nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: percept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Classical Latin percept-, the past participial stem of percipiō (“to perceive”). In etymology 2 sense 2, perhaps independently from percept (“something perceived”). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛpt/, /pərˈsɛpt/ 1. Synonym of perceive. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: And is not the highest speculation of it percepted and perfected by manuall instruments, and those fallacious too, as themselves complain? 2. To make perceptible or distinct, to reveal. Labels: transitive Example: The lighter and darker shading of surfaces can be understood as a means for discrimination in percepting each viewpoint, and at the same time as spatial articulation — back, forward, oblique — of the pictorial space of the picture-plane. Example: There was a nun of modesty, who with service was heavy / And big with sweet acts all her sweet life long; / Enough wisdom she had for twenty ordinary women / Who percepted love as a breath, and as a song.
Word: weekend warrior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weekend + warrior. First use appears c. 1931. 1. A part-time soldier, or reservist. Example: Such was the pace with which I, and many like me, the so called ‘weekend warriors’ or Territorial Army, were hoisted aboard the Gulf War battle wagon. Example: At Anacostia, the training that is done to naval aviators who are in the Reserve Services, weekend warrior(s) as it were, and they come to Anacostia to get their refresher training. 2. A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present. Labels: humorous Example: The most common foot-related injury I see for the weekend warrior is heel pain. Example: Whoever camped here was no weekend warrior neither because round the tanks I saw old kero tins with veggies growing in them.
Word: subsistent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subsist + -ent. 1. Actually existing. 2. Inherent.
Word: namby-pamby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the poem Namby-Pamby (1726) by Henry Carey, a satire on the sentimental pastorals of the poet Ambrose Phillips. 1. Insipid and sentimental. 2. Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy. Example: […] she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature […] Example: We can honestly commend the Atlantic Monthly as the most able and spirited of American periodicals, at the present time, and we like it, moreover, because it dares have opinions and to express them in unmistakable terms, on subjects which when referred to at all, by most of the current magazines, are mentioned in the gingerliest namby-pamby style of common place neutrality.
Word: namby-pamby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the poem Namby-Pamby (1726) by Henry Carey, a satire on the sentimental pastorals of the poet Ambrose Phillips. 1. One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak. Example: Namby Pamby’s doubly Mild, Once a Man, and twice a Child; To his Hanging-Sleeves restor’d Now he foots it like a Lord; Now he Pumps his little Wits; Sh—ing Writes and Writing Sh—s,^([sic]) 2. Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Example: Another of Addison’s favourite companions was Ambrose Phillipps, a good Whig and a middling poet, who had the honour of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, Namby-Pamby.
Word: namby-pamby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the poem Namby-Pamby (1726) by Henry Carey, a satire on the sentimental pastorals of the poet Ambrose Phillips. 1. To coddle. Example: While we business men of Britain have little time for this sort of namby-pambying towards the next generation, who are often feckless, tearful, small, dirty or all of the above, there is no doubt that youths have their place in commerce.
Word: chalk and cheese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in variant form since 1393. The surface of some cheeses, particularly unaged ones, resembles the surface of chalk: white, crumbling, but in substance cheese is much softer than chalk. It is interesting to note that lime chalk and cottage cheese forms a glue-like material used in the restoration of ancient half-timbered houses, perhaps suggesting an alternative original meaning. 1. Said of things that are very different, though possibly superficially alike. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: verfremdungseffekte Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verfremdungseffekt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lilliputian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/ 1. A very small person or being. Example: I reflected what a Mortification it muſt prove to me to appear as inconſiderable in this Nation as one ſingle Lilliputian would be among us. 2. A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2. 3. Involving delusions or hallucinations of tiny beings. Example: lilliputian schizophrenia
Word: lilliputian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/ 1. Very small, diminutive Example: —O'er the expanse Of glittering waters glides the snowy sail;— The lilliputian boat by infants mann'd, Steers amid fairy islets, circles round The indented shore,—... 2. Trivial, petty
Word: dirhombicosidodecahedron Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonconvex uniform polyhedron with 40 triangles, 60 squares, and 24 pentagrams.
Word: life form Part of Speech: noun 1. The morphology present during a phase in the life cycle of an organism that distinguishes that phase from other phases. 2. Alternative form of lifeform. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: immunotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English immunotherapy From immuno- + therapy. 1. The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response. 2. The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response.
