nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: surveyor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. By surface analysis, survey + -or. Pronunciation: /səːˈveɪ.ə/, [səːˈveɪ̯.ə], /səːˈvæ̝ɪ.ə/, [səːˈvæ̝ɪ̯.ə] ~ [səːˈvæ̝ɪ̯.ɐ̝], /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/ 1. A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface. Example: The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force." 2. One who carries out a survey or poll. 3. A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc. Labels: UK Example: Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.
Word: sultrily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sultry Middle English -ly English -ly English sultrily From sultry + -ly. 1. In a sultry manner.
Word: suds Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe. Pronunciation: /sʌdz/ 1. Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water. Labels: countable, plural, plural-normally, uncountable Example: Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds. 2. Beer. Labels: plural, plural-normally, slang Example: We went out for some pizza and suds.
Word: suds Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe. Pronunciation: /sʌdz/ 1. To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds. Labels: transitive Example: We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.
Word: sublimely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sublime Middle English -ly English -ly English sublimely From sublime + -ly. 1. In a sublime manner.
Word: submissively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English submissive Middle English -ly English -ly English submissively From submissive + -ly. 1. In a submissive manner.
Word: subcontractor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English contractor English subcontractor From sub- + contractor. 1. A contractor hired by another contractor (often a general contractor) and thus employed by that contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.
Word: general contractor Part of Speech: noun 1. A contractor hired to manage a project and to hire subcontractors. (If a customer serves as their own general contractor then this means they undertake the management tasks and the hiring of subcontractors.)
Word: jugged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been cooked by jugging. Example: jugged hare 2. Having a specified kind of breasts. Labels: in-compounds, slang Example: a large-jugged babe 3. Drunk. Labels: US, slang
Word: jugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commemorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1612; borrowed from New Latin commemorātīvus, from commemorō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ive, cognate with French commémoratif. 1. Serving to commemorate something. Labels: not-comparable Example: a commemorative plaque Example: The centenary of Britain's most famous train has called for a commemorative and descriptive work and in this 40-page illustrated booklet the author has tried—with some success, to pour a quart into a pint pot.
Word: commemorative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1612; borrowed from New Latin commemorātīvus, from commemorō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ive, cognate with French commémoratif. 1. An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc. 2. A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues. Example: beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.
Word: galoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Quranic Arabic جالُوت (jālūt, pronounced galūt in Egyptian Arabic), proper name equivalent to English Goliath, giant warrior of the ancient Philistine ethnicity; cf. connotations of derogatory uses of English Philistine. Doublet of goliath. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈluːt/ 1. A clumsy or uncouth person. Labels: derogatory Example: “I talk like a galoot when I get talking to feemale^([sic]) girls and I can’t lay my tongue to anything that sounds right.” Example: “Now there was an ugly galoot whose name isn’t worth mentioning.[…]”
Word: galosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain. further theories * From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). (More at holt and foot.) * From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”). * From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlɒʃ/ 1. An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather: Labels: UK 2. An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather: Labels: US 3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Word: galosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain. further theories * From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). (More at holt and foot.) * From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”). * From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlɒʃ/ 1. To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about. Labels: intransitive Example: My mother, at the age of seventeen, took them on single-handed, galoshing her way through the mud with bundles of tracts, not necessarily religious but always uplifting, and generous supplies of calves' foot jelly.
Word: gameness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gameness From game + -ness. 1. The quality of being game; bravery, courage or pluck Labels: uncountable Example: I mention gameness last, but it is the most important trait. It means that neither fatigue nor pain nor the psychology of being behind the entire time will cause the dog to lose his enthusiasm for fighting contact.
Word: gamester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from game + -ster. 1. A person who plays games. Example: And now, while they are climbing the pole in another part of the field, […] the old farmer […] announces to all whom it may concern that a half-sovereign in money will be forthcoming to the old gamester who breaks most heads; […] 2. One who plays video games. Labels: nonstandard Example: Gamesters should know that Nintendo is considering a phone link that would allow players to compete via modem in nationwide competitions. 3. A gambler. Example: […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […] 4. A prostitute; one who is on the game. Labels: obsolete Example: She's impudent my Lord, / And was a common gameſter to the Campe.
