nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: head Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head From Middle English efd, had, hafd, heafd, hed, heed, hefet, heid, het, hevd, heved, hevid, hiede, hæfd, hæfedd, from Old English hēafod (“head; top; leader; origin”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), from *kap- (“head; bowl, cup”). The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-; the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and Howth. Cognates Cognate with Scots heid (“head”), Yola haade, hade, heade (“head”), North Frisian Haur, hood (“head”), Saterland Frisian Haud, Hööft (“head”), West Frisian haad (“head”), Alemannic German Haupt (“head”), Dutch hoofd (“head”), German Haupt, Häupt (“head”), Vilamovian hiöet, hiöt, huöt, huø̄t (“head”), Yiddish הויפּט (hoypt, “head”), Danish hode, hoved (“head”), Elfdalian ovuð (“head”), Faroese høvd, høvur (“head”), Icelandic höfuð (“head”), Jamtish huvu (“head”), Norwegian Bokmål hode, hue (“head”), Norwegian Nynorsk haud, hauv, hove, hovu, hovud, hue, huggu, hugu, hugud, huvu, huvud (“head”), Scanian huweð (“head”), Swedish hufvud, hufwud, huve, huvud, hövve (“head”), Crimean Gothic hoef (“head”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌳 (haubid), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ, “head”); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic cuach (“bowl; dome (of head)”), Welsh cawg (“basin, bowl, vessel”), Latin capud, capus, caput (“head”), Greek κεφάλι (kefáli), κεφαλή (kefalí, “head”), Central Kurdish کاپۆڵ (kapoll, “skull”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull; bowl”). Pronunciation: /hɛd/, /hɛːd/, /hed/, /hiːd/ 1. Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Labels: not-comparable
Word: head Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English heed, from Old English hēafod- (“main”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubida-, derived from the noun *haubid (“head”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hööft-, West Frisian haad-, Dutch hoofd-, German Low German höövd-, German haupt-. Pronunciation: /hɛd/, /hɛːd/, /hed/, /hiːd/ 1. Foremost in rank or importance. Labels: not-comparable Example: the head cook Example: At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook. 2. Placed at the top or the front. Labels: not-comparable 3. Coming from in front. Labels: not-comparable Example: head sea Example: head wind
Word: pumpkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌmpkɪn/, /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/, [ˈpʰʌm(p).kʰɪn], [ˈpʰʌŋ̥kɪn], /ˈpɐmpkɪn/ 1. A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient. 2. The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time. 3. The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant. Labels: uncountable 4. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 5. A term of endearment for someone small and cute. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: You must be daddy’s little pumpkin. 6. The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: name Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognates Germanic Cognates: Yola naame, name, naume (“name”), North Frisian Naam, neem, noome, nööm (“name”), Saterland Frisian Nome, Noome (“name”), West Frisian namme (“name”), Alemannic German Naame, namä, noame, nomu, nàmund (“name”), Cimbrian naamo, name, nåm (“name”), Dutch naam, name (“name”), German Nahme, Name (“name”), German Low German Naam (“name”), Luxembourgish Numm (“name”), Mòcheno nu'm (“name”), Vilamovian noma (“name”), Yiddish נאָמען (nomen, “name”), Danish, Faroese and Norwegian Bokmål navn (“name”), Icelandic nafn (“name”), Norwegian Nynorsk nabn, namn (“name”), Swedish namn (“name”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō, “name”). Indo-European Cognates: Latin nōmen (“name”) (whence Spanish nombre (“name”)), Russian имя (imja, “name”), Ashkun nām (“name”), Kamkata-viri nom, num (“name”), Prasuni nom, nëmë (“name”), Waigali nām (“name”), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man, “name”). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnish nimi (“name”) and Hungarian név (“name”). Doublet of nomen and noun. Pronunciation: /neɪm/, /nɛjm/ 1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. Example: I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty. Example: What's your name? Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same. 2. A reputation. Example: Good name in man and woman, dear my lord Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Example: The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot. 3. An abusive or insulting epithet. Example: Stop calling me names! 4. A person (or legal person). Example: They list with women each degenerate name. Example: p. 2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, →ISBN, page 287 http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, […] . 5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. Example: The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. 6. An authority; a behalf. Example: Halt in the name of the law! Example: We may be quite sure, therefore, that in some shape, if we, the people of England, tolerate the bloody and sanguinary crimes which are committed in our name, if they are so committed, and we do not remonstrate and condemn, we shall have no acquittal at that tribunal by which the actions, not of individuals only, but of nations and peoples, are finally judged. 7. An identifier, generally a unique string of characters. 8. An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability. Labels: UK
