nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: leper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpɚ/ 1. To afflict with leprosy. Labels: archaic 2. Synonym of infect. Labels: archaic, figuratively 3. Synonym of disfigure. Labels: archaic, figuratively 4. Synonym of taint. Labels: archaic, figuratively 5. Synonym of ostracize. Labels: archaic, figuratively
Word: toxic shock syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toxic + shock + syndrome. First appears in medical literature c. 1978. 1. An acute infection caused by Staphylococcus bacteria, characterized by sudden high fever, muscle aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and fainting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: two hundred Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˌtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/, /ˌtuː ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/, /ˌtu ˈhʌn.dɹəd/, /ˌtu ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/, /ˌtuː ˈhʊndɹəd/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.
Word: Rubenesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rubens + -esque, from the women depicted in the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640). 1. Of the figure of a woman, plump and sensuous. Example: Full figured? Full body! Massage sessions for Rubenesque WFs, 40-50s, by rugged/ gentle SWM. 2. In the style of Peter Paul Rubens. Example: Throughout his career as an illustrator, van Diepenbeeck was clearly influenced by the Rubenesque style in his reflection on the effects of actual light, his ample, energic creation of figures, and their complexion.
Word: walt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną (“to roll; roll about”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen (“to wallow; roll”), Danish vælte (“to tumble; overthrow”), Swedish välta (“to roll; tumble over; overthrow”). Related to waltz. 1. To roll; tumble Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete 2. To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
Word: walt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *walt, from Old English *wealt (attested in unwealt (“not given to roll; steady”), sinwealt (“circular, eternally rolling”)), from Proto-Germanic *waltaz (“changing; unstable”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). 1. unsteady; crank Labels: archaic
Word: scouser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Scouser. Labels: alt-of
Word: nubia Part of Speech: noun 1. A light, knitted headscarf worn by women.
Word: dizziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness. 1. The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: post-partum Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the period immediately after childbirth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parturition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parturitiō (“parturition”), from parturiō, from pariō (“to give birth”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/, /ˌpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃəˈɹɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of a mother giving birth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence) Example: So strange is the scripture of the sky! Innumerable legends and customs connect the rebirth of the Sun with a Virgin parturition.
Word: ectoparasite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- (from Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”)) + parasite. Pronunciation: /ˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/, /ˌɛktəˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/ 1. A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes. Example: Ordinarily, allergy to animals is due to either their fine dander which becomes aerosolized or to the exoskeleta, pupae, or feces of their ectoparasites. Example: Many of the chewing lice are highly host specific, but a few may occur on a variety of not more than a half dozen related host species. They feed on skin (epidermal cells), hair, feathers, body oils and secretions, dried blood (wounds), and even other ectoparasites, such as mites. Chewing lice are unable to survive for more than a day or two off the host and their dispersal is through direct contact of host animals.
Word: asylum seeker Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪːləm siːkɚ/ 1. A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country. Example: He stayed with friends and even spent a few nights in a hotel when had nowhere else to go. In September 2019, he moved into a flat with three other gay asylum seekers through Le Refuge, an organisation supporting isolated LGBTQI+ youth. Example: In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.
Word: chucks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌks/ 1. plural of chuck Labels: form-of, plural 2. The game of jacks or jackstones. Labels: Scotland
Word: chucks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chuck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chucks Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌks/ 1. A warning cry used by schoolboys when a teacher is approaching. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: taxi yellow Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright yellow color used for New York taxicabs. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “No,” Emma said, “this could be important. Not taxi yellow, so what kind of yellow did it seem?” Example: The car was painted an authentic “taxi-yellow” and featured an off-white or red interior, complete with driver.
Word: aluminic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to or containing aluminium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uranium nitride Part of Speech: noun 1. An insoluble binary compound of uranium and nitrogen, (UN)ₙ, used as fuel rods in nuclear reactors 2. The ring compound U₈N₁₆, containing alternate azide and nitride groups, soluble in hydrocarbon solvents
Word: alumino- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From aluminum. 1. aluminium Labels: morpheme
Word: aluminio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. aluminium Labels: morpheme
Word: elutriate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin elutriare (“wash out”), from e- + lutriare (“wash”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈluːtɹɪeɪt/ 1. To decant; to purify something by straining it. 2. To separate large and small particles through an upwardly flowing liquid or vapid stream.
