nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: automatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English automatically From automatic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəʊˌmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/, /ˈɔːtəˌmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)i/, /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/, [ˌɔː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪ.k(ə.)li], /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/ 1. In an automatic manner. Example: Most of the overhead system is of the weight-tensioned type, constant tension being automatically applied by balance weights. Example: The mere existence of a dictionary of a certain variety of English does not automatically confer acceptance of that variety.
Word: affluenza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of affluence + influenza. Pronunciation: /ˌæf.luːˈɛn.zə/, /ˌæf.luˈɛn.zə/ 1. A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc., caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more goods and possessions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The tension heightens when speaking about "affluenza" from within the economic cultures of Western countries and in particular our North American society. We do live quite privileged lives. Our privileges have clearly become expectations. […] Affluenza has been defined as a cultural disease of excess—an excess that seldom satiates the desire for more. The virus is identified by its symptoms: the feverish pursuit of products, possessions, and privileged passions, which might be outpaced only by a market-driven economy, ravenous consumption, an increasing anxiety over exponential debt, and the yield of excessive waste. Affluenza has also been more personally identified by unmanageable stress and pervasive feelings of emptiness. Example: I think that all moms, no matter what their faith, struggle with the expectations of Affluenza Season, especially with the rosy Norman-Rockwell-type images of happy families shown in commercials starting at 12:01 a.m. the day after Halloween (didn't it use to be the day after Thanksgiving?).
Word: intervenor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intervene + -or. 1. One who intervenes, especially in a legal sense.
Word: brillig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Supposedly from bryl or broil. 1. A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner." Labels: uncountable Example: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
Word: fag hag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fag + hag. First use appears c. 1965 in the publication The Guild Dictionary of Homosexual Terms. 1. A woman who enjoys the company of gay men. Labels: derogatory, slang, sometimes, vulgar Example: Susan "Suki" Eagan, manager of the Boston bar Chaps, describes her own personal odyssey as "local debutante to fag hag to fag bar owner." Example: Becoming a glam fag hag was not about money or privilege. Au contraire. Any working-class girl was eligible. All she had to do was get a job in a fag-rich environment, be it a hair salon or a department store.
Word: lupe Part of Speech: noun 1. The Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica).
Word: Peleus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Pēleus, from Ancient Greek Πηλεύς (Pēleús). Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.li.əs/ 1. A king of Phthia, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles. Labels: Greek 2. A rare surname.
Word: anabolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈbɑlɪk/, /ˌænəˈbɒlɪk/ 1. Of or relating to anabolism. Labels: not-comparable Example: Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use.
Word: anabolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈbɑlɪk/, /ˌænəˈbɒlɪk/ 1. An anabolic steroid.
Word: hexastyle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξάστυλος (hexástulos), from ἕξ (héx) + στῦλος (stûlos). By surface analysis, hexa- + -style. 1. having six columns at the front on the portico Labels: not-comparable
Word: hexastyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξάστυλος (hexástulos), from ἕξ (héx) + στῦλος (stûlos). By surface analysis, hexa- + -style. 1. A temple or portico with six columns in front.
Word: convent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English convent, variant of covent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio (whence ultimately convene), see con- + venio. Doublet of coven. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.vɛnt/, /ˈkɒn.vənt/, /ˈkɑn.vɛnt/ 1. A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows. Example: Near-synonym: abbey Example: My God! It's enough to drive a girl into a convent! Do they have Jewish nuns? 2. The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives. Example: One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. 3. The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives. Labels: especially 4. A Christian school. Labels: India 5. A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected. 6. A coming together; a meeting. Example: ...an usual ceremony at their [the witches'] convents or meetings...
Word: convent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin convenio (past participle conventus), whence also convene; so of the same ultimate origin as Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛnt/ 1. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. Labels: obsolete Example: Tomorrow morning to the Council board He be convented. 2. To meet together; to concur. Labels: obsolete Example: We convent nought else but woes 3. To be convenient; to serve. Labels: obsolete Example: When that is known and golden time convents.
Word: graphical user interface Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of user interface which allows people to interact with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text.
Word: tough shit Part of Speech: intj 1. An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.
