nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dietary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ 1. A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations. Example: In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary. 2. A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods. Example: “Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble. Example: I cannot speak with any confidence of the pre-war dietary of asylum patients, which no doubt differs widely in different asylums.
Word: dietary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ 1. Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff. 2. Comprising a food source. Labels: not-comparable Example: For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
Word: greatest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst/ 1. superlative form of great: most great Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Caliban: […]I never saw a woman / But only Sycorax, my dam, and she; / But she as far surpasseth Sycorax / As great'st does least. Example: The greatest number of bridges requiring modification are overline bridges, and many methods are adopted in reconstructing and altering them to give increased clearances.
Word: mainly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English maynly; equivalent to main + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪnli/ 1. Chiefly; for the most part. Labels: not-comparable Example: She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee. Example: If you’re looking for the most breathable mask, Lukovics says, “Cotton is preferable, mainly for absorbing moisture/sweat.” She says multiple layers may be more protective but will also impact breathability. 2. Forcefully, vigorously. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, […] Example: Mainly they all attonce vpon him laid, / And sore beset on euery side around […] 3. Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher[…]. 4. To a great degree; very much. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: chiefly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English chefly; equivalent to chief + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːf.li/ 1. Especially or primarily; above all. Labels: focus Example: Their relationship is chiefly professional. Example: This is a term chiefly used by online gamers. 2. Mainly or principally; almost entirely. Labels: focus
Word: chiefly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chief + -ly (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of chefly and headly. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːf.li/ 1. Of or relating to a chief. Example: The maintenance of a perpetual fire came to be associated with chiefly or royal dignity.
Word: especially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English especial 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 especially From especial + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/, /əˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/, /ɛsˈpɛʃ.(ə.)li/, /ɪkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/, /ɛkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/ 1. In a special manner; specially. Example: He got up early especially. Example: L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133 This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897 especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. 2. Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal. Labels: focus Example: In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it. Example: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers. 3. Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something. Labels: focus Example: Invite them all, especially Molly. Example: Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
Word: hagfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hag + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of the primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: particularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English particular 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 particularly From particular + -ly. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪkjələli/, /pəˈtɪkjəli/, /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/, /pəˈtɪkjəlɚli/ 1. Especially, extremely. Labels: focus, not-comparable Example: The apéritifs were particularly stimulating. Example: We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. 2. To a great extent. Labels: not-comparable 3. Specifically, uniquely or individually. Labels: not-comparable Example: But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard. Example: [Montana Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all. 4. In detail; with regard to particulars. Labels: not-comparable Example: 'That is quite right,' agreed Myra. 'We allow the milkman to come in at the front gate and go to the side door, to save him carrying his can right round the other way. No one else came; I asked Chloe particularly.' 5. In a particular manner; fussily. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.
Word: specifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English specific Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English specifically From specific + -ally. Pronunciation: /spɪˈsɪf.ɪ.kli/, /spəˈsɪf.ɪ.kli/, /spəˈsəf.ə.kli/ 1. In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly. Example: A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a). Example: Unless specifically waived by the IRB, all subjects, or their legally authorized representatives, must document that they are consenting to participate in any research project that is approved by the University of North Dakota Institutional Review Board. 2. For a specific purpose or reason.
