nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: furrows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of furrow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: furnishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furnish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furnishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of furnish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mounts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mount Labels: form-of, plural Example: Of all the horses, their mounts were the finest.
Word: mounts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mount Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clutches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of clutch Labels: form-of, plural 2. Grasp; possession; control. Labels: idiomatic, plural-normally Example: Once the organization was in his clutches, her future there was bleak.
Word: clutches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklʌt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clutch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brushes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brush Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: argues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of argue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mistranslation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English translation English mistranslation From mis- + translation. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/, /mɪsˈtɹæːnz.læɪ̯.ʃən/ 1. An incorrect translation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived. Example: The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data. 2. The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immesh Part of Speech: verb 1. To enmesh; to catch as with meshes; to ensnare; to entangle. Labels: transitive
Word: inmesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English mesh English inmesh From in- + mesh. 1. Alternative spelling of immesh To enmesh; to catch as with meshes and nets; to ensnare. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: night glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A spyglass or binoculars with large diameter lenses, used to see objects better in the dark. Example: Away beyond the ship he could see the roof of Beau Desert among the trees, but the jetty and the ship and the cliff path were still in deep shadow. Bond wondered if night-glasses would be able to pick them out. And if they could, what Strangways would be thinking.
Word: cremaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”). Pronunciation: /kɹiːˈmastə/, /kɹiˈmæstəɹ/ 1. A thin muscle attached to the testicles. 2. In the pupae of certain species of butterfly, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis casing, by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk it has cemented to the underside of a perch.
Word: night-glass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of night glass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bug-bear Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bugbear. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: freer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːəɹ/ 1. One who frees.
Word: freer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːəɹ/ 1. Comparative form of free: more free. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: In brief, the freer the competition, the unfreer the man. Example: On the main line from Euston, freer movement of traffic will be secured by flyovers at Bletchley and Rugby.
Word: firmer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From firm + -er. 1. comparative form of firm: more firm Labels: comparative, form-of Example: to put on a firmer footing Example: "The DfT appears to have put things on a firmer footing, but the path is littered with cautionary tales of transport projects that later went off the rails.
Word: firmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From firm + -er. 1. A physical exercise or cosmetic product intended to firm part of the body. Example: face firmers 2. A thin chisel with a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it.
Word: fonder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of fond: more fond Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: fatter Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfætɚ/, /ˈfæɾɚ/ 1. comparative form of fat: more fat Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: kindest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of kind: most kind Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: strictest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of strict: most strict Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: clearest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clear Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English clearest From clear + -est. 1. superlative form of clear: most clear Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: clearest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English clear Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English clearest From clear + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of clear Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: inconstancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + constancy or inconstant + -cy. 1. Lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although she loved him for many years, his inconstancy eventually drove her to another.
Word: infallibility Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/, /ˌɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/ 1. The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The myth of the infallibility and objectivity of medicine and all science has come to replace religious myths.
Word: undoubted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English undouted, undoutid, equivalent to un- + doubted. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdaʊtɪd/ 1. Without doubt; without question; certain. Example: His undoubted skill meant that he was in much demand. Example: More should I question thee, and more I must, Though more to know could not be more to trust, From whence thou camest, how tended on: but rest Unquestion’d welcome and undoubted blest.
Word: regeneration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + generation or regenerate + -ion, from Latin regenerātiō. 1. Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration. Example: Iversen holds that these changes indicate the arrival of farmers, the phase of Landnam or land occupation, that the charcoal comes from clearance fires; that herbaceous pollen suggests the opening-up of the land; cereals, fields; the plantains, weeds; and birch and hazel, regeneration of the forests after the exhaustion of the plot. 2. Spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The standard ring of regeneration restores one point of damage per turn (and will eventually replace lost limbs or organs). Example: 2003, Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation. 6. The property of a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: restructuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of restructure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: restructuring Part of Speech: noun 1. A reorganization; an alteration of structure.
