nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Unitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to New Latin ūnitārius (from Latin ūnitās (“unity”)) -an. First documented as unitaria religio, in a decree of the Diet of Lécfalva (1600). In English since 1687 1. Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity. Labels: alt-of Example: But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law 2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism or a similar non-credal religion that originated historically from Christian Unitarianism. Example: The Unitarians never kneel. But I want to kneel. 3. Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any monotheist, particularly non-Christian monotheists (Muslims, Jews, etc.) as discussed from a Christian perspective. Labels: alt-of, rare 4. A member of a political movement advocating a unitary state rather than a federal one, especially the Unitarios of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the Unitarian Party in English).
Word: Unitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Related to New Latin ūnitārius (from Latin ūnitās (“unity”)) -an. First documented as unitaria religio, in a decree of the Diet of Lécfalva (1600). In English since 1687 1. Pertaining to Unitarianism. Example: It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.
Word: viscoelastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English visco- Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic English viscoelastic From visco- + elastic. 1. Viscous and elastic.
Word: viscoelastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English visco- Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic English viscoelastic From visco- + elastic. 1. Such a material.
Word: Afro-pessimism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Āfrī Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Afro- English pessimism English Afro-pessimism From Afro- + pessimism. 1. A pessimism or weariness over the chances of solving the political and social problems that Africa faces. Labels: uncountable Example: If “Afropessimism” is not to take hold, African nations still mired in autocracy, bureaucracy, and corruption must begin to democratize their political systems. Example: He and other African journalists warned that "Afro-pessimism" in the western media affected the way Africa was perceived, with knock-on effects on the continent's politics, tourism, and aid from western countries.
Word: Afropessimism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Afro-pessimism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: logion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Ancient Greek λόγιον (lógion, “oracle”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; the word or wisdom of God”) (from λέγω (légō, “I say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ɡɪ.ən/, /ˈlɒ-/, /-ɒn/, /ˈloʊ.d͡ʒi.ən/ 1. A traditional saying of a religious leader. Example: It is clear from Origen's wording that he is not referring to a logion of the original Montanist leaders, but to a statement made by later adherents of the New Prophecy. […] The logion is probably authentic. Example: Influenced by scholarship on the sayings of Jesus and the redaction of the Gospels, [John] Wansbrough assumes that the Qu'rān was edited and constructed from a plethora of short texts that he terms "prophetic logia." These logia draw on monotheistic imagery and are related to forms familiar from the literature of prophetical expression. […] The goal of the critic is to identify these logia by examining the canonical text in which they have been edited and spliced together 2. A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context. Labels: specifically Example: The Q materials are often thought to have almost exclusively consisted of logia. Example: The Gospels are evidently independent in their use of their source in the Logia of Matthew; but they all give the logion the same place in their Gospels.
Word: logia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SSO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of single sign-on. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: To access integrated courseware simply click launch courseware. Clicking launch courseware will take you to the publisher's website via single sign-on or SSO. 2. Initialism of shared services organization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of sub-stellar object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of sun-synchronous orbit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of systematic social observation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Physical disorder measured in the SSO is only moderately correlated with rates of predatory crime measured by police-recorded rates of homicide, robbery, and burglary.
Word: scared shitless Part of Speech: adj 1. Very frightened, terrified, scared witless. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable, slang, vulgar
Word: shirtless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shirt 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 shirtless From shirt + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɝtləs/, /ˈʃɜːtləs/ 1. Without a shirt. Example: a shirtless wardrobe Example: shirtless sunbathing 2. Not wearing a shirt; having a bare torso, barechested 3. Very poor. Labels: idiomatic
Word: skin and bones Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition. Labels: figuratively Example: Look at that starving dog; he's nothing more than skin and bones. Example: "Eh, good evening, sir," she said to me, as she drew herself up to make the best of her own inflated bulky appearance, "come and sit down here and tell me how it fares with you; but, by my troth, you are nothing but skin and bones!"
