nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: awaken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian. Pronunciation: /əˈweɪkən/ 1. To cause to become awake. Labels: transitive Example: Be careful how you touch her, she'll awaken / As sleep's the only freedom all that she knows / And when you walk into her eyes, you won't believe / The way she's always paying for a debt she never owes 2. To stop sleeping; awake. Labels: intransitive Example: Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face. Example: For this growing set, the idea that we might have a fixed, natural lifespan is pure defeatism—“deathism” even, a spell from which we must awaken to realise our full potential. 3. To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit! Example: We hope to awaken your interest in our programme. 4. Of something previously dormant, to become active. Labels: intransitive Example: I'll miss the sea. But a person needs new experiences. They draw something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. 5. To call to a sense of sin. 6. past participle of awake Labels: form-of, participle, past, rare Example: [This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour in the Spirit; and after I had taken it out, and put its body and legs into a natural poſture, remained moveleſs about an hour; but then , upon a ſudden, as if it had been awaken out of a drunken ſleep, it ſuddenly reviv'd and ran away... 7. To cause to become aware. Labels: figuratively, transitive 8. To become aware. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: I suddenly awoke to the possibilities of the new invention. Example: [S]he pointedly remarked that they had just moved to the city a month previous, that they were dissatisfied, and would return to Hoosierdom in June. I was completely taken in, and departed without making the assessment. However, when whole flatsful began to make similar explanations under similar circumstances, I awoke to the fact that I had been bluffed.
Word: come to a head Part of Speech: verb 1. To rapidly reach a turning point or climax. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775. Example: In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance. 2. To suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: His festering anger came to a head after the incident. 3. To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 4. To reach its final stage. Labels: intransitive
Word: accountable depot Part of Speech: noun 1. A depot maintaining a formal set of accountable records.
Word: accountable disbursing officer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Replacement for finance officer. 1. Any commissioned military officer who receives and disburses public money in his own name for purposes specified by law.
Word: accountable mail Part of Speech: noun 1. A category of mail in the US Postal Service including registered, numbered, insured, and certified mail. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: buzzcut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buzz + cut. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌzˌkʌt/ 1. A closely-cropped military-style haircut. Labels: Canada, US
Word: confinement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment. Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪnmənt/ 1. The act of confining or the state of being confined. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday. 2. Lying-in, time of giving birth. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary. Example: At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement. 3. lockdown Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lying-in Part of Speech: noun 1. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement. Example: from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions […] Example: One of them went to the pail, and finding no water in it, cried out to the others, what must they do to christen the child? On which they replied it should be done in beer. With that the seeming parson took the child in his arms, and performed the ceremony of baptism, dipping his head into a great tub of strong beer, which the woman had brewed the day before to be ready for her lying-in. 2. A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world. Example: As she lay by the birth-fire, she gazed on the face of the child asleep in the bamboo cradle […] Once free from the lying-in, Linchong set herself to bringing up the baby.
Word: lying-in Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to childbirth Labels: not-comparable 2. of, or relating to postpartum confinement Labels: not-comparable
Word: accountable officer Part of Speech: noun 1. Individual required to maintain accounting, including records thereof, of property and funds, whether public or quasi-public. The accountable officer may or may not have physical possession of the property or funds.
Word: blahg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English blah Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog blend English blahg Blend of blah + blog. 1. A dull, uninteresting weblog. Labels: Internet, derogatory
Word: barleycorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barley + corn. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)liˌkɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. A grain of barley. Example: The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour. 2. The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes. Labels: obsolete Example: This trip to Italy has actually enlarged the diameter of my head thirteen barleycorns! Example: Then shewed the devil the booke unto the friar, and the friar saw it was an uncut unique of incalculable value; the height of it was half a cubit and the breadth of it the fourth part of a cubit and the thickness of it five barleycorns lacking the space of three horsehairs. 3. A small groove between two moldings.
Word: egosurfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egosurf + -er. 1. One who egosurfs.