Word: UB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ulaanbaatar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Urząd Bezpieczeństwa, a branch of the secret police in communist Poland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: He was still going, and strongly at that, in a tiny apartment much invigilated by the “U.B.” or Polish secret police. 3. Initialism of University of Baguio. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of University of Batangas. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of undefined behavior, behavior not defined in the language standard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of upper bracket. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of uneven bars. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of unbirth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: UB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of you be. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Sexual affair ¶ Short or long term. I’m 34, lk. 28, well built, small, 150 lbs, 5’10”, married. UB well kept and care about yourself, married, single, young or old.
Word: gametic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gamete Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gametic From gamete + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈmɛtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to gametes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gaminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gamy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gaminess From gamy + -ness. 1. The quality of being gamy. Labels: uncountable
Word: gangland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gang Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English gangland From gang + land. 1. The underworld of organized crime. Example: Australia's reputation as the happy-go-lucky country was turned on its head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone. Example: The Irish gangland figure Gerry “the monk” Hutch has failed in his bid for a parliamentary seat in a Dublin byelection.
Word: Einsatzgruppen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Einsatzgruppe Labels: form-of, plural Example: Perhaps the most blatant sign of Germany’s style of warfare in 1941 was the use of special murder squads. German authorities dispatched mobile killing units to follow the regular military into Soviet territory. The main units, known as the Einsatzgruppen, “special action groups,” included between ﬁve hundred and one thousand men each, many of them well educated,—lawyers, theologians, and other professionals.
Word: beat someone's brains out Part of Speech: verb 1. To beat someone very severely (especially in the head). Labels: idiomatic
Word: Einsatzgruppe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Einsatzgruppe (literally “deployment group”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ̯n.zɑːtsˌɡɹʊp.ə/, /-zæts-/ 1. Any of four paramilitary units (Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D) operated by the SS in German-occupied territory in the east (mainly Poland and the Soviet Union) during World War II, notorious for carrying out large numbers of massacres. Labels: historical
Word: fucked in the head Part of Speech: adj 1. Not quite right mentally: perverted, stupid, or mentally ill. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: Yorktown Part of Speech: name Etymology: From York + town, in Virginia after its county. Pronunciation: /ˈjɔː(ɹ)ktaʊn/ 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: wilier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wily: more wily Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: canon laws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canon law Labels: form-of, plural 2. Religious rules, regulations and edicts.
Word: States Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal 2. Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories. Labels: US, historical Example: The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States 3. The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey. Example: It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street. Example: It has also led credence to the view of the outgoing chief minister that it is a handful of mischief-making existing deputies who are to blame for the perception that this States is already the worst ever.
Word: States Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of State Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fabricating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fabricate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uneventful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English eventful English uneventful From un- + eventful. 1. monotonous; lacking significant or noteworthy events Example: There were not many passengers, and the journey was uneventful until the frontier was reached at Padang Besar, although an armed escort of Malay police accompanied the train from Alor Star. Example: Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.
Word: normative economics Part of Speech: noun 1. economic thought in which one applies moral beliefs, or judgment, claiming that an outcome is "good" or "bad". For example: "this tax on cigarettes will be good because it will reduce smoking." Labels: uncountable
Word: WMF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Windows Media Format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Wikimedia Foundation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “WMF has operated in the past without staffing and with very minimal staffing, so clearly it’s _possible_^([sic]) to host a high traffic website on an absolute shoestring,” acknowledged the Foundation’s then VP of engineering, Erik Möller, in 2013. Example: After resigning from the WMF as CEO, Katherine Maher became CEO of NPR; it was a sideways move or even a step down. 3. Initialism of World Monuments Fund. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Every two years, the WMF adds new spots to its watch list, bringing awareness and helping garner funds for the sites’ ongoing protection.
Word: WMF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Windows Metafile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: marathoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marathon + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.ɹæ.θən.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races. Example: She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need. Example: “I just go as long as I can before my legs get too heavy and my head gets in a haze,” said Chris Zablocki, the best marathoner most elite marathoners have never heard of.
Word: marathoners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marathoner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultramarathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultramarathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultramarathoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultramarathon + -er. 1. Someone who participates in ultramarathons.
Word: ultramarathoners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultramarathoner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nosology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “discourse, branch of knowledge”). Pronunciation: /ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. A treatise or written classification of diseases. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2003: Thomas Arnold … constructed a nosology of insanity explicitly on the basis of the Lockean philosophy of mind — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 312)
Word: ackers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Egyptian Arabic قرش (ʔerš, “piastre, Ottoman penny”). See also smackers, smackeroo, smackeroonies. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kəɹz/ 1. Synonym of money. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: ackers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kəɹz/ 1. plural of acker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knuckle-dragging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the habit of some primates of walking with the forelimbs dragging along the ground. 1. Holding beliefs or having attitudes that are primitive or uncivilised. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable Example: The furore over Penguin's wise and brave decision to “reflect the diversity of British society” in its publishing and hiring output seems to have awoken the usual knuckle-dragging, semi-blind suspects with their endlessly repeated terrors and fears.
Word: archtop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch + top. 1. A style of large steel-stringed guitar having an arched belly, a neck at a slight angle to the body and a fretboard elevated above the soundboard.
Word: humbucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hum (“noise”) + buck (“resist, overcome”) + -er. 1. A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series in order to reduce buzzing noise caused by mains frequency.
Word: humbucking pickup Part of Speech: noun 1. A humbucker
Word: humbucking Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a pair of coils or reverse polarity connected in series. Labels: not-comparable
Word: punyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post Proto-Indo-European *íh₂ Latin ea Latin posteā Vulgar Latin *postius Old French puis Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Old French né Old French puisné Middle French puisnébor. English puisne English puny Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English punyism From puny + -ism. 1. The quality of being puny; puniness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The punyism of a senseless word like Duke, or Count, or Earl, has ceased to please.
Word: brachiating Part of Speech: adj 1. That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
Word: brachiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brachiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: keens Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kiːnz/ 1. plural of keen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keens Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kiːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of keen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ganglionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on)bor. English ganglion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ganglionic From ganglion + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia. Labels: not-comparable Example: Episode 12, The Cyclops The distinguished scientist Herr Professor Luitpold Blumenduft tendered medical evidence to the effect that the instantaneous fracture of the cervical vertebrae and consequent scission of the spinal cord would, according to the best approved tradition of medical science, be calculated to inevitably produce in the human subject a violent ganglionic stimulus of the nerve centres of the genital apparatus...
Word: gangplank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + plank (“board”). 1. A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside. Example: Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
Word: gantlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet”). More at gauntlet. 1. Alternative spelling of gauntlet. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: gantlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”). 1. Alternative spelling of gauntlet. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: [John] Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights from his neighbors.
Word: garfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”). 1. Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. Labels: Ireland, UK, especially 2. Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae. Labels: Canada, US, especially
Word: garishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English garish Middle English -ly English -ly English garishly From garish + -ly. 1. In a garish manner. Example: "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]." Example: Euston: The vast main concourse screens displayed advertising again on March 2, on a two-week trial - but less garishly following public complaints.
Word: garishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English garish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English garishness From garish + -ness. 1. The quality of being garish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: garlicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From garlic + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːlɪki/, /ˈɡɑɹlɪki/ 1. Tasting or smelling of garlic. Example: "I had rather see an English beef-steak and horse-raddish than this eternal succession of greasy stews and garlicky ragouts," returned Grumpall. Example: Jersey lamb is sometimes garlicky early in the season. Avoid buying it; you can easily tell it by the garlicky smell. It can only be rendered eatable by stewing, or frying it with plenty of onions. To plain roast or boil garlicky meat is in vain.
Word: garnishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English garnish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English garnishment From garnish + -ment. 1. A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: garote Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of garrote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: garote Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of garrote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: garroter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From garrote + -er. 1. A person who uses a garrote. 2. A person who strangles someone from behind. Example: The digestion of evil aroused in him an appetite for worse. It was the street boy turned pickpocket, and a pickpocket turned garroter. Example: “Because I recognized their sentinel when I glanced out of my window. He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew’s-harp.
Word: garrulity Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡəˈɹuː.lɪ.ti/ 1. The state or characteristic of being garrulous. Labels: uncountable Example: He ought to bee of some abilities in disputing; and what he wants in Logick, he must supply in Garrulity: for whatsoever he affirms, the interest he hath in his seduc'd hearers, improves into Syllogism […] Example: With all the affectionate garrulity of age, she a thousand times expressed her pleasure at beholding the sisters;[…] 2. Garrulous talk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A stream of inquiry and comment issued from her lips. . . . At last Gillian managed to stem the torrent of garrulity and interposed a question. Example: She delivered herself of a great number of original reflections. It was the most charming garrulity he had ever heard.
Word: garrulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English garrulous Middle English -ly English -ly English garrulously From garrulous + -ly. 1. In a garrulous manner. Example: Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.
Word: garrulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English garrulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English garrulousness From garrulous + -ness. 1. Garrulity. Labels: uncountable
Word: gas-guzzler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gas guzzler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: romanza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian romanza. Doublet of romance. Pronunciation: /rə(ʊ)ˈmantsə/, /rɒˈmanθə/, /roʊˈmæntsə/, /roʊˈmænθə/ 1. A sentimental piece of music. 2. A romance; a romantic flight of fancy; a fanciful invention. Labels: rare
Word: rosticceria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian rosticceria. Doublet of rotisserie and roastery. 1. An Italian rotisserie (cooking device). 2. An Italian rotisserie (type of shop or restaurant).
Word: noble metal Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.
Word: tarnishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarnish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarnishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tarnish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tarnishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tarnish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tarnishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is tarnished.
Word: tarnished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹnɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of tarnish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tarnished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹnɪʃt/ 1. Discolored or blemished. 2. Sullied or dishonored. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: cholinomimetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English cholino- English mimetic English cholinomimetic From cholino- + mimetic. 1. Resembling acetylcholine or simulating its physiological action.
Word: cholinomimetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English cholino- English mimetic English cholinomimetic From cholino- + mimetic. 1. A drug with cholinomimetic properties.
Word: yes to death Part of Speech: verb 1. To agree with someone, often sarcastically. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I was yessed to death. Example: There's a fruit-man on our street whose name is Mr. Pete And he keeps good things to eat but you should hear him speak When you ask him anything he never answers no He just yesses you to death and then he takes your dough
Word: milk bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A convenience store. Labels: Australia Example: 1972, The Australian, quoted in 1988, Lois E. Foster, David Stockley, Australian Multiculturalism: A Documentary History and Critique, page 211, As one immigration man put it, “More pofessional migrants — and especially teachers — from countries like Italy and Yugoslavia would help to dispel the idea some Australians still have that the only migrants we get from these countries are milk-bar owners or greengrocers.” Example: Once he was at the milk bar, trying to buy cigarettes with an old bus ticket even though he didn′t smoke. Mum was upset about the cigarettes and the milk-bar man was angry about the bus ticket Dad was shoving into his hand. 2. A small shop or cafe, often part of a larger shop, that sells fast food and a range of dairy-based beverages such as milkshakes and ice creams; a deli or delicatessen. Example: Today the State shows a benevolent face to Culture-Diffusion but to those who produce culture no trace of sympathy or indulgence, with the result that we are becoming a nation of commentators, of critics and hack-explainers, most of whom are ex-artists. Everything for the Milk-bar, nothing for the cow!
Word: reducting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reduct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reducted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reduct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: valspeak Part of Speech: noun 1. The sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls. Labels: uncountable Example: It is the opinion of Andrea Levitan, 15, who does “a lot of window shopping though not always with the intention of buying,” that Val-Speak “is a conscious exaggerated imitation of the American Princess.”
Word: duotheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Italic *duō Latin duo English duo- English theism English duotheism From duo- + theism. 1. Belief in the existence of two deities. This often refers to the belief in a god and goddess of roughly equal power, as is the case in Wicca. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quetzalcoatlus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Quetzalcoatlus, based on Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl. Pronunciation: /kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/ 1. A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
Word: meningomyelocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -cele. By surface analysis, meningo- + myelocele. 1. A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column. Labels: uncountable
Word: xenobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + biology. Sometimes attributed to science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. Pronunciation: /ˌzɛnəʊbaɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌziːnəʊbaɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˈziːnoʊbaɪˌɑːləd͡ʒi/, /ˌzɛnoʊbaɪˈɑːləd͡ʒi/ 1. The speculative biology of extraterrestrial life forms. Labels: uncountable Example: This massive skull is scored by deflected mass accelerator shots. The xenobiology files in your hardsuit computer can't identify the species. It must have been brought here from an unknown world. 2. The biology of life forms with nonstandard biochemistry or codes, including synthetic life and mirror life. Labels: uncountable
Word: scratchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scratchy Middle English -ly English -ly English scratchily From scratchy + -ly. 1. In a scratchy manner.
Word: sensitively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sensitive Middle English -ly English -ly English sensitively From sensitive + -ly. 1. In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity.
Word: sentimentalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sentimental 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 sentimentalist From sentimental + -ist. 1. A person who is sentimental. Example: But Flay, for all his longing to return to his birthplace was no sentimentalist in exile. His thoughts when they turned to the castle were by no means in the nature of reveries.
Word: shallowness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shallow Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shallowness From shallow + -ness. 1. The property of being shallow; having little depth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The dimensions of the ships used on this service have always been restricted by the shallowness of the Lymington River, although the Lymington was somewhat larger than her predecessors, and was the first steel vessel built for this service.
Word: shampooer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shampoo + -er. 1. A machine for shampooing carpets. Example: I felt like a home appliance one seldom buys but rents when needed, something like a rug shampooer. 2. A person (such as a hairdresser) who washes hair.
Word: shapelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English schaples English shapeless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shapelessness From shapeless + -ness. 1. The property of being shapeless. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being shapeless. Labels: countable
Word: predicament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/ 1. A definite class, state or condition. 2. An unfortunate or trying position or condition. Example: Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life. Example: The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men. 3. That which is predicated; a category.
Word: colligate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century. 1. To tie or bind together. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: ligate Example: The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. 2. To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. Labels: transitive Example: He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful […] phenomena.
Word: colligate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (“bound together”)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (“to bind, fasten; to unite, combine”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, co- + ligate. Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until the end of the 16ᵗʰ century. 1. Colligated, bound together. Labels: figuratively, literally, obsolete Example: The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially Colligate, & bound to the Head.
Word: speedo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of speedometer. 1. A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile. Labels: informal Example: You don′t need to change dashboards since the switches and instruments are suited to the V8, although the speedo and tachometer will require modification to adjust them to your V8′s gearing and cylinders. Example: One further advantage of the ‘J’ type overdrive units is that the speedo drive gear on the rear drive shaft of the gearbox can be changed, thereby adjusting the speedo-drive ratio to suit the TR′s 15in wheels.
Word: speedo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Speedo. Labels: alt-of
Word: speedos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Speedos (“trademark of the Speedo company”), which has become a generic name. 1. A men′s tight fitting brief swimsuit. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, plural-normally Example: For example, board riders paid more attention to appearances (short hair v long hair, speedos v board shorts) and conspicuous behavior (surfing for training rather than for fun or to express oneself), than life savers. Example: 2000 July, Ian Jack (editor), Granta, Issue 70: Australia: The New New World, →ISBN, page 42, I remember my mother standing exasperated in the rain with the brolly over her head at dusk while I frog-kicked around in my speedos. 2. plural of speedo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stand from under Part of Speech: verb 1. to escape something falling or being thrown from above. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: "Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning. Example: I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck.
Word: André Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/, /ˈɒndɹeɪ/ 1. A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.
Word: notetaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From note + taking. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊt.teɪkɪŋ/ 1. The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: notetaking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From note + taking. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊt.teɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of notetake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shamefaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically with -faced (/ˈfeɪst/). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/ 1. Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment. Example: Youth is not glorious; it is shamefaced. It is a time of self-searching and self-exacerbation. 2. Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
Word: shakiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shaky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shakiness From shaky + -ness. 1. The property of being shaky. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: meum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mēum (“Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːəm/, /ˈmi.əm/ 1. spignel, Meum athamanticum Labels: uncountable
Word: gastroenteritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gres-der. Ancient Greek γρᾰ́ω (grắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr)der. English gastro- English enteritis English gastroenteritis From gastro- + enteritis. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæstɹəʊˌɛntəˈɹaɪtəs/ 1. Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine; often caused by an infection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sharecrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From share + crop. 1. To participate in the financial arrangement of sharecropping.
Word: gastronomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French gastronomique. 1. Of or pertaining to gastronomy. Labels: not-comparable Example: In a sense, Mr. Maillier is living the classic French dream – working the land in the bucolic countryside, feeding his children good food, and keeping France’s gastronomic heritage alive.
Word: gastronomical Part of Speech: adj 1. gastronomic Labels: not-comparable Example: The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings. Example: Do you agree that a bologna sandwich is a satisfactory meal, whereas caviar and champagne, roast duck and baked Alaska, that might be considered a delightful meal? We object, these gastronomical comments are irrelevant to these proceedings, your Honor.
Word: gastronomically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gastronomical Middle English -ly English -ly English gastronomically From gastronomical + -ly. 1. From the perspective of gastronomy. Example: The liver and the kidneys of animals have long been gastronomically popular for their aphrodisiac properties.
Word: gatehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gate + house. 1. A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence. 2. A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall Labels: historical 3. A shelter for a gatekeeper.
Word: gauchely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gauche Middle English -ly English -ly English gauchely From gauche + -ly. 1. In a gauche manner.
Word: gaucheness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gauche Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gaucheness From gauche + -ness. 1. The quality of being gauche; awkwardness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: An incident at a rally in Ohio last Sunday resembled an excruciating study in social gaucheness, when Vance suggested Democrats might think drinking Diet Mountain Dew, a popular soft drink, was racist, before laughing at his own lame joke; as the audience remained largely silent, Vance laughed awkwardly, saying: “I love you guys.”
Word: gaudily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gaudy Middle English -ly English -ly English gaudily From gaudy + -ly. 1. In a gaudy manner. Example: Apparently, Henry VII visited the city [Bristol] in 1487, "taking care to entail a sumptuary fine on the citizens because their wives dressed too gaudily".
Word: gawkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gawky Middle English -ly English -ly English gawkily From gawky + -ly. 1. In a gawky manner.
Word: gauntness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gaunt Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gauntness From gaunt + -ness. 1. The quality of being gaunt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The curtains of his office are still closed, but a soft, warm light filters past the bodyguards and into the room. It drapes his face, smooths the sharp lines of his new gauntness.
Word: gauziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gauzy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gauziness From gauzy + -ness. 1. The quality of being gauzy Labels: uncountable
Word: gawkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gawky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gawkiness From gawky + -ness. 1. The quality of being gawky. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: career-limiting move Part of Speech: noun 1. An act that is likely to result in the actor's demotion or loss of employment. Labels: euphemistic, humorous Example: 1991 Oct 08: dan herrick, Re: IV&V as a tool for dealing with "mistakes" and uncertainty, sci.space, http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space/msg/87a7ffb1d5a872df?dmode=source&hl=en However, such a career limiting move is only worth while if it can be reasonably expected to succeed in changing the wrong-headed policy. Example: 1995 Jan 11: Kay Hammer as cited in Neil Raden, Re: Data Warehousing, comp.databases, http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases/msg/7176488e9967cceb?dmode=source&hl=en Consequently, it can be a career-limiting move not to consider carefully all these issues during the design phase.
Word: gearshift Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gear shift. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gearshift Part of Speech: verb 1. To shift gears. Labels: rare
Word: Monika Part of Speech: name Etymology: A less common spelling of Monica, used since the twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Both Maya and Monika had inherited Megan's coloring, without a trace of Amit's deeply tan skin and black eyes, so that apart from their vaguely Indian names they appeared fully American.
Word: gear shift Part of Speech: noun 1. That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it. 2. The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears. Labels: Canada, US 3. a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music) Labels: figuratively
Word: Sheela Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi शीला (śīlā), from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “character, good conduct”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːlə/ 1. A female given name from Sanskrit of Indian origin.
Word: foundling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foundlyng, fondeyng, variants of Middle English fyndling, fyndlyng. By surface analysis, found + -ling. 1. An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place. Example: foundling hospital
Word: foundlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foundling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foundling wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. a revolving crib set in the wall of a church or convent, allowing an abandoned baby to be left anonymously and safely.