nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: jimmy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * * (chocolate sprinkles): Unknown. There is much speculation that they were named after Jim Crow, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this theory. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ 1. To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar. Labels: informal, transitive Example: The kitchen window had been jimmied.
Word: triquetrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin triquetrus. 1. The triquetral bone 2. An astronomical instrument.
Word: lazzarone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lazzarone. 1. One of the poorer classes of Neapolitans; a chance-worker or beggar. Labels: historical, in-plural Example: What does he mean by his Rights of Man, and his equality?—What wretched and dangerous doctrine to diſſeminate among the lazzaroni* of England, where they are always ready enough to murmur againſt their betters? Example: […] attended by one or two of his band, who intended leaving off business and turning lazzaroni, they all set off for Naples, which they found in an uproar.
Word: howdah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi हौदा (haudā), from Arabic هَوْدَج (hawdaj, “litter carried by a camel”) (1774). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊdə/ 1. A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel. Example: They don't ask for palanquins and howdahs. Example: I shot a couple […] Only from the safety of a howdah, of course. 2. An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant.
Word: hypothetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical. 2. Existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality. Example: The thing that was best for her would no doubt be to become the wife of the man to whose suit she should incline her ear. That this would be the best thing for the gentleman in question was however a very different matter, and Sherringham's final conviction was that it would never do for him to act the part of that hypothetic personage.
Word: ulster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Ulster Overcoat Company of Belfast, Northern Ireland (Ulster), the original maker of this type of coat. Pronunciation: /ˈʌlstə/ 1. A long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front. Example: “That's queer,” said the Tertium Quid. “Where's my ulster?” “What's queer?” said the Man's Wife. “I have got a chill down my back — just as if a goose had walked over my grave.” Example: I hardened my heart and took the smoke-rocket from under my ulster.
Word: mickle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle. For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun). The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪk(ə)l/, /ˈmɪkəl/ 1. (Very) great or large. Labels: Northern-England, Northumbria, Scotland, archaic, especially Example: Oh mickle is the powerfull grace that lies / In hearbes, plants, ſtones, and their true qualities: / For nought ſo vile, that vile on earth doth liue, / But to the earth ſome ſpeciall good doth giue: […] Example: O Jupiter! whose ſtrength is mickle, / Was ever man in ſuch a pickle!
Word: mickle Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle. For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun). The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪk(ə)l/, /ˈmɪkəl/ 1. To a great extent. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: They ſay here, […] that ye deſired not the king and England to agree, becauſe it would rack the noblemen, […] I anſwered in your name that I was aſſured you had never ſpoken it. Mr. Archibald [Douglas] is the ſpeaker of it, who I aſſure your lordſhip has been a poiſon in this matter, for they lean very mickle to his opinion. Example: […] I livd in a house by the Tower, which has not been repaird since Robert Consull of Gloucester repayrd the castle and wall; here I livd warm, but in my house on the hyll the ayre was mickle keen, […] 2. Frequently, often. Labels: obsolete
Word: mickle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle. For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun). The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪk(ə)l/, /ˈmɪkəl/ 1. A great amount. Labels: Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Many a little makes a mickle. Example: Neurthelesse little or mickle, something or nothing, substaunce or shadow take all in good part, my meaning is by a fewe wordes to wynne credit to this works, not so much for mine owne Englishe Translation as for the singular commendation of them, challenged of dutie and desart. 2. A small amount. Labels: Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: While we boast of our farming, we must repeat again and again, the secret of our prosperity. It is a regular rotation of crops, making a little out of many articles, rather than attempting to make much of one; remembering the Scotch proverb, that "many a mickle makes a muckle"; […] 3. Great or important people as a class. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. Greatness, largeness, stature. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: mickle Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle. For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun). The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪk(ə)l/, /ˈmɪkəl/ 1. Much; a great quantity or amount of. Labels: Northern-England, Northumbria, Scotland, archaic, especially Example: There was mickle melody at that Childës [Jesus Christ's] birth, / All that were in heaven's bliss, they made mickle mirth. Example: Full many wounds in his corrupted fleſh / He did engraue, and muchell blood did ſpend, / Yet might not doe him die, but aie more freſh / And fierce he ſtill appeard, the more he did them threſh. 2. Most; the majority of. Labels: Northumbria, Scotland, archaic Example: [H]e that tellt me saw wi' his ain ee'n, an' heard wi' his ain ears, the mickle part o' what I'm gaun to say—an' what he didna see or hear hissell, he learned frae those wha'd kent a' frae the beginnin'
Word: mickle Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle. For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun). The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪk(ə)l/, /ˈmɪkəl/ 1. A great extent or large amount. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: Seek mickle, and get ſomething; ſeek little, and get nothing.
Word: Arran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay. Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɹən/ 1. Ellipsis of Isle of Arran, Scotland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage. 3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. 4. Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland) 5. A male given name from Tamil.
Word: Arran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Middle Persian *ʾldʾn (/⁠arrān⁠/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭃𐭀𐭍 (ʾrdʾn /⁠ardān⁠/). Ultimately from an unknown source, underlying also Old Armenian Աղուանք (Ałuankʻ) and Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). 1. In post-Islamic times, a region of eastern Transcaucasia, lying between the Rivers Kura and Araxes, in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, corresponding to the territory of Caucasian Albania on the right bank of the River Kura which was disattached from Greater Armenia in 387 AD. In pre-Islamic times, the term was used for the whole of Caucasian Albania. Labels: historical
Word: Aran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Árainn. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹən/ 1. An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands. Example: The first thing we noticed going out to Aran was the light. It was coming from the opposite direction and felt strange. To us living in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland, the world seemed to be turned around a full hundred and eighty degrees 2. The barony which contains these islands.
Word: Aran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Árainn. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹən/ 1. A medium weight of yarn. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Aran Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Arran (“a region of eastern Transcaucasia”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: didactyl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + -dactyl. 1. Having only two toes, fingers or claws. Labels: not-comparable
Word: didactyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + -dactyl. 1. A didactyl animal.
Word: overboard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. Outside of a boat; in the water. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overboard Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard. Example: Theon Greyjoy is the most well developed character on that stage, and the action comes down to him. Euron, with Yara underneath his ax, goads Theon into attack. But Theon is overwhelmed by the violence all around him, and instead he jumps overboard. 2. Excessively; too much. Labels: not-comparable Example: They really went overboard with the party preparations. Example: In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not.
Word: overboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. To throw over the edge of a boat into the water. Labels: transitive Example: ‘Call home that runt Edmund Bonner. He has trotted after me from Spain into France and I swear the next time we take ship I will overboard him.’ 2. To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface. Labels: transitive
Word: do in Part of Speech: verb 1. To kill or end; to defeat. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in. Example: We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend. 2. To exhaust, to tire out. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: I’m off to bed. I’m completely done in. Example: I'm exhausted! That 20-mile hike has done me in. 3. To damage or injure. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: I’m off work at the moment; I’ve done my back in. 4. To rob (someone); to steal or pilfer from (someone). Labels: dated, slang, transitive 5. To eat. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: I can do in a dozen eggs.
Word: sideline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + line. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdlaɪn/ 1. A line at the side of something. Example: Like most other fishes, the dragonet varies slightly in colour in different individuals, and at different seasons of the year. Mr. Pennant describes the pupils of the eyes to be of a rich sapphirine blue; the irides fine fiery carbuncle; the pectoral fins light brown; the side-line straight; the colours of the fish yellow, blue, and white, making a beautiful appearance when fresh taken. 2. Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item. Example: She started the business as a sideline to her regular work and it ended up becoming the greater source of income. Example: Soup need not be just a sideline to a meal; if you like, it can be the main course. 3. A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side. 4. A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball. 5. The area outside the playing field beyond each sideline. Labels: plural-normally Example: The coach stood on the sidelines and bellowed commands at the team. 6. The outside or perimeter of any activity. Labels: figuratively Example: to relegate to the sidelines Example: She installed the whole fixture while he simply watched from the sidelines. 7. A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road. Labels: Canada 8. A side hustle. Labels: Philippines
Word: sideline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From side + line. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdlaɪn/ 1. To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play. Labels: transitive Example: The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength. Example: Gomez got his chance with Gary Cahill sidelined and took it superbly with an assured performance as part of a three-man defence Southgate now looks certain to use at the World Cup. 2. To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The illness sidelined him for weeks. Example: Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey.
Word: sincerely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sincere + -ly, from Latin sincērus (“pure, clean, sound”). Pronunciation: /sɪnˈsɪəli/, /sɪnˈsɪɹli/ 1. In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly. Example: I sincerely hope they make it home safely. 2. A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended by his or her name. Labels: US Example: Please consider the proposal carefully and let me know what you decide. Sincerely, Fred
Word: look after Part of Speech: verb 1. To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing). Labels: transitive Example: The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed. 2. To seek out, to look for. Labels: regional, transitive Example: My subject does not necessarily oblige me to look after this water, or point forth the place whereunto 'tis now retreated. Example: I have sent my intended husband to look after my lover […]. 3. To care for; to keep safe. Labels: also, reflexive, transitive Example: He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away. Example: The station is clearly well looked after, making it a worthy gateway to the resort. 4. To have as one's business; to manage, be responsible for. Labels: transitive 5. To expect, look forward to. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth; For the powers of heauen shall be shaken.
Word: sortes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plural of sors (“lot, fate, oracular response”). 1. divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Book oracles, called sortes (from the Latin sors = lot, indicating that one would obtain the answers by casting lots), allowed for consultation on the spot; the oracle could even come to the petitioner!
Word: shouting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/, /ˈʃuːtɪn/ 1. An instance of loud or highly audible acclamation, clamor, crying or uproar.
Word: shouting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/, /ˈʃuːtɪn/ 1. present participle and gerund of shout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: riparian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/, /ɹɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ 1. Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream. Example: By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach. Example: A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.
Word: riparian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/, /ɹɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ 1. A person or other entity that lives or owns property along the shore of a river.
Word: contact juggling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by James Ernest in a book of the same name. 1. The art of moving a ball or balls over one's body by rolling them, with very few throws. Labels: uncountable
Word: juggling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡəlɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɡlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of juggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: juggling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jogelyng, juglynge, equivalent to juggle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡəlɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɡlɪŋ/ 1. The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An act or instance of juggling; a reshuffle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: juggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin joculāri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangalōn (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/ 1. To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Example: She can juggle flaming torches. 2. To perform various magic tricks or circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: God alone knows where he came from, but he was in the camp one evening juggling for stray coppers in a bowl. Pretty good juggling too it seemed to be, of the usual Indian kind—growing a plant out of a pumpkin seed, turning a stick into a live snake, and the old sword and basket trick that every Eastern conjurer keeps up his sleeve; […] 3. To handle or manage many tasks at once. Example: He juggled home, school, and work for two years. 4. To deceive by trick or artifice. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I think they are juggling the company's books. Example: Is't possible the spells of France should juggle / Men into such strange mysteries? 5. To joke or jest. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: juggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin joculāri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangalōn (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/ 1. The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash. 2. The handling or managing of many tasks at once. Example: Quit the juggle and monotask. 3. The performance of a magic trick. Labels: archaic 4. A deceit or imposture. Labels: archaic Example: I could not believe that she was dead. The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom. “Is this a juggle?” I said to him.
Word: wacko Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English whack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wack(y) English -o English wacko From wack(y) + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈwæ.kəʊ/, /ˈwæ.koʊ/ 1. Amusingly eccentric or irrational. Labels: derogatory, informal, slang
Word: wacko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English whack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wack(y) English -o English wacko From wack(y) + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈwæ.kəʊ/, /ˈwæ.koʊ/ 1. An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “Environmentalist wackos” — Mr. Limbaugh’s phrase — “want man to be responsible for it because they want to control your behavior,” the conservative host said on the show.
Word: wacko Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree English whack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wack(y) English -o English wacko From wack(y) + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈwæ.kəʊ/, /ˈwæ.koʊ/ 1. Hurrah! Labels: UK, dated Example: "Wacko! There's a whole pile of letters for me," Jennings cried excitedly, hopping from one foot to the other.
Word: sors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trapezoid bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the carpal bones of the wrist.
Word: betel nut Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.
Word: intermediate phalange Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the phalanx bones in the middle of the fingers or toes; middle phalange
Word: proximal phalange Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the phalanx bones of the fingers or toes which are nearest the hand or foot.
Word: pisiform bone Part of Speech: noun 1. A small knobbly, pea-shaped sesamoid bone of the wrist.
Word: hobo spider Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of venomous funnel web spiders, especially Eratigena agrestis, indigenous to Europe.
Word: nasal bone Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.
Word: endearing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English dear English endear English -ing English endearing From endear + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/, /ɛn-/, /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ 1. Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way. Example: […] I dare not call him father, nor he, without shame, own me as his issue, I being illegitimate, and therefore deprived of that endearing tenderness and unparalleled satisfaction which a good man finds in the love and conversation of a parent. Example: BELIEVE me, if all those endearing young charms, / Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, / Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, / Like fairy-gifts fading away,— / Thou wouldst stil be ador'd as this moment thou art, / Let thy loveliness fade as it will; / And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart / Would entwine itself verdantly still!
Word: endearing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English dear English endear English -ing English endearing From endear + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/, /ɛn-/, /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of endearment. Example: It was arms around, and perpetual endearings, and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.
Word: endearing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English dear English endear English -ing English endearing From endear + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/, /ɛn-/, /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of endear. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aftermath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English math English aftermath From after- + math (“a mowing”). Pronunciation: /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/, /ˈɑːf.təˌmæθ/, /ˈɑːf.təˌmɑːθ/, /ˈæf.təˌmæθ/ 1. That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe. Example: In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting. Example: Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones). 2. A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season. Labels: obsolete Example: They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay.
Word: jr Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Jr. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: internet Part of Speech: name Etymology: The noun is a variant of Internet. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.təˌnɛt/, /ˈɪn.(t)əɹˌnɛt/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“the specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications”). Labels: alt-of Example: Most newspapers are available on the internet now. Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating via the Internet”). Labels: alt-of Example: As soon as the trailer was released, the internet went nuts. Example: In 2014, a hot dog entrepreneur, Laura Ustick, general manager of Superdawg in Chicago, Illinois, asked the internet to get behind her in support of the Emoji Hot Dog.
Word: internet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a variant of Internet. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.təˌnɛt/, /ˈɪn.(t)əɹˌnɛt/ 1. Internet access or connection; internet connectivity. Labels: uncountable Example: Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email. 2. Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet. Labels: countable 3. A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet. Labels: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable Example: You did a nice job there Patty … you came off as intelligent, well-spoken, and concerned about the well being of the victims, in stark contrast to the self-serving, uncaring, unconcerned attitude of the Narconon spokeswoman. 100 internets for you! Example: I have been looking through CupOJoes and kind of want something dark with a silver band between the bit and the bowl [of the pipe]. That's not a must, but 1000 internets go to the first person to find one. 4. The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically incorrect, chiefly to make light of someone's lack of such knowledge, implied to be gained only from active use of social media. Labels: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable Example: "He don't got Internet y'all," one fan wrote. Another declared: "That’s it, I will no longer be listening to any YB music."
Word: internet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a variant of Internet. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.təˌnɛt/, /ˈɪn.(t)əɹˌnɛt/ 1. To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet. Labels: Internet, informal, intransitive Example: Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad. Example: We have several groups of Internetters, from Alaska, from New Zealand, and a group from San Francisco interested in deserts as a context where different faiths developed. Internetting with them could stimulate discussion. Internetting with other countries is seen as a way of broadening the students' areas of interest and triggering their questions.
Word: internet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- (prefix meaning ‘amid, among; between’) + net (“to form a netting or network”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/, /ˌɪntəˈnɛt/, /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, /ˌɪntɚˈnɛt/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic, rare Example: A railroad performs in a single day as much work as a ship in a whole year. This is done, too, in the midst of society, internetted among the cities, the farms, the dwellings of the people. Example: With 1849 began the organization of the secret societies, which, regulated from Piedmont, internetted the entire southern peninsula. 2. To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet). Labels: ambitransitive, specifically Example: We are continuing our program of internetting our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency. Example: More efficient means of internetting the computers in the system must also be developed.
Word: ms Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of manuscript. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɛmz/ 1. plural of m Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪljən/ 1. A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider. Example: It was all the greater triumph to Miss Nancy Lammeter's beauty that she looked thoroughly bewitching in that costume, as, seated on the pillion behind her tall, erect father, she held one arm round him, and looked down, with open-eyed anxiety, at the treacherous snow-covered pools and puddles, which sent up formidable splashings of mud under the stamp of Dobbin's foot. 2. A similar second saddle on a bicycle or motorcycle for a passenger. Example: She was to creep out quietly […] and meet me at our usual trysting place—a spot a few hundred yards from our respective abodes. I would be there with my iron steed, and on the pillion thereof would whirl her into fairyland. 3. The person riding in the pillion. 4. The cushion of a saddle.
Word: pillion Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪljən/ 1. Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pillion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪljən/ 1. To place (a person) on a pillion. Labels: transitive Example: When he had gazed at the stars sufficiently as they shone over his mistress's window, and put her candle to bed, repaired to his own dormitory, and there, no doubt, thought of his Maria and his horse with youthful satisfaction, and how sweet it would be to have one pillioned on the other, and to make the tour of all the island on such an animal with such a pair of white arms round his waist. Example: A ferlie (fairy) he spied with his ee, And there he saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Elldon tree"— a lady who had "fifty siller bells and nine" on each lock of her horse's mane, and who pillioned Thomas the Rhymer, and took him, "red blude to the knee," thorugh the mirk, mirk night, to the place where "They saw neither sun nor moon." 2. To ride on a pillion. Labels: intransitive Example: I caught the train just after you went (it was a good idea, that pillion ride - though pretty awful pillioning with a suitcase and masterpiece in one's arms!) and dumped the m-p in London on Emery Walker, to be photographed half size and collotyped, 100 copies. Example: I met a Latvian lass who enjoyed pillioning, showed me her country and best spots — yes, the best way to enjoy a country! 3. To put a pillion on a horse. Example: Accordingly, he saddled and pillioned his horse, thinking he might have the honor of bringing the bride himself. Example: But ordher one iv yer men to pillion the horse in a jiffy, for onct we get hoult iv the money bags, we must be off, or Tom Riddle won't lave a bone in my body but he'll break into smithereens.
Word: jan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic جَنّ (jann). 1. Obsolete form of jinn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.
Word: Atlantic Ocean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English occean Atlantyke, a calque of Latin ōceanus Ā̆tlanticus. Pronunciation: /ətˈlæntɪk ˈoʊʃən/ 1. The ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east. Example: But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Example: No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.
Word: konnichi wa Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of konnichiwa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Paki. Labels: alt-of
Word: personal digital assistant Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand-held computer, mostly used as an organizer. Labels: dated Example: The device, about the size of a fat paperback book, represents the most ambitious attempt yet by computer and communications companies to pool their resources in hopes of finally creating a market for what the industry calls "personal digital assistants." Example: Already, Sharp owns at least 60 percent of the market for personal digital assistants, or P.D.A.'s, with its Wizard line, ranking far ahead of Hewlett-Packard, Casio, Apple Computer and other competitors past and present.
Word: placed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pleɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of place Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dexterity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter (“on the right”), this is in reference to most people having greater fine motor skills in their right hand. Partially displaced native Old English handcræft, whence Modern English handcraft. Pronunciation: /dɛksˈtɛɹɪti/ 1. Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity. Example: She twirled the pencil through her fingers with impressive dexterity.
Word: lunate bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the carpal bones of the wrist.
Word: nasal cavity Part of Speech: noun 1. In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.
Word: nasal fossa Part of Speech: noun 1. Either lateral half of the nasal cavity.
Word: Dick test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the US inventor of the test, George Frederick Dick. 1. A test to check whether someone is immune to scarlet fever, by injecting a diluted strain of the streptococci and observing any skin reaction.
Word: nasal concha Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of the three thin bony plates on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.
Word: waragi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɹəɡi/, /ˈwaɹəd͡ʒi/ 1. A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars.
Word: sinamay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog sinamay. Pronunciation: /siːnəˈmaɪ/, /sɪnəˈmaɪ/ 1. fabric made from banana plant fibers Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: matoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Luganda matooke. Pronunciation: /maˈtəʊkeɪ/ 1. Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda. Labels: uncountable Example: The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars.
Word: dining leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. a leaf of the banana or other plant, used as a plate to serve food in South Asian countries.
Word: banoffee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of banana + toffee. Pronunciation: /bənˈɒfi/, /bəˈnɔfi/ 1. A British cream filling made from banana and toffee. Labels: uncountable
Word: holey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”). Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊl.li/, [ˈhɒʊli], [ˈhɒʊɫ.li], /ˈhəʊli/, /ˈhoʊli/ 1. Having, or being full of, holes. Example: Fred loved holey Dutch cheese. Example: Steven also acknowledged that his presentation of self—wild locs, nerd glasses, and holey hipster jeans for our first interview—encourages whites to speak to him.
Word: mulching mower Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mʌltʃɪŋ məʊə/, /mʌltʃɪŋ moʊəɹ/ 1. A rotary mower that cuts clippings into small pieces and redistributes them uniformly back into the lawn to act as compost. Example: If you mow regularly, a mulching mower will be beneficial to your lawn.
Word: oleo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of oleo strut. 1. A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects. Example: If the oil leaks out of the oleos, they won't be able to cushion the aircraft against a hard landing.
Word: oleo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oleum (“olive oil”). 1. The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: oleo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of oleomargarine. 1. Synonym of margarine. Labels: US, dated, uncountable, usually
Word: banoffi pie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of banoffee pie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Pangea Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Pangaea: (geology) A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea.
Word: Earth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”). More at earth. Pronunciation: /ɜːθ/, /ɝθ/ 1. The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It's my theory that we'll keep being reborn on as many Earths as it takes until every person gets it exactly right from the moment they are born until the moment they die. Example: The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams. 2. The personification of the Earth or earth, (chiefly) as a fertile woman or (religion) goddess. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: CHB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of concrete hollow block. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: inferior nasal concha Part of Speech: noun 1. The largest of the three nasal conchae located within the nasal cavity.
Word: turbinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin turbinatus. 1. Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top). 2. In the shape of a coil. 3. Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Example: a turbinate shell 4. Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
Word: turbinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin turbinatus. 1. A turbinal or turbinate bone.
Word: turbinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin turbinatus. 1. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Word: turbinate bone Part of Speech: noun 1. A scrolled spongy bone of the nasal cavity.
Word: turbinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”). 1. Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex. 2. Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
Word: turbinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”). 1. A turbinate bone.
Word: pissabed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piss + bed or piss + abed, so called after the dandelion's supposed diuretic effect. Compare French pissenlit. 1. Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties. Example: Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die […] The chief of these was the pissabed. Example: The tufted hillock […] had no buildings on and only golden clumps of piss-the-bed that were not yet gone into misty balls of seed. 2. Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc. Labels: dialectal 3. A bedwetter. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: cretaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cretaceus (“chalky”), from Latin creta. Pronunciation: /kɹəˈteɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Of or relating to chalk. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of chalk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: carboniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -ferous English carboniferous From carbon + -i- + -ferous. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfəɹəs/ 1. Containing or producing carbon.
Word: archaean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Archaea + -n 1. Any organism of the domain Archaea.
Word: gruff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 16th century, from Dutch grof and/or Middle Low German grof (both “rough, coarse, rude”), from Old Dutch *grof or Old Saxon *grof, both from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse, rough”), possibly from an earlier *gahrubaz and then related with *hreubaz (“scabby, rough, scrubby”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian groaf (“rough, coarse, crude”), West Frisian grof (“rough, coarse, crude”), Low German groff (“rough, coarse, crude”), German grob (“rough, coarse, crude”), Swedish grov (“rough, coarse, crude”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌf/, /ɡɹɐf/, /ɡɹʊf/ 1. having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. 2. hoarse-voiced. Example: a gruff woman 3. hoarse. Example: a gruff voice