Word: specific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific. Pronunciation: /spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/, /spəˈsəf.ək/, /spɛkˈsi.fɪk/, /ˈspɛ.sɪ.fɪk/ 1. Explicit or definite. Example: While some participants, like Gabi and Jasmine, had access to a gym but still felt uncertain about using specific types of equipment, others who trained at home faced even greater challenges due to the absence of both a coach and proper equipment. 2. Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species. Example: Holonyms: generic, familial Example: Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific 3. Special, distinctive or unique. Labels: in-compounds, sometimes Example: A psychologist told WJLA TV that, for the most part, this isn’t a Cocomelon-specific issue. The main issue is too much screen time and children's shows with fast-paced sequences. 4. intended for, or applying to, a particular thing. 5. Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it. Example: a highly specific test specific and nonspecific symptoms 6. Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms Example: Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria. Example: Any improvement in secondary sciatica is probably due to the analgesic action of the sodium salicylate, but in primary sciatica, in all likelihood “rheumatic,” the effect of the sodium salicylate appears to be specific rather than symptomatic. 7. Limited to a particular antibody or antigen. 8. Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy). 9. Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust) 10. A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
Word: specific Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific. Pronunciation: /spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/, /spəˈsəf.ək/, /spɛkˈsi.fɪk/, /ˈspɛ.sɪ.fɪk/ 1. A distinguishing attribute or quality. 2. A remedy for a specific disease or condition. Example: Change of scene, and a new lover, are infallible specifics, always supposing there is no character for constancy to be supported: if I witness the violent sorrow of to-day, I impose upon to-morrow the necessity of being sorry also. Example: If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise. 3. Specification 4. The details; particulars. Labels: in-plural 5. The distinguishing part of a toponym. Example: With the exception of names of pan-Canadian significance and some alternate forms approved by provincial authorities, the specific is not translated.
Word: clamshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clam + shell. 1. The shell of a clam. 2. Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together. Example: You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards. 3. Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together. Example: The wall has been constructed one panel at a time by a machine which uses a clamshell bucket to excavate straight down to a depth of 30 metres. […] Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs). 4. Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together. 5. Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together. 6. Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together. Labels: US, dated, derogatory, slang Example: Shut your clamshell! Example: He was quickly silenced, however, by a burly individual, who "reckoned that it mout be jist as well for the stranger to keep his clam-shell shut." 7. Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam. Labels: attributive, often 8. Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam. Labels: attributive, often
Word: clamshell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From clam + shell. 1. To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure. Example: Although it produces a nonuniform pressure drop across the die and thus causes nonuniform flow through the die lip, the distribution of the melt does not produce die distortion of ^([sic]) clamshelling. Example: However, this solution is more susceptible to clamshelling, as the land length is particularly large at the centre. 2. To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket). Example: The additional handling that it would get by the canal would be: One dumping from the pockets into the canal barge, one clamshelling out of the canal barge, and one dumping onto the dock. Example: First the contractor clamshelled the silty material into two parallel dikes which are 200 feet apart. 3. To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel. Example: In the past, when a boat sank and was judged unfit for salvage, the Coast Guard 'clamshelled' it. That is, they broke it up in order to flatten it as much as possible so it wouldn't obstruct river traffic. 4. To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes. Labels: ambitransitive Example: To avoid getting clamshelled, first check the seat pins, then climb in before you pin the canopy. Example: Sixty-three of the transports grounded in a ring some 400 kilometers outside Cavite City, and their sides clamshelled and Tahn assault troops stormed out.
Word: autarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin autarchia, from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəki/, /-tɑː-/, /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ 1. A condition of absolute power. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity alone, but also a sort of dim Wagnerian vision of hero-gods and Valhallas, a gloomy level of devotion on which paganism, Catholicism and the apotheosis of the State could conveniently be mingled. 3. Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See autarky. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəki/, /-tɑː-/, /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ 1. Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: boxty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bacstaí. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑksti/, /ˈbɒksti/ 1. A traditional Irish potato pancake.
Word: Kirwan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardhubháin (“descendant of Ciardhubhán”), a personal name composed of ciar (“dark”) + dubh (“black”) + the suffix -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)wən/ 1. A surname from Irish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: capacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās (whence -acity), from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”). Pronunciation: /kəˈpæsɪti/, /kəˈpasɪtɪj/, /kəˈpasɪte/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ 1. The ability to hold, receive, or absorb. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A measure of such ability; volume. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A measure of such ability; volume. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was hauling a capacity load. Example: The orchestra played to a capacity crowd. 4. Capability; the ability to perform some task. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems. 5. The maximum that can be produced. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The maximum that can be produced. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour. 7. The potential for growth and development. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The potential for growth and development. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A role; the position in which one functions. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A role; the position in which one functions. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Electrical capacitance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: capacity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās (whence -acity), from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”). Pronunciation: /kəˈpæsɪti/, /kəˈpasɪtɪj/, /kəˈpasɪte/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ 1. Filling the allotted space. Labels: not-comparable
Word: capacitance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English capacitance From capacity + -ance. 1. The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F). Labels: uncountable 2. An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance. Labels: countable
Word: propane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clipping of propionic acid + -ane, from French propionique, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) + πίων (píōn, “fat”). Analyzable as prop- + -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊpeɪn/ 1. An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Propane gas is used for cooking and cylinder containers are placed to one side of the underframe, with battery boxes and electrical control boxes at the other side. 2. LPG. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: pentane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pent- + -ane. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnteɪn/ 1. An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.