Word: name Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English namen, from Old English namian (“to name, mention”) and ġenamian (“to name, call, appoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *namōn (“to name”). Cognate with West Frisian neame (“to name; to mention”). Compare also Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, give a name to a person or thing”). Pronunciation: /neɪm/, /nɛjm/ 1. To give a name to. Labels: ditransitive Example: One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting. Example: I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!' 2. To mention, specify. Labels: transitive Example: He named his demands. Example: You name it! 3. To identify as relevant or important Labels: transitive Example: naming the problem 4. To publicly implicate by name. Labels: transitive Example: The painter was named as an accomplice. 5. To disclose the name of. Labels: transitive Example: Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor. 6. To designate for a role. Labels: transitive Example: My neighbor was named to the steering committee. 7. To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct. Labels: Westminster-system, transitive Example: I must warn the Right Honourable gentleman, that if he persists in his refusal to comply with my order to withdraw [the words "deliberately deceptive"], I shall be compelled to name him.
Word: name Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam. Pronunciation: /n(j)ɑmeɪ/, /neɪm/, /nɛjm/ 1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Word: portmanteau word Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”). 1. A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel. Example: Well, ‘slithy’ means ‘lithe and slimy.’ ‘Lithe’ is the same as ‘active.’ You see it’s like a portmanteau⸺there are two meanings packed up into one word. Example: He found the blend "tomax" in "a collection of gratulatory verses presented by the President and Fellows of Harvard College 1 to the new King, George III," dated 1761. A note by the owner of the volume explains the word as a combination of tomahawk and axe: "It is a portmanteau word, which must have been as clear to the average reader in England of 1761 — as clear to George III himself - as brillig and slithy would have been to us, had not Humpty Dumpty kindly explained them."
Word: f Part of Speech: character Etymology: Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”). Pronunciation: /ɛf/, /f/ 1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: f Part of Speech: num Etymology: Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”). Pronunciation: /ɛf/, /f/ 1. The sixth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: f Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.
Word: f Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20") Labels: abbreviation 2. Abbreviation of fuck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic Example: What the f do you think you're doing? 3. Abbreviation of feminine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: fa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon. Pronunciation: /fɑ/ 1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale. Example: And now Mrs. Waters (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as Fa, la, la, ra, da, &c. are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas. 2. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
Word: fa Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /fɑ/ 1. Alternative spelling of for. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal Example: Do ya wanna be a dope fiend fa krist’s sake?
Word: fabaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fabaceus, from faba (“bean”). By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous. For sense 2, from translingual Fabaceae + -ous, from Faba. Pronunciation: /fəˈbeɪʃəs/ 1. Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. Example: The fabaceous plants rank second only to the grasses in value as ministrants to the economy of animal life, for they produce food for man and beast in vast abundance, and generally speaking, the aliments derived from this family are of the highest character in point of nourishing power, all of them contributing largely to the nourishment, not only of the muscular and bony framework, but in a peculiar degree also to the nervous system, owing to their richness in nitrogen and salts of phosphorus. In a majority of cases the fabaceous or leguminous plants have pinnated leaves, that is to say, each separate leaf consists of a series of symmetrical divisions united by a common stem. 2. Belonging to the taxonomic family Fabaceae.
