nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: egg whisk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + whisk. 1. A whisk (kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire) used to beat eggs.
Word: green goddess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the stage play The Green Goddess (1921) because of its green color. 1. A variety of salad dressing containing mayonnaise, sour cream, chives and chervil. Labels: uncountable
Word: bowling green Part of Speech: noun 1. A finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of lawn for playing the game of bowls.
Word: bowling-green Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bowling green. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: green-blind Part of Speech: adj 1. Unable to see the colour green because of an inability of the retinae to respond to that light of that colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: green-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having green eyes. Labels: literally Example: It was Floss—Floss, smaller, queerer, greener-eyed, and more defiant than ever; but internally, nevertheless, in a state of intense excitement and delight at the thought of seeing Aunty ’Genia again, hearing more dolls’ stories, possibly—who could say?—seeing those venerable ladies themselves. Example: “Sixteen years old I was,” laughed Hannah, “and greener-eyed and more freckled-faced than you’ve ever seen me, pettie.” 2. Jealous; envious. Labels: figuratively Example: There is a startling vision of invasion in the air, which gives a certain piquancy to the narrative, especially as on the surface of the people’s seriousness of anticipation, if it cannot be called fear, there floats a sort of laughing incredulity—as if they did not believe that Napoleon would come, or be able to come, or that, if he did come, it would matter so much as the greener-eyed tremblers imagined. Example: That is the way these jealous husbands bid an affectionate adieu to the partner of their sorrows, not of their joys, and go to the city to be devoured with curiosity as to what their wives are doing in their absence, and to come back greener-eyed than ever.
Word: greenheart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + heart. 1. A type of tree (Chlorocardium rodiei) native to Guyana. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Timber from the greenheart tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For instance, NR employed a timber consultant and tried out different hardwoods before settling on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified greenheart from Guyana. "Greenheart has a long track record of use in challenging applications," Bartlett says. "It's so naturally durable that it won't require maintenance - it has a design life of 30 years and can last 60. Preservative treatment is unnecessary - it's resistant to attack by shipworm and wood rotting fungi. 3. A type of shrub (Colubrina arborescens) native to Florida and the Caribbean. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eglantine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French églantine, Middle English eglentyn, from Old French aiglantin (adj.), from Old French aiglent (“sweetbrier”), from Latin aculentus (with the ending of spinulentus (“thorny, prickly”)), from aculeus (“prickle”), from acus (“needle”). 1. A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips. Example: Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine [...] Example: Come down, we pray thee, ere the hot sun count His dewy rosary on the eglantine.
Word: sweetbrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweet + brier. 1. A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers, and red hips. Example: Is it some ill-fed village hound yielding to the instinct of the chase? or the lost pig which is said to be in these woods, whose tracks I saw after the rain? It comes on apace; my sumachs and sweet-briers tremble. Example: But some woods are more coquettish in their habits; and the breath of the forest of Mormal, as it came aboard upon us that showery afternoon, was perfumed with nothing less delicate than sweetbrier.
Word: egocentrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English egocentric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English egocentrically From egocentric + -ally. 1. in an egocentric manner
Word: egocentricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English egocentric Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English egocentricity From egocentric + -ity. 1. The quality of being egocentric. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: egoistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English egoist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egoistic English -al English egoistical From egoistic + -al. 1. Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish. 2. Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself). Labels: nonstandard
Word: greenmail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of greenback + blackmail. 1. The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Greenmails typically result in reduced shareholder value. Example: He's gonna leverage his position, and he's gonna get as much greenmail as he can.
Word: greenmail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of greenback + blackmail. 1. To profit from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. Labels: transitive
Word: egoistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English egoistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English egoistically From egoistic + -ally. 1. in an egoistic manner Example: He was going to ask her to marry him—indeed, he had intended to ask her without more delay. But the words were not spoken yet; instead, he found himself talking egoistically on and on.
