nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: consorte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. ) 1. One of the organisms that associates with another species in consortism. Example: Consortism is classified into four types according to the benefit derived by the consortes: 1. If it is voluntary with mutual benefit but not asymmetrical or damaging to either consorte, it is mutualism. 2. Commensalism is a voluntary asymmetrical consortism in which one organism is benefited with no appreciable benefit or damage to the partner. 3. Parasitism is an involuntary consortism with progressive asymmetrical damage to one for the benefit of the other. 4. Predation is a nonsymbiotic consortism with damage to one for the benefit of the other.
Word: going over Part of Speech: noun 1. An inspection, examination, review, or investigation. Example: Make sure to give the refurbished products a real going over before they are sold. Example: After the bankruptcy, our accounts were given a thorough going over. 2. An overhaul. 3. A severe, thorough scolding. 4. A sound thrashing, beating. Example: When the mob men finally found him, they gave him a good going over that left him clinging to life.
Word: going over Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go over Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The client is going over the new proposal as we speak. Example: The new policies aren't going over well with the staff. 2. Of a wrestler or wrestlers: to be scheduled to win a match. Labels: slang
Word: goldbrick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gold + brick, originally (1850s) an actual gold ingot or brick, later a swindle that consisted of selling a putative gold brick, which was only coated in gold. The swindle is attested from 1879, the sense “to swindle” is attested 1902, and the sense “to shirk” is attested 1914, popularized as World War I armed forces slang. In early 1900s, used to refer to an unattractive young woman – not pretty, nor able to talk or dance (attested 1903), thence to refer to incompetent enlisted troops at the start of World War I, reinforced by the rank insignia of second lieutenants, which was a gold rectangle. 1. Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con. Example: Experience is the biggest gold brick in the world. All older people have it for sale. Example: These, as a rule, were not adverse to buying a goldbrick as long as they knew that there was a chance for them to dump it on somebody else afterwards with some profit. 2. A shirker or malingerer. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: Mac, there’s not a confounded thing wrong with you. You are an excellent physical specimen and in good health. You’re nothing but a goldbrick. Now, get your butt out of here and don’t ever come back again unless you’re really sick or need an immunization. Example: Tell me that I’ve been a louse and loafer You won’t get a fight here, no ma’am Say I’m a goldbrick, a goof-off, no good But that couldn’t be all that I am 3. A swindler. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: goldbrick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gold + brick, originally (1850s) an actual gold ingot or brick, later a swindle that consisted of selling a putative gold brick, which was only coated in gold. The swindle is attested from 1879, the sense “to swindle” is attested 1902, and the sense “to shirk” is attested 1914, popularized as World War I armed forces slang. In early 1900s, used to refer to an unattractive young woman – not pretty, nor able to talk or dance (attested 1903), thence to refer to incompetent enlisted troops at the start of World War I, reinforced by the rank insignia of second lieutenants, which was a gold rectangle. 1. To shirk or malinger. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: I'd just as soon goldbrick with malaria as with anything else. Example: He learned to despise the Germans, people he once thought fit to rule the world, but now so craven they ate French dirt for a glass of cheap campagne; he mastered the art of goldbricking. Sitting at his desk, bored and full of hate, he got fat and dreamed of Paris. 2. To swindle. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: goldfilled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gold-filled. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gold-filled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a layer of gold applied to the surface Labels: not-comparable
Word: goldplated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gold-plated. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gold-plated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɡəʊldˈpleɪtɪd/, /ˌɡoʊldˈpleɪtɪd/ 1. Having a thin layer of gold applied to the surface, often by electrolysis. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a project, system, etc., incorporating costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily; overengineered. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: One often hears of gold plated designs with reference to our engineers lack of concern for cost. Example: We have to do enough that works. Not a gold-plated program, but a solid one 3. Of a law, regulation, etc., embellished to excess, especially so as to be stifling, or rigid and inflexible. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Has society introduced swathes of new gold-plated regulations? Example: The UK has this gold-plated approach, is that beneficial to the UK in terms of the rest of Europe and in terms of the business and the employees? Do we benefit to a greater degree by adopting such an approach
Word: gold-plated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɡəʊldˈpleɪtɪd/, /ˌɡoʊldˈpleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of gold-plate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncountable set Part of Speech: noun 1. A set, containing infinite number of elements, whose elements can not be mapped one-to-one to the natural numbers. A set with a cardinality greater than that of the set of natural numbers.