Word: Anishinaabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe anishinaabe /ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ. Doublet of Nishnaabe (from Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe) and Neshnabé (from Potawatomi). Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/, /ˌənɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/, /ˌɑːnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/ 1. An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person. Example: In speaking about these non-Indian authors, there are a couple of more points I should make concerning my identity as an Anishinaabe scholar, both of which are related to the picture I paint of Anishinaabe culture. Example: The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. 2. An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person. Labels: specifically Example: In Deborah McGregor's chapter, she relates key personal and professional experiences regarding Aboriginal Environmental Knowledge (AEK), based upon her own life as an Anishinaabe, as well as on conversations and interactions ... 3. Synonym of Anishinaabemowin (“Anishinaabe language(s)”) Labels: rare, uncommon
Word: truncation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion. Pronunciation: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Chippewa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe ojibwe (“Ojibwe”)/ᐅᒋᑉᐌ, specifically an eastern dialect with a reduced initial vowel. Compare earlier Ojibwa. Attested in English from the mid 18th century. 1. A member of the Ojibwe people. Labels: US Example: The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. […] The Bureau observed a considerable decrease between 1910 and 1930 in the number of Chippewa reported for Michigan.
Word: Chippewa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ojibwe ojibwe (“Ojibwe”)/ᐅᒋᑉᐌ, specifically an eastern dialect with a reduced initial vowel. Compare earlier Ojibwa. Attested in English from the mid 18th century. 1. The Ojibwe language. Labels: US Example: All of these jobs and titles could be expressed in Chippewa. It was much better than English for invention, and irony could be added to any word with a simple twist. 2. Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and a river in Ontario.
Word: corruption of blood Part of Speech: noun 1. The doctrine in English common law that someone attainted of felony or treason has corrupt blood and so cannot inherit property and has no legal heirs. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The Congreſs shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
Word: Islamic fundamentalism Part of Speech: noun 1. A revolutionary movement towards Islamism, with literal and traditional interpretations of their sacred texts. It is often used to describe Muslim groups that advocate the replacement of secular state laws with Islamic law, or Shari'a. Labels: uncountable
Word: basset horn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Bassetthorn, translation of French cor de bassette, from Italian corno di bassetto. 1. An alto instrument of the clarinet family, pitched in F below middle C, with a range reaching down to F below that.
Word: counter-tenor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of countertenor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: angels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəlz/ 1. plural of angel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angels Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of angel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ungainly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- (“not”) + gainly (“graceful; becoming; proper, suitable; gracious, kindly”) (from gain (“dexterous; convenient, easy, handy; suitable”), from Old Norse gegn (“fit, serviceable; direct, straight; honest; kindly”) + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk ugjegnleg (“stubborn; troublesome”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/, /anˈɡæɪnli/ 1. Clumsy; lacking grace. Example: They being a very ſilly ſort of People, had no other way to ſhew their Spight and Reſentment, than by making Mouths at the Dutch as they paſſed by, and ſometimes Spitting upon them. To break them of that ungainly Cuſtom, we made a reſolution amongſt us, never to let any paſs by that did ſo, whether Old or Young, Man or Woman, without giving them a good Box on the Ear. Example: When the young scholar [Samuel Johnson] presented himself to the rulers of that society, they were amazed not more by his ungainly figure and eccentric manners than by the quantity of extensive and curious information which he had picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable study. 2. Gangling 3. Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy. Example: My lady brought with her from England a most profane instrument, a lute of ungainlie height, at which Master Higginson looketh doubtfully as if it were an instrument of sin, and methinketh Mistresses Mary and Elizabeth Fenwick thinketh it also […] 4. Unsuitable; unprofitable. Labels: obsolete Example: And this is the excellency and perfection of a Christian, infinitely above the reach of the proudest moralists; this is the repentance of a Christian, whereby he makes up those defects which were most eminently notorious in the heathen; this is the impression of the humbling spirit, which proud heathen nature was never stamped with, for it was not so much their ignorance in which they offended God,—though that was also full of guilt, as hath been proved,—as their misusing of their knowledge to ungainly ends, as either ambition, superstition, or for satisfying their curiosity, as partly hath, and for the present needs not further to be demonstrated. Example: For as she could not, alas, select / Twixt ye goodlie and ungainlie, / Why of course 'twas Actions must direct / Her goode opinion,—mainlie.
Word: ungainly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- (“not”) + gainly (“graceful; becoming; proper, suitable; gracious, kindly”) (from gain (“dexterous; convenient, easy, handy; suitable”), from Old Norse gegn (“fit, serviceable; direct, straight; honest; kindly”) + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk ugjegnleg (“stubborn; troublesome”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/, /anˈɡæɪnli/ 1. An ungainly person or thing. Labels: rare Example: I was completely subdued:—hungry, cold, wet, and chilled, outside and inside, with the weather, and the place, and the people,—but that's a bull, for I saw nobody except two ungainly country footmen, and a fat groom of the chambers who took me to my room, and assigned me one of the ungainlies as valet. Example: Long lists resulting from the listing technique will often become short poems after you and the student writer's classmates help cull out the unnecessaries, the ungainlies, and the unworthies.
Word: ungainly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: ungain (from un- + gain (“dexterous; convenient, easy, handy; suitable”)) + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/, /anˈɡæɪnli/ 1. In an ungainly or unbecoming manner; improperly; undeservedly, unduly; unsuitably. Labels: obsolete
Word: sicken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sekenen, equivalent to sick + -en. Cognate with Danish sygne (“to pine”), Swedish sjukna (“to fall ill; become sick”), Norwegian sykne, Icelandic sjúkna (“to sicken; become sick”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkən/ 1. To make ill. Labels: transitive Example: The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed. 2. To become ill. Labels: intransitive Example: I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise. Example: The judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended,[…] sickened upon it and died. 3. To fill with disgust or abhorrence. Labels: transitive Example: His arrogant behaviour sickens me. Example: In announcing the review, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary, said in a statement that “antisemitism — like racism — is a spiritual and moral malady that sickens societies and kills people with lethalities comparable to history’s most deadly plagues.” 4. To lower the standing of. Example: Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them. Example: But instead of giving up, the Rangers team managed to grab a dramatic later winner from Kenny Miller to sicken St Mirren and lift the cup 5. To be filled with disgust or abhorrence. Labels: intransitive Example: Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. 6. To become disgusting or tedious. Labels: intransitive Example: The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. 7. To become weak; to decay; to languish. Labels: intransitive Example: All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.
Word: sawmill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saw + mill. 1. A machine, building, or company used for cutting (milling) lumber or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone. Example: He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring. Example: The old sawmill still has its waterwheel but they took the saw away years ago.
Word: sawmill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From saw + mill. 1. To process (lumber) in a sawmill. Labels: transitive
Word: sawdust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saw + dust. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/ 1. The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Food that is unpleasantly powdery and tasteless. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually Example: I have a hard time looking at green cylinder Parmesan, the scentless sawdust inside practically mocking Giorgio Cravero's Parmigiano-Reggiano […]
Word: sawdust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From saw + dust. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːˌdʌst/ 1. To sprinkle with sawdust. Labels: transitive Example: […] the raking out of yesterday's fire, the kindling of to-day's under the collegiate boiler, the filling of that Spartan vessel at the pump, the sweeping and sawdusting of the common room, and other such preparations.
Word: sawing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of saw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sawing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is sawn. Example: As said, these investigations generally do not pay attention to saw kerf width and green size of sawn timber. These studies have mainly been made by practical test sawings and subsequently checked by geometric calculations. 2. A shaving or fragment of sawn material. Labels: plural-normally Example: We find that from a sample of sawings of the usual size a button or small bar fairly representing the sample can be cast from about 2,000 grains.
Word: brevet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief. Pronunciation: /bɹəˈvɛt/, /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/ 1. A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay. 2. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France. 3. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France. Labels: broadly Example: Delightful inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems—aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet. Example: They came over to Massachusetts Bay in another vessel, and thus escaped the onus of that brevet nobility under which the successors of the Mayflower Pilgrims had descended. 4. An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
Word: brevet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief. Pronunciation: /bɹəˈvɛt/, /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/ 1. To promote by brevet.
Word: milling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlɪŋ/ 1. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: milling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: minting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: minting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which money is minted. Example: A question of interest here is whether the silver contents in the four mintings are different.