Word: alkyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl English -yne English alkyne Formed as alkyl + -yne. Pronunciation: /ˈælkaɪn/ 1. A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
Word: gombeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish gaimbín (“monetary interest”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒmˈbiːn/ 1. Usury. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A moneylender during the Great Famine. Labels: Ireland, countable, historical, uncountable Example: It was said by some that he had been a moneylender back in Ireland; a ‘gombeen’ in their slang: a hated figure. 3. A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians. Labels: Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable Example: "Could you give me two ounces of butter?" "Well, I don't know. We sell butter usually by the weight half pound or a pound." "Do you sell quarter pounds?" "Well, I think so." "Could you give me half a quarter pound?" "Yes." "Half a quarter pound then." Sebastian watching him. O you sly gombeen man. The backs of these stores, most sordid places in the world. You stupid, intolerable oaf.
Word: gombeen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Irish gaimbín (“monetary interest”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒmˈbiːn/ 1. Corrupt, underhanded. Labels: Ireland Example: They were talking gombeen politics.
Word: on the nail Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Allegedly from the tradition of striking bargains by placing cash on the nails in Bristol, Limerick and Liverpool. The Oxford English Dictionary, however, cites an Anglo-Norman phrase from c. 1360, "payer sur le ungle" to pay on the (finger)nail meaning "to pay immediately and in full", and the Latin "ad unguem", exactly. It quotes parallel usages from 17th century French, Dutch and German sources and adds that "N.E.D. (1906) notes that: ‘the explanations associating it with certain pillars at the Exchange of Limerick or Bristol are too late to be of any authority in deciding the question’." 1. Immediately, without delay. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Tell me, have you a mind to anything in the Doctor's book? Speak the word, and I will help you to it upon the nail. Example: You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail, and I will take you back to London with me besides and teach you what is fortune. 2. Exactly. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Six o'clock on the nail. She wasn't going to be late.
Word: nails Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /neɪlz/ 1. plural of nail Labels: form-of, plural 2. The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.
Word: nails Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /neɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nails Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /neɪlz/ 1. Ellipsis of hard as nails. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable, slang Example: Malik shook his head, stirring the coffee. 'Evans is nails, mate.'
Word: Sinn Féin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Sinn Féin (literally “we ourselves”) from sinn (“we, us”) + féin (“-self, -selves”). Pronunciation: /ʃɪn ˈfeɪn/ 1. An Irish political party committed to the reunification of Ireland. Labels: Irish Example: Ireland’s largest party, Fianna Fáil, has said it will not consider going into government with Sinn Féin, a decision likely to prevent the leftwing nationalists from entering power for the first time.
Word: howzat Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A reduction (linguistics) of How is that? Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊˌzat/ 1. The cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.
Word: howzat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reduction (linguistics) of How is that? Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊˌzat/ 1. An instance of this cry in order to make an appeal to the umpire.