Word: gonadal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) New Latin gonadēsbor. English gonad English -al English gonadal From gonad + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the gonads Labels: not-comparable Example: In the future, artificial means of reproduction will become possible. Perhaps we will inject the genetic material from one of each partner's sperm into either a synthetic human cell or a gonadal cell with its own nuclear DNA removed beforehand, and grow the resulting emmbryo to term in an artificial uterus.
Word: uncountable sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uncountable set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonorrheal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gonorrhea + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea Labels: not-comparable
Word: license plate Part of Speech: noun 1. An identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle. Labels: US
Word: libricide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin liber, librī + -cide. 1. The destruction of books. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: gyno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyno- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman, female”). Pronunciation: /ɡaɪnoʊ-/, /d͡ʒaɪnoʊ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to women. Labels: morpheme 2. Of or pertaining to the female reproductive system. Labels: morpheme
Word: gyn- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of gyno-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: Kirlian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the inventor's surname. 1. Of or pertaining to the Russian inventor Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, and to his process of recording corona discharges from the surface of objects onto photographic plates. Labels: not-comparable Example: "It is not the purpose of this chapter to debate the meaning of the Kirlian effect but to provide step-by-step instructions on how to build your own Kirlian apparatus so that you can experiment with it in your own garage." Example: "The roots of Kirlian photography are in observations of patterns produced in resin dust by high-voltage discharges."
Word: Kirlian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the inventor's surname. 1. A surname from Russian.
Word: denumerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The word was introduced around the beginning of the 20th century, from Latin denumerō (“to count out”) + -able. 1. Capable of being assigned a bijection to the natural numbers. Applied to sets which are not finite, but have a one-to-one mapping to the natural numbers. Labels: not-comparable Example: The empty set is not denumerable because it is finite; the rational numbers are, surprisingly, denumerable because every possible fraction can be assigned a natural number and vice versa.
Word: regioselective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From regio- + selective. 1. Of a chemical reaction in which the production of one structural isomer is favoured over all others
Word: regiospecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From regio- + specific. 1. regioselective
Word: stereoselective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- English selective English stereoselective From stereo- + selective. 1. Of a chemical reaction in which the production of one stereoisomer is favoured over all others.
Word: neurodegenerative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English degenerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English degenerative English neurodegenerative From neuro- + degenerative. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function. Example: neurodegenerative disease Example: A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.
Word: amyotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English amyotrophy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English amyotrophic From amyotrophy + -ic. 1. Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles). Example: The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Word: wedge product Part of Speech: noun 1. A way of representing an exterior product using a wedge symbol: ∧.
Word: daises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dais. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apocalyptically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apocalyptic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English apocalyptically From apocalyptic + -ally. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪkəli/ 1. In an apocalyptic manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. In a manner portending future disaster, devastation, and doom. Labels: not-comparable Example: Aerial warfare and the atomic bomb, which he “invented” in The War in the Air (1908) and The World Set Free (1914), have proved as apocalyptically destructive as he prophesied. Example: I hope I appear not to speak too apocalyptically in saying that the problem is still there to minister to our interest and perhaps even a little to our anxiety.
Word: digitate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪdʒɪtət/ 1. Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike Labels: not-comparable 2. Having parts that spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: digitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪdʒɪteɪt/ 1. To point out as with one's finger, indicate. Labels: obsolete Example: The supine resting on Water onely by retention of Air[…]doth digitate a reason. 2. To spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner. Example: But what is most worthy of notice is, that the greater number of muscular fibres arising from the coracoid and radio-ulnar bones form a pectoral muscle, superficial to the other fibres of the great lateral, and digitating with them along the side of the fish opposite the extremities of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth ribs.
