis Philippe would read out of our book, the French would catch the infection, transmit the mails and passengers to Rennes, and thus give them that celeripede character of which they are so fond of boasting. Example: Celeripede and velocipede (abbreviated often into velo), both stressed “swiftness of foot.” The Frenchman’s claim goes back to 1816. M. Niepce was a pioneer of photography. Possibly with Sivrac’s contraption in mind, he built a machine that, because of its speed, he called a celeripede. It was a simple device consisting of two equal-sized wooden wheels connected by a bar upon which the rider sat and pushed himself forward by “walking.”
Word: celeripedes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celeripede Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambiposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ambi- + position. 1. An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement. Example: The ascribing of postpositions to Indo-European is not well founded. The elements concerned may have been ambipositions.
Word: ambipositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambiposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debacchate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēbacchātus, perfect active participle of Latin dēbacchor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /dɪˈbækeɪt/ 1. To rant as if drunk. Labels: rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:debacchate.
Word: esquivalience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Made up as a copyright trap in the 2001 New Oxford American Dictionary, and said to be related to French esquiver (“evade, dodge, duck”). Began to see actual use by 2006, after having been identified as fictitious in 2005. The entry is still present in the dictionary's third edition (2010). Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.kwɪˈveɪ.li.əns/ 1. Deliberate shirking of one's official duties. Labels: uncountable Example: The New Oxford American Dictionary, for example, defines "esquivalience" as "the wilful avoidance of one's official responsibilities" […] they were "trying to make a word that could not arise in nature". But ploughing through to result 112 of 51,800 Google search hits turned up the phrase "esquivalience in the Oval Office". Example: 'Esquivalience', McKean explained, was chosen as a reflection of how diligently the team had grafted; they wanted to catch people who displayed ultimate esquivalience by simply copying all of their hard work.
Word: jejunation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ieiūnātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛd͡ʒuˈneɪ̯ʃən/, /ˌd͡ʒɛd͡ʒ(j)ʊˈneɪ̯ʃən/ 1. fasting Labels: no-plural, obsolete, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:jejunation.
Word: snilch Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /snɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. To eye or look or spy at any thing attentively. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: “[…] I got a hankering to see it meself, and when I found I had a little time before dinner, I piked downstairs and had a peery. And it was the lummiest place, sir—I never seen nothing like it. I was so took up with looking at everything, I forgot about dinner, till I snilched the clock and saw how late it was, and I broomed it to the servants' hall.” Example: “There're whispers,” he said, his voice dropping. “Someone's snilching Nicco.” I stopped, the orange midway to my mouth, which had suddenly gone dry. “Snilching?” I said. That wasn't good. No one liked spies, but Nicco was pathological about them.
Word: vendication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vendicatio (“claiming”), via French vendication (“claiming”). 1. An act of claiming property. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: 1678 June 8, The Minutes of the Westconnaug Purchase, quoted in Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society Collections We do give unto them full Power and Authority to and in our Behalf for the maintaining justifying and defending our just Rights and Property in our aforesaid Purchases above premisd and call to an Account any Person or Persons that are concernd in the aforesaid Purchase of what Monies is due from them to the Company and also to deal with Samuel Reape about a Deed of Sale which he doth obstinately detain in his Hands belonging to the Company: and to all Matters relating to the Propagation and Vendication of our aforesaid Purchases &c Example: Poſſeſſion thereof remains in the Heir, against whom the Legatar hath not only a personal Action, for payment or delivery of the Legacy but hath alſo a real Action of Vendication, againſt him, and all other havers thereof, for delivery of the ſame. 2. Misspelling of vindication. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable
Word: zzxjoanw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined ex nihilo by American writer Rupert Hughes in 1903 as a joke. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔ/, /ʃɑ/, /zɪksˈd͡ʒəʊ̯.ɑːn/, /zɪksˈd͡ʒoʊ̯.ɑn/ 1. A fictitious instrument, supposedly a type of Maori drum. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:zzxjoanw.
Word: jellyfish baby Part of Speech: noun 1. A stillborn infant with transparent skin and without bones, resulting from radiation poisoning.
Word: worry-wart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of worrywart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: circumposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circum- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno (“to put round”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɜɹkəmpəˈzɪʃən/, /ˌsɜːkəmpəˈzɪʃən/ 1. The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ho and Boothroyd (1979) studied the intraposition of a peg into a hole and the circumposition of a part with a hole onto a peg. 2. A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ardestani has some postpositions: da "in," rd "for," and circumpositions: az.... da "from," pes... da "before," etc. 3. The act of circumposing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circumpositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: n.a. Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of not applicable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: præsumptuous Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of presumptuous. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 19. Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.
