nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: medal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical Latin medius. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdəl/, [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩], [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩], [ˈmeɾ.ɫ̩] 1. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object. Example: Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease? 2. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward. 3. A Roman or Italian coin. Labels: obsolete
Word: medal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical Latin medius. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdəl/, [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩], [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩], [ˈmeɾ.ɫ̩] 1. To win a medal. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: He medalled twice at the Olympics. Example: I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping. 2. To award a medal to. Labels: transitive
Word: glebe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba. Pronunciation: /ɡliːb/, /ɡlib/ 1. Turf; soil; ground; sod. Example: 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke 2. In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses. Labels: historical 3. A field or meadow. Labels: poetic Example: Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold. 4. A piece of earth containing ore.
Word: demarcation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the same Germanic root as march. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛm.ɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdiː.mɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdɛm.ɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdi.mɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdiː.maːˈkæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: About sunset, he was leaning on the remains of an old wall, which had once probably surrounded a Roman encampment, and now served as a line of demarcation between two villages, as jealous of each other's claims as near neighbours usually are. 3. Any strictly defined separation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions. Example: In the sea there is no demarcation between the hunter and the hunted, as there is on the African plains.
Word: felicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English felicite (“bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French felicité (modern French félicité (“bliss, happiness; felicity”)), from Latin fēlīcitātem, the accusative singular of fēlīcitās (“fertility, fruitfulness; happiness, felicity; good fortune; success”), from fēlīx (“happy; blessed, fortunate, lucky; fertile, fruitful; prosperous; auspicious, favourable”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”)) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɪsɪti/, /fəˈlɪsəti/, [-ɾi] 1. The condition of being happy. Labels: uncountable Example: Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite. Example: [T]he wiſe Man gave his Teſtimony to this, as the juſt Standard of true Felicity, when he prayed to have neither Poverty nor Riches. 2. The condition of being happy. Labels: countable 3. An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words. Labels: uncountable 4. Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic. Labels: rare, uncountable 5. Reproduction of a sign with fidelity. Labels: uncountable Example: The quotation was rendered with felicity. 6. Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt. Labels: countable Example: […] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne. Example: The season’s main attraction, the felicities of the sun, dimmed in the light of our competition and our growing friendliness. 7. Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility. Labels: uncountable Example: In equation (19.24) U#95;C(#92;cdot) is the marginal felicity of consumption[.]
Word: moral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹəl/, /ˈmoɹəl/, /ˈmɑɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude. Example: moral judgments; a moral poem Example: a moral obligation 2. Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour. Example: a moral action 3. Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment. Example: The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. 4. Capable of right and wrong action. Example: a moral agent 5. Probable but not proved. Example: a moral certainty 6. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will. Example: a moral victory; moral support
Word: moral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹəl/, /ˈmoɹəl/, /ˈmɑɹəl/ 1. The ethical significance or practical lesson. Example: The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth. Example: We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters. 2. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. Labels: in-plural Example: a candidate with strong morals 3. A depiction of good or heroic actions. 4. A morality play. Labels: obsolete 5. A moral certainty. Labels: dated, slang Example: "You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases." Example: "One thing," added George, after the peculiarities of the situation had been sufficiently admitted, "it's going to be the last time I'm mixed up in what isn't strictly on the level. If we get clear this once with anything like tidy, old girl, it'll be that little cottage with the pigs and poultry for a moral." 6. An exact counterpart. Labels: dated, slang
Word: moral Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹəl/, /ˈmoɹəl/, /ˈmɑɹəl/ 1. To moralize. Labels: intransitive
Word: jailbait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/ 1. A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: "The first time she modelled for Edward Weston, in March 1934, Charis Wilson knew she didn’t look good. At 20 she was “a piece of jailbait”, a mere child, especially with the stumpy plaits into which she sometimes twisted her hair."
