nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hatred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haterede, hatrede (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -rede (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate + -red; compare sibred, Scots luferent. Related to Icelandic hatur (“hatred”). Pronunciation: /ˈheɪtɹɪd/, /ˈheɪtɹɪd, ˈheɪtɹəd/ 1. A strong aversion; an intense dislike. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd. Example: the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred
Word: veiny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vein + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪni/ 1. Having prominent veins. Example: Jason's throbbing veiny cock proudly telepathing his arousal for all to witness.
Word: virgin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈvøːd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈvɪɾd͡ʒɪn/, /veːd͡ʒɪn/ 1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated. Example: On the other hand, the daughter of a clergyman repeatedly performed fellatio instead of genital intercourse so that she could remain a virgin. Example: Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible. 2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. 3. Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint. Example: In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins. Example: This was the relation of the order of virgins to the Church from the latter part of the fourth to the beginning of the seventh century. The modern “sister” had no exact prototype in the Church of the first seven centuries. 4. One who has never used or experienced a specified thing. Labels: informal Example: I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin. 5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. 6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
Word: virgin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈvøːd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈvɪɾd͡ʒɪn/, /veːd͡ʒɪn/ 1. In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Innocence and virgin Modestie […] / That would be woo’d, and not unsought be won Example: He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin, the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong. 2. Of a physical object, untouched. Example: The white cold virgin snow upon my heart / Abates the ardour of my liver. Example: There is something about virgin sand which arouses all the worst instincts of the detective-story writer. One feels an irresisitible impulse to go and make footprints all over it. 3. Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations. Example: virgin prairie Example: virgin ecosystem 4. Inexperienced. Example: The woman shook dangerously, an obvious virgin gunhandler. 5. Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered. Example: Wondering how some oil is somehow more virgin than regular virgin olive oil can be a real head-scratcher. 6. Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: a virgin daiquiri
Word: virginity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English virginite, from Old French virginite, from Latin virginitas. Equivalent to virgin + -ity. Displaced native Old English mæġeþhād (compare modern English maidhood), originally meaning “girlhood.” Pronunciation: /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/ 1. The state or characteristic of being a virgin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to lose one's virginity Example: She had a lot of dark hair pinned untidily back from a small well-formed brow, and her tilted nose and large embarrassed eyes had survived intact from the mistrusts and agitations of a schoolgirl, which maturity had striven to defeat by lengthening her chin and tightening her lips, while giving her skin the faintly furred matt surface of pickled virginity.
Word: scarf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip. Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. Example: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet. 2. A headscarf. 3. A neckcloth or cravat. Labels: dated
Word: scarf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip. Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. Labels: transitive Example: Vp from my Cabin, / My ſea-gowne scarft about me in the darke / Gropt I to find out them, […] 2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. Labels: transitive Example: She scarfed her head. Example: The back of her tan trenchcoat swished from left to right as she scarfed her head and disappeared into the dusk. 3. To cover as or like a scarf. Labels: transitive Example: A cowl scarfed her shoulders. Example: She was trying to keep the silken veil scarfing her shoulders in order.
Word: scarf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other. Labels: transitive 2. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle. Labels: transitive 3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling. Labels: transitive
Word: scarf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting. Labels: transitive 2. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc. Labels: transitive 3. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint. Labels: transitive
Word: scarf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Generally thought to be a variant, attested since the 1950s, of scoff (“eat (quickly)”) (of which scorf is another attested variant), itself a variant of scaff. Sometimes alternatively suggested to be a dialectal survival of Old English scearfian, sceorfan (“gnaw, bite”) (compare scurf). Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. To eat very quickly. Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: You sure scarfed that pizza. Example: We dug in. We ate everything there was to eat on the table. We ate like there was no tomorrow. We didn't talk. We ate. We scarfed. We grazed that table. We were into serious eating. We finished everything, including half a strawberry pie.
Word: scarf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse skarfr. Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. A cormorant. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: scarf Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɑːf/, /skɑɹf/, /skɐːf/ 1. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, transitive, uncountable
Word: garment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːmənt/, [ˈɡɑːmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑːmn̩t], /ˈɡɑɹmənt/, [ˈɡɑɹmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑɹmn̩t] 1. A single article of clothing. Example: The woman ſhall not weare that which pertaineth vnto a man, neither ſhall a man put on a womans garment: foꝛ all that doe ſo, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God. Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men. 2. The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied. Labels: figuratively Example: The highest state in which the soul completely casts away its garment of flesh and becomes a disembodied spirit. 3. Ellipsis of temple garment. Labels: Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: garment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːmənt/, [ˈɡɑːmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑːmn̩t], /ˈɡɑɹmənt/, [ˈɡɑɹmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑɹmn̩t] 1. To clothe in a garment. Labels: transitive
Word: conjugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/, /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/, /kənˈd͡ʒuːɡəl/ 1. Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"
Word: alarm clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep. Example: "I should suggest an alarum clock," he said briskly. "I always use one myself for fear of oversleeping.[…]"
Word: duplicitous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English duplicity 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 duplicitous From duplicity + -ous. Pronunciation: /djʊˈplɪsɪtəs/, /duːˈplɪsətəs/, /djuːˈplɪsətəs/ 1. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. Example: It reunites the horribly duplicitous skag-addicted non-heroes of the first movie about twentysomethings trying to get off heroin in Edinburgh, and finding that they have nothing very much to put in its place. Example: Russia played on those feelings by attacking the French president, Emmanuel Macron[…], saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin.
Word: photophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + -phobia. 1. Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: photophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English photophobia From photo (“photograph”) + -phobia. 1. An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs. Labels: uncountable Example: Photophobia was the latest affliction of Afghan officialdom—by contagion, probably, from Persia which tries to nip in the bud pictures that show her not yet entirely modern. Example: Craig Armstrong doesn't want to be photographed. His record company wouldn't like it, he says, and besides he has flu so he looks a little puffy. So "orders" and vanity combine to stop the shoot, due to take place in a trendy bar in Glasgow's West End. The cynic may see alternative reasons for the 39-year-old composer's photophobia, […]
Word: recapitulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ɹiː.kəˌpɪ.t͡ʃəˈleɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ 1. A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dolorous effects of the second world war on train services, and its protracted legacies of over-age equipment and shortages of material for replacement, are too fresh in memory to require recapitulation here; […]. 2. The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other ingenuities, which have, after all, stood or fallen by their prettiness as much as the simplest folk-tune. 3. The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.
Word: aciculated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of aciculate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aciculiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acicula (“needle”) + -iform. 1. Needle-shaped; acicular.
Word: aciculite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acicula, diminutive of acus (“needle”). 1. A sulfide of bismuth, lead, and copper. Labels: uncountable
Word: acidiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acidus (“sour, acid”) + -ferous. Pronunciation: /æsɪˈdɪfəɹəs/ 1. Containing or yielding an acid.
Word: pentagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.təˌɡɹæm/ 1. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon. Example: Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable. Example: The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.
Word: axiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). 1. The study of value(s), as regards origin, nature, functions, types, and interrelations; value theory. Labels: uncountable 2. The particular value-theory of a philosopher, school of thought, etc. Labels: countable Example: In his axiology, G. E. Moore maintains that "good" is the name of a simple, indefinable quality.
Word: smash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”). Pronunciation: /smæʃ/ 1. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding. Example: The display cabinet hit the floor with a smash. 2. A traffic collision. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash. Example: The footage of this scene has been re-used in several later films where a good, convincing train smash was required, notably in "Seven Sinners" (1937). 3. Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc). Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: This new show is sure to be a smash. Example: The dress is a smash. 4. A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points. Example: A Nadal forehand into the net gave Djokovic the set and the Spaniard appeared rattled, firing a smash over the baseline in a rare moment of promise at 30-30 at the start of the third. 5. A bankruptcy. Labels: archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Supposing a man has for the space of a month carried on trade in a showy shop in Cheapside, and then comes a smash, — is he not to be held a trader within the bankrupt law, because no one can swear that he has traded for four months? 6. A disaster; a bad situation. Labels: archaic, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: “There’s nowhere else to go to now, for the people at the Cripples are all in custody, and the bar of the ken—I went up there and see it with my own eyes—is filled with traps.” “This is a smash,” observed Toby, biting his lips. “There’s more than one will go with this.” 7. A mashed foodstuff. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the saltbush dukkah, avocado and feta smash. 8. A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Airspeed; dynamic pressure. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Then, for Horner's red team, it became just a matter of gaining sufficient smash (airspeed) to convert on them and film them with gun cameras. 10. Destruction. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: I went back with him to the Admiral Benbow, and you cannot imagine a house in such a state of smash; the very clock had been thrown down by these fellows in their furious hunt after my mother and myself; […] Example: The door panels were in a normal state of smash, but the frame of the door resisted all besiegers, and behind it the owner carried on his varied pursuits […]
Word: smash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”). Pronunciation: /smæʃ/ 1. To break (something brittle) violently. Labels: transitive Example: The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble. Example: The flying rock smashed the window to pieces. 2. To be destroyed by being smashed. Labels: intransitive Example: The crockery smashed as it hit the floor. 3. To hit extremely hard. Labels: transitive Example: He smashed his head against the table. Example: Bonds smashed the ball 467 feet, the second longest home run in the history of the park. 4. To ruin completely and suddenly. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The news smashed any hopes of a reunion. 5. To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0. Example: I really smashed that English exam. 6. To deform through continuous pressure. Labels: US, transitive Example: I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand. Example: Using a fork, smash the avocado with all the remaining ingredients. 7. To have sex with. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: Would you smash her? Example: Farmersonly.com. A website that begs the question, what kind of bitch only smashes with farmers? 8. Synonym of go to smash (“to go to ruin; to fail disastrously”). Labels: archaic, intransitive, slang Example: "What would have become of the gems had the bank smashed?" asked Marie in a timid and rather tearful voice, for it was a terrible thought to think that her dreams might dissolve into thin air. 9. To pass counterfeit money. Labels: Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang
Word: smashed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smash + -ed. Pronunciation: /smæʃt/ 1. Extensively broken; especially, in shards. Example: Some of the pottery is so smashed that it's not feasible even to do a restorative repair. 2. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: I was so smashed last night, I don’t remember how I got home! Example: ‘He got so smashed that I had to take him home.’
Word: smashed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From smash + -ed. Pronunciation: /smæʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of smash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seyb-? Proto-Germanic *saipǭ Proto-West Germanic *saipā Old English sāpe Middle English sope English soap From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Finnish saippua (“soap”), Finnish suopa (“soft soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic. Pronunciation: /soʊp/, /səʊp/ 1. A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Example: I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away. Example: She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out. 3. Money, specially when used as a bribe. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 4. A soap opera. Labels: countable, informal 5. A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions. Labels: countable
Word: soap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seyb-? Proto-Germanic *saipǭ Proto-West Germanic *saipā Old English sāpe Middle English sope English soap From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Finnish saippua (“soap”), Finnish suopa (“soft soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic. Pronunciation: /soʊp/, /səʊp/ 1. To apply soap to in washing. Labels: transitive Example: Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing. 2. To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Those kids soaped my windows! 3. To be discreet about (a topic). Labels: informal, transitive 4. To flatter; to wheedle. Labels: dated, slang
Word: soap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an abbreviation of sodium pentothal. Pronunciation: /soʊp/, /səʊp/ 1. thiopental (sodium pentothal) Labels: slang, uncountable Example: 'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.
Word: temporal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”), from Old French temporel or Latin temporālis (“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”), from tempus (“time, period, opportunity”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical. Labels: not-comparable, relational, usually Example: temporal power, temporal courts Example: The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled 2. Relating to time: Labels: not-comparable, relational, usually Example: The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 3. Relating to time: Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable, relational, usually 4. Relating to time: Labels: not-comparable, relational, usually 5. Relating to time: Labels: not-comparable, relational, usually 6. Relating to time: Labels: not-comparable, relational, usually
Word: temporal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”), from Old French temporel or Latin temporālis (“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”), from tempus (“time, period, opportunity”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ 1. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality. Labels: in-plural Example: for God's people love always to be dealing as well in temporals as spirituals Example: He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.
Word: temporal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French timporal, temporal, from Late Latin temporālis, from tempora (“the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of temporalis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ 1. Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: temporal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French timporal, temporal, from Late Latin temporālis, from tempora (“the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of temporalis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ 1. Ellipsis of temporal bone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
Word: ultimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark. Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɪmət/, /-ɪt/ 1. Final; last in a series. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […] 2. Last in a word or other utterance. Labels: not-comparable 3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme. Example: the ultimate pleasure Example: the ultimate disappointment 4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest. 5. That will happen at some time; eventual. Labels: not-comparable 6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. Labels: not-comparable Example: those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict 7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental. Labels: not-comparable Example: an ultimate constituent of matter
Word: ultimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark. Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɪmət/, /-ɪt/ 1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The greatest extremity; the maximum Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: ultimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark. Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɪmət/, /-ɪt/ 1. To finish; to complete. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: These measures have been carried forward with a zeal and unanimity that warrant the hope we entertain, of ultimating the plans in respect to our Temple, before the next meeting of the Maryland Association.
Word: web hosting Part of Speech: noun 1. The service of hosting a web site on the Internet, making it viewable by other users. Labels: uncountable
Word: eye of the beholder Part of Speech: noun 1. The subjective perception and judgement of the person seeing or considering something. Example: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Example: Since czar isn't an official job title, the number is somewhat in the eye of the beholder.
Word: ronin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 浪人 (rōnin), in turn from Middle Chinese 浪人 (MC langH nyin, “dissolute, wasteful, unrestrained + person”). 1. A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet). Example: Back at Asano’s home in Ako, his chancellor, Oishi (Tatsuo Ichikawa), rallies the samurai, now known as ronin because they are without a master, in a campaign to avenge Asano and restore his clan’s honor. 2. A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice: if the student does not wish to take the exam the following year or is unable to, the student becomes a ronin, assuming full responsibility for their own training and survival. Labels: colloquial
Word: pomegranate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granat, pome-granate (“pomegranate fruit; pomegranate tree; pomegranate seeds (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pome gernate, pomme gernette, Middle French pomme granade, pomme granate, pomme grenade, and Old French pome grenade, pome grenate, pomme grenate [and other forms] (modern French grenade), probably from Italian pomogranato, pomo granato (though apparently first attested later), and then either: * from Italian pomo (“fruit, pome; apple”) + Latin (mālum) grānātum, (mālo)grānātum (“pomegranate”); or * directly from Medieval Latin pōmum garnātum, pōmum grānātum (“pomegranate”), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) + grānātum (“pomegranate”). Pōmum is possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”) (in the sense of being picked off a plant), from *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *h₁em- (“to distribute; to take”); while grānātum is derived from grānātus (“having many grains or seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed, small kernel”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to mature, grow old”) + *-nós (suffix forming verbal adjectives)) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the possession of a quality or thing from nouns). Displaced earlier Old English æppelcyrnel (literally: apple + kernel), itself a calque of the Latin term. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmɪ(ˌ)ɡɹænɪt/, /ˈpɑmɪˌɡɹænɪt/, /ˈpɑməˌɡɹænət/, /ˈpɑmˌɡɹænət/ 1. The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart. Example: Here the blue fig with luſcious juice o'erflows, / With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, / The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, / And verdant olives flouriſh round the year. Example: In the walls of the cells, elevated on seven steps of Parian marble, various statutes stood in niches, and those walls were ornamented with the pomegranate consecrated to Isis. 2. The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit. Example: I finish'd this day with a walke in the greate garden of the Thuilleries, which is rarely contrived for privacy, shade, or company, by groves, plantations of tall trees, especialy that in yᵉ middle, being of elmes, another of mulberys. There is a labyrinth of cypresse, noble hedges of pomegranates, fountaines, fishponds, and an aviary. Example: On her fair cheek’s unfading hue, / The young pomegranate’s blossoms strew / Their bloom in blushes ever new— […] 3. A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit. Example: Sally at last appeared, all in a flutter of ribbons and scarfs, whose bright, high colors assorted well with the ultramarine blue of her dress, and the vivid pomegranate hue of her cheeks. 4. A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy. Labels: Australia, colloquial, derogatory, obsolete
Word: pomegranate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granat, pome-granate (“pomegranate fruit; pomegranate tree; pomegranate seeds (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pome gernate, pomme gernette, Middle French pomme granade, pomme granate, pomme grenade, and Old French pome grenade, pome grenate, pomme grenate [and other forms] (modern French grenade), probably from Italian pomogranato, pomo granato (though apparently first attested later), and then either: * from Italian pomo (“fruit, pome; apple”) + Latin (mālum) grānātum, (mālo)grānātum (“pomegranate”); or * directly from Medieval Latin pōmum garnātum, pōmum grānātum (“pomegranate”), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) + grānātum (“pomegranate”). Pōmum is possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”) (in the sense of being picked off a plant), from *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *h₁em- (“to distribute; to take”); while grānātum is derived from grānātus (“having many grains or seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed, small kernel”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to mature, grow old”) + *-nós (suffix forming verbal adjectives)) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the possession of a quality or thing from nouns). Displaced earlier Old English æppelcyrnel (literally: apple + kernel), itself a calque of the Latin term. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmɪ(ˌ)ɡɹænɪt/, /ˈpɑmɪˌɡɹænɪt/, /ˈpɑməˌɡɹænət/, /ˈpɑmˌɡɹænət/ 1. Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red. Example: Many people would think Miss Wilcox, standing there in her blue merino dress and pomegranate ribbon, a very agreeable woman.
Word: bingo wings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to fatty arms resembling chicken wings. The name connotes a bingo winner waving her arms in excitement. 1. Fatty, loose flaps of skin hanging from the upper arms. Labels: derogatory, humorous, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: basonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English baso- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. New Latinder. English -onym English basonym From baso- + -onym. 1. Alternative form of basionym. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Markov chain Part of Speech: noun 1. A discrete-time stochastic process containing a Markov property. Example: The probability density of the Bayseian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.
Word: mild Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”). Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪld/ 1. Gentle and not easily angered. Example: a mild man 2. Of only moderate severity; not strict. Example: He received a mild sentence. 3. Not overly felt or seriously intended. Example: I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing. 4. Not serious or dangerous. Example: I learn that mental retardation is classified in four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and profound. Example: NPDR can be further classified as mild, moderate, severe, or very severe, which can help predict how quickly the patient may progress to proliferative (neovascular) diabetic retinopathy (PDR). 5. Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected. Example: a mild day Example: mild weather 6. Acting gently and without causing harm. Example: a mild anaesthetic 7. Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor. Example: a mild curry
Word: mild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”). Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪld/ 1. A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale Labels: UK Example: 'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild. Example: But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong.
Word: akee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ackee. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: achee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ackee. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: car sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carsickness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bilberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/ 1. Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family. Example: Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring. 2. The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.
Word: sickness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes, sēocness, sēocnys, sēocnyss. By surface analysis, sick + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪknɪs/ 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; an illness. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: I do lament the sickness of the king. Example: 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. 2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We can now return to the question of how we treat the phenomenon of dative sickness (the possibility of substituting dative in place of accusative on the experiencer nominal) in Icelandic.