Word: egotistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English egotistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English egotistically From egotistic + -ally. 1. in an egotistic manner
Word: egregiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English egregious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English egregiousness From egregious + -ness. 1. The quality of being egregious. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Wanderwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Wanderwort, from wandern (“to wander”) + Wort (“word”). Wandern is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, to wind”), and Wort from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). The plural forms Wanderworte and Wanderwörter are also borrowed from German Wanderworte and Wanderwörter. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒndəˌwɜːt/, /ˈvɒndəˌvɔːt/, /ˈwɑndɚˌwɚt/, /ˈvɑndɚˌvɔɹt/, /ˈwɒndəˌwɜːtə/ 1. A loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices. Example: Mrs. [Agnes Smith] Lewis has correctly observed that many corrections in the old papyri (things which no doubt the διορωτής corrected) were misinterpreted by the ancients (hence what [Adalbert] Merx calls "Wanderwörte"). Example: Hittite t/dapar- "leiten, verwalten, regieren" (and also with the Glossenkeil) is connected and we are in the presence of a Wanderwort that ultimately derives from the above Capp[adocian] *labar- "herrschen".
Word: eccentrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der. Medieval Latin eccentricusder. Middle French excentriquebor. English eccentric 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 eccentrically From eccentric + -ally. 1. In an eccentric manner. Example: The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
Word: ecclesiastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ecclesiastic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ecclesiastically From ecclesiastic + -ally. 1. in an ecclesiastic manner Example: The ecclesiastically robed Choral Majority put on the best performance of the evening, singing their popular satires on several popular hymns and patriotic anthems.
Word: eclectically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eclectic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English eclectically From eclectic + -ally. 1. In an eclectic manner. Example: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
Word: ecologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ecology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English ecological 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 English -ly English ecologically From ecological + -ly. 1. In an ecological manner. 2. regarding ecology Example: in a world where there are competing ends for the use of natural resources, and particularly energy forms, the aim of permaculture is to create productive systems which are ecologically sound and ecologically viable, provide for their own […]
Word: ecstatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ecstatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ecstatically From ecstatic + -ally. 1. In an ecstatic manner. Example: "And the joke," he added ecstatically, "is that Cripps an' me have just drunk it." Curiously enough, none of the company, except Cripps and Limpet, appeared to appreciate the exquisite nature of this jest.
Word: ecumenically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ecumenical Middle English -ly English -ly English ecumenically From ecumenical + -ly. 1. In an ecumenical manner; from or by the Christian religion. Example: In the fact that phallic worship has, for so many generations, been looked upon as something to be hidden; in the fact that it received ecclesiastical condemnation where there was no downright denial of its existence; in the taboo so continuously and ecumenically imposed upon its expression; and in the feeling that any discussion concerning it was tantamount to an admission of bawdy tastes; no doubt lie the main reasons for the neglect which the subject has received by writers and historians generally. 2. Regarding ecumenism.
Word: echoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōbor. Middle English eccho English echo Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English echoic From echo + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkəʊɪk/, /ɛˈkəʊɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to an echo 2. resembling a sound 3. resembling a sound 4. resembling a sound
Word: green monkey Part of Speech: noun 1. An Old World monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus). 2. Any monkey the genus Chlorocebus.
Word: eclecticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eclectic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English eclecticism From eclectic + -ism. 1. The quality of being eclectic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir. Example: I am concerned that this encouraging but brief period of success will foster the opinion, already widely held, that the monetary pillar is superfluous, and lead monetary policy analysis back to the kind of muddled eclecticism that brought us the 1970s inflation. 2. The quality of being eclectic. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The quality of being eclectic. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The selection of diverse witnesses to a text.
Word: economizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English economy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English economize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English economizer From economize + -er. 1. A person who avoids waste 2. A heat exchange device in a boiler that improves efficiency and saves fuel.