Word: sellout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deverbal from sell out. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlˌaʊt/ 1. An action in which principles are compromised for personal gain. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: A statement by the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (CLGR), which organized the protest, charged that WPIX's sale of air time to the Anita Bryant Ministries "is a sell-out of the more than one million lesbians and gay residents in the WPIX broadcast service area. Example: When his hearing came up, the sellout of Taiwan was particularly on my mind. I asked him if he thought that Taiwan should be pressured into making an accommodation with the Communist government in Beijing. The candidate refused to answer my question. 2. A person who sells out, who compromises their principles for financial gain or some other advantage. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The rock star used to be hardcore, but now he's just a sellout. Example: The nineties were not an age for the aspirant. The worst thing you could be was a sellout, and not because selling out involved money. Selling out meant you needed to be popular, and any explicit desire for approval was enough to prove you were terrible. 3. The selling of an entire stock of something, especially tickets for an entertainment or sports event. Example: I performed in front of a sellout crowd. Example: Mel White recalls being a high school student and seeing Billy Graham preaching before sell-out crowds at San Francisco's Cow Palace.
Word: egosurf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ego- Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf English egosurf From ego- + surf. 1. To search the Internet for references to one's name or works in order to gratify one's ego. Example: My little sister Pixie was on the computer. As is the custom, I moaned at her to get off (feigning non-existent A-level work I had to do "before it's too late"), then noticed a page full of pictures of her. "Hah! Ego-surfing again, are we?" I cried jubilantly.
Word: legitimacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legitim(ate) + -acy. Pronunciation: /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/, [ləˈd͡ʒɪɾɪməsi] 1. The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The legitimacy based on a revolutionary essence was replaced by legitimacy with an ultranational, ultra-Yugoslav character. 2. The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned that if the court failed to stop the president, its own “institutional legitimacy” would be threatened. Example: After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population. 3. Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: begrudge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bigrucchen (“to grumble at”), equivalent to be- (“at, about, over”) + grudge. Compare also English begrouch. Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɹʌd͡ʒ/ 1. To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous. 2. To be reluctant. 3. To give reluctantly. Labels: usually Example: Okay, then, next time you go and leave me stay here. See if I begrudge you a little fun. Example: “Trial’ll probably be Monday. You can keep him one night, can’t you? I don’t think anybody in Maycomb’ll begrudge me a client, with times this hard.”
Word: wildness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wildenes, wildenesse, equivalent to wild + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪld.nəs/ 1. The state or quality of being wild. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demolition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō (“a tearing down”). Equivalent to demolish + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ 1. The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort. Example: At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.
Word: diffusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin diffūsiō, from diffundō; can be decomposed as diffuse + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/, /dɪˈfju.ʒən/ 1. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: gaseous diffusion 4. The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Even the false-necked vase, though it reaches its widest diffusion at this epoch, is, as we have seen, a type found existing in much earlier strata. 5. The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The chief salesman of the A.I. boom, Sam Altman of OpenAI, said there was more resistance to “the diffusion, the absorption” of A.I. into the culture and economy than he expected. 6. Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: statistician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English statistic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English statistician From statistic + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌstætɪsˈtɪʃn̩/ 1. A person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics. Example: If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive. 2. A mathematician with a specialty of statistics.
Word: hydrogen bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A weak bond in which a hydrogen atom in one molecule is attracted to an electronegative atom (usually nitrogen or oxygen) in the same or different molecule. Labels: physical
Word: hydrogen bond Part of Speech: verb 1. To bond to another species by means of hydrogen bonds. E.g. Water hydrogen bonds with itself. Labels: physical
Word: servabo fidem Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin. 1. I shall keep faith (motto of various groups).
Word: John Barleycorn Part of Speech: name Etymology: John (commonly used to personify a concept) + barleycorn; barley is used to produce malt, the source of most British alcoholic drink. 1. A personification of alcoholic drink, particularly beer and whisky.