Word: off the cuff Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Purported to be from the habit by after-dinner speakers of jotting a few notes on the cuff of the sleeve. 1. In an off-the-cuff manner. Example: Nor was there anything off the cuff about their insistence that Manuel Pellegrini was happy to make the name of his replacement public knowledge, echoing his sentiment that they were “not doing anything behind me” from a press conference earlier in the same day. Example: McCartney is a showman, not a script-reader. His banter Friday night was fresh, off the cuff.
Word: transfix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”). 1. To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe. Labels: transitive Example: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design. Example: But we may as well accept her story as true, for it is likely she would have been transfixed by the narcissism of the weight lifters. 2. To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon. Labels: transitive Example: The spear transfixed my arm that was uplifted In swift expostulation, and the blood Gushed round its point: I smiled, […] Example: There was a little stream that ran not far away, in which he bathed, and down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives would assemble with spears, and with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried down to the sea. 3. To fix or impale. Labels: transitive
Word: transfix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + -fix. 1. A discontinuous affix, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages, which occurs at more than one position in a word, i.e. a combination of prefixes, infixes and/or suffixes. Example: The Arabic word مكتوب (maktūb, “written”) is built from the root [script needed] (k–t–b, “writing”) and the transfix [script needed] (ma––ū–, “passive participle”).
Word: cut and dried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears c. 1643. Derives from herbs being cut and dried for sale, rather than fresh. 1. Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Take care when guessing, since problems do not always have cut-and-dried answers. Example: But if I had not taken things for granted, if I had examined everything with the care which I should have shown had we approached the case de novo and had no cut-and-dried story to warp my mind, should I not then have found something more definite to go upon? 2. Decided, not open to change. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Willy: […] In those days there was personality in it. There was respect, and comradeship, and gratitude in it. Today, it's all cut and dried, and there's no chance for bringing friendship to bear—or personality. 3. Lacking freshness or spontaneity. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: cut and dry Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cut and dried. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon Example: Just because it is all cut and dry. Just because it is ready-made. Just because it lies there in reliable, convenient and logical propositions. The moment you appropriate truth in such a shape you appropriate a form. You cannot cut and dry truth. You cannot accept truth ready-made without it ceasing to nourish the soul as the truth. Example: Nowadays, thanks to the irrepressible rise of content marketing, SEO's cut and dry quantitative approach is evolving to incorporate its opposite number: quality.
Word: muckety muck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck. See the entry muckamuck. 1. A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Consequently, there have been times when the muckety-mucks at Merriam-Webster have requested that we all mark every third or fifth word in at least one source just to fill our files with words that would not usually catch our eye.
Word: erratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English erratik, erratyk, from Latin errāticus; compare Old French erratique. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹætɪk/, [ɪˈɹæɾɪk], /əˈɹætɪk/, [əˈɹæɾɪk], /əˈɹɛtək/ 1. Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent. Example: Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week. Example: The V-2's directional system was notoriously erratic. In May 1947, a V-2 launched from White Sands Proving Ground headed south instead of north, missing downtown Juarez, Mexico, by 3 miles. 2. Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd. Example: erratic conduct
Word: erratic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erratik, erratyk, from Latin errāticus; compare Old French erratique. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹætɪk/, [ɪˈɹæɾɪk], /əˈɹætɪk/, [əˈɹæɾɪk], /əˈɹɛtək/ 1. A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier. Example: The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic, but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks. Example: During the last ice-age, massive stones were carried for miles by the scouring glaciers, only to be left, like passengers at the end of the line, when the glaciers retreated. Stranded in their new surroundings with rocks with which they share no common geology, their out-of-place-ness is evoked by their name: “erratics”. 2. Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Word: change one's tune Part of Speech: verb 1. To reconsider; rethink; to reach a different conclusion. Labels: idiomatic Example: They say my way of doing things is slower, but I think they'll change their tune as soon as they try it. Example: The heaters, the S.R. now says, will "help tremendously" if there is severe snow and ice—a welcome change of tune from last winter, when the Region was countering criticism of its operation during the January freeze-up with a bland defence of existing precautions [...]. 2. To change one's story. Labels: idiomatic Example: The suspect changed his tune when he learned the police had the evidence.