Word: large scale Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of large-scale. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: small scale Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of small-scale. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eventful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From event + -ful. 1. Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events. Example: With the number of drunken revellers on the streets it could hardly fail to be an eventful night. Example: […] there was something of the habitude of the wild animal in the unreflecting instinct with which she rambled on — disconnecting herself by littles from her eventful past at every step, obliterating her identity […]
Word: cheerily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cheery Middle English -ly English -ly English cheerily From cheery + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːɹɪli/ 1. In a cheerful manner; with a cheery demeanour. Example: Having already dismissed the story as a heap of piffle, he cheerily advised the reporters to go for a run. Example: Matters stood thus in the Castle of Avenel, when a winded bugle sent its shrill and prolonged notes from the shore of the lake, and was replied to cheerily by the signal of the warder.
Word: meekly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mekely, mekeliche, equivalent to meek + -ly. Compare Old Norse mjúkliga. Pronunciation: /miːk.li/ 1. In a meek manner; quietly and humbly. Example: When Faith and Love which parted from thee never Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God, Meekly thou did'st resign this earthly load Of Death, call'd Life; which us from Life doth sever. Example: It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.
Word: fortepiano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian fortepiano, from forte (“loud”) + piano (“soft”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːteɪ.piˈænoʊ/, /ˌfoɹ.teɪ.piˈænoʊ/ 1. A keyboard instrument; the smaller, quieter precursor to the pianoforte.
Word: acknowledges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acknowledge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acknowledges.
Word: inattentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English attentive English inattentive From in- + attentive. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.əˈtɛn.tɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to a lack of attention; not paying attention; careless. Example: He was inattentive in class and did not do well in his exams.
Word: marketable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English market Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English marketable From market + -able. 1. Capable of being marketed. Example: The quality and scarcity ensured that the product was eminently marketable. Example: If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired. 2. Saleable (of goods) or employable (of people). Example: The massive unemployment rate among young people today can surely be explained at least in part by the manner in which public schools prevented them from obtaining many marketable talents and attributes.
Word: eventfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eventful Middle English -ly English -ly English eventfully From eventful + -ly. 1. In an eventful manner; with much activity.
Word: eventfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eventful 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 eventfulness From eventful + -ness. 1. The property of being eventful. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chance'd be a fine thing Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: An ellipsis of even having a chance [to do so / at that] would be a fine thing and similar ideas, in reference to something that is either completely impossible or currently forbidden by circumstances, higher authorities, etc., originally chiefly with regard to opportunities to have sex or get married. 1. Synonym of no chance or fat chance, with a somewhat more cheerful attitude. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: Mrs Hawthon: Why didn't you get wed if you were so curious? There's plenty would have had you. Fanny: Chance is a fine thing. Happen I wouldn't have had them! Mrs Hawthorn: Happen you'll be sorry for it before long. There's not so many will have you now, if this gets about. Example: Come on. You're management, Corrigan. Get it sorted. Right. Chance would be a fine thing. [VO] That's a thing people say, isn't it... Mark, can't you reset it? Chance would be a fine thing, Lisa. I know what you should do. Coffee run. Corrigan, 200 lattes. Good, good one Jeff. Chance would be a fine thing, a fine thing indeed. [VO] Hmm. Saying that too often now.
Word: synchroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From synchro- + -scope, from syn- + chrono- + -scope, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún)+χρόνος (khrónos)+σκοπέω (skopéō). 1. An instrument that indicates the degree to which two alternating current systems are synchronised with each other; used especially in electricity generation. 2. An instrument used to synchronise the propellers of a twin-engine aircraft.
Word: middle-of-the-roadness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English middle-of-the-road 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 middle-of-the-roadness From middle-of-the-road + -ness. 1. The quality of being middle-of-the-road. Labels: uncountable
Word: middle-of-the-road Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of middle of the road. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Even some middle-of-the-road economic commentators have been hyperventilating, saying that she’s essentially calling for price controls, which is odd, because she didn’t say anything like that.
Word: razed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of raze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: razed Part of Speech: adj 1. Slashed or striped in patterns. Labels: obsolete Example: Would not this, sir, and a forest of feathers—if the rest of my fortunes turn Turk with me—with two Provincial roses on my raz’d shoes, get me a fellowship in a cry of players, sir?
Word: en bloc Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French en bloc. Pronunciation: /ɒ̃ ˈblɒk/ 1. As a whole; all at once; all together. Labels: not-comparable Example: The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?
Word: Lodebar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Translated, it means "land of nothing". 1. A place where David found a member of the family of Saul. Example: Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
Word: censi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of census Labels: form-of, plural, proscribed, rare
Word: Dhanalaxmi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Cf. dhana and Laxmi. 1. A Hindu goddess, one of the eight forms of Laxmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity. Labels: Hinduism Example: On the following day, the woman-folk worship Goddess Dhanalaxmi for prosperity. Example: 2004, http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov112004/deep2.asp Goddess Dhanalaxmi is propitiated on the Amavasya night in Hindu homes. Goddess Laxmi is said to have emerged from the ocean during the 'samudra manthan'. Her birth is celebrated with pujas, illuminations and crackers and festivity in every Hindu home.
Word: auricula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin auricula (“external ear; ear”). Doublet of auricle. 1. The external part of the ear. 2. A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart. 3. A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura. 4. An ornamental primrose (Primula auricula) Labels: plural Example: Réné came on quietly, his trowel in one hand, some auricula roots in the other.
Word: brushwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brush + wood. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌʃˌwʊd/ 1. Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His pupils assemble every evening before his tent; where, by the light of a large fire, made of brushwood and cow’s dung, they are taught a few sentences from the Koran, and are initiated into the principles of their creed. Example: Small streams with hollowed-out banks came into sight, and the tiniest mill-ponds with frail dams, and little villages with low peasant huts under dark roofs, often with half their thatch gone, and small threshing barns all tilted to one side with walls made out of woven brushwood and gaping openings beside dilabidated hay-barns […] 2. Small trees and shrubs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The river above Goet-accord becomes very narrow, being lined on each ſide with impenetrable bruſh-wood, like the river Cottica, between Devil's-Harwar and Patamaca; [...] Example: Without any solicitation, or desire for profit on his part, he had been asked to execute during that winter a very large order for hurdles and other copseware, for which purpose he had been obliged to buy several acres of brushwood standing.
Word: correcte Part of Speech: noun 1. Possibly a medicinal herb. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: fire eater Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fire-eater. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gas fire Part of Speech: noun 1. A fireplace or heater whose flames are fuelled by combustible gas.
Word: fire escape Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out. Example: Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room. 2. The entire escape route viewed as a whole. 3. Any apparatus designed to allow people to escape a burning building, such as a canvas tube for sliding down. Labels: historical
Word: fire-resistant Part of Speech: adj 1. Capable of withstanding fire, either permanently or for a pre-determined time.
Word: vases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: planters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brutes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹuːts/ 1. plural of brute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chestnuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chestnut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticipations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticipation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: competitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of competitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appropriations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃənz/ 1. plural of appropriation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invaders Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪ.də(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of invader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detectives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of detective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: builders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of builder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: builders Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of builders' tea (builder's tea). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: ducats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ducat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squadrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squadron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squadrons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of squadron Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: handkerchiefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handkerchief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: constituents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constituent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: utterances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌtəɹənsəz/ 1. plural of utterance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thickets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thicket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monasteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monastery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɚz/, /əˈlɛktɚz/ 1. plural of elector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assailants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assailant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Philistines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Philistine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: victors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of victor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deficiencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deficiency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holier-than-thou Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Isaiah 65:5 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou”; from Biblical Hebrew קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ (qəḏaštîḵā). Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.li.ə ðən ˈðaʊ/, /ˈhoʊ.li.ɚ ðən ˈðaʊ/ 1. Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior. Labels: derogatory Example: [T]here are local jealousies and disunities which are not likely to be soothed by the patent fact that companies which most strenuously assert the I-am-holier-than-thou claim daily violate the rules by which they profess to be invariably governed, [...] Example: Hippolytus is quite insufferable in his endless protestations of pity and purity. One tires of such abnormal goodness and wishes for a little natural depravity. He is a perfect type of the "holier than thou" individual whose secret heart is a very stagnation of egotism, selfishness and disregard for others' feelings.
