nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: youngster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From young + -ster. Attested from the early 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈjʌŋstə/, /ˈjʌŋstɚ/ 1. A young person. Example: As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once. Example: ‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’ [...] ‘Do you mean,’ stammered Jess, ‘that you are . . .?’ ‘Cook-housekeeper,’ the woman nodded. ‘Aren’t I telling you? It’s all confirmed!’ ‘And the youngster – me?’ asked Jessamy. ‘Well, whoever else you silly child!’ said the housekeeper, smiling.
Word: youth hostel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjuːθ ˌhɒstəl/ 1. An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.
Word: youthfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English youthful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English youthfulness From youthful + -ness. 1. The vitality characteristic of youth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But it was not the sadness, nor indeed, strictly speaking, the infantileness of the face of Isabel which so singularly impressed him with the idea of her original and changeless youthfulness.
Word: Yugoslav Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn ("Southern Slav"), influenced by Slav. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːɡəˌslɑːv/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Yugoslavia or Yugoslavs. Labels: historical Example: Due to Greek objections, North Macedonia was often referred to as the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" for many years. Example: A small band of men, all very Yugoslav-looking, were sitting in the bar, talking politics.
Word: Yugoslav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn ("Southern Slav"), influenced by Slav. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːɡəˌslɑːv/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia. Labels: historical Example: He considered himself to be a Yugoslav first and foremost, regardless of his Croat and Serb ancestry.
Word: Yugoslav Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn ("Southern Slav"), influenced by Slav. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːɡəˌslɑːv/ 1. Serbo-Croatian language Labels: dated, nonstandard Example: He is an educated man, speaking English, French, Spanish, Yugoslav, Russian and German, and he saw service in the Army and understands espionage.
Word: yuppie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun). Pronunciation: /ˈjʌpɪ/, /ˈjʌpi/ 1. A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle. Labels: dated, derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: [David] Wain packs They Came Together with supporting characters, most of them variations on stock rom-com archetypes—the exes, the siblings, the co-workers, the yuppie parents, and so forth.
Word: lackadaisical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the archaic expression lackadaisy + -ic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/, /læksə-/ 1. Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm. Example: the lackadaisical look on his face Example: I, at one time, used to go and take a hand at cribbage with a friend, and afterwards discuss a cold sirloin of beef, and throw out a few lackadaisical remarks, in a way to please myself, but it would not do long. 2. Lazy; slothful; indolent.
Word: xenophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English xenophilia From xeno- + -philia. 1. An attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture. Labels: uncountable 2. Love (especially sexual love) between humans and extraterrestrials. Labels: uncountable Example: While it may appear that Sturgeon has thus become an advocate of homoeroticism, incest, xenophilia, and other exotic or decadent sexual practices, he remains committed rather to the ideals of understanding and tolerance. Example: An alien—seemingly just a tourist—lands in the middle of Washington, assumes human, male form, and is adopted by four college kids for fun and sex. The story is told in snatches of dialogue and scraps of poetry (the title is from e.e. cummings), and is all goofy juxtapositions, happy xenophilia, and affection for the enthusiastic and accepting youth.
Word: thang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An altered spelling of thing, representing pronunciation in the southern United States (see thank–think merger); compare everytang. Also see archaic variants for "thing" like Middle English theing. Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋ/, [ˈθæŋ], /ˈθeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈθeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈθɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of thing, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: It's cool, girl, it ain't no thang. Example: Do your own thang. 2. the buttocks. Labels: slang
Word: xerography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xero- + -graphy. 1. A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed. Labels: uncountable
Word: xerograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, xero- + -graph; more on the diachrony in Wikipedia at xerography. 1. A photocopy produced by xerography.
Word: xerograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, xero- + -graph; more on the diachrony in Wikipedia at xerography. 1. To make a photocopy using a xerographer. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: longing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/, /lɑŋɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of long Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: longing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/, /lɑŋɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: longing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langungō, gerund of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (gerund ending). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/, /lɑŋɪŋ/ 1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. Example: all natural lovings and longings Example: For round the valley a great desert lies through which no common traveller may come, but those whom the gods have chosen feel suddenly a great longing at heart, and crossing the mountains that divide the desert from the world, set out across it driven by the gods, […] 2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.
Word: xerographic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or produced by xerography
Word: melancholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic. 1. Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. Example: Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Example: But he was also a natural chronicler: one senses that, even as his schemes collapsed, this aesthetic Arab Quixote knew the stories would make great material for his witty, sharp, melancholic writings. 2. Pertaining to black bile (melancholy). Labels: dated 3. Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.
