nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: am Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“to be, to exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”). Pronunciation: /əm/, /æm/, [am], [æm], [æ̝m] 1. Contraction of I + am. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, informal
Word: am Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of a.m.. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred.
Word: cf Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cf.. Labels: alt-of, alternative, imperative, verb
Word: es Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ess (the name of the Latin script letter S/s) in compounds such as "es-hook". Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: es Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e + -s. 1. Alternative form of e's. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: es Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of is. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: es Part of Speech: conj 1. Pronunciation spelling of as. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: ‘How about thet reward you got comin’, Ben?’ Peter murmured. ‘Seems es if th’ boy was too much for you, don’t it? Or do you figger you deserve your pay?’
Word: es Part of Speech: noun 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter С / с.
Word: Md Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Maryland: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Muhammad. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: sg Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of singular. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Hs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of H Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mt Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of mitochondrial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: mt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of mitochondrion or mitochondria. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Ds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of D Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foetus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fetus. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative Example: Amongst professional men, who have examined this singular foetus, a variety of opinions and conjectures have been formed, some of which it maybe well to notice. Example: During the last 10 weeks in utero the foetus stores very considerable amounts of energy in the form of fat.
Word: decigram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French décigramme. By surface analysis, deci- + gram. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪɡɹæm/ 1. An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹ grams. Symbol: dg
Word: centigram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French centigramme; equivalent to centi- + gram. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɪˌɡɹæm/ 1. An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻² grams. Symbol: cg
Word: ununnilium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + nil- + -ium. 1. Former name of darmstadtium. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: republican Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an French républicainder. English republican From republic + -an, partly after French républicain. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/ 1. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. Example: Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements). 2. Of or belonging to a republic. Example: The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Republican. Labels: alt-of
Word: republican Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an French républicainder. English republican From republic + -an, partly after French républicain. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/ 1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. Example: Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...' Example: I guess I am a bit of a republican at heart but I would love to be introduced to the Prince just to be able to grip him off about seeing the Noisy Scrub-bird. 2. Synonym of American cliff swallow. 3. Synonym of sociable weaver.
Word: democrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)), equivalent to demo- + -crat. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛməkɹæt/, /ˈdɛməkɹat/, /ˈdɪməkɹæt/, /ˈdeməkɹæt/, /ˈdeməkɹɛt/ 1. A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France). Example: The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats. 2. Someone who rules a representative democracy. Example: Democrats have to please a large segment of the voting public and will be punished if they fail to provide public goods […] . In the case of autocrats, however, they have to please a small minority of the governing power elite […] who will punish them if they fail to dedicate the public purse to their private enrichment. 3. A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats. Labels: US, historical
Word: pis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪ/ 1. triathlon Labels: attributive Example: a tri bike Example: a tri suit 2. triangle Example: The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup. Example: Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes. 3. triceps Labels: colloquial, uncommon
Word: tu Part of Speech: particle 1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: wan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English wann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”). Pronunciation: /wɒn/, /wɑn/, /wæn/ 1. Pale, sickly-looking. Example: Whome when his Lady ſaw, to him ſhe ran / With haſty ioy : to ſee him made her glad, / And ſad to view his viſage pale and wan, / Who earſt in flowres of freſhest youth was clad. Example: I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau’s rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead. 2. Dim, faint. Example: ’Twas so far away, that evil day when I prayed the Prince of Gloom / For the savage strength and the sullen length of life to work his doom. / Nor sign nor word had I seen or heard, and it happed so long ago; / My youth was gone and my memory wan, and I willed it even so. 3. Bland, uninterested. Example: A wan expression Example: My position in the midst of the general indifference was hard to bear ; my silence weighed upon me like remorse. The sight of Lieutenant Castagnac filled me with indignation, — a sort of insurmountable repulsion: the wan look, the ironical smile of the man, froze my blood.
Word: wan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English wann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”). Pronunciation: /wɒn/, /wɑn/, /wæn/ 1. The quality of being wan; wanness. Labels: uncountable Example: And while we stood beside the fount, and watch’d / Or seem’d to watch the dancing bubble, approach'd / Melissa, tinged with wan from lack of sleep, / Or sorrow, and glowing round her dewy eyes / The circled Iris of a night of tears ; [...]
Word: wan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of one. Sense 2 (“girl or woman”) possibly as a result of the phrase your wan as a counterpart to your man. 1. Pronunciation spelling of one, representing Ireland and Glasgow English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling 2. A girl or woman. Labels: Ireland Example: Then I’d tell myself there were plenty of oul wans and oul fellas in work who never got it and that I’d be lucky like them and escape. Only I didn’t. I don’t want to die. Example: Growing up in Dún Laoghaire in the 1980s, I remember all the hard men were sinewy, scrawny lads, hence the local description ‘more meat on a seagull’. The reason was simple: they were undernourished. [...] The young wans, despite a couple of babies, were more or less the same, pinched, flat-chested and drawn.
Word: wan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An inflected form. 1. simple past of win. Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: half Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/, /ˈhaːf/, /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/, /ˈhæf/ 1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. Example: I ate the smaller half of the apple. Example: You don’t know the half of it. 2. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. Example: An association football match usually consists of two halves of 45 minutes each. 3. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. Example: However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move. 4. Half of a standard measure, chiefly: Labels: UK Example: He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy. Example: I accepted a half of bitter from him. 5. Half of a standard measure, chiefly: Example: Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four. 6. The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2. Example: Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half. 7. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer. 8. A half sibling. Labels: slang Example: So for Richard and Barbara, Jeff and Kari, the impossibly varied collection of steps and halves that is another legacy of my father. 9. A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington. Labels: UK, dated 10. abbreviated form for half marathon. 11. Clipping of half-dollar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Tonight, we're offering the last of the Walking Liberty Halves for awhile:^([sic])
Word: half Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/, /ˈhaːf/, /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/, /ˈhæf/ 1. Consisting of a half (½, 50%). Labels: not-comparable Example: a half kilo Example: a half hour 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. Labels: not-comparable Example: a half truth Example: Assumed from thence a half-consent. 3. Having one parent (rather than two) in common. Labels: not-comparable Example: a half brother or half sister 4. Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two. Labels: not-comparable Example: a half uncle or half aunt or half cousin
Word: half Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/, /ˈhaːf/, /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/, /ˈhæf/ 1. In two equal parts or to an equal degree. Labels: not-comparable 2. In some part approximating a half. Labels: not-comparable 3. Partially; imperfectly. Labels: not-comparable Example: half-colored Example: The task is only half done. 4. Practically, nearly. Labels: not-comparable Example: To be a King, is halfe to bee a God.
Word: half Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/, /ˈhaːf/, /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/, /ˈhæf/ 1. To halve. Labels: transitive
Word: half Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/, /ˈhaːf/, /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/, /ˈhæf/ 1. Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: The time is 9:30; it is half nine. 2. A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour. Labels: rare Example: In some countries, "half seven" means 6:30.
Word: half Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/, /ˈhaːf/, /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/, /ˈhæf/ 1. A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.
Word: argentine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/ 1. Containing or resembling silver. Example: Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine
Word: argentine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/ 1. Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. White metal coated with silver. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: twee Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch. Pronunciation: /twiː/ 1. Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory Example: Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste. Example: Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit twee […] they stood out a mile in the market place at that time.
Word: twee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch. Pronunciation: /twiː/ 1. Ellipsis of twee pop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Even the wider world got its doses of twee sound, from the fluffy pop of Aztec Camera to the stylish bounce of the Railway Children. Example: Wang points out the very clear links between twee and queer culture, as many 90s twee bands “played alongside queercore bands like Team Dresch.[…]”
Word: drie Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of dry. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: vier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vie Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vier From vie + -er. 1. One who vies for something. Example: Evidently, there were two children vying for a third's attention. The two attention viers were engaged in a series of gymnastic feats on a small portable trampoline. Two girls were trying to outdo each other to impress the third child, a boy.
Word: Pennsylvania Dutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their primary residence in Pennsylvania and from Palatine German Deitsch (“German”), their own endonym, gradually modified under influence from Dutch. 1. Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: The holiday evolved over centuries as it was observed by different groups, from the Celts to Germans to the Pennsylvania Dutch and eventually, by those in other parts of the US. 2. Their language, Pennsylvania German, a High German language descended from Palatine German. Labels: uncountable 3. The Old Order Amish. Labels: countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: Pennsylvania Dutch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From their primary residence in Pennsylvania and from Palatine German Deitsch (“German”), their own endonym, gradually modified under influence from Dutch. 1. Related to the Pennsylvania German people or their language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dutch cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of woman's cap with triangular turn back at each side. The style is particularly associated with Dutch traditional costume. 2. An intravaginal contraceptive device.
Word: cast pearls before swine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Bible "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." – KJV, Matthew 7:6. 1. To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them. Labels: idiomatic Example: Blanche: ...Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession. But beauty of the mind and richness of the spirit and tenderness of the heart—and I have all of those things—aren't taken away, but grow! Increase with the years! How strange that I should be called a destitute woman! When I have all of these treasures locked in my heart. [A choked sob comes from her] I think of myself as a very, very rich woman! But I have been foolish—casting my pearls before swine!
Word: tant pis Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Borrowed from French tant pis. 1. so much the worse Example: Then deep melancholia struck her, the lace was left out of whatever fine lace should be kept in for moth protection, and the moths ate it up. Oh, well. Tant pis.
Word: jaundice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɔndɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɑndɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒændɚz/, /ˈd͡ʒɑndɚz/ 1. A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, / Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter? / Sleepe when he wakes? and creep into the Iaundies / By being peeuiſh? Example: But look in this new mirror, lovely friend. / Both gods and fairies wait on lovers' wills. / That jaundices be changed to daffodils! 2. A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]
Word: jaundice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɔndɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɑndɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒændɚz/, /ˈd͡ʒɑndɚz/ 1. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. Labels: transitive Example: The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.
Word: jaundiced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jaundice + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/ 1. Affected with jaundice. Example: Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow. Example: Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes. 2. Prejudiced; envious. Labels: figuratively Example: a jaundiced judgment Example: Mr. George Lawrence, C.M.G., First Class District Officer of His Majesty's Civil Service, sat at the door of his tent and viewed the African desert scene with the eye of extreme disfavour. [...] The eye was jaundiced, thanks to the heat and foul dust of Bornu, to malaria, dysentery, inferior food, poisonous water, and rapid continuous marching in appalling heat.
Word: jaundiced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jaundice + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of jaundice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jaunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːnt/, /d͡ʒɔːnt/, /d͡ʒɔnt/, /d͡ʒɑnt/ 1. A wearisome journey. Labels: archaic Example: Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. Example: Fie, what a jaunt have I had. 2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey. Example: Some days later it happened that young Heriotside was stepping home over the Lang Muir about ten at night, it being his first jaunt from home since his arm had mended.
Word: jaunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːnt/, /d͡ʒɔːnt/, /d͡ʒɔnt/, /d͡ʒɑnt/ 1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. Labels: intransitive 2. To ride on a jaunting car. Labels: intransitive 3. To jolt; to jounce. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To get into a Grecian car, and to be drawn, with Minerva at his back[…]four or five miles through the streets of London‥after having quietly suffered himself to be jaunted about in this manner 4. To tire a horse by riding it hard or back and forth. Labels: obsolete
Word: jaunty car Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jaunting car. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jauntily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jaunty Middle English -ly English -ly English jauntily From jaunty + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɔːn.tɪ.li/, /ˈd͡ʒɑn.tɪ.li/, /ˈd͡ʒɔn.tɪ.li/ 1. In an airy, showy, or affected manner. 2. In a dapper or stylish manner. 3. In an ostentatiously self-confident manner. Example: [He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.
Word: jauntiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jaunty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English jauntiness From jaunty + -ness. 1. The quality of being jaunty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That jauntiness of air I was once master of Example: "Ah, Miss Tilehurst," he exclaimed, with a jauntiness appropriate to the character of the report he brought, "I think now that I can set your mind at rest completely."
Word: jaunty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formerly spelt janty, from French gentil. See gentle, and compare genty. Doublet of genteel, gentile, and gentle. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːn.ti/, /ˈdʒɑːn.ti/ 1. Airy; showy; finical. 2. Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner. Labels: broadly 3. Dapper or stylish. Example: He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage. Example: It was probably this circumstance which gave him an interest beyond any that his companion could boast of, and attracted Barnaby’s attention. There was something soldierly in his bearing, and he wore a jaunty cap and jacket. 4. Ostentatiously self-confident. Example: He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood. Example: When he started at sight of a clean-shaved tramp, who walked with a jaunty swing
Word: jaunty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formerly spelt janty, from French gentil. See gentle, and compare genty. Doublet of genteel, gentile, and gentle. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːn.ti/, /ˈdʒɑːn.ti/ 1. A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship.
Word: envy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest and Old English nīþ. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnvi/ 1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No bliss enjoyed by us excites his envy more. Example: Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. 2. An object of envious notice or feeling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world[.] Example: Blacke Foryst of Despayr, taking photos of the band Put 'em up on Myspace you're the envy of the land 3. Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Syre said laūcelot vnto Arthur by this crye that ye haue made ye wyll put vs that ben aboute yow in grete Ieopardy for there be many Knyghtes that haue grete enuye to vs therfore whan we shal mete at the daye of Iustes there wille be hard skyfte amonge vs Example: But let me tell the World, If he out-liue the enuie of this day, England did neuer owe so sweet a hope, So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse. 4. Emulation; rivalry. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: c. 1631-1636, John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy. 5. Public odium; ill repute. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: to lay the envy of the war upon Cicero 6. A red-skinned variety of eating apple. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: envy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest and Old English nīþ. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnvi/ 1. To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. Labels: transitive Example: Moon and Kim took a cable car together to Heaven Lake, a caldera at the top of the mountain, and walked around the area with their wives and officials from both sides. Pictures showed Moon and Kim smiling and posing with their wives, and Moon filling a bottle with water from the lake. “The Chinese envy us because they can’t go down to the lake from their side but we can,” Kim said. “We should write another chapter of history between the North and the South by reflecting our new history on this Heaven Lake.” 2. To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks). Labels: transitive 3. To have envious feelings (at). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I do not envy at their wealth, titles, offices;[…]let me live quiet and at ease. Example: Who envy at the prosperity of the wicked? 4. To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But that sweet Cordiall, which can restore A loue-sick hart, she did to him enuy[…]. 5. To show malice or ill will; to rail. Labels: obsolete Example: He has[…]envied against the people. 6. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. Labels: obsolete Example: If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall. 7. To hate. Labels: obsolete Example: Both jealous of my love, envied each other 8. To emulate. Labels: obsolete Example: Let later age that noble vse enuie, Vile rancour to auoid, and cruell surquedrie
Word: info Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of information. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfəʊ/, /ˈɪnfoʊ/ 1. information. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I need all the info about the case by 6, sharpish.
Word: decagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French décagramme. By surface analysis, deca- + gram. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəɡɹæm/ 1. An SI unit of mass equal to 10¹ grams. Symbol: dag
Word: decagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deca- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəɡɹæm/ 1. A ten-pointed star polygon.
Word: gramme Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹæm/ 1. Alternative spelling of gram. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: II Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of illegal immigrant. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “When I came here eight years ago, it was easy to spot an II (illegal immigrant),” one British official here said. “They came across in dark navy clothes. Now, they come in designer T-shirts and Levis, and it’s hard to tell them from residents of Hong Kong.” Example: Hong Kong can also follow the international trend of phasing out the rule that a child born by an II will automatically be granted citizenship of the place where he or she is born, in order to eradicate the problems of stowaways and II children.
Word: IV Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ ˈviː/ 1. Abbreviation of intravenous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: IV Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ ˈviː/ 1. Initialism of intravenous injection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of initialization vector. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of instrumental variable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of immigrant visa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of iodine value Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: VI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of verb, intransitive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of viscosity index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VI Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Virgin Islands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. VI (“U.S. Virgin Islands”) 3. Abbreviation of Victoria Imperatrix; the royal cypher of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, queen regnant and empress of the British Empire, Empire of India. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: XI Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral). 1. A football (soccer) team of eleven players. Example: Rewind to the first day of the inaugural Premier League season in August 1992 and 177 players – or 73.1% – featuring in first XIs held English nationality. […] Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen. 2. A cricket team of eleven players.
Word: MM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Master of Music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Master of Management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Master Mason. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of maritime mobile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of middle marker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of mile marker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of man-month. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of mounted mint. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Abbreviation of million. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 10. Initialism of market maker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of mathematical morphology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 12. Initialism of mintmark. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I have 5 rolls of Conn. and 2 rolls of Md Quarters, unc. and in tubes. Both states are Philadelphia and I would like to trade for Denver coins. I would like to trade both states even up, but would consider other states with a Denver MM. If you have any to trade please email me. Example: 2001 PROOF west point MM 13. Initialism of moving magnet, a type of phono cartridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 14. Initialism of memory management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MM Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of M (“Monsieur”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MM Part of Speech: name 1. The station code of Mahim Junction railway station in India. 2. Initialism of Majora's Mask. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FX Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of F/X (“special effects”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: FX Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of factor X (“clotting factor X”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of foreign exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. A Tamaraw FX vehicle. Labels: Philippines 4. A public transport service typically using a Tamaraw FX vehicle. Labels: Philippines 5. Abbreviation of floor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: accidentalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accidental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English accidentalism From accidental + -ism. 1. Accidental character or effect. Labels: uncountable 2. The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas). Labels: uncountable 3. A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors. Labels: uncountable 4. The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose. Labels: uncountable
Word: accidentality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accidental + -ity. 1. The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. Labels: uncountable
Word: accidentalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accidental Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English accidentalness From accidental + -ness. 1. The quality of being accidental; casualness. Labels: uncountable
Word: zuchetto Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of zucchetto. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: LCD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of liquid crystal display. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: LCD monitors offer higher resolution and take up far less space than traditional PC displays. 2. Initialism of lowest common denominator = least common denominator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of liquor carbonis detergens, that is, coal tar solution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: mus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Maus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pi. Pronunciation: /peɪ/ 1. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
Word: pe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /peɪ/ 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.
Word: gut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”). Pronunciation: /ɡʌt/, /ɡʊt/ 1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you. 3. The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. Labels: uncountable 4. A person's emotional, visceral self. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have a funny feeling in my gut. 5. A class that is not demanding or challenging. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut. 6. A narrow passage of water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Gut of Canso Example: There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken any way you please, is bad, / And strands them in forsaken guts and creeks / No decent soul would think of visiting. 7. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”). Pronunciation: /ɡʌt/, /ɡʊt/ 1. To eviscerate. Labels: transitive Example: Holonym: field dress Example: The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them. 2. To remove or destroy the most important parts of. Labels: transitive Example: Fire gutted the building. Example: Congress gutted the welfare bill. 3. To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of). Labels: transitive Example: They were gutted by the court's decision. Example: It's no worse than what he said in Miami, but hearing him repeat it, attribute it to my father...it guts me. “That's who your family is. Who you are. Stangers—Stanleys, whatever your fucking names are,” he spits.
Word: gut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”). Pronunciation: /ɡʌt/, /ɡʊt/ 1. Made of gut. Example: a violin with gut strings 2. Instinctive. Example: gut reaction
Word: regime change Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Widely believed to have been coined by U.S. President Bill Clinton and popularized by his Presidential successor George W. Bush in reference to the regime of Saddam Hussein. Use of the term dates back to 1925. 1. The overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of an external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the Ancient Greek letter ῥῶ (rhô). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊ/, /ɹoʊ/ 1. The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient. Example: Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked – a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H. 2. The sensitivity of the option value to the risk-free interest rate.
Word: milkshake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk + shake. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/, [ˈmɪɫk.ʃeɪk], /ˈmɪlk.ʃɛjk/, [ˈmɪɫk.ʃɛjk], /ˈmɪlk.ʃæɪk/ 1. A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring. Example: On May 2, a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Robinson. Example: McDonald’s has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies. 2. A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it. Labels: Australia, New-England, New-Zealand 3. A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia. 4. Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine. Labels: informal Example: This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket. 5. An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance. Labels: slang Example: It was the illegal administration by trainer Gregory Martin and subsequent positive test of a baking soda, sugar and water mixture – commonly known as a “milkshake” – prior to one of his runner’s 10 length romps in a $12,000 claiming race at Aqueduct on December 18, 2003 that initially helped to bring the $200 million in illegal wagers to light. Example: In 1999, the trainer Bobby Frankel was rumored to have given a high-profile filly a "milkshake" — a high dose of baking soda intended to increase endurance — before a race in Kentucky.
Word: milkshake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From milk + shake. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/, [ˈmɪɫk.ʃeɪk], /ˈmɪlk.ʃɛjk/, [ˈmɪɫk.ʃɛjk], /ˈmɪlk.ʃæɪk/ 1. To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The name of the horse who was milkshaked was A One Rocket. Martin would later go on to plead guilty to the milkshaking incident and ultimately to two federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. 2. To throw a milkshake at (a person). Labels: informal, neologism, transitive Example: A politician was milkshaked during the protest. Example: Carl Benjamin, another controversial candidate in the European elections, was milkshaked four times last week. […] The most recent milkshaking target is the former leader of Benjamin’s party, Nigel Farage, who left UKIP after it tried to admit Robinson as a member, claiming the party was fixated on Islam.
Word: Nike Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪkiː/ 1. The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion. Labels: Greek 2. 307 Nike, a main belt asteroid.
Word: Nike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪkiː/ 1. An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear produced or licensed by athletic brand Nike. Labels: plural-normally Example: One day Billy Madlock wore two different spikes, a Nike on his left foot for something like fifteen thousand dollars and an Adidas on his right foot for ten thousand. Example: In fact, a whole cottage industry seems to have developed around the world’s floating debris, so if you should find a Nike on the beach, check the serial number on the insole then contact the nearest oceanographic institute.
Word: coala Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of koala. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The funniest sound I ever heard uttered by an animal was by a "native bear," as they call the coala in Australia.
Word: Pella Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Cognates include Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Pashto پرښه (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”), Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (“rocky ridge”), Old Norse fell / fjall (“mountain”), German Fels (“rock, cliff”) 1. An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia. Labels: historical 2. A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia. 3. A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.
Word: flea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plus- (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)). The archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”). Pronunciation: /ˈfliː/, [ˈflɪi̯] 1. A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities. 2. A thing of no significance. Labels: derogatory Example: The nation of beggars on horseback which first colonized California has left behind it many traditions unworthy of conservation, and multitudinous fleas not at all traditional, but even less keepworthy […]