Word: draw one's last breath Part of Speech: verb 1. To die. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: sowarree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu سوار (savār, “swordsman”), borrowed from Persian سوار (savâr, “rider”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /⁠asabāra-⁠/, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras. 1. A mounted procession; a cavalcade. Labels: India, dated Example: The Rajah's sowarree was very grand and superb. He had twenty elephants with richly embroidered ambarrehs, the whole of them mounted by his Sirdars,—he himself riding on the largest, just in the centre.
Word: Leader of the Opposition Part of Speech: noun 1. In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), the parliamentary leader of the largest political party not forming the government. Labels: UK
Word: Leaders of the Opposition Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Leader of the Opposition Labels: form-of, plural Example: More than this, however, there are various practical reasons why the system has been seen as desirable by successive Leaders of the Opposition since 1955. Example: Front-bench opposition: the role of the Leader of the Opposition, the Shadow Cabinet and Shadow Government in British politics, Robert Malcolm Punnett, Heinemann, 1973http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_aBCAAAAIAAJ&q=%22leaders+of+the+opposition
Word: bookes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bowlders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowlder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: afther Part of Speech: prep 1. Pronunciation spelling of after. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "You didn't tell mother what you're afther, did you?" Example: He pronounced these words afterwards, with great solemnity:-- "Andrew Jackson, if I catch ye fightin' once more, I'll be afther givin' ye lave to lave the school."
Word: bimeby Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of by and by. Labels: alt-of, dated, pronunciation-spelling Example: "You'll be wantin' to get married bimeby, and then it'll be convenient to have some money to begin with." Example: "Oh, I's middlin'; hain't got noth'n' to complain of, I's gwine to come a-court'n you bimeby, Roxy."
Word: clost Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kləʊst/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of close. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Then she hugged the kiddie clost to her, standing straight and queenly, her eyes ablaze, her lips moist, and red, and scornful. Example: "It won't get clost to there," put in Jack.
Word: carpentering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carpenter + -ing. 1. Carpentry. Labels: uncountable Example: Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering, tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling. Example: I always had a fancy for carpentering, and was handy with tools.
Word: carpentering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From carpenter + -ing. 1. present participle of carpenter Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: chokingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From choking + -ly. 1. While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke. Example: Quirr, quirr! her hot head buzzed, and her dry mouth opened chokingly, and she called him till she was dumb, till she could neither hear nor see. Example: Ye say I played checkers with him--and--" "Uncle Pros, you used to talk to him by the hour, when you didn't know me at all," Johnnie told him chokingly.
Word: cavilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cavil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cavilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cavil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cavilling Part of Speech: noun 1. cavillation Example: God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school.
Word: Istriot Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Istria + -iot. 1. A Romance language spoken in western Istria.
Word: Istriot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Istria + -iot. 1. Any of the people of Istria who speak this language. Labels: uncommon
Word: desmo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”). 1. bond, connection, ligament Labels: morpheme
Word: contrarieties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contrariety Labels: form-of, plural Example: Emily sat in the window, sometimes pondering on objects without, and then on those within, when Lorraine's entrance interrupted a very profound meditation on the strange contrarieties of love affairs in this world. 2. plural of contrarietie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coquetries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coquetry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disrelish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + relish. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɹɛlɪʃ/ 1. A lack of relish: distaste Labels: uncountable Example: Bread or tobacco may be neglected where they are shown to be useful to health, because of an indifferency or disrelish to them; reason and consideration at first recommends, and begins their trial, and use finds, or custom makes them pleasant. Example: The only reason he did not rise in the Church, we are told, was the envy of others, and a disrelish entertained of him 2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Labels: uncountable Example: [T]hey fonldy thinking to allay / Thir appetite with guſt, inſtead of Fruit / Chewd bitter Aſhes, which th'offended taſte / With ſpattering noiſe rejected: oft they aſſayd, / Hunger and thrift conſtraining, drugd as oft, / With hatefulleſt diſreliſh writh'd thir jaws / With ſoot and cinders fill'd [...]