Word: melancholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic. 1. A person who is habitually melancholy. Example: Kafka, Hart Crane, Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams, Mark Rothko, melancholics all, so why shouldn’t we accept our own bleakness and take long walks in the winter woods and look at the gnarled limbs of trees and struggle with the inscrutable and accept the beauty of permanent turmoil?
Word: bile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French bile, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). Partially displaced native English gall (“bile”), from Middle English galle, from Old English galla, ġealla (“gall, bile”). Pronunciation: /baɪl/, /ˈbaɪ.əl/ 1. A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents. Example: He spake out of the Pythonesse, Act. 16. 17. brought downe fire from heauen, and consumed Iobs sheepe 7000. and his seruants, raised a storme, strooke the house wherein his sonnes and daughters feasted with their elder brother, smote the foure corners of it, with the ruine whereof they all were destroyed, and perished: and ouerspread the body of that holy Saint their father with botches[t] and biles from the sole of his foot to the crowne of his head.
Word: bile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ. Pronunciation: /baɪl/, /ˈbaɪ.əl/ 1. A boil (kind of swelling). Labels: obsolete
Word: bile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ. Pronunciation: /baɪl/, /ˈbaɪ.əl/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of boil. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: We pretty near biled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand […]
Word: spirillum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, from Latin spira (“coil”). 1. Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella. 2. Any of various other spiral-shaped microorganisms.
Word: jail bait Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jailbait. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: trickle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪkəl/ 1. A very thin river. Example: The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle. 2. A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow. Example: The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night. Example: The streams that run south and east from the mountains to the coast are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.
Word: trickle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪkəl/ 1. to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. Labels: transitive Example: The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound. 2. to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. Labels: intransitive Example: Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent. Example: The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end. 3. To move or roll slowly. Labels: intransitive Example: Some [marbles] were found in a child's grave at Nagada, Egypt […] together with a set of ninepins and three rectangular bricks which could have formed an arch through which to trickle the balls. Example: They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates.
Word: -ast Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -asta, from Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs), from -άζω (-ázō, verbal suffix) + -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix). 1. someone associated with something Labels: morpheme
Word: laud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed. Pronunciation: /lɔːd/, /loːd/, /lɔd/, /lɑd/ 1. Glorification or praise. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […] Example: Laud be to God 2. Hymn of praise. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A prayer service following matins. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: laud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed. Pronunciation: /lɔːd/, /loːd/, /lɔd/, /lɑd/ 1. To praise; to glorify. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god. Example: The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903.
Word: oficina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish oficina. Doublet of officina and usine. 1. A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country. Example: The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse. Example: Neighbouring oficinas place nitrate f.o.b. at shipping ports at a cost of from 5s to 5s. 6d. a quintal.
Word: butthead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt (“buttocks, backside”) + head. Compare buttface. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtˌhɛd/ 1. An annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, vulgar Example: If you think, "He is such a butthead," you might ask yourself what a butthead would...
Word: butt heads Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the activities of some horned animals, which compete by butting, or hitting, their heads against one another. 1. To argue uncompromisingly. Labels: idiomatic Example: They always seem to butt heads when they end up talking about politics. Example: "Eventually, I just pieced it together, figuring your butting heads could probably be explained by a break up. Years of anime shipping trained me for this." 2. To struggle against something that does not give way. Example: For long spells, City butted their heads against Chelsea’s well-organised lines and the upshot was the end of their push to complete a treble.
Word: orthonormalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English orthonormal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English orthonormalize From orthonormal + -ize. 1. To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
Word: butt in Part of Speech: verb 1. To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption). Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Hey, this is none of your business; don’t butt in! Example: Forgive me for butting in. 2. To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle, in violation of etiquette. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: page flow Part of Speech: noun 1. A directory of web application files that work together to implement a user interface feature. Labels: Internet
Word: complicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”). 1. The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank. 2. Complexity. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!
