nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wanton Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful”), from wan- (“not, un-, mis-”) + towen, i-towen (“educated”, literally “towed; led; drawn”), from Old English togen, ġetogen, past participle of tēon (“to train, discipline”), equivalent to wan- + towed. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntən/, /ˈwɑntən/, /ˈwɒntɒn/ 1. Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled. Labels: archaic Example: As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, / They kill us for their sport. Example: 'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop. 2. Playful, sportive; merry or carefree. Labels: obsolete Example: The grave simplicity of the philosopher was ill calculated to engage her wanton levity, or to fix that unbounded passion for variety, which often discovered personal merit in the meanest of mankind. 3. Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste. Example: if wenches will hang out lures for fellows, it is no matter what they suffer: I detest such creatures; and it would be much better for them that their faces had been seamed with the smallpox: but I must confess I never saw any of this wanton behaviour in poor Jenny [...]. Example: I know I ought never to have dreamt of sending that valentine—forgive me, sir—it was a wanton thing which no woman with any self-respect should have done. 4. Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous. Example: Edward himself, now thoroughly enlightened on her character, had no scruple in believing her capable of the utmost meanness of wanton ill-nature. Example: Several cases of serious wanton damage have occurred on the new electric trains on the Manchester-Bury line of the London Midland Region during recent weeks. 5. Extravagant, unrestrained, excessive. Labels: archaic Example: the market price will rise more or less above the natural price, according as either the greatness of the deficiency, or the wealth and wanton luxury of the competitors, happen to animate more or less the eagerness of the competition. Example: But do not think it argues change of temper since I wrote the Frère review, or a wanton praise of one man and blame of another.
Word: wanton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful”), from wan- (“not, un-, mis-”) + towen, i-towen (“educated”, literally “towed; led; drawn”), from Old English togen, ġetogen, past participle of tēon (“to train, discipline”), equivalent to wan- + towed. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntən/, /ˈwɑntən/, /ˈwɒntɒn/ 1. A pampered or coddled person. Example: I would have thee gone — / And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, / That lets it hop a little from her hand, / Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, / And with a silken thread plucks it back again[…] 2. An overly playful person; a trifler. Example: you but dally, / I pray you passe with your best violence, / I am afeard you make a wanton of me. Example: Peace, my wantons; he will do / More than you can aim unto. 3. A self-indulgent person, fond of excess. 4. A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute. Labels: archaic Example: ...paints with tremendous force the adulteries of the two wantons Aholah and Aholibah, Israel and Judah, and their love of strangers... Example: However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say ‘coming home to-night, dearie’ and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
Word: wanton Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful”), from wan- (“not, un-, mis-”) + towen, i-towen (“educated”, literally “towed; led; drawn”), from Old English togen, ġetogen, past participle of tēon (“to train, discipline”), equivalent to wan- + towed. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntən/, /ˈwɑntən/, /ˈwɒntɒn/ 1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. Labels: intransitive Example: […] We will fetch thee straight / Adonis painted by a running brook, / And Cytherea all in sedges hid, / Which seem to move and wanton with her breath / Even as the waving sedges play wi’ th’ wind. Example: […] Nature here / Wantond as in her prime, and plaid at will / Her Virgin Fancies […] 2. To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away). Labels: transitive Example: The young man wantoned away his inheritance. Example: [W]ith this money the King shall wanton away his time in pleasures […] 3. To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious. Labels: intransitive Example: Be loving and courteous to your fellow Servants, not gigling or idling out your time, or wantoning in the society of men […] Example: Happy he that ſips Eternally ſuch Nectar dovvn, that unconfin'd may Lave, and VVanton there in ſateleſs Draughts of ever ſpringing Beauty— […]
Word: wanton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntən/, /ˈwɑntən/, /ˈwɒntɒn/ 1. wonton (Chinese dumpling) Labels: Philippines, Singapore Example: Add wanton, chives and vegetables to broth and season with 1 tablespoon salt, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, and 1 chicken cube. Example: Spread mayonnaise sparingly on one side of each of the wantons. Now make a stepped sandwich so that you can see about one-third of each type of fish on your serving plate. Start with one wanton, mayonnaise-side up, cover with a slice of tuna add another wanton, mayonnaise-side up, leaving one-third of the tuna showing.
Word: helluva Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Written form of a reduction (relaxed pronunciation) of hell of a. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛləvə/ 1. (A) hell of a; extreme. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: They had a helluva row over where to spend the weekend. Example: Where were you? - Lost in Paris. - Wow! Helluva place to get lost!
Word: helluva Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Written form of a reduction (relaxed pronunciation) of hell of a. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛləvə/ 1. ; (expletive) (A) hell of a; extremely or very. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: We had a helluva good time at the party.
Word: debauchery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From debauch + -ery. First use appears c. 1642. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/, /dɪˈbɔ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/, /dɪˈbɑ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/, /dɪˈboː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/ 1. An excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: life of debauchery Example: drunken debauchery 2. A seduction from duty. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: Belgrade Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Belgrade, from Medieval Latin Belgradum and Belogradum, ultimately from South Slavic forms of Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) and *gȏrdъ (“fortress, city”), after the white walls of its medieval fortress. Doublet of Beograd, Berat, and Belgorod. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/, /bəlˈɡɹɑːd/ 1. The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro. 2. The Serbian or Yugoslav government. Labels: metonymically Example: Prosecution witness Osman Selak claimed that the Bosnian Serb army was under the de facto control of Belgrade, as the Prosecution alleged, but under cross-examination could not produce a single example of an order issued by the Yugoslav army to the Bosnian Serb army. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A town in Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Word: crossbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crosbowe, crossebowe, equivalent to cross + bow. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒsbəʊ/ 1. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts. 2. A portable ballista that can be held in the hand.
Word: toit Part of Speech: noun 1. A cushion. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: marimba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”). Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪm.bə/ 1. A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre. Example: The default ringtone for your iPhone is a marimba sound, but if you'd like to change it, start at the Home screen, then tap on the Settings icon.
Word: Bose-Einstein condensate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after physicists Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose 1. A gaseous superfluid phase of matter in which all the particles have the same quantum state.
Word: colony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/, /ˈkɔlənɪj/, /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/, /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/ 1. A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area. Example: Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies. Example: Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain. 2. A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin. Example: a colony of British expats in Spain Example: The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany. 3. A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy. Example: a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony Example: a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete 4. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. Example: ant colony; coral colony Example: a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids 5. An apartment complex or neighborhood. Labels: India Example: Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large. 6. A local group of Beaver Scouts. 7. A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters. Example: That weekend in 2013, fraternity members from Baruch, a commuter school in Manhattan whose Pi Delta Psi colony was only about three years old, gathered in a large rental house in Tunkhannock Township, Pa. Early on a frigid morning, Mr. Deng followed the other pledges in putting on a blindfold and backpack.
Word: colony Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/, /ˈkɔlənɪj/, /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/, /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/ 1. To colonize. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: Such black Attendants Colonied thy Cell, / But for thy Preſence, Car’sbrook had been Hell. Example: The noble Island (which was colonied [translating habitavam] / Sometime by Tyrians) was not wanting here, / Who, on their Banners in thoſe days of yore / The famous Pillars of Alcides bore.
Word: tsarevich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian царе́вич (carévič). Pronunciation: /ˈ(t)sɑːɹəvɪtʃ/, /ˈzɑːɹəvɪtʃ/, /(t)sɑːˈɹɛvɪtʃ/ 1. A son of a tsar, a prince in Russia or Bulgaria. 2. The firstborn son of a tsar 3. The tsesarevich (crown prince of the Russia Empire)
Word: tornado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/, /tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/ 1. A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. Example: An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes. Example: Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening. […] A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even higher.
Word: tornado Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/, /tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/ 1. To sweep through something violently. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: And so on Friday nights, James Torin tornadoed through six beers, a carton of cigarettes, a coffee table littered with lottery tickets, and unrequited dreams. Example: They come every night, those cavernous trains, tornadoing the frozen house, a madness feeling for the door.
Word: didaskaleinophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek διδασκαλεῖον (didaskaleîon) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English didaskaleinophobia From Ancient Greek διδασκαλεῖον (didaskaleîon, “school”) + English -phobia. 1. The fear of going to school. Labels: uncountable Example: As well as claustrophobia, I also suffer from a condition that I can't even pronounce: Didaskaleinophobia. It translates as fear of schools. I only experienced a very minor form of this as a kid.
Word: octothorpe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin disputed. There is no known usage before it was adopted by Bell Labs in the late 1960s or early 1970s, so most sources agree it was coined by someone at Bell Labs, but accounts from Bell Labs personnel conflict on the details. The derivation as a traditional term from octo- (“eight”) + thorpe (“field, hamlet or small village”) lacks any evidence, but there is near universal agreement that the first element refers to the number eight. Eight is derived from the number of ends of the lines. Thorpe could be a reference to Jim Thorpe, as one proponent was a fan of the athlete. However, it probably is just an arbitrarily-picked syllable with no particular meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈɒktəʊθɔːp/, /ˈɑːktoʊθɔːɹp/ 1. The hash or square symbol #, used mainly in telephony and computing. Labels: US Example: The pad 1 provides keys for numerals 0 to 9, while the sextile or asterisk (*) key is decoded to provide a decimal point and the octothorp ( # ) key generates a command to send the contents of the memory unto the telephone line through a send circuit 7, a coupling circuit 8 and the hybrid network 2. Example: A select group of Sears customers were given a "how to" manual on ordering goods by Touch-Tone. The octothorpe (#) and asterisk (*) buttons are used to separate information and to indicate end of transmission. This is the first system in Canada in which the general public has direct access to a computer from their homes.
Word: complement Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English complement, from Latin complēmentum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“to fill up; to complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. The verb is from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpləmənt/, /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ 1. To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole. Example: We believe your addition will complement the team. 2. To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole. Example: The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination. Example: I believe our talents really complement each other. 3. To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
Word: complement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See compliment. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpləmənt/, /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ 1. Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A man of complements
Word: complement Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See compliment. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpləmənt/, /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ 1. Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Word: chromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French chromatique (“chromatic”) or directly from its etymon Latin chrōmaticus, from Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós, “relating to colour; one of the three types of tetrachord in Greek music”), from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour; pigment; chromatic scale in music; music”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind; to rub; to stroke; to remove”), perhaps in the sense of the grinding of pigments) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives); analysable as chroma + -tic. Pronunciation: /kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/, /kɹəʊˈmæt.ɪk/, /kɹoʊˈmæt.ɪk/, [-ɾɪk] 1. Uses relating to colour Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Uses relating to colour Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually 3. Uses relating to colour Labels: not-comparable, usually 4. Uses relating to colour Labels: not-comparable, usually 5. One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord. Labels: historical, not-comparable, usually 6. Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: All the intervals of the scale that are a whole tone (step) distant from each other may be divided into half tones, (small steps), forming an entire scale of small intervals, (half tones), called the Chromatic Scale. […] All the tones (steps) of the scale being thus divided, either by means of the sharp or flat, we shall have for our Chromatic Scale thirteen intervals, of a half tone (small step) each. 7. Moving in semitones. Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: chromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chromatin + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Pronunciation: /kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/, /kɹəʊˈmæt.ɪk/, /kɹoʊˈmæt.ɪk/, [-ɾɪk] 1. Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division). Labels: not-comparable Example: Each nucleus has, then, (1) a protoplasmic body, and (2) a portion formed of nuclein, which is the chromatin of [Walther] Flemming. […] The chromatic reticulum of Flemming is only an appearance due to the regular crossing of its convolutions, rarely to their temporary union. Example: The chromatic threads next arrange themselves in the equatorial plane of the nucleus, and then divide into two groups of threads, each of which forms a daughter nucleus.
Word: cap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope. Pronunciation: /kæp/, [kʰæp], /kap/, [kʰap], /kɛp/ 1. To cover or seal with a cap. Labels: transitive 2. To award a cap as a mark of distinction. Labels: transitive 3. To lie over or on top of something. Labels: transitive 4. To surpass or outdo. Labels: transitive 5. To set (or reach) an upper limit on something. Labels: transitive Example: to cap wages Example: It recalls the business case for Scotland's reopening of the Borders Railway to Tweedbank, that British Rail closed in 1969. The review says the business case for this was at best borderline, but goes on to say that the case greatly underestimated passenger demand and that the railway Scotland built has capped its capacity. 6. To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: That really capped my day. Example: Ms. Yaccarino’s exit caps a tumultuous period at X, which was previously called Twitter and has been remade in Mr. Musk’s image since he bought the platform for $44 billion in 2022. 7. To select a player to play for a specified side. Labels: transitive 8. To shoot (someone) with a firearm. Labels: slang, transitive Example: If he don’t get outta my hood, I’m gonna cap his ass. Example: In a school shooting, where some kid caps a bunch of other kids, where did he get the weapon? From a family member, probably their gun cabinet. 9. To lie; to tell a lie. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: "How? Didn’t I cap for you, an’ square you with the examinin’ board? Didn’t I stake you to the three hundred dollars?" Example: It’s over for you capping-ass rappers—get out the game / You can fool the record labels, but not the streets, man 10. To select to play for the national team. Labels: transitive Example: Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer. 11. To salute by uncovering the head respectfully. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Tom never miſsed a lecture, and capped the proctor with the profoundeſt of bows. Example: Indeed, as the astonished small boys "capped" him on his way to nine o'clock "absence," he wore an expression of delight bordering on playfulness, which, coming from one of such firm and commanding features, was immensely striking. 12. To deprive of a cap. Example: As if one going to diſtrain upon his own Land or Tenement, where lawfully he may; yet if in doing thereof, he tranſgreſs the leaſt Point of the Common Law, he ſtraight committeth Felony. Or if one, by any other Occaſion, take any thing from another, as Boys uſe ſometimes to cap one another, the ſame is ſtraight Felony.
Word: cap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various clippings. Pronunciation: /kæp/, [kʰæp], /kap/, [kʰap], /kɛp/ 1. Capitalization. 2. A capital letter. Labels: informal 3. A capacitor. Example: parasitic caps Example: I had to replace the caps in that thing to get it to work again. 4. Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Example: Anyone have a cap of the games last night? 5. A capsule of a drug. Labels: slang Example: Glass bottles of liquid LSD; moist blocks of Manali charras and Malana cream; sachets of smack; a hundred caps of MDMA and a phial of Australian DMT; ampoules of medical morphine and a dense pad of four thousand Californian blotters. 6. A capitalist. Labels: colloquial 7. A capillary. 8. A caption. 9. A cappuccino. Labels: informal
Word: cap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Various clippings. Pronunciation: /kæp/, [kʰæp], /kap/, [kʰap], /kɛp/ 1. To convert text to uppercase. Labels: informal, transitive 2. To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video. Labels: transitive Example: I've capped in VCD format, so will eventually post it to abme (I've since found out that it's a bit OT for this group) Example: Please tell me someone capped it!!!! 3. To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint. Labels: transitive Example: Call your friends and bring a gun / The Halo revolution's on / Capping flags and arming bombs / Yes, we don't blink until we're done 4. To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: cap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots cap, an alteration of earlier cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English copp (“a cup, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Pronunciation: /kæp/, [kʰæp], /kap/, [kʰap], /kɛp/ 1. A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles. Labels: obsolete
Word: gamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English gamer English gamer From Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun and possibly since 1248 in the name of one Johannes le Gamer. Equivalent to game (noun) + -er (occupational suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ̯mə/, [ˈɡeɪ̯mə], /ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mə/, [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mə] ~ [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mɐ̝], /ˈɡeɪ̯mɚ/ 1. A person who plays any kind of game. Example: […] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer. Example: These dice are the gamers' weapons […] 2. A person who plays any kind of game. Example: That the Parliament congratulates the online gamer, Harry Brewis, who is known by the handle HBomberGuy, […] Example: A country that's enriched the world with sushi, karaoke and manga, Japan has many devotees, especially among gamers and geeks. 3. A person who games the system. Example: Near-synonym: gamesman Example: […] the real "takers" in this country are commercial gamers of the system who are only in it to swipe a fast buck from the common trust. 4. A gambler. Labels: obsolete Example: The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.
Word: gamer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English gamer From game (adjective) + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ̯mə/, [ˈɡeɪ̯mə], /ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mə/, [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mə] ~ [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mɐ̝], /ˈɡeɪ̯mɚ/ 1. comparative form of game: more game Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: computer game Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌɡeɪm/ 1. An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).
Word: gameplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From game + play. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪ/ 1. The totality of player experiences during a game, such as the gaming environment and the competitive interaction with other players; often with reference to a video game or a board game. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: mouses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mouse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mouse (“computer peripheral”) Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of mouse (“rodent”) Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural Example: Then / He did the same thing / To the other Whos’ houses / Leaving crumbs / Much too small / For the other Whos’ mouses! Example: Fobo chuckled, and he said, in American, “He won’t keep that up long. What does he think we Siddo are? A bunch of mouses?”
Word: trichord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English chord English trichord From tri- + chord. 1. any set of three different pitch classes 2. A musical instrument with three strings, such as a lyre or harp. 3. The three strings of a note on a piano that are tuned as a unison.
Word: tetrachord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chord English tetrachord From tetra- + chord. 1. Any set of four different pitch classes. 2. A series of four sounds, forming a scale of two-and-a-half tones.
Word: torni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tornus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvɚ/, /ˈlʌvə/ 1. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse. Example: […]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…] Example: Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to discover / But all I really want to do right now / Is find another lover 2. A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair. Example: Be my bad boy, be my man / Be my weekend lover, but don't be my friend / You can be my bad boy, but understand / That I don't need you in my life again Example: 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com http://www.astrology.com/libra-woman.html A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers. 3. A person who loves something. Example: a lover of fine wines Example: a lover of his/her own country 4. An informal term of address for any friend. Labels: West-Country Example: All right, my lover?
Word: lover Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of louver. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: enchant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incant. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃænt/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃænt/, /ɪnˈt͡ʃant/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃant/, /ɪnˈt͡ʃɑːnt/ 1. To attract and delight, to charm. Example: New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers. 2. To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms). Example: With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires. 3. To magically enhance or degrade an item.
Word: enchant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incant. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnˌt͡ʃænt/, /ˈɪnˌt͡ʃɑːnt/ 1. An enchantment Example: The top button is an enchant you can get with 1 lapis, the middle will need 2 lapis, and the bottom will need 3. In addition to lapis, you will need to have a certain number of experience points to get an enchant.
Word: enchanted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪd/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɪd/, /ɪnˈt͡ʃɑːntɪd/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃɑːntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of enchant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enchanted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪd/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɪd/, /ɪnˈt͡ʃɑːntɪd/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃɑːntɪd/ 1. Charmed, delighted, enraptured. Example: enchanted evening Example: The children listened, enchanted by the storyteller’s voice. 2. Under the influence of enchantment. Example: enchanted castle Example: They wandered through the enchanted forest.
Word: enchanted Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪd/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɪd/, /ɪnˈt͡ʃɑːntɪd/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃɑːntɪd/ 1. A greeting used when introduced to someone for the first time, especially by a man when introduced to a woman. Labels: dated
Word: enchanting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/, /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of enchant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enchanting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/, /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ 1. Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful. Example: Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue Music so enchanting I had to go down Watching what they doing, trying to understand Example: "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.
Word: enchanting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/, /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ 1. An act of enchantment. Example: […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […]
Word: wonder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Faroese and Icelandic undur (“wonder”). The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra. Via PIE cognate with English wish (see more). Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndə/, [ˈwʌ̹ndə], /ˈwɐndə/, [ˈwɐ̞ndə], /ˈwʊndə/ 1. A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence. Labels: uncountable Example: And they knew that it was hee which ſate for almes at the beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened vnto him. Example: All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. 2. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. Labels: countable Example: Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens. Example: That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls. 3. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That stay in the country did her wonders. Example: It's a wonder no-one saw me. 4. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The idea was so ridiculous that it's a wonder anyone went along with it. 5. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Given the limited resources, he's really performed wonders. 6. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He's a wonder at cooking. 7. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. Labels: colloquial, countable, sarcastic, uncountable Example: So the voiceless wonder speaks at last. Example: Well, I wanted to tell the brainless wonder what I thought of him. 8. A mental pondering, a thought. Labels: UK, countable, informal Example: Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not. 9. A kind of donut; a cruller. Labels: US, countable
Word: wonder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Faroese and Icelandic undur (“wonder”). The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra. Via PIE cognate with English wish (see more). Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndə/, [ˈwʌ̹ndə], /ˈwɐndə/, [ˈwɐ̞ndə], /ˈwʊndə/ 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at. Labels: intransitive Example: He's married by now, I shouldn't wonder. Example: […]I could not ſufficiently wonder at the Intrepidity of theſe diminutive Mortals,[…] 2. To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He wondered whether penguins could fly. She had wondered this herself sometimes. Example: Has Jay gone fishing, I wonder?
Word: novel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvəl/, [ˈnɒvɫ̩], /ˈnɑvəl/ 1. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new. 2. Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
Word: novel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. English novel Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvəl/, [ˈnɒvɫ̩], /ˈnɑvəl/ 1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. Example: If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy. Fifty years ago there was ſcarcely a Novel in the kingdom. Romances, indeed, abounded; but they, it is ſuppoſed, were rather favorable to virtue. Example: Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph. 2. A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. Labels: historical Example: merry tales[…]such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
Word: novel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvəl/, [ˈnɒvɫ̩], /ˈnɑvəl/ 1. A novelty; something new. Labels: obsolete Example: Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle.
Word: novel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvəl/, [ˈnɒvɫ̩], /ˈnɑvəl/ 1. A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. Labels: historical Example: The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]
Word: novella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel. Pronunciation: /nəˈvɛlə/, /nəʊˈvɛlə/, /noʊˈvɛlə/ 1. A short novel or long short story. 2. Synonym of novel (“new legal constitution in Ancient Rome”) Labels: historical
Word: novelist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. English novel 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 novelist From novel + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑvəlɪst/, /ˈnɒvəlɪst/ 1. An author of novels. 2. An innovator; one who introduces something new; one who favors novelty. Labels: obsolete
Word: everything Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/, /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθiŋ/ 1. All the things under discussion. Labels: literally Example: I checked the list again and everything is done. Example: Thank you for everything you've done for us. 2. Many or most things. Labels: colloquial, excessive Example: A: What do you want to do at the amusement park? B: Everything! Example: I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry. 3. A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole). Labels: colloquial Example: Everything failed, didn't it? Example: She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine. 4. Considerable effort. Labels: colloquial Example: It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday. 5. The most important thing. Labels: colloquial Example: I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!
Word: everything Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/, /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθiŋ/ 1. Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial, uncommon Example: ‘Hardly. We’re screened by every shrink in the kingdom. We're printed, weighed, photographed, everythinged. Selection for security takes a lifetime—one of our sayings,’ she added modestly. Example: “ ‘You're right tonight, Boss Man,’ I said. ‘They’re laying it on us.’ “They outswung us, they out-everythinged us.
Word: everything Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/, /ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθiŋ/ 1. Ellipsis of everything bagel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Can I get three everythings toasted with cream cheese? Example: I have a very expressive face, and the bagel shop staff must have seen my anguish play across it the last time they informed me they were out of the everythings.
Word: everywhere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre + gehwær. By surface analysis, every + where. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)weə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ 1. In or to all locations under discussion. Labels: not-comparable Example: He delivers the mail everywhere on this street. Example: We went everywhere at the school - we talked to all the teachers in their classrooms. 2. In or to a few or more locations. Labels: colloquial, excessive, not-comparable Example: We went to Europe last year and went everywhere: Berlin, Paris, London, and Madrid. Example: When I shop for shoes, I like to look everywhere.
Word: everywhere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre + gehwær. By surface analysis, every + where. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)weə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ 1. All places or locations. Labels: uncountable Example: I went out to get some groceries, but everywhere was closed.
Word: nowhere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/, /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ 1. In no place. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn. Example: The keys are nowhere in the house. 2. To no place. Labels: not-comparable Example: We sat in traffic, going nowhere. Example: If you forget to do this, your interlock circuit won't be made and you'll be going nowhere.
Word: nowhere Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/, /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ 1. Unimportant; unworthy of notice. Labels: not-comparable Example: As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported. Example: Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person.
Word: nowhere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/, /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ 1. No particular place, noplace. Example: They went on a cruise to nowhere. Example: While they paced the platform of the station, they reviewed the career of misdemeanours—Nutley, Chiddiugstone, Midhurst, Penn, and many nowheres, and now Aylesbury.
Word: somewhere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From some + where. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/, /ˈsʌm.wɛː/, /ˈsʌm.wɛə/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/ 1. In an uncertain or unspecified location. Labels: not-comparable Example: I must have left my glasses somewhere. Example: I've hidden candy somewhere in this room. 2. To an uncertain or unspecified location. Labels: not-comparable Example: He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation. Example: I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2? 3. At some unspecified point. Labels: not-comparable Example: I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300. Example: When a train has to ascend the incline, it first runs down, engine first, from the station about 60 or 70 yards. Then comes behind it the aforesaid truck, or one similar, which, being attached to an endless wire rope, a communication is made by means of the electric telegraph to the engineman at the top of the incline, when the fixed engine begins to work, and the train, partly pulled by the locomotive before, and partly pushed by the truck behind, rapidly ascends, taking somewhere about three minutes to get up.
Word: somewhere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From some + where. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/, /ˈsʌm.wɛː/, /ˈsʌm.wɛə/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/ 1. Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location. Example: We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will go on, and on, and on. Example: A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off. 2. A person with strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place. Labels: informal, uncommon