Word: elytron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek εἰλύω (eilúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron)lbor. English elytron Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron, “sheath”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɪtɹɒn/ 1. A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects. Example: In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […] Example: […] the elytra covering the hind wings of the firefly lift like a light leather, suppler than any other beetle’s.
Word: elytra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɪtɹə/, /ɪˈlaɪtɹə/, /ɪˈliːtɹə/ 1. plural of elytron Labels: form-of, plural 2. Rare, wing-like items that allow players to glide and fly.
Word: chromo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”). Pronunciation: /kɹoʊmoʊ-/, /kɹoʊmə-/ 1. color Labels: morpheme 2. chromium Labels: morpheme 3. color; property of quarks and gluons that is related to the particles' strong interactions in the theory of quantum chromodynamics Labels: morpheme 4. chromatin Labels: morpheme
Word: pitas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drowned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹaʊnd/, /dɹuːnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of drown Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: She (was) drowned while trying to swim across the English Channel.
Word: drowned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɹaʊnd/, /dɹuːnd/ 1. That has died by drowning. Labels: not-comparable Example: a drowned rat
Word: zygodactylous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zygo- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). Pronunciation: /ˌzeɪɡəʊˈdæktələs/, /ˌzeɪɡoʊˈdæktələs/ 1. Having two toes pointing forward, and two toes pointing backward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vagal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vagus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡəl/ 1. Of or relating to the vagus nerve. Labels: not-comparable Example: Autistic people often have more sensitive nervous systems, making it easier to shift into a stress response, indicated by low vagal tone.
Word: Ndonga Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken by the residents of Ovamboland in Namibia and in some parts of Angola.
Word: hydrocephalus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-) Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōl ? Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōlder. Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́ Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ) Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλον (hudroképhalon)bor. English hydrocephalus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλον (hudroképhalon). 1. A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.
Word: recompete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English compete English recompete From re- + compete. 1. To compete again.
Word: DEB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dynamic energy budget. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Caledonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Calēdonia. Pronunciation: /kælɪˈdəʊnɪə/ 1. Scotland, the northern part of the island of Great Britain. Labels: archaic, poetic 2. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 3. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 4. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 5. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 6. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 7. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 8. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 9. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 10. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 11. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 12. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 13. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 14. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 15. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 16. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 17. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 18. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 19. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 20. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 21. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 22. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 23. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. 24. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland.
Word: mau-mau Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Mau Mau, the name of a group of anti-British insurgents in Kenya, who were noted in Europe for their (alleged) extreme violence and brutality. 1. To menace through intimidating tactics; to intimidate, harass; to terrorize. Labels: transitive Example: It was my first experience with the phenomenon that would later be called "mau-mauing the flack catcher."
Word: Benghazi Handicap Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for the great speed of the retreat; handicap is in the horse-racing sense. 1. The retreat of allied forces from Benghazi in North Africa in March 1941 during World War II ahead of German forces commanded by Erwin Rommel. Labels: slang
Word: six bob a day tourist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the soldiers′ pay of six shillings a day. 1. An Australian soldier serving in World War I, especially a volunteer. Labels: Australia, historical, slang Example: On brief leaves, as a “six-bob-a-day tourist” during World War I, one had learned to love London,[…].
Word: chaperon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/, /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/ 1. An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior. Example: "I am, as it were," she concluded, "the chaperon of my young cousin, Lucy, and it would be a serious thing if I put her under an obligation to people of whom we know nothing. His manner was somewhat unfortunate. I hope I acted for the best." 2. A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead. Example: His head and face cover'd with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. 3. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
Word: chaperon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/, /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/ 1. To accompany; to escort. 2. To mother.