Word: theurgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin theūrgia, from Ancient Greek θεουργίᾱ (theourgíā, “sorcery”), from θεός (theós, “god”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, the- + -urgy. Pronunciation: /ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/, /ˈθiːˌɝ.d͡ʒi/ 1. A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And from this he concludes that theurgy is a craft which accomplishes not only good but evil among gods and men; and that the gods also have passions, and are perturbed and agitated by the emotions which Apuleius attributed to demons and men, but from which he preserved the gods by that sublimity of residence, which, in common with Plato, he accorded to them. Example: 1873, Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma, Chapter VII: The Testimony of Jesus to Himself, This, again, in our popular theurgy, is materialised into the First person of the Trinity approving the Second, because he stands to the contract already in the Council of the Trinity passed. 2. A supernatural intervention in human affairs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seiðr. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque. Pronunciation: /kɑːsk/, /kæsk/ 1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.) 2. A casket; a small box for jewels. Labels: obsolete Example: A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth. 3. A brougham or other private carriage. Labels: archaic, slang 4. Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cask Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque. Pronunciation: /kɑːsk/, /kæsk/ 1. To put into a cask.
Word: axel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.səl/ 1. A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air. Example: Wylie, however, landed his Olympic axels beautifully and electrified the crowd as he capped a skating career that began at age three in Aspen, Colorado, when he followed two older sisters onto the ice. Example: Men had to do triple Axels or at least attempt them with tenacity.
Word: axel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.səl/ 1. To perform a jump of this kind. Labels: intransitive
Word: axel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæk.səl/ 1. Misspelling of axle. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: This end of the Axel is to be faſten'd into a Wheel, exactly like thoſe, which are us'd in many Places, for the roaſting Meat. Example: Ten 4-wheel hose wagons, three with ballbearing axels and one with roller-bearing axels, all manufactured in the city.
Word: measuring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈmeɪ.ʒə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈmeʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of measure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: measuring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈmeɪ.ʒə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈmeʒ.ə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. Act of measurement. Example: The repeated measurings of one monument result in a mean approximation to something actually existing, and this is an excellent definition of an average.
Word: Crispin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Crispinus, derivative of the Roman family name Crispus (“curly”). Alternatively, contraction of Crispus (“hair”) and pinus (“pine”), according to Miraculum Quo Beata Maria Subvenit Guillelmo Crispino Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪspɪn/ 1. A male given name from Latin. 2. A Roman shoemaker, martyr and saint, and brother of Crispinian; patron saint of cobblers and tanners.
Word: Crispin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Crispinus, derivative of the Roman family name Crispus (“curly”). Alternatively, contraction of Crispus (“hair”) and pinus (“pine”), according to Miraculum Quo Beata Maria Subvenit Guillelmo Crispino Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪspɪn/ 1. A shoemaker. Labels: dated, humorous Example: The fact is, that the Princess of Wales, having suffered from weakness in the knee, walks with a slight halt, and the apes of fashion have persuaded their Crispins to supply boots with one long and one short heel, in order that they may follow in the footsteps of royalty. Example: Boot after boot was tried on until at last a fit was obtained, when in rushed a man, snatched up the customer's hat left near the door, and ran down the street as fast as his legs could carry him. Away went the customer after his hat, and Crispin, standing at the door, clapped his hands, and shouted, “Go it, you'll catch him!”—little thinking that it was a concerted trick, and that neither his boots nor the customer would ever return. 2. A variety of apple, the Mutsu.
Word: patron saint Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɹən ˈseɪnt/ 1. A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked. Example: When Aimé Humbert joined Josephine in Paris, he visited the Inspector of Police, and was so depressed by his meeting that she sent him to the Louvre ‘to look at the wonderful painting of St Marguerite, the patron saint of purity, trampling down the hideous dragon and looking so calm and peaceful’. Example: My patron saint, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco—also known as “St. John the Wonderworker”—is particularly noteworthy in this regard […] 2. An exemplar: an individual who exemplifies some trait or group. Labels: figuratively Example: Janet is the patron saint of procrastination. I'm thinking of erecting her a shrine of doughnut boxes in the breakroom.
Word: shoemaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/ 1. A person who makes shoes. Example: He especially recommended the only shoemaker who, to his mind, had an idea of making a shoe; and Lucy had at least half-a-dozen pair made, fitted, and descanted upon, before he was satisfied that they did justice to the shape of her foot, which proved extremely good when it was properly chaussé. Example: The diseases of shoemakers receive attention as well as the toxicology of shoepolish. 2. The threadfish. 3. A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.
