nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: infantilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infantile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English infantilist From infantile + -ist. 1. One who is subject to infantilism.
Word: palmate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑmeit/, /ˈpɑlmeit/ 1. Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes. 2. Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan. Labels: not-comparable Example: The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan. 3. Having webbed appendage; palmated. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian. 4. Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: palmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palmic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑmeit/, /ˈpɑlmeit/ 1. Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.
Word: klismaphilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλύσμα (klúsma, “enema”) [from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”)] and φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”). 1. The condition involving enjoyment of, and sexual arousal from, enemas. Labels: uncountable
Word: necrophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹəʊ̆faɪl/ 1. One who is subject to necrophilia. Example: He has seizures of erotic and macaberesque madness. He is a sort of necrophile. He has kept a journal in which he sets forth his disease with the utmost clearness. 2. One who engages in sexual acts with corpses. Labels: broadly
Word: monokini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French monokini or simply mono- + -kini, punningly reinterpreting the first syllable of "bikini" as the prefix bi-. Pronunciation: /mɒnə(ʊ)ˈkiːni/, /mɑ.noʊˈki.ni/ 1. The lower part of a bikini without the upper part (i.e., topless). Example: All this so impressed the Appellate Court in Aix-en-Provence that it reversed the convictions. "Inasmuch as the spectacle of the nudity of the human body has nothing intrinsic in it that would outrage normal, even delicate decency, and since Claudine Durand concealed her sexual parts with a sufficiently opaque monokini, we acquit her." Example: French academics and historians have spent the early summer months pondering the sociological meaning of the demise of France's once-favourite piece of beachwear, the "monokini" – the bottom half of a bikini with no top. 2. A one-piece swimsuit, which may cover both the chest and the crotch (as contrasted with a bikini, which consists of two pieces). Example: [Psylocke is] wearing a mix between a monokini and cut-out swimwear, a wardrobe change[.] Example: “Calvin, you know you can't stay.” “I know. I was kicked out. Just because, one time, I hired a Borat impersonator to come to a meeting and strip down to his monokini. Sorry for wanting to bring a little joy to the OABA.” “He kept saying everything was "wah-wah-wee-wah" and "very nice." It was disruptive. Out.” “Well then, so long, Ocean Avenue "Busy-body Ass-ociation."” “That's a better name.”
Word: palm tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English palmetre, from Old English palmtrēow (“palm tree”), equivalent to palm + tree. Compare Danish palmetræ (“palm tree”), Swedish palmträd (“palm tree”), Norwegian palmetre (“palm tree”), Icelandic pálmatré (“palm tree”). 1. A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.
Word: hairshirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + shirt. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛəʃɜːt/, /ˈhɛɹʃɝt/ 1. A shirt made of haircloth; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent. Example: He is practically a total abstainer and I can affirm that he sleeps on a straw litter and eats the most Spartan food, cold dried grocer’s peas. He wears a hairshirt winter and summer and scourges himself every Saturday. 2. A state of penitence and humility. Labels: figuratively Example: And when he went on to say, “The curse must be within ourselves,” Muir bequeathed us a hairshirt: the guilty conscience that plagues so many of us when we see what we are doing to the rest of nature.
Word: hairshirt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hair + shirt. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛəʃɜːt/, /ˈhɛɹʃɝt/ 1. Advocating or adopting a relatively ascetic lifestyle, especially for environmentalist reasons. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: The gloomy contentions of “hairshirt economists” who want more public and less private spending were assailed today by Robert W. Sarnoff, chairman of the National Broadcasting Company. Example: No hair-shirt ascetiscism, but far less consumerism, less shopping for the sake of shopping, less conspicuous consumption, less waste. There will be less trade, but it will be more judicious, and there will be more 'self-reliance' in energy, food and manufacturing.
Word: GLA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Greater London Authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GLC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gas-liquid chromatography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: GLC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Greater London Council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of Goldie Lookin Chain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: mysophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myso- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪsəʊ̆ˈfɪlɪə/ 1. A sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of undergarment after use. Labels: uncountable Example: While here filthiness is seemingly a consequence of the fear of being soiled, it is in our cases a consciously wished for situation which might be similar to mysophilia within the psychosexual infantility. Example: Mysophilia, for example, can probably only be an erotic turn-on when it is possible for people to be clean, which is something that has been possible only in comparatively recent times.
Word: mysophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myso- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪsəʉfaɪl/ 1. One with a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of underwear or feminine products after use. Example: Yes, I am a mysophile. In my imagination I loiter at places where there is filth, mud, and decaying things, places where it stinks. I also wear my underwear until it stinks and becomes very dirty. Example: Ethel is a mysophile. She derives her gratification from the dirt in which she is living.
Word: scopophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English scopophilia From Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) + English -philia. First attested in the 1920s. The alternative spellings scoptophilia and skoptophilia originated as mistakes in the translations of the works of Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856–1939). Pronunciation: /skɒ.pəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/, /skɑ.poʊˈfɪ.li.ə/ 1. A paraphilia for observing sexually stimulating scenes, as a substitute for participation in a sexual relationship. Labels: uncountable Example: At first feeling somewhat inhibited in his watching by Sam's presence (perhaps due to an inferiority complex), Jake freely indulges in his scopophilia once the other man is gone, growing excited by the sight of this woman whose dance includes undressing, donning some jewels, and then stroking herself.
Word: scopophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English scopophile From Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) + English -phile. 1. One who is subject to scopophilia. Example: Caligula was a scopophile who was not ashamed of his irregular desire to watch others making love, while Mr. Hoover, as a voyeur, favored the keyhole and wiretap as methods of observation.
Word: frond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”). Pronunciation: /fɹɒnd/, /fɹɑnd/ 1. The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf. Example: By the bank, fifty yards below Elm Island, stood the Master, looking into water six inches deep. A fern frond, knocked off the bank upstream, came down turning like a little green dragon in the clear water. 2. Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf. Example: palm frond Example: Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.
Word: stackable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stack Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English stackable From stack + -able. 1. Capable of being stacked. Labels: not-comparable 2. Capable of being combined with others on a single purchase. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: With a 10% stackable coupon I can get my cost down to ∼$625 shipped, taxed for the 15" DVI LCD […]
Word: stackable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stack Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English stackable From stack + -able. 1. A network switch that can be set up to operate with other network switches.
Word: burgomaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of Dutch burgemeester with master. Compare also boroughmaster. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜɹɡəmæstɚ/ 1. The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
Word: lancegay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English launcegay, from Old French lancegaye, from lance (“lance”) + zagaye (“assagai”). 1. A type of spear, javelin or lance. Labels: obsolete
Word: fundaes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funda Labels: form-of, plural, rare, slang Example: And you think that proves anything? Boy have you got your fundaes golified Example: Simultaneously, try and contact the Indian Association of your University and get your fundaes cleared about the place and it's requirements
Word: fundae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funda Labels: form-of, plural, rare, slang Example: 1995, http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.classical/msg/48538f69a95f15fa Dude, I wish you would research a bit more before putting digit to keyboard. Your fundae are totally gol. Here, lemme straighten them out.
Word: fundas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funda Labels: form-of, plural, slang Example: Lass, thy fundas are invariably gol!! It's Sweden that Indian guys thought to be the paradise of ... . Example: Kumar Sanu is nasal. He may copy KK, but at least his fundas are clear.
Word: unfalsifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English falsify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English falsifiable English unfalsifiable From un- + falsifiable. 1. Not able to be proven false, but not necessarily true. Labels: not-comparable Example: Conspiracy theories are designed to be unfalsifiable: every criticism can be dismissed as "whitewashing by the conspirers", and every concerns can be summarized as "part of the greater conspiracy". Example: Popper introduced the so-called ‘demarcation problem’ of identifying what distinguishes pseudoscience from science. Popper's suggestion, as I explain below, is that, unlike real science, pseudoscience is unfalsifiable.
Word: unfalsifiable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English falsify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English falsifiable English unfalsifiable From un- + falsifiable. 1. A statement or argument that cannot be proven false, but is not necessarily true.
Word: spin doctor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spin (“a favorable comment or interpretation”) + doctor. First use appears c. 1984 in the New York Times. 1. A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results; a lobbyist; a PR person. Example: Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation. Example: A dozen men in good suits and women in silk dresses will circulate smoothly among the reporters, spouting confident opinions. They won't be just press agents trying to impart a favorable spin to a routine release. They'll be the Spin Doctors, senior advisers to the candidates, and they'll be playing for very high stakes.
Word: spin doctor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spin (“a favorable comment or interpretation”) + doctor. First use appears c. 1984 in the New York Times. 1. To generate spin (a favorable interpretation or bias). Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: somniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin somnifer + -ous, from somnus (“sleep”) + ferre (“to bring”). Pronunciation: /sɒmˈnɪfəɹəs/, /sɑmˈnɪfəɹəs/ 1. causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
Word: yonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yoni + -ic, from Sanskrit योनि (yoni). Pronunciation: /ˈjoʊnɪk/ 1. In the shape of a vulva (yoni). Example: Many orchids are yonic. Example: The Garden of Eden, the Ark, the Gate of the Temple, the Veil of the Mysteries, the vesica piscis or oval nimbus, and the Holy Grail are important yonic symbols[…] 2. Of or relating to the yoni. Example: yonic energy
Word: exfoliant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exfoliate. 1. An agent or substance used for the process of exfoliation
Word: turpitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/, /ˈtɜɹpətuːd/ 1. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror. 2. An act evident of such depravity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: izzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English izod, ezod, ezed, probably from Middle French et zede (literally “and zed”), as spoken when reciting the alphabet. Pronunciation: /ˈɪ.zəɹd/ 1. The letter Z; zed, zee. Labels: Scotland Example: ... [Reading.] Dear Sir,—ay, that's that. Then there's an M, and a T, and an S, but whether the next be an izzard, or an R, confound me, I cannot tell.
Word: baseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin bassus Old French basbor. Middle English bas English base Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English baseness From base + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsnəs/ 1. The quality or condition of being base. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tryst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointed station in hunting”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse treysta (“to make safe, secure”), from traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). Doublet of trust, see there for more. Pronunciation: /tɹɪst/, /tɹaɪst/ 1. A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time. Example: And Vivien, like the tenderest-hearted maid / That ever bided tryst at village stile, / Made answer, either eyelid wet with tears: […] Example: A silence supreme and altogether European. Shutters drawn, shops barred. A red glow here and there to mark a tryst. 2. A mutual agreement, a covenant. Labels: obsolete 3. A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place. Labels: Scotland, historical
Word: tryst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointed station in hunting”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse treysta (“to make safe, secure”), from traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). Doublet of trust, see there for more. Pronunciation: /tɹɪst/, /tɹaɪst/ 1. To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place. Labels: intransitive 2. To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.). Labels: transitive 3. To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time. Labels: intransitive Example: He said he was jealous, and craved something to ease his care. 'It's but a small thing I ask,' says he, 'but it will make me a happy man, and nothing ever shall come atween us. Tryst wi' me for Beltane's E'en on the Sker sands, at the green link o' the burn where the sands begin, on the ebb o' the tide when midnight is by, but afore cockcrow. For,' said he, 'that was our forbears' tryst for true lovers, and wherefore no for you and me?'
Word: audiowarez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisder. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *awizdiō Latin audi(ō) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English audio- English warez English audiowarez From audio- + warez. 1. Warez that are used in music composition and production; pirated audio software. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: truckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌkəl/ 1. A small wheel; a caster or pulley. 2. A small wheel of cheese. 3. Ellipsis of truckle bed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: truckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌkəl/ 1. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. 2. To sleep in a truckle bed. Labels: intransitive
Word: truckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a back formation of truckle bed (a bed on which a pupil slept, because it was rolled on casters into a lower position under the master's larger bed), from Middle English trookylbed. Compare also trundle bed. Assisted by false association with Middle English *trukelen, truken, trokien, trukien, from Old English trucian (“to fail, diminish”), Low German truggeln (“to flatter, fawn”), see truck. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌkəl/ 1. To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior. Labels: intransitive Example: "Why in the world should you spend your money, worry your family, and turn the house upside down for a parcel of girls who don't care a sixpence for you? I thought you had too much pride and sense to truckle to any mortal woman just because she wears French boots and rides in a coupe," said Jo, who, being called from the tragic climax of her novel, was not in the best mood for social enterprises. "I don't truckle, and I hate being patronized as much as you do!" returned Amy indignantly, for the two still jangled when such questions arose. Example: There is no doubt […] that truckling to popularity is the worst political vice.
Word: travail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Latin pālus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin tripālis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium ▲ Byzantine Greek τριπάσσαλον (tripássalon)calq.? Latin tripālium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre Old French travaillerdeverb. Old French travailbor. Middle English travail English travail Inherited from Middle English travail, borrowed from Old French travail (“suffering, torment”), deverbal from travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“to torment”), from Latin tripālium (“torture device”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of travel and travois. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈveɪl/, /ˈtɹæˌveɪl/ 1. Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. Labels: literary Example: Great trauail is created to al men, and an heauie yoke vpon the children of Adam, from the day of their comming forth of their mothers wombe, vntil the day of their burying, into the mother of al. […] Example: But as every thing of price, so this doth require travail. 2. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. Example: The lady shrieks and, well-a-near, Does fall in travail with her fear. Example: And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first, 3. An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). Labels: countable, obsolete 4. The eclipse of a celestial object. Labels: obsolete 5. Obsolete form of travel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 6. Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: travail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English travailen, from Old French travailler, from the noun (see above). Doublet of travel. Displaced native Middle English swinken (“to work”) (from Old English swincan (“to labour, to toil, to work at”)). Pronunciation: /tɹəˈveɪl/, /ˈtɹæˌveɪl/ 1. To toil. Example: [A]ll slothful persons, which will not travail for their livings, do the will of the devil. Example: The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 2. To go through the labor of childbirth. Example: A woman when she traveyleth hath sorowe, be cause her houre is come: but as sone as she is delivered off her chylde she remembreth no moare her anguysshe, for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde. Example: And they iourneyed from Bethel: and there was but a litle way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel traueiled, and she had hard labour.
Word: arduously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin arduus English arduous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English arduously From arduous + -ly. 1. in an arduous manner
Word: fan mail Part of Speech: noun 1. Mail sent to a public figure by his or her fans. Labels: uncountable
Word: tocsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French toquesain (modern tocsin), from Old Occitan tocasenh, from tocar (“strike, touch”) + senh (“bell”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɒksɪn/, /ˈtɑksɪn/ 1. An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France. Example: At half-past one, on the sounding of the tocsin (or bell of the public-house) about fifteen persons were collected, when the Rev. J. Bromley was called to the chair. Example: The noise of drumming and trumpeting came from the Albany Street Barracks, and every church within earshot was hard at work killing sleep with a vehement disorderly tocsin. 2. A bell used to sound an alarm.
Word: tergiversation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tergiversātiō, from tergiversārī (“to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to tergiversate + -ion. Pronunciation: /tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/, /tɜːd͡ʒɪvəˈseɪʃən/ 1. The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They make their outward impudence their mask, as foxes, the better we may not see where they truly tend, nor their true black tergiversation beneath. 2. The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Anyone who desires an hour's amusement may be advised to look up the tergiversations of eminent craniologists in their attempts to prove from brain measurements that women are stupider than men.
Word: Jesus freak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase originally was applied to those involved in the Jesus movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, within the context of the freak scene of that era. This usage was seen as pejorative by outsiders and led to the derogatory use. However, some Christians now consider it a reclaimed word, as Christians, especially Christian youth, occasionally use it today as a positive term to let others know that they are not ashamed of their belief in Jesus. 1. An enthusiastic Christian. Labels: slang Example: What will people say when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak? What will people do when they find out it's true? I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak. There ain't no disguisin' the truth. 2. One who is perceived to be showily, sanctimoniously, or obsessively Christian. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: grike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /ɡɹaɪk/ 1. A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants. Labels: UK Example: He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike. Example: The Crag is a sort of crag-shaped feature of limestone, rich in minerals and seamed with crevasses or ‘grikes’ as they call them hereabouts.
Word: witness tampering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From witness + tampering. First use appears c. 1902 in the Indianapolis Sun. 1. The act of attempting to improperly alter, influence or prevent the testimony of witnesses within civil or criminal proceedings. Labels: uncountable
Word: util Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of utility. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːˌtɪl/ 1. A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction. Labels: countable 2. A utility. Labels: countable, informal Example: Where can I download free disk utils? 3. Utilities. Labels: uncountable Example: Boston, South End, ultra modern 1-2 bedroom apts. $260-270. Master TV antenna, burglar alarm, util not included.
Word: EOLed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of EOL Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: caffeinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English caffeine 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 caffeinism From caffeine + -ism. 1. a toxic condition caused by excessive ingestion of coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages Labels: uncountable 2. addiction to such beverages Labels: uncountable
Word: affor Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of afore. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: affor Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of afore (“before, in advance of the time of”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: providid that if it happen one of theym to decesse affor sche be maried, her porcion to be disposed to th’use and behove of Robert my son […] Example: prayed him to forgive her, for Lyford had overcome her, and defiled her body before mariage affor he had comended him onto her for a husband. 2. Obsolete spelling of afore (“before, geographically or metaphorically in front of”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: She wold have putt in her bill of complant affor my Lord of Richmonde’s counsell. Example: Theyn he and v other psons yᵗ ys to wytt Jħn Walker Wyllyā Haslű Thomas ffleccher Perys Holt ƿ Rog’ Leyu’ testefyed this mat’ for thrwe affor me lord the Justys of Lanchastʳ.
Word: brackish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scottish brack (from Middle Dutch brac (“brackish”)) + -ish. Cognate with Dutch brak (“brackish”), German Low German brack, brakerg, brakig (“brackish”), German brackig (“brackish”), Danish brak (“brackish”), Swedish bräck (“brackish”), Norwegian brakk (“brackish”). Perhaps a distant doublet of brook. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪʃ/ 1. Of water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries. Example: ...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious... Example: 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4. On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water. 2. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. Example: Therefore the bread he had to eat Seemed brackish, less like corn than tares; 3. Repulsive.
Word: IUPAC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈaɪjuːpæk/, /ˈjuːpæk/ 1. Acronym of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, an organization that establishes official names of chemical elements and compounds. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Following a 5-month period of public review, the names earlier proposed by the discoverers have been approved by the IUPAC Bureau.
Word: importantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English important Middle English -ly English -ly English importantly From important + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔː.tənt.li/, [ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩ʔli], [ɪmˈpʰɔːtənt̚li], /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, [ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔn̩tli] 1. Used to mark a statement as having importance. Example: These potentially ground-breaking discoveries need to be tempered by the knowledge that very high doses - the equivalent of 100-plus bottles of red wine daily - were given to mice. Importantly, after resveratrol is absorbed into the blood, it is broken down quickly and may have limited effect in humans. Example: More importantly and closer to life, slangs help build an instant intimacy and informality. 2. In an important manner. Example: Even sitting in a restaurant, the person on a cell phone seems importantly busy and on the move.
Word: ethylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- English -ylene English ethylene From eth- + -ylene. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɪˌliːn/, /ˈɛθəˌliːn/ 1. The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos. Example: As a demonstration, we first establish the correctness of the Jacobian matrices for kinetic models of hydrogen, methane, ethylene, and isopentanol oxidation, then demonstrate the performance achievable on CPUs and GPUs using pyJac via matrix evaluation timing comparisons.. 2. The divalent radical derived from ethane. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coup de grâce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 17th century. Borrowed from French coup de grâce (“finishing blow”). Originally referring to a merciful stroke putting a fatally wounded person out of misery or to the shot delivered to the head of a prisoner after facing a firing squad. Pronunciation: /kuː də ɡɹɑs/, /kuː də ɡɹɑː/ 1. A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal. Example: After we had row'd, or rather driven about a League and a Half, as we reckon'd it, a raging Wave, Mountain-like, came rolling a-ſtern of us, and plainly bad us expect the Coup-de-Grace. Example: The expression of his face was an appeal; his eyes were full of prayer. […] For what, indeed? For that which we accord to even the meanest creature without sense to demand it, denying it only to the wretched of our own race: for the blessed release, the rite of uttermost compassion, the coup de grâce. 2. A remarkable finishing action. Labels: broadly
Word: ethene Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛθiːn/, /ˈiːθiːn/, /ˈɛθin/, /ˈiθin/, /ˈeθiːn/ 1. The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄ Labels: IUPAC, countable, uncountable 2. Any alkene derived from ethylene Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ethyne Part of Speech: noun 1. The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C₂H₂.
Word: pull a fast one Part of Speech: verb 1. To carry out a trick or act of deception; to behave contrary to expectations. Labels: idiomatic, often, slang Example: This isn't worth anything like what you paid them. I think they pulled a fast one on you. Example: I haven't forgotten the way you tried to pull a fast one over me when you first came here—over the Jaintiapur plantation that I had wanted for some time.
Word: polyethene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English ethene English polyethene From poly- + ethene. 1. Synonym of polyethylene. Labels: uncountable
Word: a into g Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ ɪntə ˈd͡ʒiː/ 1. Abbreviation of ass into gear. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, slang Example: C'mon Geoffrey, we're already five minutes late, so get your a into g!
Word: on the horn Part of Speech: adj 1. On the telephone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Let me get on the horn with him and ask.
Word: 'fraid so Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Contraction. 1. I am afraid so Labels: slang
Word: blow over Part of Speech: verb 1. To blow on something causing it to topple. Labels: transitive Example: The wind blew over the pole. 2. To be knocked down by wind. Labels: intransitive Example: The tree blew over in the storm. 3. To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over. Example: You cannot simply wait for a problem like that to blow over. 4. To overwhelm. Labels: transitive Example: I'm still mending from all that time ago, that was your purpose, so this could happen for me and so I can change the world and make it a better place, but I can't without fans, that blow me over with their wishes and dreams that couldn't exist without them.
Word: irreverent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin irreverēns. By surface analysis, ir- + reverent. 1. Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts. Example: an irreverent new work Example: an irreverent examination of reviewing
Word: one brick short of a full load Part of Speech: adj 1. Not mentally sound; insane. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: I feel fine today, but that gentleman conversing with the house plant there may be one brick short of a full load. 2. Stupid. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: You have to be one brick short of a full load to think that '7' is a letter in the alphabet.
Word: age of majority Part of Speech: noun 1. The age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted or recognized; i.e.; the age where a person ceases to be a minor legally and becomes a legal adult. Example: In Indiana the age of majority is 18 years.
Word: Saint George Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Saint George (died 303). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/ 1. Patron saint of England and several other places; legendary killer of a dragon. 2. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish: 3. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish: 4. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish: 5. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish: 6. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish: 7. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish: 8. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish:
Word: all ears Part of Speech: adj 1. Listening intently; fully focused. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: The students were all ears when they found out the topic of the film was "reproduction." They were disappointed to discover that it was also about fish. 2. Awaiting an explanation. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I am all ears to find out how my car, which used to have a perfectly functional engine, will no longer start.
Word: buy-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from buy in. 1. Support; agreement; blessing (in a secular sense). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To win, I need to get buy-in from the team to have alignment with our mission. Example: Let's show the idea around and get buy-in from marketing. 2. A tournament where a player must purchase all of his or her chips before the tournament starts. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The amount that a player buys in for Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When tournament players are eliminated but remain eager to win back their buy-in, side games often develop and upstage tournament play with limits exceeding those in the tournament.
Word: buy-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buy + -in. 1. A protest in which participants buy an item and return it soon after in order to slow down the store's operations. Example: Protests against Home Depot’s alleged involvement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) worksite raids have taken the form of disruptive “buy-ins” in at least one California store, with people lining up to purchase 17-cent ice scrapers only to return them immediately. […] According to the Los Angeles Times, nearly one hundred people participated in the “buy-in” action.
Word: manor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maner, manour; from Old French manoir, from earlier maneir, from Latin manēre. Doublet of maenor. Pronunciation: /ˈmænə(ɹ)/, /ˈmænəɹ/ 1. A landed estate. Example: [T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor. 2. The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion. 3. A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe. 4. The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district. 5. Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context. Labels: UK, slang Example: 'I'm a fatalist,' said Mr James Anderton, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester. [...] James Anderton in his suite of offices on the eleventh floor of the modern glass-and-concrete police building, looking out over his domain, his patch, his manor. Example: Dixon, who was finally promoted to sergeant in 1964, policed his 'Dock Green' manor until May 1976 and 'Evening, all' had become a national catchphrase. 6. One's neighbourhood. Labels: London, slang Example: Beckham was asked what it would mean for the Olympics to be held in his old neighbourhood. "You mean my manor?" Beckham replied, in fluent East End argot. "I'm obviously from the East End, so it would be incredible for me if it was held there. It could go down as one of the best games in history."
Word: picky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English picky From pick + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪki/ 1. Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right. Example: I am very picky about the way my kitchen is laid out. Example: Most of the pickiest children were actually in the middle weight group, though a few were underweight and a few were overweight. 2. Of food or a meal: consisting of various small items from which the diner can pick and choose. Labels: UK, colloquial, not-comparable Example: picky bits Example: picky tea
Word: picky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English picky From pick + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪki/ 1. A picture. Labels: informal Example: And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.
Word: no strings attached Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From strings (“(figurative) conditions, limitations, restrictions”), possibly from an old prank where a money purse with a hidden string would be placed on the ground, and pulled away when someone tried to pick it up. Pronunciation: /nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/, /noʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. Without conditions or obligations; without a catch. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: For a friend I’ll help out for free, no strings attached. Example: In the present century marriage is preceded by a betrothment, gifts are usually interchanged (but with no strings attached), and a causeless withdrawal therefrom by either party is considered infamous.
Word: get on Part of Speech: verb 1. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Please get on the bus as quickly as possible. Example: She has no trouble getting off a bus but has difficulty getting on. 2. To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress. Labels: intransitive Example: John is really getting on at work. Example: I hear John has a new job. How's he getting on? 3. To progress (with); to move forward. Labels: intransitive, often Example: It's time to get on with improving quality. Example: We've wasted enough time now. Can we get on, please? 4. To progress (with); to move forward. Labels: intransitive, often Example: Time is getting on. We need to hurry up or we'll miss our flight. Example: The hour is getting on. It'll be dark soon. 5. To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.) Labels: intransitive Example: The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds. Example: She must be getting on for 65 years of age. 6. To become old. Labels: intransitive Example: My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days. 7. To have a good relationship; to get along. Labels: UK, intransitive, often Example: “I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]” Example: John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing. 8. To cope or deal (with). Labels: UK, intransitive Example: I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion. 9. To commence (an action). Labels: transitive Example: Go get on to cleaning the floors, the others have already started. 10. To place a bet on. Labels: archaic, slang, transitive Example: to get on a horse or a man 11. Synonym of have on. 12. To have sex; to be sexually promiscuous. Labels: slang 13. To do drugs; to get drunk; to buy drugs; to regularly use drugs. Labels: slang 14. To observe or notice. Labels: slang Example: Get on that guy!
Word: get on Part of Speech: intj 1. Expresses surprise or disbelief.
Word: searching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of search Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: searching Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Thorough. Labels: usually Example: Einstein's photoelectric equation has been subjected to very searching tests and it appears in every case to predict exactly the observed results. 2. Looking over closely; penetrating; severe. Example: a searching gaze; searching criticism Example: ‘So you are going out there. Famous. Interesting too.’ He gave me a searching glance, and made another note.
Word: searching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/, /ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Search; hunt. Example: Her songs take us through many mood changes from lighthearted lovesongs and social commentary to a serious searching for answers and understanding. Example: Depending on whom you ask, Antony Flew is either a true convert whose lifelong intellectual searchings finally brought him to God or a senescent scholar possibly being exploited by his associates.
Word: get on with Part of Speech: verb 1. To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption. Labels: transitive Example: Turn off the television and get on with your homework. Example: Now that the technical difficulties have been taken care of, let's get on with the show! 2. To have a good relationship with. Labels: transitive Example: Peter is not easy to get on with. 3. To successfully use or adapt to. Labels: transitive Example: I just can't get on with these new glasses.
Word: cancerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈkænsəɹəs/ 1. Relating to or affected with cancer. Example: On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney. Example: A pilot study conducted in 2023 by the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Erlangen University Hospital in Germany involved 104 patients and concluded that clinical breast examinations by MTEs who were visually impaired were as accurate in identifying potentially cancerous tumors as doctors trained in this procedure. 2. Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm. Labels: figuratively 3. Extremely unpleasant; detestable. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.