Word: incredulity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1430. From Middle English incredulite, from Old French incredulité, from Late Latin incredulitas, from Latin incredulus (“unbelieving”) + -itas (“-ity”), equivalent to incredulous + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkɹɪˈdjuːlɪti/ 1. Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead. Example: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face. 2. Religious disbelief; lack of faith. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually
Word: off like a bride's nightie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A reference to the supposed eagerness of just-married couples to have sexual intercourse on the night of their wedding. Australian from 1960. 1. Making a rapid departure; away. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang Example: Just before it was to be his shout, he was off like a bride′s nightie. Example: Missing because I′d been happy and didn′t need him, though I went to him fast enough when the happiness was over. Off like a bride′s nightie. 2. Making a rapid departure; away. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang
Word: wowser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From UK dialect. In the pro-temperance sense, Australian from early 1900s. John Norton, an early enemy of wowsers (temperance sense), claimed it to be an acronym for "We Only Want Social Evils Remedied", but that is likely a folk etymology. A story has it that gospellers in the streets of Clunes, Victoria in the 1870s were called rousers but one of the town councillors had a speech impediment and couldn't pronounce his "R"s, thus giving wowser. (Reference: Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, 1970, reprint 1979 →ISBN, under "Wowser", page 568.) Pronunciation: /ˈwaʊzə(ɹ)/ 1. One with strong moral views against excessive consumption of alcohol, gambling, pornography, etc., who seeks to promulgate those views. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory Example: “I’d like to come with you one day up to the top end,” she said. “I suppose it’ll have to be after we’re married.” He grinned. “Plenty of wowsers back in Willstown to talk about it, if you came before.” Example: As for the rest, the pay is not bad, coming as it does from the pockets of the three local warlords who hired me: two graziers, one of whom is also a terrible wowser (everyone calls him 'Mr Prophet', though I call him - privately, of course - Mr Brimstone, or Old Blood-and-Thunderguts); the third is the owner of the pub. 2. A lout or similar disruptive person. Labels: obsolete Example: In size the wowser varies, for no matter where he's at, He takes up all the room there is— just like a cowboy's hat.
Word: wowser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wow, with the "-ser" added to provide emphasis. 1. Alternative form of wowzer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Its title was “The Time Raider," and this story, which has never been reprinted, was a wowser. Example: Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.
Word: wowser Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From wow, with the "-ser" added to provide emphasis. 1. Alternative form of wowsers. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In Gadget's eyes she looked positively beautiful in her gorgeous satiny-red cocktail dress. "Wowser!" he exclaimed, much to the confusion of the guests, who conferred with each other. Example: WOWSER - Absolutely beautiful rendering - a mastrpiece work
Word: bombora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Australian Aboriginal, most likely Dharug bumbora (“a current off Dobroyd Head, Port Jackson”). 1. A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore. Labels: Australia Example: The superior local knowledge of the Easter Island boatmen was a distracting influence, but on the way in I had decided to anchor on the sandy patch close under the bombora. Example: The remainder of my life was indoor stuff […] but even from school I could see the bomboras breaking way out to sea on a high swell, there at the corner of my eye.
Word: bommie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bombora + -ie 1. A bombora. Labels: Australia Example: 1992, Australian Museum, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Reef biology: a survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific, National Gallery of Australia Some solitary corals, such as Cycloseris, were present at the base of the bommie. Example: A large bommie the shape of an onion extends from the main reef on the northern side, and here were two dark crevices favoured by coral trout.
Word: bommie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bonfire, with /n/ changed to /m/ by assimilation with /f/, and the second element then clipped and replaced with + -ie. 1. A bonfire. Labels: UK Example: We've got to find where they hid it — before Bommie Night. Example: 'We could go down London Road, collect a bit more for Bommie Night.' Jez suggested. Hallowe'en was still not past and they had used up all their firework stocks.
Word: clancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Clancy of the Overflow, a character in a poem of that name (also in The Man from Snowy River) by Australian poet Banjo Patterson. 1. An overflow or spillage. Example: They'd had a clancy […]. He had dozed off with the water running and there was water slopping everywhere.
Word: flying ace Part of Speech: noun 1. A military aviator who had shot down many enemy aircraft.