Word: immunologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English immunological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English immunologically From immunological + -ly. 1. Using immunological methods. Example: This kind of warfare [i.e., biological] would have us devouring the world’s children in a manner of speaking and those who are immunologically impaired, presuming we were going to immunize our own population but not those of the antagonist. Thus we would be conducting warfare which by definition would be indiscriminate rather than selective. We would lose control of the evolution of the bacteria that we would be releasing in the multitrillions.
Word: incandescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French incandescence. Morphologically incandesce + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.əns/, /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.əns/ 1. the emission of visible light by a hot body Labels: uncountable, usually 2. the light so emitted Labels: uncountable, usually 3. great emotion, especially anger Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: That sensual triggering which is to awaken them into the incandescence of Gay Consciousness to which world of Spirit a loving sexual flowering is both "open sesame" and Gateway.
Word: incandescent lamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A light bulb whose metallic filament is heated by an electric current.
Word: index fossil Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ancient remains of a plant or animal that lived during a specific geological period and that can be used to date the containing rocks.
Word: geological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Renaissance Latin geōlogia + -ical; first attested slightly earlier than geology. By surface analysis, geo- + -logical. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒiː.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪk.əl/, /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈlɑdʒ.ɪk.əl/ 1. Synonym of geologic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
Word: stoked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stoʊkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of stoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stoked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stoʊkt/ 1. Feeling excitement or an exciting rush; exhilarated. Labels: slang Example: 1964, The Australian, 3 December 1964. Quoted in Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI, end of section 2, page 255. When you're driving hard and fast down the wall, with the soup curling behind yer, or doing this backside turn on a big one about to tube, it's just this feeling. Yer know, it leaves yer feeling stoked. Example: One of the fishermen was really stoked. He was trying to shoot the shore break in his canoe.
Word: paceline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pace + line. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪslaɪn/ 1. A formation in which riders (especially bicycle racers) travel in a line, one close behind the other, in order to conserve energy and travel faster by riding in the draft of the riders in front. The foremost rider periodically drops to the rear to allow another to take his or her place.
Word: cybering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cyber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jamming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jamming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæmɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is jammed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The broadcasts' effectiveness was limited by constant jamming. 2. The playing of improvisational music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jamming with the band is her favorite way to find compositional inspiration.
Word: jamming Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæmɪŋ/ 1. Great; awesome. Labels: slang Example: All I knew was it sho was a jamming party!
Word: naif Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of naïf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naif Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of naïf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naïf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French naïf. Doublet of native and neif. Pronunciation: /nɑːˈiːf/, /naɪˈiːf/ 1. Naive. Example: Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.
Word: naïf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French naïf. Doublet of native and neif. Pronunciation: /nɑːˈiːf/, /naɪˈiːf/ 1. One who is naive. Example: Now I could see there was no real rogue here, but a naïf who thought that world would always turn for him. Example: On “Fearless,” Swift sharpened her lyrical specificity, using proper nouns and detailed renderings of conversations and experiences to create an indelible image of Taylor Swift, the savvy naïf.
Word: twofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of two-for-one [deal], that is, two for the price of one (BOGO). Pronunciation: /ˈtufɚ/ 1. Something sold at a discount of two for the price of one. Labels: also, attributive Example: I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping. Example: Thus, it was interesting to see that when the ISO 55001 Asset Management Standard was released last year, it also looks for an asset-management program to deliver its own twofers and threefers. 2. Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone. Example: Justice Clarence Thomas served up a twofer last week […] 3. The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt. 4. A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer.
Word: bowdlerizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bowdlerize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bowdlerising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bowdlerise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cattywampus Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of catawampus (“askew”). Labels: not-comparable Example: Measure carefully before cutting, or the entire structure will turn out cattywampus. 2. Synonym of cater-corner (“diagonal to, not directly across from nor adjacent to”). Labels: not-comparable Example: City hall is cattywampus to the post office.
Word: POJ Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Pe̍h-ōe-jī. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: hardscrabble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + scrabble. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹdˌskɹæbəl/ 1. Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: his hardscrabble peanut farm Example: In the case of Allegheny Briskow, poverty, the drought, the grinding hardships of these hard-scrabble Texas counties, had dwarfed the intellect, the very soul of a splendid young animal. 2. Involving hard work and struggle. Labels: Canada, US, broadly, not-comparable Example: He leads a hardscrabble existence. Example: Being the savage’s bowsman, that is, the person who pulled the bow-oar in his boat (the second one from forward), it was my cheerful duty to attend upon him while taking that hard-scrabble scramble upon the dead whale’s back.