Word: green-winged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having green wings (used in the names of various types of bird)
Word: gnawing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gnawynge; equivalent to gnaw + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.ɪŋ/, /ˈnɔːɹ.ɪŋ(ɡ)/, /ˈnɔ.ɪŋ/ 1. severe or intense Example: Engleitner found the constant gnawing hunger harder and harder to bear. When the rations eventually increased again and the prisoners were given stew, it did not make much difference to Engleitner.
Word: gnawing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gnawynge; equivalent to gnaw + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.ɪŋ/, /ˈnɔːɹ.ɪŋ(ɡ)/, /ˈnɔ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gnaw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gnawing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gnawynge; equivalent to gnaw + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.ɪŋ/, /ˈnɔːɹ.ɪŋ(ɡ)/, /ˈnɔ.ɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something is gnawed. Example: the gnawings of mice 2. A sensation of being gnawed. Example: The spirit of slavery raves under tormenting gnawings, and casts about in blind phrenzy for something to ease, or even to mock them. Example: "If I made them suffer the pains of exile, I would not let them endure also the gnawings of starvation.
Word: gnomish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gnome Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English gnomish From gnome + -ish. 1. Resembling a gnome; gnomelike. 2. Belonging to a race of gnomes. Example: Whoever had taken Vanessa had brushed past the gnomish wizard with no more thought than one gave a mosquito, and the result of that encounter had been astonishingly violent—and final. 3. aphoristic; gnomic
Word: ghastliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ghastly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ghastliness From ghastly + -ness. 1. The state of being ghastly. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […] Example: Francesca felt oppressed as she gazed on the bare walls, the wooden pallet, the crucifix at the foot, where the wan light of the ill-supplied lamp gave a strange ghastliness to the dying agony of the Saviour. 2. A ghastly thing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ghettoize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ghetto Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ghettoize From ghetto + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛtoʊaɪz/, [ˈɡɛɾoʊ̯aɪ̯z] 1. To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto. Labels: transitive 2. To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto. Labels: transitive Example: Liberation includes the full range of sexual, social, racial and economic relations with the goal of empowering lesbianism as a valuable, legitimate choice for all women, not settling for a tolerance of ghettoized "deviant lifestyles."
Word: ghostliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ghostly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ghostliness From ghostly + -ness. 1. The quality of being ghostly. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ghostwritten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ghost + written. 1. Written by a ghostwriter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ghostwritten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ghost + written. 1. past participle of ghostwrite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ghostwrote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of ghostwrite Labels: form-of, past
Word: ghoulishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ghoulish Middle English -ly English -ly English ghoulishly From ghoulish + -ly. 1. In a ghoulish manner.
Word: ghoulishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ghoulish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ghoulishness From ghoulish + -ness. 1. The quality of being ghoulish. Labels: uncountable Example: Those who don’t leave crush up against the windows, stand on chairs to get a better look. A swarming ghoulishness that couples with the horror of palms pressed to steaming glass.
Word: curtal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From older French courtault (modern French courtaud), from court (“short”) + -ault (pejorative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkəːtəl/ 1. A variety of short-barrelled cannon. Labels: historical 2. An early type of bassoon. 3. A horse or other animal having a docked tail. Labels: obsolete 4. Anything docked or cut short. Labels: obsolete
Word: curtal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From older French courtault (modern French courtaud), from court (“short”) + -ault (pejorative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkəːtəl/ 1. Of horses, having a docked tail. Labels: obsolete 2. Physically shortened; short. Labels: archaic Example: she had loosened her hair and changed into the curtal frock of sunbright cotton that he was so fond of and had so ardently yearned to soil in the so recent past. 3. Abridged, curtailed. Labels: obsolete Example: essays and curtal aphorisms
Word: curtal friar Part of Speech: noun 1. A friar with a short gown. Labels: archaic Example: Now, sirs, who hath seen our chaplain? where is our curtal Friar?
Word: abidden Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbɪd.n̩/ 1. past participle of abide Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: I trust the jolly priest hath but abidden by the wine-pot a thought too late. Who saw him since the castle was ta’en?
