nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: az Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of as. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents.
Word: az Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Alternative form of az. (“azure”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: az Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ). 1. Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. Labels: alt-of, letter, name, uncountable
Word: platonic love Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested 1636 in Platonic Lovers by William Davenant. Earlier coined in Latin in the 15th century as amor platōnicus by Florentine scholar Marsilio Ficino (originally in 1476 letter to Alamanno Donati, later expounded in De amore (1484)), based on his interpretation of the Symposium by Plato, specifically the speech by Socrates, relating the thoughts of Diotima of Mantinea. 1. Intimate but non-sexual and non-romantic affection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat. Pronunciation: /paɪn/ 1. Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine. Example: I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 2. Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. Labels: countable 3. The wood of this tree. Labels: uncountable Example: Give disease, so the swine will marry and propagate lies / Tough luck for elected officials, the beast you see got 50 eyes / Bring it on home, spread the wealth / Play it cool, the hand's been dealt / Now all the odds are in our favor / Save the victory speeches for later / Streets on fire / The mob goes wild, wild, wild / Streets on fire / The mob goes wild / 21 guns, box made of pine / Letter from the government, sealed and signed / Delivered Federal Express / On your mother's doorsteps 4. A pineapple. Labels: Australia, Guyana, South-Africa, countable, uncountable Example: "[…] I bought a pine-apple at the same time, which I gave to Sambo. Let's have it for tiffin; very cool and nice this hot weather." Rebecca said she had never tasted a pine, and longed beyond everything to taste one. Example: Linda carried the oysters in one hand and the pineapple in the other. […] [S]he put the bottle of oysters and the pine on a little carved chair. 5. The bench, where players sit when not playing. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: […] rather than languish on the pine in Miami. Example: Take off your gear and hit the pine. And don't take your time. You understand me, boy? 6. A counter or bartop. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!
Word: pine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pyne, pine, probably from Old English *pīne (“pain”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain. Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German pīnōn, Old Norse pína. Pronunciation: /paɪn/ 1. A painful longing. Labels: archaic
Word: pine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pynen, from Old English pīnian (“to torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with German peinigen (“to torment, torture”), Icelandic pína (“to torment”). Pronunciation: /paɪn/ 1. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. Labels: intransitive Example: Why pine not I, and die in this distress? Example: [T]hou mayſt know / What miſerie th' inabſtinence of Eve / Shall bring on men. Immediately a place / Before his eyes appeard, ſad, noyſom, dark, / A Lazar-houſe it ſeemd, wherein were laid / Numbers all diſeas'd, […] / […] / Dæmoniac Phrenzie, moaping Melancholie / And Moon-ſtruck madneſs, pining Atrophie, / Maraſmus and wide-waſting Peſtilence. 2. To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering. Labels: intransitive Example: Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone. Example: Praline: "That parrot is definitely deceased. And when I bought it not half an hour ago you assured me that its lack of movement was due to it being tired and shagged out after a long squawk." Shopkeeper: "It's probably pining for the fiords." Praline: "Pining for the fiords, what kind of talk is that?" 3. To grieve or mourn for. Labels: transitive 4. To inflict pain upon; to torment. Labels: transitive Example: Which way, O Lord, which way can I look, and not see some sad examples of misery? […] [O]ne is pined in prison; another, tortured on the rack; a third, languisheth under the loss of a dear son, or wife, or husband.
Word: 'taint Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of it + ain't. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: “’Taint no need botherin her, then. You kin come around in the mawnin ... “’Taint no need of that,” Snopes said, take I’ll take you back to Memphis Sunday.
Word: normal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal From Latin normālis (“made according to a carpenter's square; later: according to a rule”), from nōrma (“carpenter's square”), of uncertain origin; doublet of normale. The earliest meaning of the word in English was "perpendicular; forming a right angle" like something normālis (“made according to a carpenter's square”), but by Late Latin normālis had also come to mean "according to a rule", from which modern English senses of the word derive: in the 1800s, as people began to quantitatively study things like height, weight and blood pressure, the usual or most common values came to be called "normal", and by extension values regarded as healthy or desirable came to be called "normal" regardless of their usuality. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.məl/, [ˈnɔː.mɫ̩], /ˈnoɹ.məl/, [ˈnoɹ.mɫ̩], /ˈnɔ.məl/ 1. A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane. Labels: countable 2. A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid. Labels: countable Example: Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI. 3. A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles. Labels: countable, slang 4. The usual state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was quite ill for a while, but latterly seem to have returned to normal. Example: His workload is now back to normal.