Word: charioteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/ 1. A person who drives a chariot.
Word: charioteer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/ 1. To drive a chariot. Labels: intransitive 2. To drive someone in a chariot. Labels: transitive
Word: Ara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin āra (“altar”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/, /ˈɛɹ.ə/ 1. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar. 2. A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
Word: Ara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Արա (Ara). 1. A male given name from Armenian.
Word: Ara Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Ara Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Aari Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harlequin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of *Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/, /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/ 1. A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] were certainly the worst and dullest company into which an audience was ever introduced; and (which was a secret known to few) were actually intended so to be, in order to contrast the comic part of the entertainment, and to display the tricks of harlequin to the better advantage. Example: Motives are like harlequins—there is always a second dress beneath their first. 2. A greenish-chartreuse color. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A harlequin duck. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 4. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: harlequin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of *Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/, /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/ 1. Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a greenish-chartreuse color. Labels: not-comparable
Word: harlequin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of *Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/, /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/ 1. To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick. Labels: transitive Example: And kitten, if the humour hit / Has harlequin'd away the fit. 2. To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks. Labels: intransitive
Word: harum-scarum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from hare (“harass, harry”) 'em (“them”) and scare 'em (“frighten them”); alternately the first element may be from hare (“rabbit-like animals”), or the second element may be a variant of stare. Attested from the late 17th century. Compare English willy-nilly of the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/ 1. wild, careless, irresponsible Labels: not-comparable Example: 1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram Lester's good heart will be to hear that little Peter is so improved;--no longer a dissolute, harum-scarum fellow, throwing away his money, and always in debt.
Word: harum-scarum Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from hare (“harass, harry”) 'em (“them”) and scare 'em (“frighten them”); alternately the first element may be from hare (“rabbit-like animals”), or the second element may be a variant of stare. Attested from the late 17th century. Compare English willy-nilly of the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/ 1. wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly Labels: not-comparable Example: 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent […] for he never looked after anything at all, but harum-scarum called for everything as if we were conjurors, or he in a public-house.
Word: harum-scarum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from hare (“harass, harry”) 'em (“them”) and scare 'em (“frighten them”); alternately the first element may be from hare (“rabbit-like animals”), or the second element may be a variant of stare. Attested from the late 17th century. Compare English willy-nilly of the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm/ 1. A giddy, rash person.
Word: Altair Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “flying”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːltɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːltaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈæltaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˌɑltaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/ 1. The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Word: Arcturus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Arctūrus. Pronunciation: /ɑɹkˈtjʊəɹəs/ 1. A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky. Example: When humanity activated the Charon Mass Relay in 2149, it led to Arcturus, 36 light years from Sol, Earth's sun. Arcturus is the third brightest star seen from Earth. It is an ancient red giant from the generation born before Sol.
Word: feedline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feed + line. 1. Physical cabling that carries the radio signal to and from the aerial. 2. The conveyor belt, or other transport device, that delivers the meal to the animals. 3. The tube for gasoline that goes to the engine.
Word: Apus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditional taxidermy, and were consequently believed by Europeans to lack feet—see Paradisaea apoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈeɪpəs/ 1. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.
Word: Antlia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump for drawing water”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge water”). Originally called Antlia pneumatica (“air pump”) in the 18th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. 1. A faint winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump".
Word: antlia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía). 1. The spiral tubular proboscis of butterflies. Labels: archaic
Word: noting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of note Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtɪŋ/ 1. A note; a written remark. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the end of his notings and his calculations he went out into the street with a smile of satisfaction on his round face, for the fates had been good to him. Example: In large Companies, it will be appreciated that notings are numerous, and therefore time consuming. While experienced staff become expert at picking out the clause applicable, it still takes considerable time to make extracts […]
Word: noting Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtɪŋ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of nothing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: To a man of honour a kick is noting, a blow is noting, de soul is de abode of glory, honour, pride.
Word: gora Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi गोरा (gorā) / Urdu گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced also by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) and Punjabi ਗੋਰਾ (gorā) / گورا (gorā). Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ɹə/, /ˈɡoː.ɾɑː/, [ˈɡoː.ɾɑː], [ˈɡoː.ɾäː] 1. Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person. Labels: South-Asia, not-comparable Example: "Sir! Yes." He saluted, did an about face and marched off. Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward. Example: Barun enjoys this gora food as much as Indian food, but he comes to recognise its symbolic associations and power, becoming troubled by his own patterns of consumption.
