nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: threefold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. 1. By a factor of three. Labels: not-comparable
Word: threefold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. 1. An algebraic variety of dimension 3. Example: In this way, we find some new pairs (h#123;1,1#125;,#92;#59;h#123;2,1#125;) of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds.
Word: threefold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. 1. To make threefold; to triple. Labels: transitive
Word: three-quarters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θɹiˈk(w)ɔɹtɚz/, /θɹiːˈkwɔːtəz/ 1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75). Labels: uncountable Example: three-quarters of the population Example: three-quarters majority 2. forty-five minutes Labels: uncountable Example: It took two hours and three-quarters to get home.
Word: three-quarter Part of Speech: adj 1. of three fourths of the usual dimension Labels: not-comparable Example: a three-quarter length coat. 2. with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view Labels: not-comparable
Word: three-quarter Part of Speech: noun 1. A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back) Example: England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out. 2. A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %) Labels: singular Example: Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants.
Word: thriftless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thrifteles, þriftles, equivalent to thrift + -less. 1. Wastefully reckless in the use of money or resources. 2. Not thriving. Labels: dated
Word: thriving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈθɹaɪ.vɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɑɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering. Example: thriving shop Example: thriving community
Word: thriving Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɹaɪ.vɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɑɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to thrive.
Word: thriving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈθɹaɪ.vɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɑɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of thrive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zoaea Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.ə/ 1. Alternative spelling of zoëa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoea Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.ə/ 1. Alternative spelling of zoëa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: caesious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin caesius (“bluish-grey”); probably akin to Latin caelum (“sky”); see celestial. 1. Having a blue color very low in chroma.
Word: Mithraic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mithras + -ic. First attested in English circa 1678. More at Mithras. 1. Of or relating to Mithraism. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]hat the Druids deliberately adopted Mithraic, Serapic or other exotic rituals is, to me, unthinkable.
Word: ooecium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ōoecium, from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + οἰκίον (oikíon, “dwelling, abode”). By surface analysis, oo- + oecium. 1. An ovicell of a bryozoan.
Word: libels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of libel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: restrained Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnd/ 1. Held back, limited, kept in check or under control. Example: He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace. 2. Proscribed, restricted. Labels: obsolete Example: Ha? fie, these filthy vices. It were as good To pardon him, that hath from nature stolne a man already made, as to remit Their sawcie sweetnes, that do coyne heauens Image In stamps that are forbid: 'tis all as easie, Falsely to take away a life true made, As to put mettle in restrained meanes To make a false one.
Word: restrained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of restrain Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He was restrained by the straight jacket.
Word: embraces Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbɹeɪsɪz/, /ɪmˈbɹeɪsɪz/ 1. plural of embrace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embraces Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbɹeɪsɪz/, /ɪmˈbɹeɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embrace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sophisticated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus. 1. Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise. Example: Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences. 2. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined. 3. Complicated, especially of complex technology. Example: The much more sophisticated and personable chatbots of today are the “Eliza effect on steroids,” [Sherry] Turkle said. 4. Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; unrefined, adulterated, impure. Labels: obsolete 5. Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way. Labels: obsolete
Word: sophisticated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus. 1. simple past and past participle of sophisticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: endurance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the late 15th century. From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance. Morphologically endure + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjʊəɹəns/, /ɪnˈdjɔːɹəns/, /ɪnˈdʊɹəns/, /ɪnˈdɝəns/ 1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He has great endurance: he ran a marathon and then cycled home. 2. An ability to endure hardship. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The length of time that a ship's rations will supply. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: persistence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French persistance, from persistant, from Latin persistēns, from persistō. By surface analysis, persist + -ence. Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪst(ə)ns/ 1. The property of being persistent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You've got to admire her persistence. She's asked him out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down. Example: The Thaumatrope was based on the persistence of vision. The disc of card was rotated so rapidly by means of threads attached to it that the eye saw both sides of the card simultaneously. 2. Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Once written to a disk file, the data has persistence: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program. 3. Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The persistence of the number 39 under the operation of multiplying the digits of the number is three, because 3x9 = 27, 2x7 = 14, and 1x4 = 4, and no further iterations will change the number again.