Word: bazooka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). In the finance sense first used by policymakers during the European debt crisis (2010). Pronunciation: /bəˈzuːkə/ 1. A primitive trombone having wide tubes. 2. A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument. 3. Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher. Labels: broadly 4. A woman's breast, especially a large one. Labels: slang 5. A large rescue or stimulus package. Labels: slang Example: Suppose the EFSF buys some bonds. That will push down yields for awhile.^([sic]) But what happens when the money starts to run out? Yields will go back up. A firebreak/firewall/bazooka needs unlimited funds to work. Example: “I don’t think [policymakers]^([sic]) realise it’s not enough,” said a veteran fixed-income investor in Hong Kong. “You need some big bazooka action to improve sentiment as a whole.”
Word: bazooka Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). In the finance sense first used by policymakers during the European debt crisis (2010). Pronunciation: /bəˈzuːkə/ 1. To shoot with a bazooka.
Word: bazooka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco. Pronunciation: /bəˈzuːkə/ 1. Crack cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: dacha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča), originally "gift, portion, land (granted by a prince)", from дать (datʹ, “to give”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə/, /ˈdɑ.t͡ʃə/ 1. A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. Example: The belt is full of dachi, i.e., summer villas, all now closed. […] Most of the dachi are small; but some large, sumptuous, and more securely fenced, a few with iron palisades to insure privacy. […] There are no roads in the environs of Odessa, except among the dachi by the shore. Example: This was a great rambling wooden house, fashioned, like most of the Muscovish dachi, or country houses, in the form of a square main building in the centre, flanked by a wing on each side which came forward in a semicircle, like a man’s outstretched arms, as though to embrace the approaching visitors.
Word: entrée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French entrée. Doublet of entrada and entry. Pronunciation: /ˈɒntɹeɪ/, /ˈɑntɹeɪ/ 1. A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Quebec, UK, historical Example: ENTREES AND ENTREMETS. Usually, outside of France, entrees are side or corner dishes. ... In conclusion I again remark, entrees can be made from almost anything, the difference being, they are highly cooked and seasoned. Remember nothing large is served as an entree. There are game entrees, meat entrees, fish entrees, fowl entrees, etc. Example: Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrées, as Lord Henry remarked once, in a discussion on the subject, and there is possibly a good deal to be said for his view. 2. The main course or main dish of a meal. Labels: Canada, US Example: Entree: The main course is normally beef, chicken, duck, or lamb, and you eat these foods with a dinner knife and dinner fork. 3. The act of entering somewhere, or permission to enter; admittance. Example: It was not by the aid of mules and porters, sedans and sledges, that the hero of Carthage made his entrée into Italy. Example: Much as it is the fashion to deride the nobility, by decrying their morality and denying their ability, even by those who have the entrée, and therefore may be supposed to know them the best, in point of fact, at the present day, there are amongst them an immense proportion of good and sensible people. 4. An introduction or prelude.
Word: egotistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English egotist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egotistic English -al English egotistical From egotistic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l/ 1. Tending to talk excessively about oneself. 2. Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc. Example: All hanar have two names. The Face Name is known to the world; the Soul Name is kept for use among close friends and relations. Hanar never refer to themselves in the first person in conversation with someone they know on a Face Name basis. To do so is considered egotistical, so instead they refer to themselves as "this one", or the impersonal "it". Example: “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.” 3. Egoistical (advocating egoism). Labels: nonstandard
Word: pluot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of plum + apricot. Compare the earlier plumcot. Pronunciation: /ˈpluːɒt/, /ˈpluɑt/ 1. A hybrid fruit resulting from the crossbreeding of a Japanese plum and an apricot, exhibiting predominantly plumlike characteristics rather than those of the apricot.
Word: aprium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of apricot + plum. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪpɹiəm/ 1. A plum-apricot cross, with characteristics of both fruits. Labels: neologism Example: A three-quarter apricot is an aprium, which is very apricotlike in tree type and fruit. Plumcots are extremely flavorful fruits that tend to bear poorly for the first few years. Example: For an excellent plain Aprium jam, you may omit the almonds.