Word: cripple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ 1. Crippled. Labels: archaic, dated, not-comparable Example: And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away. Example: Early treatment, and treatment spread over a long period, was the on means of rendering a cripple child fit to mix with its fellows on anything like equal terms, […]
Word: cripple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ 1. A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. Labels: countable, offensive, uncountable Example: He returned from war a cripple. Example: I am […]a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. 2. A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Many a one, who perhaps doesn't suspect it, is a moral cripple, or maybe a mental cripple. 3. A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Scrapple. Labels: dialectal, uncountable 5. A rocky shallow in a stream. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cripple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ 1. To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired. Example: The car bomb crippled five passers-by. Example: A rackingly painful disease that affects the joints and finally cripples, it is caused by an imbalance of uric acid in the system. 2. To damage seriously; to destroy. Labels: figuratively Example: My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money. Example: But in respect to the emotional crippling of children it seems to me that women have been overblamed for the kinds of mothers they make, and underblamed for the failure of their marriages. 3. To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally. Labels: figuratively Example: With all these people all around / I'm crippled with anxiety / But I'm told it's where I'm s'posed to be. Example: But the penny was beginning to drop: even a successful railway could be crippled by its capital costs. 4. To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless. Example: The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save. 5. To nerf something to the point of being underpowered. Labels: slang
Word: italicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English italic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English italicize From italic + -ize. Pronunciation: /ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/ 1. To put into italics. Labels: transitive 2. To emphasize. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: Border Collie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of border collie. Labels: alt-of
Word: italics Part of Speech: noun 1. Letters in an italic typeface. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics. Example: [T]hey [the Catholics and Puritans] encumbered their verſion [of the Bible] with a load of uſeleſs Italics; often without the leaſt neceſſity, and almoſt always to the detriment of the text. In fact, either the words in Italics are virtually implied in the Hebrew, or they are not. In the former caſe they are a real part of the text, and ſhould be printed in the ſame character: in the latter, they are generally ill aſſorted and clumſy ekes, that may well be ſpared; and which often disfigure the narration under pretence of connecting it. 2. plural of italic: exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence Labels: form-of, plural Example: Margaret Long […] was yapping, her silly voice fraught with italics. Example: a woman who has an irritating way of speaking in italics
Word: xylitol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) + English -itol (“anhydric alcohol”). Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪlɪtɑl/, /-toʊl/, /ˈzaɪlɪtɒl/ 1. A pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A note of caution to readers with pets: Xylitol is toxic to dogs and can have potentially life-threatening effects. As owners of two doggos ourselves, we encourage anyone with a dog to use extreme caution when bringing xylitol into your home.
Word: crystalline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/, /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/, /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/ 1. Of, relating to, or composed of crystals. 2. Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure. 3. Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent Example: There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties. 4. Pure. Example: not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).
Word: crystalline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/, /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/, /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/ 1. Any crystalline substance. Labels: obsolete 2. Aniline. Labels: obsolete
Word: isomeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English isomer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English isomeric From isomer + -ic. 1. Being an isomer. Labels: not-comparable, physical 2. Exhibiting isomerism. Labels: not-comparable, physical
Word: ontic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ὄντ- (ónt-)) + -ic. 1. Ontological. 2. Pertaining to being, as opposed to pertaining to a theory of it (which would be ontological). Example: My descriptions are ontical—addressing the world we inhabit, the what and where and how and why of objects therein; my questions are not ontological in the sense of struggling (vainly) to answer the question of the being of things tout court.
Word: vermian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vermi- + -an. 1. Of or relating to worms. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the vermis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: casualty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From casual, from Middle French casuel, from Medieval Latin casualitas and Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”). Originally meaning “a chance event” (compare casual, as in “casual encounter”), it developed a negative meaning as “an unfortunate event”, especially the loss of a person. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʒʊ.əlti/, /ˈkaʒʊlti/, /ˈkaʒəlti/, /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, /ˈkæʒəlti/ 1. Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. xx, The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties. 2. A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality. Labels: countable, proscribed, uncountable 4. A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Clipping of casualty department: the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 6. An incidental charge or payment. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Among recent casualties is the S.B.B.'s branch from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains, just across the French frontier, closed to all traffic at the commencement of the winter service. Example: Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own right, but back in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology. 8. Chance nature; randomness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […]
Word: going to Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Middle English goyng to, first attested in 1483—some earlier attestations have been claimed, though these are disputed—and grammaticalized over the course of the Early Modern period. Possibly influenced by the comparable use of Middle French aller (“go”), which arose somewhat earlier and is preserved in modern French. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊɪŋ tu/, /ɡoʊɪŋ tə/, /ɡoʊɪn tə/, /ɡoʊɪnə/, /ɡoʊnə/ 1. Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen. Example: I'm going to throw out the milk if nobody’s going to drink it. Example: I was going to cut the grass, but it started raining. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, going, to. Example: It's getting late; I must be going to my grandma's.
Word: guilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Possibly related with Old English ġieldan (“to pay, requite, punish”) (whence yield), from Proto-West Germanic *guldijā (whence Middle High German gülte (“debt, fee, financial duty”), Middle Low German gülde, German Gülte), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay for”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”). However, neither the Old English stem form nor its ending -t (instead of -d) fit the continental form. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/ 1. Responsibility for wrongdoing. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Regret for having done wrong. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Appropriate guilt is experienced when we actually do something objectively wrong—for example, exploit another, betray a trust, and so on. […] Inappropriate guilt occurs from believing a lie and is resolved by an application of the truth.
Word: guilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”). Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/ 1. To commit offenses; act criminally. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: guilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/ 1. To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it. Example: Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.
Word: guilt Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/ 1. Obsolete form of gilt (“gilded”) Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Two silver monteths, two large fflaggons, two large tankards, two silver salvers, a voyder and a knyfe, two silver salts, two guilt bolls of the like size, one other boll, three silver bolls, in all 24 pieces guilt and unguilt.
Word: mechanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism Learned borrowing from New Latin mechanismus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/, [ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zm̩], /ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/, [ˈmek.əˌnɪ.zm̩] 1. Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. 3. A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A site that carried [sexually explicit] material, but that gated it off from children through credit cards or other mechanisms to verify the age of the user, would have an acceptable defense under the act. Example: Whatever the mechanism, attempts to starve the beast through revenue shortages somehow seem to make the beast all the more voracious. 4. A mental, physical, or chemical process. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: granda Part of Speech: noun 1. grandfather Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, informal Example: My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.
Word: fino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish fino (“fine”). Doublet of fine. 1. The driest and palest type of traditional sherry.
Word: volar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vola. Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊlə(ɹ)/ 1. Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. Labels: not-comparable
Word: X-ray crystallography Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in which the patterns formed by the diffraction of X-rays on passing through a crystalline substance yield information on the lattice structure of the crystal, and the molecular structure of the substance. Labels: uncountable
Word: crystallography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crystal Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -ography English crystallography From crystal + -ography. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɑɡɹəfi/ 1. The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of crystals. Labels: uncountable
Word: respray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English spray English respray From re- + spray. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈspɹeɪ/, /ˈɹiːspɹeɪ/ 1. To spray again. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: My car's got a big scratch down one side — I'll have to get it resprayed. Example: If he moved a muscle, they would both be in DEEP TROUBLE. “It must have been a bird, Mr Big,” said Dad. “Ruddy big bird,” muttered the little man. “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.” “Yes, guv’nor.”
Word: respray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English spray English respray From re- + spray. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈspɹeɪ/, /ˈɹiːspɹeɪ/ 1. An act of respraying. Example: I bought a second-hand car but I don't like the colour, so I'm taking it in for a respray.
Word: diffraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin diffrāctiō (in which coined by Francesco Maria Grimaldi), from Latin diffrāctus, past participle of Latin diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”). Coined in Physico-mathesis de lumine (1665) by Francesco Maria Grimaldi. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɹækʃən/ 1. The bending of a wave around an obstacle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: X-ray photograph Part of Speech: noun 1. radiograph
Word: radiograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -graph. 1. An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than visible light; especially an X-ray photograph. 2. An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
Word: radiograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From radio- + -graph. 1. To produce a radiograph image. Example: Therefore, to help evaluate this diagnostic hypothesis, the skeletal remains were fully radiographed in order to provide an overall picture of the distribution of endosteal alterations.
Word: radiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English radiography From radio- + -graphy. 1. The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them. Labels: uncountable Example: In addition, a number of new possibilities would be opened up to diagraphy – e.g., radiography of movements, kinematographic radiography, and radiography of those in a state of convulsion.
Word: X-ray spectroscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of an X-ray spectrometer for chemical analysis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: X-ray spectrometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for analyzing the chemical composition of substances using the characteristic spectral lines produced by their interaction with X-rays.
Word: disacknowledge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English acknowledge English disacknowledge From dis- + acknowledge. 1. To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny. Labels: transitive
Word: spectroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scopy English spectroscopy From spectro- + -scopy. Pronunciation: /spɛkˈtɹɒs.kə.piː/, /spɛkˈtɹɑs.kə.pi/, /spɛkˈtɹɒs.kə.pi/, /spekˈtɹɔs.kə.piː/, /spɛkˈtɹɔs.kə.pi/ 1. The scientific study of spectra. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of spectrometers in chemical analysis. Labels: countable
Word: X-ray therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. The therapeutic use of controlled doses of X-rays.
Word: -athon Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Rebracketing of marathon. 1. An event, usually collaborative, characterized by intense activity, effort, and time spent in connection to a specific theme or goal. Labels: morpheme 2. An event, usually collaborative, characterized by intense activity, effort, and time spent in connection to a specific theme or goal. Labels: morpheme
Word: -thon Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -athon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: trottoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French trotter French trotter Old French -eoir French -oir French trottoirbor. English trottoir Borrowed from French trottoir. Pronunciation: /tɹɒtˈwɑː(ɹ)/, /tɹɒtˈwɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. Labels: archaic Example: Head-less bodies were trailed along the trottoirs.