Word: protoplanet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English planet English protoplanet From proto- + planet. 1. An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets Example: Tyrix, one of the largest objects in Thal's asteroid belt, is a metallic asteroid with an iron-nickel core under a rocky olivine mantle. It is possibly a remnant protoplanet prevented from forming into anything bigger by gravitational disturbances from Xerceo.
Word: planetesimal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed from planet by analogy with infinitesimal. 1. Any of many small, solid astronomical objects that orbit a star and form protoplanets through mutual gravitational attraction.
Word: planetesimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed from planet by analogy with infinitesimal. 1. Being or relating to one of these astronomical objects. Labels: not-comparable Example: a planetesimal body
Word: cladoxylopsid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several plants, known only as fossils, that are thought to be ancestors of ferns and horsetails.
Word: cladoxylopsid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to these plants, of the extinct class †Cladoxylopsida. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kari Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Kari, diminutive of Katrine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.ɹi/, /ˈkæ.ɹi/ 1. A female given name from Swedish, of recent usage, equivalent to English Carrie or Cary. 2. A moon of Saturn.
Word: Kari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Kari, an ornamental surname from kari (“rock, skerry”). * Borrowed from Marathi करी (karī), a surname of unexplained origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.ɹi/, /ˈkæ.ɹi/ 1. A surname.
Word: coolth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cool + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Dutch kuolitha (“coolness”). Pronunciation: /kuːlθ/ 1. The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Froid: m. Cold, cooth^([sic]); coldneſſe, chilneſſe. Example: In the evening my father and Mrs Thrale seated themselves out of doors, just before the Blue-room windows, for coolth and chat; […]
Word: exasperates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exasperate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bestung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English stung English bestung From be- + stung. 1. Having been stung. Labels: archaic Example: No sooner was she out of hearing, And not expos'd to take alarm, Than from my restless couch I sprung, As if by swarming wasps bestung. Example: After all, however, it was lucky for us that it was so, for the skin over the whole of our bodies was so bestung that we no longer felt the biting of lice or bugs, although it was impossible to get used to the stinging of those other insects.
Word: unnumbered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unnoumbird, unnoumbrid, un-nowmbyrde, unnowmyrd; equivalent to un- + numbered. 1. Not identified with a number. Labels: not-comparable Example: unnumbered paragraphs 2. Too numerous to be counted. Labels: not-comparable Example: unnumbered ways Example: Unnumbered souls are dying / And pass into the night.
Word: pendency Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being pendent; suspension. Labels: uncountable Example: The long pendency of the case before this dismissal suggests deep disagreements among the justices on the substantive issues.
Word: pendent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛndənt/ 1. Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended. Example: Now had they brought the work by wondrous Art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent Rock / Over the vext Abyſs, […] Example: Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd; / And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd / New growth about each shell and pendent lyre; […] 2. Pending (in various senses). 3. Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable. 4. Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward. Example: Jandrell, Sa. three buckles, the tongues pendent ar. two and a one. Example: Az. a chev. or, betw. three acorns, pendent, Kymberlee. 5. Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb. 6. Projecting over something; overhanging. Labels: obsolete
Word: pendent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛndənt/ 1. Alternative spelling of pendant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: memorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory. 1. an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend. Example: An undemonstrable legend is no legend at all. One must postulate that every fabulate is based on a memorate.
Word: memorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory. 1. to commemorate Labels: obsolete 2. to memorize Labels: obsolete
Word: news desk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of newsdesk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: newsdesk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + desk. 1. The department of a newspaper or broadcasting organization responsible for the collecting of news from journalists and others, and for distributing it to editors.
Word: news wire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of newswire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: newswire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + wire. 1. A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.