Word: fabella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin fābella, diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”). Pronunciation: /fəˈbɛlə/ 1. One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
Word: Fabian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.biː.ən/, /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/, /ˈfæɪ.biː.ən/, /ˈfe.bi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general Fabius Maximus, whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines. Example: Hood complained behind his commander's back to Richmond of Johnston's Fabian strategy. Example: “This is how I know you've never had an adult relationship. If I say no, then I will be required to say yes to something else in the future, and the stakes in the future might be higher.” “Then say yes.” “If I give in, then I'm no longer the alpha in my house. Before you know it, she'll have me wearing jeans and reading fiction!” “Yeah, well, yes and no are kind of your only two choices.” “For most men, sure. But there is a third option. The Fabian strategy.” “I know this. If an apple and a feather fall at the same time--” “The Fabian strategy derives its name from the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus. He ran away, Lemon. Rather than engage in battle, he would retreat and retreat until the enemy grew fatigued and eventually made a mistake. Although I abhor it as a military strategy, it is the basis for all of my, uh, personal relationships.” “So Avery is your enemy. That sounds healthy.” “You're in no position to judge.” 2. Advocating that social reforms be reached through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution; specifically, relating to the Fabian Society, a British socialist society advocating reformist socialism. 3. Cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. Labels: broadly
Word: Fabian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.biː.ən/, /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/, /ˈfæɪ.biː.ən/, /ˈfe.bi.ən/ 1. A Fabian socialist, a gradualist socialist; a member of the Fabian Society.
Word: Fabian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.biː.ən/, /ˈfeɪ.bi.ən/, /ˈfæɪ.biː.ən/, /ˈfe.bi.ən/ 1. A male given name from Latin. Labels: rare 2. A surname.
Word: fable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪbəl/ 1. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. 2. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. Example: But refuſe prophane and olde wiues fables, and exerciſe thy ſelfe rather vnto godlineſſe. Example: […]we grew / The fable of the city where we dwelt. 3. Fiction; untruth; falsehood. Example: I say it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune by secret methods to other men. 4. The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. Example: For the moral (as Bossu observes,) is the first business of the poet, as being the groundwork of his instruction. This being formed, he contrives such a design, or fable, as may be most suitable to the moral;
Word: fable Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪbəl/ 1. To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: He Fables not, I heare the enemie: / Out ſome light Horſemen, and peruſe their Wings. Example: Vain now the Tales which fab’ling Poets tell, / That wav’ring Conqueſt ſtill deſires to rove; / In Marlbrô’s Camp the Goddeſs knows to dwell: / Long as the Hero’s Life remains her Love. 2. To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] erre not that ſo ſhall end / The ſtrife of Glorie: which we mean to win, / Or turn this Heav’n itſelf into the Hell / Thou fableſt […] Example: THE Poets Fable, That Apollo being enamoured of Caſſandra, was by her many ſhifts and cunning ſlights ſtill deluded in his Deſire […]
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English a- (“up, out, away”), from Old English ā-, originally *ar-, *or-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out-”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old Saxon a-, German er-. Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: arise, await 2. Forming verbs with the sense of intensified action. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: abide, amaze
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English a- (“on”), derived from unstressed Middle English an (“on”), from Old English an (“on”). See a (preposition, on, to, in, etc.) Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. In, on, at; used to show a state, condition, or manner. Also passing into sense 2. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme, rare Example: aglow, apace, afire, aboil, a-bling, abluster 2. In, into. Also passing into sense 5. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: asunder 3. In the direction of, or toward. Labels: morpheme Example: astern, abeam 4. At such a time. Labels: archaic, dialectal, morpheme Example: Come a-morning we are going hunting. 5. In the act or process of. Used in some dialects before a present participle. Labels: archaic, dialectal, morpheme Example: hits a-poppin Example: doins a-transpirin
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English a-, a variant form of y-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with”). Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. Alternative form of y-. In dialect, it is sometimes conflated with sense 5 of the previous definition, and is used as a general indicator of a participle. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal, morpheme Example: aware, alike 2. Used to form the past participle of a verb. Labels: Devon, morpheme Example: I have a-gone. Example: I have a-seen a bird.