Word: trance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”). Pronunciation: /tɹɑːns/, /tɹæns/ 1. A dazed or unconscious condition. Labels: countable 2. A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). Labels: countable Example: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. Example: My soul was ravished quite as in a trance. 3. A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. Labels: countable 4. Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: trance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”). Pronunciation: /tɹɑːns/, /tɹæns/ 1. To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And there I left him tranced. 2. To create in or via a trance. Labels: rare, transitive Example: The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […] Example: What is interesting for us here is that Chingkai and her familiars dreamed and tranced the Temiar world into being. […]
Word: trance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb. 1. To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 2. To pass across or over; to traverse. Labels: dialectal, intransitive Example: Trance the world o'er. Example: After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats. 3. To travel quickly over a long distance. Labels: dialectal, intransitive
Word: trance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb. 1. A tedious journey. Labels: dialectal Example: So saying, he led the way out through halls and trances that were weel kend to my gudesire, and into the auld oak parlour; […]
Word: eye candy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + candy. Early-1980’s US TV and advertising jargon, perhaps influenced by earlier nose candy (“cocaine”). 1. A very attractive person or persons, or the salient visible physical attributes thereof. Labels: uncountable Example: I'm going to the beach to check out some eye candy. Example: But despite his claims that NBC would become “the class act,” not all of [Fred] Silverman's changes seemed aimed in direction of excellence. Unfortunately his rationale for eschewing exploitative “eye candy” seemed to apply to more serious sex-related ventures as well. 2. Any object or sight with considerable visual appeal. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: DirectX 10 promises an almost obscene step up in the level of eye candy you can expect from an A-list game, which is the great news. The bad news is, you'll need a new videocard to get those gorgeous graphics.
Word: Taoiseach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Taoiseach (“chieftain, leader; prime minister of Ireland”). The plural form Taoisigh is borrowed from Irish Taoisigh. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːʃəx/, /-ʃək/, /ˈtiʃək/, /ˈtiːʃi/, /ˈtiʃi/ 1. The head of the government of Ireland, comparable to a prime minister of a Commonwealth of Nations country. Labels: Irish Example: Article 28. […] 5. 1º The head of the Government, or Prime Minister, shall be called, and is in this Constitution referred to as, the Taoiseach. 2º The Taoiseach shall keep the President generally informed on matters of domestic and international policy. Example: To cope with the situation created at home by the war so close at hand, an Taoiseach (Prime Minister [Éamon] de Valera) rearranged his cabinet and formed a Ministry of Supplies under one of his ablest men.
Word: hug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyġe (“thought”) (whence high (Etymology 2)). Pronunciation: /hʌɡ/, /hʊɡ/ 1. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug"). 2. A particular grip in wrestling.
Word: hug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyġe (“thought”) (whence high (Etymology 2)). Pronunciation: /hʌɡ/, /hʊɡ/ 1. To crouch; to huddle as with cold. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited. Example: That is why they are so little known and never explored. During the day, when a Chilean cruiser nosed around uncomfortably close, the little sloop would be hugged under the lee of one of the islands, sail lowered and anchor dropped. 2. To cling closely together. Labels: intransitive 3. To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms. Labels: reciprocal, transitive Example: Billy hugged Danny until he felt better. Example: They hugged for what seemed like an eternity. 4. To stay close to. Labels: transitive Example: to hug the shore, to hug the coastline Example: We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove. 5. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: We hug intellectual deformities, if they bear our names
Word: Syriac Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Syriacus (“Syrian”), from Ancient Greek Συριακός (Suriakós, “Syrian”, adjective), from Συρία (Suría) [the Greek name for Aram, and probably based on the name Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”)] + -ακός (-akós). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹiˌæk/, /sɪraɪək/ 1. An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically: 2. An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:
Word: Syriac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Syriacus (“Syrian”), from Ancient Greek Συριακός (Suriakós, “Syrian”, adjective), from Συρία (Suría) [the Greek name for Aram, and probably based on the name Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”)] + -ακός (-akós). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹiˌæk/, /sɪraɪək/ 1. A speaker of the Syriac language (see above). 2. A member of any of the Syriac churches, but especially the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church.