Word: liard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French liard, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ljɑː/, /ljɑːd/ 1. A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou. Labels: historical Example: I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.
Word: brown-bill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brown + bill; see bill (“polearm”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊnbɪl/ 1. A type of halberd used by medieval foot-soldiers and constables, painted brown to prevent rust. Labels: historical Example: Let the Kanne of ſtrong ale [be] your conſtable, vvith the toaſte his brovvne bill, and ſugar and nutmegs his vvatchmen ſtand in a readineſſe, to entertaine mee euerie time I come by your lodging. Example: The tramp of horses was now heard, and the Lady Rowena appeared, surrounded by several riders, and a much stronger party of footmen, who joyfully shook their pikes and clashed their brown-bills for joy of her freedom.
Word: cardecu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French quart d'écu ‘quarter of an écu’. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːdɪkjuː/, /ˈkɑɹdɪkju/ 1. A silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu. Labels: historical Example: A set of hilding fellows there were, whom we dismissed to find them a new master — enough had been done for revenge and profit; the bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.
Word: leman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lemman, variant of leofman, from Old English *lēofmann ("lover; sweetheart"; attested as a personal name), equivalent to lief + man ("beloved person"). In the past, incorrectly asserted to derive from French l'aimant (“the [male] lover”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛmən/, /ˈliːmən/ 1. One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress). Labels: archaic Example: Faire Venus seemde vnto his bed to bring Her, whom he waking euermore did weene, To be the chastest flowre, that ay did spring On earthly braunch, the daughter of a king, Now a loose Leman to vile seruice bound[…]. Example: The prisoner I speak of is better booty—a jolly monk riding to visit his leman, an I may judge by his horse-gear and wearing apparel. 2. A paramour. Labels: often, pejorative Example: '...They are lost, I tell thee, they are lost. For them there is no heaven nor hell, and in neither shall they praise God’s name.’ ‘Father,’ cried the young Fisherman, ‘thou knowest not what thou sayest. Once in my net I snared the daughter of a King. She is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For her body I would give my soul, and for her love I would surrender heaven. Tell me what I ask of thee, and let me go in peace.’ ‘Away! Away!’ cried the Priest: ‘thy leman is lost, and thou shalt be lost with her.’ And he gave him no blessing, but drove him from his door. Example: And he sent the news to William the Lyon, sitting drinking the wine and fondling his bonny lemans in Edinburgh Town, and William made him the Knight of Kinraddie[…].
Word: pyet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pie + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪət/ 1. A magpie; a water ouzel. Labels: Northern, Scotland, UK Example: Here cometh the worthy prelate, as pert as a pyet.
Word: piet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɪət/ 1. The magpie. Labels: Ireland, UK, regional Example: We teach Blacke-birds, Starlins, Ravens, Piots, and Parots to chat[…]. Example: Some of the domestick Ducks are all white, others all black, others like Piets, partly white, partly black; and others subcineritious, as all wilde ones are.
Word: pyot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to pie + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪət/ 1. A magpie; a water ouzel. Labels: Northern, Scotland, UK
Word: brighten up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪtən ʌp/, /ˈbɹaɪ̯ʔn̩ ʌp/ 1. To become brighter Labels: intransitive 2. To make cheerful. Labels: transitive Example: Her kindness brightened up my day. Example: You can brighten up a room by hanging new wallpaper. 3. To become more attractive. Labels: intransitive
Word: recheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Anglo-Norman; compare Old French racheter (“rally”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈt͡ʃiːt/ 1. A series of notes blown on a horn as a signal in hunting to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game. Labels: archaic Example: [B]ut that I vvill haue a rechate vvinded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an inuiſible baldricke, all vvomen ſhall pardon mee: becauſe I vvill not doe them the vvrong to miſtruſt any, I vvill doe my ſelfe the right to truſt none: […] Example: Prior, that last flourish on the recheat hath added fifty crowns to thy ransom, for corrupting the true old manly blasts of venerie.
Word: recheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Anglo-Norman; compare Old French racheter (“rally”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈt͡ʃiːt/ 1. To blow the recheat. Labels: obsolete Example: Rechating with his horne, which then the Hunter cheeres, Whilst still the lustie Stag his high-palm’d head up-beares,
Word: sweetening Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of making something sweeter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sweetener. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Honey is the oldest of sweetenings.
Word: sweetening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sweeten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: insisting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of insistent.
Word: insisting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of insist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inventing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnvɛntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of invent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: close-fitting Part of Speech: adj 1. Snug, tight, form-fitting. Example: Her close-fitting clothes showed off her assets. Example: Though this arrangement was a vast improvement on what had gone before, the engine crew were still very conscious of a side wind round their legs, and it was not until 1892 that R. J. Billinton rectified this, when he built his "D3" Class 0-4-4 bogie tank engines Nos. 363-398, and provided them with waist-high close-fitting cab doors.
Word: exclamatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin exclāmātōrius. Pronunciation: /ɛksˈklæməˌtɔɹi/ 1. Resembling an exclamation. 2. Emphatic.
Word: buskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from Old French bousequin, variant of brousequin (compare modern French brodequin), probably from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌskɪn/ 1. A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height. Labels: historical Example: She, having hong upon a bough on high / Her bow and painted quiver, had unlaste / Her silver buskins from her nimble thigh […] Example: With this knife also, he will joynt a Deere, or any beast, shape his shooes, buskins, mantels, etc. 2. A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals. 3. A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy. Labels: historical Example: One thing we do know about the staging of Greek plays is that the tragic actors wore buskins on their feet that elevated them several inches above the ground. (They also wore masks.) But the members of the chorus did not wear buskins, though the sometimes wore masks. The comparison between the size of the tragic protagonists, on the one hand, and the members of the chorus, on the other hand, was thus highly significant. 4. Tragic drama; tragedy. Labels: broadly Example: Such an undertaking by no means benefits the low-heeled buskin of modern fiction. 5. An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
Word: metaphoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English metaphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metaphoric From metaphor + -ic. 1. Synonym of metaphorical.
Word: massively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English massive 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 English -ly English massively From massive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmæs.ɪv.li/ 1. In a massive manner, in a way that appears large, heavy or imposing. Example: The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing. Example: Some of the most impressive applications of massively parallel computing have been in the context of wide-area distributed platforms. 2. Greatly. Labels: slang
Word: nucleic Part of Speech: adj 1. Referring to the nucleus of something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nucleic acids are found in the nuclei of cells.
Word: paints Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /peɪnts/ 1. plural of paint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paints Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /peɪnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Kingdom County Part of Speech: name 1. County Kerry. Labels: Ireland, informal
Word: gate guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A decommissioned aircraft, artillery piece, or tank, displayed near the entrance to an airport or military base.
Word: first bite free Part of Speech: noun 1. The concept that a dog is not considered dangerous until it has bitten someone. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: hull splash Part of Speech: verb 1. To reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it. Example: Repair parts coverage may block protection sought by boat builders By Jim Flannery Staff Writer Boatbuilders are looking to federal design protection legislation as their best hope for deterring hull splashing, following laut year's Supreme Court ruling against state anti-splash laws. Example: During hearings to ban hull splashing, or the copying of hulls, Representative Howard Coble of North Carolina suggested that all hulls be registered with the Copyright office.
Word: hull splash Part of Speech: noun 1. The wave produced by the hull of a boat hitting the water. Example: A quick look at the underwater profile reveals a deep forefoot and fine entry at the bow that virtually eliminates pounding and helps to reduce hull splash noise. Example: For other hull shapes than Wigley, the hull splash itself may overturn and merge with a breaking wave.