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Anglo-Norman a-, from Old French e-, from Latin ex-. Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. Forming words with the sense of wholly, or utterly out. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: abash
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), preconsonantal form of ἀν- (an-). Distant doublet of un-. Pronunciation: /eɪ/, /æɪ/, /ə/, /a/ 1. Not, without, opposite of. Labels: morpheme Example: amoral, asymmetry, atheism, asexual, acyclic, atypical Example: When invited to believe in the Chimaera, the horse-centaurs, or the winged horse Pegasus, all of them straightforward Pelasgian cult-symbols, a philosopher felt bound to reject them as a-zoölogical improbabilities ….
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Assimilated form of ad- before b, sc, sp, st, and sometimes m. From Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad (“towards”). 1. Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: ascend, aspire, amass, abandon, avenue
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”). 1. Away from. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: avert, aperient, abridge, assoil, assoilzie
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English a-, o- (“of”). See a (preposition, of). 1. Of, from. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: anew, afresh, athirst
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: A-tisket a-tasket, A green and yellow basket
Word: a- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Used as a prefix to verbs in the sense of remaining in the same condition. Actively doing something. Labels: morpheme Example: a-be, a-going Example: Let that choilt a-be, wilt ta.
Word: A 1 Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of A1. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: aam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch aam, from Latin ama, a variant of hama, from Ancient Greek ἄμη (ámē, “bucket”). Pronunciation: /ɑːm/, /ɔːm/, /ɑm/, /ɔm/ 1. A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼. Labels: historical
Word: aardvark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans aardvark (now rare), erdvark, from aarde (“earth”, from Middle Dutch aerde) + vark (“pig”, from Middle Dutch varken). Early European colonists in South Africa noticed that the animal was similar to a pig, while aarde hints at the animal's habit of burrowing. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːd.vɑːk/, /ˈɑɹd.vɑɹk/ 1. The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata and somewhat resembling a pig. Common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Example: The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue. Example: If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks.
Word: aardwolf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old Dutch ertha Middle Dutch āerde Dutch aarde Afrikaans aarde Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós? Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old Dutch *wulf Middle Dutch wolf Dutch wolf Afrikaans wolf Afrikaans aardwolfbor. Dutch aardwolfbor. English aardwolf Borrowed from South African Dutch aardwolf (whence Afrikaans aardwolf), from aard- (prefix meaning ‘earth’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”), probably from the fact that the animal rests in burrows in the ground during the day) + wolf (“wolf”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”)), influenced by English wolf (the second element of aardwolf is pronounced like that word, and one plural form is aardwolves; the Dutch plural form is aardwolven). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdwʊlf/, /ˈɑɹdˌwʊlf/, /ˈɑːdvɒlf/, /ˈɑːt-/, /-vʊlf/ 1. A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal (Proteles cristatus), having yellowish fur with vertical black stripes, and a long mane down the midline of the neck and back; it is related to and resembles the hyena, and is native to eastern and southern Africa. Example: [page 79] The Committee of Science and Correspondence, having taken into consideration the request of the Council, that they should prepare a Report upon the Animals most desirable to be introduced into this country for the purposes of utility or exhibition, beg leave to submit a List of such Animals arranged under the heads of the respective countries of which they are natives. […] [page 86] Cape of Good Hope. […] Aard Wolf (Proteles). Example: The size of the aard-wolf is about that of a full-grown fox, which it further resembles in its pointed muzzle; but it stands higher upon its legs, its ears are considerably larger and more naked, and its tail shorter and not so bushy. […] In its habits and manners the aard-wolf resembles the fox: like that animal it is nocturnal, and constructs a subterraneous burrow, at the bottom of which it lies concealed during the day-time and only ventures abroad on the approach of night to search for food and satisfy the other calls of nature.
Word: Aaronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾahărōn)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn)bor. Latin Aaronbor. English Aaron Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Aaronic From Aaron + -ic. Pronunciation: /æɹˈɒn.ɪk/, /ɛːˈɹɒn.ɪk/, /æɹˈɑn.ɪk/, /ɛˈɹɑn.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to Aaron (elder brother of Moses). Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to or characteristic of a high priest; priestly. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or pertaining to the lower order of priests. Labels: Mormonism, not-comparable
Word: Aaron's rod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation: "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." (spelling modernized). Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹ.ənz ɹɒd/, /ˈæɹ-/, /ˈɛɹ.ənz ɹɑd/, /ˈɛəɹ-/ 1. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, or scrolls. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents). Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 6. The penis. Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncommon, uncountable
Word: aard-vark Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of aardvark. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ab- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ab-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) (English off, of). Doublet of apo- and off-. 1. From. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: ab- + sorb → absorb 2. Away from; outside of. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: ab- + normal → abnormal Example: ab- + axial → abaxial
Word: ab- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin se- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin luō Latin solvō Latin absolvōder. Latin absolūtusder. Middle French absolutder. Middle English absolut English absoluteclip. English ab- Clipping of absolute. 1. Used in the names of certain units in the centimeter-gram-second system. Labels: morpheme Example: ab- + coulomb → abcoulomb Example: ab- + henry → abhenry
Word: ab Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. Clipping of abdominal muscle . Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows have abs. Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty? Example: When possible, do your ab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group […] .
Word: ab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of abscess. Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin. Labels: slang
Word: ab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. To abseil. Labels: informal Example: I had a climbing rope in my pack, set up an abseil with it, and abbed down to him. 2. Abbreviation of abort. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. Abbreviation of abortion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ab Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. Abbreviation of about. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ab Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. Abbreviation of about. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the spelling books and the fact that it was the first of the letter combinations. Pronunciation: /æb/ 1. The early stages of; the beginning process; the start. Labels: US
Word: abaca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əˌkɑː/, /ˈæb.əˌkə/, /ˈæb.əˌkɑ/ 1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. Labels: uncountable
Word: abacinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin abacinātus, perfect passive participle of abacinō; possibly formed from ab (“off”) + bacīnum (“a basin”) or bacīnus. Probably cognate with modern Italian abbacinare (“to dazzle”). Pronunciation: /əbˈæsɪneɪt/ 1. To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes Labels: rare, transitive Example: "You young scapegrace," said Dandolo, "I will myself abacinate you — in the Venetian way." "How's that?" "Blind your eyes with the glare, not of hot irons, but of new ducats. Count your pile." Example: Their straining eyes abacinated by the cup of terror, their throats stopped, their powers dead within them, they hung breathless, motionless.
Word: abacination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abacinate 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 -ion English abacination From abacinate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌbæsɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of abacinating, of blinding with the light from hot metal Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That blind general lost his sight by the process of abacination. Example: Her warmth and radiance had blinded him, a self-inflicted abacination.
Word: abaciscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀβακίσκος (abakískos, “a coloured stone for laying mosaic”), diminutive of ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”). See abacus. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.əˈsɪs.kəs/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪs.kɪs/, /ˌæb.əˈkɪs.kəs/, /ˌæb.əˈkɪs.kɪs/ 1. One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus. Labels: archaic
Word: abacist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abaciste, from Medieval Latin abacista, from abacus + -ista (“-ist”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ə.sɪst/, /ˈæb.ə.səst/, /ˈæb.ə.kəst/, /əˈbæ.kəst/, /əˈbɑ.kəst/ 1. One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
Word: aback Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- (“towards”) + back. Compare West Frisian tebek (“aback”, adverb, literally “to/at back”), Swedish tillbaka (idem.). Pronunciation: /əˈbæk/, /aˈbak/, /əˈbe̞k/ 1. Towards the back or rear; backwards. Labels: Geordie, archaic, not-comparable Example: The mild, though licentious reign, of Louis the Sixteenth, threw France far aback, in her ambitious career; but it gave birth to that revolution, wherein, her warlike propensities and territorial resources were unfolded with tenfold efficacy. Example: Then stopped, and bounded aback, and away as if in fear, / That I saw her no more; then I wondered though sitting close anear / Was a she-wolf great and grisly. 2. In the rear; a distance behind. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: There are so many canes upon Reliance that the labourers could not cut those aback, as they prefer cutting those in front. The cane fields aback were in cultivation last year. 3. By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage) Labels: not-comparable Example: I would rather board a hundred of the enemy's frigates, than steer my boat into a fleet of modest women, for a modest woman never fails to take me aback. 4. Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Q. Was not the Trident at that time aback with one or more Top-sails? A. To the best of my Knowledge she had both Top-sails aback. Example: As the anchor fetches her up, she will swing head to wind, bringing the head sails aback.
Word: aback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax)der. Latin abacusbor. English aback Borrowed from Latin abacus. Pronunciation: /əˈbæk/, /aˈbak/, /əˈbe̞k/ 1. An inscribed stone square. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete Example: In the Centre, or midst of the Pegm, there was an Aback, or Square, wherein this Elogy was written.
Word: abactinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab-bor. English ab- English actinal English abactinal From ab- + actinal. Pronunciation: /æˈbæk.tə.nl̩/, /ˈæˌbæk.tə.nl̩/, /ˌæˌbækˈtaɪ.nl̩/, /ˈæˌbækˌtaɪ.nl̩/ 1. Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal. Example: The so-called mouth is always placed at one end of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area, and the opposite side the aboral or abactinal area.
Word: abaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin abāctiō. Pronunciation: /æˈbækʃən/ 1. Carrying away by force, especially of animals. Labels: uncountable 2. Stealing cattle on a large scale. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abaction.
Word: abactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”). Pronunciation: /ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/, /æˈbæk.tɚ/ 1. One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. Labels: archaic Example: […] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […] Example: But yesterday, / it was her husband / Who’d lost his life in the fight / As he beat the abactors back, / Who tried to seize their cattle.
Word: abaculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin abaculus, diminutive of abacus. Pronunciation: /əˈbæk.jə.ləs/ 1. A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus. Labels: archaic
Word: abada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”). 1. The rhinoceros. Labels: obsolete 2. A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail. Example: It is certain that the unicorn is not to be confounded with the abada, about which they usually dispute; this one may see by the difference of their names, as well as by the difference of their body and parts […]
Word: Abaddon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”). Pronunciation: /əˈbæ.dn̩/, /æbədɒːn/ 1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon; 2. Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. Labels: poetic Example: In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.
Word: abaft Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑːft/, /əˈbæft/ 1. Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. Example: The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse. Example: […] two drunken Turkes, that were in the Frigot with twelue others, discharged two Calieuers, with which they killed two Souldiours, that stood abaft our Gally.
Word: abaft Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑːft/, /əˈbæft/ 1. On the aft side; in the stern. Example: We drifted with the wind abaft. Example: The mate sleeps abaft. 2. Backwards. Labels: obsolete
Word: abaisance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abeisans, from Old French abaissance. Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪzəns/ 1. Obsolete form of obeisance . Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Haman can find no gust in all the sensualities of the Persian Court, because a poor despicable Jew denies his abaisance.
Word: abaiser Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪ.sɚ/ 1. Ivory black; animal charcoal. Labels: uncountable
Word: abalienate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin abaliēnātus, perfect passive participle of abaliēnō (“alienate; remove”); from ab- (“by, from; away”) + aliēnō (“alienate, estrange”); from aliēnus (“foreign, alien”), from alius (“other, another”). Equivalent to ab- + alienate. Pronunciation: /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/, /æbˈeɪ.li.əˌneɪt/ 1. To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. Labels: transitive Example: Thereat the holy mother took grief; for, if I died before my profession, what would become of the goodly hereditaments that were to be abalienated to the monastery. Example: In addition, compelling to sell was not necessary either, because the foreigner, led by economic logic and his own interests, would try hard to abalienate the objects and means of work which are not used in production or in some other type of […] 2. To estrange in feeling; to cause alienation of. Labels: obsolete Example: […] serves for nothing else than to abalienate the Infidels from the Christian Church. Example: National distinction did not, indeed, exist in patriarchal times, but by the formation of the theocracy the other races of men were formally abalienated from Israel, and no doubt their own vices and idolatry justified their exclusion. 3. To to cause loss or perversion of intellect. Labels: obsolete Example: The devil and his deceitful angels do so bewitch them, and fill their hearts with vain cogitations, so abalienate their minds, and trouble their memory, that they cannot tell what is said: it is forgotten by that it is spoken.
Word: abalienation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin abalienatio. Equivalent to abalienate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌæbˌeɪl.jəˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæbˌeɪ.li.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. The transfer of property, such as land, goods, or chattels, from one to another. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: abalone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Southern Ohlone aulunbor. Spanish abulónbor. English abalone From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”) Pronunciation: /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/, /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/, /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/, /ˈæbəlɒn/ 1. An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. Labels: Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually Example: After he had brought it close to the canoe, he looked down and saw that it was a great live abalone caught in the flesh. Its color shone out of the water. As it ascended it was so big that all the canoes seemed to come inside of it, and it shone in every one's face 2. The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. Labels: Australia, Canada, Hong-Kong, Singapore, US, uncountable, usually
Word: aband Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of abandon. Pronunciation: /əˈbænd/ 1. To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To desert; to forsake. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Two brethren were their Capitaines, which hight Hengiſt and Horſus, well approov’d in warre, And both of them men of renowmed might; Who making vantage of their civill iarre, And of thoſe forreiners, which came from farre, Grew great, and got large portions of land, That in the Realme ere long they ſtronger arre, Then they which ſought at firſt their helping hand, And Vortiger enforc’t the kingdome to aband.
Word: abandon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Germanic *bannanąder. Frankish *bannder. Old French ban Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom Proto-Italic *dōnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *dōnāō? Latin donāre Old French doner Old French a ban doner Old French abandonerder. Middle English abandounen English abandon From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal. Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave. Compare typologically abdicate, Russian отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja) (akin to приказа́ть (prikazátʹ), сказа́ть (skazátʹ), указа́ть (ukazátʹ)). Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dən/, /əˈban.dən/, /əˈbɛn.dən/ 1. To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. Labels: transitive Example: […] he abandoned himself […] to his favourite vice. 2. To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. Labels: transitive Example: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. 3. To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. Labels: transitive Example: Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing. Example: He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him. 4. To subdue; to take control of. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Being all this time abandoned from your bed. 6. To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish. Labels: transitive Example: I hereby abandon my position as manager. 7. To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss. Labels: transitive
Word: abandon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abandoun, from Old French abandon, from Old French abondonner. Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dən/, /əˈban.dən/, /əˈbɛn.dən/ 1. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: with gay abandon, with wild abandon, with reckless abandon Example: The Italian painters have an abandon in their chiar' oscuro which mellows up their flesh tints in a way that no other school can imitate : the frigidity of their outline is another remarkable feature, and the harmony of their impasto is unique. 2. Abandonment; relinquishment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: abandoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dənd/, /əˈbeə̯n.dənd/, /əˈbɛə̯n.dənd/ 1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. Example: Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels. 2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. Example: abandoned building Example: abandoned property 3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. Example: Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described. Example: What is the same is our need for community. What seemed different was an abandoned enjoyment of life and music, a uniquely Quebec sense of joie de vivre. 4. No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Word: abandoned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dənd/, /əˈbeə̯n.dənd/, /əˈbɛə̯n.dənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abandon Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandoned.
Word: abandonedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abandoned Middle English -ly English -ly English abandonedly From abandoned + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dn̩.əd.li/ 1. With abandon, without restraint. Example: For though the harpooneers, with the great body of the crew, were a far more barbaric, heathenish, and motley set than any of the tame merchant-ship companies which my previous experiences had made me acquainted with, still I ascribed this—and rightly ascribed it—to the fierce uniqueness of the very nature of that wild Scandinavian vocation in which I had so abandonedly embarked. Example: In the first days of their love she had been his slave; she had admired him abandonedly.
Word: abandonee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abandon + -ee. Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dəˌni/ 1. One to whom something is abandoned. Example: But this argument is built upon an assumption that an abandonment of freight convey to the abandonee a right to the freight, in preference to the right of the abandonee, of the ship, which is assuming the whole question. Example: Does abandonee of goods take subject to shipowner's claim for freight?