Word: Syriac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Syriacus (“Syrian”), from Ancient Greek Συριακός (Suriakós, “Syrian”, adjective), from Συρία (Suría) [the Greek name for Aram, and probably based on the name Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”)] + -ακός (-akós). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹiˌæk/, /sɪraɪək/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or being the Syriac language, its speakers, or their culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: swastika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika), from सु- (su-, “good, well”) + अस्ति (asti), a verbal abstract of the root of the verb "to be", स्वस्ति (svasti) thus meaning "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क (ka); hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". First attestation in English in 1871, a Sanskritism that replaced the Grecian term gammadion. From 1932 onwards it often referred specifically to the version used by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (also called the "hooked cross", or German Hakenkreuz). Pronunciation: /ˈswɒstɪkə/, /ˈswɒstəkə/, /ˈswɑstɪkə/, /ˈswɑstəkə/, /ˈswɔstɘkɘ/ 1. A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism. Labels: countable Example: This was signed by Dana Da, who added pentacles and pentagrams, and a crux ansata, and half-a-dozen swastikas, and a Triple Tau to his name, just to show that he was all he laid claim to be. Example: It is clear from archaeological finds that they enjoyed wearing Christian crosses, though they might enliven these with such symbols as the Indian swastika which Buddhists had brought them. 2. Nazi rule. Labels: metonymically, uncountable Example: "Is that what you think of me? I believe in the Grail, not the Swastika!" Example: “I can’t imagine anyone believes in Communist culprits instead of a contract job commissioned on behalf of the swastika.”
Word: terminator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or. * (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/, /ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.tɚ/, [ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.ɾɚ], /ˈtɜː.mɪ.næɪ.tə/, [ˈtɜː.mɪ.næɪ.ɾə] 1. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator. 2. A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission. 3. The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. Example: Harriot, looking at the moon, saw the irregular terminator, the highlights and shadows, the mountain ranges and valleys that Galileo had described – and he also convinced himself that he saw Galileo's imaginary crater. Example: Another view captured by Wiseman shows the Earth divided by night and day. That frontier between light and darkness is known as the terminator. 4. A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off. 5. An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line. 6. An intelligent android created to destroy humans. Example: Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
Word: spa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term is derived from the name of the Belgian town of Spa, where since medieval times illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron-bearing) spring water. In 16ᵗʰ century England the old Roman ideas of medicinal bathing were revived at towns like Bath, and in 1571 William Slingsby who had been to the Belgian town (which he called Spaw) discovered a chalybeate spring in Yorkshire. He built an enclosed well at what became known as Harrogate, the first resort in England for drinking medicinal waters, then in 1596 Dr. Timothy Bright called the resort The English Spaw, beginning the use of the word Spa as a generic description rather than as the place name of the Belgian town. At first this term referred specifically to resorts for water drinking rather than bathing, but this distinction was gradually lost and many spas offer external remedies. There are various stories about the origin of the name. A Belgian spring of iron-bearing water was called Espa from the Walloon term for "fountain", and was used in 1326 as a cure by an iron master with such success that he founded a health resort that developed into the town, though it has been suggested that this term may be derived from the name of the resort. Some have suggested that the town's name can be ultimately sourced from Latin spargere (“to scatter, sprinkle, or moisten”), though this derivation is problematic. Pronunciation: /ˈspɑː/, /ˈspɔː/, /ˈspɑ/, /ˈspɐː/, /ˈspa/ 1. A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring. 2. A trendy or fashionable resort. 3. A health club. Example: They went to a spa for a massage. 4. A hot tub. Example: Their bath is fitted with a spa. 5. A convenience store. Labels: Maine
Word: spa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of spastic Pronunciation: /spɑː/ 1. An idiot; a gobshite Labels: Ireland, slang Example: What the fuck was she talking about, he must think she's such a spa. Example: ['...] We'll say it was just the two of us sitting in the shed having a chat.' 'Don't be such a spa. Nobody will believe we were sitting in the shed having a chat.[...'] 2. A clumsy person (see spastic) Labels: Ireland, slang Example: — Hit it. He missed. — You're a big spa, I told him.
Word: terminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English terminaten (“to bring to an end; to adjudicate; to end, stop; to border, confine, contain”) from terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin terminātus, perfect passive participle of terminō (“to set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine, cognate with French terminer. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːmɪneɪ̯t/, /ˈtɝmɪneɪ̯t/ 1. To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state. Labels: transitive Example: to terminate a process before its completion Example: to terminate an effort, or a controversy 2. To conclude. Labels: transitive 3. To set or be a limit or boundary to. Labels: transitive Example: to terminate a surface by a line 4. To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule. Labels: transitive Example: We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them. 5. To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off. Labels: transitive 6. To kill someone or something. Labels: euphemistic, transitive Example: The enemy must be terminated by any means possible. 7. To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end. Labels: intransitive Example: She unlocked the casket which contained her mother's picture, and gazed even more earnestly than usual on that beautiful face; its frank, glad smile was too painful; it seemed an omen of all that could make a joyous and beloved existence; and yet how had her's terminated! 8. Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus. Labels: intransitive Example: This train terminates at the next station. Example: It is a branch that climbs for 11½ miles into the picturesque Wealden hills until, apparently exhausted by the effort, it terminates a mile short of the village of Hawkhurst. 9. To issue or result. Labels: intransitive
Word: terminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈtɝmɪnət/, /ˈtɜːmɪnət/ 1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended. 2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude. Example: Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth. 3. Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite. Example: One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
Word: mott Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably ultimately from French motte; compare motte. 1. A copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm. Labels: Texas Example: They were rolling southward on the International. The timber was huddling into little dense, green motts at rare distances before the inundation of the downright, vert prairies. This was the land of the ranches; the domain of the kings of the kine. Example: We continued northwest, the grass tall with scattered thick motts of oak and the mesquites with their flickering leaves and the yuccas in bloom with their white flowers.
Word: mott Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mort (“woman”), etymology 5. 1. Alternative spelling of mot (“woman”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Hon. TOM DASHALL in the mean time was in close conversation with his mott in the corner of the Box, and was getting, as Sparkle observed, "rather nutty in that quarter of the globe." 2. The vulva. Labels: slang Example: The truck was going past Wollaton Park and Barry was still yapping about this chick's hairy mott and yet it was only background muffle to Desmond.
Word: culchie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Kiltimagh, a town in County Mayo, Ireland, or from Irish coillte (“woods”). Possibly a corruption of the shortening of agricultural to culch + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃi/ 1. An unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, slang Example: Only culchies shop in Clery's but, said Billy. Example: For most of his quarter-century in Ireland's parliament, he was regarded as the archetypal "culchie", Dublin slang for an unpolished, reactionary rural type.
Word: anticline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + -cline. Pronunciation: /ˈæntiklaɪn/ 1. A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
Word: tánaiste Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Tánaiste. Labels: alt-of
Word: obdurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the 1450s, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English obdurat(e), borrowed from Latin obdūrātus (“hardened”), perfect passive participle of obdūrō (“to harden”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“to harden, render hard”), from dūrus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/, /ˈɒbdjʊɹɪt/, /ˈɒbdʒəɹɪt/, /-ət/, /ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/ 1. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. Example: […] sometimes the very custom of evil making the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary […] Example: Art thou obdurate, flintie, hard as ſteele? / Nay more then flint, for ſtone at raine relenteth: […] 2. Physically hardened, toughened. Labels: obsolete Example: The past is obdurate for the same reason a turtle's shell is obdurate: because the living flesh inside is tender and defenseless. 3. Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted. Example: I fear the gentleman to whom Miss Amelia's letters were addressed was rather an obdurate critic.
Word: obdurate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obdūrātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more 1. To harden; to obdure. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: beast of burden Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiːst əv ˈbɝdn̩/ 1. A domestic animal that performs heavy work for humans, such as carrying a load (on its body) or pulling a load (which trails behind). 2. Any domestic animal trained to perform other tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon. Labels: broadly Example: Near-synonyms: working animal, service animal 3. A person who is mistreated by being inappropriately treated like a servant. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Get it yourself. I'm not your beast of burden.
Word: rubicund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rubicundus, from rubere (“to be red”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɪk(ə)nd/, /ˈɹubəˌkənd/ 1. Possessing a red complexion; ruddy. Example: He was of a full, rubicund countenance, with a double chin, aquiline nose, and a pleasant twinkling eye.