Word: terminological inexactitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Winston Churchill campaigning in the 1906 election, and repeated by him in the parliament, : The conditions of the Transvaal ordinance ... cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. — in the parliament 22 February 1906 (quoted in Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century, 1984) This first usage has only the literal sense of inaccurate terminology, but it was almost immediately taken up as a euphemism meaning an outright lie. 1. A lie; falsehood. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Word: no wucking furries Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Spoonerism of no + fucking (“used as an intensive”) + worries. 1. No worries, no problems; used to express acknowledgment or agreement. Labels: Australia, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: A black doctor using his skills to save a dying 'KKK member on the operating table' somehow is the same as some cheap whore lawyer doing a deal with an internationally convicted criminal organisation, saying "Yeah, no wucking furries, I'll have your money, spends good to me ! " Example: “Thank you so much,” said Johnson. / “No worries,” said the barman. / “No wucking furries,” said Tim.
Word: admirative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Via French admiratif or directly from its etymon, Medieval Latin admirativus. Pronunciation: /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.tɪv/, /ˈæd.məˌɹeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹə.tɪv/ 1. Characterized by admiration.
Word: admirative Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.tɪv/, /ˈæd.məˌɹeɪ.tɪv/, /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹə.tɪv/ 1. a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
Word: chicken fillet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the texture and shape of the silicone outplant. 1. A piece of rubber or silicone placed in a woman's bra under the breast to increase apparent size or create more cleavage. Labels: slang Example: […] to wear a bikini this year, to enjoy the season without fearing that my chicken fillets are going to fall out every time I jump in a pool. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A piece of chicken breast meat.
Word: admiringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English admiring Middle English -ly English -ly English admiringly From admiring + -ly. Pronunciation: /ədˈmaɪɹɪŋli/ 1. In an admiring manner. Example: Fanny showed slow approval. 'Good on yer!' she said admiringly.
Word: Transvaal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English Vaal English Transvaal From trans- + Vaal. Pronunciation: /tɹɑːnsˈvɑːl/ 1. A geographical region and former province (until 1994) of South Africa between the Vaal and Limpopo rivers. Example: Well Jo'anna she runs a country / She runs in Durban and the Transvaal 2. A former country in Southern Africa; the Transvaal "Boer republic" state from 1852 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland's annexation of it in 1902. Labels: historical
Word: backyard cricket Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbækjɑːd ˈkɹɪkɪt/ 1. Informal cricket played in the back yard of a private residence, or similar limited space. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: My father and I evolved a game of backyard cricket which was a balance of intricate skills and high comedy. Example: The babies sorted out, it was a rapid climb for Sunil Gavaskar; he went from backyard cricket to school, inter-school and inter-university cricket to Ranji Trophy and to Test fame with the same solid footwork that made him one of the most prolific run-getters of the century.
Word: tippity runs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tip (“to hit lightly”). 1. A form of backyard cricket; the defining rule of the form, which requires the batsman to run if they hit the ball; the rule increases the pace of the game by creating more runout chances than in ordinary cricket. Labels: Australia, uncountable
Word: called to the bar Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of call to the bar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Johannes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān). Pronunciation: /dʒəʊˈhænɪs/ 1. A former Portuguese gold coin. Labels: historical
Word: Johannes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān). Pronunciation: /dʒəʊˈhænɪs/ 1. A male given name from Late Latin Iōhannēs [in turn from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], variant of John or Jon.
Word: pesos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Martina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Usually interpreted as the feminine form of the saints' name Martin, though there was an identical Roman name, likewise derived from Latin Martinus. Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)ˈtiːnə/ 1. A female given name from Latin.
Word: sakura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈsækʊɹə/, /ˈsɑːkʊɹə/, /səˈkʊəɹə/ 1. cherry tree Labels: Japanese, countable, uncountable Example: Sakura represent the short-lived beauty of life. Sakura are often depicted in Japanese art and poetry. Example: And while the tree is found throughout Asia, its associations with Japan are so strong that in Korea many sakura were removed after the colonial period as an unwanted reminder of the Japanese presence. 2. cherry blossom (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In his hand, he holds a sakura. He plans to give it to his daughter, marking a milestone in her life and protection for the future. 3. a card game from Hawaii played with Japanese hanafuda playing cards Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Hawaii there are a number of popular gambling games which have not invaded the mainland, except possibly in Oriental colonies. The basic game among the large Japanese population is sakura, which is played with a deck of forty-eight tiny one-by-two-inch Japanese cards. Example: Any beachboy was hailed as the day's hero who could scrape together enough money to buy a fresh box of sakura cards, and through the long hot days the gang would sit beneath coconut umbrellas, playing the silly game. No other was allowed, and if a man couldn't play sakura, he couldn't be a beachboy.