Word: ipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese ipê. Pronunciation: /ˈi.peɪ/ 1. A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor decking and furniture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ipé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ipe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: deft Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English defte, daft (“gentle”), from Old English dæfte (“mild, gentle, meek”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”), derived from *dabaną (“to be suitable”). Near cognates include Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆𐍃 (gadōfs, “suitable”), West Frisian deftich (“distinguished”), Dutch deftig (“distinguished”), German deftig (“coarse”). Further cognates include Russian добро (dobro, “wealth, good”) and Latin faber (“craftsman; skillful”). Doublet of daft. Pronunciation: /dɛft/ 1. Quick and neat in action; skillful. Example: He assembled it in one fluid, deft motion. Example: Alvarez then got on the scoresheet after the hosts carved open the Huddersfield defence with some intricate passing before the Argentina forward's deft finish rolled into the net.
Word: computability logic Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal theory of computability. Labels: uncountable
Word: lo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/, /ləʉ/, /lɐʉ/, /lo/ 1. look, see, behold (in an imperative sense). Example: Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee. Example: Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light.
Word: lo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of low. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/, /ləʉ/, /lɐʉ/, /lo/ 1. Informal spelling of low. Labels: alt-of, informal, not-comparable
Word: lo Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/, /ləʉ/, /lɐʉ/, /lo/ 1. Clipping of hello. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: lo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of location. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/, /ləʉ/, /lɐʉ/, /lo/ 1. Clipping of location. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Ayo, send me your lo. Example: when you’re flowkenuinely lying to ur parents about ur lo then they start requesting to switch to video call
Word: lo Part of Speech: particle Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/, /ləʉ/, /lɐʉ/, /lo/ 1. Alternative form of lol. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lo Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor. Pronunciation: [ˈloː˧˨], /ləʊ/, /loʊ/, /ləʉ/, /lɐʉ/ 1. Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, rare
Word: nowise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nowyse, no-wyse, no wyse, equivalent to no (“none, not any”) + wise (“way, manner”). Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊwaɪz/, /ˈnəʊwaɪz/ 1. (In) no way, (in) no manner; not at all. Labels: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable Example: To raise the Sham-Noblest, and solemnly consecrate him by whatever method, new-devised, or slavishly adhered to from old wont, this, little as we may regard it, is, in all times and countries, a practical blasphemy, and Nature will in nowise forget it. Alas, there lies the origin, the fatal necessity, of modern Democracy everywhere. Example: But that did in nowise mend the matter, or at all soften the hard heart of the learned gentleman with the copy of Blackstone.
Word: Unix Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplexed Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English computing Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service English Multics ▲ English eunuchinflu. English Unix A pun on Multics to sound like eunuchs, as Unix was considered to be an emasculated Multics (see multi- and uni-). Likely coined by Canadian computer scientist Brian Kernighan in 1970. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪks/ 1. An operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. 2. An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.
Word: Unix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplexed Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English computing Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service English Multics ▲ English eunuchinflu. English Unix A pun on Multics to sound like eunuchs, as Unix was considered to be an emasculated Multics (see multi- and uni-). Likely coined by Canadian computer scientist Brian Kernighan in 1970. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪks/ 1. Any of the above plus Unix-like operating systems similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark. Labels: informal Example: GNU is not Unix. Example: The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular Unixes.
Word: Red Rectangle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by astronomers Martin Cohen and Mike Merrill in 1973 1. The nebula and binary star HD 44179. Example: 1987, Beverly T. Lynds, “Optical observations of nebulae”, in A. Dalgarno and David Layzer (eds.), Spectroscopy of astrophysical plasmas, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12, The Red Rectangle is only one example of an infrared object that is detectable in the infrared because of grain emission. Example: 1995, J.R. Miles, P.J. Sarre, and S.M. Scarrott, “Red Rectangle Emission Bands”, in Alexander G.G.M. Tielens and Theodore Peck Snow (eds.), The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, Springer, →ISBN, page 143, The Red Rectangle is a bipolar nebula with a remarkable spectrum in which emission is excited by the light of the central star HD44179.
Word: godly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English godly From god + -ly (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdli/, /ˈɡɒdli/ 1. Of or pertaining to a god Example: her godly powers = her superhuman powers 2. Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous. Example: For godly sorrow worketh repentance. Example: If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, [...] he is doubtless a godly man [...] if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to Jehovah, he is not a godly man ... 3. Gloriously good.
Word: godly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English godly From god + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdli/, /ˈɡɒdli/ 1. In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously. Example: All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.
Word: godlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English godlike From god + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdlaɪk/, /ˈɡɒdlaɪk/ 1. Having the characteristics of a god. Example: Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific! Example: When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate. 2. Characteristic of a god. Example: And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky. Example: Beneficence is godlike, and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts.
Word: demigod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demi- + god. Calque of the Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛmiɡɒd/, /ˈdɛmiɡɑd/ 1. A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal. 2. Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example. Example: "Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods... Example: He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
Word: annul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”). Pronunciation: /əˈnʌl/, /əˈnɐl/, /əˈnʊl/ 1. To formally revoke the validity of. Labels: transitive Example: If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type. 2. To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. Labels: transitive 3. To cancel out. Labels: transitive Example: They tried to reassure me but I was not able to annul my fears.
Word: allegretto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro. 1. To be played rather fast and lively. Labels: not-comparable
Word: allegretto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro. 1. A movement in this time. Example: It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, and the vast and complex organism its perfect development, that the certainty arose of an effect on human emotion comparable to that which was born when the opening bars of the allegretto in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony had been played for the first time, and the idea of them was from that moment alive and abroad in the world.
Word: allegrissimo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrow from Italian allegrissimo, the superlative form of allegro. 1. A direction in musical notation indicating that the piece should be played very fast and lively. Labels: not-comparable
Word: augmentative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative. Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/, /ɔɡˈmɛntətɪv/, /ɑɡˈ-/, /ˈɔɡmɛnˌteɪtɪv/, /ˈɑɡ-/ 1. That which augments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: augmentative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative. Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/, /ɔɡˈmɛntətɪv/, /ɑɡˈ-/, /ˈɔɡmɛnˌteɪtɪv/, /ˈɑɡ-/ 1. A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
Word: in the flesh Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Present in a physical body; in person. Example: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible. 2. incarnate (of God or a deity: having assumed an earthly body) Labels: especially
Word: in person Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With one's own body and physical presence; not through media, a representative, or indirectly. Example: Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? Example: He had seen the burger on TV, but in person it looked so much juicier.
Word: Islamist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam 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 Islamist From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist. Pronunciation: /ˈɪsləmɪst/, /ˈɪzləmɪst/, /-ˈlɑːmɪst/, /-ˈlæmɪst/ 1. A Muslim. Labels: archaic 2. A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics. 3. A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.
Word: Islamist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam 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 Islamist From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist. Pronunciation: /ˈɪsləmɪst/, /ˈɪzləmɪst/, /-ˈlɑːmɪst/, /-ˈlæmɪst/ 1. Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim. Labels: dated 2. Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere. Example: I hope you good, loyal Americans understand that in the long run the Islamist extremists are going to win. Because you can't beat numbers, and you can't beat fanaticism—the willingness to die for an idea. Example: In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.
Word: Islamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique. Pronunciation: /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlæmɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam. Example: Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.
Word: Islamic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique. Pronunciation: /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlæmɪk/ 1. An Islamist. Labels: US, colloquial Example: This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.
Word: mozzie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɒz.i/ 1. Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative Example: 2012, John Basham, Caravan Survival Guide, Explore Australia Publishing, unnumbered page, As they can carry some dreadful diseases, mozzie defence is very important. It seems the types of mozzies and midges change from area to area.
Word: get lucky Part of Speech: verb 1. To have good luck. Labels: intransitive 2. To have a desired sexual opportunity fulfilled. Labels: intransitive, slang, usually Example: He got lucky in the past week with two different women. Example: Pinto: I was thinking, maybe we could get some beer. Clorette De Pasto: Nah, not tonight. Besides, you might get lucky without it.
Word: Italia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Italia. Doublet of Italy. 1. Synonym of Italy. Labels: rare Example: I reached the Alps: the soul within me burned / Italia, my Italia, at thy name: / And when from out the mountain’s heart I came / And saw the land for which my life had yearned, / I laughed as one who some great prize had earned: […] Example: There, through each long happy day, winding slowly on our way, / Travellers from across the ocean, toward Italia journeyed we,— / Each long day, that, richer, fairer, / Showed the charming Riviera.
Word: Ecclesiastical Latin Part of Speech: name 1. The Latin language as spoken, written, and used in the Christian church and in church services.
Word: Vulgar Latin Part of Speech: name 1. The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature. Developed into Proto-Romance and descendant languages in the Early Middle Ages. Labels: historical
Word: Martha Part of Speech: name Etymology: * From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā, “mistress”), feminine of מרא (mārā). Doublet of Marfa. * (humidity chamber): From the use of Martha Stewart-branded storage closets in the construction of early units. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹθə/, /ˈmɑːθə/ 1. A female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin. Example: They wanted to call her Helen, but I did put my foot down there. Knowing what her mother and father looked like! I tried hard for Martha or Dorcas or something sensible - but it was no good - waste of breath. 2. The sister of Lazarus and Mary in the New Testament. Example: But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States:
Word: Martha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā, “mistress”), feminine of מרא (mārā). Doublet of Marfa. * (humidity chamber): From the use of Martha Stewart-branded storage closets in the construction of early units. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹθə/, /ˈmɑːθə/ 1. A miniature greenhouse with a humidifier, used for growing mushrooms. Labels: slang
Word: smart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta. Pronunciation: /smɑɹt/, /smɑːt/ 1. To hurt or sting. Labels: intransitive Example: After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!" Example: He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully." 2. To cause a smart or sting in. Labels: transitive Example: A goad that […] smarts the flesh. 3. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil. Labels: intransitive Example: You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool. Example: He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it.
Word: smart Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English smert, smart, from Old English smeart (“smarting, smart, painful”), from Proto-West Germanic *smart, from Proto-Germanic *smartaz (“hurting, aching”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert (“painful, smart”), Old Frisian smert (“sharp, painful”). Pronunciation: /smɑɹt/, /smɑːt/ 1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness. Example: I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me. 2. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books. Labels: informal 3. Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology). Labels: in-compounds, often Example: smart car Example: smartcard 4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable. Example: a smart outfit Example: You look smart in that business suit. 5. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. Example: He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks. Example: Don't get smart with me! 6. Sudden and intense. Example: smart skirmishes, in which many fell Example: There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident. 7. Causing sharp pain; stinging. Example: How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience. 8. Sharp; keen; poignant. Example: a smart pain 9. Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right. Labels: Southern-US, dated Example: He raised his voice; it hurt her feelings right smart. Example: That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart. 10. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. Labels: archaic Example: The stars shine smarter. 11. Pretentious; showy; spruce. Labels: archaic Example: a smart gown 12. Brisk; fresh. Labels: archaic Example: a smart breeze 13. Hard-working. Labels: Appalachia
Word: smart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smerte, from smerten (“to smart”); see above. Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smart, Low German smart, German Schmerz, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta. More above. Pronunciation: /smɑɹt/, /smɑːt/ 1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting. Example: […] the bodie had no smart / Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings. Example: If chance some Shepherd with a distant Dart / The Savage wound, he rowzes at the Smart, / He foams, he roars […] 2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction. Example: Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart. Example: But oh why didst thou not stay here below / To bless us with thy heav’n lov’d innocence, […] / To stand ’twixt us and our deserved smart / But thou canst best perform that office where thou art. 3. Clipping of smart money. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 4. A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever. Labels: dated, slang Example: […] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […] 5. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware of kayfabe and the scripted nature of the competition. Example: wwe's attitude toward hardcore fans is a far cry from what it was during the Monday night wars. Back then, wcw would agonize over its decisions in an attempt to outsmart the “smarts.”
Word: bogie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin which is unrelated to bogey (“hostile supernatural creature; terrifying thing, bugbear”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ɡi/, /ˈboʊ.ɡi/ 1. A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley. Labels: Northern-England 2. One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle. Labels: also, attributive, broadly Example: 1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d. Example: The soil all along this portion of the route is so elastic and the line so straight and level that the train goes humming along without jar or vibration, and the sensation in these cars, with their six-wheeled bogies and well arranged springs, is more like what one imagines flying to be than a mere matter-of-fact railway journey. 3. A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set. Labels: broadly Example: Although most A320s have two wheels on each of their main gear, a few built for the Indian market have four-wheel bogies, halving the amount of weight on each wheel and allowing the aircraft to use runways that couldn't withstand the ground pressure from a standard A320. 4. A railway carriage. Labels: India, UK Example: The bogie coaches which he spoke of last year had been brought or were being brought into active service, but they had no further wagon stock available. Example: Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and the engine blowing off. 5. A soapbox racing vehicle. Labels: dated
Word: bogie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from bogart (“to selfishly take or keep something, to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana cigarette) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on”) + -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns). Bogart is derived from the surname of the American actor Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), who was frequently shown smoking (tobacco) cigarettes in his films. The verb was popularized by its use in the song “Don’t Bogart Me” (1968) by the rock group Fraternity of Man which appeared in the soundtrack of the film Easy Rider (1969); the song has the lines “Don’t bogart that joint my friend. / Pass it over to me.” Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ɡi/, /ˈboʊ.ɡi/ 1. A marijuana cigarette; a joint. Labels: US, slang Example: bogies: marijuana cigarettes. Example: We normally dropped off at Shooters Billiards where we'd play pool and arcades, but sometimes left to do other shit. Shooters was a good lie to our parents when we came home smelling like smoke, because people smoked in the place, so we'd get away with smoking bogies or weed.
Word: bogie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of bogey. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ɡi/, /ˈboʊ.ɡi/ 1. Alternative spelling of bogey. Example: All of a sudden he heard a terrible scream ahead, and he thought it must be the bogie singing his dirge. Example: They could not, it was said, keep Scandinavian bogies and the Scriptures separate in their puzzled brains. 2. Alternative spelling of bogey. 3. Alternative spelling of bogey. Labels: slang 4. Alternative spelling of bogey. 5. Alternative spelling of bogey. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: Reluctantly Raj used his fingernail to prise away the bogie he had long since sneezed up there and popped it in his mouth.