Word: antigonon Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of three American vines, of the genus Antigonon, including the chain of hearts and the coral vine
Word: antecedently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English antecedent Middle English -ly English -ly English antecedently From antecedent + -ly. 1. At an earlier time. Example: The History of Brute and the Brutans setteth forth. Principally and antecedently their persons, & in them sheweth the geneallogy or issue which they had, artes which they studied, actes which they did. Example: […] it does not at all appear, that all Mixtures must be of Elementary Bodies; but it seems farr more probable, that there are divers sorts of compound Bodies, even in regard of all or some of their Ingredients, consider’d Antecedently to their Mixture.
Word: Uniat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 19th c., borrowed from Russian униат (uniat, “a united Greek”, noun), from Polish uniat (“one having the characteristics of union”), from unia (“union”) + -at (“-ate”), from Latin ūniō (“union”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.niːˌæt/, /ˈjuː.niːˌɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of Uniate Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The Greek Uniat Archbishop at Polotzki Johannes Krasszofsky has sent 1970 rubles in bank assignments Example: temporal advantages were held out to the Uniat Greeks: no change was at first enforced
Word: Uniat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th c., borrowed from Russian униат (uniat, “a united Greek”, noun), from Polish uniat (“one having the characteristics of union”), from unia (“union”) + -at (“-ate”), from Latin ūniō (“union”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.niːˌæt/, /ˈjuː.niːˌɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of Uniate. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They are worse than the Uniats: they never look into the church of God
Word: Uniate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Uniat. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪ.ət/, /ˈju.niˌɪt/, /ˈju.niˌeɪt/ 1. Of or pertaining to a Uniate Church. Labels: not-comparable, pejorative, sometimes Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Uniate. 2. Of or pertaining to Uniates. Labels: not-comparable, pejorative, sometimes Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Uniate.
Word: Uniate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Uniat. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪ.ət/, /ˈju.niˌɪt/, /ˈju.niˌeɪt/ 1. A member of a Uniate Church. Labels: pejorative, sometimes Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Uniate.
Word: oligomerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English oligomer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English oligomerize From oligomer + -ize. 1. To react together to form an oligomer. Labels: intransitive
Word: oligomerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oligomer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English oligomerization From oligomer + -ization. 1. The formation of an oligomer from a monomer Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: biohydrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydro- French -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen English biohydrogen From bio- + hydrogen. 1. hydrogen produced biologically (mostly by bacteria) as a biofuel Labels: uncountable
Word: basun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi [Term?]. 1. Powdered gram used in cookery or in cleansing the hair, etc. Labels: India, obsolete, uncountable
Word: excelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of excel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: goodhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gode herted; equivalent to good + hearted. Pronunciation: /ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/, /ɡʊd.hɑɹ.təd/ 1. kind, generous and altruistic Example: She saw that Velvin, if a stubborn man, was a very simple and very goodhearted one, and she prided herself on her skill in sweetly reasonable persuasion of the lower classes.
Word: goodheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English goodhearted Middle English -ly English -ly English goodheartedly From goodhearted + -ly. 1. In a goodhearted manner
Word: bused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/ 1. simple past and past participle of bus Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.
Word: goodheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English goodhearted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English goodheartedness From goodhearted + -ness. 1. The quality of being goodhearted Labels: uncountable
Word: goodhumored Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of good-humored. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goodhumoredly Part of Speech: adv 1. In a good-humored manner
Word: good-humored Part of Speech: adj 1. Happy, cheerful, amiable. Example: Lady Feng was at the moment having a little goodhumoured raillery with Yüan Yang, and was taken so much off her guard, that she was quite startled out of her senses.
Word: goodnatured Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of good-natured. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There is at times said he—a little self-importance—but it is not offensive;—& there are moments, there are points, when her Love of Money is carried greatly too far. But she is a goodnatured Woman, a very goodnatured Woman,—a very obliging, friendly Neighbour; a chearful, independant, valuable character.—and her faults may be entirely imputed to her want of Education.