Word: Tania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian. See Tanya. 1. A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana or Tetyana. Example: "Does she? What a name that child has got. Tania." "That's not so odd a name," Hazel said. "Not nowadays." "I know. They all have outlandish international names, like Tania and Natasha and Erin and Solange and Carmen. No one has family names. These girls with rooster hair I see on the streets. They pick the names. They're the mothers."
Word: scare someone out of their wits Part of Speech: verb 1. To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He scared me out of my wits, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that.
Word: occlusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“to shut up or close up; to restrain”), from ob + claudō (“to shut or close”). Pronunciation: /əˈkluː.ʒən/ 1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An occluded front. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The blocking of the view of part of an image by another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arachnophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English arachno- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English arachnophobic From arachno- + -phobic. 1. Relating to or suffering from arachnophobia. Example: After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road.
Word: arachnophobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arachno- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English arachnophobic From arachno- + -phobic. 1. Synonym of arachnophobe.
Word: lilo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "Li-Lo" (a sensational spelling of lie low). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪləʊ/ 1. An inflatable air mattress. Labels: South-Africa, UK
Word: invected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin invectus. 1. Having a border consisting of semicircles with the convex part outwards (and the points inwards). Labels: not-comparable
Word: invected Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin invectus. 1. simple past and past participle of invect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scalloped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scallop + -ed. In culinary sense, originally referred to a seafood dish baked and served in a scallop shell, but now used more generally. 1. simple past and past participle of scallop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scalloped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scallop + -ed. In culinary sense, originally referred to a seafood dish baked and served in a scallop shell, but now used more generally. 1. Having an edge or border marked with semicircles. 2. Cooked gratin; baked in a typical type of sauce, usually with cheese, as a casserole, e.g. scalloped potatoes; scalloped corn 3. Baked in a scallop shell.
Word: engrailed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an edge or border indented with semicircles with points outwards (and convex part inwards). Labels: not-comparable
Word: engrailed Part of Speech: noun 1. A European moth, Ectropis crepuscularia. Example: […] a common total would be about thirty moths, equally divided between Early Greys and Engraileds.
Word: fool's errand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use apppears c. the 18th century. 1. A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail. Labels: idiomatic Example: If I were to travel only that I might be discontented with that which I can get at home, methinks I should go but on a fool's errand. Example: Shultz took little notice of the Soviet view or that of others who said his Middle East mission was a fool's errand. "You can't be too afraid of failing," said the 67-year-old diplomat. 2. Such an undertaking, assigned as a prank. Labels: idiomatic Example: Meronyms: blinker fluid, key to the midway, left-handed monkey wrench, muffler bearing, skyhook Example: Near-synonym: wild-goose chase
Word: foreign currency Part of Speech: noun 1. Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: subaltern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.əltən/, /sʌbˈɔltəɹn/, /ˈsʌbəltəɹn/ 1. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain. Example: a subaltern officer Example: Two weeks after giving birth[…] she [Rachida Dati] was removed and offered no consolation prize other than the subaltern position of No 2 on the UMP's list for the next European elections. 2. Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
Word: subaltern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.əltən/, /sʌbˈɔltəɹn/, /ˈsʌbəltəɹn/ 1. A subordinate. 2. A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant. Labels: UK Example: She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux ; and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow ; a mere nobody sir a subaltern in a foot regiment, or something of that kind. Example: As a subaltern of 24, Neave was captured in the defence of Calais in May 1940. 3. A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. 4. A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland. Example: Young refers sardonically to the existence of reams of postcolonial "theory", and promises to give us "postcolonialism from below, which is what and where it should rightly be, given that it elaborates a politics of ‘the subaltern’, that is, subordinated classes and peoples". Example: In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.
Word: tingly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tingle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪŋɡli/ 1. Producing or feeling tingles.
