nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: romance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch. Pronunciation: /rə(ʊ)ˈman(t)s/, /ˈrəʊman(t)s/, /roʊˈmæn(t)s/, /ˈroʊˌmæn(t)s/, /roˈmæns/ 1. To woo; to court. Labels: transitive Example: A female Shepard can romance bisexual Yeoman Kelly Chambers, but doing so does not yield a Paramour achievement or an implied sex scene the way that romancing ‘official’ interests does. Similarly, the player can attempt to romance the Asari Samara or her Ardat-Yakshi daughter Morinth, but the former will refuse and sex with the latter will kill Shepard. Example: In the ghetto, the gentle Barber romances a defiant washerwoman, Hannah, who is played by Chaplin's wife at the time, Paulette Goddard. 2. To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc. Labels: intransitive 3. To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air. Labels: intransitive
Word: opt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate. Pronunciation: /ɒpt/, /ɑpt/, /ɔpt/ 1. To choose; select. Labels: intransitive Example: He opted not to go. Example: She opted for the salad rather than the steak.
Word: opt out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From opt + out. 1. To choose not to participate in something. Example: But it's of no consequence There's nothing you can say that is relevant You can take my life, but I'll live again A thousand deaths that I have left to give A thousand deaths that I have left 'Cause I am the drone Opting out of the hive
Word: Manannán mac Lir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Manannán mac Lir, from Old Irish Manandán mac Lir. 1. The Irish sea god. Labels: Irish
Word: Prometheus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from πρό (pró, “before”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to think”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈmiːθi.əs/, /pɹoʊˈmiθi.əs/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. 2. The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft. Labels: Greek 3. A moon of the planet Saturn.
Word: Ethniu Part of Speech: name 1. The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Delbáeth, and the grandmother of Cúchulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill. Labels: Irish
Word: Balor Part of Speech: name 1. A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived on Tory Island. Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethlenn. Father of Ethniu. Labels: Irish 2. A male given name. Labels: rare
Word: Buarainech Part of Speech: name 1. The father of Balor, the King of the Fomorians. Labels: Irish
Word: Cethlenn Part of Speech: name 1. The wife of Balor of the Fomorians, and, by Balor, the mother of Ethniu; also a prophetess. Labels: Irish
Word: invasion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪʒən/ 1. A military action consisting of a large armed force of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since Michel's days, however, many barbarian invasions had subdivided the Three Gauls into a melange of warsome states and tribes, all, nevertheless, acquiring a vaguely similar grace, if not a petite grandeur. Example: Yeh actually works in marketing, and his weapon is a replica -- but he is spending the weekend attending an urban warfare workshop to prepare for what he sees as the very real threat of a Chinese invasion. 2. The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an invasion of mobile phones Example: an invasion of bees 3. The spread of cancer cells, bacteria and such to the organism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The histological diagnosis of PC is currently restricted to lesions showing unequivocal extra-parathyroidal growth, as evidenced by perineural invasion, full thickness capsular invasion with growth into adjacent tissues, extratumoral vascular invasion, or metastasis. 4. The breaching of the skin barrier. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a reader; scholar; diviner”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādāri, equivalent to read + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Räider (“advisor”), Dutch rader (“advisor”), German Rater (“advisor”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹidɚ/, /ˈɹiːdə/, /ˈɹiːdɐ/ 1. A person who reads. Example: an early reader, a talented reader 2. A person who reads a publication. Example: 10,000 weekly readers Example: In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.” 3. A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience. 4. A proofreader. 5. A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits. Example: They were dog-eared by the hands of many a publisher's-reader and postman. 6. A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language. Example: "I am commissioned by the Queen to offer you the place of Italian reader; and I assure you the offer was made with many kind expressions of interest. You will enter upon the duties, which are almost nominal, immediately." 7. A university lecturer ranking below a professor. Labels: UK 8. Any device that reads something. Example: a card reader, a microfilm reader Example: The reMarkable PDF reader is really targeted at the digital writing market, rather than the digital reading market, though most serious e-readers support pens for annotations and signatures. 9. A book of exercises to accompany a textbook. 10. An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages. Example: Appletons’ School Readers 11. A literary anthology. Example: A good bedtime reader should entertain and delight, and that's what I find in Girard Kent's The Boy Harleqin ^([sic]) and Other Stories. 12. A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service. 13. A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation. 14. Reading glasses. Labels: in-plural 15. Marked playing cards used by cheaters. Labels: in-plural, slang Example: LUMINOUS READERS—Marked cards that can be read only through tinted glasses. Example: Of the 150,000,000 decks of cards sold each year in America, Scarne estimates that 1 percent get marked at some point. Yet, as he discovered in his 1972 gambling survey, only 2 percent of average players have any idea of how to detect these "readers." 16. A wallet or pocketbook. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: […] Q was a Queer-screen, that served as a blind; / R was a Reader, with flimsies well lined; […] 17. At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
Word: cited Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtɪd/, [ˈsɐɪ̯ɾɪd], [ˈsɐɪ̯ɾəd] 1. simple past and past participle of cite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cited Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtɪd/, [ˈsɐɪ̯ɾɪd], [ˈsɐɪ̯ɾəd] 1. That has a citation
Word: nominate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɒm.ə.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mə.neɪt/, /ˈnɔm.ɪ.næɪt/ 1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. 2. To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name. 3. To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description. Example: In the unlimited method, they are allowed to nominate as many or as few peers as they see fit for each question. 4. To entitle, confer a name upon. Labels: obsolete Example: 1658: the City of Norwich … was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)
Word: nominate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɒm.ə.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mə.neɪt/, /ˈnɔm.ɪ.næɪt/ 1. Named, called; nominated, appointed etc. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Mentioned by name, noted. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 3. Nominated to an office. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: an executor nominate / a nominate executor 4. Having a special name or mentioning a particular name. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 5. nominotypical Labels: not-comparable Example: the nominate subspecies
Word: nominate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁nómn̥ The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɒm.ə.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ˈnɑ.mə.neɪt/, /ˈnɔm.ɪ.næɪt/ 1. A nominee. Labels: obsolete
Word: closer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.sə/, /ˈkloʊ.sɚ/ 1. comparative form of close: more close Labels: comparative, form-of Example: In the spring of 1938 the Japanese imperialists invaded Yü-tz'u and T'ai-ku in Shansi. Everyone was in panic as the flames of war came closer and closer to Hsiang-yüan hsien. Example: [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
Word: closer Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.sə/, /ˈkloʊ.sɚ/ 1. Within a shorter distance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Come closer, my dear.
Word: closer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English closere, equivalent to close (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.zə/, /ˈkloʊ.zɚ/ 1. Someone or something that closes. Example: In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer. 2. Someone or something that concludes. Example: The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night. 3. Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”). 4. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course. Example: The longitudinal bond of the walls is only 24 inches, or one fourth of the length of a brick of 9 inches, and is obtained by introducing closers 24 inches broad 5. A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. Example: They brought their closer in for the ninth. 6. A horse that performs best toward the end of a race.
Word: burning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, burn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝnɪŋ/, /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/, /bɔːnɪn/ 1. present participle and gerund of burn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, burn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝnɪŋ/, /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/, /bɔːnɪn/ 1. So hot as to seem to burn (something). Example: the burning sun Example: The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 2. Feeling very hot. Example: burning skin 3. Feeling great passion. Example: her burning heart 4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful. Example: burning zeal Example: a burning passion 5. Being keenly discussed. Example: a burning question; a burning issue 6. On fire. Example: A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California. Example: The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.
Word: burning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, burn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝnɪŋ/, /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/, /bɔːnɪn/ 1. The act by which something burns or is burned. Example: It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…] Example: The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh. 2. A fire. Example: The burnings continued all day. 3. The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply. 4. A fiery pain.
Word: OTOH Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of on the other hand. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: arriving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈɹaɪvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of arrive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arrived Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈɹaɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of arrive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”). Pronunciation: /ʃʌv/, /ʃʊv/ 1. To push, especially roughly or with force. Labels: transitive Example: So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all Example: The ship was anon shoven in the sea. 2. To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off. Labels: intransitive Example: He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore. 3. To make an all-in bet. 4. To pass (counterfeit money). Labels: slang 5. To put hurriedly
Word: shove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”). Pronunciation: /ʃʌv/, /ʃʊv/ 1. A rough push. Example: I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove. 2. An all-in bet. Labels: slang 3. A forward movement of packed river-ice.
Word: shove Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃəʊv/ 1. simple past of shave Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: asthenozoospermia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astheno- + zoospermia. By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -o- (“connecting vowel”) + zo- (“animal”) + -o- (“connecting vowel”) + sperm (“seed”) + -ia (“condition”). 1. Condition in which a large proportion of spermatozoa produced in an ejaculate possess poor motility. Labels: uncountable Example: Infertility was caused by fallopian tube dysfunction and/or male-related factors (a diagnosis of asthenozoospermia and/or asthenoteratozoospermia or azoospermia according to the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen).
Word: soft copy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soft + copy, attributed to American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson. 1. A digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.
Word: oligozoospermia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)der. English oligo- English zoospermia English oligozoospermia From oligo- + zoospermia. 1. The condition where low numbers of spermatozoa are produced in an ejaculation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hard copy Part of Speech: noun 1. A printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form. Labels: retronym Example: But to the relief of those who prefer the print format, there are no plans to dispense with hard copies of the ERT. [European Rail Timetable]
Word: oddness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being odd. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being odd. Labels: countable Example: This humour broke out at first in many little oddnesses: he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […] Example: Neither was he intimate with any of the other bigger boys, who were warned off by his oddnesses, for he was a very queer fellow; […]
Word: red card Part of Speech: noun 1. A card displayed by the referee when a player is sent off for a serious infringement of the rules. Example: In the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Argentine player Diego Maradona was given a red card for striking a US player Tab Ramos. Example: An off the ball incident led to N'Zogbia confronting Wilshere before leaning his head into the Englishman and giving referee Lee Probert no choice but to show the red card. 2. Any official instructions to vacate an area. Labels: colloquial Example: I hoped to park in the members' area but the attendant showed me the red card. 3. A card indicating a firefighter's qualifications and specialties. Labels: US
Word: sent off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of send off Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He was sent off for striking the other player.
Word: odorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English odorous, from Medieval Latin odōrōsus, equivalent to odor + -ous. 1. Having a distinctive odor. Example: The table was piled with odorous lilies.
Word: odourous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of odorous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: odorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English odor Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English odorless From odor + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊdələs/, /ˈoʊdɚləs/ 1. Having no odor. Labels: not-comparable Example: They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odorless gas. Example: The garlion is a cross between the garlic and onion; the topeppo combines the tomato and the pepper. We have the odorless onion, the odorless cabbage, the lemon cucumber that grows on a vine but looks like a lemon, and a giant cucumber
Word: odourless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English odour Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English odourless From odour + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊdələs/ 1. Having no odour. Labels: not-comparable Example: They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odourless gas. Example: Smiling, young, muscular, paunchless, probably odourless, he went.
Word: send off Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɛnˈdɒf/ 1. To send; to dispatch. Labels: transitive Example: Have you sent off your application yet? Example: After a medical procedure I will send off a sister ship to the sphere with the sickened savages. 2. Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”). Labels: intransitive Example: I'm going to send off for one of these fancy new wigs. 3. To emit; to emanate. Example: The human brain can send off power by thoughts and prayers. 4. To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area. Example: Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, "Send him off, ref! Red card!" Example: Fehily blows the whistle and Ronan's going, 'Think he has a nose bleed, Fadder,' and all the other parents are going, 'He struck him, referee! Send him off!' and Fehily's giving it, 'I didn't see the incident,' lying, of course, just like he used to lie for me. 5. To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff. 6. A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine. Example: There was no flourish of trumpets and drums to send us off, no cheering crowds. Example: The woman – tall, busty and seriously Afroed – had come to the door alone upon his arrival, but all the kids had poured out of the house with her to send him off when he left, just before midnight.
Word: send off Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.dɒf/ 1. Alternative form of sendoff. Example: The neighbor's send off party has been described and our almost daily excitement was getting to read the letter scheduled for that day. Example: She couldn't see the Met giving her a first class send off. 2. Alternative form of sendoff. Example: This is, of course, a motivating send off, one that encourages and uplifts your followers. Example: Many family members have expressed to me that their deceased loved one would have enjoyed a less-than-traditional send off — more of a party atmosphere than the normal visitation and ceremony complete with traditional hymns and a consoling sermon from a man of the cloth. 3. Alternative form of send-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To administer a send off the referee must stop play and signify the action by showing the offending player a red card. Example: In 1998, Paul Adams of South Africa was caught on video replay by the third umpire giving a send off to a batter.
Word: off duty Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not engaged in an assigned task, duty, or occupation. Example: The policeman was off duty but had his gun. Example: I won't be going off duty until about six.
Word: off-duty Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of off duty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off one's own bat Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At one's own instigation, of one's own accord. Labels: idiomatic Example: My boss didn't tell me to reorganize the filing system; I did it off my own bat.
Word: off and on Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of on and off. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With so much worry, I only slept off and on last night. 2. On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.
Word: VP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Abbreviation of vice president. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of verb phrase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of victory point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Abbreviation of Vice President (of the United States). Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, initialism Example: In 2008, a record 69.9 million watched Joe Biden and Sarah Palin face off on television in the most-watched VP debate, according to Nielsen.
Word: girly girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who behaves in a predominantly feminine manner (that is, who is not by any means a tomboy); a feminine woman. Labels: informal Example: Little Girly-Girl of you, \ Still forever I am dreaming - \ Laughing eyes of limpid blue - \ Tresses glimmering and gleaming Example: There are rumors to the effect that the "girly girl" is coming into vogue again and that the athletic girl will soon be a thing of the past.
Word: girlie girl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of girly girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: missus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing a common pronunciation of Mrs, a reduced form of Mistress. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.əz/, /ˈmɪs.ɪz/, /ˈmɪs.əs/ 1. Wife or girlfriend. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial Example: Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping. Example: The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend. 2. Term of address for a woman. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial Example: 'Scuse me missus, but your petticoat's showing. Example: Look ere Missus! Little Joey's me bruvva. E stays wiv me. We aint goin ter be split up.
Word: Whovian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (Doctor) Who + -v- + -ian; compare Peruvian and Kachruvian. Pronunciation: /ˈhuː.viː.ən/ 1. A fan of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who. Labels: slang Example: But I am sorry; I'm a devout Whovian and I guess I got a little hot seeing the good Doctor ignored like that. Example: Typing birthday and Doctor Who into the search fireld turned up a fan-made video of a Dalek singing "Happy Birthday," which was perfect for my friend Steve, a fellow Whovian.
Word: Whovian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (Doctor) Who + -v- + -ian; compare Peruvian and Kachruvian. Pronunciation: /ˈhuː.viː.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the fictional universe of Doctor Who. Example: One of the more inventive applications of the Frazerian thesis that magic is misunderstood science is the British television series Dr Who[…]Most space aliens who make it to the Whovian Earth are as interested in power and 'the art of managing the mob, which is called leading people by the nose ' as any Tolandish druid or priest. Example: The Ninth Doctor is haunted, thanks to a 'Time War' that has rendered his species, the Time Lords, extinct at the hands of the Whovian nemeses, the Daleks, who are now supposedly equally extinct.
Word: snail mail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A retronym emphasizing postal mail's slowness compared to email. Pronunciation: /ˈsneɪl ˌmeɪl/ 1. Mail (physical material) sent in the post, especially as compared with email. Labels: retronym, uncountable Example: I came home to a mailbox stuffed with snail mail. Example: To send a letter by snail mail (the Postal Service), you must still compose it, and also print it out, unless you write it by hand or on a typewriter. 2. Mail (postal service), especially as compared with email. Labels: retronym, uncountable Example: The official notice will be sent via both email and snail mail owing to legal requirements.
Word: tuberculose Part of Speech: adj 1. tubercular
Word: real tennis Part of Speech: noun 1. An indoor racket sport from which the modern game of tennis (lawn tennis) is descended. Labels: retronym, uncountable
Word: Irishman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Irisshman, equivalent to Irish + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹɪʃmən/ 1. A man from Ireland. Example: It is so absurd to advance into the presence of savage royalty after the fashion of an Irishman driving a pig to market, for that is what we looked like, and the idea nearly made me burst out laughing then and there.
Word: alphabetise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English -ise English alphabetise From alphabet + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: wooden spoon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdən spuːn/ 1. A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation. 2. An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, idiomatic Example: Earnestly bent upon fulfilling the weighty, nay solemn, responsibilities of his office at all hazard, even at the risk of so far neglecting his parliamentary duties as to appear upon the division-list less frequently than any of his colleagues, Sir John Pakington wore the wooden spoon at the whitebait dinner, though with an air of waggery — almost as a decoration. 3. The last junior optime who takes a university degree. Labels: dated Example: We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. 4. The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. Labels: US, dated
Word: girly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaurā Proto-West Germanic *-ilā Proto-West Germanic *gurilā Old English *gyrele? Middle English girle English girl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English girly From girl + -y (adjectival sufix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɝli/, /ˈɡɜːli/, /ˈɡøːli/, /ˈɡɪɾle/, /ɡeːli/ 1. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine. Example: As a mom of two girls – including one who hopes Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos calls her to play on his team in this week’s Super Bowl – I can totally relate. I, along with so many other parents, am frustrated about the definitions of what’s girly and what’s not, and the separate products and clothing offered to girls and boys. Example: The Forever21 of Korean makeup, Etude House is geared toward the girliest of girls – and Japanese tourists. 2. Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad. Labels: slang Example: a girly calendar 3. Weak; wussy. Labels: slang Example: There was enough food for a soccer team and we were going to grill it. Our meatfest included no girly utensils, no wussy plates. Just our hands, mouths, and incisors.
Word: girly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaurā Proto-West Germanic *-ilā Proto-West Germanic *gurilā Old English *gyrele? Middle English girle English girl Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English girly From girl + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɝli/, /ˈɡɜːli/, /ˈɡøːli/, /ˈɡɪɾle/, /ɡeːli/ 1. A girl. Labels: childish, colloquial Example: “Hey girly!” Chiles said. “What’s up!” / “Oh my gosh,” Raisman said. “How did you get in our hotel room?”
Word: girly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From girl + -ly (adverbial suffix), after the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɝli/, /ˈɡɜːli/, /ˈɡøːli/, /ˈɡɪɾle/, /ɡeːli/ 1. In the manner of a girl. Labels: rare Example: And its^([sic]) not just the blue nail polish. It’s the way his mind is attuned. He is incredibly in touch and in tune with females. Females surround him in his company. His partner in Jersey Films is Stacey Scherr.^([sic]) He can talk about boyfriends. He can talk girly. Example: ‘He really cares about you,’ Slider said awkwardly. Doing the old bosom-baring on your own behalf was bad enough, but having to talk girly about a male friend was as easy as eating a sand sandwich.
Word: bois Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mingo Part of Speech: name 1. A nearly extinct polysynthetic language of the Northern Iroquoian language family.
Word: tea-bag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of teabag. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The old lady had a pile of tea-bags, quarter pounds of butter, cheese, in a bag under the bed. Example: There was a table in the corner with an urn of hot water on it, and a bowl of tea-bags.
Word: tea-bag Part of Speech: verb 1. To dunk into the sea or another body of water. 2. Alternative form of teabag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: enigmatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English enigma Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English enigmatology From enigma + -ology. 1. the study of puzzles Labels: uncountable
Word: bas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɑːs/, /bɔːs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/, /bɒs/ 1. plural of ba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bas Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɑːs/, /bɔːs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/, /bɒs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ba Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of navigation or navigate. 1. Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: Standing and moving to under one of the lights by the nav station I could see a dark blue-red mark across the right side of my rib cage. Prodding gently I realised I had just cracked or broken one or more ribs.
Word: nav Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of navigation or navigate. 1. to navigate Labels: informal
Word: dek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of deck, to distinguish the word as not belonging in the story. Pronunciation: /dɛk/ 1. The subhead of a news story. Labels: slang
Word: dek Part of Speech: num Etymology: From the prefix dec-. Pronunciation: /dɛk/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after nine and before el in a duodecimal system. Written ↊, decimal value 10.
Word: office hours Part of Speech: noun 1. The times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: To request a brochure, please call during office hours. Example: He cut his Psychology once or twice, nor could he succeed, during office hours, in keeping his mind on office-routine. 2. A pre-arranged time when a person whose occupation frequently takes them away from their office during working hours is available in their office to answer questions or provide assistance without the requirement for an appointment. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: If you need help with the homework, the professor will be holding office hours on Thursday from 7–9pm.
Word: officialdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English official Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English officialdom From official + -dom. Pronunciation: /əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/ 1. The people elected to government or employed in the civil service. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty. Example: Nevertheless Armenian leaders at first retained faith in the reform agenda of the Porte, ascribing their ills to incompetent officialdom and Kurdish lawlessness. 2. The state of being official Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.
Word: officiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin officiātus, perfect participle of Late Latin officior (“to perform a function”) and of Medieval Latin officiō (“to officiate, say mass (9th cent.); to serve a church (13th cent.); to serve (early 13th c., 14th in British sources); to discharge an office (14th c.)”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). The noun is derived from Medieval Latin officiātus (“monk in charge of a monastic office, official (start of 12th c., 14th in British sources)”), substantivized from the participle, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/ 1. To perform the functions of some office. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She officiated as registrar at the wedding. Example: She officiated the wedding as registrar. 2. To serve as umpire or referee. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: This is the second time he has officiated at a cup-final. Example: He's never officiated a cup-final before.
Word: officiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin officiātus, perfect participle of Late Latin officior (“to perform a function”) and of Medieval Latin officiō (“to officiate, say mass (9th cent.); to serve a church (13th cent.); to serve (early 13th c., 14th in British sources); to discharge an office (14th c.)”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). The noun is derived from Medieval Latin officiātus (“monk in charge of a monastic office, official (start of 12th c., 14th in British sources)”), substantivized from the participle, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/ 1. A person appointed to office, an official. Labels: rare
Word: officious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 15th century, from Middle English offycyous, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly”), from officium (“service”). Pronunciation: /əˈfɪʃəs/ 1. Obliging, attentive, eager to please. Labels: obsolete Example: Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention! Example: ‘It is essential that the nation become accustomed to managing its own affairs, so that it will emerge from this state of infancy in which an anxious and officious government attempts to keep the people’. 2. Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services. Example: The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
Word: off-peak Part of Speech: adj 1. During a period of less use or demand than the maximum (peak), generally overnight. Labels: not-comparable Example: Phone calls on weekdays between 18:00 and 08:00 the following day are charged at an off-peak tariff, lower than peak, but higher than weekend. Example: At the time of writing some of the As are still running, and they are my favourite Underground cars. They are roomy and airy; the seats are transverse benches that you can stretch out and sleep on in the off-peak.
Word: off-piste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English off- French pistebor. English piste English off-piste From off- + piste. 1. Not specially prepared or designated for skiing, hence viewed as more exciting but also more dangerous. Labels: not-comparable Example: Please stay away from the off-piste slopes. 2. Deviating from what is seen as correct, usual or conventional. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: His ideas are totally off-piste.
Word: off-piste Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English off- French pistebor. English piste English off-piste From off- + piste. 1. In off-piste locations. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are skiing off-piste this morning. Example: Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […]
Word: offprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off + print. 1. A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication. Example: I got a lot of requests for offprints of my paper on cold fusion.
Word: offprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From off + print. 1. To reprint as an excerpt. Labels: transitive Example: Articles from some magazines are offprinted from other magazines.
Word: off-putting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From put off, equivalent to off- + putting. 1. Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off. Example: His habit of picking his nose is quite off-putting.
Word: expurgate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/ 1. To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge. Labels: transitive Example: The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly. Example: Yossarian was busy expurgating all but romance words from the letters when the chaplain sat down in a chair between the beds and asked him how he was feeling. 2. To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge. Labels: transitive Example: The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.
Word: off-season Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English off- French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season English off-season From off- + season. 1. The part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors. Example: Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing. 2. A period of time when regular competitions are not being held, or when an athlete is not participating in competitions. Example: Alternating off-season and precontest cycles in bodybuilding over a period of years will result in the relatively quick development of a championship physique. Example: That’s why virtually nothing should be off the table this offseason, including the idea of improving at quarterback.
Word: off-season Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English off- French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season English off-season From off- + season. 1. During the off-season. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why don't we go to the Cape this weekend, and walk on the beach. I don't think I can stand to stay in this apartment one day longer. And it's not too expensive off season.
Word: offstage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off + stage. 1. Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: offstage Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From off + stage. 1. Taking place offstage (as above). Labels: not-comparable
Word: offstage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From off + stage. 1. To relegate (part of a play) to the offstage area, rather than showing it to the audience. Labels: transitive Example: A boy has just murdered another one year older than himself, but Morgan offstages the event as a nuntius would the horrors of Greek tragedy.
Word: ogle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). By surface analysis, eye + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡl̩/, /ˈɒɡl̩/, /ˈoʊɡl̩/, /ˈɑɡl̩/ 1. To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: And ogling all their audience, ere they speak. Example: "Come and see!" and the old creature ogled Carrados with her beady eyes as though the situation constituted an excellent joke between them.
Word: ogle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). By surface analysis, eye + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡl̩/, /ˈɒɡl̩/, /ˈoʊɡl̩/, /ˈɑɡl̩/ 1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare. 2. An eye. Labels: Polari, plural-normally Example: Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel. Example: Slick, she bamboozles the ogles / of old Lilly Law.
Word: ghosting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost + -ing. 1. A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Stories of ghosting often deal with broken-off romances, but ghosting can end a friendship as well. Example: They probed participants’ experiences with ghosting from the perspective of both the ghoster and the ghostee. 2. The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: bleed-through, bleeding, print-through 5. Ghost imaging. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection by outside inspectors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their hastily fabricated Potemkin village was practically deserted, what with all the ghosting. 7. The act or habit of exhaling vape smoke slowly, to prevent others from noticing. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 8. A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Examine your matrix map, and make sure that no three keystrokes form a rectangle with a fourth keystroke that will cause you problems. This prevents both ghosting and blocking.
Word: ghosting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ghost + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of ghost Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present