Word: gora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi गोरा (gorā) / Urdu گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced also by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) and Punjabi ਗੋਰਾ (gorā) / گورا (gorā). Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ɹə/, /ˈɡoː.ɾɑː/, [ˈɡoː.ɾɑː], [ˈɡoː.ɾäː] 1. A white person; a European. Labels: India, North, Pakistan Example: Every day after that, my parents showed off their daughter's Urdu-speaking gora ‘friend’ to anyone who walked through the door.
Word: domestique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet of domestic. Pronunciation: /ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/, /ˌdɒ-/, /dəˌmɛˈstik/ 1. A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance. Example: In a recent poll [Sean] Yates was voted one of the top-10 domestiques of all time, a crucial cog to any leader's Tour ambitions. […] To many casual observers, the role of domestique is not a particularly rewarding one. Yates begs to differ. Example: […] Bram De Groot, a domestique with the Dutch Rabobank team, drops out the back, one arm in the air. The team car responds instantly, swinging out of the line of support vehicles behind the peloton and racing, klaxon sounding, up to De Groot. The window opens and a hand emerges with a bidon (plastic drinks bottle). De Groot places it in his back pocket and the hand emerges with another. This one goes down the back of his shirt, and it is joined by five more. Then off he sprints to deliver them to thirsty team-mates. De Groot is one of the domestiques and this is their lot. They continually drop off, collecting bidons and sprinting back into the peloton with grotesquely bulging shirts.
Word: track bike Part of Speech: noun 1. A stripped-down, lightweight bicycle, with a fixed gear mechanism and no brakes, designed for racing on a velodrome.
Word: handlanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans handlanger (“assistant, helper”), from Dutch handlanger (“accomplice, henchman; assistant, helper”), analyzable as hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over or pass to”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix) (in the sense of someone who puts things into another person's hands), from German Handlanger (“handyman; henchman”), from Hand (“hand”) + langen (“to hand over, to give; to reach for something”) + -er (“-er”, agent suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌlæŋə/ 1. An unskilled assistant to an artisan. Labels: South-Africa Example: […] building himself brick by brick, with his wife as his only handlanger. 2. An aide, an assistant. Labels: South-Africa, figuratively Example: [E]very political leader has a handlanger. Like a toddler with a security blanket, the political handlanger is a necessary sop and sponge for all the tension that goes with the job. And there is nothing either disreputable or degrading about the role. Politics can be spiteful and demanding; the handlanger is the trusted confidant, the one person whom the leader can sound out, seek counsel from and trust. Example: The time for talk truly is over now. The ANC will have to do the necessary, find its backbone and rein in [Jacob] Zuma, his cronies and their handlangers to avert an economic crisis happening on its watch. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger. Labels: alt-of
Word: embezzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”), from em- + Old French besillier (“to torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɛz.əl/, /ɛmˈbɛz.əl/, /əmˈbɛz.əl/, /ɪmˈbez.əl/ 1. To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works. Example: You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle. For my own part, I embezzle. Example: You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
Word: gump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump. Pronunciation: /ɡʌmp/ 1. Clipping of gumption Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 2. A foolish person. Labels: US, countable, dated, uncountable Example: […] the young ignorant gump hearing his father or mother who perhaps may be ten times more ignorant, in point of literature than himself, extoling his learning, struts about in the full assurance, that his attainments in literature are sufficient to take him through the world, when in fact, he has scarcely any learning at all!! Example: […] I’d no idee of going to be shot at for money, like these ’ere fools and gumps that goes down to the Florida swamps, to be shot at all day by Ingens, for eighteen pence a day. 3. A weak or soft person. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, where the package at man? Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): Package up my ass, gump! Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, I'm 'bout to- Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): You're 'bout to! Go on, walk, gump-ass motherfucker!
Word: go fuck oneself Part of Speech: phrase 1. To go to hell; to get lost. Labels: imperative, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: You ate all the cake, and you want me to make more? Go fuck yourself.
Word: embezzler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embezzle + -er. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/, /ɪm-/ 1. One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles. Example: 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known. Example: At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.