Word: obstinately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English obstinate Middle English -ly English -ly English obstinately From obstinate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɑbstɪnətli/, /ˈɒbstɪnətli/ 1. In an obstinate manner. Example: He obstinately made his motion at every meeting, even though no one else ever supported it and everyone else was bored with it. Example: 'She'll do no such thing,' said the old man obstinately.
Word: stubbornly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stubborn Middle English -ly English -ly English stubbornly From stubborn + -ly. 1. In a stubborn manner. Example: He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times. Example: It is the outpost which the devil and the flesh most stubbornly maintain against the assaults of grace; and until it be subdued, and its barriers levelled with the very earth, there is more hope of a fool than of the sinner.
Word: tenaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tenacious Middle English -ly English -ly English tenaciously From tenacious + -ly. Pronunciation: /təˈneɪʃəsli/ 1. In a tenacious manner. Example: He continued tenaciously, doggedly continuing over all obstacles. Example: […] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.
Word: arborescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). First attested around 1675. The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn. Pronunciation: /ɑːbəˈɹɛsənt/, /ɑːɹbəˈɹɛsənt/ 1. Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching. Example: Hydatica. Stem arborescent, jointed, branched; leaves long, linear. Example: In §1 we review the definition of the arborescent links and discuss a convention to inductively analyze these links. We also recall some facts about foliations. In §2 we show how to represent an oriented arborescent link L by a special type of tree called a candidate tree. 2. Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory). Example: Gilles Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory. Example: Deleuze and Guattari think, for instance, that metaphysics is an example of arborescent thinking, which is a model of thought like an erect tree, because it has been shaped by arboreal metaphors from the moment of its origin. They explain, "Arborescent systems are hierarchical systems with centers of significance (sic) and subjectification, central automata like organized memories. In the corresponding models, an element only receives information from a higher unit, and only receives a subjective affection along preestablished paths."
Word: inbetween Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of in-between. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: inbetween Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of in between. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: inbetween Part of Speech: prep 1. Misspelling of in between. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Rutledge Part of Speech: name 1. A surname of uncertain etymology. 2. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 3. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 4. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 5. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 6. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 7. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 8. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 9. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 10. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname: 11. A number of places in the United States, named for bearers of the surname:
Word: keep one's pecker up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pecker, meaning "nose", by analogy with beak. 1. To remain cheerful; keep smiling. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: “Of course you will,” said Wraysford, cheerily; “it’s hard lines at first. Keep your pecker up, young ’un.” The young ’un, despite this friendly advice, felt very far from keeping up his pecker. But he did his best, and worked his face into a melancholy sort of a smile. Example: , Episode 12, The Cyclops --Keep your pecker up, says Joe. She'd have won the money only for the other dog.
Word: maharaja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi महाराजा (mahārājā). First attested in 1698. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/, /ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒɑ/, /ˌmɑ.həˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ 1. A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor. Example: I speak from a very intimate knowledge of their ways and habits after having spent a very happy twenty years amongst them with friends in every degree, from the Maharaja himself to some of the humblest coolies. Example: Benny: Hey, T.C., what's a maharaja? Top Cat: What's a what? Benny: A maharaja. Top Cat: Oh, do I look like Daniel Webster? I didn't write no dictionary.
Word: flameproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English flame English proof English -proof English flameproof From flame + -proof. 1. Resistant to catching fire. Example: One hundred and fifty miles of flameproof wire have been used in the signalboxes and relay rooms.
Word: flameproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English flame English proof English -proof English flameproof From flame + -proof. 1. To make flameproof. Labels: transitive Example: Structural timber in the roofs throughout the station has been flameproofed.
Word: fireproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English proof English -proof English fireproof From fire + -proof. 1. Resistant to damage from fire. Example: The fireproof safe will protect documents inside for up to four hours in a standard house fire. Example: When I was in the States, three years ago, the head porter at one hotel took pains to impress on me that the building was absolutely fireproof.
Word: fireproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English proof English -proof English fireproof From fire + -proof. 1. To make resistant to damage from fire. Example: I hastily fireproofed my clothing somewhat by pouring a bucket of water over myself before dashing into the flames. Example: When he had built his home in Camarillo in 2024, he had taken every precaution to fireproof it, a practice the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is increasingly encouraging homeowners to do. […] Despite fire officials ordering the evacuation of thousands of homes, 250 residents chose to stay, according to Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff. Some wanted to defend their homes, while others, like Snyder, had fireproofed their homes and felt confident in their chances.