Word: bush baptist Part of Speech: noun 1. A fictitious religious affiliation, invoked by a person who does not claim or admit affiliation with a particular church. Labels: slang Example: I asked Jim what religion he was, and he replied "bush baptist". 2. A person not educated in any particular religion; a religious zealot or proselytiser not educated in religion. Labels: slang Example: Annesley knew this meant that she was not to tell tales, but about what? Did Uncle Walker want his Bush Baptist religion kept a secret? Example: 1999, American Association for State and Local History, History News, Volumes 54-56, page 69, The Creole slave revolts in Dominica in 1823, involved bush Baptists and slave catechists who attacked plantations and which led to 250 deaths; […]
Word: money tree Part of Speech: noun 1. An imaginary tree from which money can be plucked. See money doesn't grow on trees. Example: Maybe we could learn how to grow money trees. Example: Money does not grow on trees. There is no money tree at Mount Kildare. If we had a money tree, boys, there would be no need of the bakery, no need of the raffle. 2. The Malabar chestnut, Pachira aquatica. Labels: name 3. The jade plant, Crassula ovata. 4. The cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao. 5. A kind of holy tree believed to bring money and good fortune. Labels: Chinese 6. A miniature tree sculpture decorated with currency, often used as a raffle prize or a gift. Labels: US Example: 1972, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, American Association of Industrial Nurses, Occupational Health Nursing, Volume 20, page 26, NIAIN′s one money making project of the year, a money tree, was raffled off and won by Virginia Call of Bell and Howell. Example: 2001, Daniel J. Brown, Chapter 11: School Voluntarism, Social Capital, and Civil Society, Heinz-Dieter Meyer, William Lowe Boyd (editors), Education: Between States, Markets, and Civil Society: Comparative Perspectives, Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey, page 173, Donations from teachers and others were converted into coinage for a money tree that was raffled for $500. 7. A cheap tree sculpture, decorated with currency, used as a raffle prize because it would be illegal to offer a cash prize. Labels: Australia
Word: myelitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myelo- + -itis. From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “fire”). 1. Inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mynah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of myna. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mysteriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mysterious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English mysteriousness From mysterious + -ness. 1. The quality of being mysterious. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-Seven Sermons for the Summer Half-Year, Sermon II, Part II in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year, London: Tyler & Royston, 1668, p. 14, https://books.google.ca/books?id=heNBAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false This may seem strange; and indeed it is so: and it is one of the great mysteriousnesses of the Gospel. Example: This sort of mysteriousness, which is always so becoming in a hero, threw a fresh grace in Catherine's imagination around his person and manners, and increased her anxiety to know more of him.
Word: mystically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic English -al English mystical 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 English -ly English mystically From mystical + -ly. 1. In a mystical manner. 2. Cryptically, disguisedly, with a meaning not openly stated. Labels: archaic Example: I spoke to her of power and pride, But mystically—in such guise That she might deem it nought beside The moment’s converse; […]
Word: mystification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mystification. 1. The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the platform intermediate signals. By this time the calling-on arm is pulled off, and a few minutes later in comes the train, unannounced by the loud-speakers, to the mystification of many travellers. Example: For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification. 2. A mystifying thing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mythologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser. Pronunciation: /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/ 1. To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Most of Æsopes fables have divers senses, and severall interpretations: Those which Mythologize them, chuse some kinde of colour well-suting with the fable; but for the most part, it is no more than the first and superficiall glosse[…]. 2. To construct a myth or mythology. Labels: intransitive 3. To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. Labels: transitive
Word: neurotransmiters Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of neurotransmitters. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: neurotransmitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurotransmitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synapses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnæpsɪz/, /sɪˈnæpsiːz/ 1. plural of synapse Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of synapsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synapses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnæpsɪz/, /sɪˈnæpsiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of synapse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mobilizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mobilize + -er. 1. a person who mobilizes something
Word: mobster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mob Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English mobster From mob + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒb.stə/, /ˈmɑb.stɚ/ 1. A member of a mob or Mafia. Example: The proprietor was a "Zip" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf. Example: Most of the carpet joints were run by the mobsters and local henchmen associated with the Mayfield Road Gang, but Peter Schmidt's Playtorium and Glenn Rendezvous were also included.