Word: affaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precipices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of precipice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astronomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astronomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bunsen pile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. 1. An early electrical battery using multiple cells of zinc and graphite in dilute chromic acid. Labels: physical
Word: landaulet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English landau Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English landaulet From landau + -let. 1. A small landau.
Word: Bunsen cell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. 1. An early electrical battery using zinc and graphite in dilute chromic acid. Labels: physical
Word: couverture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French couverture. Doublet of coverture. Pronunciation: /ˈkuvərtʃ(ʊ)ər/ 1. Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative spelling of coverture. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Confucianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)uŋ Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) Mandarin 夫 Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ Mandarin 子 Mandarin 夫子 (fūzǐ) Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ) Latin -ius New Latin Cōnfuciuslbor. English Confucius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Confucian 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 Confucianism From Confucian + -ism. 1. The philosophy and teaching of Confucius, which emphasizes self-cultivation, collective harmony, righteousness and the family structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A third important part of Confucianism is the concept of chun tzu or "ideal gentlemanly behavior." Confucius believed that the ideal man "is kind and upholds moral principles. He is a man who loves learning, who is calm and perfectly at ease and constantly careful of his own conduct, believing that by example he has great influence over society." 2. The school of thought and philosophy centered on Confucian principles, originating in China, including later teachings of scholars such as Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Chinese New Year holiday period, being disrupted this year by the outbreak of a viral illness, has evolved over more than 3,000 years to become the most important of China’s traditional festivals. As celebrated in China and in many other places where its known as the Lunar New Year, it is largely a secular holiday, yet it includes rituals and traditions that derive from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as from ancient myths and folk religions. 3. A saying, epithet or idea attributed to Confucius. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Confucianisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Confucianism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: social security Part of Speech: noun 1. A system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens. Labels: uncountable 2. Those benefits paid under such a system. Labels: uncountable 3. A specific such social benefit providing income in retirement or disability. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: social insurance (not always different)
Word: deliverer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deliver + -er. 1. One who delivers. 2. One who brings deliverance. Example: "Thus, even thus, have I lived for full two thousand years [...] tormented by the memory of a crime, tortured day and night with an unfulfilled desire - without companionship, without comfort, without death, and led on only down my dreary road by the marsh lights of Hope, which, though they flickered here and there, and now glowed strong, and now were not, yet, as my skill told me, would one day lead unto my deliverer."
Word: inquirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inquire Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English inquirer From inquire + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪ.əɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who inquires.
Word: anatiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin anas, anat- (“duck”) + -i- + -ferous. Pronunciation: /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/ 1. Producing ducks. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Thomas Browne (1646), Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book III: “[I]f there be anatiferous trees, whoſe corruption breaks forth into Bernacles, yet if they corrupt, they degenerate into maggots, which not produce them again.”
Word: preserver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English preserve Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English preserver From preserve + -er. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈzɝvɝ/ 1. One who preserves. Example: Like lightning Numa turned upon this new enemy, and, defenseless as he was, Tarzan of the Apes was nearer to death that instant than he ever before had been. It was the black who saved him. The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw that only a miracle could save his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own flesh. 2. A life preserver. 3. A person who refinishes furniture. 4. A person who prepares preserves of fruit or preserved meats.
Word: polypus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polyp. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑlɪpəs/, /ˈpɒlɪpəs/ 1. A medical phenomenon. Example: The nasal passages should be carefully examined for symptoms of stegnosis, enlargement of the turbinated bones, polypi, etc. 2. A medical phenomenon. 3. An aquatic creature. Labels: obsolete Example: He had been becalmed in the tropical seas, and had watched, in eager expectation, though unhappily always in vain, to see the colossal polypus rise from the water, and entwine its enormous arms round the masts and the rigging. Example: From many a wondrous grot and secret cell Unnumbered and enormous polypi Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green. 4. An aquatic creature. Labels: archaic
Word: post-mortem Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of post mortem. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: As the physician can obtain the faculty of making correct diagnoses of obscure diseases only by carefully attending to ante-mortem symptoms and post-mortem examinations, so the engineer must solve the mysteries of boiler accidents by studying defunct structures of many different types. Example: Halpin [Frayser]’s death and the post-mortem demoniacalness of the well-bred Southern woman, lops off the grafted branches of the human and cuts it down to that stump of itself which is primordial, persistent, unconscious animalism.
Word: post-mortem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of post mortem. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sufferance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/ 1. Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: At length when as he ſaw her haſtie heat / Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, / He through long ſufferãce growing now more great, / Roſe in his strength, and gan her freſh aſſayle, [...] Example: I indulged in this meditation for a moment, and then again addressed the mourner, who stood leaning against the bed with that expression of resigned despair, of complete misery, and a patient sufferance of it, which is far more touching than any of the insane ravings or wild gesticulation of untamed sorrow. 2. Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; [...] Example: Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favour, they erected to themselves oratories. 3. Suffering; pain, misery. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The sufferances which simply touch us in minde, doe much lesse afflict me, then most men [...]. Example: Fortune, do diuorce / It from the bearer, 'tis a ſufferance, panging / As ſoule and bodies ſeuering. 4. Loss; damage; injury. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The deſperate Tempeſt has ſo bang'd the Turke, / That their deſignement halts; Another ſhippe of Venice hath ſeene / A greeuous wracke and ſufferance / On moſt part of the Fleete. 5. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. Labels: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: unsuspecting 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 suspecting English unsuspecting From un- + suspecting. 1. Not suspecting; without any suspicion. Example: He easily shot the unsuspecting target. Example: One by one grotesque forms emerged from the jungle to creep stealthily upon the unsuspecting woman.
Word: meteorological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English meteorology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English meteorological From meteorology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌmitiəɹəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/, /ˌmiːtɪəɹəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to meteorology. Labels: not-comparable Example: The trip was postponed because the meteorological conditions were so bad. Example: But from time to time, June throws up a curveball, in the shape of unusual and hard to predict meteorological events.
Word: cop shop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cop (“police officer”) + shop (“workplace”). 1. A police station. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: 1977-1984, Cop Shop (title of an Australian television series). Example: Billy Suggs spotted Sam standing outside the cop shop when he still was two blocks away.
Word: hidden agenda Part of Speech: noun 1. A wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody, even though people may be affected in a negative way.
Word: uninjured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + injured. 1. That did not suffer injury. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of the three, two were hurt and went to hospital, but the uninjured one made her way home.
Word: uninjured Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + injured. 1. One or many people or objects that have not suffered injury. Labels: uncountable Example: The driver was hurt and went to hospital whilst the uninjured passengers went home.
Word: barrenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bareynnesse; equivalent to barren + -ness. 1. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: ‘She has come with a garment of sorrow and barrenness; she will return with a garment of twins.’
Word: sluggishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sluggish 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 sluggishness From sluggish + -ness. 1. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.
Word: incitement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/ 1. A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way. Example: The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least. Example: Another element in the incitement, however unwitting, was political.