Word: zoom in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From zoom + in. Pronunciation: /ˌzuːm ˈɪn/ 1. To increase the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a magnified image, or a close-up. Labels: intransitive Example: The camera operator will zoom in on the subject for a close-up shot. Example: The photographer decided to zoom in on the details of the flower. 2. To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image larger. Labels: intransitive Example: You can zoom in on the map to get a better view of the city.
Word: zoom out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From zoom + out. Pronunciation: /ˌzuːm ˈaʊt/ 1. To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view. Labels: intransitive Example: The director asked to zoom out for a wider shot of the landscape. Example: The drone's camera began to zoom out as it ascended higher into the sky. 2. To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed. Labels: intransitive Example: You can zoom out on the screen to see the entire document.
Word: zoophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.əfɪliə/, /ˈzəʊ.əʊfɪliə/, /ˈzoʊ.əfiliə/, /ˈzoʊ.oʊfiliə/ 1. A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Excessive fondness for animals. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncommon, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:zoophilia.
Word: Owen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From various origins. See below Pronunciation: /ˈoʊɪn/, /ˈəʊɪn/ 1. A male given name. 2. A male given name. 3. A surname. Example: Please “Believe” that Jake Owen will not allow people to diss the LGBTQ community. 4. A surname. 5. A surname. 6. A surname. 7. A place name: 8. A place name: 9. A place name: 10. A place name: 11. A place name: 12. A place name:
Word: wer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wer, were, from Old English wer (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man, freeman”). Cognate with Middle High German wër (“man”), Swedish värbror (“brother-in-law”), Norwegian verfader (“father-in-law”), Latin vir (“man, husband”), Old Irish fer, Middle Welsh gwr. The original meaning of “man” is now preserved only in compounds like werewolf, were wolf (“man-wolf”) and wergeld, were gild (“man gold (payment)”). 1. A man; a male; a husband. Example: […]the character of a horseman was inseparable connected with the knight—the military attendant of the baron, who was himself nothing more than the Wer, or Man, of the king—even the armiger, […] Example: Further is this wort of two kinds, wer and wife, or male and female. The wer, or male, hath white blossoms, and the wife, or female, hath red or brown; either is beneficial and wonderlike, and they have on them wondrous virtue. 2. A fine for slaying a man; wergeld. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: Under the system of money compensation, the kindred of the slain must demand payment of the wer, or prosecute the feud. They had the right to the wer when paid, and must by oath release the slayer and his kindred from the feud. Example: It was so in the England of Alfred's day; the maternal kinsfolk paid a third of the wer. The Leges Henrici, which about such a matter will not be inventing new rules, tell us that the paternal kinsfolk pay and receive two-thirds, the maternal kinsfolk one-third of the wer; and this is borne out by other evidence.
Word: wer Part of Speech: verb 1. Eye dialect spelling of were. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: wem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English womm (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm (“loss, damage”), Latin vomō (“to vomit”, verb) (whence English vomit), Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō, “to spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vémti (“to vomit”), Sanskrit वमति (vamati, “to vomit”). The sense development would be "vomit" > "stain", "fault". Pronunciation: /wɛm/ 1. A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Smock, climbe a-pace, that I maie see my ioyes; / Oh heauen and paradize are all but toyes / Compar'd with this sight I now behould, / Which well might keepe a man from being olde. / A prettie rysing wombe without a weame / That shone as bright as anie siluer streame ... Example: "It is even so," he added, as he gazed on the Sub-Prior with astonishment; "neither wem nor wound — not so much as a rent in his frock!"
Word: yachtsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yacht English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English yachtsman From yacht + -s- + -man. 1. A man who sails a yacht. Example: 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Irish Sketch Book published together with The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh and Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, New York: Caxton, Chapter 10, p. 379, […] and so ended, not without a sigh on my part, one of the merriest six-hour rides that five yachtsmen, one cockney, five women and a child, the carman, and a countryman with an alpeen, ever took in their lives. Example: We knew him already by sight as the owner of a little five-ton cutter, which he sailed alone apparently, a fellow yachtsman in the unpretending band of fanatics who cruise at the mouth of the Thames. But the first time he addressed the waiter sharply as ‘steward’ we knew him at once for a sailor as well as a yachtsman.