Word: goodnaturedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English goodnatured Middle English -ly English -ly English goodnaturedly From goodnatured + -ly. 1. Alternative form of good-naturedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goodsized Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of good-sized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good-sized Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a reasonably large size. Labels: colloquial Example: Gas and electric bills take a good-sized chunk of my salary. Example: So, when they came to a good sized farm house, Dorothy walked boldly up to the door and knocked.
Word: goodtempered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of good-tempered. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good-tempered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From good + tempered. 1. Not easily irritated; affable.
Word: keyed up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the phrasal verb key up. 1. Nervous; worried. Labels: colloquial Example: She was all keyed up about the interview. Example: One trouble, he explained, is that dope pushers flock to neighborhoods where two gangs are at war, knowing they will find buyers among members of the gangs who are so keyed up that they welcome any kind of relaxation or who are just plain afraid.
Word: keyed up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the phrasal verb key up. 1. simple past and past participle of key up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bøur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Faroese Bøur. 1. A village in the Sørvágur Municipality, on the island of Vágar, Faroe Islands.
Word: tast Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of taste. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt. Example: the Fruit / Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast / Brought Death into the World
Word: justifie Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of justify. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I may assert Eternal Providence, / And justifie the wayes of God to men.
Word: waye Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of weigh. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete spelling of way. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I may assert Eternal Providence, / And justifie the wayes of God to men.
Word: skie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sky. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [I]f you doe not all ſhew like guilt twoo pences to mee, and I in the cleere skie of Fame, ore-ſhine you as much as the full moone doth the cindars of the element, (which ſhew like pinnes heads to her) beleeue not the worde of the noble: […] Example: I went with some of my relations to Court, to shew them his Maᵗⁱᵉˢ cabinet and closset of rarities; […] Here I saw […] amongst the clocks, one that shew'd the rising and setting of the Sun in yᵉ Zodiaq, the Sunn represented by a face and raies of gold, upon an azure skie, observing yᵉ diurnal and annual motion, rising and setting behind a landscape of hills, the work of our famous Fromantel; and severall other rarities.
Word: cobalmin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cobalamin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cyanocobalmin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cyanocobalamin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: goodygoody Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of goody-goody. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goodygoody Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of goody-goody. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goody-goody Part of Speech: adj 1. Mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious. Labels: derogatory
Word: goody-goody Part of Speech: noun 1. A well-behaved person with no obvious human failings, with the possible exception of smugness and self-satisfaction. Labels: derogatory Example: I hate being such a goody-goody sometimes.
Word: goody two shoes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goody (“goodwife, obsolete title of respect for a woman”) + two + shoes. Generally considered to have originated with the title character in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765), which indeed seems to be the source of its later use as a common noun with the present meaning. However, as a proper noun with implications of wealth rather than goodness, it is also found earlier, c. 1687, in the writings of Charles Cotton: “Why, what then; Goody Two-Shoes, what if it be? / Hold you, if you can, your tittle-tattle, quoth he.” 1. A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness. Labels: derogatory Example: […] When jabbed by ethicists, he at first asserted, "I'm not Goody Two-Shoes," before acknowledging a minor lapse. Example: [Jeremy Hunt] is charming, thoughtful and amusing in private, and one ally said he was "almost a goody two shoes".
Word: goofoff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of goof-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gorgeously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gorgeous Middle English -ly English -ly English gorgeously From gorgeous + -ly. 1. In a gorgeous manner. Example: Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century." Example: What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?
Word: gorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gory Middle English -ly English -ly English gorily From gory + -ly. 1. In a gory manner
Word: goriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gory Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English goriness From gory + -ness. 1. The state of being gory. Labels: uncountable
Word: gormandize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of gourmandise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gormandizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gormandize + -er. 1. A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand
Word: gossiper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gossip + -er. 1. A person who gossips. Example: The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.