Word: unhallowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unhalowyd; equivalent to un- + hallowed. 1. Not hallowed or blessed; unholy. Example: The murderer was buried in unhallowed ground. Example: Gra[tiano]. O be thou damn’d, inexecrable dog, / And for thy life let iuſtice be accuſde; / Thou almoſt mak’ſt me wauer in my faith, / To hold opinion with Pythagoras, / That ſoules of Animals infuſe themſelues / Into the trunks of men: Thy curriſh ſpirit / Gouern’d a Wolfe, who, hang’d for humane ſlaughter, / Euen from the gallowes did his fell ſoule fleete, / And whilſt thou layeſt in thy vnhallowed dam, / Infuſde it ſelfe in thee: for thy deſires / Are woluiſh, bloody, ſtaru’d and rauenous.
Word: petulance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pétulance, and its source, Latin petulantia. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtjʊləns/, /ˈpɛt͡ʃələns/ 1. Rudeness, insolence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [W]ise men knew, that that, which looked like pride in some, and like petulance in others, would, by experience in affairs, and conversation amongst men, both of which most of them wanted, be in time wrought off […] 2. An insolent remark or act. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I believe I was guilty of a petulance, which nothing but my uneasy situation can excuse; if that can. 3. Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She […] had shown herself angry and sore, and was now ashamed of her own petulance, and yet unable to discontinue it.
Word: hereabout Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From here + about. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪəɹəˈbaʊt/ 1. About this; concerning this. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Close to; nearby. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am sure my grandmother lived hereabout.
Word: untroubled 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 troubled English untroubled From un- + troubled. 1. Without worries; free from care. Example: Once the exams were over, she enjoyed untroubled sleep once more.
Word: untroubled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of untrouble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moonbeam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of moon + beam. Pronunciation: /ˈmun.bim/ 1. A ray or shaft of moonlight. Example: Holonym: moonlight Example: Be kinde and curteous to this gentleman, / Hop in his walkes, and gambole in his eyes, / Feede him with Apricocks, and Dewberries, / With purple Grapes, greene figges, and Mulberries, / The hony bagges ſteale from the humble Bees, / And for night tapers, croppe their waxen thighes, / And light them with at the fiery Glowe-wormes eyes, / To haue my loue to bedde, and to ariſe, / And pluck the wings, from painted Butterflies, / To fanne the Moone-beames from his ſleeping eyes, / Nod to him Elues, and doe him curteſies. 2. Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Philiris. 3. Someone who tends to be dreamy and prone to unrealistic romanticism. Example: While you're responding to the dithering confusing Lynda is causing in the bus depot, you're absorbing the emotions between mother and child. Darcy is often very grownup around her mother, as if she knew that Lynda is a bit of a moonbeam and needs looking after. Example: Dreaming of the mountain was for moonbeams, he told me, not for people who had been born up there. 4. A goal or aspiration that appears attractive but is ultimately insubstantial. Example: Therefore it has always seemed clear to me, and that has been the decision of the Senate for many years before when we have had these questions stoutly contested, that where the direction (which is legislation, of course, just as the appropriation is) is confined to the appropriation, to the expenditure of the money appropriated, which can not be paid out of the Treasury without the consent of Congress, Congress may say that it shall be paid for moonbeams, if it pleases, although the Constitution of the United States itself might say that no money should be paid for buying moonbeams. Example: So much for moonbeams and politics.
Word: disposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dispose + -er. 1. One who or that which disposes or disposes of something. Example: Near-synonyms: (sentient agent type) decider, determiner Example: the disposer of all things [Allah]
Word: alimentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French aliment Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French alimenter Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French alimentationbor. English alimentation Borrowed from French alimentation. 1. Alimony. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Nourishment, as a process or as a substance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A French delicatessen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unmanly 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 manly English unmanly From un- + manly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmænli/ 1. Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character. Example: 'I do not know which is the worse,' he cried, 'the fraudulent old villain or the unmanly young cub. […] Example: He'd be wearing white pants and playing lawn tennis presently if he continued to grow much softer and more unmanly. 2. Of or pertaining to something not human. Labels: archaic Example: And then, it may be, of his wish to roam Repented he, but in his bosom slept The silent thought, nor from his lips did come One word of wail, whilst others sate and wept, And to the reckless gales unmanly moaning kept. Example: I had bought a toy in the street for my own amusement. It represented a woman, a young mother, flinging her little son over her head with one hand and catching him in the other ... The unmanly chuckle always came, I found, when the poor lady dropped her babe, […] 3. Not acceptable from a man. Example: Mr. Coverley was quite brutal: he swore at her with unmanly rage, and seemed scarce able to refrain even from striking her. Example: "Lor’, sir, you wouldn’t have ’em in short clothes, poor little dears?" And she said it in a tone that seemed to imply I had suggested some unmanly outrage. 4. Not becoming of a man. Example: Jo wanted to lay her head down on that motherly bosom, and cry her grief and anger all away, but tears were an unmanly weakness, and she felt so deeply injured that she really couldn’t quite forgive yet. Example: First, the more robust boys considered talking with girls an unmanly occupation; second, the greater part of the boys were afraid; third, they had no idea of what to say, because they esteemed the proper sentences should be supernaturally incisive and eloquent. 5. Cowardly, base. Example: Full many mischiefes follow cruell Wrath; Abhorred bloodshed and tumultuous strife, Unmanly murder, and unthrifty scath, Bitter despight, with rancours rusty knife, And fretting griefe the enemy of life; All these, and many evils moe haunt ire, The swelling Splene, and Frenzy raging rife, The shaking Palsey, and Saint Fraunces fire: Such one was Wrath, the last of this ungodly tire.
Word: unmanly Part of Speech: adv 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 manly English unmanly From un- + manly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmænli/ 1. In a manner that is unmanly. Example: He had acted unmanly, unworthy of a gentleman. Example: "That means that we shan't quarrel if I agree to whatever you are going to propose. What is it you want to say?" he asked, becoming grave in his turn. "Is it that I have behaved unmanly in visiting your room in your absence? Why cavil about a little thing of that sort? I do this for you as I would for Dora."
Word: evolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of evolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: personify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From person + -ify, after French personnifier. Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɒnɪfaɪ/ 1. To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. Labels: transitive Example: Mozart could be said to personify musical genius. 2. To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona. Labels: transitive Example: The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper. Example: If ever any of the girls had taken a fancy to personify their good genius, they would certainly have given to his image all they remembered of "Uncle Frank."
Word: personifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of personify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: personifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of personify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: personifying Part of Speech: noun 1. Personification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] rejecting poetic pantheism and sentimental Romantic personifyings of inanimate things.
Word: personified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of personify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: guider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gider, gyder, equivalent to guide + -er. Compare Old French guidëor. 1. One who guides. 2. A person in charge of an almshouse. Labels: historical
Word: conciliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French conciliation. 1. The process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: insufficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sufficiency English insufficiency From in- + sufficiency. Pronunciation: /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/ 1. The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something). Example: Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy Example: The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.
Word: dermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From derm + -al. First attested in the early 19th century. Pronunciation: [ˈdɜːməɫ] 1. Of or pertaining to skin or integument (or other forms of tissue) Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: epidermal, epidermo- Example: The dermal muscles in the face are used to form expressions.
Word: dermal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From derm + -al. First attested in the early 19th century. Pronunciation: [ˈdɜːməɫ] 1. A body piercing consisting of an object positioned partially below and partially above the skin. Example: Anchors with holes in the heel and toe of the foot are for dermals that are meant to be permanent. As the piercing heals, the tissue attaches to the foot around the holes, anchoring it in.
Word: relaxant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlæksənt/ 1. A drug or other agent that promotes relaxation.
Word: cubic yard Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of volumetric measurement equivalent to a cube one yard in each dimension.