nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: camp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp/, [ˈkʰæmp], /ˈkeə̯mp/, [ˈkʰeə̯mp], /ˈkɛə̯mp/ 1. To behave in a camp manner. Example: Oster and his two co-stars, Jamie MacKenzie and Bill Martel, boogie and bop, sway and swish, camp and croon through tightly worked production numbers addressing a range of serious (and not so serious) issues that middle class, urban gay men come up against.
Word: camp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish campo (“countryside”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp/, [ˈkʰæmp], /ˈkeə̯mp/, [ˈkʰeə̯mp], /ˈkɛə̯mp/ 1. The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 2. An electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that comprises all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. The pampas, which are the vast grassy areas situated in the rural areas beyond Argentine cities such as Buenos Aires. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: sepulchre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəlkə/, /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/, /ˈsiːpəlkəɹ/ 1. A burial chamber. Example: Near-synonym: crypt Example: By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, […] 2. A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter. Labels: historical
Word: sepulchre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpəlkə/, /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/, /ˈsiːpəlkəɹ/ 1. To place in a sepulchre. Labels: transitive Example: And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Example: Not one of the ordinary motives—the vanity or the selfishness which people call by the name of love—actuated her through this long trial; she had everything to fear, and nothing to expect. What creation of the poet ever exceeded this terrible reality of love sepulchred in this living tomb?
Word: John the Baptist Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, calqued from Latin Iōannēs Baptista. 1. A prophet of the New Testament who baptized Jesus and was subsequently executed by Herod Antipas. Example: In those daies came Iohn the Baptist, preaching in the wildernesse of Iudea, And saying, Repent yee: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.
Word: John the Baptist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Johan þe Babtis, calqued from Latin Iōannēs Baptista. 1. A harbinger or prophetic figure, often one initially ignored or rejected by others. Labels: figuratively Example: […] and praise such as Glenn Frank’s: “Keyserling may turn out to be a John the Baptist of a new Western civilization.” Example: In 1935 Szálasi had been a lonely John the Baptist in Hungarian politics, the self-appointed leader of a tiny party, less than 500 strong, advocating an unpopular cause.
Word: mechanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechanic From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine. Pronunciation: /mɪˈkænɪk/, /məˈkanɪk/, /məˈkænɪk/, /məˈkæːnɪk/, /-ək/ 1. mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics Labels: archaic Example: […] these mechanick Philosophers being in no Way able to give an Account thereof from the necessary motion of Matter, unguided by Mind for Ends […] 2. mechanical; precise but lifeless, as if performed by machine Labels: archaic Example: But, for the unquiet heart and brain, ⁠A use in measured language lies; ⁠The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. 3. Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base. Labels: obsolete Example: Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. Example: Authors both Sacred and Profane we see complain of the Level of Learning, with Mechanick Ignorance: [...]
Word: mechanic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechanic From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine. Pronunciation: /mɪˈkænɪk/, /məˈkanɪk/, /məˈkænɪk/, /məˈkæːnɪk/, /-ək/ 1. A manual worker; a labourer or artisan. Labels: historical Example: His noble earnestness, his fidelity, his gallant shielding of her, his generous conquest of his own wrong and his own pride for her sake, are simply honourable, manly, and true. Nothing less worthy can be seen through the lustre of such qualities in the commonest mechanic, nothing less worthy can be seen in the best-born gentleman. Example: The lower orders were freer than they had ever been – free […] to choose their own lay preachers, mechanics like the rest of the congregation. 2. Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar. 3. A device, method or means; a function. 4. A device, method or means; a function. Example: This game has a mechanic where if you run toward a ledge you automatically jump off rather than just falling. 5. A hitman. Labels: slang Example: And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing. Overnight he became the best grunt we had, a real killer, a mechanic. 6. A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice. Example: I can do other things beside burglarizing. I'm a first-class crap dealer, I'm a pretty good card mechanic, pretty good dice mechanic. Example: It was so obvious. I mean, all of Nicky's half-assed mechanics, they were real signal happy.
Word: shrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein). Pronunciation: /ʃɹaɪ̯n/ 1. A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped. Example: Entering the tunnel, we pass a small shrine above our heads which contains a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers. It is traditional to have such shrines on every tunnel site. 2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. 3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations. Labels: figuratively Example: a shrine of art
Word: shrine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein). Pronunciation: /ʃɹaɪ̯n/ 1. To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine. Labels: transitive Example: Shrined in his sanctuary.
Word: mecomtronics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earliest 1975. Blend of mechanics + computers + telecommunications + electronics. Compare -tronics. 1. The combined disciplines of mechanics, computers, telecommunications and electronics; robotics. Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: […] Mecomtronics Technology […] Example: 2005. Fern A. Oram. Peterson's Two-Year Colleges, page 528, Degree and certificate programs are offered in […] mechanical manufacturing technology, mecomtronics engineering technology, medical laboratory technology […]
Word: apostate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒs.teɪt/, /əˈpɒs.tət/, /əˈpɔs.teɪt/, /əˈpɔs.tət/, /əˈpɔs.tɪt/ 1. Guilty of apostasy. Labels: not-comparable Example: We must punish this apostate priest. Example: VVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, and from thee vvithdravv / The number of thy vvorſhippers.
Word: apostate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒs.teɪt/, /əˈpɒs.tət/, /əˈpɔs.teɪt/, /əˈpɔs.tət/, /əˈpɔs.tɪt/ 1. A person who has renounced a religion or faith. Labels: countable 2. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession. 3. One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc. Labels: broadly Example: But the most politically damaging blow came from a late-breaking apostate: Mr. Clooney, who just weeks earlier had spent time with Mr. Biden and helped deliver $28 million to his campaign at a Los Angeles fund-raiser.
Word: victim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”). Although this root and victor drive from homophonous PIE roots, they are traditionally reconstructed as separate words and thus not cognates. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪktɪm/, /ˈvɪktəm/ 1. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular Example: The victim of the robbery gave a detailed statement. Example: crime victim 2. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: Example: victims of assault; the murderer's victims Example: became another victim of the latest scam 3. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: Example: a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash Example: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, […] !” 4. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: Example: a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence Example: the newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsiders 5. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: Example: relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane Example: victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck 6. A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. 7. A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. Labels: broadly
Word: victim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”). Although this root and victor drive from homophonous PIE roots, they are traditionally reconstructed as separate words and thus not cognates. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪktɪm/, /ˈvɪktəm/ 1. To make (something) a victim (especially of a ritual sacrifice); to victimize. Labels: nonstandard, rare, transitive
Word: zoologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zoology 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 zoologist From zoology + -ist. Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒləd͡ʒɪst/, /zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒɪst/, /zuːˈɒlədʒɪst/, /zuˈɑlədʒɪst/ 1. One who studies or practices zoology.
Word: ugly duckling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Danish grim ælling. From the fairy tale of a duckling, considered ugly, that matures into a magnificent swan. Pronunciation: /ˈʌɡ.liː ˌdʌk.lɪŋ/, /ˈʌɡ.li ˌdʌk.lɪŋ/, /ˈɐɡ.liː ˌdɐk.lɪŋ/, /ˈɐɡ.liː ˌdɐk.ləŋ/ 1. A young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful or handsome as they mature. Labels: idiomatic Example: The ugly duckling has become a very fine swan, and Rachel Sprigg and her team have worked hard to ensure that Derby is a worthy winner of that coveted National Rail Award. They can be proud of their achievements. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ugly, duckling.
Word: SSPX Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Society of Saint Pius X, a group of traditionalist Roman Catholics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The SSPX, founded in 1970 in Ecône to oppose liberalising changes in the Catholic church, is a considered a threat to Pope Leo’s leadership since it represents a parallel, ultra-Catholic church.
Word: birds of the feather flock together Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of birds of a feather flock together. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: murderess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English morderes, from Old French morderesse, moeurdrese; equivalent to murder + -ess. Pronunciation: /mɜːdəˈɹɛs/, /ˈmɜːdəɹɪs/, /ˈmɜːdɹɪs/, /-ɹəs/, /ˈmɝdəɹəs/ 1. Female equivalent of murderer: a woman who commits murder. Labels: dated, feminine, form-of Example: ‘[…] Yet am I very fair, Kallikrates!’ / ‘I hate thee, murdress, and I have no wish to see thee.[…]’ Example: With the main crisis is linked the scene in which the murderess, casting off the mask of her hypocrisy, openly exults in her deed, defends herself, and defies her subjects.
Word: murderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːdəɹə/, /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ 1. A person who commits murder. Example: Neither does a great nation […] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers. Example: It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police. The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled. The stick with which the deed had been done, although it was of some rare and very tough and heavy wood, had broken in the middle under the stress of this insensate cruelty; […]
Word: sup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *suppōną Proto-Germanic *sūpaną Proto-West Germanic *sūpan Old English sūpan Middle English soupen English sup The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck. The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon. Example: There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup. Example: We stood upon the forehead of the hills, / And lifted up our hearts in prayer; / And as we halted, reverent, / Meseemed that Nature o’er us bent, / That she did bid us sup / From bread she gave and from her cup.
Word: sup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *suppōną Proto-Germanic *sūpaną Proto-West Germanic *sūpan Old English sūpan Middle English soupen English sup The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck. The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Not a sup will I swallow, nor a bit will I bite, till Burd Ellen is set free. Example: Is it stoppin' there you'd be till every sup of the say's dhrained out on us to beyant the King Pharaoh's Islands?
Word: sup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman superbor. Middle English soupen English sup From Middle English soupen, suppen, Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe. More at soup. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. To eat supper. Example: ...I propose we should have up the cold pie, and let him sup. Example: I pray you, be seated and sup how you please. You will, I trust, excuse me that I do not join you; but I have dined already, and I do not sup.
Word: sup Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Procopic form of what's up (“how are you doing?”) Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. what's up (either as a greeting or actual question) Labels: slang Example: — Sup? — Not much.
Word: sup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From s- + up. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First syllable of superintendent. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. Superintendent. Labels: informal Example: They had put in the stretch-out and they were laying people off and there was talk of a union. "Let's have a union." "Mr. Shaw won't stand for it. The sup won't stand for it." Example: Cpl. Perez, the radio sup said, "Everything checks out OK, Sarge. We're up and working."
Word: sup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First syllable of superior. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. Supremum, upper limit. Example: Values for the sup W statistic in excess of the 5 percent critical value (2.75 for booms and 2.77 for slumps) indicate rejection of the null hypothesis of no change in the dureation of booms and slumps in real commodity prices. Example: For a wide class of connected open sets U, not necessarily simply connected, one proves the existence of a harmonic function on U having given boundary value (satisfying suitable integrability conditions) by taking the sup of the subharmonic functions having this boundary value.
Word: sup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of supplement. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. Supplement. Labels: colloquial
Word: sup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First syllable of supervision. Pronunciation: /sʌp/, /sup/ 1. A supervision.
Word: diocese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/, /-siz/ 1. An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy. Labels: historical 2. An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.
Word: bryndza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak bryndza, from Romanian brânză (“cheese”), of uncertain origin; it was possibly borrowed from Albanian brëndës (“intestines”), or from a substrate language. Originally referred to cheeses prepared in a sheep's stomach by reacting with the rennet inside. 1. A soft cheese made from sheep's milk, primarily made in Central and Eastern Europe. Labels: uncountable
Word: morgue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers. Pronunciation: /mɔːɡ/, /moɹɡ/, [mo̞ɹɡ], /mɔː(ɹ)ɡ/ 1. A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance. Labels: archaic Example: They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board. 2. A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts. 3. The archive and background information division of a newspaper. Labels: dated, slang Example: Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue Example: Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.
Word: godfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English godfader, from Old English godfæder (“godfather”), equivalent to god- + father. Cognate with Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), Danish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Swedish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdfɑðɚ/, /ˈɡɒdfɑːðə/ 1. A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. 2. Someone who plays a key role in fostering the development of something. Labels: figuratively Example: The man often touted as the godfather of AI has quit Google, citing concerns over the flood of misinformation, the possibility for AI to upend the job market, and the “existential risk” posed by the creation of a true digital intelligence. Example: “They are trying to kill the messenger with the bad news, it’s crazy,” said Dr James Hansen, known as the godfather of climate science and previously director of Giss for more than 30 years. 3. A mafia leader. 4. A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
Word: godfather Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English godfader, from Old English godfæder (“godfather”), equivalent to god- + father. Cognate with Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), Danish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Swedish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdfɑðɚ/, /ˈɡɒdfɑːðə/ 1. To act as godfather or guardian to. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: Hull objected violently that aid had not been used to extract commitments on postwar economic policy; the joint chiefs had wanted bases; others in the military still wanted Britain to play only a minor, if any, role in the Pacific; and they were all apparently angry at the Treasury for godfathering the Quebec Agreement. Example: But months before, he'd agreed to godfather the premiere of The Godfather.
Word: vara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”). 1. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm. Labels: historical 2. A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m. Labels: historical 3. A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m². Labels: historical
Word: clitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλιτικός (klitikós, “inflexional”). Pronunciation: /ˈklɪtɪk/ 1. A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word). Example: In fact, even within the northern Italian dialects, subject clitics do not constitute a syntactically uniform class, as has been convincingly argued in Poletto's work. Example: In Macedonian, clitic-doubling is a fully-fledged phenomenon. The Macedonian Dat and Acc pronominal clitics, which originate in agreement phrases and move to preverbal position,¹⁰ where they cluster with other clausal clitics, are on their way to becoming mere case markers, which formally distinguish direct and indirect objects from subjects.
Word: enclitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin encliticus, from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós, “inclined towards”), from ἐγκλίνειν (enklínein, “lean on”), from ἐν (en, “upon”) + κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈklɪtɪk/, /ɛnˈklɪtɪk/ 1. A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both. Example: The English possessive 's is an enclitic.
Word: enclitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin encliticus, from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós, “inclined towards”), from ἐγκλίνειν (enklínein, “lean on”), from ἐν (en, “upon”) + κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈklɪtɪk/, /ɛnˈklɪtɪk/ 1. Affixed phonetically. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proclitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/, /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/, [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk], /pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/, [pɹəʉˈklɪɾ.ɪk] 1. A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both. Example: In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'.
Word: legs eleven Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional call for the number eleven usually during the game Bingo. Labels: uncountable
Word: two fat ladies Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional call for the number eighty-eight. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: autolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -latry. 1. The worship of oneself. Labels: uncountable
Word: vanward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English van Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English vanward From van + -ward. 1. On or towards the front.
Word: vanward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English van Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English vanward From van + -ward. 1. Towards the front.
Word: vanward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English van Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English vanward From van + -ward. 1. The vanguard of an army. Labels: archaic
Word: scacchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Italian scacchi Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English scacchic Borrowed from Italian scacchi (“chess”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Scacchi is derived from Provençal escac (“chess piece”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king, shah; (chess) king”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to get control or power over; to obtain, receive; to take by the hand”). Doublet of chess. Pronunciation: /ˈskækɪk/ 1. Of or relating to chess. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: [A]lthough Brunet y Bellet has indeed given a valuable description and reproduction of the Introductory portions of the scacchic part of that MS., he does not pretend to treat the positions of even that section, and has little or nothing to say about the pages filled with examples of other games. Example: The second theme to feed in from Bloodline is that of playing games. This is certainly true of the scacchic opening, […]
Word: quidnunc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quid nunc? (“what now?”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪdˌnʌŋk/ 1. A person eager to learn news and scandal. Labels: archaic Example: The College Sloven, or embroidered Spark, The purple Prelate, or the parish Clerk, The quiet Quidnunc, or demanding Prig, The plaintiff Tory, or defendant Whig; Example: We all did our duty, which, in the patriot's, soldier's, and gentleman's language, is a very comprehensive word, of great honour, meaning, and import, and of which the generality of idle quidnuncs and coffee-house politicians can hardly form any but a very mean and contemptible idea.
Word: mytacism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μυτακισμός (mutakismós, “fondness of the letter mu”). By surface analysis from mu (Greek letter representing /m/) + -tacism. 1. A speech disorder manifesting as an abnormal repetition of the sound /m/ or replacement of consonants with m-like sounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: logomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From logo- + -maniac. Pronunciation: /ˌlɒɡəˈmeɪniæk/ 1. One who is obsessed with words. Example: Willy's speech, like Doc's, is a rolling bricolage of cliche, literary quotation, epigram, advertising slogan and salvage from the past. To some extent, the presence in the book of a drunken logomaniac such as Willy gives Auster's prose a new exuberance.
Word: paralian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 18th-century adoption into English as a common noun, with its earliest use credited to Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton. From Ancient Greek Παράλιος (Parálios, “Paralian”), from παράλιος (parálios, “coastal, maritime”), from παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”) + ἅλς (háls, “salt, seawater”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix). 1. someone who lives by the sea Labels: rare 2. a member of an ancient Greek people who lived by the Athenian coast in the 6th century B.C.E.
Word: parapraxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -praxis. Compare -praxia. 1. A mistake, such as a slip of the tongue, that reveals a concealed thought or motive.
Word: pasilaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pasilalie, formed from Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + λαλιά (laliá, “speech, dialect”). 1. a universal language Labels: rare Example: Besides systems that can be both written and spoken (pasilalies), or planned languages, there are also written-only projects (pasigraphies), which again can be divided into a priori and a posteriori systems.
Word: cacodemonomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cacodemon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mania English cacodemonomania From cacodemon + -o- + -mania. 1. The pathological belief that one is inhabited, or possessed, by an evil spirit or entity. Labels: uncountable
Word: carapace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Spanish carapachobor. French carapacebor. English carapace Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language. Compare Catalan carabassa, Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”), Latin scarabaeus (the source of scarab); also Spanish galápago (“kind of turtle”). Doublet of calipash. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs/, /ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs/ 1. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. 2. That which protects. Labels: figuratively Example: So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart. Example: This is all a massive failure of science to pierce the carapace of public ignorance.
Word: cecity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin caecitās (“blindness”), from caecus (“blind”) + -itās (“-ness, -ity”). 1. blindness Labels: literary, uncommon, uncountable
Word: capel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpəl/ 1. Alternative spelling of caple (horse) Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: capel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpəl/ 1. A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes. Labels: uncountable
Word: capel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpəl/ 1. Alternative form of kappal (“ship”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carnifex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin carnifex (“butcher”). 1. An executioner. Labels: archaic, historical Example: “[T]he carnifex, or executioner there, is brandishing his gulley ower near the King's face, seeing he is within reach of his weapon.” Example: ‘Lesser places have no more than a carnifex, who takes life and performs such excruciations as the judicators there decree.’
Word: casque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French casque. Doublet of casco and cask. Pronunciation: /kɑːsk/, /kæsk/ 1. A helmet. Example: He beheld his child dashed to pieces, and almost buried under an enormous helmet, an hundred times more large than any casque ever made for human being, and shaded with a proportionable quantity of black feathers. 2. A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as cassowaries, some hornbills and guineafowl, and some reptiles such as chameleons and basilisks. Example: Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable. Example: Smooth Casque-headed Basilisk – Cutete Policía . . . A flat-topped cephalic casque projects over the neck in this species. The posterior edge of this casque is smooth without projecting spines. . . Its vernacular name, cutete policía, is in allusion to the flat casque, said by some to resemble the service cap worn by Guatemalan police. 3. Synonym of galea.
Word: cataphysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) English cata- English physical English cataphysical From cata- + physical. 1. unnatural; going against nature Labels: not-comparable
Word: yode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ȝode, ȝede, eode, from Old English ēode, from Proto-Germanic *ijj-, a suppletive past tense form to Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), and further from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”). Cognate with Latin eō (“go”), Russian идти (idti, “go”). Pronunciation: /jəʊd/ 1. simple past of go; went. Labels: form-of, obsolete, past Example: Sir Aglovaile through the churchyard those; Sing, All alone I lie Little recked where'er he yode, All alone, up in the sky.
Word: eyne Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eyen: plural of eye. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To vvhat, my loue, ſhall I compare thine eyne? / Chriſtall is muddy. Example: A night as dense as honey, peaceful, dreamy and enticing / Bringing to thine eyne tears of deep emotion / The weary she-parrot slumbers / As does the fading narcissus; […]
Word: godmother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), equivalent to god- + mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/ 1. A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
Word: godmother Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), equivalent to god- + mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/ 1. To act as godmother to. Labels: transitive Example: The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.
Word: godson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English godsone, gossone, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god- + son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdˌsʌn/, /ˈɡɒdˌsʌn/ 1. A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
Word: goddaughter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goddoghter, goddoȝter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god- + daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdˌdɔ.tɚ/, /ˈɡɒdˌdɔːtə(ɹ)/ 1. A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
Word: godchild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From god- + child. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdˌt͡ʃaɪld/, /ˈɡɒdˌt͡ʃaɪld/ 1. A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew. Example: Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.
Word: gents Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnts/ 1. plural of gent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gents Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnts/ 1. A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men. Labels: UK, euphemistic, informal Example: Where is the gents? I need a slash. Example: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
Word: mathematics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1580s; From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft. Pronunciation: /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ɪks], /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.əks/, [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.əks], /mɛθ(.ə)ˈmɛt.əks/ 1. An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. Labels: uncountable Example: Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects. Example: Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit poetry around the year 1500. 2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels. Labels: uncountable Example: My mathematics is always improving.
Word: Ahti Part of Speech: name 1. The god of depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology. 2. A goddess in Egyptian mythology. Labels: Egyptian
Word: ginger ale Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonalcoholic drink flavored with ginger, similar to ginger beer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ginger beer Part of Speech: noun 1. A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Have no fear, the ninja here / Feel 'em like the tinge in your ear from drinkin' ginger beer 2. A glass or drink of ginger beer. Labels: countable Example: I'm having a ginger beer. Would you like one too? Example: How much for one ginger beer? 3. A queer (i.e. homosexual). Labels: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable, usually
Word: ginger beer Part of Speech: adj 1. queer (i.e. homosexual). Labels: Cockney, slang, usually
Word: puisne Part of Speech: adj 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 PIE word *pós From Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after; since”) + né (“born”). Puis is derived from Old French pois (“after; since”), from Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”), from Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”), from post (“after; since”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)) + ea (“these (things)”); and né from Latin nātus (“born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːni/, /ˈpjuni/ 1. Younger; junior. Labels: obsolete 2. Insignificant, petty; ineffectual. Labels: obsolete Example: it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puiſne a discovery Example: But this intrigue of the ancient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed, affects to disbelieve. As she does also some puisne gallantries of her foolish brother […]. 3. Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior. Example: the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer 4. Coming later in time; subsequent, secondary. Example: a puisne date to eternity
Word: puisne 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 PIE word *pós From Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after; since”) + né (“born”). Puis is derived from Old French pois (“after; since”), from Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”), from Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”), from post (“after; since”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)) + ea (“these (things)”); and né from Latin nātus (“born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːni/, /ˈpjuni/ 1. A person of puisne rank.
Word: fem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of feminine. Pronunciation: /fɛm/ 1. Synonym of femme. Labels: uncommon Example: Oral history gave them an opportunity to share their vision of the world across generations, while giving us a chance to imagine the pleasure and pain of daily life for butches and fems in an earlier period. 2. A feminine or effeminate person. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes Example: Versatile, but love to bottom … No divas or fems. Not homophobic at all, just my personal preference. Example: [...] chasers looking for silver daddies, exec types for college jocks, straights for gays, fems for mascs, smooths for hairies, huskies for slims, blacks for Latinos, whites for Asians, straights for gays, white collars for blue collars, ...
Word: fem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of feminine. Pronunciation: /fɛm/ 1. Feminine, effeminate. Labels: colloquial 2. Synonym of femme. Example: Dozens of queers, including female to male/male to female transsexuals, leathers, bears and bisexuals, butch and fem lesbians, […]
Word: nio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Nio. Labels: alt-of
Word: nia Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Hokkien 爾／尔 (niā, “only”). Pronunciation: /njɑ(ː)˨/ 1. Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding. Labels: Singlish Example: Don’t so kiam siap can anot? That one only $3 nia.
Word: -a Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -a (nominative second declension neuter plural suffix), plural counterpart to -um (nominative second declension neuter singular suffix). Pronunciation: /ɑ/, /ə/ 1. plural of -um Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural
Word: -a Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -α (-a, nominative second declension neuter plural suffix), plural counterpart to -ον (-on, nominative second declension neuter singular suffix). Pronunciation: /ɑ/, /ə/ 1. plural of -on Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural
Word: -a Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -a (nominative first declension neuter singular suffix) Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. Marks singular nouns, with a foundation in Greek or Latin, often implying femininity, especially when contrasted with words terminating in -us. Labels: morpheme 2. Changes an element or substance into an oxide. Labels: morpheme Example: magnesium + -a → magnesia
Word: -a Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Italian -a, Spanish -a and Portuguese -a, all feminine noun suffixes from Latin -a. Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. Marks nouns, with a foundation in Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, implying femininity. Labels: morpheme Example: donna Example: signora
Word: -a Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Added especially for metrical reasons, or as an empty filler syllable. Pronunciation: /ə/, /eɪ/ 1. Added for metrical reasons to songs, poetry and verse, or as an empty filler syllable to other speech. Labels: morpheme Example: A merry heart goes all the day Your sad tires in a mile-a Example: I love to sing-a / about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a, / I love to sing-a / about a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a.
Word: -a Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Contraction of have. Pronunciation: /ə/ 1. Alternative form of 've. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme, slang Example: who'da thunk it? Example: shoulda