Word: Miskito Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish Mosquito, and its source, Miskito Miskito, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kɪ.təʊ/, /ˈmɪs.kɪ.toʊ/ 1. Pertaining to a Native American people living in the region of Moskitia in Central America. Labels: not-comparable Example: Before I embarked, I found with the Doctor four Musquito Indians, who were chiefs in their own country, and were brought here by some English traders for some selfish ends.
Word: Miskito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Mosquito, and its source, Miskito Miskito, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kɪ.təʊ/, /ˈmɪs.kɪ.toʊ/ 1. A member of these people; a Miskito Indian.
Word: Miskito Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Mosquito, and its source, Miskito Miskito, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kɪ.təʊ/, /ˈmɪs.kɪ.toʊ/ 1. The Miskito language.
Word: inaudible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + audible. 1. Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard. Example: Dogs can hear this whistle, but for people it is inaudible. Example: At first his voice was almost inaudible; but soon the spirit mastered the body, and his hollow but distinct tones gained a supernatural strength.
Word: flashcube Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flash cube Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fickleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fikelnesse, equivalent to fickle + -ness. 1. The quality of being fickle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obscurantism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism. 1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flamethrower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪmˌθɹəʊ.ə/, /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/ 1. A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool. 2. Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls. Labels: slang Example: "We allowed him to kind of orchestrate the whole offense, and he got comfortable early," George said. "He's a flamethrower. Once he gets hot, it's over." Example: So when we see guys like that open, we gotta give them the ball. Especially Bryn [Forbes], he's a flamethrower. The guy is one of the best shooters I've been around, so to have him going in the game, it's much needed for us. We need him to get going. We need him to hit shots.
Word: obsequies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Plural of obsequy; from Middle English obsequias, obsequies, obsequyes, from Latin obsequiae. Pronunciation: /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiːz/ 1. Funeral rites. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A murmur of astonishment ran through the chapel. It was hushed instantly, for, at a sign from Lord Avonleigh, the coffin was carried into the vault; and again the voice of the priest was the only sound, breathing the last and solemn benediction of the mournful obsequies.
Word: obsequies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Plural of obsequy; from Middle English obsequias, obsequies, obsequyes, from Latin obsequiae. Pronunciation: /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiːz/ 1. plural of obsequy. Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of obsequie. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: operculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin -culum Latin operculumbor. English operculum Borrowed from Latin operculum. Pronunciation: /əʊˈpɜː.kjʊ.ləm/, /oʊˈpɝ.kjə.ləm/ 1. A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover. Example: Hyoliths […] have a small, conical calcium carbonate shell, with a lid called an operculum. 2. The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds. 3. A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth. 4. A structure which serves as a cover or lid. Example: I lifted the circular operculum from its place and laid it carefully on the bale. 5. One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula.
Word: flame-retardant Part of Speech: adj 1. Hard to ignite; not supporting or conveying flame; tending to curtail flames' spread.
Word: flame-retardant Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance used to make an object flameproof. Example: The flame-retardant used on the child's pajamas would keep them from bursting into flame, but it caused a rash.
Word: fire-retardant Part of Speech: adj 1. Hard to ignite; not flammable.
Word: fire-retardant Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance that makes an object resistant to burning.
Word: lasting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪn/, /ˈlæstɪŋ/, /ˈleəstɪŋ/ 1. Persisting for an extended period of time. Example: After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t. Example: I was taken to the theatre for the first time when I was six years old, and the experience made a lasting impression on me. 2. Persisting forever. Labels: obsolete Example: I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest. Example: Things that are first must give place, but things that are last, are lasting.
Word: lasting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪn/, /ˈlæstɪŋ/, /ˈleəstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of last Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lasting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪŋ/, /ˈlastɪn/, /ˈlæstɪŋ/, /ˈleəstɪŋ/ 1. In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. The act or process of shaping footwear on a last. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1598, I. D. (possibly John Dee) (translator), Aristotles Politiques, or Discourses of Gouernment, London: Adam Islip, Chapter 12, p. 334, But all things that haue beginning, must come to an end, and whatsoeuer groweth, must likewise deminish, being subiect to corruption and change, according to the time appointed vnto it by the course of Nature, as is seene by experience in plants, and in wights, which haue their ages and lastings certaine and determined. Example: […] it may be some kinde of Prophecy, of the continuance, and lasting of these Letters, that having been scattered, more then Sibyls leaves, I cannot say into parts, but corners of the World, they have recollected and united themselves […]
Word: pessimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -al, modeled on optimal. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.sɪ.məl/, /ˈpɛ.sə.məl/ 1. Bad to a maximal extent; worst. Labels: not-comparable Example: Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities. Example: "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays
Word: satin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou. Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.ɪn/, [ˈsæt.n̩], [ˈsæʔ.n̩] 1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish. 2. Gin (the drink). Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: 'This poor gal was robbed, barely left a stitch, that and the drink... mind, I likes a drop of satin – wot you'd call gin – myself. I'll say nothing against it. She ended thrown out of an upstairs winder.'
Word: satin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou. Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.ɪn/, [ˈsæt.n̩], [ˈsæʔ.n̩] 1. Semigloss. Labels: not-comparable Example: satin paint
Word: satin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou. Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.ɪn/, [ˈsæt.n̩], [ˈsæʔ.n̩] 1. To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin. Labels: transitive
Word: sateen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A 19th century variant of satin, perhaps influenced by velveteen. Pronunciation: /səˈtiːn/ 1. A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate.
Word: quadrangular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English quadrangulere, from Late Latin quadrangulāris. Compare Middle French and French quadrangulaire. By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular. 1. Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle. 2. Involving four participants or teams. Example: We are promised certainly a triangular, and possibly a quadrangular, contest for Governor this Fall. Example: It is understood they will today consult lawyers about claims in a Sunday newspaper, attributed to a PCA official, that Collier leant on its chief executive, Sean Morris, to increase the pressure on the England players during the Test to sign a revised agreement with Stanford, scrapping the $20m Super Series but agreeing to a new quadrangular tournament at Lord's.
Word: quadrangular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quadrangulere, from Late Latin quadrangulāris. Compare Middle French and French quadrangulaire. By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular. 1. A competition involving four participants or teams. Example: With his winning shot put and discus marks in the quadrangular, Banich joined three other Bruins who have qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships in June at Baton Rouge, La. Example: "The PCA president and chief executive seem to have forgotten that not only were they signed up to Stanford's $20m match but that just this month they gave in principle support to a five-year deal for the quadrangular," said one ECB insider.
Word: tardy slip Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of paper given to a student who is late to school, to authorize the student to proceed to class. Labels: Canada, US Example: The teacher accepted her tardy slip and allowed her to come into the classroom after the bell.
Word: Julian Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.li.ən/, /d͡ʒuː.liˈæn/ 1. The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Philosopher or Julian the Apostate. 2. A male given name from Latin Iulianus, from Iulius. Example: Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University history professor and CNN analyst, agreed. 3. A female given name from Latin, of medieval English usage, variant of Gillian. 4. An English surname originating as a patronymic. 5. A French surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Julien. 6. A locale in the United States. 7. A locale in the United States. 8. A locale in the United States. 9. A locale in the United States. 10. A locale in the United States. 11. A locale in the United States. 12. A sub-age from 229.6 ± 2.0 to 222.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.
Word: Julian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.li.ən/, /d͡ʒuː.liˈæn/ 1. Of or relating to Julius Caesar. 2. Of or relating to the Julian calendar. 3. Of or relating to the Julia programming language.
Word: hellhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in 1866. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlˌhoʊl/ 1. A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, slang Example: Once the Old Nichol had been razed, the search was on for London's new hell hole. Example: Despite prolonged exposure to harsh conditions, medics say Nora Tallis returned to the Nexus in stable condition. In a statement to HNS, Tallis did not mince words. "Never send me to that hellhole again."
Word: diable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French (à la) diable, from diable (“devil”), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus. Pronunciation: /diˈɑːbəl/ 1. An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.
Word: diable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French (à la) diable, from diable (“devil”), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus. Pronunciation: /diˈɑːbəl/ 1. Flavored with hot spices. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: sauce diable
Word: geneticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English genetic 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 geneticist From genetic (“related to genes”) + -ist (“person following a profession or interest”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪ.sɪst/ 1. A scientist who studies genes. Example: In an ingenious approach, a team of 11 scientists – including biologists, geneticists, glaciologists, computer scientists and ice-sheet modellers – looked at the genetics of Turquet’s octopus – a species that has been living around the Antarctic continent for about 4m years. 2. A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes. Example: The geneticist said Ryan had a rare genetic disorder called mucopolysaccharidosis I, or MPS I, with a wide-range of symptoms affecting multiple systems in the body.
Word: fanciable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fancy 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 fanciable From fancy + -able. 1. Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive. Labels: UK, informal Example: […] I wondered where the poor soul had seen a less fanciable maiden than herself in our village, or any other. Example: she’s only been on one date at uni, which involved sitting at a bar with a male specimen she’d thought was an interesting person, who was obviously swiping his phone to see if someone more fanciable was in the vicinity before making his pathetic excuses about having to do revision 2. Able to be fancied (imagined or supposed). Labels: dated Example: doubt reasonably and fairly entertained as opposed to vague or fanciable doubt Example: […] the factual basis for such a contention is more fanciable than real.
Word: chivy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of chevy. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪvi/ 1. Alternative form of chevy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The sergeants-major were always on the watch to report us if we went out of bounds. […] The moment we saw the sergeant-major, off we scampered over hedge, ditch, bog, and ploughed land, leaving him to catch or identify us if he could! […] Of all the serjeants-major, Howe, of the C company, ran the swiftest. Howe enjoyed these chivies. He frequently omitted to report us if we gave him a good breathing.
Word: chivy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of chevy. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪvi/ 1. Alternative form of chevy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres. Example: Odd's wouns! it was a proper hunt. Away went my gentlemen, whooping like madmen, with their coat skirts flapping in the breeze, chivying on the dogs and having a rare morning's sport.
Word: depredate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Latin depraedari, depraedat-: Latin de- + praedari (“to plunder”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛpɹədeɪt/ 1. To ransack or plunder; to prey upon. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.
Word: tribes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹaɪbz/ 1. plural of tribe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lʌvz/ 1. plural of love Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lʌvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of love Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grievous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grevous, from Anglo-Norman grevous, from Old French grever, from Latin gravō (“to burden”). Developed in the 13th century. Equivalent to grief + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiː.vəs/, /ɡɹiː.viː.əs/ 1. Causing grief, pain, or sorrow. Example: No wonder that the old man's eye dwelt upon her with mingled pride and tenderness; yet was it a face that might cause affection many an anxious hour, for there was mind in the lofty and clear forehead, heart in the warm and flushed cheek,—and what are mind and heart to woman, but fairy gifts, for whose possession a grievous price will be exacted. Example: Heavy rain had so undermined the approach to the bridge at Mountnessing as to make it unsafe, and although Chelmsford and Colchester had decked themselves with flags and bunting, the train returned to London "with grievous disappointment to all." 2. Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous. Example: As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed, but not dangerous.
Word: nouveau Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel. Pronunciation: /nuːˈvəʊ/, /nuːˈvoʊ/ 1. New, fashionable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nouveau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel. Pronunciation: /nuːˈvəʊ/, /nuːˈvoʊ/ 1. A wine released in the same year that the grapes were harvested to make it. Example: Nouveaus are wines to be drunk, not to be sipped.
Word: captivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By surface analysis, captive + -ity. Entered into the English lexicon around the 14th century. Pronunciation: /kæpˈtɪvɪti/ 1. The state of being captive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: held in captivity Example: escape from captivity 2. A group of people/beings captive. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: long captivity
Word: captor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688. Pronunciation: /ˈkæptɚ/ 1. One who is holding a captive or captives. 2. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
Word: chimerical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chimera, from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”). This term entered English in or around 1638. Pronunciation: /kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/, /kaɪ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to a chimera. 2. Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense). Example: a chimerical goal Example: "Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese." 3. Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful. Example: "You are the most charming person in the world. You are invested with a perfect halo of delight," exclaimed Henrietta. "Miss Churchill has some chimerical notion of honour in her head, but that is over now; your information does not leave a single obstacle in the way of the most perfect happiness that ever wound up a fairy tale... 4. Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins. 5. Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.
Word: nonpareil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English non-parail (“unparalleled, nonpareil”) [and other forms], from Middle French nonpareille, nonpareil (“unparalleled”) (obsolete), from non- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + pareil (“alike, like, same”). Pareil is derived from Old French pareil, from Late Latin pāriculus (“equal; like; of a number: even”), from Latin pār (“equal; like; of a number: even; suitable”) + -culus (a variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutives)). Noun sense 4 (size of type standardized at 6-point) is usually taken to derive from the attractive type cut by the brothers Giovanni and Gregorio De Gregori (fl. 1482–1503 and 1496–1527 respectively) for their 1498 edition of the divine offices in Venice; it was for a long time the smallest-sized type in use. Pronunciation: /nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)/, /nɒm-/, /ˈnɒnpəɹ(ə)l/, /ˈnɒnpɹ(ə)l/, /ˈnɒm-/ 1. Unequalled, unrivalled; unique. Example: He informed the clerk that he would remain three or four days, inquired concerning the sailing of European steamships, and sank into the blissful inanition of the nonpareil hotel with the contented air of a traveller in his favorite inn. Example: A veritable artist, possessed of a deftness nonpareil with cotton swab and evacuation-hypo, the medical attaché is known among the shrinking upper classes of petro-Arab nations as the DeBakey of maxillofacial yeast […]
Word: nonpareil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English non-parail (“unparalleled, nonpareil”) [and other forms], from Middle French nonpareille, nonpareil (“unparalleled”) (obsolete), from non- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + pareil (“alike, like, same”). Pareil is derived from Old French pareil, from Late Latin pāriculus (“equal; like; of a number: even”), from Latin pār (“equal; like; of a number: even; suitable”) + -culus (a variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutives)). Noun sense 4 (size of type standardized at 6-point) is usually taken to derive from the attractive type cut by the brothers Giovanni and Gregorio De Gregori (fl. 1482–1503 and 1496–1527 respectively) for their 1498 edition of the divine offices in Venice; it was for a long time the smallest-sized type in use. Pronunciation: /nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)/, /nɒm-/, /ˈnɒnpəɹ(ə)l/, /ˈnɒnpɹ(ə)l/, /ˈnɒm-/ 1. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon. Labels: countable Example: My lord and master loves you. O, such love / Could be but recompens'd though you were crown'd / The nonpareil of beauty! Example: King John of France, once prisoner in England, came […] to see the Countess of Salisbury, the nonpareil of those times, and his dear mistress. 2. The blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), a species of moth distributed across the Palearctic; also (obsolete) any of a number of moths of other species. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia. Labels: Australia, archaic, countable, uncountable 4. A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 6. Any of various types of small sweets. Labels: US, archaic, countable, uncountable 7. A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy. Labels: US, broadly, countable, dated, uncountable 8. A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit. Labels: US, broadly, countable, uncountable 9. A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size. Labels: US, broadly, countable, uncountable 10. A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: I believe that letters which are less than a millimetre and a half (1/17 inch) high, will finally prove injurious to the eye. How little attention has hitherto been paid to this important subject is exemplified in the fact that even oculistic journals and books frequently contain nonpareil, or letters only a millimetre (1/25 inch) high. Example: A Handbook of Astronomy (cover, brown leather, detached, 5 plates, antique letterpress long primer, author’s footnotes nonpareil, marginal clues brevier, captions small pica).
Word: Haruspice Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin haruspex. 1. An Etruscan seer in Ancient Rome.
Word: lacustrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lacustris, from lacus (“lake”). Pronunciation: /ləˈkʌstɹɪn/, /-aɪn/ 1. Of or relating to lakes. Example: These deposits of sand have always been formed by the disintegration of a siliceous rock, and the fragments so formed have been sifted and transported by the agency of water, being finally deposited by a river either in the sea (marine deposits) or in lakes (lacustrine deposits), while the action of water, either during transport or after deposition, has frequently worn the individual particles into the shape of rounded grains. Example: […]has some of these features, such as brooding one brood a year (which suggests that this species may have evolved under more lacustrine conditions).
Word: Ghurkha Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gurkha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ghurkha Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Gurkha. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Gorkha Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of Gurkha. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Gorkha Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of Gurkha. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: survival of the fittest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by English philosopher and political theorist Herbert Spencer in 1864 after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and used by Darwin himself in subsequent editions of that work. In the expression, fittest means “best fitted to the environment”, not “strongest, fastest, or most physically fit”. 1. Natural selection. Labels: uncountable Example: Slow though the process of selection may be, if feeble man can do much by artificial selection, I can see no limit to the amount of change, to the beauty and complexity of the coadaptations between all organic beings, one with another and with their physical conditions of life, which may have been effected in the long course of time through nature's power of selection, that is by the survival of the fittest. Example: Welcome to this urban life / Welcome to my city / Survival of the fittest / Is never very pretty
Word: breathless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English breath Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English breathless From breath + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛθləs/ 1. Having difficulty breathing; gasping. Example: In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me. 2. That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.). Example: By that stage Sevilla were down to 10 men and Jorge Sampaoli, their manager, had been sent to the stands as a breathless encounter started to spiral out of control. Example: The plane buzzed on at a breathless speed. Bob had been in a plane before, and he had no fear. Indeed, but for the strange circumstances, he would have enjoyed that breathless rush through space. 3. Not breathing; dead or apparently so. 4. Having no wind; still, calm or airless. 5. Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language. Example: In breathless prose that risks making Dr Pachauri, who will be 70 this year, a laughing stock among the serious, high-minded scientists, Example: The more some of us learn, the harder it gets to take each breathless headline seriously.
Word: cry like a baby Part of Speech: verb 1. Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully. Labels: informal
Word: goose egg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the oval shape of both a goose's egg and the Arabic numeral zero (0). 1. Zero; nothing. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg. Example: Grandmaster and grand duffer alike prefer the all-important point to the ignominious goose egg. 2. A swelling caused by a bump on the head. Labels: informal
Word: fuck over Part of Speech: verb 1. to cheat or treat unfairly (to exploit somebody in a way which results in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage) Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: He really fucked me over when he sold me that car for $3,000. Example: But not Huma. She quickly returned to Hillary’s side. Daniel Halper, online editor at the conservative Weekly Standard and the author of Clinton, Inc., an unflattering portrait of the Clintons, theorizes Huma had little choice after the second sexting fiasco but to stick with Hillary. “She started sort of easing her way out,” he says. “It would have helped if she was the First Lady of New York and would’ve had her own gig going, but, of course, her husband completely fucked her over. But, at that point, there was no way for her to exit gracefully.”
Word: screw over Part of Speech: verb 1. To cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Labels: mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: I would have won the game but you screwed me over when I landed on Mayfair. Example: If you didn't betray your most reliable ally just so you could win in a game of soccer, you wouldn't have screwed yourself over by getting reprimanded and disqualified in front of everyone.
Word: pass over Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over. Example: Could you pass the condiments over, please? Example: We are now passing over the Gulf of Bothnia. 2. To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else. Labels: transitive Example: I can't believe they passed you over for promotion. Example: Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over When I look right through To see you naked but oblivious And you don't see me 3. To bypass (something); to skip (something). Labels: intransitive Example: Let's pass over that topic for now. 4. To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something). Labels: intransitive Example: Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over. Example: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face. 5. To overlook; not to note or resent. Labels: intransitive Example: to pass over an affront 6. To die and thus progress to the afterlife. Labels: euphemistic, intransitive Example: "But why should I be in another room?" "You passed over in the night." "Passed over? Do you mean I died?" "Yes, lady, you died." There was a long silence. Example: Death does not change him, and when such a one passes over, he lingers to impress his vileness still further upon weak humanity.
Word: Phoenicia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Phoenicia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē). The word is already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo). Ultimately from Egyptian fnḫw, f:n:x-w-V12:Z2 ‘Canaanites, Syrians’. Pronunciation: /fəˈnɪʃɪə/, /fəˈniːʃɪə/, /fəˈnɪʃə/ 1. The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon. 2. The trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.
Word: kick arse Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of kick ass. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: fucked up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌfʌktˈʌp/ 1. simple past and past participle of fuck up Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I fucked up my car last night. Example: Well, for me, personally, I think the first step is realizing where I fucked up, and then taking steps to apologize and make amends (where possible).