nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: alley oop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /al.ɪˈuːp/, /al.ɪˈʊp/, /ˌæl.iˈup/, /ˌæl.iˈʊp/ 1. An instance of saying "Alley oop!" Example: Rollie says... we should cut out our ‘alley-oop’. He says: ‘It's vulgar, that alley-oop. Every small-time acrobat says “alley-oop”.’ 2. A high and arcing pass, catch, or move, especially (basketball) a shot made by a player as part of the same jump used to catch a pass. Labels: US Example: Owens helped beat the Chicago Bears with a catch he made in the end zone;... a week later he gathered in an Alley Oop from Tittle for a victory over Green Bay. Example: It was a mystery how he managed to ride at all with that set-up, let alone tweak alley-oops on this natural quarter pipe!
Word: alley oop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /al.ɪˈuːp/, /al.ɪˈʊp/, /ˌæl.iˈup/, /ˌæl.iˈʊp/ 1. High and arcing. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: I decided to go for the Alley-Oop pass. I knew I had to lay it in the end zone, high, and I just rared back and threw as hard as I could. Example: The Oroville Tigers have adapted the San Francisco '49er football team's famed... play to their own use on the basketball court. 2. Involving at least a 180-degree turn. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Do you know what an ollie to frontside 50/50 is? A stale-grab Madonna? A smith-grind to revert? An alley-oop lipslide?... They are all gravity- or death-defying tricks.
Word: alley oop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /al.ɪˈuːp/, /al.ɪˈʊp/, /ˌæl.iˈup/, /ˌæl.iˈʊp/ 1. To lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upward. Example: K'Nine intentionally bounced the last shot off the edge of the rim, rebounded, dribbled between his legs for three seconds, then alley ooped to Darius. Example: When the ball came back to Tyson, he alley ooped the ball to Larry, who layed it in.
Word: majuscule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin majuscula (littera). Pronunciation: /ˈmædʒəskjuːl/ 1. A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts. Labels: countable 2. Capital letters. Labels: uncountable Example: Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case. Example: But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.
Word: majuscule writing Part of Speech: noun 1. Writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century. Labels: uncountable
Word: lob jam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the two aspects of the play: a lob pass and a jam shot by the receiver. 1. Synonym of alley oop. Labels: rare
Word: splat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier splat (“to spread flat”), from Middle English splatten, splaten (“to stretch out, extend", also "to split”). Compare dialectal English splat (“flat”). Pronunciation: /splæt/ 1. The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
Word: splat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /splæt/ 1. The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface. Example: I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor. Example: So when it come to choices, I prefer the cricket bat. It doesn't mark the skin and gives a better sounding "splat". 2. The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface. Example: The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint. 3. The Command key on an Apple Macintosh. Labels: slang 4. Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets. Labels: slang 5. Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets. Labels: slang 6. An operator indicating a variable-length argument list, often denoted by * or .... Example: It consists of three dots or periods preceding the last (or only) parameter in the function signature. The splat operator converts the values passed to the function into an array, which can then be used inside the function […] 7. An operator which takes a scalar value and creates a vector in which each element is initialized to that value. Example: For example, "broadcast" (sometimes called "splat") makes a vector whose lanes are all the same scalar, like Rust's [42; N] array literal. 8. A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water. 9. A children's game in which one person, in the centre of a circle of players, points and says "SPLAT!" at another player. That player then ducks down and the two players either side of them point and say "SPLAT!". The slowest to react is and eliminated from the game. The final is settled by a Mexican standoff.
Word: splat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /splæt/ 1. To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape. Labels: intransitive Example: The egg splatted onto the floor. 2. To splatter. Labels: transitive Example: She splatted the roach with her shoe. 3. To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent. Labels: transitive Example: Figure 6: Checkerboard rendering using two different screen space surface splatting algorithms.
Word: onomatopoetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of onomatopoeic. Labels: uncommon
Word: splat mat Part of Speech: noun 1. A waterproof and easily washable sheet used to collect food dropped by a small child while eating, or otherwise to protect easily soiled surfaces. Example: Our splat mat has saved our rug from our baby's messes again and again.
Word: drop cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dropcloth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tarpaulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tar + pall (“heavy canvas”) + -ing. The sailor sense reflects that sailors of centuries past often wore garments made of tarred cloth (for weatherproofing). Pronunciation: /tɑˈpɔː.lɪn/, /ˈtɑːɹpəlɪn/, /tɑɹˈpɔ.lɪn/ 1. A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth or plastic sheet, used as a cover or blanket (often as weatherproofing, or to keep loose cargo from blowing off a lorry). Labels: countable Example: Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet. Example: There were sailors asleep in the fantastic fashion of the British tarpaulin — snoring heavily as they lay on the bare deck, despite the din about them. 2. Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover. Labels: archaic, uncountable 3. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: rain hat 4. A sailor. Labels: archaic, countable, slang
Word: tarpaulin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tar + pall (“heavy canvas”) + -ing. The sailor sense reflects that sailors of centuries past often wore garments made of tarred cloth (for weatherproofing). Pronunciation: /tɑˈpɔː.lɪn/, /ˈtɑːɹpəlɪn/, /tɑɹˈpɔ.lɪn/ 1. To cover with a tarpaulin. Example: "Cover it up! Don't touch it!" said the Professor. So we tarpaulined it according to his instructions, and there it lies.
Word: quiche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake. The sexually alluring sense originates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot". Pronunciation: /kiːʃ/ 1. A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quiche Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake. The sexually alluring sense originates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot". Pronunciation: /kiːʃ/ 1. Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring. Labels: slang Example: I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.
Word: non-fiction Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nonfiction. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: science fiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From science + fiction. First use appears c. 1851. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəns ˌfɪkʃən/ 1. Fiction in which advanced technology or science is a key element. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Now this applies especially to Science-Fiction, in which the revealed truths of Science may be given, interwoven with a pleasing story which may itself be poetical and true—thus circulating a knowledge of the Poetry of Science, clothed in a garb of the Poetry of Life. Example: Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology. 2. Technology that, while theoretically possible, is not yet practical. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: Despite decades of research, mass-market personal aircraft are still science fiction.
Word: science fiction Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From science + fiction. First use appears c. 1851. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəns ˌfɪkʃən/ 1. Of or pertaining to this genre.
Word: sci-fi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of science fiction. Pronunciation: /saɪ.faɪ/ 1. A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes. Labels: uncountable Example: I'm the kind of sci-fi addict who can stand any amount of improbability, bad acting, uninterested direction and poverty-row budgets, but can't take The Mind of Mr. Soames. Example: Several sci-fi films and novels have very accurately predicted and paved the way for many of the pieces of technology we enjoy today. 2. Syllabic abbreviation of science fiction. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: sci-fi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of science fiction. Pronunciation: /saɪ.faɪ/ 1. Of or pertaining to such a genre.
Word: SF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of science fiction or speculative fiction, often used to avoid having to choose between the two. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of square feet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of spontaneous fission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of small forward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of semifinal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of single female. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of San Francisco. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Sinn Féin; an Irish political party. Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Street Fighter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Super Formula. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SF Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of smoker-friendly: not objecting to people who smoke tobacco. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Madurai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil மதுரை (maturai), from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁃 (maturai). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðʊraɪ/, /ˌmɑːdəˈraɪ/ 1. A district of Tamil Nadu, India. 2. A city, the headquarters of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India, also the cultural capital of the state.
Word: speculative fiction Part of Speech: noun 1. A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life. Labels: uncountable Example: There are at least two principal ways to write speculative fiction—write about people, or write about gadgets. Example: And the speculation shows signs of turning into very sophisticated science fiction – science fiction in the purest sense; speculative fiction about science. 2. A particular work belonging to this class. Labels: countable
Word: algorithm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic ال (al-) Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-) Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-) Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der. Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š) Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor. Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism ▲ English arithmo-influ. English algorithm From Middle English algorisme, augrym, from Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and a toponymic name meaning "the Chorasmian". The spelling change (-s- > -th-) was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós) (whence English arithmo-). Pronunciation: /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, [ˈæɫɡəɹɪðm̩], /ˈalɡəɹɪð(ə)m/ 1. A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps. Labels: countable Example: Informally, an algorithm is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into the output. Example: Mark Zuckerberg: No, I need the algorithm you used to rank chess players. / Eduardo Saverin: Are you OK? / Mark Zuckerberg: We're ranking girls. 2. A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: This retrospective observational analysis evaluated BP [blood pressure] control in an entirely remote management program before and during the pandemic. A team of pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians, and nonlicensed navigators used an evidence‐based clinical algorithm to optimize hypertensive treatment. The algorithm was adapted during the pandemic to simplify BP control. 3. Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 4. recommender systems and the curation of feeds Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable 5. recommender systems and the curation of feeds Labels: broadly, countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable Example: Glover began his acceptance speech by saying, “First, I want to thank the great algorithm that put us all here.” 6. recommender systems and the curation of feeds Labels: countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable Example: … you and I probably didn't run across that in our algorithm, but that doesn't mean that a lot of people aren't gonna run across garbage like that in their algorithms in the next couple weeks…
Word: code review Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After several painful episodes, we've decided to adopt code review for all major changes. Example: How did that get through two separate code reviews?
Word: code review Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a code review on. Labels: transitive Example: Did anyone code review that class before it went into the shipping version? Example: These changes are code-reviewed by other team members and merged to the main branch upon approval.
Word: dequeue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for double-ended queue. Pronunciation: /dɛk/ 1. Alternative spelling of deque. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dequeue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English queue English dequeue From de- + queue. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːˈkjuː/ 1. To remove an item from a queue. Labels: transitive
Word: stacked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stækt/ 1. Arranged in a stack. Example: The plates were stacked waiting to be cleaned. 2. Having large breasts. Labels: slang Example: That girl at the party was really stacked. Example: You know what I like, I like a girl that's really smart / Provided that she's really stacked 3. Having large muscles; buff. Labels: slang 4. Wealthy. Labels: slang 5. Wealthy. Labels: slang 6. Unfairly constructed; rigged. Labels: slang Example: a stacked deck of cards Example: That game is stacked. Don't even try it. 7. Measured stacked or organized (such as of firewood when in neat stacks), but with gaps between individual pieces. 8. Having many skilled players. Example: The addition of Holiday is especially auspicious because while the team is stacked with great offensive players, it is a little lacking on defense, and he fills that gap.
Word: stacked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of stack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒʃ/, [ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ], /ˈfɹɔʃ/, [ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ], /ˈfɹɑʃ/ 1. A frog. Labels: dialectal Example: 1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356
Word: frosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of freshman + sophomore. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒʃ/, [ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ], /ˈfɹɔʃ/, [ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ], /ˈfɹɑʃ/ 1. A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities. Labels: colloquial Example: The frosh are really getting on my nerves! 2. Ellipsis of frosh week. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: frosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of freshman + sophomore. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒʃ/, [ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ], /ˈfɹɔʃ/, [ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ], /ˈfɹɑʃ/ 1. To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way. Labels: slang, transitive Example: This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form. 2. To damage through incompetence. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.
Word: freshman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fresh + man. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/, [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.mən] ~ [ˈfɹʷɛʃ.mn̩] 1. a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical. Example: When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge. 2. a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge Labels: obsolete Example: I am but a Freshman yet in France, therefore I can send you no News but that all is here quiet, and 'tis no ordinary News that the French should be quiet.
Word: ditch day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ditch (“deliberately not attend classes”). 1. A day on which a group of students, generally the senior class, leaves the campus and its responsibilities for a day. Labels: US
Word: Cal Tech Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Caltech. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Caltech Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkælˌtɛk/ 1. Acronym of California Institute of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: esh Part of Speech: noun 1. The IPA symbol ʃ. 2. The letter Ʃ/ʃ, used by some African languages.
Word: honour Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒnə/, /ˈɑnəɹ/ 1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Honours are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year. Example: The lorde of the honour or manour
Word: honour Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɒnə/, /ˈɑnəɹ/ 1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Word: honour Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈɒnə/, /ˈɑnəɹ/ 1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Word: labradorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Labrador Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English labradorite From Labrador + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹˌaɪt/, /ˌlæb.ɹəˈdɔɹˌaɪt/ 1. A plagioclase feldspar mineral, calcium sodium aluminum silicate, often very coarsely crystalline, used as a decorative stone for carvings and building façades. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: good morning Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn. Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/ 1. Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning. Example: The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls." Example: Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away. 2. A parting in the morning. Labels: uncommon Example: Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning. Example: “Good morning!” he said at last. “We don’t want any adventures here, thank you![…]” By this he meant that the conversation was at an end. / “What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!” said Gandalf. “Now you mean that you want to get rid of me,[…]” 3. Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day). Labels: broadly, humorous Example: Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning! 4. Said to someone who has come to a belated realization. Labels: broadly, informal Example: You're just realizing that now? Good morning!
Word: good morning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn. Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/ 1. A greeting consisting of the interjection. 2. An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning.
Word: good morning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn. Pronunciation: /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/ 1. Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It could not otherwise befall / (Sir Thomas, and his Wife, this course persuing,) / But that the Lady, affable to all, / Should greet the Friars, on her way / To matins, as she met them, every day, / Good morninging, and how d’ye doing: […] Example: So Puffington sauntered along good morninging “Sir Harrys,” and “Sir Jameses,” and “Lord Johns,” and “Lord Toms,” […]
Word: bewitching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bewitch + -ing. Pronunciation: /bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
Word: bewitching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bewitch + -ing. Pronunciation: /bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Enchanting. Example: […] and she was so dove-like, so pure, and so gracious, so sweet and bewitching. Example: Harry pursed his lips. He thought about Morgan Robertson and his magical books. He thought about Lyle Lillihammer, thoroughly ensorcelled, who was even now starting the second of what would probably be an entire series of PhDs at the SCP Foundation. He thought about Eileen Veiksaar, who had promised with another bewitching closed-mouth smile to meet him for coffee on his first day at Site-43 a month from now. He didn't like coffee, but he did like the possibilities unfolding in front of him. He thought about those possibilities.
Word: amygdala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē)bor. ▲ Arabic لَوْز (lawz)sl. Medieval Latin amygdalalbor. English amygdala Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala (“almond, amygdala”), from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”), named as such due to its shape. Doublet of almond, amygdale, and mandorla. Pronunciation: /əˈmɪɡ.də.lə/ 1. Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans. Example: There is experimental evidence showing that cortisol restrains the intensity and duration of the emergency reaction to stress, and catecholamines have been shown to enhance emotional memory in the amygdala (see subsection on "Noradrenaline"). Thus, individuals lacking cortisol would overstore traumatic memories . Example: Cognitive scientists distinguish between normal risk-assessment decisions, which activate the reward-prediction regions of the brain, and decisions made amid extreme uncertainty, which generate activity in the amygdala.
Word: Kubanskaya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Куба́нская f (Kubánskaja), related to Куба́нь (Kubánʹ), Kuban, an area of southern Russian around the Kuban River and the Black Sea. 1. Russian flavoured vodka with a touch of honey
Word: Lewes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Lewes, from late Old English Lewes, a variant of earlier Lǣwe, of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Old English hlǣw (“hill”), referring to the several mounts in Lewes. Alternatively, perhaps derived from Old English lǣw (“cut, incision, gash”), referring to the narrow, steep-sided 'gash' where the River Ouse cuts through the line of the South Downs. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.ɪs/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bytownite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bytown + -ite, named for the type locality in Bytown (now Ottawa), Canada, but this locality was later discredited. The name, however, was kept. 1. A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: anorthite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αν- (an-, “not”) + ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) "not perpendicular; less than straight", in reference to its odd. 1. A variety of plagioclase feldspar, the calcium endmember of that series. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: striated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stɹaɪˈeɪtɪd/, /ˈstɹaɪeɪtɪd/ 1. Having parallel lines or grooves on the surface.
Word: striated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹaɪˈeɪtɪd/, /ˈstɹaɪeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of striate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bully beef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a corruption of French bouilli (“boiled”) + beef. 1. Pickled or canned beef. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: mineral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”), probably ultimately derived from Latin mina (“ore, mine”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/, /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl/ 1. Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one. Example: The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical. Example: Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist. 2. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable). 3. Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition. 4. Mineral water. Labels: UK 5. A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can. Labels: Ireland, Nigeria, South-Africa, informal 6. A mine or mineral deposit. Labels: obsolete Example: O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure; 7. A poisonous or dangerous substance. Labels: obsolete Example: ...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…]
Word: mineral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”), probably ultimately derived from Latin mina (“ore, mine”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/, /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl/ 1. of, related to, or containing minerals Labels: not-comparable
Word: continental quilt Part of Speech: noun 1. A duvet used in combination with other blankets. Labels: UK
Word: unsurpassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English surpassed English unsurpassed From un- + surpassed. 1. Not exceeded by others. Labels: not-comparable Example: All grades of coal, deepmined and opencast, are produced, and Durham coking coal is unsurpassed for iron and steel making and is world-famous.
Word: unexceeded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English exceeded English unexceeded From un- + exceeded. 1. unsurpassed Labels: not-comparable Example: The intermediate posts […] were all captured, and most of their garrisons put to death with unexceeded barbarity and treachery.
Word: unexcelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Excelling all others in some way. Labels: not-comparable Example: unexcelled at learning languages Example: unexcelled by any competitor
Word: plutonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Plutonic. Pronunciation: /pluːˈtɒnɪk/, /pluˈtɑnɪk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Plutonic. Labels: alt-of
Word: plutonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pluton(ium) + -ic. Pronunciation: /pluːˈtɒnɪk/, /pluˈtɑnɪk/ 1. Containing plutonium in a higher oxidation state. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pantheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan- + theism, in which pan derives from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), meaning “all”, and theism from Ancient Greek θεός (theós), meaning “god”. The first known use is from 1702, in an English translation of Joseph Raphson’s 1697 book De Spatio Reali seu Ente Infinito, written in Latin, which coined the Latin term pantheismus. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/ 1. The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The belief in all gods; omnitheism. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: metamorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English metamorphosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metamorphic From metamorphosis + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛt.əˈmɔɹ.fɪk/ 1. Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character. Labels: not-comparable Example: That heaven in our mind that seeks to reveal itself to us in all its brilliance during the multitudinous writhings of whatever metamorphic pilgrimage we must make during this era of darkness and human folly. 2. Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). Labels: not-comparable Example: Yu Shan or Jade Mountain, 3997 meters, is the highest mountain in Taiwan and all of east Asia. It is built of metamorphic rock, as are all the mountains in Taiwan. 3. Pertaining to metamorphosis. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metamorphic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English metamorphosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metamorphic From metamorphosis + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛt.əˈmɔɹ.fɪk/ 1. A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
Word: pantheist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English theist English pantheist From pan- + theist. Pronunciation: /ˈpænθiː.ɪst/ 1. A person who believes in pantheism.
Word: pantheist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English theist English pantheist From pan- + theist. Pronunciation: /ˈpænθiː.ɪst/ 1. Of or relating to pantheism. Example: [S]ome pragmatists (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world.
Word: panentheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Panentheismus, coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 from Ancient Greek πᾶν ἐν θεῷ (pân en theōî, “all in god”) + -ismus (“-ism”). Pronunciation: /pænˈɛnθiɪzəm/ 1. A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe. Labels: uncountable Example: The third great age of humanity (das Reifalter) is that in which all its powers are fully and harmoniously developed... and in which panentheism is universally and cordially accepted as the only true and adequate doctrine either of science or of society. Example: Pantheism or panentheism... is condemned by the Church, as well as by the teachings of Schopenhauer and of the modern Hartmann. 2. A belief in all gods. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: feldspathoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -oid. 1. Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: feldspathoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Feldspath (“feldspar”) + -oid. 1. Resembling a feldspar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leucite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈlusaɪt/, /ˈluːsaɪt/ 1. A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A leucoplast. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nepheline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), because crystals become cloudy when exposed to acid, + -ine. 1. A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: International System of Units Part of Speech: name 1. A standard set of units of measurement for use in scientific literature worldwide. The newest and most widespread version of the metric system.
Word: international Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + national. Introduced in modern English by Jeremy Bentham in his An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1780. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ], /ˌɪn.(t)ɚˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ], [ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ] 1. Of or having to do with more than one nation. Example: an international discussion 2. Of or having to do with more than one nation. Example: an international competition Example: Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament. 3. Of or having to do with more than one nation. Example: an international rule Example: Principles of legiſlation in matters betwixt nation and nation, or, to uſe a new though not inexpreſſive appellation, in matters of international law. 4. Of or having to do with more than one nation. Example: an international airport 5. Of or concerning the association called the International. 6. Independent of national boundaries; common to all people. Example: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind. Example: The atmosphere is an international resource. 7. Foreign; of another nation. Example: an international student Example: The number of international players in the National Basketball Association has increased 10 percent from one year ago, the league said on Monday.
Word: international Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + national. Introduced in modern English by Jeremy Bentham in his An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1780. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ], /ˌɪn.(t)ɚˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/, [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ], [ˌɪɾ̃ɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ] 1. Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK Example: The United team includes five England internationals. Example: "The young fellah meant no real harm. After all, he's an International, so if he takes half an hour to describe a game of football he has more right to do it than most folk." 2. A game or contest between two or more nations. Labels: Australia, Britain, Ireland Example: SWR has more than its fair share of major national events. As well as the [Queen's] funeral and the coronation in the past 12 months, annual events include racing at Ascot, grand slam tennis at Wimbledon, and rugby internationals at Twickenham. 3. A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.
Word: scientific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”). Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/ 1. Related or connected to science Example: There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion". Example: In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance. 2. Related or connected to science: 3. Related or connected to science: Example: “The circumstances in Iran were so mysterious and so bizarre that the Iranian government realized that this cannot happen with mechanical means or cyberattacks. They cannot happen with anything known to the human mind from a scientific point of view,” he explained.
Word: worldwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide From world + -wide. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːldˌwaɪd/, /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/, /ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/, /ˌwɝldˈwaɪd/ 1. Spanning the world; global. Example: A large meteorite impact would cause worldwide extinction of life. Example: The issuance of the worldwide caution alert is a significant message amid protests that have erupted throughout the Middle East in response to the Israel-Hamas war, with many demonstrators targeting US diplomatic compounds.
Word: worldwide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide From world + -wide. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːldˌwaɪd/, /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/, /ˈwɝldˌwaɪd/, /ˌwɝldˈwaɪd/ 1. Throughout the world. Labels: not-comparable Example: The character of James Bond is known worldwide. Example: English is spoken worldwide.
Word: smooth jazz Part of Speech: noun 1. A modern form of jazz first developed in the 1970s that blends in elements of rhythm and blues. Labels: uncountable
Word: candida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Candida, from Latin candida. 1. A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans Labels: informal Example: "What we're finding," says Marshall, "is that if we lean only on candida and don't treat other molds affecting the system, we fail.
Word: pathogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patho- + -genic. Pronunciation: /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ 1. Able to cause (harmful) disease. Example: While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic. 2. Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds. Example: Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music.
Word: ordure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour from Old French ordure (“dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth”) (modern French ordure), from ord (“filthy”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the results of actions). Ord is derived from Latin horridus (“dreadful, frightful, horrid”), from horreō (“to stand erect, stand on end; to shiver, tremble; to be afraid of, dread; to be frightful”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff; surprised”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/, /-d͡ʒə/, /ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹ/ 1. Dung, excrement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But there has none employed my Thoughts of late ſo much, as a very nice inquiſition, or inſpection, into the frequent differences we meet with Human Ordure. The World may ſay, perhaps, I had very little to do, and that ſo ſolemn and ſerious a Preface, ill became ſo foul a Subject; but let what will be ſaid, I can't help communicating my Sentiments, but will endeavour to wrap 'em up in as cleanly a manner, as the dirtineſs of the Theme will admit. Example: If a Man throws upon a Woman's body, from the Navel upwards to beneath the Neck, any Spue, or Urine, or Ordure, or Semen, the Magiſtrate ſhall fine him One Hundred and Twenty Puns of Cowries. 2. Dirt, filth. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them. Example: The Ears are ſometimes troubled with Ulcers; and an Ulcer often happens by the Fall of a malignant Humour; or elſe it is occaſioned by a Wound, ſome Hurt, or ſome Ordure that is corrupted in the Ear. 3. Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: As my Papers are intended for ſhort Eſſays of Morality,—I ſhall leave to the Authors of Common-Senſe, the full Poſſeſſion of their Puns and Ordures, both now and evermore; [...] Example: [James] Douglas – who had recently railed against Aldous Huxley’s Antic Hay for its ‘ordure and blasphemy’, summed the book [Aleister Crowley’s Diary of a Drug Fiend (1922)] up as ‘describing the orgies of vice practised by a group of moral degenerates who stimulate their degraded lusts by doses of cocaine and heroin’.
Word: hors-d'œuvre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hors d'oeuvre. Labels: alt-of, alternative