Word: planting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplɑːntɪŋ/, /ˈplæntɪŋ/ 1. A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted. Example: Take one of the plantings over as a house-warming gift. 2. The act of setting a plant in the ground for growth. 3. A plantation.
Word: planting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈplɑːntɪŋ/, /ˈplæntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of plant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: OHG. Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of OHG (Old High German). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vegetables Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəlz/, [ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bɫ̩z], /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəlz/, /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəlz/ 1. plural of vegetable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cladist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clade Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English cladist From clade + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈkleɪdɪst/ 1. A biologist who studies clades, an evolutionary biologist who studies the pattern of species interrelationships according to the principles of cladistics. Example: The pheneticist and evolutionist classify species and genera in this manner. Not so the cladist, who deals with the unknown quantities produced by phylo-genetic splits.
Word: sanitisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sanitization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Is 'sanitisation' even a word? Let alone one that would be used as the top line of a news release, designed to grab the attention of a journalist or the reader of a magazine? It is - although I confess I had to look it up to check.
Word: Stefan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”). 1. A male given name. Example: In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match! 2. A surname of German or Austrian origin, derived from the given name Stefan. 3. A crater on the far side of the moon.
Word: texel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of texture + element, by analogy with pixel. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.səl/ 1. An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.
Word: phenetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phenetic + -s. Pronunciation: /fəˈnɛtɪks/, /fɛˈ-/ 1. A form of numerical systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon the total or relative number of shared characteristics. Labels: uncountable Example: We have seen in Chapter 6 and the previous chapters that dissatisfaction with traditional taxonomy gave rise, after the Second World War, to two distinct attempts at a remedy - phenetics and cladistics. Example: Microbial systematics has enjoyed two major advances in the latter half of this century: the introductions of numerical phenetics and molecular techniques for direct comparisons of organismal genomes. Numerical phenetics (taxonomy) was very influential during the 1960s and 70s in providing the first objective approach to bacterial classification.
Word: phenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pheno- + -etic; modelled on genetic. Pronunciation: /fəˈnɛtɪk/, /fɛˈ-/ 1. Of, or relating to, phenetics.
Word: spamdexing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spam + indexing. 1. The inclusion of deliberately misleading terms on a website in order to manipulate its ranking in a search engine. Labels: uncountable
Word: cladistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clade + -istic, from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch”). Pronunciation: /kləˈdɪs.tɪks/ 1. An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics. Labels: uncountable Example: Here we suggest emphasis on the techniques of cladistics (Eldredge and Cracraft 1980; Wiley 1981; Coddington 1988) because they provide a clear means of organizing phylogenetic information in branching diagrams. Example: The construction of branching patterns to map evolutionary change is called cladistics, and the devising of higher classifications (genus and up) to conform with the results of cladistics is called phylogenetic systematics.[…]Cladistics does allow us to judge which species are most likely to share a common ancestor, validating their placement in the same genus or family or higher taxon.
Word: sanitization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sanitize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sanitization From sanitize + -ation. 1. The act of sanitizing something. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of editing a security-classified document in order to reduce its classification level. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)bor. English apo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morphy English apomorphy From apo- + -morphy. 1. A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
Word: duar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing a colloquial pronunciation of Arabic دَوّار (dawwār). Pronunciation: /ˈduɑɹ/, /ˈduɑː/ 1. A camp or village of tents in an Arabic country. Example: The duar is in general made up of ten, fifteen, or twenty families, who are related to each other, and each family has a tent.
Word: douar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French douar, from Arabic دَوّار (dawwār). Pronunciation: /ˈduːɑː/ 1. A camp or village of tents in a North African country. Example: “A slave would be the better word,” she answered. “I was stolen in the night from my father’s douar by a band of marauders. They brought me here and sold me to the Arab who keeps this café.” Example: he communicated by telephone instead of riding out by horseback, as in the good old days, to stay overnight in the various douars.
Word: LILO Part of Speech: adj 1. last in last out (see FIFO) Labels: not-comparable 2. Acronym of left in, left out, a type of three-way road intersection. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: emollient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, e- + Latin moll- + -i- + -ent. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/, /ɪˈmɑl.jənt/ 1. Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer. Example: 2008, Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505, [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation, […] 2. Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable. Labels: figuratively Example: "Several of the visitors then partook for a short time, with evident Parisian gusto, of the pleasures of the dance," yes--we did, and the lovely girls with whom we polked (ladies being one of the Club emollients) were eloquent in praise of our exquisite tournures which were shown to such advantage beneath our tight uniforms. Example: Hail, Poetry, thou heav’n-born maid! / Thou gildest e’en the pirate’s trade. / Hail, flowing fount of sentiment! / All hail, divine emollient!
Word: emollient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, e- + Latin moll- + -i- + -ent. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/, /ɪˈmɑl.jənt/ 1. Moisturizing. Example: Twenty leeches were ordered to be applied round the nose every two days; frequent emollient fomentations; the local vapour bath; general bathing; stimulating pedilavia; a strict regimen; vegetables, milk, white meats; demulcent or acidulated drinks; avoidance of exposure to the sun or to cold air; flannel waistcoat and trousers. This treatment, being strictly observed for two months, caused all the inflammatory symptoms to disappear, […] 2. Soothing or mollifying. Labels: figuratively Example: [I]nſtead of Honey, Rob of Elder, Conſerve of Roſes, or Syrup of Violets; Glyſters, Pedilavia of emollient Decoctions with Nitre; or Elder, Vinegar, or Focus's of the ſame, applied with Sponges behind the Ears, to the Armpits, Groins, Hams, &c. or with Barley-water and a little Roſe-vinegar. Example: There is an element of emollient sentimentality, especially in the way the plot lines are neatly tied up, but a good deal of storytelling gusto and ingenuity, and there are also echoes (perhaps deliberately engineered) of Moretti’s greatest film and Cannes Palme d’Or winner, The Son’s Room, from 2001.
Word: encyclical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɪklɪkəl/ 1. A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church. Example: In his encyclical – the first major text on safeguarding humankind of his papacy – he also apologised for the Catholic church’s long delay in condemning slavery, describing it as “a wound in Christian memory”, and spoke of the “new forms of slavery” due to the digital economy.
Word: encyclical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɪklɪkəl/ 1. Intended for general circulation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underground railroad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the historical Underground Railroad in the United States. 1. A clandestine network used to exfiltrate dissidents out of their country. Example: The trio quickly went underground, hiding in a friend’s house in their home city of Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, while seeking a way to escape the country and potentially lengthy prison sentences. That brought them to a group called In Transit, part of an extensive underground railroad that is rescuing hundreds of Russians who have been targeted for expressing opposition to the invasion of Ukraine or even sympathy for Ukrainian refugees. Example: The supporting players include Regina Hall as Deandra, one of the original French 75, and Benicio Del Toro as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos, a martial-arts instructor who helps run an underground railroad for migrants.
Word: sensate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sensat, from Late Latin sensatus (“able to sense”), from sensus (“sense”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.seɪt/ 1. Perceived by one or more of the senses. 2. Having the ability to sense things physically. Example: Mendicant was able to postpone its inevitable annihilation for [106:S] with its attempt to flee. But the last of its core vessels hangs before me now; crippled and defeated but still sensate. 3. Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. Example: To say that Volitions which are acts of the Intellectual Soul must be sensate, and so make a Species on the phantasie, as sensate things do
Word: sensate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sensat, from Late Latin sensatus (“able to sense”), from sensus (“sense”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.seɪt/ 1. To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive. Labels: transitive Example: to sensate light, or an odour Example: c. 1673, Robert Hooke, quoted in The History of the Royal Society of London As those of the one are enated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye.
Word: sabre-rattling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre. 1. A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable 2. Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit. Labels: countable, figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: sabre-rattling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre. 1. present participle and gerund of sabre-rattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sabre-rattling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre. 1. Bellicose; threatening military action. Example: But it excited much discontent in sabre-rattling court circles which regarded Austrophilia as the most un-French of diplomatic perversions.
Word: nonrealistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English realistic English nonrealistic From non- + realistic. 1. Deliberately unrealistic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: readies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ready + -s, from ready money. 1. Cash, especially bank notes. Labels: UK, informal, plural, plural-only Example: It's a question of readies, Chief Inspector. We're not everyone's idea of a fun day out.
Word: readies Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ready Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person