Word: broccoflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of broccoli + cauliflower. 1. Either of two edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea with light green heads. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This colorful combo is just the thing for a busy weeknight. If you have never tasted broccoflower, its flavor is a blend of, you guessed it, broccoli and cauliflower. Example: Have you met the broccoflower? Some mad scientist has crossed the cauliflower with broccoli and created an incredible veggie. Hence, the broccoflower.
Word: alcolock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of alcohol + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kə.lɒk/, /-kəʊ-/, /ˈæl.kə.lɑk/, /-koʊ-/ 1. A mechanism that prevents a car from starting if the driver has exceeded the legal limits of alcohol consumption. Example: Various international studies have shown that alcolock users had 65% to 95% fewer repeat offences than drivers whose driving licence was suspended or revoked. The previous Government conducted a trial programme in 2005, but there was never any follow-up.
Word: stealth tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A new or increased tax or other similar charge introduced so as to prevent people from noticing it. 2. Mandatory rendering of money to a government that is not explicitly identified as a tax.
Word: stealth-tax Part of Speech: verb 1. To enact or collect a stealth tax
Word: miswanting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miswant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miswant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English want English miswant From mis- + want. 1. To want (something) even though it will probably lead to one's own harm or unhappiness (e.g. an addictive drug). Labels: transitive
Word: miswanted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miswant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sorrowful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sorweful, from Old English sorhful, sorgful (“full of care; anxious; sorrowful”), from Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorrow + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol (“careful; anxious”), Norwegian sorgfull (“sorrowful”), Icelandic sorgfullur (“lamentable”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/, /ˈsɔɹəfəl/, /ˈsɑɹoʊfəl/, /ˈsɑɹəfəl/, /ˈsɒɹəʊfəl/ 1. exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) 2. Producing sorrow; causing grief. Example: sorrowful accident Example: She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
Word: error catastrophe Part of Speech: noun 1. The extinction of an organism (usually microorganisms) due to excessive RNA mutations.
Word: altophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin altus (“high”) + -o- + -phobia. By surface analysis, alto- + -phobia. 1. Fear of heights. Labels: uncountable
Word: apiphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin apis (“bee”) + -phobia. 1. An inordinate fear of bees. Labels: uncountable
Word: aulophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English aulophobia From Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “flute”) + English -phobia. 1. The fear of flutes. Labels: uncountable Example: Some people are terrified of something most would consider so trivial such as a musical instrument (that we typically get joy from), but to a sufferer of aulophobia - “woodwind” you know - stage fright at the orchestra is taken to a new level!
Word: bathophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From batho- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/ 1. The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves. Labels: uncountable 2. The fear of depths. Labels: uncountable Example: "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."
Word: Rhadamanthine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rhadamanthus + -ine, after Rhadamanthus, a king in Greek myths. Pronunciation: /ˌɹædəˈmænθaɪn/, /ˌɹædəˈmænθɪn/, /ˌɹædəˈmænθin/ 1. Strictly and uncompromisingly just. Example: When the father comes home and finds Georgiein disgrace, and Janey in tears, of course the ideal Rhadamanthine thing to do is to lay the coping stone to the boy's wall of isolation, and to add a fresh supply to Janey's bitter fountain. But not being Rhadamanthine, only weak and human and paternal, the sinful man ignores the lines of discipline marked out, and takes Georgie and Janey to his arms with quite impartial caresses and a cheery well-favoured comfort. Example: Little recks René, with a breast to cleanse, / Of Rhadamanthine law that reigned erewhile: / Brimful of truth, truth's outburst will convince / (Style or no style) who bears truth's brunt—the Prince. 2. Inflexibly rigorous or severe. Example: In a commodious gas-lit box, surrounded by books and papers, and with a mighty folio of loose leaves open before him — a book of Fate, in truth — sits a Rhadamanthine man, buttoned up in a great-coat often; for be it blazing July or frigid December, it is always cold at three o'clock in the morning. Example: And in these unruly islands I was prepared almost to welcome the face of Rhadamanthine severity.