Word: yachtswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yacht English -s- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English yachtswoman From yacht + -s- + -woman. 1. A woman who sails a yacht.
Word: yackety-yak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately imitative or sound-symbolic in origin. 1. prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: yackety-yak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately imitative or sound-symbolic in origin. 1. To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: yah Part of Speech: adv Etymology: An alternative pronunciation, equivalent of yeah and yes. Pronunciation: /jʌː/, /jɑː/ 1. Yes. Labels: Australia, India, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, US, not-comparable Example: Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.
Word: yah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An alternative pronunciation, equivalent of yeah and yes. Pronunciation: /jʌː/, /jɑː/ 1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.
Word: yah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use. Pronunciation: /jɑː/ 1. An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger. Labels: UK, informal
Word: yah Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From you. 1. Pronunciation spelling of you. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Hey, Sis, do yah want a Hertz Donut?" one of them sweetly said as the other one held out a donut bag. She reached for it. Her step-sister snatched the bag away and socked her hard in the arm instead.
Word: yardarm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard + arm. 1. The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards. Example: Sun's under the yardarm, sis!
Word: yardarm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From yard + arm. 1. To be close or nearby each other. Labels: dated, idiomatic, intransitive
Word: yawning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of yawn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yawning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb yawn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her vivacity appeared as graceful as it was buoyant; her gay spirit seemed the musical overflowings of youth and happiness; her eye and cheek brightened together; and her sweet glad laugh was as catching as yawning.
Word: yawning Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ 1. That yawns or yawn. Example: yawning commuters 2. Wide open. Labels: figuratively Example: a yawning chasm; the shark's yawning jaws Example: That experience really taught me something. That deep down inside, I am broken, and that I'm using work to plaster over some yawning gap within myself.
Word: yearbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From year + book. Compare Saterland Frisian Jierbouk (“yearbook”), West Frisian jierboek (“yearbook”), Dutch jaarboek (“yearbook”), German Low German Johrbook (“yearbook”), German Jahrbuch (“yearbook”), Swedish årsbok (“yearbook”), Faroese árbók (“annal, record, yearbook”). 1. A reference book, published annually. Labels: countable 2. A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty. Labels: US, countable Example: A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted. Example: A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis. 3. A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: yearn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English yernen, yern (“to express or feel desire; to desire, long or wish for; to lust after; to ask or demand for”) [and other forms], from Old English ġeornan (“to desire, yearn; to beg”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)) + *-janą (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /jɜːn/, /jɝn/ 1. To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: All I yearn for is a simple life. Example: I muſt do that my heart-ſtrings yern to do: but my word's paſt. 2. To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive, specifically Example: If I don’t go now, thought Charlotte, I shall have lost a chance which I shall eternally regret and yearn after. Example: Having shaken the dust of the ugly new South Africa from his feet, is he yearning for the South Africa of the old days, when Eden was still possible? 3. Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing. Labels: intransitive Example: The music, yearning like a God in pain, / She scarcely heard: […] 4. To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: And Joſeph made haſte: for his bowels did yerne upon his brother: and he ſought where to weepe, and hee entred into his chamber, & wept there. Example: I have left your mother in the next room. Her heart yearns towards you. 5. To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: My father’s and my uncle Toby’s hearts yearn’d with ſympathy for the poor fellow’s diſtreſs,—[…] 6. Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing. Labels: transitive 7. To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something). Labels: archaic, poetic, transitive 8. To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Well, ſhe laments Sir for it, that it would yern your heart to see it: […] Example: It yernes me not, if men my Garments weare; / Nor care I who doth feed vpon my coſt: / Such outward things dwell not in my deſires. / But if it be a ſinne to couet Honor, / I am the moſt offending Soule aliue.
Word: yearn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English yernen, yern (“to express or feel desire; to desire, long or wish for; to lust after; to ask or demand for”) [and other forms], from Old English ġeornan (“to desire, yearn; to beg”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)) + *-janą (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /jɜːn/, /jɝn/ 1. A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen. Example: Gibbs now said he wasn't going to pull any punches with Gary when he knew how jealous a man could get, so he also wanted to tell him that Phil Hansen was reputed to have a yearn for attractive ladies.
Word: yearn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably either: * a variant of earn (“to curdle, as milk”) (though this word is attested later), from Middle English erne, ernen (“to coagulate, congeal”) (chiefly South Midlands) [and other forms], a metathetic variant of rennen (“to run; to coagulate, congeal”), from Old English rinnan (“to run”) (with the variants iernan, irnan) and Old Norse rinna (“to move quickly, run; of liquid: to flow, run; to melt”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”); or * a back-formation from yearning (“(Scotland, archaic) rennet; calf (or other animal’s) stomach used to make rennet”). Pronunciation: /jɜːn/, /jɝn/ 1. Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive 2. Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive 3. To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive 4. To make (cheese) from curdled milk. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive Example: Also his Honour the Duke will accept ane of our Dunlop cheeses, and it sall be my faut if a better was ever yearned in Lowden.
Word: yearning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjɝnɪŋ/, /ˈjɜːnɪŋ/ 1. A wistful or melancholy longing. Example: She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
Word: yearning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjɝnɪŋ/, /ˈjɜːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of yearn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I've got this burning, yearning, yearning / Feeling inside me / Ooh, deep inside me / And it hurts so bad
Word: yearning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From earlier yerning, from Middle English yernyng, erning, renning. From Old English rynning and gerunnen, geurnen (“run together, coagulated, curdled”), past participles of gerinnan, geirnan, respectively. Influenced by Middle English yern (“to (cause to) coagulate or curdle”), Old English iernan (“to run, flow”), metathesized forms derived from the same origin. From verbal prefix ge- + rinnan (“to run”). First element is from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, by”); second element is from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥-néw-ti, from *h₃er- (“to move”). Doublet of rennet, run. Pronunciation: /ˈjɝnɪŋ/, /ˈjɜːnɪŋ/ 1. Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese). Labels: Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Mrs. MacClarty then took down a bottle of rennet, or yearning, as she called it.
Word: yellow fever Part of Speech: noun 1. An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus (Yellow fever virus) and spread by certain mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination. Labels: uncountable Example: The town up the road was overcome by yellow fever, he said. All travelers warned away. 2. An attraction to ethnically East Asian men or women, expressed by non-East Asian (especially white European male or white American) people. Labels: figuratively, slang, uncountable Example: Your girl want me, we both know / Cause she got yellow fever 3. A lust for gold; an obsession with seeking gold ore. Labels: dated, figuratively, uncountable Example: He's got the yellow fever; Once get the sight of gold and you are poisoned. Example: An onze a day, two a day, or three—every one has the gold or yellow fever. Last night several of the most respectible American residents of this town arrived home from a visit to the gold regions.
Word: Huang He Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 黃河 /黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”). Pronunciation: /ˈhwɑŋ hə/, /ˈhwæŋ hə/ 1. Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the Yellow River (Huang He), not far from the Great Wall, on high ground, a place where he could find some refreshment, for he was already aware that it would not be long before he entered the realm of his brave ancestors.
Word: Yellow Sea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Chinese 黃海 /黄海 (Huáng Hǎi), from 黃 /黄 (huáng, “yellow”) and 海 (hǎi, “sea”). Pronunciation: /ˌjɛləʊ ˈsiː/ 1. A marginal sea of the Pacific between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula Example: The extent of the great gulph called Whang Hay, or the Yellow Sea, being at preſent unknown, it may be left to the Commander’s diſcretion, to proceed up it as far as he may think proper: he muſt be cautious, however, not to entangle himſelf in it too far, left he ſhould not have ſufficient time left for the proſecution of the remainder of his voyage. Example: For centuries, travelers from Asia Minor, Europe and later America prized the carpets woven in Tientsin, a Yellow Sea port in North China.
Word: yes man Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jɛs mæn/ 1. A person who always agrees with their employer or superior. Labels: idiomatic Example: Crowds of yes men elbowed one another out of the way, hoping to get a chance to kiss the boss's ring. Example: The function of a Vice-President is the job of a yes-man, as they call it in America.
Word: yielding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjiːldɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of yield Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yielding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjiːldɪŋ/ 1. Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
Word: yielding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yelding, yeldinge, ȝeldynge, equivalent to yield + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈjiːldɪŋ/ 1. A concession.