Word: blackberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈblækbəɹi/, /ˈblækbɹi/, /ˈblækbɛɹi/ 1. A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids. 2. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets. Example: Here at the creek, a ways off from the trail, we have blackberries for now, not as fat and sweet as they get, but I like them tart, with that little bit of red still at their tops, or if they’re just a little hard and not so soft they come off when you pull at them and leave your fingers stained. 3. Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it. Labels: broadly, informal 4. The blackcurrant. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: blackberry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈblækbəɹi/, /ˈblækbɹi/, /ˈblækbɛɹi/ 1. To gather or forage for blackberries. Example: She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun Example: My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow.
Word: mulberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus + Proto-West Germanic *baʀi. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/, /ˈmʌlbəɹi/, /ˈmʌlbɹi/ 1. Any of several trees, of the genus Morus, having edible fruits. Labels: countable Example: Different qualities of the Mulberry. Among the different species of the Mulberry, it is ascertained that the Italian, (Morus italica) is eaten by the silk worm, with eager appetite. It's fruit is very small, and of a pale rose colour. Example: Beyond the south end of the lake, the route lies across the plain of Lombardy, where the mulberry trees are evidence of the silk industry. 2. The fruit of this tree. Labels: countable Example: You can also make good jam with mulberries, and they taste great cooked or mixed together with other fruits. Mulberries are rich in sugar with moderate amounts of vitamin C. Their rich colours are a sign that they contain high levels of […] 3. A dark purple colour tinted with red. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mulberry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mulbery, molberye, murberie, partly from Old English mōrberġe (“mulberry”) (q.v.), and probably partly from Middle Low German mulbere (“mulberry”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus + Proto-West Germanic *baʀi. Compare Dutch moerbezie, moerbei (“mulberry”), German Maulbeere (“mulberry”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlˌbɛɹi/, /ˈmʌlbəɹi/, /ˈmʌlbɹi/ 1. Of a dark purple color tinted with red.
Word: nudity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nude + -ity. Compare Late Latin nūditās. Pronunciation: /ˈnjudɪˌti/, /ˈnudɪti/ 1. The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In places such as Scandinavia, public nudity is legal. 2. Something or someone without clothes. Labels: countable, rare, usually Example: […]he had divested himself of the incumbrance of dress[…] and although a nudity, he appeared before numbers of people unabashed, and with an unblushing composure of countenance, which envinces that the sense of shame in him is entirely abolished. Example: M. PILS' battle-piece, representing Prince NAPOLEON leading his division at Alma, and some of M. GEROME's startling nudities.
Word: nakedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nakednesse, from Old English nacodnes (“nakedness”); equivalent to naked + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian neakenens (“nakedness”). 1. The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fabric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French. Pronunciation: /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/ 1. An edifice or building. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation. Example: They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey. 2. The act of constructing, construction, fabrication. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Tithe was received by the bishop […] for the fabric of the churches for the poor. 3. The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: cloth of a beautiful fabric 4. The physical material of a building. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later. 5. The framework underlying a structure. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the fabric of our lives Example: Only with the second actor, can plot, […] the reaction of man on man, be knit into the very fabric of dramatic art. 6. A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: cloth (not always differentiated) Example: cotton fabric 7. The texture of a cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The fired clay material of pottery artifacts. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Internet is a fabric of computers connected by routers.
Word: fabric Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French. Pronunciation: /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/ 1. To cover with fabric. Labels: transitive Example: Fabricking and Carpeting a Room. If your ballroom's walls are in need of a paint job, or the space feels cavernous, or your tent is just looking too bare, you can have the ceiling and walls draped with fabric to create an intimate enclave.
Word: chestnut tree Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛsnʌt ˌtɹiː/ 1. A tree that bears chestnuts; a tree of the genus Castanea