nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: coinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The process of coining money. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Coins taken collectively; currency. Labels: uncountable Example: He […] threw himself on a sopha opposite the copy of a bust of the Apollo Belvidere. After one or two trivial remarks, to which I sullenly replied, he suddenly cried, looking at the bust, “I am called like that victor! Not a bad idea; the head will serve for my new coinage, and be an omen to all dutiful subjects of my future success.” Example: The Minoan age had not only an elaborate system of weights, but the first beginnings of a coinage. 3. The creation of new words, neologizing. Labels: uncountable Example: Caution needs to be exercised in regards to claims of coinage as the data contained a number of examples of writers professing the invention of a term that had actually been in existence for many years. 4. Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism. Labels: countable Example: As for Nash his chief aim seems to have been to vilify ; he by no means troubled himself about consistency. In Christ’s Tears over Jerusalem we find more strange expressious than he could have got out of all Harvey’s works, of which the following may serve as samples : callichrimate, Works, IV, 51 ; investurings, 72; sacrificatory, 76; delinquishment, 78; succoursuers, 116 ; intercessionate, 156 ; deplorement, 30. There are also a great number of derivatives in -ize, which are worth particular mention, e. g., unmortalize, 70 ; carionized, 75 ; oblivionize, 79 ; anatomize, 109 ; and many others. Of these some were in good use at the time, but others are obviously new coinages. There was some comment upon these particular derivatives on the appearance of the first edition of Christ’s Tears over Jerusalem, and in the second edition Nash commented upon the matter. Example: Most importantly perhaps, it is evident that the impression of archaicity which any reader will experience on reading The Lord of the Rings is partly due to three simple lexical causes: the “overuse” of words borrowed from nineteenth-century fiction (e.g. yonder, journey [v], topmost), the avoidance of words associated with the modern world and the comparatively dense use of new coinages, unusual grammatical patterns, rare or obsolescent words. 5. The process of creating something new. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sumo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 相(す)撲(もう) (sumō). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːməʊ/ 1. A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground. Labels: uncountable 2. A rikishi (sumo wrestler). Labels: colloquial, countable
Word: couch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a variant of quitch, from Middle English quich, quyke, from Old English cwice. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/, /ˈkɐʊ̯t͡ʃ/, /ˈkɜʊ̯t͡ʃ/, /ˈkʌʊ̯t͡ʃ/, /ˈkəʊ̯t͡ʃ/ 1. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed. Labels: uncountable Example: The first field it did was one on which Swedes had been roughly planted the year previously, but it had not been touched since the crop was eaten off, and was then a perfect wilderness of Couch, Docks, Thistles, and Dandelions. Example: After he knew that he would have to give up the farm in two years he ploughed it up, had a thin crop of oats, and sowed it again with winter oats. In February, 1914, it was a field of couch.
Word: lounge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/, /ˈlæʊ̯nd͡ʒ/, /ˈlaːnd͡ʒ/, /lɔɲdʒ/, /lawɲdʒ/ 1. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. Labels: intransitive Example: We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas. Example: We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. 2. To walk or go in a leisurely manner. Example: When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears. Example: As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl.
Word: lounge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/, /ˈlæʊ̯nd͡ʒ/, /ˈlaːnd͡ʒ/, /lɔɲdʒ/, /lawɲdʒ/ 1. A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease. Labels: archaic Example: He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood. Example: Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies. 2. A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease. Labels: Australia, archaic 3. The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining. Example: That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street. 4. A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining. Labels: UK, especially Example: Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room Example: Let's go hang out in the lounge. 5. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair. 6. A waiting room in an office, airport etc. 7. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television. Example: Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub
Word: Aotearoa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Māori Aotearoa (“long white cloud; North Island; New Zealand”), see there for more. Pronunciation: /aʊ.tɪəˈrɐʉ.a/, /aʊ.teəˈroː.a/, /ˌɑː.əʊ.teəˈrəʊ.ə/, /ˌaʊ.ti.əˈɹoʊ.ə/, /ˌɑ.oʊ.ti.əˈroʊ.ə/ 1. The North Island of New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand, obsolete Example: he found in the sea this island Aotearoa (the northern island of New Zealand), and he thought he would land there. 2. New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context. Labels: New-Zealand Example: Aotearoa / rugged individual / glistens like a pearl at the bottom of the world [...]. Example: The Maori in Aotearoa (the pair of major islands which Europeans have known as New Zealand) were part of the same oceanic culture.
Word: manatee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish manatí, from a Cariban-language term meaning ‘breast’, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Kari'na manaty, Trió manatï, Apalaí manaty, Akawaio manatï, Pemon manatü, Macushi manatî. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.əˌtiː/ 1. A mostly herbivorous sirenian of the genus Trichechus, having a paddle-like tail and nails on their flippers, found in tropical regions. Example: The ecological importance of the manatee is clear; scientists have demonstrated the dependancy^([sic]) of all components of an ecosystem on one another […]
Word: dugong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ Cebuano dugongbor. English dugong Borrowed from Cebuano dugong. Pronunciation: /ˈduɡɑŋ/, /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/ 1. A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions and having a fluked tail. Example: The Ceylong dugong is an extraordinary and interesting animal which is often seen on the coast. It is plentiful in and about the Gulf of Manaar, and resembles somewhat a huge, thickly-made, bluff-headed seal. Example: “What are those things that aren’t seals? Much worse than seals. Big, blubbery things. Dugongs.” 2. Any animal of the family Dugongidae, of which the monotypic genus Dugong is the only extant kind.
Word: Herbst Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Herbst. Doublet of harvest. 1. A surname from German.
Word: caer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh caer. 1. A Welsh fortress. Example: […] a good many relics of the old Welsh Caers still bespeak the incompleteness of the early Teutonic conquest.
Word: primavera Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian primavera (“springtime”). 1. Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta. Labels: not-comparable
Word: primavera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish primavera (“springtime”). 1. Any of species Roseodendron donnell-smithii, of Central America. Labels: countable 2. Wood of trees of this species, white mahogany. Labels: uncountable
Word: Marshallese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Marshall Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Marshallese From Marshall (“Marshall Islands”) + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑː.ʃəˈliːz/, /ˌmɑɹ.ʃəlˈiːz/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Marshallese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Marshall Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Marshallese From Marshall (“Marshall Islands”) + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑː.ʃəˈliːz/, /ˌmɑɹ.ʃəlˈiːz/ 1. The Austronesian language of the Marshall Islands.
Word: Marshallese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Marshall Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Marshallese From Marshall (“Marshall Islands”) + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑː.ʃəˈliːz/, /ˌmɑɹ.ʃəlˈiːz/ 1. An inhabitant of the Marshall Islands. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: fromage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fromage. Pronunciation: /fɹəˈmɑːʒ/, /fɹəʊˈmɑːʒ/, /ˈfɹəʊmɑːʒ/ 1. Synonym of cheese. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: It will be necessary to premise, that there is but little difference in the manner of making fromages; they only vary in the taste; so that, by recurring to this number, it will be impossible ever to commit a mistake.[…]Continue to whip it over ice, till you perceive that the isinglass is well melted and blended with the mixture; then put the fromage into a mould, round which you heap a large quantity of ice with salt.[…]N. B.—Fromages require but very little isinglass.[…]The author here closes the list of creams and fromages, although their number is immense. Example: How cheerful and contented they were in the Bow over the meals which Mrs. Crichton viewed with such pity and contempt,—the bouilli, the salad, the fragrant coffee finely concocted, the home-made bread, the thick preserves, the fromage still of goats’ milk.
Word: duckling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dokeling, dukling, dookelynge (“duckling”), equivalent to duck + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌklɪŋ/ 1. A young duck. 2. A young duck. Example: Good night, darling; take that kiss to your respected mother, and tell her with my compliments that we can’t afford to make ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch those birds for herself in due time, and remain cluck-clucking, wisely, but sadly, like a perplexed old hen, when her ducklings and drakelings have unexpectedly taken the water. Example: Referring to Table 1 it will be seen that if a breeding duck produces 40 marketable progeny each year (and in practice this should be achieved) half of which are ducklings and the other half drakelings, and these birds realise 2s. per lb. live weight, then that breeding duck would return approximately £15 10s. over feeding costs for the 12 months.
Word: drake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet. Pronunciation: /dɹeɪk/ 1. A male duck (animal). Example: A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.
Word: drake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon. Pronunciation: /dɹeɪk/ 1. dragon Labels: poetic Example: Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert. 2. dragon Labels: poetic 3. beaked galley, or Viking warship 4. small piece of artillery Labels: historical Example: Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. 5. a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures) Example: The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make 6. mayfly 7. mayfly
Word: RPG Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system). 1. Initialism of Report Program Generator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RPG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system). 1. Initialism of roleplaying game. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: This is an RPG experience DBZ fans must have, but even if you've never seen DBZ, it's still an interesting game due to the unique fighting scenes and the ability to fly around the map. Example: I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore. 2. Initialism of rocket-propelled grenade. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of rebound per game. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Nuggets star is averaging 24.9 PPG, 11.9 RPG (rebounds per game) and an agonizing 9.9 APG (assists per game) – demonstrating Jokić’s incredible all-around ability. 4. Initialism of research postgraduate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RPG Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system). 1. To play a roleplaying game. Labels: intransitive Example: When I got to my new school, it didn’t take me too long to find a group to hang out with. We RPGed, talked books, movies, and comics. We played video games, both in person and in co-op. Example: When you start RPGing, you describe an action your character is taking. Sometimes your DM will interject, asking you to make a test for success (typically a dice roll). 2. To attack with a rocket-propelled grenade. Labels: transitive Example: However, one group of Americans at the Embassy doesn’t creep around quivering in anxiety about being RPGed or machinegunned. Example: It was like the movie Black Hawk Down without the rioters. I was RPGed so often I gradually stopped ducking.
Word: LARP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɑːp/, /lɑɹp/, /lɐːp/, /laɹp/, /lɑː(ɾ)p/ 1. Acronym of live-action roleplaying. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 2. A live action role-playing game. Labels: countable 3. A pretension, delusion, or perverse appropriation. Labels: countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable Example: LARP or not, the Femcels have a lesson for sadsack bedrotters everywhere—find a friend, hire a cracked Clateman, and start turning your cliché insecurities into corny-giddy art. 4. Synonym of LARPer (“someone who pretends”) Labels: Internet, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
Word: LARP Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɑːp/, /lɑɹp/, /lɐːp/, /laɹp/, /lɑː(ɾ)p/ 1. Acronym of live-action roleplay. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: “Which is why I'm thinking LARPer,” Griffith argued. “Goths interact with non-Goths more in LARPing than anywhere else. And there are non-Goth look people that hang with the Goths.” 2. To pretend to be something, to act as something, or to delude oneself into believing to be something. Labels: broadly, derogatory, often, slang Example: When you think about it it really is crazy that the true sovereign of the world's imperial hegemon is basically an academic seminar in which a couple of legal scholars larp as historians all day. Example: Harper Spiller (Aubrey Plaza): I don't know what my problem is. I just feel like— I feel like we're LARPing as rich people. Ethan Spiller (Will Sharpe): We're not LARPing. How— how are we LARPing? 3. To appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding. Labels: Internet, derogatory, slang, transitive
Word: bimonthly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English monthly English bimonthly From bi- + monthly. 1. Occurring once every two months Labels: not-comparable Example: The organization's bimonthly meetings allow for two discussions each quarter. Example: His bimonthly appointment was almost due. 2. Occurring twice every month. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bimonthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English monthly English bimonthly From bi- + monthly. 1. Once every two months; bimestrially. Labels: not-comparable Example: The organization's board of directors meets bimonthly. 2. Twice every month; semimonthly. Labels: not-comparable Example: They checked on his progress bimonthly.
Word: bimonthly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English monthly English bimonthly From bi- + monthly. 1. A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis. Example: We have to get the report done. If the boss doesn't get his bimonthly he'll scream.
Word: biweekly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + week + -ly. The sense referring to twice a week can be analyzed as bi- + weekly. Pronunciation: /baɪˈwiːkli/ 1. Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occurring twice a week. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biweekly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bi- + week + -ly. The sense referring to twice a week can be analyzed as bi- + weekly. Pronunciation: /baɪˈwiːkli/ 1. Every two weeks. Labels: not-comparable 2. Twice a week (but see the Usage notes). Labels: not-comparable
Word: biweekly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + week + -ly. The sense referring to twice a week can be analyzed as bi- + weekly. Pronunciation: /baɪˈwiːkli/ 1. Something that is published or released once every two weeks. Example: The local paper is a biweekly.
Word: annual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ju.əl/, /ˈæn.jəl/, /ˈænɪu̯.əl/, /ˈanwəl/, /ˈan(j)ʊwəl/ 1. Happening once every year. Labels: not-comparable Example: an annual general meeting; an annual publication Example: Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles. 2. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual. Labels: not-comparable Example: an annual salary; average annual profits; the annual course of the sun 3. Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season, e.g., beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial. Labels: not-comparable 4. Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: annual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ju.əl/, /ˈæn.jəl/, /ˈænɪu̯.əl/, /ˈanwəl/, /ˈan(j)ʊwəl/ 1. An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. Example: I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals. 2. An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. Example: I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring. 3. A medical checkup taking place once a year. Example: Some routine annuals take a half hour and cost about $30. 4. A pantomime taking place once a year. Example: Excellent work has been done by the Playgoers' Club in connection with its Christmas Pantomime Fund. Thousands of children who possibly otherwise would have little chance of witnessing one of the hardy annuals have been annually taken […] Example: From 1852 until 1888 he was the author of every Drury Lane pantomime, or "Annuals" as in his old fashioned way he preferred to […]
Word: biannually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English biannual Middle English -ly English -ly English biannually From biannual + -ly. Pronunciation: /baɪˈænjuːəliː/ 1. Taking place twice per year, semiannually. Labels: not-comparable 2. Taking place every two years, biennially. Labels: not-comparable
Word: triannually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tri- + annual + -ly. 1. Three times per year. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon 2. Occurring every three years; triennially. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed
Word: decennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decennialis, from decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālis, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛnɪəɫ/ 1. Synonym of decade, a ten-year period. 2. A tenth anniversary, particularly 3. A tenth anniversary, particularly Labels: historical Example: Roman coins mentioning the vota publica for Macrinus are RIC IV.1 5–13; on vota publica for the decennials and vicennials of emperors in the 2nd and 3rd c. ad, see Chastagnol 1984.
Word: decennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin decennialis, from decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālis, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛnɪəɫ/ 1. Occurring every ten years. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or related to a ten-year period, as a term of office. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bicentennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial English bicentennial From bi- + centennial. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ 1. Relating to the 200th anniversary of an event or happening. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occurring every two hundred (200) years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bicentennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial English bicentennial From bi- + centennial. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ 1. The 200th anniversary of an event or happening. Example: The US bicentennial in 1976 was celebrated greatly because the economy happened to be good. Example: Mexico celebrates its bicentennial Wednesday, an event known as "El Grito," the shout for independence first credited to a Catholic priest who demanded freedom from Spain. For many Mexicans today, though, it's a quiet shout of despair.
Word: tricentennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial. 1. The 300th anniversary of an event or happening. Example: The Lower Wall Street Business Men’s Association deposited the box with the historical society after celebrating the tricentennial of the 1614 charter of the New Netherland Company, one of the colony’s pioneering commercial enterprises and a precursor of New York business.
Word: tricentennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial. 1. Occurring every three hundred (300) years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: millennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin mīllennium (“millennium”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming nouns). The English word may be analysed as millennium + -al or milli- (prefix meaning ‘thousand’) + -ennial (suffix meaning ‘years’). Adjective sense 5 (“of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century”) was coined by the American authors William Strauss (1947–2007) and Neil Howe (born 1951) in their book Generations (1991): see the quotations. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɛn.ɪ.əl/, /məˈlɛn.i.əl/ 1. Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee / About his shadowy sides: above him swell / Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; […] 2. Occurring every thousand years. Labels: not-comparable 3. Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium. Labels: not-comparable Example: [I]t is highly likely that some preachers may have called on millennial frettings for their purposes. The theologian Abbo of Fleury recalled a premillennial sermon in his youth which did precisely this. Example: But I would urge you to resist the temptation to swoon into "Waking Life" as though it were a dizzy millennial throwback to a 60's trip movie. 4. Referring to the thousandth anniversary of an event or happening. Labels: not-comparable Example: a millennial fair 5. Often capitalized: of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s (with 1996 births cited as the last Millennial year), and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E. Labels: alt-of, broadly, capitalized, not-comparable, often Example: the millennial generation Example: He was suffering from a typical millennial problem: Which is the correct emoji to use? 6. Synonym of millenarian (“pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth”). Labels: not-comparable Example: the millennial judgment Example: VVhereas the very Povver of the Civil Magisſtrate and his ſecurity is hazarded by vvild and hot-ſpirited men, that vvould raiſe a Fifth Monarchie by Bloud and Rapine, and tumble dovvn all Government, […] and that they are the Pioners to level all plain, and break all Government in pieces, that Chriſt, the Fifth Monarch, may perſonally come and begin his Millennial Empire upon Earth; […]
Word: millennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin mīllennium (“millennium”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming nouns). The English word may be analysed as millennium + -al or milli- (prefix meaning ‘thousand’) + -ennial (suffix meaning ‘years’). Adjective sense 5 (“of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century”) was coined by the American authors William Strauss (1947–2007) and Neil Howe (born 1951) in their book Generations (1991): see the quotations. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɛn.ɪ.əl/, /məˈlɛn.i.əl/ 1. Often capitalized: a person from the generation born in the last two decades of the 20th century, from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E., characterized by their familiarity with computer technology and poorer financial prospects than their parents. Example: Someday, Boomers hope, Millennials will build according to great ideals their parents can only envision, act on vital issues their parents can only ponder. Example: Meet the Millennials, born in or after 1982—the "Babies on Board" of the early [Ronald] Reagan years, the "Have You Hugged Your Child Today?" sixth graders of the early [Bill] Clinton years, the teens of Columbine, and, this year, the much-touted high school Class of 2000, now invading the nation's campuses. 2. A thousandth anniversary; also, a celebration of such an anniversary. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The Magyar celebrates the millennial of Hungary, not of Austro-Hungary.
Word: bimillennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bimillennialis, from bi- (“two”) mill- (“thousand”) + enni(us) (“yearly”). By surface analysis, bi- + millennial. Compare bicentennial. Pronunciation: /baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/ 1. The 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
Word: bimillennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bimillennialis, from bi- (“two”) mill- (“thousand”) + enni(us) (“yearly”). By surface analysis, bi- + millennial. Compare bicentennial. Pronunciation: /baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/ 1. Occurring every 2,000 years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trimillennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trimillennialis, from tri- + mill- (“thousand”) + Latin enni(us) (“year”) + -al. 1. The 3,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
Word: trimillennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin trimillennialis, from tri- + mill- (“thousand”) + Latin enni(us) (“year”) + -al. 1. Occurring every three thousand years Labels: not-comparable
Word: AHD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Heritage Dictionary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AHD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of alveolar hydatid disease, with parasitic worms, in human and nonhuman animals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of adenovirus hemorrhagic disease, which affects deer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of arteriosclerotic heart disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: ASCVD, CAD, CHD, IHD 4. Initialism of anti-handling device, to make naval mines and land mines more deadly. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: cubiculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle. Pronunciation: /kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/ 1. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house. 2. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.
Word: descriptive geometry Part of Speech: noun 1. A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on a two-dimensional plane.
Word: decile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decilis, equivalent to dec- + -ile. Pronunciation: [ˈdɛsaɪɫ], [ˈdiːsaɪɫ], /ˈdɛs.əl/, /ˈdɛsˌaɪl/ 1. Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency. Example: Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%. 2. Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided. Example: Our school is in the top decile for exam results. Example: Overall, 79 percent of respondents said they ate fast food at least once during the three weeks. Breaking it down by income deciles (groups of 10 percent of aggregate household income) did not show big differences. 3. An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.
Word: dated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. Marked with a date. Example: The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922. 2. Outdated. Example: "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus. 3. Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context. Example: Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else. Example: [She] changed the subject to Sex and the City reruns and how hopelessly dated they seem. “Miranda meets Steve at a bar,” she said, in a tone suggesting that the scenario might as well be out of a Jane Austen novel, for all the relevance it had to her life. 4. No longer fashionable. Example: Slang can become dated very quickly. 5. Alotted a span of days. Labels: obsolete Example: Then ſtrike vp Drum, and al the ſtarres that make The loathſome Circle of my dated life, Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart, That thus oppoſeth him againſt the Gods, And ſcornes the Powers that gouerne Perſea.
Word: dated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of date Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pulchritudinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pulchritūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher + -tūdō. By surface analysis, pulchritude + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ 1. Having great physical beauty. Labels: literary Example: But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls. Example: “The first example in each series,” Mike offered, “would be, on the basis of my associational analyses of such data, of such pulchritudinous value as to please any healthy, mature human male.” 2. That endows pulchritude; beautifying. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: carburetor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from 1862, from carburet (“enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel”) + -or. The motor vehicle sense is attested since 1896 Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːb(j)əˌɹɛtə/, /ˈkɑɹb(j)əˌɹeɪtɚ/ 1. A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. Labels: Canada, US 2. A device for enhancing illuminating gas by mixing in carbon-rich fuel. Labels: obsolete Example: Second, the employment of a current of air between the carburettor and the tube leading to the burner, is described. The Mechanics' Magazine, July 25, 1862. 3. A water pipe or bong; a device or contrivance for mixing air with burning cannabis or cocaine. Labels: slang Example: Variations on the bong included air-driven pipes, electric pipes, ice pipes (chillers), mask pipes, chamber pipes, and carburetor pipes. Example: Some pipes feature a “carburetor,” which is a small hole in the air chamber located past the bowl. The carburetor is held shut while the bowl is being lit and the smoke drawn.
Word: Meryam Mir Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /meriʌm ˈmɪə/ 1. The Trans-Fly Papuan language spoken in the eastern Torres Strait Islands.
Word: Kala Lagaw Ya Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kala(u)laɡau ja/ 1. The Pama-Nyungan language spoken in the western Torres Strait Islands.
Word: Torres Strait Creole Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Torres Strait + Creole (“language formed from two parent languages”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːɹɛz stɹeɪt ˈkɹiːəʊl/, /ˈtɔːɹɛz stɹeɪt ˈkɹiːoʊl/ 1. A creole spoken in the Torres Strait Islands.
Word: Kriol Part of Speech: name Etymology: From English creole. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiɒl/, /ˈkɹiːəʊl/, /ˈkɹeɪəʊl/, /ˈkɹiːoʊl/ 1. A creole language widely spoken by Australian Aborigines in Arnhem Land; Roper River creole; Australian Kriol. 2. The Belizean Creole; descendants of African slaves who were brought primarily from Jamaica and Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast to cut down mahogany trees in Belize. 3. A Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guinea-Bissau.
Word: creole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹi.əʊl/, /ˈkɹioʊl/ 1. A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language. Example: There are three orders of people: those who were alive when the French possessed the island: they understand the good French; those who were born in the heat of the Revolution, and who have arrived at maturity without instruction, these speak only Creole[…] Example: From the point of view of syntactic analysis, I have shown how transformational theory may be applied to the syntax of a Creole language. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”). Labels: alt-of, historical Example: Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies. 3. A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.
Word: curio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjɜːɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjɔːɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjʊrioʊ/, /ˈkjə̯ɹiˌoʊ̯/ 1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. Example: Staghorn ferns, with their antlerlike leaves, are really curios of ferndom and never fail to gain attention. Example: Video telephony is just about the only new technology from that particular movie that has appeared—and it was technically possible when the movie was showing. 2001 can be seen as a curio, but what about Star Trek?
Word: meek Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English meek, meke, meoc, probably a borrowing from Old Norse mjúkr (“soft; meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, *mūkaz (“soft; supple”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”); compare Old English smēag (“subtle, stealthy, etc.”) and smūgan. Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk mjuk (“soft”), Norwegian Bokmål myk (“soft”), and Danish myg (“supple”), Dutch muik (“soft, overripe”), dialectal German mauch (“dry and decayed, rotten”), Mauche (“malanders”). Compare as well Welsh mwyth (“soft, weak”), Latin ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”), Tocharian A muk- (“to let go, give up”), Lithuanian mùkti (“to slip away from”), Ancient Greek μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”), Sanskrit मु॒ञ्चति॑ (muñcáti, “to release, let loose”). Pronunciation: /miːk/, /mik/ 1. Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing. Example: Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth. Example: Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else... 2. Submissive, dispirited, cowed. Example: What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten.
Word: meek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English meek, meke, meoc, probably a borrowing from Old Norse mjúkr (“soft; meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, *mūkaz (“soft; supple”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”); compare Old English smēag (“subtle, stealthy, etc.”) and smūgan. Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk mjuk (“soft”), Norwegian Bokmål myk (“soft”), and Danish myg (“supple”), Dutch muik (“soft, overripe”), dialectal German mauch (“dry and decayed, rotten”), Mauche (“malanders”). Compare as well Welsh mwyth (“soft, weak”), Latin ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”), Tocharian A muk- (“to let go, give up”), Lithuanian mùkti (“to slip away from”), Ancient Greek μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”), Sanskrit मु॒ञ्चति॑ (muñcáti, “to release, let loose”). Pronunciation: /miːk/, /mik/ 1. To tame; to break (a horse) Labels: US
Word: Bube Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken by the Bubi people.
Word: aal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”). 1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia. 2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.
Word: eerie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹi/, /ˈɪɹi/, /ˈɪɚi/, /ˈiɹi/, /ˈiɹɪ/ 1. Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird. Example: The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight. Example: An eerie feeling came over me. 2. Frightened, timid. Labels: Scotland Example: She began to feel eerie. Example: 'It is my business to read the hearts o' men,' said the other. 'And who may ye be?' said Heriotside, growing eerie.
Word: eerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹi/, /ˈɪɹi/, /ˈɪɚi/, /ˈiɹi/, /ˈiɹɪ/ 1. An eerie creature or thing. Example: Other of these terrible Eeries began now to congregate beneath the canoe, taking courage by the example of their cowardly companion, all alike curious about this charming visitant in the upper world. Example: I tell you it's weirdsville down there, a spaced-out botanical Twilight Zone of creepies, crawlies, eeries, and ghastlies.
Word: eerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See eyrie. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹi/, /ˈɪɹi/, /ˈɪɚi/, /ˈiɹi/, /ˈiɹɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of eyrie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I'm not sure, indeed, that we didn't scare the eagles from their eeries; at all events we thought we did. Example: They hang suspended over precipices, these rocky eeries of grim birds of prey that bequeath their appetite for murder and loot to their brood.
Word: earthworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erthe-worm, erþe-worm, erþe worm (also as worm of þe erthe, worm of þe erþe), equivalent to earth + worm. Compare Saterland Frisian Äidwurm (“earthworm”), West Frisian ierdwjirm (“earthworm”), Dutch aardworm (“earthworm”), less common German Erdwurm (“earthworm”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜː(ɹ)θˌwɜː(ɹ)m/ 1. A worm that lives in the ground. Example: It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell." 2. A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina. Example: Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae. 3. A contemptible person; a groveller. Labels: figuratively
Word: rex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rēx (“king”), referring originally to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers. Entered English around 1920. Doublet of rajah and roy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛks/ 1. A king, particularly in ancient Rome. Example: And though the sturdy patrician nobility had already gained ground, though the reges attempted gradually to enlarge the scope of their functions—all this does not change the elementary and fundamental character of the constitution, and this alone is essential. 2. An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.
Word: rex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin rēx (“king”), referring originally to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers. Entered English around 1920. Doublet of rajah and roy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛks/ 1. To breed (an animal) to have this kind of hair. Labels: transitive
Word: pater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin paterbor. English pater Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɚ/, /ˈpeɪtə/ 1. Father. Labels: formal, humorous Example: Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade. Example: The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me. I'm a thing which every decent middle-class person hates, a problem, like the unemployed, you know, or the ex-soldier. We are always in such a hurry to forget uncomfortable things, and I'm an uncomfortable thing. Poor old dad; he gets me at breakfast; he gets me in the morning paper.
Word: avis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avys, from Old French avis. 1. advice; opinion; deliberation. Labels: obsolete
Word: mater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtə/, /ˈmeɪtɚ/ 1. Mother. Labels: UK, archaic, humorous, slang Example: Their maters are all pals of my mater’s, and I don’t want to get them into trouble for aiding and abetting my little show, if you understand what I mean. Example: “The mater will be delighted to see you again—after all those years,” he added. 2. A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
Word: mater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mate + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtə/, /ˈmeɪtɚ/ 1. Someone or something that mates.
Word: mater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See 'mater. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɚ/ 1. Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "A mater sandwich would be better." Trixie said, "but I'll take it if that's all you got." As if we were woefully deprived of food. So Trixie had a tomato sandwich for lunch, carefully prepared by Lillian but for which she received no thanks.