Word: clinophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clino- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English clinophobia From clino- + -phobia. 1. fear of going to bed Labels: uncountable
Word: emetophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From emeto- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ɪˌmɛt.əˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ 1. An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public. Labels: uncountable Example: Faryl Zaklin, 38, of San Diego, California, is still overcoming a lifelong phobia that has given her numerous panic attacks; part of her recovery involved watching episodes of "Jackass" and "Family Guy." She has emetophobia: fear of vomit. Example: Ignorant about vomiting before the incident, I was now terrified of it. I self-diagnosed myself with emetophobia – fear of vomiting.
Word: ecclesiophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecclesio- + -phobia. 1. fear of churches Labels: uncountable
Word: electrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + -phobia. 1. fear of electricity
Word: eleutherophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐλευθερία (eleuthería, “freedom”) + -phobia. 1. Fear of freedom. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: heliophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English heliophobia From helio- + -phobia. 1. Fear of sunlight; dislike and strenuous avoidance of direct sunlight (and, in some cases, all sunlight). Labels: uncountable Example: Individuals grappling with heliophobia may go to great lengths to avoid sunlight, impacting their physical health by limiting Vitamin D production and leading to feelings of isolation and despair.
Word: gymnophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gymno- + -phobia. 1. An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity. Labels: uncountable
Word: hippophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hippo- + -phobia. 1. An irrational fear of horses or other hoofed animals like ponies, donkeys, or mules. Labels: uncountable
Word: logophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English logo- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English logophobia From logo- + -phobia. 1. Fear of words. Labels: uncountable
Word: pathophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patho- + -phobia. 1. fear of disease Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: globalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English globe English -al English global Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English globalism From global + -ism. 1. An ideology based on the belief that people, goods and information ought to be able to cross national borders unfettered. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A socio-economic system dedicated to free trade and free access to markets. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A supposed ideology or practice that (in conspiracy theories) aims to subordinate national sovereignty (legal systems, economies, etc) to centralized global authorities. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: philophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English philo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English philophobia From philo- + -phobia. 1. fear of falling in love Labels: uncountable
Word: decomposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decompose + -er. Pronunciation: /diːkəmˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/ 1. A substance or an organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material. Example: Admitted farm dung is a slow decomposer, but we have moisture in the dung and heat in the soil to bring about decomposition […]
Word: procrustean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- Ancient Greek κρούω Ancient Greek προκρούω (prokroúō) Ancient Greek -στης (-stēs) Ancient Greek Προκρούστης (Prokroústēs)bor. English Procrustes Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English procrustean From Procrustes + -an. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈkɹʌsti.ən/ 1. Enforcing strict conformity through disregard of individual differences or special circumstances. Example: The object in choosing the political capital is average nearness of approach from the various confines of the State; but commerce submits to no such Procrustean laws in selecting her capitals, and consequently she has placed Detroit on the borders of Michigan, […] Example: The concept of an Age of Nationalism is a bit procrustean.
Word: prescription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French prescripcion, from Latin praescriptio (“preface; pretext; something written ahead of time”), from prae- (“pre-, before”) + scribere (“to write”) + -tio (“-tion, forming nouns”). Equivalent to prescribe + -tion. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, /pɝˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ 1. A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The surgeon had written thousands of prescriptions for pain killers without proper examinations before the police raided the clinic. Example: An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel. 2. The medicine or treatment provided by such an order. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I need you to pick up gramma's prescriptions on your way home. Example: "Oh, yes; she is the only sort of person for a nurse. She always," cried Lady Anne, with a sneer, "comes to you with a receipt for a pudding in one hand to make you ill, and then a prescription in the other to cure you." 3. Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Early to bed and early to rise is a prescription for a long, healthy, and terrible life. Example: Change is the universal prescription for a wounded spirit. "It will do you so much good," is the constant remark. 4. Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A statute that cannot find justification for its prescription in one or more of these principles violates international law. 5. The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is an air of prescription about him which is always agreeable to Sir Leicester; he receives it as a kind of tribute.
Word: agathokakological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) + κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -logical. Pronunciation: /əˌɡæθəʊˌkækəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/, /əˌɡæθoʊˌkækəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/, /əˌɡæθə-/ 1. Composed of both good and evil. Labels: rare Example: There may be an opposite fault; for indeed upon the agathokakological globe there are opposite qualities always to be found in parallel degrees, north and south of the equator. Example: Just throwing a number out, I'd say he is at least seven or seven and a half feet tall. Not really muscular, just tall, thin, and brooding with something evil, or at the very least an agathokakological sense of being.
Word: sry Part of Speech: intj 1. Abbreviation of sorry. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: sry 2 leave u out, but this was 2 good 2 pass up. Example: look im sry about playing ahead
Word: astrometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astro- + -metric. Pronunciation: /ˌastɹəʊˈmɛtɹɪk/, /ˌastɹəˈmɛtɹɪk/ 1. of or relating to astrometry
Word: Elina Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: resilin Part of Speech: noun 1. An elastic protein found in the exoskeletons of insects, facilitating, for example, folding wings or jumping relatively great distances. Labels: uncountable
Word: WASD Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of four keys on a keyboard used as directions to control player characters in certain video games. (W, A, S and D represent up, left, down and right, respectively.) Labels: uncountable
Word: contrapuntal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin punctus contra punctum (“note against note”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntrəˈpʌntəl/ 1. Of or in counterpoint. 2. Of or relating to counterpoint. 3. With two or more independent melodic lines.
Word: cupola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpələ/, /ˈkupələ/, /ˈkjupəloʊ/ 1. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. Example: the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola. Example: The stations on the City & South London were small but pretty, with cupolas to accommodate the winding gear of the small and claustrophobic hydraulic lifts. 2. A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle. 3. An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith. 4. A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles. 5. A type of furnace used for smelting. Example: The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material. Example: Cast iron produced in a cupola possesses the following advantages : The cost of melting is low. The control of chemical composition is better. Temperature control is easier. Molten metals can be tapped from the cupola at regular intervals. 6. A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup. Example: the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule Example: From each anterior cupola there projects forwards the processus prenasalis lateralis inferior. 7. a small viewing window in the top of the caboose for looking over the train, or the part of the caboose where one looks through this window. Labels: Canada, dated 8. A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.
Word: celery seed Part of Speech: noun 1. The seed of the plant celery, Apium graveolens, used as a seasoning in cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: detente Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of détente. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: This intellectual and moral unrest is the inner reason for the continued talk on triple alliances, dual alliances, ententes and detentes. Monarchs and statesmen always seem engaged in maneuvers on the diplomatic chessboard, in order to isolate one Power and to combine others.
Word: détente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French détente (“loosening, relaxing”), from Latin *dētendita, a feminine singular participle of dētendō (“to relax”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from; of’) + tendō (“to stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to stretch”)). Pronunciation: /deɪˈtɑːnt/, /-ˈtɒnt/, /deɪˈtɑnt/, [dɪ-] 1. Relaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: uncountable Example: They had a vague feeling that after the dislocations and the violence which the Impressionists inflicted on the picturesque, the eyes of their contemporaries necessarily needed a little rest. Instinct and reflection were no less ready to warn them that the last hours were at hand of one of those reactions, or, to speak more accurately, those détentes, which are so frequent in the history of art. Example: Although the Pope [Leo XIII]'s decision was in favour of Spain, it brought about quite a détente between Berlin and Rome.
Word: mallow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, borrowed from Latin malva. Compare the doublet mauve. Pronunciation: /ˈmæləʊ/, /ˈmæloʊ/ 1. Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gonzalo. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— Antonio. He’ld sow’t with nettle-seed. Sebastian. Or docks, or mallows. Example: For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 2. Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: corn syrup Part of Speech: noun 1. A sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lonesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lone + -some, mid-17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊnsəm/, /ˈloʊnsəm/ 1. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely. Example: 'Where'er the sun shakes out his spears, and the lonesome waters mirror up the moon, where'er storms roll [...] there shall thy power pass and thy dominion find a home.'