Word: disrelish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + relish. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɹɛlɪʃ/ 1. To have no taste for; to reject as distasteful. Labels: transitive Example: September 1, 1733, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift Everybody is so concerned for the public, that all private enjoyments are lost or disrelished 2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Labels: transitive Example: And Eve within, due at her hour prepar'd / For dinner favourie fruits, of taſte to pleaſe / True appetite, and not diſreliſh thirſt
Word: ecstacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecstacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betther Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: [ˈbɛt̪ɚ], /ˈbet.t̪͆əɹ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of better. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Will you, thin?" demanded Pat. "Thin the sooner you do it the betther. Example: Come, gintlemen, show them what’s betther than fifty posts—
Word: cabined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cabin + -ed. 1. Confined at close quarters Labels: not-comparable Example: He did not realise that there was nothing personal in this aloofness, except in so far as he personified a larger life, whose hopeful outlook stirred in more cabined natures an unacknowledged resentment. Example: They feel themselves in a state of thraldom; they imagine that their souls are cooped and cabined in, unless they have some man, or some body of men, dependent on their mercy. 2. Circumscribed; restricted; having a narrow scope Labels: not-comparable
Word: cabined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cabin + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of cabin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: creetur Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹi.təɹ/ 1. Alternative form of creature. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: "Ah, poor young creetur," croaked the old woman; "it's a pity he's come to this." Example: "Stop there by himself, poor creetur, without nobody to take his part!
Word: creeturs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creetur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cunningest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of cunning: most cunning Labels: form-of, superlative Example: The prisoner's counsel were the strongest and cunningest lawyers in the Commonwealth. Example: The cunningest hunter is hunted in turn, and what he leaves of his kill is meat for some other.
Word: daie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of day. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: O graunt sweet God my daies may end with hers, That I with her may dye and live againe. Example: Go downe and see; pray God my man keep close; If he prove long-tongd then my daies are done.
Word: depredator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depredate + -or. 1. One who depredates, or commits depredation. Example: An open heath, a close plantation, were alike subjects of his apprehension; and the whistle of a shepherd lad was instantly converted into the signal of a depredator. Example: Orders were now given to fire on all depredators, royal or plebeian; and after a few shots had been discharged without producing any fatal effects, the thieves hid themselves amongst the rocks, and were merely seen peeping through the crevices.
Word: depredators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depredator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dessay Part of Speech: contraction 1. Pronunciation spelling of daresay. Labels: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: I've nothing partickler against him--he's steady enough, I dessay. Example: "I dessay they're sent for some wise purpose," said Mr. Coombes.
Word: durned Part of Speech: adj 1. Darned. Labels: US, dialectal, not-comparable Example: Take the durned thing away. Example: I liked your nerve, too, durned if I didn't!"
Word: elegances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elegance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eulogiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eulogium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discomposing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discompose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discomposing Part of Speech: adj 1. Unsettling; tending to discompose Example: […] a death which overtook one galloping frantically over a desert was wholly irregular and discomposing. Example: By that time the fellow had managed to tug and jerk his hat clear of his head, and advanced with slight bows at Ruthvel, who told me the sight was so discomposing that for some time he listened, quite unable to make out what that apparition wanted.
Word: discomposes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discompose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fopperies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foppery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forebore Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of forebear Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Jasper was walking about among them alone, but I forebore to join him. Example: With this she threw herself, sobbing, upon a sofa, and Louise and Beth, shocked to learn that after all their cousin had conspired against them, forebore any attempt to comfort her.
Word: fightings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fighting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetich Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of fetish. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: In intimate circles I am called my aunt's fetich, which makes her very angry. Example: We've made a perfect fetich of loyalty.
Word: foine Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of fine. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Now you've got her, foine and dandy." Example: Ye see, Pat Callahan gave me three foine Leghorns, an'--" "Never mind the Leghorns.
Word: foller Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of follow. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: They got on a bus, and as Sam was about to foller Ginger and Peter on top, Mr. Goodman took hold of 'im by the arm and said they'd go inside. Example: The widder, pore soul, suspicioning trouble, follered Jake, and found him with a bullet plumb through his heart.
Word: follers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foller Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: follering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of foller Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: follered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foller Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fetiches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetich Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of fetiche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extry Part of Speech: adj 1. extra Labels: dialectal Example: "Lord," he said, "it being Thanksgiving, I do hereby give Thee a few extry thanks." Example: The crackers come extry, Mr. Merrick," said the landlady, "but seein' as milk's cheap I thought you might like 'em."
Word: fadeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fade + -less. 1. Not fading; eternal Labels: not-comparable Example: Stranger! new flowers in our vales are seen, With a dazzling eye, and a fadeless green,— Example: Palms of vict'ry thou shall bear, / And a crown of fadeless light / Will be given thee to wear, / And a robe of spotless white.
Word: faithfull Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of faithful. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Some others goe further and alledging or rather indeede abusing some peece of the Scripture, where it appeareth that the faithfull haue leaped and daunsed: they thinke verily that they haue founde the beane in the cake, as though this were a proper couerture & cloke to couer the infection and filthines of their daunces. Example: NAVARRE. It is enough if that Navarre may be Esteemed faithfull to the King of France: Whose service he may still commaund to death.
Word: floweret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flourette, from Old French florete. By surface analysis, flower + -et; compare flowerlet. Doublet of fleuret and floret. 1. A floret, or small or component flower Example: No more ſhall trenching Warre channell her fields, / Nor bruiſe her Flowrets with the Armed hoofes / Of hoſtile paces. Example: And, hark! she whispers in the zephyr's voice, Lift up thy head, fair floweret, and rejoice!
Word: flowerets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floweret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firelit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fire + lit. 1. Illuminated by a fire Labels: not-comparable Example: We took a few puffs, he watching the fire, and I his firelit face. Example: Shall I make a gentle song Here in my firelit study, When outside the winds blow strong And the lanes are muddy?
Word: findest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English findest, from Old English findest, findst, fintst, finst, from Proto-Germanic *finþizi, equivalent to find + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of find Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: The drop which thou shakest from thy wet hand, rests not where it falls, but to-morrow thou findest it swept away; already on the wings of the North-wind, it is nearing the Tropic of Cancer. Example: Remember, that as thou findest favor with the council, thine own fate will be decided."
Word: finde Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of find. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: [F] The other argument drawen from a mistaken experience, is but the more particular probation of this generall, because it is alleaged to be found true by proofe, that by the taking of Tobacco diuers and very many doe finde themselves cured of diuers diseases as on the other part, no man euer receiued harme thereby. Example: Which Sea, though it will yeeld good plenty of such like presidents, and we may finde them in authenticall records of Histories, yet I content my selfe with this one.
Word: discrown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + crown. 1. To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status. Labels: transitive Example: He discrowned, in rapid succession, one after another of the United States' most, accomplished and admirable commanders. Example: "Never attempt to discrown the king."
Word: discrowning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discrown Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discrowns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discrown Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: discrowned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discrown Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fergit Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of forget. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I never seed sich a' out-an'-out onry-lookin' chap, and I'll never fergit the first time I set eyes on him. Example: Doggone it, I'll never fergit that feller who got my pockit-book out to Central Park that time.
Word: feastings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feasting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fashionables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fashionable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: druv Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹʌv/ 1. past participle of drive Labels: dialectal, form-of, participle, past Example: I done druv him off wunst. Example: "'She's druv him crazy,' a man shouted.
Word: drawed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of draw Labels: dialectal, form-of, participle, past Example: He was the cruellest, wickedest, out-and-outerest old flint that ever drawed breath.' Example: I jest bounced intew the kitchen, chucked my hat intew one corner, my coat intew 'nother, kicked the cat, cussed the fire, drawed up a chair, and set scaoulin' like sixty, bein' tew mad fer talkin'.
Word: distressfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From distressful + -ly. 1. In a distressful way; showing distress Example: [4] And while such an one is ploughing distressfully up the road, it is not hard to understand his resentment, when he perceives cool persons in the meadows by the wayside, lying with a handkerchief over their ears and a glass at their elbow. Example: Oh, I don't understand you at all," Lydia said distressfully.
Word: doot Part of Speech: verb 1. Doubt. Labels: Scotland Example: "Mair'd be a bother; an' I doot not ye'll mak' it all richt, lad." 2. Think. Labels: Scotland Example: Andrew knew that Geordie would not have had a smoke for a long time, and this was his way of leaving him with a pipeful of tobacco. "I think my pipe's on the mantelshelf," returned Geordie, "but I doot it's empty." Andrew took down the pipe, filled it generously […]
Word: doot Part of Speech: noun 1. Doubt. Labels: Scotland Example: No doot he'll try to pass himself off as an officer, for to get better quarters!"
Word: doot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By onomatopoeia, from Cantonese 嘟 (dut¹). 1. To tap (a smart card etc.). Labels: Hong-Kong Example: Macau and Shenzhen will soon accept Octopus cards ...it'll be convenient at Lowu, but it won't quite be the same to 'doot' your card at the Lisboa's craps table. Example: I had dragged myself to one of those exclusive vending machines (1/F, Windsor House); I dooted my Octopus card; I waited with anticipation; and then I finally dove in with faith. 2. To scan. Labels: Hong-Kong Example: I'd like to work as a cashier in a supermarket. It has been my dream since childhood to "doot" things. Example: On no more doot doot day... Record temperature with a record time on a dootless day: 14C in water for 500 butt using 15m54s on this special day with a little bit more freedom than one day before.