Word: bogey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence bug), itself of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”), but perhaps the root was borrowed from Germanic. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”); compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge and Alemannic German Böögg (“goblin”, “snot”). See also Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), Old English pūca (“goblin, mischievous spirit”), Icelandic púki Swedish puke (“small devil, spook”), whence obsolete English puck. Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter. Compare also booger. The golf sense is from the devil as an imaginary player. The sometimes proscribed conflation with bandit was popularized by the 1986 film Top Gun. Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/, /boʊɡi/ 1. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. 2. The Devil. Labels: archaic, capitalized, often, usually, with-definite-article 3. A bugbear: any terrifying thing. Labels: figuratively Example: If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson. Example: Religious divides [among Protestants] went deep — this is evident from the reams of sermons and theological polemics published and avidly read — and only bashing the old bogey of Romism ('No Popery!') could unite Protestants. 4. A police officer. Labels: UK, slang 5. A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition. 6. An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile. Example: He stood on the sand near the gravel road that passed within two miles of the site of the disintegrated bogey, binoculars hanging on a leather strap from his neck, face streaming with sweat under the brim of his hat... Army and government trucks passed along the road every few minutes, some bearing radiation stickers; many of those outward bound, he knew, carried fragments of the bogey. He was not privy to what they were finding. 7. Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft. Labels: proscribed, slang Example: God dammit, Mustang! This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire? 8. The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone. Example: ‘I was just having a practice round against bogey,’ he said. ‘I caddied for myself, so there were no witnesses.’ 9. A score of one over par on a hole. 10. A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger. Labels: UK
Word: bogey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably related to or alteration of bogle, akin to or from a variant of Middle English bugge (“frightening specter, scarecrow”) (whence bug), itself of uncertain origin: perhaps from obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat”, older “fear”), Irish bagairt (“threat”), but perhaps the root was borrowed from Germanic. Otherwise from Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”); compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge and Alemannic German Böögg (“goblin”, “snot”). See also Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), Old English pūca (“goblin, mischievous spirit”), Icelandic púki Swedish puke (“small devil, spook”), whence obsolete English puck. Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter. Compare also booger. The golf sense is from the devil as an imaginary player. The sometimes proscribed conflation with bandit was popularized by the 1986 film Top Gun. Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/, /boʊɡi/ 1. To make a bogey on (a particular hole). Labels: ambitransitive
Word: bogey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bog-standard + -ey (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/, /boʊɡi/ 1. A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production. Labels: UK
Word: bogey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dharug bugi- (“to bathe, dive”). Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/, /boʊɡi/ 1. To swim; to bathe. Labels: Australia
Word: bogey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dharug bugi- (“to bathe, dive”). Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/, /boʊɡi/ 1. A swim or bathe; a bath. Labels: Australia Example: My mother would use leaves from trees to make soap for washing our bodies with, and unfortunately for us kids there was no excuse not to take a bogey.
Word: bogey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of bogie. Pronunciation: /bəʊɡi/, /boʊɡi/ 1. Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative spelling of bogie (“railway carriage”). Labels: India, UK, alt-of, alternative, dated Example: Upgrading the tram bogeys to air-conditioned bogeys costs the State Government approximately INR 25,00,000/- per bogey.
Word: consist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“to cause to stand, stand”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪst/ 1. To be. Labels: copulative, obsolete Example: Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs? Example: District number twenty-five (25) shall consist the counties of Tompkins, Seneca and Yates. 2. To exist or be compatible. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties. Example: First, because it is granted by all divines, that hypothetical necessity, or necessity upon a supposition, may consist with liberty.
Word: consist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From consist (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪst/ 1. A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit. Example: The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
Word: rheology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American scientist Eugene C. Bingham in 1920, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner; inspired by aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”) by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + -logy (“study of”, suffix ultimately from Ancient Greek). See also rheo-. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɒlədʒi/ 1. The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Curious as to whether other had explored the connection between Oreos and rheology, Owens found mention of a 2016 Princeton University study in which physicists first reported that indeed, when twisting Oreos by hand, the cream almost always came off on one wafer.
Word: rebarbative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French rébarbatif, rébarbative (“repellent, disagreeable”), from Middle French rebarber (“to oppose”), ultimately from Latin barba (“beard”), literally “to stand beard to beard against”. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbɑːbətɪv/, /ɹɪˈbɑɹbətɪv/ 1. Irritating, repellent. Example: Poliziano took great pleasure in incorporating the new myths, facts, and variant readings he uncovered as a scholar in his own Latin poems and letters — and in pointing out that he had done so in his most rebarbative technical monographs. Example: […]A mystery (1990), for instance, the first book he wrote after arriving in America, stunned critics; for some it was an ambitious and remarkable book, for others it was rebarbative and wilfully obscure.
Word: phrenology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phreno- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English phrenology From phreno- + -logy. Pronunciation: /frənˈɑlədʒi/ 1. The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes. Example: MR. BURNS: Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal. MR. SMITHERS: Uh, sir, phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago.