nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: humanitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From humanity + -arian (suffix indicating an advocate of or believer in something), possibly modelled after Unitarian (“Christian who does not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity; pertaining to Unitarianism”) (see noun sense 2 and verb sense 2). Pronunciation: /hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/, [-ɛə.ɹi.ən], /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌhjuː.mæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/ 1. A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist. Example: But if we doubt the humanity of the social theories of [Bartolomé de] Las Casas, and the humanitarians of the sixteenth century, what verdict may not posterity accord to those of [William] Wilberforce and the humanitarians of the nineteenth century, when it contemplates the results of their social experiments in St. Domingo, Jamaica, and the other islands of the American Archipelago. Example: Mr. [Gilbert] Haven has never forgotten this sacred duty. While our humanitarians have inquired into the natural rights of man, the spirit of modern civilization and the Constitution, he, without despising such inquiries, has sought wisdom and direction at the Cross. 2. One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine. Labels: rare Example: But it will be demanded, how happened it that Irenæus, the pupil of that Polycarp who is repreſented to have been a Humanitarian, ſhould become a zealous advocate for the Deity of Chriſt? Example: [S]hould any one tell a Humanitarian, that I worſhipped and adored my Saviour, might he not with equal juſtice ſuppoſe me to avow only the ſame ſort of reverence I thought due a parent, or the adoration one profeſſed to pay any beloved object. 3. Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”). Labels: historical Example: Therefore, Humanitarians alone devote their present lives to create heavens within themselves and others, and a real paradise upon earth, because they do not waste their time with Pagan delusions, Sceptical doubts, and Atheistical selfishness, but live happily in the present by preparing for themselves and others happier future human lives upon our improveable globe.
Word: hypercorrect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from hypercorrection, equivalent to hyper- + correct. 1. Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
Word: hypercorrect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from hypercorrection, equivalent to hyper- + correct. 1. To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form, or to another option among a set of accepted alternative-form options, in the mistaken belief that the form used was wrong. Labels: transitive Example: I use reduplicate to mean "redouble," though both words should mean "quadruple," but English is funny that way, so hold off on the hypercorrecting "gotcha!" 2. To correct excessively. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Likewise, both the chapcha that accompanies the modern Hebrew handshake and the explicit demand to shake hands like a "male" stem from the need to overcompensate (or hypercorrect) for the effeminacy, passivity, feebleness, and bodily unfitness so often ascribed to Jews by other Europeans (especially by Germans) in the nineteenth century. Example: But their different life stages also provide the writers with much-needed fuel for conflict. It would be tempting to hypercorrect for the negative media representation of bisexuals by making Darryl infallible, but it's more helpful for the show to simply treat him as human. And that's exactly what McKenna and crew have been so careful to do.
Word: hubristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (hŭbrĭstĭkós, “given to wantonness, insolent, outrageous”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to’). Ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (Hŭbrĭstĭkós) is derived from ὑβρίζω (hubrízō, “to be wanton, run riot; to affront, insult”) (from ῠ̔́βρις (hŭ́bris, “insolence; pride”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming similative verbs)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, hubris + -tic (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /h(j)uːˈbɹɪstɪk/, /h(j)uˈbɹɪstɪk/ 1. Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner. Example: Everyone who has experienced the hubristic qualities of the Tufted race, and its satellites, will cordially sympathize with this sentiment of an orderly and industrious undergraduate [i.e. William Ewart Gladstone]. Example: Aristotle […] also maintains that the wealth, strength, many friends, and power of the wealthy make them hubristic because they do not fear repercussions for their conduct. The wealthy are hubristic, he adds later[…], but the new rich are particularly so, and in their unrestrained state are likely to assault others and engage in sexual predation (i.e., as ways of asserting the status they want to be recognized as having).
Word: hymnographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑμνογράφος (humnográphos) + -er. By surface analysis, hymnography + -er. 1. A writer whose subject is hymns. 2. A person who composes hymns.
Word: hymnodist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hymnody Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hymnodist From hymnody + -ist. 1. A composer of hymns. 2. A person who studies hymnody.
Word: hymnody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French hymnodie, from Latin hymnodia, from Ancient Greek ὑμνῳδία (humnōidía), from ὑμνῳδέω (humnōidéō, “to sing a hymn”), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “song of praise”) + ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪm.nə.di/ 1. The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms. Labels: uncountable Example: Primeval Worſhip, Lord, retrieve, / For whoſe Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-Off'rings fall or riſe, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies. 2. The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time. Labels: countable Example: Therefore do we recite this Seraphick Theology delivered to us, that in that cæleſtial Hymnody we may communicate with the Heavenly Hoſt …
Word: hymnist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hymn Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hymnist From hymn + -ist. 1. A writer of hymns.
Word: helepolis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑλέπολις (helépolis, “taker of cities”). 1. an ancient Greek siege engine consisting of a wheeled tower containing machines for throwing stones and spears
Word: Hijra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”), used in reference to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “emigrate, to abandon”). Doublet of Hegira, which went through Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə/ 1. The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1). 2. AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra. Example: Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426. 3. The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.
Word: hypofrontality Part of Speech: noun 1. reduced activation in the frontal (and especially prefrontal) cortex; One of the common neurological correlates for schizophrenics and schizoid. Labels: uncountable
Word: dagen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of degen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Oblation Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātus, passive perfect participle of offerō (“I offer, present”). 1. The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist
Word: antiscriptural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture English -al English scriptural English antiscriptural From anti- + scriptural. Pronunciation: /æntɪˈskɹɪptʃəɹəl/ 1. that contradicts scripture
Word: urceolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin urceolatus, from urceolus, diminutive of urceus. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː(ɹ)sɪəleɪt/ 1. Shaped like an urn. Example: an urceolate corolla 2. Having an urceolus. Example: an urceolate rotifer
Word: Briana Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Irish, masculine equivalent Brian, in regular use since the 1970s. Example: Sayd then that Squire: The Lady which doth owne This Castle, is by name Briana hight. Then which a prouder Lady liveth none:
Word: brian Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dialectal English, probably variant of brine (“to burn”), from brine (“a burning”), from Middle English brüne (“a burn, a burning”), from Old English bryne (“a burning, conflagration, fire, flame, heat, inflammation, burn, scald, torch, fervor, passion”), from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“fire, burning”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“burn, fire”). Cognate with Scots brin (“a flash”), Scots brin, bryne (“to be on fire, be inflamed, burn”), Old Norse bruni (“fire, burning”). More at burn. 1. To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat. Labels: Northern-England, dialectal
Word: honky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense of “factory hand” attested from 1946. Compare hunky, bohunk. Most likely from hunky (“Hungarian, Slav, eastern European; any white person”), an African-American vernacular shortening of Hungarian. Another possible etymon is Wolof xonq (“red, pink”), a term frequently used in African languages to describe white men. As a term of racial abuse it was popularized by the Black Panther Party starting from 1967, who sought a rebuttal to nigger. 1. A white (Caucasian) person. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:honky. 2. A factory hand or general unskilled worker. Labels: US, obsolete
Word: MetroCard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metro + card. 1. A thin card with a magnetic stripe used to pay fares on New York City mass transit.
Word: nuit blanche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French nuit blanche (“white night”). 1. An all-night celebration or festival.
Word: nonpermeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + permeable. 1. Synonym of impermeable. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the same magnetic permeability as that of free space, so that the material in question has a magnetic permeability μ=μ₀ (where μ₀ = 4π×10⁻⁷ N A⁻² exactly in SI units). Labels: not-comparable
Word: tante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish טאַנטע (tante), from German Tante, from French tante. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑn.tə/ 1. A Jewish aunt. Labels: usually
Word: NWS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Weather Service. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Many NWS forecast offices have ceased launching their twice-a-day weather balloons, which provide critical data that can alert forecasters to the potential for flooding and other hazardous weather. 2. Initialism of nuclear weapons state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of North-West Semitic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NWS Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of not work safe. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NWS Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of no worries. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: temeritous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English temerity Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English temeritous From temerity + -ous. Pronunciation: /tɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/, /-ətəs/, /təˈmɛɹətəs/, /-ɪtəs/ 1. Having temerity; displaying disdain or contempt for danger. Example: The most temeritous follower of Sangrado can scarcely propose to bleed so as to subdue the local disease, for there are parts indeed of that disease, which never can be removed by venesection. Example: It would be temeritous to absolutely condemn the opinion of observers upon such vague theories and ideas as we possess upon the subject.
Word: regifting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: She was simply regifting to me the same present I gave her last year.
Word: permeability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French perméabilité, equivalent to permeable + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/, /ˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The property of being permeable. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The sulfite cake is usually blended with fly ash (and possibly lime) to produce a landfillable byproduct of low permeability. Example: McNamara et al. (1991) suggested that neurofactors located within the thoracic ganglion may alter the apparent ionic permeabilities of this freshwater prawn. 3. A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water). Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thegn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: isomerisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From isomer + -isation. 1. the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isomerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English isomer 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English isomerization From isomer + -ization. 1. the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form Labels: physical
Word: isomerise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of isomerize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: isomerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English isomer 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 isomerize From isomer + -ize. Pronunciation: /aɪˈsɒməˌɹaɪz/, /aɪˈsɑməˌɹaɪz/ 1. to convert a compound into a different isomeric form
Word: IAST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: in back of Part of Speech: prep Etymology: By analogy with in front of. 1. behind, back of Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: There is a tool shed (in) back of the house.
Word: ideally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ideal Middle English -ly English -ly English ideally From ideal + -ly. Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɪə.li/, /aɪˈdi.ə.li/ 1. In an ideal way; perfectly. Example: The summit of Mauna Kea is considered the ideal place to mount an astronomical observatory, for above the clouds there is only the stars and the skies are ideally transparent. 2. Given ideal circumstances; preferably. Example: Ideally, we would have one textbook per student, but unfortunately some of you will have to share.
Word: inactivation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English inactivation From in- + activation or inactive + -ation. 1. The process of rendering something inactive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Industrial Age Part of Speech: name 1. the time of the Industrial Revolution
Word: Industrial Revolution Part of Speech: name 1. The major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. Labels: historical Example: The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Word: shaman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Schamane, from Russian шама́н (šamán), from Evenki шама̄н (şamān), сама̄н (samān), from Proto-Tungusic *samān. The Evenki word is possibly derived from the root ша- (şa-, “to know”); or else a loanword from Tocharian B ṣamāne (“monk”) or Chinese 沙門 /沙门 (shāmén, “Buddhist monk”), from Pali samaṇa from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa, “ascetic, monk, devotee”), from श्रम (śrama, “weariness, exhaustion; labor, toil; etc.”), which would make this a doublet of sramana. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːmən/ 1. A traditional faith healer. 2. A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer. Example: Near-synonyms: medicine man, medicine woman, priest-doctor, witch doctor Example: Shepard: What rites did you go through to become chief shaman? Shaman: Becoming the shaman is excruciating. I passed through rites that made me wish to die. I carry the scars on my soul. Shaman: I must perform rites each dawn and dusk to keep me bound into our krogan nature. Our spirit is one of violence and death. I must be attuned to that.
Word: preposterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs/, /pɹɪˈpɒstɹəs/, /pɹə-/, /pɹəˈpɑstəɹəs/, /pɹəˈpɑstɹəs/ 1. Absurd, or contrary to common sense. Example: [...] I did incounter that obſeene and moſt prepoſterous euent that draweth frõ my ſnowhite pen the ebon coloured Incke, which here thou vieweſt, beholdeſt, ſuruayeſt, or ſeeſt. [...] There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, [...] hight Coſtard, (Clow[ne]. O mee) ſorted and conſorted contrary to thy eſtabliſhed proclaymed Edict and continent Cannon; Which with, o with, but with this I paſſion to ſay wherewith: / Clo[wne]. With a Wench. Example: So I am to send Mrs. Churchill down to the very spot where a treasonable correspondence is most easily managed; and by the ease with which she gets out of a first scrape, give her all possible encouragement to get into another. Well, I was quite right in asking what preposterous request had you come here about!
Word: forn Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (“before, in front, forward, to the front”). More at fore. 1. Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.
Word: Amrita Nadi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Literally, “river of immortality”, from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛ́ta, “immortal”) + नदी (nadī́, “river”). 1. In yogic belief, a metaphysical channel that connects certain vital areas of the human body. Example: The top is connected with the heart by a mystic Nadi called Amrita Nadi. Example: 1978, G. Krishna, Guṇṭūru Lakṣmīkāntamu, Nayana: Kavyakantha Vasishtha Ganapati Muni : Biography, page 97, ...(the nerve-knot behind the centre of the eyebrows) leading the aspirant to the heart centre through the Amrita Nadi.
Word: elding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elding, eyldyng, of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic elding (“fuel”), Danish ild (“fire”). More at anneal. 1. firewood; fuel Labels: dialectal, uncountable 2. rubbish Labels: uncountable
Word: transondent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French onde (“wave”), possibly modeled on transparent. 1. Acoustically transparent; able to freely transmit sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the display system is not transondent, the loudspeakers may be placed on either side and beneath the video surface.
Word: droppings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dropping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaikokujin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 外国人. 1. A foreigner in or from the perspective of Japan
Word: romper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From romp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒmpə/, /ˈɹɑmpɚ/ 1. Someone who romps or frolics. Example: For a brief spell in 1974, Polly was singing in blackface as Sarah Leone with a British reggae romper named Tony Jackson. 2. A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy.
Word: romper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of romper suit. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒmpə/, /ˈɹɑmpɚ/ 1. A onesie. Example: Prompted to pose on her bed, [Tavi Gevinson] dressed in a skimpy romper, “pouting,” she recalled, “with heavily lined eyes and straightened blonde hair.”
Word: romper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From romper room. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒmpə/, /ˈɹɑmpɚ/ 1. To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered; associated with the Ulster Defence Association. Labels: Ireland, historical, transitive Example: James McCartan was about to be ‘rompered’, but not before those present poured themselves drinks.
Word: lese majesty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lèse-majesté. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: His father was what you call an agitator, and his father was in jail for lese majesty—what you call speaking the truth about the Emperor.
Word: now, now Part of Speech: intj 1. A gentle reproach or admonition. Example: Now, now. Don't be rude. 2. A reassurance. Example: Now, now, there's nothing to worry about.
Word: hijra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi हीजड़ा (hījṛā). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːd͡ʒɹə/, /ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə/, /ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɽɑː/, [ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɽäː], /ɦiːd͡ʒ.ɽɑː/ 1. A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman. Example: When the Mughal court was disbanded, Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other, Hindu, tradition of eunuchry. 2. A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine third gender found in India and Pakistan. Example: The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Example: Even more surprisingly, there are female hijras, women who were born women, who are drawn into the gharanas by the attraction and apparent safety of the hierarchies' substitute for family life.
Word: hijra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”). Doublet of hegira. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːd͡ʒɹə/, /ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə/, /ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɽɑː/, [ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɽäː], /ɦiːd͡ʒ.ɽɑː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Hijra. Labels: alt-of 2. Any similar flight or emigration to a better place. 3. Emigration from a non-Muslim country to a Muslim one. Example: Hijrah means Moving from a land of Shirk to a land of Islaam.
Word: mora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹə/ 1. A delay in bringing a claim. 2. A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry. Example: In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora. 3. A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese). Example: Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound.
Word: mora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin from a botanical name, from Tupi moira-tinga and/or Arawak mora. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹə/ 1. Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees. Example: At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.
Word: mora Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹə/ 1. The common mora (Mora moro).
Word: mora Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹə/ 1. Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā)lbor. English mora Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹə/ 1. An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites. Labels: historical
Word: mora Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹə/ 1. Alternative form of morah (“stool”). Labels: India, alt-of, alternative
Word: morae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹi/ 1. plural of mora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moras Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹəz/ 1. plural of mora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monomoraic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English moraic English monomoraic From mono- + moraic. 1. Containing one mora. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bimoraic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English moraic English bimoraic From bi- + moraic. 1. Having two morae, i.e. being composed of either two short vowels, or one long vowel, or a diphthong. Labels: not-comparable
Word: instituted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of institute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hagiographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hagio- 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 hagiography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hagiographic From hagiography + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to hagiography. Example: But the stakes are clearly higher than in the hagiographic viewpoint expressed in [Girard, 1971] and a change of syntax (as the one coming from linear logic) may occur from disturbing semantics. 2. Uncritically reverent; adulating. Labels: broadly Example: “Chairman Xi is a world leader. His book on governance has sold out in many countries across the world,” Zhong gushed, parroting the unashamedly hagiographic bulletins in which the party news agency Xinhua excels.
Word: counterbalance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English counterbalance From counter- + balance. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəˈbæləns/, /ˌkaʊntɚˈbæləns/ 1. A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance. Labels: literally 2. A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one. Labels: figuratively
Word: counterbalance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English counterbalance From counter- + balance. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəˈbæləns/, /ˌkaʊntɚˈbæləns/ 1. To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight. Labels: transitive Example: Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound. Example: […] the remaining Air was not able to counterballance the Mercurial Cylinder, […] 2. To match or equal in effect when applying opposing force. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each other. Example: The defenders' knowledge of the terrain roughly counterbalances the attackers' superior equipment.
Word: handcuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649. Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌkʌf/ 1. One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair. Labels: rare, singular
Word: handcuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649. Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌkʌf/ 1. To apply handcuffs to someone. Labels: transitive Example: The sheriff had brought along all the handcuffs necessary, and in a few seconds he had handcuffed Koswell. He threw a pair of the steel bracelets to Dick and another pair to Tom, and the Rovers had the satisfaction of handcuffing Josiah Crabtree and Tad Sobber. Then the sheriff made prisoners of the rest of the crowd[…] Example: The sheriff’s office released a compilation of bodycam footage Friday from deputies at the scene that shows them handcuffing Earl and pinning him down for more than 20 minutes as he struggles and repeatedly shouts for help. 2. to restrain or restrict. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal. Example: After all, since our marriage has proved a childless one, the only reason for our submitting to be handcuffed to one another, now that our hearts are no longer in the arrangement, is gone.
Word: logolept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From logo- + Ancient Greek ληπτός (lēptós, “taken, seized”), after earlier nympholept, narcolept, etc. Compare logolepsy, -lepsy. 1. A person who takes a keen interest in words. Labels: rare
Word: apple dumpling Part of Speech: noun 1. A baked dessert made from apples. 2. The flowering plant Billardiera mutabilis.
Word: apple-sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of applesauce. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: table of contents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbl̩ əv ˈkɑntɛnts/, /ˈteɪbl̩ əv ˈkɒntɛnts/ 1. A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear. 2. A region of data on a compact disc that describes the contents that follow.
Word: artichokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artichoke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artichoke bottom Part of Speech: noun 1. The edible fleshy receptacle at the bottom of an artichoke flower.
Word: berates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of berate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blanketed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blanket Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blazoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blazon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blazoned Part of Speech: adj 1. Adorned with a blazon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midriff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdɹɪf/ 1. The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part. Example: Near-synonym: midsection Example: I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.
Word: beanfeast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-? Proto-Germanic *babnōder.? Proto-Germanic *baunō Proto-West Germanic *baunu Old English bēan Middle English bene English bean English feast English beanfeast From bean + feast. 1. A dinner party given to the employees of a firm. Labels: UK 2. Any similar social occasion. Labels: UK
Word: bean feast Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beanfeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bureaucratisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bureaucratization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: barbel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“barbel”); barbus itself is from barba (“beard”). By surface analysis, Latin barb(us) (“beard, barbel”) + -el (diminutive suffix), and also, by surface analysis, barb (“sharp, extruding structure”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbəl/, /ˈbɑːɹbəl/ 1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family. Example: The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder. 2. A barb or pap under the tongue of a cow or horse. 3. A whisker-like sensory organ, located around the mouth of certain fish, including carp, catfish, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
Word: bureaucratization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat 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 bureaucratize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English bureaucratization From bureaucrat + -ization or bureaucratize + -ation. 1. The formation of, or the conversion of something into, a bureaucracy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The concern of Kosmetatos was not how affected individuals would manage to organize their lives taking the effects of Daltonism as given; rather, using the specific case of Daltonism, he suggested the bureaucratization and surveillance of humans by recording their health condition over long periods.
Word: bunko Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bunco. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: "Eh? Oh nonsense: that was all bunko," he replied, developing his malicious grin. "I put that across to work George up. Now he's clear out of it and a good job too, between us."
Word: bunko Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of bunco. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bunco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋkəʊ/ 1. A swindle or confidence trick. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 2. A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. Labels: uncountable 3. A brigand. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When they fall into the hands of the Buncoes, they sometimes do; at others, they are merely robbed or held to ransom for a time and then released again. Example: Furthermore, he knew of the O.M. and of how the O.M. was the smoking gun and his outrageous guilt was the key to bringing down every one of the underhanded and dishonest buncoes that were running extreme and eopidemic in Edmonton back then.
Word: bunco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋkəʊ/ 1. To swindle (someone). Labels: US, intransitive, slang, transitive Example: They felt very sorry (so they said) for the poor old eleventh company having been buncoed into taking such an awful pack of useless recruits. Example: "They want a man who will bunko the ignorant patients and get the money."
Word: back-slang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of backslang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: bastard sugar Part of Speech: noun 1. An impure light brown sugar containing molasses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: backbreaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + breaker. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/ 1. A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort.
Word: back boiler Part of Speech: noun 1. a boiler that supplies a central heating and hot water system and is fitted into a fireplace recess, normally behind a gas fire 2. a similar boiler, that just supplies hot water, fitted behind an open fire or in a range.
Word: backbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + beat. 1. The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time. Example: Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music / Any old way you choose it / It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, / Any old time you use it
Word: buffeted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buffet + -ed. 1. Battered, especially by strong wind.
Word: buffeted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From buffet + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of buffet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: climate change Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪmət ˌtʃeɪndʒ/ 1. Natural large-scale and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system, as brought about by ice ages. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand. Example: “Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods,” he writes. “It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.”
Word: salvaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of salvage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: salvaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is salvaged. Example: But the continuity of this identity exists in, and only in, its perpetual salvagings and reconstructions in the face of repeated disruptions and discontinuities.
Word: subjacent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin subiaceō (“lie beneath”). Pronunciation: /sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt/ 1. Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying. Example: In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […] Example: Since the times of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, however, there had always been a subjacent stream of travel literature which had queried the civilizing function of Western penetration of such societies.
Word: shoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schote, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a special use of Middle English schote (“projectile, young shoot”), or perhaps of Middle Low German origin, cognate with West Flemish schote (“young piglet”). Pronunciation: /ʃəʊt/ 1. A weaned piglet; any piglet. Example: Near-synonym: more at piglet Example: Why, was not one animal of every kind – a calf, and a lamb, and a filly, and a shote – upon the place marked with little Moses's own brand?
Word: shoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sheep + goat. Pronunciation: /ʃəʊt/ 1. A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
Word: as luck would have it Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. By good fortune; fortunately or luckily. Labels: idiomatic Example: I didn't plan to stop there, but as (ill/good) luck would have it, they were open when I went by. Example: I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one, — only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.
Word: woe betide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Early Modern English woe (“great sadness or distress; calamity, trouble”) + betide (“to happen to, befall”), formerly used to decry a person’s actions. Grammatically, the verb is in the subjunctive mood. Pronunciation: /ˌwəʊ bɪˈtaɪd/, /ˌwoʊ bəˈtaɪd/ 1. Used to warn someone that trouble will occur if that person does something: bad things will happen to. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, literary, transitive Example: Woe betide you if you try that with my sister again! Example: O gentle Aaron, we are all vndone. / Now helpe, or woe betide thee euermore.
Word: betide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bityden [and other forms]; from bi- (prefix forming verbs, usually with a completive, figurative, or intensive sense) + tyden (“to come about, happen, occur; to befall, become of, happen to (someone); to be the fate of (someone); to await (someone); to fare, get along”); tyden is derived from Old English tīdan (“to befall, betide, happen”), related to tīd (“time; season; hour”) (both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”) or its extended form *deh₂-y-, whence *dh₂ítis (“time”)) + -an (suffix forming the infinitive of most verbs). The English word is analysable as be- + tide (“(obsolete) to happen, occur”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈtaɪd/, /bəˈtaɪd/ 1. Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall. Labels: dated, literary, transitive, usually Example: Whether good or ill betide you, trust in yourself. Example: Why wayle we then? why weary we the Gods with playnts, / As if ſome euill were to her betight? / She raignes a goddeſſe now emong the ſaintes, / That whilome was the ſaynt of ſhepheardes light: / And is enſtalled nowe in heauens hight. 2. Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall. Labels: dated, intransitive, literary Example: If he were dead what would betide of me. Example: [W]ipe thou thine eyes, haue comfort, / The direfull ſpectacle of the wracke which touch'd / The very vertue of compaſſion in thee: / I haue with ſuch prouiſion in mine Art / So ſafely ordered, that there is no ſoule / No not ſo much perdition as an hayre / Betid to any creature in the veſſel / Which thou heardſt cry, which thou ſaw'ſt ſinke: […]
Word: indebted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɛtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of indebt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: indebted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɛtɪd/ 1. Obligated, especially financially. Example: One of China’s poorest and most indebted provinces has admitted defeat in trying to sort out its finances and is appealing to Beijing for help to avert default. 2. Owing gratitude for a service or favour. Labels: usually Example: We are indebted to an officer serving with the B.L.A. for sending us a copy of a fine coloured lithographed poster, reproduced above, which he found in the German Control Headquarters of the Belgian Railways in Brussels. Example: And Ferguson was largely indebted to young keeper David de Gea, who has had his critics this season but made crucial saves to keep United in contention as they came under concerted pressure in the closing stages.
Word: parousia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”). 1. The second coming of Christ. Example: Only one wearing the masculine uniform can (provisionally, and till the Parousia) represent the Lord to the Church: for we are all, corporately and individually, feminine to Him.
Word: indite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally a variant of indict; from Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from in- + dictare (“to declare”). Doublet of indict. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdaɪt/ 1. To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe. Labels: transitive 2. To write (something, especially a literary or artistic work); to compose. Labels: transitive Example: From a VVriter of Books, our Author is already dvvindled to a Preface-monger, and from Prefaces I am confident he may in a ſhort time be improved to endite Tickets for the Bear-Garden. Example: It is certain that the mere act of inditing tends, in a great degree, to the logicalisation of thought. Whenever, on account of its vagueness, I am dissatisfied with a conception of the brain, I resort forthwith to the pen, for the purpose of obtaining, through its aid, the necessary form, consequence, and precision. 3. To dictate (something); to prompt. Example: My heart is inditing a good matter. Example: Could a common grief have indited such expressions? 4. To ask or invite (someone). Labels: obsolete Example: She vvill endite him to ſome ſupper. 5. To indict (someone); to accuse; to censure. Labels: obsolete Example: the wonder that my wit cannot endite Example: Two cases of cattle-stealing were dealt with, in which three natives were indited, two males, and one female. The two men were found guilty […]
Word: indite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indium + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndaɪt/ 1. An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral. Labels: uncountable
Word: β-particle Part of Speech: noun 1. beta particle