nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: submarine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Old French marin Middle French marinbor. Middle English marin English marine English submarine From sub- + marine. Pronunciation: /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/, /sʊb.məˈɹiːn/, /sʌb.məˈɾin/, /sʌb.məˈɾiːn/, /sʌb.məˈɹin/ 1. A boat that can go underwater. Example: Me: *staring out window* looks like rain Submarine captain: what Me: but like more 2. Alternative form of submarine sandwich. Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. A pitch delivered with an underhand motion. 4. Any submarine plant or animal. 5. A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. Labels: informal
Word: submarine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Old French marin Middle French marinbor. Middle English marin English marine English submarine From sub- + marine. Pronunciation: /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/, /sʊb.məˈɹiːn/, /sʌb.məˈɾin/, /sʌb.məˈɾiːn/ 1. To operate or serve on a submarine. Labels: intransitive 2. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack. Labels: transitive Example: “We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.” 3. To sink or submerge oneself. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes Example: The second their center snapped the ball, I submarined between the big guy's legs and tackled the halfback. Example: Ten days later, the full force of what happened crushed me. I submarined into the depths of disillusionment. 4. To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop). Labels: intransitive Example: The seatback should always be up while driving so that the occupant doesn't submarine and potentially suffer severe internal injury.
Word: alluvial fan Part of Speech: noun 1. A cone-shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river.
Word: rapid eye movement Part of Speech: noun 1. Fast movement of the eyes, characterising REM sleep Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: REM sleep Part of Speech: noun 1. The stage of sleep during which most brain activity and dreams occur, characterised by rapid eye movement (REM). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: moxie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded use in 1930. From the name of an American soft drink Moxie made since 1885 to which advertisement ascribed many beneficial properties directly but also indirectly by using the same name as a patent medicine first manufactured in 1878. The word appears in very many place names in Maine, especially of falls and ponds, as well as the local name of a plant, the moxie-plum, and is perhaps ultimately from an Abenaki word meaning 'dark water' or an Algonquian root maski- meaning 'herbal infusion'. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒksi/ 1. Nerve, spunk, strength of character. Labels: US, informal, uncountable Example: “Most definitely not!” replied Ms. Summers, who quickly added that she admired the woman’s moxie and, anyway, the day was hot. Example: Aline Brosh McKenna, one of the creators of The CW TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, told a reporter in 2020: “I often say, ‘Lord, give me the moxie of a post-menopausal women^([sic]) who gives absolutely no fucks.’” 2. Verve. Labels: US, informal, uncountable Example: As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already. Example: Yes it's true! / That you seem a little young to do the things that you do, / even with all that moxie you've got. 3. Wit, smarts, skill. Labels: US, informal, uncountable
Word: dumb down Part of Speech: verb 1. To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it. 2. To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years. Example: The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudo-science and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
Word: arcana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arcēre (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”). Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈkeɪnə/, /ɑɹˈkɑːnə/ 1. Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated. Labels: uncountable Example: Thou deign'st no answer,—or I fain would ask If since thy bright creation, thou hast seen Ought like a Newton, whose admitted eye The arcana of the universe explored Light's subtle ray its mechanism disclosed, The impetuous comet his mysterious lore Unfolded, Example: The witch, repository of hieratic lore and folk legends and occult arcana, became the distributor of philtres and unguents, electuaries and pastilles, herbs and charms and incantations - directed toward sexual pleasures and amatory satisfactions.
Word: arcana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arcēre (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”). Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈkeɪnə/, /ɑɹˈkɑːnə/ 1. plural of arcanum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumbing down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dumb down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exotica Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exotic Labels: form-of, plural 2. curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.
Word: exotica Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the islands of the South Pacific. Labels: uncountable
Word: pest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis. Pronunciation: /pɛst/ 1. A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague. Labels: archaic Example: From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, pests and famines are reflections of the current administration’s lack of moral values and deviation from divine will. The head of the administration (the emperor in the past) would then issue an edict to sincerely repent and correct his wrongdoings. 2. Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. 3. An annoying person, a nuisance. 4. An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin. 5. An invasive weed.
Word: pesticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pest Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English pesticide From pest + -i- + -cide. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/, /ˈpɛstəsaɪd/, /ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/, [ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd] 1. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin). Example: Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff.