Word: silane-modified polymer Part of Speech: noun 1. a polymer, such as PVC, that has been treated with an organic silane; the material is used, in thin films, to remove contaminants from water by pervaporation and also in adhesives
Word: beat parry Part of Speech: noun 1. The deflection of the incoming attack with a sharp striking motion
Word: cap-a-pie Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old French (de) cap a pié (Modern French de pied en cap). 1. From head to toe, especially of armor or other military accoutrements. Labels: not-comparable Example: If twenty thousand naked Americans were not able to resist the assaults of but twenty well-armed Spaniards, I see little possibility for one honest man to defend himself against twenty thousand knaves, who are all furnished cap-a-pie with the defensive arms of worldly prudence, and the offensive, too, of craft and malice. Example: I sallied forth cap-à-pie in my Madras regimentals, intending to accompany Brent to Westminster Abbey, and to take a coach at the first stand we came to.
Word: opposition parry Part of Speech: noun 1. The deflection of the incoming attack without ever losing contact with the blade from the initial engagement.
Word: yielding parry Part of Speech: noun 1. deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a position of poor leverage to one using the forte for strong leverage
Word: point-in-line Part of Speech: noun 1. An established threat made with the extended arm.
Word: capitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”). Pronunciation: /kapɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A head tax. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed (and capped) periodic payment for each enrollee (i.e., per capita). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Capitation started out as a popular method for reimbursing primary care physicians/gatekeepers. Now capitated contracts can be seen in every area of healthcare... ... because of varying volumes, not all specialty care providers should be capitated at the same time. For example, higher volume services (e.g., laboratory, radiology, orthopedics, and cardiology) are usually first to be capitated. Specialists and other medical services that are used infrequently (e.g., neonatologists, neurosurgeons) or "high ticket" specialists (e.g., open heart surgeons) are usually capitated last, if at all. The cost of their services is relatively high and a miscalculation in projected membership or actual utilization can have a large financial impact. 4. A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission. Labels: India, countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Word: prise de fer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, literally "taking the steel". 1. An engagement of the blades that attempts to control the opponent's weapon.
Word: pronation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pronation, from Latin pronatio. 1. Walking on the inner edge of the foot. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: supination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English supine Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English supination From supine + -ation. 1. The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sunday school Part of Speech: noun 1. A school, organized by a church, that provides religious education to children on Sundays. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: PRIMROSE CHAPEL DEDICATION. Primrose Chapel was organized 54 years ago. Those who organized it and stood faithfully by it in its infancy have nearly all passed to their heavenly reward. The old frame building served well its day and generation, but it had grown insufficient in capacity to accommodate the crowds that attended there regularly. A new and a larger church was badly needed. The new church is a brick veneer with a seating capacity of about three hundred. It is considered to be one of the finest rural churches in this State. It is lighted with a Delco and in all it cost about $7,000. It has a membership of 137, a Sunday school of 80, an Epworth League [chapter] of 93, and a wide-awake Ladies' Aid. Example: It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty.
Word: remise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/, /ɹɪˈmaɪz/ 1. To send or give back. Labels: formal, transitive 2. To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim. Labels: transitive
Word: remise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/, /ɹɪˈmaɪz/ 1. A return or surrender of a claim, property etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: remise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French remise. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/, /ɹɪˈmaɪz/ 1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. Labels: historical Example: long before we had got to the door of the remise, Fancy had finished the whole head Example: [T]his technique implied the existence of garages specializing in "stage-automobile" operations, but I never could discover the remises he used […]. 2. A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise. Labels: obsolete Example: [H]e actually departed from Paris with two or three gentlemen of his acquaintance, who had hired a Remise for a jaunt to Versailles; and having accompanied them as far as the village of Passé, returned in the dusk of the evening on foot. 3. A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm. 4. The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
Word: reprise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹiːz/, /ɹɪˈpɹaɪz/ 1. A recurrence or resumption of an action. 2. A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical. 3. A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position. 4. A taking by way of retaliation. Example: Your care about your banks infers a fear Of threatening floods ,and inundations near; If so, a just reprise would only be Of what the land usurped upon the sea 5. Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes. Labels: in-plural 6. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate. 7. In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.
Word: reprise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹiːz/, /ɹɪˈpɹaɪz/ 1. To take (something) up or on again. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: How to take life from that dead-liuing swaine, / Whom still he marked freshly to arize / From th'earth, & from her wombe new spirits to reprize. 2. To repeat or resume an action or a role. Example: The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it. Example: The notion of a "psychological wage" originated with Du Bois, was later employed by Fredrickson, and has been reprised in the context of northern industrialism by Roediger. 3. To recompense; to pay. Labels: obsolete
Word: Saint Mary Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name of the saint (Jesus's mother) was anglicized as detailed at Mary. The placenames are in honor of, and beseech the intercession of, the saint. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪnt ˈmɛə.ɹi/ 1. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus. 2. Synonym of Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus. Labels: uncommon 3. A parish of Antigua and Barbuda. 4. A parish of Jamaica.
Word: frontispiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French frontispice, from Italian frontespizio or Medieval Latin frontispicium, from Latin frōns (“forehead”, oblique stem in front-) + -spic- (“to watch”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Spelling altered due to folk etymology, influenced by piece. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpiːs/, /ˈfɹɒn.tɪsˌpiːs/, /ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpis/, /ˈfɹɑn.tɪsˌpis/ 1. An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine. Example: The viaduct was illustrated as a frontispiece to THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE of September, 1938. [In this case, the frontispiece is between the title page and the first article.] 2. The title page of a book. Labels: archaic 3. A façade, especially an ornamental one. 4. A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door. 5. A person's face. Labels: archaic, humorous, slang Example: He carries on his frontispiece the indubitable marks of a money-dealer. His is one of those peculiar faces […]
Word: frontispiece Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French frontispice, from Italian frontespizio or Medieval Latin frontispicium, from Latin frōns (“forehead”, oblique stem in front-) + -spic- (“to watch”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Spelling altered due to folk etymology, influenced by piece. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpiːs/, /ˈfɹɒn.tɪsˌpiːs/, /ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpis/, /ˈfɹɑn.tɪsˌpis/ 1. To supply with a frontispiece. Labels: rare, transitive Example: The novel was frontispieced with a portrait of the author.
Word: trompement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tromper (“to deceive”). 1. The action of hitting an opponent at the end of a feint, after a successful deception.
Word: French grip Part of Speech: noun 1. A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a slightly curved block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape. 2. A method of holding drumsticks in which the palms face each other with the thumbs aimed up.
Word: Italian grip Part of Speech: noun 1. A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a straight block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape, with projecting prongs to aid grip.
Word: quillion Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪ.lɪ.ən/, /ˈkwɪ.li.ən/ 1. Alternative form of quillon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [T]he simpler form of sword, with plain quillions, gives way to the more graceful rapier, or the English broadsword, with circular hand-guard. Example: The Sword of State which is carried before the King at the opening of Parliament is quite a different weapon. It is a long, two-handed sword, with a gold hilt and quillion, and is encased in a crimson velvet scabbard. […] The quillion of the sword is formed of an elongated lion on one side, and a similarly maltreated unicorn on the other.
Word: ricasso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ricasso. Further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /rɪˈkæsoʊ/ 1. The base of a sword or knife blade where it joins the tang. 2. The blunt area of a sword just above the hilt, used for grip and maneuverability. 3. The comparable portion of a knife.
Word: avertissement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French avertissement. 1. A warning; used to indicate a minor rule infraction by one of the fencers
Word: fasting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, fast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfæstɪŋ/, /ˈfɑːstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, fast + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfæstɪŋ/, /ˈfɑːstɪŋ/ 1. Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Long vigils—fastings that wore away the strength of day—prayers that banished sleep from night—hoarded vengeance, that, like a fire, consumed its abode—affections crushed to the very earth—a memory whose love was with the grave,—a faith that had coloured itself with mortal passion,—all these had pressed too heavily on the springs of life and thought;... Example: Immediately after that affair Lady Wondershoot, casting about for exemplary additions to the abuse and fastings she had inflicted, issued a Ukase. She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump. 2. Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an obese patient while he was undergoing fasting for weight reduction
Word: body cord Part of Speech: noun 1. The insulated wire that runs under a fencer's jacket, connecting the Electrical Competition weapon to the reel, and thence to the scoring machine.
Word: corps-a-corps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French corps-à-corps (literally “body to body”). Compare corps, corpse, corpus. 1. The action of two fencers coming into physical contact with one another with any portion of their bodies or hilts.
Word: Christians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christians Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Christian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salut des armes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French salut des armes. 1. A sort of a choreographed demonstration of arms, consisting of sets of fencers saluting, attacking, parrying, drilling and performing set routines in chorus.
Word: broken time Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden change in the tempo of one fencer's actions, used to fool the opponent into responding at the wrong time. Labels: uncountable
Word: plastron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra (“breastplate”), from Latin emplastrum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron), from ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed, plastered”), from ἔμπλασσειν (émplassein, “to mould, form”). Pronunciation: /ˈplæstɹən/ 1. The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace. Example: The great tortoise that in myth is said to support the world and is thus an embodiment of the galaxy, without whose swirling order we would be a lonely wanderer in space, is supposed to have revealed in ancient times the Universal Rule, since lost, by which one might always be sure of acting rightly. Its carapace represented the bowl of heaven, its plastron the plains of all the worlds. 2. A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety. 3. A man's shirt-bosom. 4. An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice. Example: I bought here a wedding dress perhaps twenty or thirty years old [...] a sequin plastron to be worn over the womb as a feminine equivalent to a cod-piece, and a gauze veil embroidered in purple and gold. 5. A breastplate. Example: "Why, compared to what thou wast, Hugo, thou art as a deerskin coat to a steel plastron.-- Art thou not in love, man? Answer me!" "Something like, I fear me, beau sire,” replied the squire. Example: He therefore persuaded the Casa de Antillas to supply him with a hundred steel plastrons or corselets, with armlets and shoulder plates, and a hundred morions, or pikemen's helmets. This heavy armor was suitable […] 6. A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill. Example: The plastron of a diving beetle is not directly a source of oxygen, but acts as a gill, acquiring oxygen from the surrounding water. Example: Total independence of atmospheric air is possible only if insects have a permanent gas store or incompressible gas gill, called a plastron. Unlike compressible gas stores, the volume of a plastron remains constant and it is incompressible.
Word: vta Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of verb transitive animate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: debenture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier debentur, from Latin debentur (“they are owing”), supposedly the first word of such a document in early times. The ending was apparently influenced by words in -(t)ure. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɛntjʊə/, /dɪˈbɛntʃə/ 1. A certificate that certifies an amount of money owed to someone; a certificate of indebtedness. Example: This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver. 2. A certificate of a loan made to the government; a government bond. Labels: obsolete Example: Madame Corre, who made the important decisions after her plodding husband had spent hours on the ledger, sold the family debentures and put the money into Dutch decurities. 3. A type of debt instrument secured only by the general credit or promise to pay of the issuer, not involving any physical assets or collateral, now commonly issued by large, well established corporations with adequate credit ratings. Labels: US 4. A document granting lenders a charge over a borrower’s physical assets, giving them a means to collect a debt, as part of a secured loan. Labels: UK Example: That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
Word: bouts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊts/ 1. plural of bout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bouts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bout Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: half-jacket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English half- Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English half-jacket From half- + jacket. 1. A short coat or jacket. 2. A short bullet jacket which leaves some of the bullet in contact with the bore.
Word: inboard Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈbɔːɹd/ 1. Situated within the hull of a vessel. Labels: not-comparable 2. Positioned nearer to the centre line of a vessel. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Airbus A380 only has thrust reversers on its inboard engines.
Word: inboard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈbɔːɹd/ 1. An engine located within the hull of a ship. Example: Coordinate term: outboard 2. A boat with such an engine. Example: Coordinate term: outboard
Word: inboard Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈbɔːɹd/ 1. To discount a product in order to increase sales.
Word: Burushaski Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Burushaski بروشسکی (burū́šaskī). 1. A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
Word: AS-level Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Advanced Subsidiary level, an examination sometimes taken in the first year of sixth form, as a first stage in completing an A-level qualification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ice cream cone Part of Speech: noun 1. An edible holder, usually sweet and usually a baked good, for ice cream. Example: They've still got plenty of ice cream left, but they're out of ice cream cones, so they're serving only in paper cups right now. 2. An edible holder, usually sweet and usually a baked good, for ice cream. 3. An edible holder, usually sweet and usually a baked good, for ice cream. Labels: broadly 4. Such a holder filled with ice cream. Example: We bought some ice cream cones from the ice cream van in the park.
Word: Ivanhoe Part of Speech: name Etymology: A name invented by Scott, possibly inspired by the village Ivinghoe. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪvənˌhəʊ/, /ˈaɪvənˌhoʊ/, /ˈɑɪvənˌhəʉ/ 1. A novel by Sir Walter Scott. 2. The hero of this novel. 3. A surname. 4. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States. 5. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States. 6. A township in Central Darling Shire, western New South Wales, Australia. 7. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Banyule, Victoria, Australia
Word: ataxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ataxia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ataxic From ataxia + -ic. 1. Pertaining to ataxia Example: Mr Lackersteen tottered after her, with a strange ataxic step caused partly by earth-tremors and partly by gin. 2. Not eutaxic
Word: ataxic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ataxia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ataxic From ataxia + -ic. 1. A person suffering from ataxia.
Word: across variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A variable whose value is determined by measuring a difference of the values at two extreme points of an element; thus voltage is a difference in two levels of potential.
Word: chiastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to chiasmus. Example: 1981 [Gerstenberg/Research Press], John W. Welch, Chiasmus In Ancient Greek and Latin Literatures, John W. Welch (editor), Chiasmus in Antiquity, 2020, Wipf and Stock, page 261, In the Aeneid, Vergil uses chiasmus in order to make his poetry smoother and more picturesque. Many lines could be quoted in which a chiastic order of words was necessary to maintain the dactylic hexameter. Example: 2009 [Ashgate Publishing], William E. Engel, Chiastic Designs in English Literature from Sidney to Shakespeare, 2016, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 22, Looking at David in this way has more to do with mnemotechnics than chiasmus, and yet the process by which earlier themes attach themselves to David and then are rendered differently by the poets does bespeak a movement that bears an affinity with the chiastic pattern of presenting something in a set order only to play it back differently so as to imbue it with different implications. 2. Pertaining to the position of two things relative to one another. Labels: broadly Example: A chiastic⁹⁸ plotting of the passage illustrates beyond doubt that the disciple has to be identified with the Master. Example: Immediately one realizes that Bonjour's and Braunmuller's idea of chiastic plotting in King John bears no resemblance to the standard definition of rhetorical chiasmus: the falling character King John and the rising character Philip Faulconbridge could theoretically be said to cross paths at one point[…].
Word: corduroy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably from cord + duroy (“a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Probably not from French *corde du roi (“cloth of the king”), which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is velours côtelé. Possibly from cordesoy from corde de soie (“rope of silk or silk-like fabric”), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see Wikipedia article, and comparable in language form to the contemporary serg(e)dusoys (“silk serge”), see Serge (fabric). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/, /ˈkɔːdɹɔɪ/, /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/ 1. A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. Example: We turned to see a muscular young man lounging in the door which led into the sitting-room. He wore green corduroy trousers, a duffle coat and an old school tie. 2. Cheap and poor-quality whiskey. Labels: Ireland, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: Another description of what would be termed adulterated spirits, is by the vulgar termed "Corduroy," on account of the rough feeling which it imparts to the tongue and palate. Example: To men of common gumption, / Hot strange, besides, must seem / At this time any scheme / To put a check upon potheen's consumption, / When all are calling for Irish Poor Laws! / Instead of framing more laws, / To pauperism if you'd give a pegger, / Don't check, but patronise their "Kill-the-Beggar!" / If Pat is apt to go in Irish Linen, / (Buttoning his coat, with nothing but his skin in) / Would any Christian man -- that's quite himself, / His wits not floor'd, or laid upon the shelf --, While blaming Pat for raggedness, poor boy, / Would deprive him of his "Corduroy!" 3. A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: corduroy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably from cord + duroy (“a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Probably not from French *corde du roi (“cloth of the king”), which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is velours côtelé. Possibly from cordesoy from corde de soie (“rope of silk or silk-like fabric”), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see Wikipedia article, and comparable in language form to the contemporary serg(e)dusoys (“silk serge”), see Serge (fabric). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/, /ˈkɔːdɹɔɪ/, /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/ 1. Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side. Labels: not-comparable Example: Swamps had to be crossed by means of corduroy causeways; made by cutting down trees and laying them horizontally on the quivering mass of boggy ground.