Word: frankfurters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frankfurter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio. Pronunciation: /ˈɛməɹi/ 1. An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of emery, but without a lathe. I finally used rouge instead of emery in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.
Word: emery Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio. Pronunciation: /ˈɛməɹi/ 1. To sand or polish with emery. Labels: transitive 2. To coat with emery. Labels: transitive
Word: harvest moon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year. 1. The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year. Example: A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks. 2. The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. Example: Round and red as the harvest moon through the mist of the marshes Example: Boxer would even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the light of the harvest moon.
Word: emote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotionbf. English emote The verb is a back-formation from emotion. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊt/, /əˈmoʊt/, /i-/, /ˈiˌmoʊt/ 1. To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. Labels: transitive Example: In the Latin category, dancers begin the round in carnival mode, bouncing and curving voltas traveling down the length of the floor, emoting happy celebration in a Brazilianesque samba. 2. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so. Labels: transitive 3. To display (excessive) emotion, especially while acting. Labels: intransitive Example: She doesn't smile much; she doesn't emote. Shannen is still. Example: Clint Eastwood, huh? You don't see him emoting all over the place, and what woman doesn't want to get down with "Dirty Harry," huh? 4. To express a virtual action, presented to other users as a graphic or reported speech, rather than sending a straightforward message. Labels: Internet, intransitive 5. To perform a short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay. Labels: intransitive Example: There aren't many chances to see your character in Borderlands 3, but one of them is when you're emoting. Emoting allows your character to perform a gesture like a wave or a thumbs up, and it shifts the camera to a third-person view while they do. Example: Lords of the Fallen is yet another entry in the action-RPG soulslike craze, complete with an unsettling fantasy setting, other players invading your game for some co-op or PvP goodness, and, of course, lots of dying. It makes use of the same sort of deadly third-person combat system full of dodge rolling, posture meters, and emoting over fallen enemies as a sign of utmost disrespect.
Word: emote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotionbf. English emote The verb is a back-formation from emotion. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊt/, /əˈmoʊt/, /i-/, /ˈiˌmoʊt/ 1. A virtual action expressed to other users as a graphic or reported speech rather than a straightforward message. Labels: Internet Example: She replied with an emote: "*hugs* I'm sorry" 2. Clipping of emoticon. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. A short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay. Example: Many video games allow players to purchase emotes for real-life money. Example: Juggernaut franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield are trying to capitalize on the success of Fortnite, but battle-royale games aren't just about skins and emotes.
Word: penny pincher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pinchpenny. 1. One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money. Labels: idiomatic Example: Over the years, he developed a reputation as a penny pincher who wouldn't spend money for anything.
Word: hunter's moon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: hunter + -'s + moon; said to provide extra light for hunting. 1. The full moon after the harvest moon.
Word: pigeon-toed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having toes that point inwards. Example: Alison Bechdel greets readers ass up, slightly pigeon-toed, her hair a mess, her belly sticking out, her head visible between her legs in a not-svelte downward dog: “Oh, hey! I didn’t see you there!”
Word: empathize Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/ 1. to feel empathy for another person Labels: intransitive Example: empathize with someone Example: Must have been […] devastating when Kenny was killed. But I want you to know that you can trust me. I understand you. I empathize.
Word: bombardier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier. Pronunciation: /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/, /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/ 1. A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs. Labels: Canada, US Example: The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor. 2. A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr. Labels: Canada, UK Example: Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal. 3. An artilleryman; a gunner. Example: […] the officer to whom the command was deputed, to the amusement of a German bombardier, ordered one of the largest cannons to be placed under the gate of a fortress […] Example: He has known for ages why a sturdy bombardier rides alongside the officer at the head of each battery, and why he is given a special name. 4. A bombardier beetle.
Word: enchilada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish enchilada, past participle of enchilar (“to add chili pepper to”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛn.t͡ʃɪˈlɑ.də/ 1. A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce. Example: It was a nice little pub in the middle of nowhere / Anywhere would have been better / I ordered enchiladas and I ate 'em
Word: baren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 馬楝 (baren). 1. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet. 2. Any of several similar printing tools with a low-friction bumpy surface, made of ball bearings, glass, plastic, or other materials.
Word: veta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "t" to represent time. 1. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of theta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset. Labels: uncountable
Word: endmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English end Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English endmost From end + -most. Pronunciation: /ˈɛndˌmoʊst/ 1. last in a series, furthest away Example: There was a woman sitting in the endmost chair just across the aisle in line with them.