Word: lonesome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lone + -some, mid-17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊnsəm/, /ˈloʊnsəm/ 1. Oneself alone. Labels: informal Example: I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome.
Word: jidaigeki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki). 1. A Japanese genre of film and television set in pre-Meiji Restoration Japan Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A film or programme of this kind. Labels: countable, usually
Word: sugars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sugar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sugar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gum arabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: gum + Arabic; the name was used in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages since the 9th century (صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy)), and retained in the languages of Europeans who first acquired it via Arab ports. 1. An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees, Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal, used in the food industry as a stabilizer (e.g. in soda, gumdrops and marshmallows) and other purposes including pharmaceuticals, paints and polishes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: catch-all Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch English -all English catch-all From catch + -all. 1. Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought. Example: If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door. Example: The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere. 2. Ellipsis of catch-all term. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis
Word: reciprocity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French réciprocité. Pronunciation: /ˌrɛsəˈprɑsəti/ 1. The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party. Example: There might be benefit on one side, and obligation on the other; but their reciprocity of affection, their mutual exchange of small kindnesses—those strongest rivets of common attachment—were no more. 2. A reciprocal relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: reciprocation 3. A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The responses of individuals to the actions of others. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amphoteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφότερος (amphóteros, “each of two”), from ἄμφω (ámphō, “both”) + -τερος (-teros). 1. Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
Word: monocotyledonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + cotyledon + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon). Labels: not-comparable Example: Strange to say, the islet of Ronde, about 16 miles north of Mauritius, forms a separate biological kingdom, possessing one peculiar species of cabbage-palm, some lizards, two snakes, and relatively more monocotyledonous plants than any other region in the world.
Word: invoice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French envois pl, plural of envoi, from the verb envoyer (“to send”). See also envoy. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/ 1. A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms. Example: I've already rendered the invoices for payment. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received. Example: The merchant receives a large invoice of goods. 3. The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold. 4. A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket. Labels: Taiwan
Word: invoice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French envois pl, plural of envoi, from the verb envoyer (“to send”). See also envoy. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/ 1. To bill; to issue an invoice to. Labels: transitive Example: I will invoice my supplier tomorrow. 2. To make an invoice for (goods or services). Labels: transitive
Word: break a leg Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Unknown; many unproven and widely debated theories exist. One of the most plausible is that it comes from Yiddish הצלחה און ברכה (hatslokhe un brokhe, “success and blessing”) through the heavy Ashkenazi Jewish influence in the American theater, via the misinterpretation in German as Hals- und Beinbruch (“neck and leg fracture”). The Yiddish phrase itself comes from Hebrew הַצְלָחָה וּבְרָכָה (hatzlakhá u-v'rakhá, “success and blessing”). Another possible origin was to wish opposite luck on the performer so as not to jinx the statement. 1. Good luck!; Do your best!; Said to someone wishing they perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor. Labels: idiomatic Example: Go out there and break a leg tonight. Put on a great show! Example: I told my friend to break a leg, before she went on stage.
Word: blore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare. Pronunciation: /blɔː(ɹ)/ 1. To cry; cry out; weep. Labels: archaic, dialectal 2. To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: blore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”). Pronunciation: /blɔː(ɹ)/ 1. The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. Labels: obsolete Example: a most tempestuous blore
Word: swarf-penny Part of Speech: noun 1. money due to a castle guard at the end of his service Labels: archaic
Word: chantepleure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French chanter (“to sing”) + pleurer (“to weep, to cry”). 1. To sing and cry at the same time. Labels: archaic
Word: merry-go-sorry Part of Speech: noun 1. An experience that elicits feelings of both joy and sorrow. Labels: archaic