Word: germ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːm/, /d͡ʒɝm/ 1. The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote. 2. The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote. Example: surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth 3. A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus. Example: 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.' 4. The origin or earliest version of an idea or project. Labels: figuratively Example: the germ of civil liberty Example: Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment. 5. An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
Word: germ Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːm/, /d͡ʒɝm/ 1. To germinate. Example: Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew. 2. To grow, as if parasitic. Labels: slang Example: I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love
Word: germicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English germ Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English germicide From germ + -cide. 1. An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.
Word: sperm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme. Pronunciation: /spɜɹm/, /spɜːm/ 1. The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. Labels: countable Example: In the Fall into the division of labor, Levi-Strauss sees the great hunters trading women to create the exogamous bonds of one hunting band with another. The egg is, but the sperm does. The tiny sperm may be furious in its activity, but its highway to the egg is paved by the alkaline trail set down by the Great Mother. Example: Seeing the two little moving cells – the result of her egg and Luke's sperm – was incredible, and two very long weeks later the clinic confirmed I was pregnant. 2. Semen; the generative substance of male animals. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour. Example: Deer sperm was in used among the Romans as an aphrodisiac. 3. Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holding his candle so that he could read the coffin plates, and so holding it that the sperm dropped in white patches which congealed as they touched the metal, he made assurance of Lucy’s coffin.
Word: sperm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme. Pronunciation: /spɜɹm/, /spɜːm/ 1. To ejaculate. Labels: intransitive, slang, vulgar 2. To ejaculate on or into. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar
Word: spermicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sperm + -icide. Pronunciation: /ˈspɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪd/ 1. A substance used for killing sperm.
Word: demi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- From Middle English demi (“half, half-sized, partial”), from Anglo-Norman demi (“half”), from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius, from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle”). 1. partial Labels: morpheme 2. half Labels: morpheme 3. Only the upper or front half of Labels: morpheme Example: The Barony of Pennicuik, the property of Sir George Clerk, Bart., is held by the following singular tenure: The proprietor is bound to sit upon a large rock, called the Buckstone, and wind three blasts of a horn when the king comes to hunt on the Borough Moor near Edinburgh. On account of this singular custom the family have adopted as their crest a demi-forester proper, winding a horn with the motto, Free for a blast.
Word: hemi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek prefix ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”), from ἥμισυς (hḗmisus, “half”). Doublet of semi-. 1. Half. Labels: morpheme
Word: semi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek). Pronunciation: /sɛmi/, /sɛmaɪ/ 1. half Labels: morpheme Example: semi-invalid. 2. partial, incomplete Labels: morpheme 3. somewhat, rather, quasi- Labels: morpheme Example: Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.
Word: hexa- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”). By surface analysis, hex- + -a-. Piecewise doublet of sexa-. 1. Six. Labels: morpheme
Word: mono- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- From Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-), combining form of μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒn.əʊ̯/, /ˈmɔn.əw/, /ˈmɔn.ə/, /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmɑ.now/ 1. one, single, only Labels: morpheme
Word: uni- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”). 1. one, single Labels: morpheme
Word: duo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Italic *duō Latin duo English duo- From Latin duo (“two”). 1. two Labels: morpheme
Word: minim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French minime. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.nɪm/ 1. A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. 2. A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water. Example: He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders. 3. A short vertical stroke used in handwriting. 4. Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like. Example: the minims of existence 5. The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony. 6. A little man or being; a dwarf. Example: These as a line thir^([sic]) long dimension drew, Streaking the ground with sinuous trace; not all Minims of Nature; some of Serpent kinde Wondrous in length and corpulence […] 7. A small fish; a minnow. 8. A short poetical encomium. Example: To make one minim of thy poor handmaid
Word: crotchet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/, /ˈkɹɒtʃ.ɪt/ 1. A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time. Example: The crotchets and quavers are dancing up and down the stave like little black boys on a fence. 2. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook Labels: obsolete 3. A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery. Labels: historical Example: Either Doctor Denman or an old Woman would have waited—but since the horrid death-doing Crotchet has been found out, & its use permitted—Oh! many & many a Life has been flung away. 4. A whim or a fancy. Labels: archaic Example: Thou who walkest in a vain shew, looking out with ornamental dilettante sniff and serene supremacy at all Life and all Death; and amblest jauntily; perking up thy poor talk into crotchets, thy poor conduct into fatuous somnambulisms; […] dost thou call that "liberty!" Example: He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. 5. A forked support; a crotch. Example: Their little Shed, ſcarce large enough for Two, / Seems, from the Ground increas'd, in Height and Bulk to grow. / A ſtately Temple ſhoots within the Skies, / The Crotchets of their Cot in Columns riſe: [...] 6. An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. Labels: historical 7. The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle. 8. A square bracket.
Word: crotchet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/, /ˈkɹɒtʃ.ɪt/ 1. to play music in measured time Labels: obsolete Example: The nimblest crotcheting musician 2. Archaic form of crochet (“knit by looping”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: semibreve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian semibreve, ultimately from Latin semi- (“half”) and Latin brevis (“short”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmɪbɹiːv/ 1. A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US) Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: quadr- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of quadri-; used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: semiquaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quaver English semiquaver From semi- + quaver. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmiˌkweɪvə(ɹ)/ 1. A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
Word: demisemiquaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quaver English semiquaver English demisemiquaver From demi- + semiquaver. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə(ɹ)/ 1. A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
Word: hemidemisemiquaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quaver English semiquaver English demisemiquaver English hemidemisemiquaver From hemi- + demisemiquaver. 1. A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails. Example: But the young gentleman […] walked down the dark side of the street in peals of laughter, making, ever and anon, little breathless remarks to himself, which his colleague could not hear, but which seemed to have the effect of setting him off again into new hemi-demi-semiquavers and roars of laughter […]
Word: tetra- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). Doublet of quadri-. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹə/ 1. Four. Labels: morpheme Example: Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles
Word: tetragon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos). By surface analysis, tetra- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.tɹə.ɡɒn/, /ˈtɛ.tɹə.ɡən/ 1. Quadrilateral. Labels: rare 2. An aspect of two planets with regard to the Earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or a quarter-circle. Example: In the horoscope of Christ's nativity.[…]Whether a trigon or no, this tetragon I am sure there was.
Word: trigon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trígōnon, “triangle”), neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-sided”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- + -gon. Doublet of trigone and trigonon. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪɡɒn/, /ˈtɹaɪɡən/ 1. A triangle. Labels: countable, rare 2. An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca. Labels: countable, historical 3. A division consisting of three star signs. Labels: countable Example: The Cancer trigon is composed of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces 4. A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other. Labels: countable Example: In the horoscope of Christ's nativity.[…]Whether a trigon or no, this tetragon I am sure there was. 5. An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation. (See Wikipedia's entry for the game) Labels: historical, uncountable 6. The cusp (cutting region) of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part. Labels: countable
Word: poly- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Unrelated to -poly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.li-/, /ˈpɑ.li-/, /ˈpɔ.li-/, /pəˈlɪ-/, /pəˈlə-/ 1. many Labels: morpheme Example: polydactyl, polyglot, polyvalent 2. polymer Labels: morpheme Example: polyacetal, polyethene, polyether 3. polyamory Labels: morpheme Example: polycule, polyphobia, polyfamily
Word: poly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of various words. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒli/ 1. A polytechnic. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 2. Polyethylene (polythene). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Polyurethane. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A polygon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. 5. Polyester. Labels: uncountable Example: a cotton-poly blend 6. Polyamory. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 7. A polyamorous person. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 8. A polycule. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: poly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening of various words. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒli/ 1. Polyamorous. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Whether the family is poly, L.G.B.T.Q. or another minority, such as a religious one, coming out is very much a personal decision.
Word: poly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of various words. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒli/ 1. To polymorph; to transform by magic. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: poly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊli/, /ˈpoʊli/ 1. A whitish, woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Lamiaceae, found throughout the western Mediterranean.
Word: multi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- From late Middle English multi-, from Latin multī, from multus. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌl.tiː/, /ˈmʌl.ti/, /ˈmʌl.taɪ/ 1. More than one; pertaining to more than one thing. Labels: morpheme 2. Many; pertaining to many things. Labels: morpheme
Word: cacao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa. Pronunciation: /kəˈkaʊ/, /kəˈkɑː.əʊ/, /kəˈkeɪ.əʊ/, /kəˈkeɪ.oʊ/, /kəˈkɑ.oʊ/ 1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Cocoa (hot drink). Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Therefore they left Port à Paix just as the first streaks of gray were appearing in the east, depending on a good hot cup of cacao and a couple of bananas to nourish them sufficiently until they could enjoy the breakfast that Dave would prepare for them at the end of their morning’s share of the day’s trip. […] “Doctor, we always say ‘cocoa’ in the north, but you and all these people where it grows say ‘cacao,’ I notice. How is that?” asked Hal. / “There are four very distinct vegetable growths that have names so much alike that they are constantly mixed in the minds of those who are not botanists or do not know them in nature,” the Doctor began. “These are: Cacao berries, Coca leaves, Coco roots, and Cocoa nuts.[…]” Example: Cacao was copiously used at their feasts, being colored with the red seeds of the achiote, or arnotto (Bixa orellana Linnæus), so that it resembled blood. At the festivals an intoxicating beer of corn was also copiously used and the rolled leaves of tobacco were smoked. […] And the Indians, both men and women, continued to drink the above-mentioned beverage, going and coming with it, and in the course of this drinking there were brought large cups of cacao prepared as they are accustomed to drink it.
Word: flip a bitch Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a rapid and illegal U-turn. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: That's a cop up there! Flip a bitch and see if we can lose 'em. Example: I shut the door and concentrated on the checklist so that I could turn the aircrafts^([sic]) electrical system on and check the gauges for fuel or anything out of the ordinary. Every few seconds I felt the aircraft tug, as John towed the aircraft and I to the pumps. After checking the gauges, I was happy to find that both wing tanks were full, so I opened up the door, jumped out and ran ahead to tell John to flip a bitch and pull the bird back to the tower. At the tower I used the aircraft checklist to do a walk around inspection. 2. To make a rapid and illegal U-turn. Labels: US, slang, vulgar
Word: castello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian castello. 1. A municipality of San Marino. Example: The bus wound its way up into San Marino, passing through the various small castellos that add up to form the diminutive country, […]
Word: shergottite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Shergotty + -ite, after the Indian city where the first specimen was found in 1865. Pronunciation: /ˌʃɚ.ɡəˈtaɪt/ 1. A type of meteorite composed of lava from a planet other than Earth. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hang a Louie Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a left turn while driving a vehicle (←). Labels: US, idiomatic, slang Example: Hang a Louie up at the next stoplight.
Word: hang a Ralph Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a right turn while driving a vehicle (→). Labels: US, idiomatic, slang Example: Hang a Ralph up at the next stoplight.
Word: jolly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”). For the loss of final -f in English, compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc. It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive"), in which case, equivalent to yule + -ive, compare Dutch jolig (“happy, festive, frolicsome, jolly”), West Frisian joelich, joalich (“merry, jolly”), Middle High German jœlich (“hooting, jubilant”). Alternatively, the Old French adjective has been conjectured to derive from a Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy), in which case it would require Early Old French ⟨d⟩ /ð/ to irregularly become ⟨l⟩ in jolif rather than being dropped, which is the usual case (alternatively, /l/ may be a hiatus filler inserted into expected *joïf). A possible parallel of ⟨d⟩ to ⟨l⟩ can be seen in the French name Valois, according to one hypothesis from Latin Vadensis, though this origin is itself uncertain and disputed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒli/, /ˈd͡ʒɑli/ 1. Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry. Example: "Full jolly Knight he seemed […] full large of limb and every joint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point." Example: "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curst. ..." 2. Splendid, excellent, pleasant. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: Jo silently notices how white and small her hand is and what a jolly servant she must be to wear such sparkling rings. 3. Drunk. Labels: informal
Word: jolly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”). For the loss of final -f in English, compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc. It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive"), in which case, equivalent to yule + -ive, compare Dutch jolig (“happy, festive, frolicsome, jolly”), West Frisian joelich, joalich (“merry, jolly”), Middle High German jœlich (“hooting, jubilant”). Alternatively, the Old French adjective has been conjectured to derive from a Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy), in which case it would require Early Old French ⟨d⟩ /ð/ to irregularly become ⟨l⟩ in jolif rather than being dropped, which is the usual case (alternatively, /l/ may be a hiatus filler inserted into expected *joïf). A possible parallel of ⟨d⟩ to ⟨l⟩ can be seen in the French name Valois, according to one hypothesis from Latin Vadensis, though this origin is itself uncertain and disputed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒli/, /ˈd͡ʒɑli/ 1. A pleasure trip or excursion; especially, an expenses-paid or unnecessary one. Labels: UK, humorous, often Example: If you know what it means to be a “fidlet” going for a “jolly” in your “doo”, then you are part of an exclusive club that speaks colloquial Antarctic English. 2. A marine in the English navy. Labels: dated, slang Example: I'm a Jolly — 'Er Majesty's Jolly — soldier an' sailor too! 3. A word of praise, or favorable notice. Labels: archaic, slang Example: 'We just need to chuck him a jolly.' 'I beg your pardon?' said Faber. 'Chuck a jolly... you know! Get people on the street talking about how amazing the show is! Tell them the tickets are sold out for the next two weeks.' 4. Ellipsis of jolly boat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Indeed it is nearly impossible to conceive how the small jolly they were in could have escaped destruction for a single instant.
Word: jolly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”). For the loss of final -f in English, compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc. It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive"), in which case, equivalent to yule + -ive, compare Dutch jolig (“happy, festive, frolicsome, jolly”), West Frisian joelich, joalich (“merry, jolly”), Middle High German jœlich (“hooting, jubilant”). Alternatively, the Old French adjective has been conjectured to derive from a Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy), in which case it would require Early Old French ⟨d⟩ /ð/ to irregularly become ⟨l⟩ in jolif rather than being dropped, which is the usual case (alternatively, /l/ may be a hiatus filler inserted into expected *joïf). A possible parallel of ⟨d⟩ to ⟨l⟩ can be seen in the French name Valois, according to one hypothesis from Latin Vadensis, though this origin is itself uncertain and disputed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒli/, /ˈd͡ʒɑli/ 1. Very, extremely. Labels: UK, dated Example: It’s jolly hot in here, isn’t it? Example: “Put these on,” said Carrot firmly, anticipating resistance. “What is it?” said Catweazle in horror. “Coms. Combinations. A vest and long pants all in one,” explained Carrot. “They're jolly warm.”
Word: jolly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”). For the loss of final -f in English, compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc. It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive"), in which case, equivalent to yule + -ive, compare Dutch jolig (“happy, festive, frolicsome, jolly”), West Frisian joelich, joalich (“merry, jolly”), Middle High German jœlich (“hooting, jubilant”). Alternatively, the Old French adjective has been conjectured to derive from a Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy), in which case it would require Early Old French ⟨d⟩ /ð/ to irregularly become ⟨l⟩ in jolif rather than being dropped, which is the usual case (alternatively, /l/ may be a hiatus filler inserted into expected *joïf). A possible parallel of ⟨d⟩ to ⟨l⟩ can be seen in the French name Valois, according to one hypothesis from Latin Vadensis, though this origin is itself uncertain and disputed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒli/, /ˈd͡ʒɑli/ 1. To amuse or divert. Labels: transitive 2. To praise or talk up. Labels: archaic, informal, transitive Example: I do not believe in 'jollying' and 'soft soaping' a man when his work is really bad.
Word: OJ Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ d͡ʒeɪ/ 1. Initialism of orange juice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Example: Next, he opens up the cupboard over the sink and slams that shut too, only to open another cabinet door that houses what he's looking for, a glass. He pours it full of OJ and takes a huge swig, swallows, and repeats.
Word: OJ Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ d͡ʒeɪ/ 1. Initialism of on job. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: That's true. They are like 'insert favourite rapper's name' is so OJ, they cheffed up 91123123 people and beat 3 M cases, so OJ. Example: Drillstar, UK Drill Media and UK Drillingz analysing how oj gang members are
Word: moonshiner's turn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Used by moonshiners to evade authorities during Prohibition. 1. A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving backwards when forward power is again applied. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Did you see the moonshiner’s turn he pulled in that chase scene? Example: One sure way to cause an accident is with your basic "moonshiner's" or "bootlegger's" turn. Whiz down the road at about sixty or seventy, throw the gearshift into neutral, cut the wheel to the left, and hit the emergency brake with one good wallop while holding the brake release out with your left hand.
Word: upper case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing capital letters would traditionally be located above the one containing small letters. 1. The capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, .... Labels: uncountable
Word: lower case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ 1. The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C). Labels: uncountable Example: The strongest passwords are those which mix numbers and letters, upper case and lower case, and symbols.
Word: case dependent Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of case sensitive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: case sensitive Part of Speech: adj 1. Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and "password" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would. Labels: not-comparable
Word: case insensitive Part of Speech: adj 1. Treating or interpreting upper- and lowercase letters as being the same. Labels: not-comparable
Word: small caps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1856. Compare caps (“capitals”), 1856; small capitals, 1770. 1. Capital letters shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Because small caps are smaller than full size caps—slightly larger than the x-height—they are less obtrusive and do not overwhelm the upper and lower case type as full size capitals would.
Word: small caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of small cap Labels: form-of, plural Example: So, depending on the study you look at, small caps either outperform or they don't. But either way, we think they make a great addition to a well-diversified portfolio.
Word: ekpyrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined in 2001 by Paul Steinhardt, from Ancient Greek ἐκπύρωσις (ekpurōsis) "conflagration, ekpyrosis", referring in Stoic philosophy to the destruction and recreation of the world in fire. Pronunciation: /ˌɛkpaɪˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Used in the names "ekpyrotic universe" or "ekpyrotic scenario", coined specifically to name this theory. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the ekpyrotic scenario, e.g. ekpyrotic cosmology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fiat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fīat (“let it be done”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪæt/, /ˈfiːæt/, /ˈfiːət/, /ˈfiːɑːt/ 1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A royal fiat. Example: A presidential fiat. 2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A government fiat. Example: To rule by fiat. 3. A warrant of a judge for certain processes. Labels: English, countable, uncountable 4. An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature. Labels: English, countable, uncountable 5. (Pertaining to) fiat currency. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: But let us trace a little more particularly the differences between the "fiat" dollar and the greenback. The greenback, in common with every bank note any of you have ever seen, contains a promise to pay dollars. Example: But, say these men who claim for our Congress creative power, we will pass a law making these 'fiat' dollars legal tender for all debts, public and private.
Word: fiat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin fīat (“let it be done”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪæt/, /ˈfiːæt/, /ˈfiːət/, /ˈfiːɑːt/ 1. To make (something) happen. Labels: transitive 2. To issue a fiat. Labels: transitive Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.
Word: circum- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- Borrowed from Latin circum-, from circum, from circus. See also circle and circus. 1. around, surrounding Labels: morpheme
Word: frogging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒ.ɡɪŋ/, /ˈfɹɑ.ɡɪŋ/ 1. A set of decorative looped fastener on a garment, especially on a military uniform. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of intentionally unravelling part of a work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I’ve been known to rip out finished and blocked shawls because something was not exactly right. That’s why I make all of my samples: frogging is an important part of my design process.
Word: frogging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒ.ɡɪŋ/, /ˈfɹɑ.ɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of frog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: colourful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From colour + -ful. 1. British standard spelling of colorful. Example: It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs. Example: One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.
Word: pit stop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pit + stop. First use appears c. 1915. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt.stɑp/ 1. A stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle. Example: Alonso and Ferrari may well privately regret the decision to delay their second pit stop until two laps after Maldonado made his on the 24th of 66 laps. 2. A brief stop for fuel, rest or refreshment during an automobile journey. Labels: informal 3. A stop during any pedestrian or automobile travel for any utilitarian personal purpose, especially use of a bathroom. Labels: informal 4. A place that offers food, beverages, and other goods and services for those stopping on an automobile journey. Labels: informal 5. A utilitarian stop on a figurative journey. Labels: figuratively, informal
Word: eg Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of e.g. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pg Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of page. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Tg Part of Speech: noun 1. glass transition temperature
Word: Gg Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of gigagram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ng Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of newsgroup; also NG. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: freckleface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freckle + face. 1. A person with many freckles. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: freckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛkəl/ 1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. Example: Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose. Example: The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face. 2. Any small spot or discoloration. 3. A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands. Labels: Australia 4. The anus. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: freckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛkəl/ 1. To cover with freckles. Labels: transitive 2. To become covered with freckles. Labels: intransitive
Word: freckled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English frekled; equivalent to freckle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛkəld/ 1. Having freckles; covered with freckles. Example: A smile grew across Jim's freckled face. Example: Pro. […]Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he^([sic]) did littour heere, / A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape.
Word: period Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)lbor. Medieval Latin periodusbor. Middle French periodebor. Middle English periode English period From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/, /ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/, /ˈpɪɚ.i.əd/, /ˈpɪɹ.i.əd/, /ˈpi.ɹɪd/ 1. Designating anything from a given historical era. Labels: not-comparable Example: a period car Example: a period TV commercial 2. Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery. Labels: not-comparable Example: a period piece Example: As the guests arrived — there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire — I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I got over it. I certainly didn't suffer from Confederate-uniform envy. 3. Menstrual. Labels: not-comparable Example: period pains Example: period blood
Word: period Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)lbor. Medieval Latin periodusbor. Middle French periodebor. Middle English periode English period From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/, /ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/, /ˈpɪɚ.i.əd/, /ˈpɪɹ.i.əd/, /ˈpi.ɹɪd/ 1. That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story. Labels: Canada, US Example: I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period! Example: I'm the GOAT, point blank period!
Word: period Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos)lbor. Medieval Latin periodusbor. Middle French periodebor. Middle English periode English period From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/, /ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/, /ˈpɪɚ.i.əd/, /ˈpɪɹ.i.əd/, /ˈpi.ɹɪd/ 1. To come to a period; to conclude. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied. 2. To put an end to. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive 3. To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood. Labels: colloquial