Word: haka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka, from Proto-Oceanic *sagaʀ. The word is cognate with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːkə/, /ˈhæ-/, /ˈhɑkə/, /ˈhaka/, /ˈhaːka/ 1. A group dance of New Zealand's Māori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes. Example: After each of my retinue were presented to the chief, partaking of the honour of the ougi, or salutation, the hákà, or dance of welcome, was performed; this was commenced by our entertainers, who placed themselves in an extended line, in ranks four deep. This dance, to a stranger witnessing it for the first time, is calculated to excite the most alarming fears; […] Example: A "Haka" is the native dance, answering to the corroboree of the Australian aboriginals, and we were anxious to see it. […] Later in the evening, however, the complaisant Herekiekie entertained a small and select party at a "Haka" in his "whare" or house (pronounced wharry). It was exactly what I expected. The performers, all male, stood in a row, one, slightly advanced, acting as fugleman. They shouted and gesticulated with the most hideous and revolting gestures, grimaces, and yells.
Word: haka Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Māori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka, from Proto-Oceanic *sagaʀ. The word is cognate with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːkə/, /ˈhæ-/, /ˈhɑkə/, /ˈhaka/, /ˈhaːka/ 1. To perform the haka. Labels: intransitive Example: [T]hey hoisted him up to the ridge pole and lighted the fire; they began to haka, when they were tired of that they sang songs, […] Example: [page 213] The haka is one of the Maori's most honourable games that can be performed to entertain strangers; and when such is played it is a sign of a people of chiefs and days of peace. The people played this game to her that Te-kahu-rere-moa might haka and entertain them, that they might see how beautifully she could haka. […] [page 214] She hakaed for some time, and all the people were quite in love with her.
Word: silent number Part of Speech: noun 1. A telephone number not listed in the directory.
Word: killer cancel Part of Speech: noun 1. A cancellation mark that is so heavy that it defaces the postage stamp to which it is applied, devaluing it from a collector's point of view.
Word: se-tenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French se tenant (“holding each other”), present participle of se tenir (“to hold each other”). 1. A set of postage stamps with differing values, colours, etc, but printed on the same sheet.
Word: Colin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive of Coll, a medieval short form of Nicholas. It has also been used to anglicize Irish Coileán and Scottish Gaelic Cailean. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlɪn/, /ˈkəʊlɪn/, /ˈkɑlɪn/, /ˈkoʊlɪn/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: That iolly shepheard, which there piped, was / Poore Colin Clout (who knowes not Colin Clout?) Example: "My parents," Powell wrote, "were British subjects, and they named me Colin (KAH-lin). Being British, they knew very well how the name was supposed to be pronounced. But when I was a young boy, there was a famous American World War II hero whose name became very popular in the streets of New York City. He was Capt. Colin P. Kelly Jr. He was called KOH-lin. My friends in the streets of the South Bronx, who heard Captain Kelly's name pronounced in the radio and by their parents and other adults, began to refer to me by the same pronunciation. 2. A rather rare surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Collin.
Word: nutrient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/, /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/ 1. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. Example: Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.
Word: nutrient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/, /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/ 1. Providing nourishment.
Word: nutriment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English nutriment, from Latin nūtrīmentum. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹɪ.mənt/ 1. A source of nourishment; food. 2. Something that promotes growth or development; a nutrient.
Word: nourishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/, /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/, /ˈnʊɹɪʃmənt/ 1. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that nourishes; food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources. Example: Many ultraraces do not include much nourishment from organizers.
Word: nourishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nourish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nourishing Part of Speech: adj 1. That provides nourishment; nutritious. Example: The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.”
Word: waddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wadelen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade + -le. Compare Saterland Frisian wuttelje (“to waddle”), Old High German wadalōn (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”). First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒd.əl/, /ˈwɑd.əl/, [ˈwɑɾ.ɫ̩] 1. A squat, swaying gait. Example: the waddle of a duck 2. A group of birds, such as ducks and penguins, when walking.
Word: waddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wadelen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade + -le. Compare Saterland Frisian wuttelje (“to waddle”), Old High German wadalōn (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”). First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒd.əl/, /ˈwɑd.əl/, [ˈwɑɾ.ɫ̩] 1. To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. Labels: intransitive Example: The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash. 2. To move slowly. Labels: intransitive Example: Now, on the bright side, things weren't all bad; they had commendably-thick belt armor, which was 12 inches thickness, and they had a very large number of subdivided watertight compartments, which would make them very durable. Due to their being quite fat, they could also turn very quickly, even if they were waddling along by the end of the turn.