Word: Lenten Moon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This moon occurs during Lent. 1. The last full moon of winter by a tropical year.
Word: dolorific Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɒl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/, /ˌdɑl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/, /ˌdoʊ.ləˈ-/ 1. Of or relating to pain. Labels: archaic Example: dolorific perceptions 2. Causing grief or pain. Labels: archaic Example: her dolorific heart
Word: Easter Moon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Easter is calculated to fall within a week after this moon 1. The first full moon of spring by a tropical year.
Word: non-commissioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + commissioned. 1. Not holding a military commission. Labels: not-comparable
Word: egg sandwich Part of Speech: noun 1. A sandwich made with hard-boiled eggs mixed with mayonnaise. 2. A fried egg between two slices of bread, optionally with tomato ketchup or brown sauce.
Word: 1-800 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1, used to dial long-distance numbers and 800, which was, for a long time, the only North American toll-free area code. Pronunciation: /ˌwʌneɪtˈhʌndɹəd/ 1. A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 or 833. Labels: Canada, US Example: 866-555-1234... that's a 1-800 number, isn't it? Example: FEMA has got a 1-800 number.
Word: Sparty Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spartan + -y. 1. The mascot of Michigan State University, usually depicted as a muscular male Spartan warrior or athlete dressed in stylized Greek costume.
Word: gyroscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)lbor. French gyro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti 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. French -scope French gyroscopebor. English gyroscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gyroscopic From gyroscope + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˈskɒp.ɪk/, /ˌd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˈskɑp.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope. Example: 1990 Operations Analysis in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in World War II Charles W McArthur: Publisher American Mathematical Society: →ISBN P142. "The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor."
Word: bombardier beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. A beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators. They come from multiple lineages of Carabidae (ground beetles).
Word: jaga Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/, [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)] 1. To keep watch, to watch over. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, invariable Example: […] I better go to Ma’s place. You jaga the girls. Example: “Next to my shop, there was this auntie selling joss sticks and traditional Chinese items,” Mr Kadir said. “She would always help to jaga my shop when I need to go out, and when customers come she will help me to tell them to wait. After the work day finishes, she’ll always tell me to go home safely, I always remember that.”
Word: jaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/, [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)] 1. A guard or watchman. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore Example: The driver, holding a bunch of keys, approached the jaga, and told him that the kepala of the company, the Hock Lam Company, — in North Bridge Road, had sent him to collect some goods. Example: At the boarding house, the jaga — nightwatchman — hurriedly turned on all the lights so that everyone could see what was happening.
Word: earldom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erldom, from Old English eorldōm, equivalent to earl + -dom. Compare English jarldom. Cognate also with Scots eirldome, ȝerledom, erldom (“earldom”). Pronunciation: /ˈəɹldəm/ 1. The rank of being an earl. Example: And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The earldom of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd. 2. The territory controlled by an earl.
Word: catalytic agent Part of Speech: noun 1. a catalyst
Word: earthen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en (“made of”). Pronunciation: /ˈɝθən/, /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/, /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/ 1. Made of earth or mud. Example: 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […] Example: But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.] 2. Made of clay. Labels: especially Example: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme water, […] 3. Earthly. Labels: archaic Example: Will they be yours when one by one these earthen / Delights and comforts and all beauties wane? / Will they be found laid up above, illumined?
Word: earthen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth English -en English earthen From earth + -en (“to make like”). Pronunciation: /ˈɝθən/, /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/, /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/ 1. to provide or add soil to Labels: transitive Example: Their inter-tillage operations, earthening-up of some crops and tillage in orchard/gardens or plantation crops, are stated below, under special cropping system in different situations. 2. to make earthly or earthlike Labels: transitive Example: It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
Word: DTC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Daylight Time Coordinated. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DTC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of diagnostic trouble code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DTC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of direct-to-consumer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: a DTC advertisement for pharmaceutical products Example: Even outside openSNP, the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma. 2. Initialism of direct-to-cell/direct-to-cellular/direct-to-cellphone Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: pharmaceutical grade Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard of purity suitable for medicinal use. Labels: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: They make chemicals of pharmaceutical grade in that plant.
Word: hame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr and its descendants, such as Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”). 1. shroud, a covering, skin, membrane. Labels: obsolete