Word: unsought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sought English unsought From un- + sought. 1. Not sought. Labels: not-comparable
Word: slamming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/, [ˈslɛəm.ɪŋ], /ˈslɛm.əŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of slam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slamming Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/, [ˈslɛəm.ɪŋ], /ˈslɛm.əŋ/ 1. Great; awesome. Labels: slang Example: First off, how could I ever be a totally slamming, hot French expert on free-running. But, that technicality aside, I honestly don't want to be Henri. Example: You could play while driving if wanted to. "Man, you have no idea how slammin' we would be driving into my neighborhood with these wheels. Just slammin'...."
Word: slamming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslæm.ɪŋ/, [ˈslɛəm.ɪŋ], /ˈslɛm.əŋ/ 1. The act of something being slammed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […] Example: The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea. 2. A form of fraud in which a customer's telephone service, Internet domain registration or credit card processor is changed without their consent. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of slam dance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unofficially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unofficial + -ly or un- + officially. 1. In a way that is not official; in an unofficial manner. Example: A one-pot meal, cachupa, is unofficially the national dish of Cape Verde, a drought-stricken archipelago off the western bulge of Africa. The dish is chock-full of cassava, seasoned sausages, corn and potatoes.
Word: confuzzles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of confuzzle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: infrangible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French infrangible, from Old French infrangible, from Medieval Latin in- (“not”) + frangibilis, from Latin frangō (“to break”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɹænd͡ʒɪbəl/ 1. Unbreakable, indestructible, or very difficult to break.
Word: oxtercog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From oxter + cog. 1. To carry (a person) by supporting them under the armpits Labels: Ireland, UK, rare, transitive
Word: fanboys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanboy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanboys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fanboy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gracelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English gracelessly; equivalent to graceless + -ly. 1. In a graceless manner Example: The French, in his whole language, hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable, saving two, called antepenultima; and little more, hath the Spanish, and therefore very gracelessly may they use dactiles. Example: Barabbas jumped down the eroded slope towards the water and slipped the last few feet gracelessly on his arse.
Word: grandiosely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grandiose Middle English -ly English -ly English grandiosely From grandiose + -ly. 1. In a grandiose manner
Word: graphically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English graphic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English graphically From graphic + -ally. 1. In a graphic manner Example: England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.
Word: gratuitously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gratuitous Middle English -ly English -ly English gratuitously From gratuitous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪ.təs.li/, /ɡɹəˈtʃuː.ɪ.təs.li/, /ɡɹəˈtu.ə.təs.li/, /ɡɹəˈtju.ə.təs.li/ 1. Freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned. Example: We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him. 2. In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof. Example: Secondly, Mr. Browne concludes, apparently rather gratuitously, on page 441 as follows[…]
Word: gravelly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gravelli (“covered with gravel or sand; (pathology) containing sand-like matter”), from gravel (“sand; grain of stand; gravel, pebbles; (pathology) sand-like matter in the urine, calculus”) + -lī (suffix forming adjectives). Gravel is derived from Old French gravel, gravele, gravelle (“gravel; (pathology) calculus”) (modern French gravelle (“(pathology) calculus”)), from grave (“coarse sand, gravel; seashore”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”); modern French grève (“riverbank; shore, strand”)) + -ele (diminutive suffix). The English word is analysable as gravel + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹævəli/ 1. Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles. Example: The dung which men make […] is greatly miſlyked, for that by nature it is hoter and burneth the ſeedes ſowne in that earth: ſo that this is not to bee uſed, unleſſe the ground be a barren, grauelly or verie louſe ſand, lacking ſtrength in it, which being on ſuche wiſe, requyreth the more helpe of nouriſhment and fatning, through this kinde of dung: […] Example: This earth, however, is not to be ſuppoſed entirely pure, but is mixed with much ſtony and gravelly matter, from the layers lying immediately beneath it. It generally happens, that the ſoil is fertile in proportion to the quantity that this putrified mold bears to the gravelly mixture; and as the former predominates, ſo far is the vegetation upon it more luxuriant. 2. Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping. Example: […] currently incarcerated Stinc Team members Ketchy the Great, SaySoTheMac, and Bambino; the devilish and gravelly Almighty Suspect; red-clad Inglewooder and headband connoisseur FreeAckrite; baby-faced Martin Luther King Park loiterer Johnny Rose; […] 3. Caused by or involving gravel (“kidney stones”). 4. Full of or covered with sand; sandy. Labels: obsolete Example: As the goeing vp a grauelie way in the feete of the aged, ſo a woman ful of tongue to a quiet man.
Word: kós Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coss. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ... the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) ... The total distance from Káthmándú to Pekin, according to the Káji, is 1,268½ kós; according to the Chountra, 1,250 kós ...
Word: greenly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English greenly From green + -ly. 1. Characterized by greenness or lushness; verdant. Example: How then is it possible that Methodism, that is, a religion of the heart, though it flourishes now as a greenly tree, should continue in this state?
Word: greenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green 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 greenly From green + -ly. 1. With a green color. Example: But within this swarded circle, into which the lime-walk brings us — Whence the beeches rounded greenly, stand away in reverent fear; I will let no music enter, saving what the fountain sings us […] Example: Sylvia loved dancing, and knew "wall flowers" only by sight; therefore she was busy; her lover's gift shone greenly in bosom, hair, and fleecy skirts[…] 2. In a naive or immature manner. Example: They […] proposed that we should join them in a plan to drench the president next morning with freezing water. We consented greenly enough.
Word: gregariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gregarious Middle English -ly English -ly English gregariously From gregarious + -ly. 1. In a gregarious manner
Word: gristly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gristle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gristly From gristle + -y. 1. Resembling or containing gristle.
Word: groggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English groggy Middle English -ly English -ly English groggily From groggy + -ly. 1. In a groggy manner
Word: grouchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grouchy Middle English -ly English -ly English grouchily From grouchy + -ly. 1. In a grouchy manner
Word: grubbily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grubby Middle English -ly English -ly English grubbily From grubby + -ly. 1. In a grubby manner
Word: gruesomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gruesome Middle English -ly English -ly English gruesomely From gruesome + -ly. 1. In a gruesome manner. Example: The trailer for the documentary about killer Luka Magnotta doesn’t show anything graphic, but it contains clips of him handling kittens. The trailer goes on to explain that Magnotta gruesomely abuses these kittens. Example: Somewhere near the end of “Resurrection,” a sleek, hurtling, ridiculously entertaining horror movie from Andrew Semans, there’s a scene of such gruesomely bonkers intent that I actually gasped.
Word: gracelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English graceless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gracelessness From graceless + -ness. 1. The state of being graceless. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white light: but he could not stop himself.
Word: graciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gracious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English graciousness From gracious + -ness. 1. The state of being gracious. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grandiosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grandiose Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English grandiosity From grandiose + -ity. 1. The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the narcissistic leader does not use his narcissistic charisma only as a means for political success; he needs success and applause for the sake of his own mental equilibrium. The idea of his greatness and infallibility is essentially based on his narcissistic grandiosity, not on his real achievements as a human being. Example: U2 have never been a band noted for their love of shy understatement, but even by their standards, their arrival in Las Vegas represents a hitherto-unimagined degree of grandiosity.
Word: grandness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grand Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English grandness From grand + -ness. 1. The state of being grand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gratefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grateful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gratefulness From grateful + -ness. 1. The state of being grateful. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gratuitousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gratuitous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gratuitousness From gratuitous + -ness. 1. The characteristic or state of being gratuitous. Labels: uncountable Example: Whether the utilitarian or the intuitive theory of the moral sense be upheld, it is beyond question that there are a few subtle-souled persons with whom the absolute gratuitousness of an act of reparation is an inducement to perform it; while exhortation as to its necessity would breed excuses for leaving it undone.
Word: graveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grave Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English graveness From grave + -ness. 1. The state of being grave; gravity Labels: uncountable
Word: grayness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gray Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English grayness From gray + -ness. 1. Alternative form of greyness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable