nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shredded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shred Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shredded Part of Speech: adj 1. Cut or torn into narrow strips or small pieces. 2. Having very pronounced muscular definition. Example: Near-synonyms: jacked, ripped
Word: bodybuilding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English building English bodybuilding From body + building. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/, /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/ 1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition. Labels: uncountable Example: Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary. 2. Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights.
Word: defined Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈfʌɪnd/, /dɪˈfaɪnd/ 1. Having a definition or value. 2. Having extreme muscle separation as a result of low body fat.
Word: defined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈfʌɪnd/, /dɪˈfaɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of define Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ludophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ludō (“play”) + -phile. 1. A person who loves games and puzzles.
Word: weightlifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weight + lifter. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɚ/ 1. A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts. 2. A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.
Word: Jekyll and Hyde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Pronunciation: /dʒɛkəl ænd haɪd/, /dʒiːkəl ænd haɪd/ 1. Someone or something that has two sides: one good (the "Dr Jekyll") and one bad (the "Mr Hyde"). Example: The public will be better off if United and Western are true competitors, instead of a pair of Jekylls and Hydes. Example: America! / The international Jekyll and Hyde / The land of a thousand disguises / Sneaks up on you but rarely surprises
Word: bodybuilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden 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 byldere English builder English bodybuilder From body + builder. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.də/, /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/, [ˈbɑː.ɾiˌbɪɫ.ɾɚ] 1. A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding. Example: Physique of powerful bodybuilder (below) is like piece of sculpture. Buffs strive for the well-rounded body, disdain the professional weightlifter, who merely develops a number of very specialized muscles. Example: Because it is necessary for a muscle to rest while it grows and because of the importance of balanced development, most competitive bodybuilders train on a split routine; they work certain parts of the body one day and rest those muscles the next while they work the others, alternating like that six days a week. 2. Rare form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”). Labels: form-of, rare Example: COACH BODYBUILDER wanted. Apply omnibus stables, Camberwell. Example: COACHMAKERS.—Wanted, three IMPROVERS to the bodymaking, all new work. Greenfield and Callaway, bodybuilders to the trade, Milson’s Steam Works, 121, Liverpool-street.
Word: volumizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From volumize + -er. 1. A cosmetic product that adds volume to the hair. 2. A dietary supplement that increases water uptake in muscle cells, causing the muscles to temporarily swell.
Word: bulky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlki/ 1. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular. Example: Action such as this, filmed under great difficulty with a bulky, hand-cranked camera, revealed the possibilities of the movies and was quite startling in those early days. Example: Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage. 2. Unwieldy. 3. Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Word: bulk up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌbʌlk ˈʌp/ 1. To gain weight. Labels: intransitive 2. To increase the weight of. Labels: transitive 3. To train the body with a high-calorie diet and intense weightlifting in order to increase the overall mass of the body, especially the muscles. Example: A review of studies done on runners and strength training showed generally positive impacts and no negative consequences. You won’t hulk out or bulk up just fine-tune some lean muscle in ways that running alone can’t do.
Word: hard gainer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has difficulty gaining weight through either diet or exercise.
Word: mesomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from mesoderm + -morph by William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to meso- + -morph. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛsəʊmɔːf/, /ˈmɛzəʊmɔːf/, /ˈmɛzoʊmɔːɹf/, /ˈmɛzəmɔːɹf/ 1. A person with pronounced muscular development and low body fat. Example: They found that endomorphs had significantly greater asymmetry in arm fat than mesomorphs and ectomorphs. […] They can also achieve mesomorph qualities through resistance training (which builds muscle) and a balanced diet rich in protein. 2. A theoretical body type in which a person naturally has lower body fat and greater ability to achieve muscular development than average.
Word: ā Part of Speech: symbol 1. A dictionary transcription for the FACE vowel.
Word: fullness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlnəs/ 1. Being full; completeness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: feel a sense of fullness Example: The actor enjoyed the fullness of his success. 2. The degree to which a space is full. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The degree to which fate has become known. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: in the fullness of time Example: fullness of life 4. A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: weight gainer Part of Speech: noun 1. A high-calorie beverage or powdered drink used to bulk up the physique, especially the muscles.
Word: tenderloin steak Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several steaks cut from the tenderest part of the loin of beef. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: châteaubriand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chateaubriand. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pump up Part of Speech: verb 1. To inflate by means of a pump. Labels: transitive 2. To inflate by means of a pump. Labels: transitive Example: For someone who is in shape, it is not difficult to pump up a car tire with a bicycle pump; it is merely tedious. But you can get the job done if you need it bad enough. 3. To excite a person or group to a frenzy. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The singer has been pumping up the audience. 4. To cause one's muscles to swell by means of focused weightlifting. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I want to pump you up. Example: He's gonna help me pump up. 5. To cause (something) to increase in intensity, salience or other traits beyond what is reasonable. Labels: transitive Example: You have to pump up the relatability of the characters in your screenplay. 6. To increase the volume of (something). Labels: transitive Example: pump up the jam Example: pump up the jukebox
Word: pumped up Part of Speech: adj 1. Excited, particularly due to anticipation. Labels: informal 2. Having muscles in an engorged state following exercise due to increased blood flow. Labels: informal
Word: pumped up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pump up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pumped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pʌmpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of pump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pumped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pʌmpt/ 1. Pumped up; excited. Labels: slang Example: I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday. 2. Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise. Labels: slang 3. Wearing pumps (the type of shoe). Labels: not-comparable Example: All the young gentlemen, tightly cravatted, curled, and pumped, and with their best hats in their hands, having been at different times announced and introduced, Mr Baps, the dancing-master, came, accompanied by Mrs Baps, to whom Mrs Blimber was extremely kind and condescending. 4. Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well. Example: I was so pumped by the end of the climb that I could barely hold onto the jugs.
Word: hud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare hood (“a covering”). Pronunciation: /hʌd/ 1. A huck or hull, as of a nut. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Almondes[…]blanched or made cleane from their skinnes or huddes.
Word: pumping iron Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pump iron Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pumping iron Part of Speech: noun 1. The activity of weightlifting, especially for the purposes of bodybuilding. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: And your partner will be a friend; pumping iron is not a competition. Example: He's just another one of Leo's thugs from the east side. Too much pumping iron jarred his brain loose!
Word: garden cress Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːdn̩ kɹɛs/ 1. A plant, Lepidium sativum. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. The pungent leaves of the plant, used in salads. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: macaroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French macaron. Doublet of macaron. Pronunciation: /ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/ 1. A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough. Example: I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels. 2. Alternative spelling of macaron. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: macaroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian macarone. 1. A coarse, rude, low fellow. Labels: archaic Example: Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat, Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat, To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.
Word: puff pastry Part of Speech: noun 1. A light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contest shape Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɛst ˌʃeɪp/, /ˈkɑːntɛst ˌʃeɪp/ 1. A physique made ready for a bodybuilding contest, with minimal body fat and maximum muscle volume. Labels: uncountable
Word: distended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Past participle of distend. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɛndɪd/ 1. Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen. 2. gravid.
Word: distended Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Past participle of distend. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of distend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame). 1. The game of Turkish draughts. Labels: uncountable
Word: dama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 大媽 /大妈 (dàmā, “paternal aunt”) 1. a rich Chinese middle-aged woman Labels: colloquial 2. a spoilt tourist from China, usually a middle-aged woman; a Karen Labels: Hong-Kong, broadly, colloquial, derogatory
Word: pale- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of paleo- used before vowels. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: palae- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of palaeo- before a vowel Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: lupanar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lupānar, from lupa (“prostitute”, literally “she-wolf”), from lupus (“wolf”). Pronunciation: /luːˈpeɪnɑː/ 1. A brothel. Labels: archaic, formal Example: The steam of fetid vices / From a thousand lupanars, / Like smoke of sacrifices, / Reeked up to the heedless stars. Example: A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.
Word: bak Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of back. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: bak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 박 (bak). 1. A wooden clapper used in Korean courts and rituals
Word: vill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa and ville. Pronunciation: /vɪl/ 1. The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. Labels: historical 2. A villa; a country residence. Labels: obsolete Example: Sometimes the kings in their country vills and seats of pleasure or retirement built a place of worship, which was the origin of royal free chapels.
Word: vill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From will. 1. Pronunciation spelling of will. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “My calculations predict another day or so. Ve vill be docking in Liverpool.”
Word: lind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”). Pronunciation: /lɪnd/ 1. The lime tree, or linden tree. Labels: obsolete Example: "And 'twere better for thee in the hill to be, And thy bride-dress finish sewing, Than sit under the lind and with runès-lay, A Christian man's heart to thee win."
Word: gaucherie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gaucherie. Pronunciation: /ˌɡoʊʃəˈɹiː/ 1. A socially tactless or awkward act. Labels: countable 2. Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness. Labels: uncountable
Word: shrub celery Part of Speech: noun 1. The crisp, thick leafstalk of the celery plant; used as a vegetable, or eaten raw.
Word: white bream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + bream. 1. A European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna, Cyprinus bjoerkna).
Word: ilooy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of illui. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rolled fillet Part of Speech: noun 1. Chopped veal rolled in a piece of bacon.
Word: blood orange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derives its name from the crimson-colored flesh. 1. A type of orange (a variety of Citrus sinensis) notable for its dark, crimson red flesh.
Word: pils Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Pilsner. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: bros Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹoʊz/, /bɹəʊz/ 1. plural of bro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buckwheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the fact that it is used like wheat), probably via Middle Dutch boecweit, boecweite. Compare German Buchweizen. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkʍiːt/, /ˈbʌkwiːt/ 1. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana. I'll need some buckwheat flapjack mix. 3. Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum. Labels: US, Western, uncountable, usually 4. A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: Mafia mythology has many believe that the method used to eliminate a person is often a reflection of the respect for that individual. In this case, the Profaci gunman must have witnessed a "buckwheat's" execution, where an example is being made of the victim by inflicting pain for a prolonged period. Example: Mob murders are seldom buckwheats, being instead simple business matters. An exception is made, however, for murders of example, such as in the case of informers, or mobsters who hold out on gang revenues […] 5. Curly hair of a black person. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, usually 6. Pubic hair. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: yarco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably related to Great Yarmouth. 1. Someone from, or living in the area of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England, stereotypically a chav. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: ZOMG Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A variant of OMG, presumably from excited users accidentally hitting the Z key while attempting to press shift, or from conscious imitation of such excitement. The term is said to have been coined (likely in the early 2000s) by a Something Awful user named “Rick_Feynman”, in an ICQ chat between him and fellow user “Hannibal” (see also his Usenet message quoted below), though it was already in use before that. Usage of the term on the boards of Something Awful and 4chan has greatly contributed to its popularization. Pronunciation: /zoʊ̯ ɛm d͡ʒiː/, /zəʊ̯ ɛm d͡ʒiː/ 1. An emphatic form of OMG (“oh my God”). Labels: Internet Example: HAY CHRSI! WAHT"S GOING ON IN LAKERLAND? ^([sic]) ZOMG! Example: I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said that my initial reaction to this machine went something like: ZOMG it's an overgrown Blackberry.^([sic])
Word: hexagonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal. Pronunciation: /hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/ 1. Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal. Example: If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it. 2. Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: word wrap Part of Speech: noun 1. A word processing feature which automatically adjusts lines of text to fit within the page margins. Words exceeding the margins are set to begin a new line. Labels: uncountable
Word: word wrap Part of Speech: verb 1. To adjust lines of text in this manner.
Word: older Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊldə/, /ˈoʊldɚ/ 1. comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior Labels: comparative, form-of Example: My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me. Example: I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older
Word: older Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊldə/, /ˈoʊldɚ/ 1. elderly Labels: not-comparable Example: The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
Word: suffering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English suffering By surface analysis, suffer + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/, /ˈsʌfɹɪŋ/ 1. Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering. Example: Her last night was very suffering, the anodyne she took gave her no relief, and for the first time she lay till near noon. Example: My heart is full, but my body too suffering to go on.
Word: suffering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English suffering By surface analysis, suffer + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/, /ˈsʌfɹɪŋ/ 1. The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The Japanese imperialists enforced the harshest colonial rule in history over Korea, bringing unspeakably horrible misfortune and sufferings and disasters to the Korean nation," said a spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. Example: Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.
Word: suffering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English suffering By surface analysis, suffer + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/, /ˈsʌfɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of suffer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: didact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek διδακτός (didaktós). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪdækt/ 1. A didactic person. Example: Near-synonyms: teacher, instructor, preceptor, pedagogue 2. A person gifted, trained, or intending to instruct. Example: Near-synonyms: teacher, instructor, preceptor 3. Any teacher. Labels: broadly
Word: ch- Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Reduction of ich. Pronunciation: /tʃ/ 1. I; clitic form of ich. Labels: obsolete
Word: meseems Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Inherited from Middle English me semeth. Pronunciation: /mɪˈsiːmz/, /miˈsimz/ 1. It seems to me. Labels: archaic, contraction
Word: cham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more). Pronunciation: /kæm/ 1. Archaic spelling of khan. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: And ſince we haue arriu’d in Scythia, Beſides rich preſents from the puiſant Cham, UUe haue his highneſſe letters to commaund Aide and aſſiſtance if we ſtand in need. Example: But Baiothnoi, chief captain of the Tartarian army (for they were not admitted to speak with the great cham himself), cried quits with this friar, outvying him with the greatness and divinity of their cham; and sent back by them a blunt letter[…] 2. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson. Example: Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four. Example: The Tonsons […] would publish Johnson's Shakespeare only by subscription, obliging the Great Cham to sell copies well ahead of publication
Word: cham Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See chap. 1. To chew. Labels: obsolete Example: But he that repenteth toward the law of God, and at the sight of the sacrament, or of the breaking, feeling, eating, chamming, or drinking, calleth to remembrance the death of Christ, his body breaking and blood shedding for our sins [...]
Word: cham Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From Middle English icham, equivalent to ch- + am, from ich + am. 1. I am Labels: West-Country, contraction, obsolete
Word: chave Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From Middle English ichave, equivalent to ch- + have, from ich + have. 1. I have Labels: West-Country, contraction, obsolete Example: Chad et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.
Word: chell Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From ch- + shall, from ich or che + shall. 1. I shall Labels: West-Country, contraction, obsolete Example: Me a strat in the chups? Dest hire ma? Come aneest me, chell pummel tha, chell vag tha, chell lace tha.
Word: utchy Part of Speech: pron Etymology: A modification of utch, ich, iche, from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun), from Old English iċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Doublet of che. Recorded in use in the area around Yeovil in southern Somerset. Pronunciation: /ˈʌt͡ʃɪ/ 1. I Labels: West-Country, obsolete, personal Example: What shall utchy do? Example: [It is, manifestly, a corrupt pronunciation of Ich, or Ichè, pronounced as two syllables, the Anglo-Saxon word for I. What shall utchy do? What shall I do. I think Chaucer sometimes uses iche as a dissyllable; […]]
Word: utchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. 1. Chilly, parky. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable
Word: acker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre. Pronunciation: /ˈa.kə/ 1. A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].
Word: acker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. Pronunciation: /ˈa.kə/ 1. Obsolete form of acre. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: affeard Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of affeared (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: ageest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ageasten. Used at the turn of the 19th century. 1. afraid, astonished Labels: Devon, West-Country, obsolete
Word: agging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of agg Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: akether Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from the phrase “ah,” quoth he. First appears in the 1867 work Jim an' Nell. 1. quoth he. Labels: Devon, UK, West-Country, obsolete Example: "Us wur betwitting Bob to-day, Vor gieing all es things away, Begummers, us wur cort, Akether, 'bin ma kit's ago, I can't work w'e'r I wull or no, I'll maunch an' drink vor nort.' Example: Then she walked away, not even stopping to listen to the servant's fearless denunciation of her as "a chittering, raving, rixy, louching, haggaging moil, an nor a bent th' worserer nar hot sh' art ter be, th' wapper-eed deave-nort. Giggling akether!" shrieked the old woman, wild with resentment […]
Word: saur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harfang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French harfang, itself borrowed from Swedish harfång. 1. snowy owl Labels: obsolete Example: At La Madelaine, also, it was the leavings of the meals that brought about the accumulation of bird-bones; but, together with numerous Tetraones and Cocks, we find the remains of several Harfangs. […] It seems […] that the men of the Lherm Cave ate this Owl; […]
Word: snowy owl Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, white, nomadic Arctic owl (Bubo scandiacus).
Word: polyurethane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English urethane English polyurethane From poly- + urethane. 1. Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications. Example: Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.
Word: polyurethane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English urethane English polyurethane From poly- + urethane. 1. To coat (a floor etc.) with polyurethane. Labels: transitive
Word: nomad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊmæd/, /ˈnoʊmæd/ 1. A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. Example: The life of the people called the Nomads or Grazyers... Example: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 2. Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person. Labels: figuratively 3. A person who changes residence frequently. Labels: figuratively Example: Once again Judy was a nomad, moving to yet again another destination. Example: I made my exit down I-75, heading south. After a 40-year odyssey as a media nomad, I will be closing the circle in a place where my life had never been better. 4. A player who changes teams frequently. Labels: figuratively Example: With the recruitment of South Australian football nomad, and eventual legend of the game, Phil Matson, Subiaco would improve considerably in 1912. Example: Unlike players who were often traded, baseball nomads who carried a hobo's bindle rather than a bat on their shoulders, Musial stayed put in St. Louis. 5. A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.
Word: nomad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊmæd/, /ˈnoʊmæd/ 1. Synonym of nomadic.
Word: harlequinade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French arlequinade. Pronunciation: /hɑːləkwɪˈneɪd/ 1. A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown. 2. Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness. Example: Away up the gorge all diurnal fancies trooped into the wide liberties of endless luminous vistas of azure sunlit mountains beneath the shining azure heavens, the ranges and valleys changing with every mood of the atmosphere, with the harlequinade of the clouds and the wind.
Word: metallic bond Part of Speech: noun 1. a chemical bond in which mobile electrons are shared over many nuclei; this leads to electrical conduction
Word: Shavian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Shavi(us) + -an (a Latinized form of Shaw), named after George Bernard Shaw. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ.vɪ.ən/ 1. Of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works. Labels: not-comparable Example: Possibly more than any other Shavian character, Undershaft engenders critical disagreement and discussion, even among the other characters in the play who call him “wicked” and “immoral” and refer to him in Devilish terms such as “Mephistoles” and “The Prince of Darkness”. Example: Speaking as someone who supports the Shavian argument that monarchy is a bulwark against dictatorship, I found it a dignified occasion and a reminder that, as a nation, we seem to be infinitely better at staging public spectacles than at governing the country. 2. Of or relating to the Shavian alphabet. Labels: not-comparable Example: As late as the 1960s, Shaw's own Androcles and the Lion was published in his revised alphabet—but the fact that few people have even heard of the Shavian spelling reform shows how futile the effort has been.
Word: Shavian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Shavi(us) + -an (a Latinized form of Shaw), named after George Bernard Shaw. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ.vɪ.ən/ 1. An admirer of Shaw, or an advocate of his ideas.
Word: Shavian alphabet Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Shavian + alphabet. 1. A synthetic alphabet, invented by Ronald Kingsley Read in an attempt to provide a phonetic orthography for the English language.
Word: hardihood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hardy + -hood. Compare Dutch hardigheid (“hardness, callousness”), German Hartigkeit (“hardness”). 1. Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] he came to impart other news; to prepare the Earl for death; for the morrow was appointed for his execution. He received the intelligence with the firm hardihood of indignant virtue, disdaining to solicit, and disdaining to repine […] Example: Their talk, however, was the talk of sordid buccaneers: it was reckless without hardihood, greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not an atom of foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world. 2. Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] that God should enact a dispensation for hard hearts to do that wherby they must live in priviledg’d adultery, however it go for the receav’d opinion, I shall ever disswade my self from so much hardihood as to beleeve: Example: I have not the hardihood to dare to be vilely dishonest. 3. Of a plant, an ability to withstand extreme conditions, hardiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cheapness and hardihood of the musk-plant and marigold, to say nothing of their peculiar odour, has made them the most popular of “roots” […] Example: Now, as green sap ascends the steepled wood, Each hedge with such white bloom astounds our eyes As sprang from Joseph’s rod, and testifies How best beauty’s born of hardihood.
Word: helminthoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἕλμῐνς (hélmĭns)der. English helminth English -oid English helminthoid From helminth + -oid. 1. vermicular; wormlike Labels: not-comparable
Word: homogenisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of homogenization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: humic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin humusbor. English humus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English humic From humus + -ic. 1. Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
Word: humic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin humusbor. English humus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English humic From humus + -ic. 1. A derivative of humic acid. Example: For waters with low concentrations of aquatic humics, the coagulant dose is controlled not by the humics but by the properties of the coagulant (pH and solubility for metal coagulants). Example: A number of recent publications […] claim previous studies have overestimated the importance of the aromatic moieties present in humics […]
Word: humic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a complex mixture of organic acids produced by the decomposition of vegetable matter. Labels: uncountable
Word: poubelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French poubelle. 1. A garbage can. Labels: rare Example: Everyone sent her books, knowing how she dreaded a bookless day; Heywood Hill’s, Hamish Hamilton, friends and relations and writers, but she was not always pleased. ‘I can’t think what’s come over the shop, she used to say. (Heywood Hill was always ‘the shop’.) ‘How can they imagine I’m going to read this?’ and into the poubelle went the offerings. Example: Whenever I set off down the street with the blue bag, I would say: “Just going out to the poubelle.” And so I always remembered the jolly, brave Prefect of Paris [Eugène Poubelle], who made it all possible.
Word: grosse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of gross. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But in the groſſe and ſcope of mine opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to our ſtate.
Word: foie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of foie gras, from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”). 1. Ellipsis of foie gras. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Everything's even better than it sounds: endive, watercress, and aged Stilton salad, frog legs amandine with celeriac puree, buffalo foie burger with truffle fries on a brioche bun, campfire trout. Example: Season the foie and sear until dark golden brown. Drain off and reserve the foie, adding the fat back into the pan and bring heat back up.
Word: know like the back of one's hand Part of Speech: verb 1. To be intimately knowledgeable about something. Labels: transitive Example: He knows the software like the back of his hand, and can often solve problems over the phone, without looking. Example: "I can; know that country like the back of my hand. You haven't got a road map, I suppose. Well, no matter, I'll give you the lay of the land without it."
Word: Herzog Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-West Germanic *hari Proto-Indo-European *dewk-? Proto-West Germanic *togō ▲ Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós)calq. Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō Old High German herizogo Middle High German herzog German Herzogbor. English Herzog Borrowed from German Herzog. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Frenchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *frankô Proto-West Germanic *Frankō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk Old English Frencisċder. Middle English Frensch English French English -y English Frenchy From French + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃi/ 1. With an exaggerated French manner. Labels: informal
Word: Frenchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *frankô Proto-West Germanic *Frankō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk Old English Frencisċder. Middle English Frensch English French English -y English Frenchy From French + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃi/ 1. A native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, sometimes Example: They seek him here, they seek him there, / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. / Is he in heaven—is he in hell? / That damned elusive Pimpernel?
Word: Frenchy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *frankô Proto-West Germanic *Frankō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk Old English Frencisċder. Middle English Frensch English French English -y English Frenchy From French + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃi/ 1. A short form of various names: Francine, Franchelle, Francoise, etc., e.g. Franchelle "Frenchie" Davis.
Word: on the sly Part of Speech: adv 1. Slyly, in an inconspicuous manner, so as not to be seen; secretly; stealthily. Labels: idiomatic Example: This diversion was enjoyed on the sly, and unknown to the ladies of the house. Example: He was working for us on the sly at the Herald-Traveler-Record-American (before it shortened its topheavy name), then as now a reactionary, homophobic rag. Evidently he placed himself at some risk to help us, I learned later, because he was threatened with dismissal for his unauthorized use of the typesetter.
Word: ouvert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ouvert. Doublet of apert and overt. Pronunciation: /uːˈvɛː/ 1. A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart. 2. An open-crotch undergarment.
Word: abonné Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French abonné, from abonner (“subscribe”). Pronunciation: /ˌæbəʊˈneɪ/ 1. A subscriber; a season ticket holder.
Word: season ticket Part of Speech: noun 1. A ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series of related events for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed. 2. A ticket that is valid for multiple rides (limited by number of rides and/or time of travel) by public transit for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed. Example: One of them ended its career as a passenger carrying vehicle in 1907, by freezing in Kemp Town Tunnel, to the discomfiture of some important season ticket holders, who did not hesitate to let the directors know what they thought about the incident. Example: Rail fares rose above inflation by an average of 2.8% in January 2019, compared with a 2.5% rise in the Retail Price Index. But season tickets continued to decline in popularity - they now account for 20.6% of ticket revenue.
Word: reconstructivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reconstructive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English reconstructivism From reconstructive + -ism. 1. A postmodern movement concerned with the conscious reconstruction of reality, particularly, but not exclusively, with regard to social reality. Labels: uncountable
Word: visitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin vīsitātiō. By surface analysis, visit + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Existing visitor facilities for both frontcountry areas experience crowding during the summer season, when the park receives most of its visitation, […] Example: Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […] 2. An official visit to inspect or examine something. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But when the blow comes down in the fulness of expectation; when the bough is smitten while green, and the flower cut down in its spring; when the young and lovely perish, while the eyes, full of light, were fixed on the future,—then, indeed, is the visitation heavy to bear. 5. The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A punishment or blessing ordained by God. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chef-d'œuvre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chef d'œuvre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: night night Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /naɪt.naɪt/, [naɪt˥.naɪt˧] 1. Goodnight. Labels: childish, colloquial, usually
Word: keep out Part of Speech: verb 1. To refrain from entering a place or condition. Labels: intransitive Example: After being warned, he kept out. 2. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition. Labels: transitive Example: The warning kept him out. Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”. 3. To dress up. Example: Put me in Chanels, kept me out nice
Word: knock oneself out Part of Speech: verb 1. To go ahead; to do as one pleases; to enjoy oneself; to endeavor very hard at a task. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: "These cookies are my favorite! Can I have some?" "Sure, knock yourself out." (i.e., have as many as you want) Example: (sarcastically, indicating lack of interest) "I'm going to the store." / "Knock yourself out."
Word: insertion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English insert Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insertion From insert + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɝʃən/ 1. The act of inserting, or something inserted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker. Example: The insertion of new text changed the meaning of the document. 2. The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: old sod Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, sod (person). 2. The old country; one's place of origin. Labels: Ireland, US Example: It was good to be back on the ould sod.
Word: inconsolable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able. 1. Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. Example: Near-synonyms: miserable, despondent; see also Thesaurus:sad Example: Salah looked inconsolable as he was led from the pitch and Sergio Ramos had some nerve offering a sympathetic hug on the way off.
Word: consolable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From console + -able. Derived from French consoler, from Latin consolari, which is from con- + solari (“to soothe”). 1. Able or likely to be consoled.
Word: fiducial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin fīdūciālis, from fīdūcia (“trust, reliance”) + -ālis, from fīdō (“to trust”). Pronunciation: /f(a)ɪˈdjuːʃ(ɪ)əl/, /-ˈdʒuː-/, /-uːs(ɪ)əl/, /fəˈd(j)uːʃəl/ 1. Accepted as a fixed basis of reference. Example: Rulers and coins make good fiducial markers in photographs. 2. Based on having trust.
Word: fiducial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin fīdūciālis, from fīdūcia (“trust, reliance”) + -ālis, from fīdō (“to trust”). Pronunciation: /f(a)ɪˈdjuːʃ(ɪ)əl/, /-ˈdʒuː-/, /-uːs(ɪ)əl/, /fəˈd(j)uːʃəl/ 1. In photography, a familiar reference object used to show size or scale, such as a ruler or a coin; a fiducial marker. 2. In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components; a fiducial point.
Word: selling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlɪŋ/ 1. Action of the verb to sell. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: buyings and sellings Example: By WRIT radio I found "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by my sweet Beatles is No. 1 for 1964 as sellings and popularity in Milwaukee goes. 2. Skill at salesmanship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You've got to work on your selling.
Word: selling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present