Word: yellow card Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjɛl.əʊ ˌkɑːd/, /ˈjɛl.oʊ ˌkɑrd/ 1. A yellow-coloured card, shown to a player (especially in association football) as a caution that he or she has committed a flagrant foul; a further such foul would result in a red card. 2. One of various yellow-colored cards used to verify the healthiness, vaccination status or other medical info of travelers. 3. A form to record safety concerns and adverse reactions to medicinal drugs. Labels: UK 4. A card sent out by a travelling dance or theatre company to request temporary personnel from a local labor union. Labels: attributive, often Example: Some large modern dance companies, most large ballet companies, and most large theater companies also require union crews. These are called yellow card companies. Example: Each local union has a separate number; New York was the first so they are Local One. Chicago is Local Two. A yellow card (they have been printed on yellow cardstock since time began) is sent out telling how many hands will be required in in each department for the load-in, load-out, and for the run of the show. 5. A yellow ticket. Labels: historical 6. A card given to British Army personnel during The Troubles. Labels: historical
Word: yippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From initials of "Youth International Party" + -ie (influenced by hippie). Pronunciation: /ˈjɪ.pi/ 1. A member of the Youth International Party, a group of politically active hippies.
Word: yippie Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /jɪˈpiː/ 1. Alternative form of yippee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nay-say Part of Speech: noun 1. A refusal, denial, or negation. Labels: archaic Example: "That," replied Miss Lucy, "depends entirely on the manner in which the nay-says are said."
Word: nay-say Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak negatively of something. 2. To reply no.
Word: -ness Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 From Middle English -nes, -nesse, from Old English -nis, -nes, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz. This suffix was formed already in Proto-Germanic by false division of the final consonant *-n- of the preceding stem + the actual suffix *-assuz. The latter was in turn derived from an earlier *-at(s)-tuz, from the verbal suffix *-at-janą + the noun suffix *-þuz. Compare German -nis and Dutch -nis of the same origin. Pronunciation: /nəs/, /nɪs/, /nɛs/, [nɘs] 1. Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: 1865 Lewis Carrol: Alice in Wonderland; CHAPTER VII: A Mad Tea-Party. You know you say things are "much of a muchness.." — did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness! Example: The adrenocortical carcinoma symptoms ... are moonface, abdominousness, high blood pressure, hirsutes, pink striae, plethora, decaleification, irrespective of sex... 2. Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)". Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: calm + -ness → calmness Example: eerie + -ness → eeriness 3. Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: that + -ness → thatness Example: tree + -ness → treeness
Word: how much is it Part of Speech: phrase 1. how much does it cost?
Word: bum bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: There is no queue at Burger King in Gibraltar. To lure customers, they give you a free plastic bum bag with every Whopper Meal. Example: Don′t confuse money belts with bum bags. A bum bag is a larger and an altogether more ostentatious item; it′s worn over your clothes and can usually hold a small camera as well as sunscreen and sunglasses. As a security item the bum bag is useless and may as well be inscribed with flashing lights announcing “Valuable items inside, help yourself”.
Word: martello Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Martello. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish fada (“long”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːdə/ 1. The acute accent as used in Irish orthography to mark a long vowel. Example: When I read in the RIA Dictionary that the third person singular passive perfect of the verb fo-geib or fo-gaib “has been found”, has been found in the form frith, frioth, fo frith, foríth, and whole lot more including fríth with the fada, I find that friothfully froth-provoking. Example: The Irish acute accent mark, or fada, is included on Irish proper names and words in the Irish language where required, for example Seán MacBride and Dáil Éireann, except when the fada is not used in a direct quote.
Word: milse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian (“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *mildisjō (“kindness”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts (“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde (“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild. 1. To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: yodel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German jodeln. Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊ.dəl/, /ˈjoʊ.dəl/ 1. To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: yodel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German jodeln. Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊ.dəl/, /ˈjoʊ.dəl/ 1. An act of yodelling. 2. A song incorporating yodelling.
Word: yolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), derived from Old English ġeolu (“yellow”) + -ca (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /jəʊk/, /joʊk/, /jɔlk/ 1. The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk. 2. The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance[…]
Word: yolk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), derived from Old English ġeolu (“yellow”) + -ca (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /jəʊk/, /joʊk/, /jɔlk/ 1. To produce yolk. Example: This is surprising in that these females were yolking up their clutch of eggs