Word: mocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mock + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkɚ/, /ˈmɔkɚ/, /ˈmɔkə/ 1. A person who mocks. 2. A mockingbird. 3. A deceiver; an impostor. Labels: archaic
Word: modeling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model English -ing English modeling From model + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of model Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: modeling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model English -ing English modeling From model + -ing. 1. The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. The profession of someone who models clothes. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. The learning of a new skill by copying other people. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: moderateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English moderate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English moderateness From moderate + -ness. 1. the quality of being moderate Labels: uncountable
Word: moleskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mole + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/ 1. The fur of a mole. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Clothing made of this fabric. Labels: broadly, countable, in-plural, uncountable 4. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: moleskin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mole + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/ 1. To cover with a moleskin bandage. Example: Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...
Word: enzymes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enzyme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptive enzymes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adaptive enzyme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 5-hydroxytryptamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It is a tryptamine with a hydroxyl group attached to the carbon atom that is numbered as 5. 1. The neurotransmitter serotonin. Labels: uncountable
Word: astoundingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English astounding Middle English -ly English -ly English astoundingly From astounding + -ly. 1. In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze. Example: For such a fancy, well-known restaurant, the food was astoundingly bad.
Word: stylistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English style Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English stylistic From style + -istic. Pronunciation: /staɪˈlɪstɪk/, /stɪˈlɪstɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to style, especially to linguistic or literary style.
Word: play doctor Part of Speech: noun 1. A professional who is called in to revise a play written by someone else. Example: If Shakespeare lived to-day he would have waited four years to have his first comedy read and accepted—after which it would have been re-written by the stage carpenter and the leading lady and put on with interpolated songs and a costume chorus with a play doctor in the rear of the theater keeping track of the laughs with a hand comptometer.
Word: play doctor Part of Speech: verb 1. To pretend to be doctor and patient as a form of child play. 2. To explore or sexually engage with another person's private parts, particularly in the context of roleplay of a medical nature. Labels: usually Example: […] Jimmie volunteered, […] "How can you have kids if you don't play doctor?" Example: By the time they are six, they may play doctor and take one another's rectal temperature or place objects into their orifices, […]
Word: dinq Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Initialism of delinquent in nuclear qualifications, originally used in nuclear submarine programs. Pronunciation: /dɪŋk/ 1. Not making a requisite amount of progress in one's qualifications. Labels: Navy, US, not-comparable, slang Example: My mate is so dinq that he could get 100 signatures a day and he'd still be behind.
Word: celestial bodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celestial body Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From philo- + -graphy. 1. An academic discipline of all forms and styles of writing Labels: uncountable 2. A love for writing Labels: uncountable
Word: philographer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person devoted to studying and producing written works.
Word: molecularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English molecularity From molecular + -ity. 1. The state of being molecular Labels: uncountable 2. The number or molecules that react directly with one another Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: momentousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English momentous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English momentousness From momentous + -ness. Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəsnəs/ 1. The quality of being momentous. Labels: uncountable Example: There's a scene near the end in which our ensemble receives some wholesome wisdom from a woman selling balloons in the park, portrayed by Angela Lansbury. Her presence and the momentousness appended to it make no sense, because this role was very clearly conceived for Julie Andrews, who wanted no part in all this.
Word: monocled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monocle + -ed. 1. Wearing a monocle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: motiveless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English motiveless From motive + -less. 1. Without a motive. Labels: not-comparable Example: This seems to have been a motiveless crime: no money was stolen, and nobody had cause to hate the victim. Example: He was interested in their genuine, yet refined simplicity; and, moreover, the most worn and worldly natures vindicate their humanity by occasional preferences and motiveless likings.
Word: proprioceptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proprioceptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meta-ethics Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of metaethics. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable