nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: devotedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English devoted Middle English -ly English -ly English devotedly From devoted + -ly. 1. In a devoted manner. Example: If we clung as devotedly as some philosophers pretend we do to the abstract idea of life, or were half as frightened as they make out we are, for the subversive accident that ends it all, the trumpets might sound by the hour and no one would follow them into battle Example: Fortunately, two servants she had brought with her, were devotedly attached to their mistress
Word: headlong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/, /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/, /ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/ 1. With the head first or down. Labels: not-comparable Example: [A] sharp-looking old dame, […] inhabited a "laigh [low] shop," anglicé [in English], a cellar, opening to the High-street by a strait and steep stair, at the bottom of which she sold tape, thread, needles, skeans of worsted, coarse linen cloth, and such feminine gear, to those who had the courage and skill to descend to the profundity of her dwelling, without falling headlong themselves, or throwing down any of the numerous articles which, piled on each side of the descent, indicated the profession of the trader below. 2. With an unrestrained forward motion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession. Example: When his eyes were clear again, he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward. Big iron upper-works rose out of this headlong structure, and from that twin funnels projected, and spat a smoking blast shot with fire into the air. It was the torpedo-ram, Thunder Child, steaming headlong, coming to the rescue of the threatened shipping. 3. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily. Labels: not-comparable
Word: headlong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/, /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/, /ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/ 1. Precipitous. Example: Their path led them past sharp cliffs, along narrow trails unknown and untrodden, past headlong boulders strewn across barren, treeless, wind-haunted heights. 2. Plunging downwards head foremost. Example: On sighting their prey, they check their flight and hurtle in a headlong dive to the sea. 3. Rushing forward without restraint. Example: Bumps, bruises, and scratches are often the result of their efforts to outstrip each other in the headlong race. 4. Reckless; impetuous. Labels: figuratively Example: “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
Word: headlong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/, /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/, /ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/ 1. To precipitate. Labels: transitive Example: If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion. Example: Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.
Word: headlongness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English headlong Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English headlongness From headlong + -ness. 1. Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness. Labels: uncountable
Word: headlongs Part of Speech: adv 1. Headlong Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: eastward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈist.wɚd/, /ˈiːst.wəd/ 1. The direction or area lying to the east. Labels: uncountable
Word: eastward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈist.wɚd/, /ˈiːst.wəd/ 1. Situated or directed towards the east. Example: At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.
Word: eastward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈist.wɚd/, /ˈiːst.wəd/ 1. Towards the east. Example: Near to the jail, and by consequence near to Smithfield also, and the Compter, and the bustle and noise of the city; and just on that particular part of Snow Hill where omnibus horses going eastward seriously think of falling down on purpose, and where horses in hackney cabriolets going westward not unfrequently fall by accident, is the coach-yard of the Saracen's Head Inn; Example: As the engine took water, there was time to think of the curious turn of events that brought the North British (in the thin disguise of "Border Counties Railway") over the border, down the North Tyne to Hexham, and eastward from Reedsmouth by the Wansbeck Valley line to Morpeth (and Rothbury), though some of the emptiest parts of one of the emptiest counties of England.
Word: fleam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a Proto-Germanic source (compare Old Saxon flēma, Old High German fliotuma, fliodema, Old English flȳtme (“fleam, lancet”)), borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon). Compare French flamme, Dutch vlijm, German Fliete, Danish flitte (“fleam”). Doublet of phlebotome. Pronunciation: /fliːm/ 1. A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like. Example: 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein
Word: fleam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fleem, flem (“the rushing of water; current”), probably from Old English flēam (“fleeing; flight; rush”), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“stream; current; flood”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; flow; run”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk flaum (“flood”). Pronunciation: /fliːm/ 1. The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal 2. A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal
Word: eastwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From east + -wards. 1. eastward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eastwardly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English eastward Middle English -ly English -ly English eastwardly From eastward + -ly. 1. Towards the east. 2. from the east.
Word: eastwardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eastward Middle English -ly English -ly English eastwardly From eastward + -ly. 1. In or from an easterly direction.
Word: cognizance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conysaunce, from Old French conysance (“recognition," later, "knowledge”), from Old French conoissance (“acquaintance, recognition; knowledge, wisdom”), from conoistre (“to know”), from Latin cognōscō (“know”), from con- (“with”) + gnōscō (“know”). By surface analysis, cogniz(e) (a back-formation) + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɡnɪzəns/, /ˈkɑɡnɪzəns/, /ˈkɔɡnɪzəns/, /ˈkɒnɪzəns/ 1. An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Notice or awareness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Poor Lady Rotheles was really so imprudent on the late occasion of her niece's elopement as to go into a passion, and to utter such a tirade against her, her lord was roused from his habitual, but not natural listlessness, and became, in consequence, master of sentiments and secrets hitherto most commendably concealed from his cognizance. Example: As soon as he had left, he rushed to the screen and drew it back. No; there was no further change in the picture. It had received the news of Sibyl Vane's death before he had known of it himself. It was conscious of the events of life as they occurred. The vicious cruelty that marred the fine lines of the mouth had, no doubt, appeared at the very moment that the girl had drunk the poison, whatever it was. Or was it indifferent to results? Did it merely take cognizance of what passed within the soul? 3. Jurisdiction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gud Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of good. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: keep shtum Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kiːp ʃtʊm/ 1. To not tell anyone; especially, to keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Example: If I tell you, you have to promise to keep shtum about it. Example: Charlie Blüthner is the shmatte king of Panama, and he wouldn't be where he is today if Benny hadn't kept shtum for him just like you did for me.
Word: fucking A Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The first attestation in print is from 1947, in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel The Naked and the Dead, wherein Mailer wrote "’You’re fuggin ay,’ Gallegher snorted.”, but the origin of the term certainly predates said usage; it is probable that Mailer was familiar with an extant phrase. The origin is thought to be a clipped form of fucking affirmative, a U.S. Army phrase from the early twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌ.kɪnˌeɪ/ 1. An expression of triumph or joy, usually in response to unexpected good news. Upper Midwest usage differs, and is used in a negative respect. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: A: "We won!" Example: B: "Fucking A!"
Word: classer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classisder. Middle French classebor. English class Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English classer From class (verb) + -er. 1. One who classes or classifies
Word: classer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classisder. Middle French classebor. English class Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English classer From class (noun) + -er. 1. A member of a particular class Labels: in-compounds Example: […] although most black middle classers remain personally estranged from European "high art," theoretically they endorse it, and thus admire Marsalis's mastery of its forms.
Word: secularism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English secular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English secularism From secular + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkjʊləɹɪzəm/, /ˈsɛkjələɹɪzəm/ 1. Neutrality towards all religions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: state secularism Example: The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders. 2. The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And I have further to say, that I believe as much as Mr. Bradlaugh, or any other man in the room, in freethought; and I invite every Secularist to break off from him for ever the shackles that bind him in the superstition of his Secularism.
Word: bellicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bellicus (“of or pertaining to war; warlike”), + -ist; possibly adapted from the French neologism belliciste (about Bismarck, 1871; in Émile Faguet, 1908). 1. An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war. Example: The bellicist was sure to advocate an end to the policy of appeasement. Example: Or, if you deem that that word connotes non-resistance, though to the immense bulk of Pacifists it does not, you would be an anti-Bellicist, to use a dreadful word coined by M. Emile Faguet in the discussion of this matter. [Refers to the book: Émile Faguet, Le Pacifisme (French), 1908.]
Word: bellicist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bellicus (“of or pertaining to war; warlike”), + -ist; possibly adapted from the French neologism belliciste (about Bismarck, 1871; in Émile Faguet, 1908). 1. Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.
Word: happify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kob-der. Proto-Germanic *hampą Old Norse happbor. Middle English hap Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English happy English happy English -fy English happify From happy + -fy. 1. To make happy. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: 1898-1908: Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony Now, Ladies, all we would do is to do all in our power, both individually and collectively, to harmonize and happify our Social system. Example: May 26, 1872: John Taylor, "Journal of Discourses" That which is light, intelligence, intelligent, happifying and glorious to us, is confusion and darkness to them.
Word: eclesiastical Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of ecclesiastical. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: trigamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + -gamous. 1. Living in or involving trigamy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having three kinds of flowers — male, female, and hermaphrodite — in the same flower head. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trigamist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trigamy 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 trigamist From trigamy + -ist. 1. A person who has three spouses; someone who commits trigamy 2. A person who has a third marriage
Word: precipitateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English precipitate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English precipitateness From precipitate + -ness. 1. The state of being precipitate; hastiness. Labels: uncountable Example: At Khenchela, Ben Boulaid's men showed similar precipitateness.
Word: precipitately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English precipitate Middle English -ly English -ly English precipitately From precipitate + -ly. 1. In a precipitate manner. Example: She sains herself, and the thief takes to flight so precipitately as to leave behind her a copper pan of a form never seen before. Example: He talked precipitately, and I did not try to stop him.
Word: precipitated Part of Speech: adj 1. Hastened; hurried. 2. Deposited from a solution, vapour or state of suspension into gas.
Word: precipitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precipitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: precipitator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin praecipitator (“an overthrower”); equivalent to precipitate + -or. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness). Example: […] those of that sect […] that call’d themselves by that name of Zealots, and withal, took upon them to be the saviours and preservers of the City, but as it prov’d, the hastners & precipitators of the destruction of that Kingdom […] Example: Even the most wanton precipitators of war always try to give it, in the eyes of the common people, a defensive character. 2. A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation. 3. An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.
Word: thematize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of thematise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: theomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theo- + -mania. 1. A religious mania. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A mental illness in which the patient believes him/herself to be a god or to be possessed by one. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thematise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the stem of Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “theme”) + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈθiːmətaɪz/ 1. To convert (a sentence or a part of it) into a theme. Labels: transitive 2. To modify (a word or stem) by adding a thematic vowel. Labels: Indo-European-studies, transitive 3. To make thematic; to organize by theme. Labels: transitive 4. To bring attention to (a topic), e.g. by discussing it constructively. Labels: transitive
Word: thematization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thematisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: theomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theo- + -maniac. 1. A person who exhibits theomania.
Word: thematisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thematise 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 thematisation From thematise + -ation. 1. The act of making an experience or emotion the topic of interaction. 2. The action of thematising.
Word: phylax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax, “watcher, guard, sentinel, guardian, keeper, protector”). 1. A guard in Ancient Greece Labels: historical
Word: transiently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English transient Middle English -ly English -ly English transiently From transient + -ly. 1. In a transient manner; momentarily; briefly.
Word: transientness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transient Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English transientness From transient + -ness. 1. The state of being transient. Labels: uncountable Example: Its anaesthetic effects are characterized by the rapidity with which they are induced, and by their transientness. Example: Thus, scientific journalism has devised a way to make information from meetings more readily available: the publication of abstracts and proceedings that are not peer-reviewed, an intermediate step between the transientness of newspaper reports and the permanence of the peer-reviewed paper.
Word: transiency Part of Speech: noun 1. Transience. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tussock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German zūse (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʌs.ək/ 1. A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock. Example: An Indian grazing ground is all rocks and scrub and tussocks and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear. Example: Next morning I was off to Lochtully, which, as you know, is in the north of Perthshire. It stands three miles from the station, a great gray pinnacled house, with two towers cocking out above the fir woods, like a hare’s ears from a tussock of grass. 2. Tussock grass. Example: I yearned, painfully, for […] a sight and touch of a hillside covered with golden tussock.
Word: tussocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tussock + -y. 1. Covered with tussocks.
Word: tussocked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tussock + -ed. 1. Covered with tussocks or tussock grass. Labels: not-comparable Example: I turned back and soon chanced upon a caravan village, dug down into the tussocked dunes.
Word: tussocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tussock + -er. 1. A sundowner. Labels: New-Zealand, slang
Word: sort out Part of Speech: verb 1. To clarify by reviewing mentally. Labels: transitive Example: It's a bit confused at the moment, I'll try to sort it out later. 2. To arrange. Labels: transitive Example: Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow? 3. To fix (a problem). Labels: transitive Example: The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out? 4. To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy. Labels: transitive Example: Could you sort out your wardrobe and put the clothes you no longer use in one pile to give away and another to throw away? 5. To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from. Labels: transitive Example: We need to sort out the problems we can solve from the ones we can't. Example: They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C. 6. To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them. Labels: UK, slang, transitive Example: If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out. Example: Most of the babies and kids would be put to bed by one of the adults and left on their own. Every half an hour a bluecoat would walk around the aisles and if they heard crying from your chalet they would put your block and chalet number on a board to the right of the stage. The first few times I went to a proper church and saw the hymn order to the side of the pulpit I wondered why nobody was going to sort out those kids. 7. To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem. Labels: UK, slang Example: Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate. Example: We really need to sort Chris out with a girlfriend.
Word: running therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of running as a therapy for mild depression, or for heart exercise. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: splitting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsplɪtɪŋ/ 1. An instance where something splits. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’. 3. The cleavage of a covalent bond. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: splitting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsplɪtɪŋ/ 1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped. 2. Very rapid. Example: They moved at a splitting pace. 3. Severely painful. Example: I have a splitting headache.
Word: splitting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsplɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of split Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: undelved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English delved English undelved From un- + delved. 1. Not delved or dug. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why, all the undelved mines cannot buy An ounce of justice, Example: She looks worried that undelved depths of silly shit do exist, but she relents, because a tip is at stake and we profile loose with gratitude.
Word: undepraved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + depraved. 1. Not morally depraved or corrupted. Labels: archaic
Word: incumbent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English incumbent, encumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice, dean, parson, etc.; cleric (?)”), from Medieval Latin incumbēns (“holder of a church position”) + Middle English -ent (suffix denoting one that causes, does, or promotes an action). Incumbēns is derived from Medieval Latin incumbō (“to obtain; to possess”), from Latin incumbō (“to lay upon, to lean or recline on; to fall upon, to press down on”): see etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkʌmb(ə)nt/, /ɪŋ-/, /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/, /ɪnˈkʊmbən/ 1. The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice. Example: He has always remained friendly to me, though before his promotion, when he was an incumbent of this diocese, we had a little controversy about the Bible Society. Example: But if they had waited about the store to see what would happen when he arrived who until last night anyway must have still believed himself the incumbent, they were disappointed. […] A few days later they learned that the new smith was living in the house […] 2. A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits. Example: American capitalism is becoming like its European cousin: established firms with the scale and scope to deal with a growing thicket of regulations are doing well, but new companies are withering on the vine or selling themselves to incumbents.
Word: scrofula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scrōfulae, a diminutive form of scrōfa (“breeding sow”), because swine were supposed to be subject to the complaint; or by fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɒfjʊlə/, /ˈskɹɔfjələ/ 1. A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph nodes, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1970: R.H.C. Davis A History of Medieval Europe Longman: SBN 582482089. P298. "(In 1100) It (The Church) relied on the king (of France) for protection and in return gave him authority. It even ..gave support for the claim that by his royal touch, he could miraculously cure the scrofula. (A similar claim was made for the kings of England, and was exercised till the reign of Queen Anne; one of the last people to be cured in that way being Dr. Johnson.)
Word: military brat Part of Speech: noun 1. a child who has one or more parents who serves or served full-time in the military Labels: slang
Word: boldness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”). Pronunciation: /ˈboʊldnəs/, /ˈbəʊldnəs/ 1. The state of being bold; courage. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […] 2. presumptuousness Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: belongs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈlɒŋz/, /bɪˈlɔŋz/, /bɪˈlɑŋz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of belong Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attended Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of attend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attended Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndɪd/ 1. Having a person or people present; with someone in attendance. Example: A person using a coin-box gets just the same, if not more rapid service, than at an attended station because he calls central direct, instead of communicating his wishes first to the attendant and awaiting the result of her effort. Example: Our question is whether the August meeting will constitute the "date of election" and will count as an attended meeting within the meaning of the above Article. 2. Being the focus of attention; receiving attention. Example: An object in an attended spot is encoded by the winner neuron in the recognition map layer. Example: Another important issue in the study of attention is how an attended stimulus is processed differently from an unattended stimulus, that is, the effects of attention.
Word: adopted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈdɑptɪd/, /əˈdɒptɪd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: adopted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈdɑptɪd/, /əˈdɒptɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of adopt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: acted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of act Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acted.
Word: wishes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃɪz/ 1. plural of wish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wishes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transferred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹɑːnsˈfɜːd/, /tɹænsˈfɜːd/, /tɹænzˈfɜːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of transfer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: theories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɪəɹiz/, /ˈθiːəɹiz/, /ˈθɪɹiz/ 1. plural of theory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: substituted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbstɪtutɪd/, /ˈsʌbstɪtjuːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of substitute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: writes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹaɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of write Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: writes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹaɪts/ 1. plural of write Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stealing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to steal, theft. Labels: uncountable 2. That which is stolen; stolen property. Labels: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: The politicaster is looking for small opportunities – for such pickings and stealings as a careless public may leave for those of his kind. The great politician is looking for great opportunities.
Word: stealing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of steal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically sow + -n. Pronunciation: /soʊn/, /səʊn/ 1. past participle of sow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically sow + -n. Pronunciation: /soʊn/, /səʊn/ 1. Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to the nomad pastoralists of the steppe or desert. Labels: especially, uncountable
Word: sources Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːsɪz/, /ˈsɔɹsɪz/, /ˈso(ː)ɹsɪz/, /ˈsoəsɪz/ 1. plural of source Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sources Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːsɪz/, /ˈsɔɹsɪz/, /ˈso(ː)ɹsɪz/, /ˈsoəsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of source Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Banksia Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Wandering Jew Part of Speech: name 1. A Jewish shoemaker who, in the Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until the return of Jesus (ie. the second coming). Example: The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again!
Word: Wandering Jew Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of wandering Jew (“plant”). Labels: alt-of
Word: 't Part of Speech: pron 1. Contraction of it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: He could not miſſe't. Example: Then marke th’inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too’t: 2. Contraction of that. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: What was all that about? Well, like all women, she's shoe-mad. 't’s a bit sexist, isn't it? Do you know one woman who isn't obsessed with shoes? No, but I only know one woman. And she just left the room shouting "THE SHOES!"
Word: sylph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1657. From New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”). Ultimately from the root silva (“woods, forest”). Related to sylvan. More at Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /sɪlf/ 1. An invisible being of the air. Example: Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph. Example: Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn. 2. The elemental being of air, usually female. 3. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. Labels: broadly 4. Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.
Word: pornocracy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably borrowed from German Pornokratie, first found in the writings of Austrian-born Biblical scholar Alfred Edersheim (1825–1889), from Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “female prostitute”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “-cracy”, suffix indicating “government, rule”); analysable as porno- + -cracy. Pronunciation: /pɔːˈnɒkɹəsɪ/, /pɔɹˈnɑkɹəsi/ 1. The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. Labels: capitalized, historical, often Example: Under the pornocracy (government of harlots) in the first half of the 10th century, the Papacy was degraded and all Italy torn by factions. Example: Monsters of impurity, avaricious wretches, poisoners, have occupied the papal see. A learned bishop (Maret of the General Council) expresses himself with holy indignation in reference to the frightful enormities of the tenth century. This epoch deserves to be designated under the title of the Pornocracy; that is to say, the government of prostitutes, for Theodora, Marozia, and other ladies of rank at that time, placed on the pontifical throne their paramours and their sons, who were no better than themselves.
Word: pornocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from German Pornokratie, first found in the writings of Austrian-born Biblical scholar Alfred Edersheim (1825–1889), from Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “female prostitute”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “-cracy”, suffix indicating “government, rule”); analysable as porno- + -cracy. Pronunciation: /pɔːˈnɒkɹəsɪ/, /pɔɹˈnɑkɹəsi/ 1. A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, often Example: [Pierre-Joseph] Proudhon had a consistent—many have called it reactionary—preference for smaller and more personalized social units. His passionate defense of the traditional rural family (and attendant hatred of the “pornocracy” of Paris) was part of a relentless localism that tended to prefer Burgundy to France, Franche Comité to Burgundy, and the individual family and village to Franche Comité. Example: Even in the confident era of bourgeois patriarchy prior to 1848, actresses had ben, at best, disgraced women who might atone for their mistakes through self-sacrifice. In the three ensuing decades, fear of pornocracy had run high. Could views of theater women transcend fears of sexual indulgence and seduction so that actresses might become honored citizens? Would they ever take their places as members of the second sex along with bourgeois wives and mothers? Improbable before 1880, these changes were realized under the Third Republic. 2. A societal culture dominated by pornography. Labels: derogatory Example: If the 'meritocrat' – the 'natural' aristocrat whose success is not beholden to class or background – was a key component in the 1970s mythology, was the pornocrat the 1970s cold-light-of-day equivalent? And if the pornocrat was such a key player and empire builder, does that imply the evolution of a fully fledged pornocracy, a culture organised around the economic logic of pornography? […] The pornocrat controls and selectively distributes sexual capital – thus obscenity laws both help and hinder him – knowledge, 'freedom', sexual technology, the means of stimulation and success. The pornocracy is essentially inhabited by two classes – there are the pornocrats themselves and the swinging elite surrounding them and there are the 'punters' over whom they rule benevolently. Example: [Bill] Clinton won the 1993 presidential election, strongly supported by the homosexual community, 95 percent of which voted for him—providing more than his margin of victory. If an American president is the greatest fictionist, and if it is not so much his politics as his poetics that helps structure the American popular unconscious, it is logical that up until the 1980s Clinton appealed to neither traditional macho patriarchy nor radical feminist matriarchy, but by the 1990s he was appealing to the “pornocracy” of that period.
Word: caudillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis (“head”). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and capitellum. More possible, from kaput and ili (iri, ür, uri: town), from Basque language. In Iberian ili is high point, high city. Pronunciation: /kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/, /kaʊˈdiː(j)oʊ/ 1. A leader. Example: While an America in decline may throw up a more competent caudillo than Trump in time, it is difficult to reasonably conclude that it possesses the societal solidarity to wage a decades-long, global struggle against a near-competitor. 2. A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America. Example: For, despite all the debunking and cynicism in this generation, there still are, amazingly, trusting people around who need to believe in great helmsmen, dear leaders, fuhrers, presidents-for-life, generalissimos and charismatic caudillos. Example: Then there’s Mexico’s outgoing populist and wannabe caudillo, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is pushing a crowd-pleasing law to require all judges be elected by popular vote, including to the Supreme Court.
Word: totalitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1938, from totalitarian + -ism, modeled after Italian totalitarismo (1923, by Giovanni Amendola) and German terms such as Totalstaat (1927, The Concept of the Political, by Carl Schmitt). 1. A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And if it is true that in the final stages of totalitarianism an absolute evil appears (absolute because it can no longer be deduced from humanly comprehensible motives), it is also true that without it we might never have known the truly radical nature of Evil. Example: The film Repentance caused a sensation across the Soviet Union not only because it publicly condemned the evil of totalitarianism but also because it encouraged tens of thousands of Soviet people to reflect upon the source and root cause of the evil.[…]
Word: once bitten, twice shy Part of Speech: proverb 1. One is cautious if one has been hurt in the past.
Word: TLDR Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of tl;dr. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative
Word: KASCADE Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the initial letters of Karlsruhe Shower Core and Array Detector, with a few extra letters to be homophonous to cascade. 1. Karlsruhe Shower Core and Array Detector, a cosmic ray experiment in Karlsruhe, Germany. Labels: abbreviation, acronym
Word: redoubt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge”), from Latin redūcō (“to withdraw”), with spelling influenced by doubt. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdaʊt/, /ɹəˈdʌʊt/ 1. A small, temporary, military fortification. 2. A reinforced refuge; a fort. 3. A place of safety or refuge. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.
Word: redoubt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge”), from Latin redūcō (“to withdraw”), with spelling influenced by doubt. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdaʊt/, /ɹəˈdʌʊt/ 1. To fortify, to make into a stronghold. Labels: transitive Example: By the time that our troops had taken a little refreshment, a quantity of intrenching tools were brought a-shore, and the regiments were employed in redoubting our ground, and landing some cannon and ammunition. Example: I have been employed from the day of action to that of the capitulation, in redoubting our Camp beyond insult
Word: redoubt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French redouter, from Latin dubitāre (“doubt”) prefixed with re-. The b was later added back in this word, and the related doubt and redoubtable, to reflect their Latin source. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdaʊt/, /ɹəˈdʌʊt/ 1. To dread. Labels: archaic
Word: redoubt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos Latin *dubosdenom. Latin dubō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin dubitō Old French doterbor. Middle English douten ▲ Old French doter Old French doutebor. Middle English doute ▲ English dubiousinflu. ▲ Latin dubitōinflu. English doubt English redoubt From re- + doubt. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈdaʊt/, /ˌɹiːˈdʌʊt/ 1. To doubt again. Labels: rare Example: Neither any of ſo many hundreds of expleaded, or nowe raigning hereſies, or any that ſhall ariſe hereafter, nor the Religion of Martine Luther so often profeſſed, and both priuately and publickly recanted, altered, changed, doubted, and redoubted by himſelfe, as his owne works and all proteſtants doe witneſſe... Example: Herr Fessler, in the true spirit of a metaphysical Zittémteur, has taken the subject up in the most orthodox style of Fog; descanting, and doubting, and redoubting, until the Fog becomes positively impervious
Word: redoubt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos Latin *dubosdenom. Latin dubō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin dubitō Old French doterbor. Middle English douten ▲ Old French doter Old French doutebor. Middle English doute ▲ English dubiousinflu. ▲ Latin dubitōinflu. English doubt English redoubt From re- + doubt. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈdaʊt/, /ˌɹiːˈdʌʊt/ 1. The return of doubt. Labels: rare Example: Undeterred by humble beginning, undaunted by frustrations imposed by others of lesser stature, undismayed by the doubts and redoubts of personal, political and elemental forces, he persevered, he pursued and he prevailed Example: My stock is a 3-1 bet to split by then, providing I have the guts to stonewall the supreme court of last resort, Key Biscayne, with my claim to gutlessly (i.e., physically unreally) surrounding the citadel with a mote in the beam of the Don, my brother's eye, a doubt and redoubt in the possibility of man's redemption.
Word: gigolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”), first attested in that sense in 1904 (attested since 1850 in the sense “Amant de cœur, compagnon d'une gigolette", and since 1894 in the sense “elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious”), a back-formation from gigolette (“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”), attested since 1850, from giguer (“to dance”), from gigue (“fiddle; type of dance; jig”). More at jig. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.loʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.ləʊ/ 1. A man funded by women who find him attractive, particularly Example: How's the, uh, gigolo campaign going? 2. A man funded by women who find him attractive, particularly Labels: dated Example: I'm just a gigolo / And everywhere I go / People know the part I'm playin' / Paid for every dance / Sellin' each romance / Ooh, what they're sayin' 3. A man funded by women who find him attractive, particularly
Word: gigolo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”), first attested in that sense in 1904 (attested since 1850 in the sense “Amant de cœur, compagnon d'une gigolette", and since 1894 in the sense “elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious”), a back-formation from gigolette (“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”), attested since 1850, from giguer (“to dance”), from gigue (“fiddle; type of dance; jig”). More at jig. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.loʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.ləʊ/ 1. To work or act as a gigolo. Labels: intransitive Example: He says he worked at one thing and another, whatever he could get, but near as I can figure out he was mostly gigoloing, and not finding too many heavy-money dames. Example: Since my arrival I’d lost seventeen pounds. What with gigoloing all night, working all day, worrying myself flaming sick, I’d had enough. 2. To provide (someone) with the services of a gigolo. Labels: transitive Example: He sat down at my table in an outdoor trattoria to gigolo me and promptly forgot his lines and went blank. Example: The beach wasn’t crowded yet, and as far as I could tell, there were no gigolos or women waiting to be gigoloed. 3. To offer (oneself or someone else) to someone as a gigolo. Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: It might be a joke on the rest of the world; it was also a joke on himself, that he had gigoloed himself to such scurfy stuff. Example: What would have happened just then I do not know, if Mr. Vertigo had not appeared with the family collie, whom he had gigoloed to Carl Schurz Park.
Word: frowsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown, but perhaps related to the dialectal adjective frowsty. Attested since the 1680s. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaʊ.zi/ 1. Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance. Example: And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow. Example: I was terribly afraid, from what I had heard of Blackwater Park, of fatiguing antique chairs, and dismal stained glass, and musty, frowzy hangings, and all the barbarous lumber which people born without a sense of comfort accumulate about them, in defiance of all consideration due to the convenience of their friends.