Word: snorkel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), related to schnarchen (“to snore”). Thus named because of the submarine snorkel's functional similarity to a nose and because of its noise when in use. The anglicized spelling was first recorded in 1945. See, for example, Mark S. Watson, "New Epoch in Sea War", The Baltimore Sun, December 31, 1945, p. 8: "The Germans' earlier quest of the last important objective, it will be remembered, had produced the Snorkel, a long exhaust tube whose vent reached above water and permitted a submerged vessel to discharge its Diesel fumes in open air." 1. A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater. Example: They wore snorkels while exploring the coral reef. Example: She used a snorkel to breathe while swimming underwater. 2. A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth. 3. A snorkel parka.
Word: snorkel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), related to schnarchen (“to snore”). Thus named because of the submarine snorkel's functional similarity to a nose and because of its noise when in use. The anglicized spelling was first recorded in 1945. See, for example, Mark S. Watson, "New Epoch in Sea War", The Baltimore Sun, December 31, 1945, p. 8: "The Germans' earlier quest of the last important objective, it will be remembered, had produced the Snorkel, a long exhaust tube whose vent reached above water and permitted a submerged vessel to discharge its Diesel fumes in open air." 1. To use a snorkel. Example: We spent the afternoon snorkeling in the clear blue waters.
Word: Kerry Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from a personal name derived from Old Norse Kári. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ciardha (“descendant of Ciardha”), from ciar (“black”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹi/ 1. A county of Ireland. County seat: Tralee. 2. A village and community in Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO1489). Welsh spelling: Ceri. 3. A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. 4. A surname from Middle English derived from the place name, or from the Middle English given name Kendrick. Example: A ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards with, effectively, four first names, would send the wrong message to the world. Also no candidate has ever been elected president, with a girl's name like "Kerry" for a "surname". 5. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name. Example: Kerry O'Leary - for so was he called to distinguish him from those of the name in the adjoining county - soon made his appearance in the court-yard beneath. 6. A female given name transferred from the surname or place name, originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie. Example: After nearly 20 months of celebrity theater and an incalculable amount of effort and courtroom expense, the misdemeanor trial of Kerry Kennedy ended on Friday in breakneck fashion, as jurors took one hour to find her not guilty of driving under the influence of a drug: a sleeping pill that she said she took by accident. Example: Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones).
Word: Kerry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * As an English surname, from a personal name derived from Old Norse Kári. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ciardha (“descendant of Ciardha”), from ciar (“black”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹi/ 1. An animal belonging to a rare breed of dairy cattle, native to Ireland.
Word: bleep censor Part of Speech: noun 1. A software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician, putting a five-second broadcast delay on the live content, providing time to censor the audio (and video) feed, and used to censor out what many consider "inappropriate" audio content during a live broadcast signal and replace it with a bleep signal.
Word: grandaunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand- + aunt. 1. Synonym of great-aunt.
Word: paternal uncle Part of Speech: noun 1. A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: uxorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin uxōrius (“of or pertaining to a wife; overly fond of one’s wife”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Uxōrius is derived from uxor (“wife”) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪ.əl/, /ʌkˈsɔ.ɹi.əl/, /ək-/ 1. Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: We ſtill ſay that a huſband hangs out the broom when his wife goes from home for a ſhort time; and on ſuch occaſions a broom beſom has been exhibited as a ſignal that the houſe was freed from uxorial reſtraint, and where the maſter might be conſidered as a temporary bachelor. Example: So that it appears, that while the man [of Ancient Greece or Rome] might, with impunity, prostitute his wife to all his connexions, the beautiful but enslaved victim was to be punished with death, if, after such prostitution of her person by the express command of her husband, her eye should stray to an object more agreeable to her fancy, than those appointed for her by her uxorial pander! 2. Devoted to one's wife; uxorious. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: Riccabocca, the wiliest and most relentless of men in his maxims, melted into absolute uxorial imbecility at the sight of that mute distress. Example: He introduced the woman to his wife, feeling an unfamiliar uxorial pride as he did it, showing off Emily's angular beauty at forty-four to this worn and hollowed former girl, misshapen from labor and rural poverty, who might have been any age between thirty-five and fifty-five, and who had reached a plateau of endurance of which her body was a map.
Word: biological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biological From biology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ 1. Of or relating to biology. Labels: not-comparable Example: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair. Example: Sex refers to a person's biological status and is typically assigned at birth, usually on the basis of external anatomy. 2. Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many who oppose transgender rights believe that gender is determined solely by biological sex. But, biological sex isn’t as straightforward as they likely think, and there is no one parameter that makes a person biologically male or female. In fact, many conditions make assigning a biological sex quite difficult. Example: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential contender in the 2024 presidential race, called out a biological male swimmer who competed in and won the women's NCAA championships against his female competitors in 2022. 3. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children. Labels: not-comparable Example: biological mother Example: biological father 4. Organic (grown without agrochemicals). Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed Example: The market for cosmetics with natural ingredients in which the body shop is so successful is still a small one, as is the market for biological food products (1 per cent in the Netherlands).
Word: biological Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biological From biology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ 1. A biological product. Labels: rare Example: This elementary treatise on biologicals was designed primarily for the instruction of Lilly salesmen to enable them to handle the biological line intelligently. Example: Iscador is a biological made from mistletoe which strengthens the natural immune system, and works against the growth of malignant cells.
Word: birth mother Part of Speech: noun 1. The woman who gives birth to a child (not necessarily the genetic mother)
Word: biotech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of biotechnology. Analyzable as bio- (“biological”) + tech (“technology”) or as a clipped compound, bio(logical) tech(nology). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk/, /ˈbaɪoʊˌtɛk/ 1. Biotechnology. Labels: uncountable Example: I’m planning to work in biotech after college. 2. A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company. Labels: countable Example: A lot of people invested in biotechs back in the ’90s.
Word: Jane Doe Part of Speech: noun 1. An unknown or anonymous female; the female equivalent of John Doe. Labels: idiomatic Example: In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.
Word: John Doe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Books that documented and taught the legal profession in England were using the names John Smith, John Doe, Richard Roe, and others as generic placeholder names (for roles, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, etc) by the mid-seventeenth century (perhaps earlier). Compare also Tommy Atkins. Though the rationale behind the choices of Doe and Roe is unknown, there are many suggested folk etymologies. Other fictitious names for a person involved in litigation in medieval English law were "John Noakes" (or "Nokes") and "John-a-Stiles" (or "John Stiles"). The Oxford English Dictionary states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete in the UK) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe". 1. A fictitious name used chiefly in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous, usually male, person. Labels: US Example: i.e. "to Tom, Dick or Harry:" the names like John Doe and Richard Roe are used indefinitely in Arab.
Word: John Doe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Books that documented and taught the legal profession in England were using the names John Smith, John Doe, Richard Roe, and others as generic placeholder names (for roles, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, etc) by the mid-seventeenth century (perhaps earlier). Compare also Tommy Atkins. Though the rationale behind the choices of Doe and Roe is unknown, there are many suggested folk etymologies. Other fictitious names for a person involved in litigation in medieval English law were "John Noakes" (or "Nokes") and "John-a-Stiles" (or "John Stiles"). The Oxford English Dictionary states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete in the UK) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe". 1. Any unknown or anonymous, usually male, person. Labels: US
Word: taurophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Fear of bulls. Labels: uncountable 2. Opposition to bullfighting. Labels: uncountable
Word: erotophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eroto- + -phobia. 1. Fear of sex; negative attitudes towards sex Labels: uncountable Example: At heart The Devil's Playground is about repression vs. personal integrity and freedom. Schepisi makes it clear that the outlandish rules, the strict self-discipline, the body hatred, and erotophobia is destructive; it is doing no one any good.
Word: Medusa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Medusa, Meduse, from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈdjuːsə/, /mɪˈdjuːzə/, /məˈduːsə/ 1. The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus. Labels: Greek Example: 1895, Adolf Furtwängler, Eugenie Strong (editor and translator), Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture: A Series of Essays on the History of Art, 2010, →ISBN, page 201, On an Attic vase of the middle of the fifth century the head of Medusa in the hand of Perseus is represented as that of a beautiful woman free from any distortion. This led us to conclude (supra, p. 158) that Medusa must have been so represented at Athens in the greater arts even previous to this vase, for the vase-painters never invent such bold novelties for themselves. Example: It will be suggested here that the myth of Perseus, involving the decapitation of Medusa, is a narrative version of ritual.
Word: apostle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English apostle, from Old French apostle, from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”). Merged with Old English apostol, borrowing from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /əˈpɑsl̩/, /əˈpɒs(ə)l/ 1. A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle). 2. A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief. Example: [W]e must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space of fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit? 3. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4. A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree. Labels: obsolete
Word: apostle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See apostil. Pronunciation: /əˈpɑsl̩/, /əˈpɒs(ə)l/ 1. A letter dismissory. 2. A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary. 3. The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
Word: pedis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electrocutioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of electrocution + executioner, or electrocution + -er Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuʃənɚ/, /ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃənə/ 1. An executioner who carries out an execution by means of electricity. Example: 'Then the electrocutioner turned on the switch and when he did Willie Francis' lips puffed out and he groaned and jumped so that the chair came off the floor. Apparently the switch was turned on twice and then the condemned man yelled: 'Take it off. Let me breath." Example: Smiling as I throw the switch that takes away their breath I see life as an interruption to the tune of death
Word: doll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1, noun sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967). Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy. Example: "A thousand dollars are money, my father used to say when he drove fat oxen to market," replied John Wilde, in a mocking tone; "but it will not leave my hands for that shabby price; and, for my own part, it may ornament the foot of my daughter's doll." 2. An attractive young woman. Labels: slang Example: Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you. 3. An attractive young woman. Labels: slang 4. An attractive young woman. Labels: slang 5. A term of endearment Labels: Australia, Scotland, US, dated Example: Heading home from a party, two hipsters, completely stoned, pause to snuggle on a park bench. A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming. The boy flips. “Solid, doll,” he murmurs, “they’re playing our song!” Example: "They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked. 6. A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person. Labels: US Example: Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water? Example: Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto! 7. The smallest or pet pig in a litter. 8. A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry. Example: The signals are on a three-doll bracket post; one doll carries two [signal] arms, one above the other. 9. A barbiturate or amphetamine pill. Labels: slang Example: Each night she looked at the bottle of Seconals with affection. She never could do this without the dolls. She would have spent sleepless nights, smoking, worrying—and she would have lost her nerve.
Word: doll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1, noun sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967). Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. Synonym of doll up.
Word: doll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably variant of archaic dool (“boundary marker”). Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. A temporary barrier used in horse racing. Example: On a beautiful spring morning, after the “dolls and chains” had been removed to allow the horses room to pass through, in galloping “across the flat,” […]
Word: doll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably variant of archaic dool (“boundary marker”). Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. To place a barrier in front of (a section of the course that is to be omitted from a horse race). Labels: UK, transitive
Word: doll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of dollar. Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. Synonym of dollar. Labels: US, obsolete
Word: doll Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. Obsolete form of dal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: doll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly same as dull (whence Middle English doll). Pronunciation: /dɒl/, /dɑl/, [dɒːɫ], /dɔl/, /ɖɔ(w)l/ 1. To warm moderately; to make tepid; to mull. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: electrocution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of electro- + execution. By surface analysis, electrocute + -ion. Coined in the US around 1888, in relation to the introduction of the electric chair (see quotes). Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃən/ 1. Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A correspondent of The American has taken exception to the use, in a recent paragraph in this column, of the word “electrocution.” The writer of the paragraph referred to is conscious that the word, like other etymological hybrids, lacks euphony and consistency; but during the formative period succeeding the introduction of a new idea not yet provided with a verbal exponent, the safest course is to follow general popular usage. The idea must be expressed, and the choice lies between a cumbrous word and a cumbrous sentence, the former of which seems the lesser evil. “Electrocution” has been widely used, even by scientific men, while the only plausible alternative thus far suggested—“electrothany”—though possessing the merit of unmixed ancestry, is inadequate in that it carries no penal signification. Example: Electrothanasia is the new word which is proposed as a substitute for the bungling word “electrocution,” which does not express what it is used for, while the word suggested in place of it, though of Greek origin, expresses exactly what we mean when death is produced by electric action. At the same time it is a very ancient word for modern people to use, and it is an open question whether it will be generally acceptable, should execution by electricity be commonly adopted. 2. The accidental death or suicide by electric shock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The faulty wiring caused the unfortunate worker’s accidental electrocution. 3. A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not. Labels: countable, informal, proscribed, uncountable
Word: – Part of Speech: symbol 1. Used in a compound term when the constituent parts are already hyphenated. Example: high-priority–high-pressure tasks 2. Used to hide letters Example: G–d for God 3. Used to connect compound terms with the sense of "to" or to show a relationship Example: The Boston–Washington race Example: blood–brain barrier 4. Used to connect a spaced or hyphenated term. Example: 1998: John Stephens and Robyn McCallum, Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children’s Literature, page 182 (Routledge; →ISBN Argent the capitalist, Leeson implies, much more overtly than was possible for Stevenson, who lacked the benefit of hindsight which informs Leeson’s late–twentieth-century text, that capitalism is a form of piracy. Example: The glass doors open and you are greeted by a walkie-talkie–carrying personal assistant in a Star Trek–ish designer black tracksuit who whisks you to a pod seating booth in the bar.
Word: day care center Part of Speech: noun 1. A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.
Word: dolphin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English delphyn, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”); the modern form in -ol- is probably influenced by the pronunciation of Middle French dauphin. Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native Old English mereswīn (literally “sea pig”), whence English mereswine. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒlf.ɪn/, [ˈdɒl̥fɪn], /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/, [ˈdɑl̥fɪn] 1. A carnivorous cetacean with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans. 2. A carnivorous cetacean with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans. 3. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration. 4. A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed. 5. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France. 6. A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it. 7. A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. 8. A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. 9. A mooring post on a wharf or beach. 10. A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels. Example: At each end of the piers in the water, in cases where several rows of pile are driven, a sort of cutwater should be formed, in order to ward off heavy bodies, such as floating trees, ice, etc. and prevent them from injuring the superstructure (called in German constructions, "Eisbrecher," or ice-breaker). This is usually done by driving one pile by itself in advance of the rest, or by forming what is called a "dolphin" at each end of the pier. Example: An ice-breaker or dolphin was also constructed during the latter part of the autumn, a little above the site for No. 2 dam, or that for the twoer nearest the Pesth shore; this dolphin, which served as a protection against the ice, rafts, &c. was constructed at this time, so that a means might be afforded of judging of the actual force of the ice during the winter ensuing; and the event proved that its construction was most fortunate, as the winter of 1840-41 was unusually severe. 11. One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted. Labels: obsolete 12. A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit. Labels: US, slang
Word: dolphin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒlf.ɪn/, [ˈdɒl̥fɪn], /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/, [ˈdɑl̥fɪn] 1. A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
Word: porpoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “hog-fish”), taken from Latin porcus (“hog, pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marīnus (“sea hog”); akin in formation to Frankish *mariswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”) (whence German Meerschwein, English mereswine). Displaced native Middle English brunswyn. More at mereswine. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːpəs/, /pɔːˈpɔɪs/, /ˈpɔːɹpəs/ 1. A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales. Example: Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine Example: They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei. 2. Any small dolphin. Labels: Canada, US, broadly
Word: porpoise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “hog-fish”), taken from Latin porcus (“hog, pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marīnus (“sea hog”); akin in formation to Frankish *mariswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”) (whence German Meerschwein, English mereswine). Displaced native Middle English brunswyn. More at mereswine. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːpəs/, /pɔːˈpɔɪs/, /ˈpɔːɹpəs/ 1. Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion. Labels: intransitive Example: Urging them to join me, I raced in circles through the surging water, chased my tail for the children, blew spouts of foam through the sunfilled spray, porpoised to and fro across the river in shallow leaps that stitched the air and water into a table-lace of foam. 2. Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water. Labels: intransitive
Word: Hanuman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit हनुमान् (hanumān). Possibly a doublet of Andaman. 1. A Hindu demi-god who was a devotee of Lord Rama. He was born to Anjana and Vayu, plays the role of a god’s servant in Ramayana, and is also known as the "monkey god". He represents loyalty to the Lord and Master.
Word: Tigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of tiger, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) as the name of the tiger friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, who is introduced in The House at Pooh Corner (1928) and described as “a Very Bouncy Animal”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪɡə/, /ˈtɪɡɚ/ 1. An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing. Example: Whereas Olivier, particularly when first nights approached in which he was appearing, invited protectiveness from those around him, Hall was sometimes like a Tigger whom others wanted to unbounce. Example: Never again, I trust, will I hear the play's first word ("If") so underlined as if there is philosophically every reason to doubt that music be the food of love, and never again, I trust, will I be led to find myself thinking in the first scene of Orsino as an understudy rehearsing King Lear in his opening scene, or as a Tigger in an absolute frenzy to be even more bouncy than usual.
Word: Tigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initials of The Independent Group + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪɡə/, /ˈtɪɡɚ/ 1. A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019. Labels: UK, historical, informal Example: Nor is there any sign that Corbyn is at present willing to make any overtures to the eight Tiggers and those who may be contemplating joining them. Example: For one Tigger in particular, Chuka Umunna, 2019 was quite a rollercoaster. Over the course of the year, he was an MP for Labour, an MP for The Independent Group, an MP for the Lib Dems, and then an MP for no one.
Word: go-to Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A univerbation of go + to. Compare typologically convenient, Russian подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (<~ ходи́ть (xodítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊˌtu/ 1. Desired; desirable; of choice. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cheesecake is my go-to food whenever I feel down. Example: The USA Network, let's face it, isn't anyone's go-to channel. 2. Reliable; likely to perform in difficult circumstances. Labels: not-comparable Example: Smith is your go-to person if you want lasting results. Example: Trump resisted for many weeks. He called the Epstein story a “hoax,” his go-to move for maximally damaging accusations.
Word: go-to Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A univerbation of go + to. Compare typologically convenient, Russian подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (<~ ходи́ть (xodítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊˌtu/ 1. A person or thing that is one’s usual choice. Example: Going for a drink after work is usually my go-to.
Word: intriguing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/ 1. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious. Example: As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities. 2. Involving oneself in secret plots or schemes. Example: A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, and femmes fatales […] 3. Having clandestine or illicit intercourse. Labels: archaic Example: […] few respectable women will now sit at a window, looking into the public street, or gaze at passengers in any large town or city; and no one does so at present, unless an innocent inexperienced, husband-hunting, flirtish, or intriguing person.
Word: intriguing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of intrigue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intriguing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/ 1. An intrigue. Labels: dated Example: In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.
Word: mysterious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *misterius (implied in misteriusly), probably partly from Middle French mystérieux and partly from Latin mystērium + -ous. By surface analysis, mystery + -ous. Pronunciation: /mɪˈstɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/, /məˈstɪɹi.əs/ 1. Of unknown origin. Example: He received a mysterious phone call this morning. 2. Having unknown qualities. Example: Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us. Example: God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm. 3. Difficult to understand. Example: Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious. Example: Buttressed by clothes, walls and objects, there was the bourgeois family, the most mysterious institution of the age. 4. Deliberately evasive or enigmatic. Example: Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.
Word: tanzanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tanzania + -ite (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks), coined by Henry B. Platt, a vice president of the American jeweler Tiffany & Co. when it first marketed the gem in 1968: see the October 3, 1968, quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈtænzənaɪt/, /ˈtænzəˌnaɪt/ 1. A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For those to whom gems light the way, a brand new semi-precious stone will be seen for the first time. Called "Tanzanite," the stone was discovered recently in Tanzania. A blue, very much like sapphire, with a slight violet cast, it is exclusive with Tiffany. Example: Last February the new gem was spotted by Harry Platt. […] Just what happened to zoisite in one certain mine in Tanzania, near the Kenya border, nobody knows. Harry Platt bought as many of the freak stones as he could find and had them cut and polished especially for Tiffany. He named the stone tanzanite for its native country. […] None of the Tiffany tanzanites are the same color. They shade from the vivid marine blue of the 48-carat stone to the soft gray blue of a star sapphire. Characteristic of all of them are the purple or green flashes inside the tanzanites when they are held up to the light.
Word: unrepentant 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 repentant English unrepentant From un- + repentant. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.ɹəˈpɛn.tənt/ 1. Feeling or showing no sorrow or regret for wrongdoing. Labels: not-comparable Example: TfL is unrepentant about the loss of car parking around the Grade 2-listed station, which is reduced to just 47 places, including 12 for the disabled.
Word: repentant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English repentant, from Old French repentant, present participle of repentir. By surface analysis, repent + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈpɛntənt/ 1. Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing. Example: I cannot believe that God wants us to kill no matter if this man is a sinner. God’s greatest commandment is one of love, not hate and revenge. I believe that this man is repentant for his wrongdoings. He has asked for forgiveness.
Word: repentant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English repentant, from Old French repentant, present participle of repentir. By surface analysis, repent + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈpɛntənt/ 1. One who repents; a penitent.
Word: apéritif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive. Pronunciation: /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/, /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/ 1. An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser. Example: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
Word: Force Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse fors or foss (“waterfall”). 1. Falls. used in place names. Labels: Northern-England
Word: Force Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: terse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tersus (“clean, cleansed, rubbed or wiped off; neat, spruce; terse”), perfect passive participle of Latin tergeō, tergō (“to clean, cleanse, rub, wipe, wipe off”). Pronunciation: /tɜːs/, /tɝːs/ 1. Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point. Labels: broadly Example: In eight terse lines has Phædrus told / (So frugal were the Bards of old) / A Tale of Goats; and clos'd with grace / Plan, Moral, all, in that ſhort space. Example: Your last series contains some of the neatest, tersest, and most unpretendingly original criticism, I have lately met with. 2. Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt. Labels: broadly Example: 'Laura!' The voice halting her was terse. Brusque. She turned. [...] 'Before I go,' he said, and his voice was terse, tighter than ever. 'I want to ensure you understand something.' Example: My voice was terser than I intended, but what the hell. The night was turning out to be interesting in some ways and extremely frustrating in others. 3. Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce. Labels: obsolete Example: By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; [...]
Word: tam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of tam o'shanter. Pronunciation: /tæm/ 1. Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.
Word: tam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔 /担. Pronunciation: /tæm/ 1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
Word: usurp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō. Pronunciation: /juˈsɝp/, /juːˈzɜːp/ 1. To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means). Example: [S]o he dies, But soon revives, Death over him no power Shall long usurp […] Example: […] usurped or took any name or title of honor or dignity. In many cases it happened that persons who had usurped arms without authority, entered their names […] 2. To take the place of someone or something else; to supplant. Example: But if now / You ſhould (as cruell fathers do) proclame / Your right, and Tyrant like uſurp the glory / Of my peculiar honours, not deriv'd / From ſucceſſary, but purchas'd with my bloud, / Then I muſt ſtand firſt Champion for my ſelfe, / Againſt all interpoſers. Example: Jones answered all his questions with much civility, though he never remembered to have seen the petty-fogger before; and though he concluded, from the outward appearance and behaviour of the man, that he usurped a freedom with his betters, to which he was by no means intitled. 3. To make use of. Labels: obsolete Example: "[…] especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses […]"
Word: jak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jack (“the tree Mangifera caesia”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: happi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 法被 (happi). 1. A loose, informal Japanese coat normally decorated with a distinctive crest.
Word: Cold War Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by American journalist Herbert Bayard Swope in 1947, in a speech he wrote for Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), an American financier and adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/, /ˌkoʊld ˈwɔɹ/, /ˈkoʊld ˌwɔɹ/ 1. The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991. Labels: historical Example: Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries. Example: The situation in Berlin had its uses for Moscow, of course, as for others–the city had become the primary listening post and spy center of the Cold War; some 70 different agencies were operating there by 1961, and it was in Berlin that Soviet espionage scored some of their greatest successes.