nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: quire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and hora. Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Poetic spelling of choir (“to sing in concert”). Example: Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven / Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: / There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st / But in his motion like an angel sings, / Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins; / Such harmony is in immortal souls; / But whilst this muddy vesture of decay / Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. Example: I saw the 'potamus take wing / Ascending from the damp savannas, / And quiring angels round him sing / The praise of God, in loud hosannas.
Word: quite Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat). Pronunciation: /kwaɪt/ 1. Indicates agreement; exactly so. Labels: UK Example: “That's a rather ugly colour for a house, don't you think?” — “Quite.”
Word: quite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish quite. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːteɪ/ 1. A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
Word: quitrent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of quit + rent. 1. A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.
Word: quixotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English quixotic 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 quixotically From quixotic + -ally. 1. In a quixotic manner.
Word: quixotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Quixote 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 quixotism From Quixote + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪksəˌtɪzm/ 1. A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: M. Georges Berry, the Paris municipal councilor, has broken many a lance in tilting against old, and in some cases, time honored, abuses, and for his pains has not infrequently heard it suggested that there was a dash of Quixotism in his composition. Example: For the rest of his life, [Miguel de] Unamuno urged his fellow Spaniards to practice quixotism, which meant adopting the moral courage necessary to fight for lost causes without caring what the world thinks.
Word: quixotry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Quixote + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪksətɹi/ 1. A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She knew that her brother was capable of any quixotry, any excess. Example: His quixotry might exasperate, but could not affront, them.
Word: quob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quabbe, from Old English *cwabbe, from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā (“soggy ground”). Compare Middle Low German quobbe (“swampy ground”), Middle High German quabbe (“marshy ground, unstable moorland”), whence Modern German Quabbe (“large bulge”). For the verb, compare German Low German quabbeln, quobbeln (“to tremble, vibrate”), German quabbeln (“to move back and forth as a squishy mass, wobble, jiggle”). Pronunciation: /kwɒb/, /kwɑb/ 1. To throb; to quiver. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, rare Example: For the gray mass quobbed and quivered, and swelled perpetually
Word: quob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quabbe, from Old English *cwabbe, from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā (“soggy ground”). Compare Middle Low German quobbe (“swampy ground”), Middle High German quabbe (“marshy ground, unstable moorland”), whence Modern German Quabbe (“large bulge”). For the verb, compare German Low German quabbeln, quobbeln (“to tremble, vibrate”), German quabbeln (“to move back and forth as a squishy mass, wobble, jiggle”). Pronunciation: /kwɒb/, /kwɑb/ 1. A marshy spot; bog, quagmire; quicksand. Labels: dialectal 2. A heap or mess; a bad condition. Labels: dialectal 3. An unfirm layer of fat. Labels: dialectal 4. A throb or palpitation. Labels: dialectal
Word: quotationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English quotation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English quotationist From quotation + -ist (suffix denoting a person who engages in a particular type of activity). Pronunciation: /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənɪst/, /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌkwoʊˈteɪʃənəst/ 1. One who makes, or is given to making, quotations; a quoter. Example: Let the ſtatutes of God be turn'd over, be ſcann'd a nevv, and conſider'd not altogether by the narrovv intellectuals of quotationiſts and common placers, but (as vvas the ancient right of Counſels) by men of vvhat liberall profeſſion ſoever, of eminent ſpirit and breeding, joyn'd vvith a diffuſe and various knovvledge of divine and human things; able to ballance and define good and civill, right and vvrong throughout every ſtate of life; […] Example: As a quotationist he [Robert Southey] exceeds Old Burton [Robert Burton?]. Quoting is with him a ‘sine qua nonniness’, a happy term which I make him my best bow for inventing.
Word: quotha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From quoth + a (“he”) (dialectal, obsolete). 1. Forsooth; indeed. Labels: archaic Example: Here[ticus]. Then I praie you tell me, when we shall mete agayne: Cath[olicus]. Mete againe? why art thou not well yet? Here[ticus]. Well yet quotha? Mary sir all this is nothynge to that I looke for. Example: 1678, Thomas d’Urfey, The Fool Turn’d Critick, London: James Magnes and Richard Bentley, Act II, Scene 2, p. 15, 1st. Fid[dler]. Will it please you Gentlemen to hear a new Lesson, or a Song A-la-mode. Sir For[mal]. S’bud you impertinent Raskal get you gone, / Or I’le so batter that Musical sconce of yours. / Song A-la-mode Quotha, I had as lieve hear a / Gibb Catt howl, and as much pleasure I take in’t.
Word: quotient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs. Pronunciation: /ˈkwəʊʃənt/, /ˈkwoʊʃənt/ 1. The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another. Example: Dividing 12 by 4 yields a quotient of 3. 2. By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers. 3. A quotum or quota. Labels: obsolete, rare 4. The number of runs scored per wicket lost when batting, divided by the number of runs conceded per wicket taken when bowling — used as a league table tiebreaker in some first-class tournaments. 5. A mathematical structure formed by identifying elements within a larger one.
Word: quotient Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs. Pronunciation: /ˈkwəʊʃənt/, /ˈkwoʊʃənt/ 1. To identify elements within a mathematical structure so as to create a quotient. Example: We show that such deformations still exists after quotienting out by diffeomorphisms only if the non linear addition is non associative. Example: In type theory, one commonly replaces quotients with setoids. In this approach, the delay datatype quotiented by weak bisimilarity is still a monad–a constructive alternative to the maybe monad.
Word: quotiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quotus (“of what number, how many”). 1. The relation of an object to number. Labels: uncountable
Word: quotum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the neuter of Latin quotus (“of what number”). 1. A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
Word: quota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota. Pronunciation: /ˈkwəʊ.tə/, /ˈkwoʊ.tə/, [ˈkwoʊ.ɾə], /ˈkwəʉ.tə/, [ˈkwəʉ.ɾə] 1. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. 2. A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal. Example: The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters). Example: Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.' 3. A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Word: quotable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quotable From quote + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈkwəʊtəbəl/ 1. Capable or worthy of being quoted Example: a quotable writer Example: a quotable sentence
Word: quo warranto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin quō warrantō (“by what warrant”). 1. A legal proceeding used to challenge the right of an individual or corporation to hold a public office or to exercise a certain franchise or privilege.
Word: quoll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the earlier form je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr dhigul. Recorded by Banks but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwəʊl/, /ˈkwoʊl/ 1. Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a domestic cat.
Word: quittor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/, [ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ] 1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
Word: quitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪ.tə/ 1. Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. Labels: Jamaica, regional, uncountable Example: Therfor Sathan [...] smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil. 2. Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 3. Scoria of tin. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: quitter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪ.tə/ 1. To suppurate; ooze with pus.
Word: quitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English quit 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 quitter From quit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪ.tə/ 1. One who quits, as: Example: Winners never quit and quitters never win. Example: Don't be a quitter — hang in there! 2. One who quits, as: Example: Quitters are winners! If you can't quit on the first try, hang in there and try to quit again! 3. A leaver. Labels: archaic 4. A deliverer. Labels: obsolete
Word: quitely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quite + -ly. Probably unconnected with Middle English quitly. 1. Quite. Labels: humorous, not-comparable
Word: quitely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Misspelling. 1. Misspelling of quietly. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: impossible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/, [ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bl̩], /ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/, [ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bl̩], /ɪmˈpɑ.sə.bəl/ 1. Not possible; not able to be done or happen. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Antonio: What impossible matter will he make easy next? Sebastian: I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple. Antonio : And sowing the kernels of it in the sea bring forth more islands. Example: It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them. 2. Very difficult to deal with. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, usually Example: You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible! Example: This humidity is impossible. 3. imaginary Labels: dated, not-comparable, usually Example: impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers
Word: impossible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/, [ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bl̩], /ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/, [ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bl̩], /ɪmˈpɑ.sə.bəl/ 1. An impossibility. Example: In fact, to most people, the real impossibles do not seem impossible, or wonderful, or even difficult at all. Example: “Ye can't expect impossibles, and Jim hadn't no idee o' takin' yer trunk along of him in ther buggy when he kem hyar this mornin'. 2. A skateboard trick consisting of a backflip performed in midair.
Word: joyous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/ 1. Full of joy; happy. Example: I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering Example: Southgate and his England players repeated the scenes from the dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia as they celebrated in front of joyous supporters at the final whistle[…]
Word: LAN Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /læn/, /ˌɛl ˌeɪ ˈɛn/ 1. Acronym of local area network. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: A LAN connects all of the computers in our office. 2. An in-person tournament that uses LAN. Labels: countable
Word: originally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English originali; equivalent to original + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.nə.li/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nə.li/, /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.ə.nə.li/, /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.nə.li/ 1. As it was in the beginning; at first. Labels: not-comparable Example: Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age. Example: There are 36 known praenomina, though there may originally have been more. 2. In an original manner. Example: They had to think originally to come up with those creative ideas.
Word: square dancing Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dance in which eight dancers are arranged in a square as four couples, with a caller calling or singing out the movements that the dancers are to perform. Labels: uncountable
Word: dos-à-dos Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dos a dos. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: top secret Part of Speech: adj 1. Information classified at one of the highest levels of sensitivity by a government, based on an assessment that it would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed. Labels: not-comparable Example: NSA's report on the Liberty incident was originally classified top secret. Example: 'Well, here's the dope, Bill.' He handed over the black folder with the red star which stood for Top Secret. 2. A level of security clearance needed to access such information. Labels: not-comparable 3. Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Steve Jobs set up a top secret team to design the Macintosh.
Word: top secret Part of Speech: noun 1. A secret that is classed as "top secret"; top-secret information. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see top, secret.
Word: mes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of me Labels: form-of, plural Example: If I travelled back in time to witness my own birth, would there be two mes?
Word: kitchenette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kitchen Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette English kitchenette From kitchen + -ette (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌkɪt͡ʃəˈnɛt/ 1. A small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room. Example: It is a kind of large cellar with a kitchenette and a bathroomette adjoining. Example: Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.
Word: kitchen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, a borrowing from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen; cuisine”), from coquō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). In other languages, the cognate term often refers both to the room and the type of cooking. In English, the distinction is generally made via the etymological twins kitchen (“room”) (Latin via Germanic) and cuisine (“type of cooking”) (Latin via French). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)n/, /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkit͡ʃin/ 1. To do kitchen work; to prepare food. Example: A dress scarcely suited to woodland kitchening was defended by an apron borrowed from the maid. Example: "...May I ? " added the speaker, and forthwith took his answer from his master's smile ; "may I respectfully see what the old one has kitchened for you when I was not there ? " 2. To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc. Example: I have found it so, for whenever I saw the meal and potatoes running low, I spared them, and kitchened them all I could, and never was run out of them till the new came in. Example: I "kitchened" my loaf, as they say in Scotland, with a pennyworth of butter, and occasionally with lettuce or a few radishes in their season ; and the beverage with which I regaled myself, after my meals, was a glass of water from the nearest pump. 3. To embellish; to dress up. Labels: broadly Example: His Maker has not so endowed him as to lay him under the necessity of kitchening, so to speak, a slender share of talent, and, by rigid economy, make it go as far as possible. Example: But as in his novels and other work there is a 'kitchening' of the material, a tentativeness.
Word: knackered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the verb knacker. Pronunciation: /ˈnæk.əd/, /ˈnæk.ɚd/ 1. Tired or exhausted. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, sometimes Example: I've got this job in a warehouse just now and it finishes quite early but I'm dead knackered at the end of the day so I don't know about going out and like studying every night. Example: 2003, Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare (editors), The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values, Frank Cass Publishers, London, 2005, page 225, Then, it all just gets worse and worse, you don't sleep so much, so you don't recover as well from the day's racing, so you go into your reserves, you get more knackered, so you sleep less... It's simply a vicious circle.
Word: knackered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the verb knacker. Pronunciation: /ˈnæk.əd/, /ˈnæk.ɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of knacker Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knackered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From "ready for the knacker's yard" or "fit to be knackered", meaning "worn-out livestock, fit to be slaughtered and rendered". Pronunciation: /ˈnæk.əd/, /ˈnæk.ɚd/ 1. Broken, inoperative. Labels: Ireland, South-Africa, UK, colloquial Example: In the end though he had to admit that the car was knackered... Example: We take an old knackered machine out to China and say, 'Copy that, brand new,' and they do.
Word: allemande left Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French allemande (“German”) + left. Contrary to some folk etymologies, this term does not come from the phrase a la main (“by the hand”). 1. Move in which two facing dancers take left hands or forearms, turn halfway around to the left, let go, and step forward.
Word: posse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of posse comitatus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒs.i/, /ˈpɑs.i/ 1. A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd. Example: It is traditional in America to criticize the schools; for more than a century, parents, self-styled experts, and educators themselves have attacked and indicted the educational system. No aspect of schooling has been more severely criticized than reading instruction. The current books have a long ancestry, and every innovation carries in its train a posse of suspicious and, one feels, unpersuadable observers. 2. A group of people summoned to help law enforcement. Labels: historical Example: He […] no sooner set his nose within the room to which he was directed, than the constable and his posse sprung upon him, before he had the least intimation of his design, or any opportunity of acting in his own defence. Example: Mathews then appointed Morton as a deputy sheriff and after a posse had been selected, they went in pursuit of the criminals. Within a few hours, the posse overtook the thieves. 3. A search party. Labels: US 4. A criminal gang. Labels: Jamaica, US, slang Example: Jamaican posses can be traced back to the Jamaican neighborhoods, and posse names correspond to the names of each neighborhood in which the gangs operate. 5. A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. Labels: colloquial Example: Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply. […] She was breaking a rule of big-city life, breaking it brazenly, sure of her power, confident of her turf and posse, fearing nothing. Example: But the few friends that I DO have are my “ride or die” chicks—my posse.
Word: Tajiki Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of Tajik Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tajiki Part of Speech: name 1. The dialect of the Persian language spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Word: Tajiki Persian Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Tajik (“dialect of Persian”)
Word: Tamilian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tamil Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tamilian From Tamil + -ian. 1. a person of Tamil ethnicity
Word: Tamilian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tamil Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tamilian From Tamil + -ian. 1. Tamil Labels: not-comparable
Word: lass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more. Cognates Scots lass, lassie Pronunciation: /læs/ 1. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. Example: Come and dance, ye lads and lasses! Example: [T]heyr founders soules / Haue lost theyr beade rolles, / The mony for theyr masses / Spent amonge wanton lasses; […] 2. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. Labels: specifically Example: Jenny Hill, a pale, overwrought, pretty Salvation lass of 18, comes in through the yard gate, leading Peter Shirley, a half hardened, half worn-out elderly man, weak with hunger. 3. A sweetheart. Labels: Geordie, Wearside, especially Example: But firſt him ſeemed fit, that vvounded Knight / To viſite, after this nights perillous paſſe, / And to ſalute him, if he vvere in plight, / And eke [also] that Lady his faire louely laſſe. Example: It vvas a Louer, and his laſſe, / VVith a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, / That o're the greene corne feild did paſſe, / In the ſpring time, the onely pretty rang [ring] time, / VVhen Birds do ſing, hey ding a ding, ding. 4. A female servant; a maid, a maidservant. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: […] I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our supper, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room. Example: [S]ure aneugh, the lass washed clottered blood aff the carpet the neist day. 5. A term of address for a woman, or a female animal. Labels: Scotland, familiar Example: As fair art thou, my bonie laſs, / So deep in luve am I; / And I will luve thee ſtill, my Dear, / Till a' the ſeas gang dry. Example: "Hi, Juno, lass—hi, old girl; down, Daph, down," said Wardle, caressing the dogs.
Word: mililiter Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of milliliter. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: spite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”). Pronunciation: /spaɪt/ 1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do. Example: They did it just for spite. 2. Vexation; chagrin; mortification. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite."
Word: spite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”). Pronunciation: /spaɪt/ 1. To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart. Labels: transitive Example: She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband. 2. To be angry at; to hate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The Danes, then […] pagans, principally spited places of religion. 3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. Labels: transitive Example: But the laſt and fatal Blow, given to that antient Learning, was in the time of Darius, Father of Xerxes, who with the reſt of the Perſians, ſpighted at the Magi, upon the Uſurpation of the Crown by one of their Number, (that counterfeited a younger Son of Cyrus after the Death of Cambyſes,) when he came to be ſetled in that Throne, endeavour'd to aboliſh, not only their Learning and Credit, but their Language too, by changing the old Aſſyrian Characters, and introducing thoſe of Perſia, which grew to be the common Uſe of that whole Empire.
Word: spite Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /spaɪt/ 1. Notwithstanding; despite.
Word: dos a dos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). Pronunciation: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ 1. A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other. 2. A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back. Labels: historical
Word: dos a dos Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). Pronunciation: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ 1. Back to back. Labels: not-comparable Example: to sit dos a dos on a camel Example: to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back
Word: Channel Island fox Part of Speech: noun 1. A fox of species Urocyon littoralis, native to the Channel Islands off the coast of California. Each of the six largest islands in the chain has its own native subspecies of fox.
Word: GBA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of God bless America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gender-based analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of gut-brain axis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GBA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Game Boy Advance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Up to four players can link up their GBAs and Fire Emblem Game Paks and vie for gladiatorial dominance in the Multiplayer Link Arena.
Word: genuflect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ǵónu From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/ 1. To bend the knee, as in servitude. Labels: archaic, intransitive 2. To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship. Labels: intransitive Example: At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer. Example: First you get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries, / Bow your head with great respect, and / genuflect, genuflect, genuflect. 3. To behave in a servile manner; to grovel. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn.
Word: unit interval Part of Speech: noun 1. the interval [0,1], that is the set of all real numbers x such that zero is less than or equal to x and x is less than or equal to one 2. symbol duration time. Example: The unit interval of a signal with a baud rate of 1,000 Bd is 1 millisecond.
Word: xyster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξυστήρ (xustḗr, “scraper”), from ξύω (xúō, “scrape”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪs.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈzɪs.tɚ/ 1. A surgical instrument used to scrape bones.
Word: jaghirdar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jagirdar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jaghir Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jagir. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He figured why pay your generals hefty salaries and award them vast jagirs if you were going to end up doing all the work anyway?
Word: haaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse haf (“the sea”). Cognate with Danish hav, Old English hæf (Etymology 2). Pronunciation: /hɑf/ 1. the open sea, especially as a place to fish Labels: Scotland, Shetland Example: The banks to which they repair for the haaf fishing, are often many miles distant from the station where the fish is dried; so that they are always twenty or thirty hours absent, frequently longer; and under unfavourable circumstances of wind and tide, they remain at sea, with a very small stock of provisions, and in a boat of a construction which seems extremely slender, for two or three days, and are sometimes heard of no more. Example: The haaf-boat was as well maintained as any vessel in the islands; her master had a reputation for thoroughness, for all he was barely twenty years of age. 2. the practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk Labels: Shetland Example: Although men concentrated at the main haaf stations during the summer fishing season, they reverted to their homes in crofting townships for the remainder of the year.
Word: Aesopian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Aesopius (“Aesopian”), from Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos, “the famous Greek fabulist Aesop”). Pronunciation: /iːˈsəʊpɪən/, /iːˈsoʊpi.ən/ 1. Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop. Labels: not-comparable 2. Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables. Labels: comparable 3. Employing or having an ambiguous or allegorical meaning, especially a political meaning. Labels: comparable Example: When a government makes it impossible for people to talk about actions of the government that the population rejects, as often happened in Soviet times, those who still want to talk about such things and to bring to the attention of others their thoughts routinely turn to Aesopian language.
Word: waag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Tigrinya ወዓግ (wäʿag). Pronunciation: /wɑɡ/ 1. The grivet (an African monkey) - Chlorocebus aethiops.
Word: uncipher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cipher English uncipher From un- + cipher. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsaɪfə/ 1. To decode or decipher. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: y- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Middle English y- English y- Inherited from Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-). Pronunciation: /ɪ-/, /ə-/ 1. Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete Example: ybaptized, ybarred, yclad, yclept, yronne, yslain ― baptized, barred, clothed, cleped, run, slain
Word: drier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/, [ˈdɹaɪɚ], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ], /ˈdɹaɪə/ 1. Alternative spelling of dryer. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: drier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dry Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English drier From dry + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/, [ˈdɹaɪɚ], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ], /ˈdɹaɪə/ 1. comparative form of dry: more dry Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: mad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣd, ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change; damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), literary German gemeit (“mad, insane”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs, “crippled”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"; compare Old Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”), Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)). Pronunciation: /ˈmæd/, /ˈmæːd/, /ˈmɛəd/ 1. Insane; crazy, mentally deranged. Labels: UK Example: You want to spend a thousand pounds on a pair of shoes? Are you mad? Example: He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women. 2. Angry, annoyed. Labels: US, informal Example: Are you mad at me? Example: And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities. 3. Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval. Labels: informal Example: Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it. Example: I'm not mad at this little house, though. 4. Bizarre; incredible. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: It's mad that I got that job back a day after being fired. 5. Wildly confused or excited. Example: to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred Example: It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 6. Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent. 7. Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for. Labels: colloquial, usually Example: Aren't you just mad for that red dress? Example: My wife is soccer-mad. 8. Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies. Example: a mad dog 9. Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much, excellent or many. Labels: New-York, slang Example: I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets. Their lead guitarist has mad skills. There are always mad girls at those parties. 10. Having impaired polarity.
Word: mad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣd, ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change; damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), literary German gemeit (“mad, insane”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs, “crippled”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"; compare Old Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”), Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)). Pronunciation: /ˈmæd/, /ˈmæːd/, /ˈmɛəd/ 1. Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably. Labels: Ireland, New-York, UK, dialectal, not-comparable, slang Example: He was driving mad slow. Example: It's mad hot today.
Word: mad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English madden, from the adjective; compare Old English ġemǣdan. Pronunciation: /ˈmæd/, /ˈmæːd/, /ˈmɛəd/ 1. To be or become mad. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding. 2. To madden, to anger, to frustrate. Labels: Jamaica, US, colloquial Example: This musick mads me, let it sound no more. Example: He that mads others, if he were so humoured, would be as mad himself, as much grieved and tormented […].
Word: dryer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/, [ˈdɹaɪɚ], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ], /ˈdɹaɪə/ 1. One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative Example: The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth. Example: At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls,[…] 2. Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Short for hair dryer Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, rare 4. A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Word: dryer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dry Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English dryer From dry + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/, [ˈdɹaɪɚ], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ], /ˈdɹaɪə/ 1. comparative form of dry: more dry Labels: US, comparative, form-of
Word: Yamato Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 大和 (Yamato), itself of uncertain derivation, but likely related to 山 (yama, “mountains”). See Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Pronunciation: /jɑˈmɑtoʊ/, /ˈjɑːmətəʊ/ 1. Ancient Japan. Labels: historical Example: The museum curator said that the sword originated from the Yamato period in Japan. 2. Any of several towns in Japan; see Wikipedia. 3. The imperial house which formerly ruled Japan from the province of Yamato; by extension, the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Example: In Japanese society, Koreans are viewed as being of a lower rung on the social ladder compared to Yamato people. 4. A male given name from Japanese. 5. A surname from Japanese. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Yamato.
Word: Yamato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 大和 (Yamato), itself of uncertain derivation, but likely related to 山 (yama, “mountains”). See Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Pronunciation: /jɑˈmɑtoʊ/, /ˈjɑːmətəʊ/ 1. A member of the Yamato court which formerly ruled Japan. 2. A member of the ethnic group that comprises over 90% of the population of Japan, native to the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Example: When the Guptas were ruling in India and the Tang were ruling in China and the Yamatos were ruling in Japan, no one was ruling in Australia! The people of Australia were nomads. 3. One of a class of battleships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
Word: trireme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ.ɹiːm/ 1. A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship. Labels: historical
Word: arbalest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus + ballista. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːbəlɪst/, /ˈɑɹbəlɪst/ 1. A steel crossbow. Example: He excelled with the arbalest steel crossbow, winning the nickname the Arbalestier and joined Bahriyya regiment, the crack soldiers who defeated the Crusaders and became known as the Turkish Lions and the Islamic Templars. 2. A crossbowman who uses an arbalest.
Word: einherjar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse einherjar (plural, literally “lone fighters”) (rarely attested singular einheri). Pronunciation: /eɪnˈhɛɹ.jɑɹ/ 1. The warriors who died fighting bravely and were brought by valkyries to Valhalla, where they feast and prepare for Ragnarok. Labels: Norse, plural, plural-only
Word: jarl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *erlaz Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ) Old Norse jarlbor. English jarl From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ). Cognates include Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and eorl. Pronunciation: /jɑɹl̩/, /jɑːl/ 1. A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark. Labels: historical Example: There were three kinds of Viking: thralls, karls and jarls. Thralls were the slaves. They were owned by karls and jarls.
Word: paladin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace officer”), derived from palātium (“palace”). Doublet of palatine. Pronunciation: /ˈpælədɪn/ 1. A heroic champion, especially a knight. Example: For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code. Example: Below are the results of a multi-actor simulation containing a bunch of paladins with slightly different L75 and L100 talents. 2. A defender or advocate of a noble cause. 3. Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.
Word: trike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of tricycle, modelled on bike. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪk/ 1. A tricycle, typically that of a child. 2. A three-wheeled motorbike. Example: As a trike, his motorbike gave him more stability at the price of some speed. 3. A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger.
Word: trike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of tricycle, modelled on bike. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪk/ 1. To tricycle; to travel by tricycle.
Word: trike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of triceratops. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪk/ 1. A triceratops. Labels: informal Example: Ellie: Oh, you know, if it's alright, I'd like to stay with Dr. Harding and finish with the trike. Is that okay?
Word: anti-Semitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Semitic; calque of German antisemitisch, which was first used in 1860 by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider. For more see anti-Semitism. Pronunciation: /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/, /ˌæntiːsəˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌæntaɪ-/ 1. Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism. Example: Craig McDermott (Josh Lucas): Are you sure that's Paul Allen over there? Timothy Bryce (Justin Theroux): Yes. McDufus, I am. Craig McDermott: He's handling the Fisher account. Timothy Bryce: Lucky bastard. Craig McDermott: Lucky Jew bastard. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale): Jesus, McDermott, what does that have to do with anything? Craig McDermott: I've seen that bastard sitting in his office, talking on the phone to the CEOs, spinning a fucking menorah. Patrick Bateman: Not a menorah. You spin a dreidel. Craig McDermott: Oh, my God. Bateman, do you want me to fry you up some fucking potato pancakes? Some latkes? Patrick Bateman: No. Just cool it with the anti-Semitic remarks. Craig McDermott: Oh, I forgot. Bateman's dating someone from the ACLU. Example: [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
Word: anti-Semite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1881, from German Antisemit (coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879 as a scientific-sounding self-identification), from German antisemitisch (coined by Moritz Steinschneider in 1860), from anti- + semitisch Pronunciation: /ˌæntiˈsɛmaɪt/, /ˌæntaɪ-/, /ˌæntiˈsiːmaɪt/ 1. Someone with anti-Semitic views. Example: Aw yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire Australian anti-Semite on horseback.
Word: anti-semitism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of anti-Semitism. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: blanc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French blanc (“white”). Doublet of blank. 1. A white person; a person of European or Caucasian descent. Labels: countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable 2. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A white cosmetic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Had Miss Fipps not told her what they were, she would have taken them for ladies of fashion. In an age when women wore less than they had ever done but wore just as much blanc and rouge, there was little difference between the ladies in the side boxes and the ladies in the centre. Example: A guest at a party in 1764 was described as wearing on her face "rather too much yellow mixed with the red; she . . . would look very agreeable if she added blanc to the rouge instead of gamboge."
Word: maestro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magistrum (“master”). Doublet of magister, master, and meister. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪstɹoʊ/, /maɪˈɛstɹoʊ/ 1. A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor. Example: You've never been on a ride like this before; with a producer who can rap and control the maestro. 2. A gang elder in prison. Labels: slang
Word: noir Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro. Pronunciation: /ˈnwɑː/, /ˈnwɑɹ/ 1. Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre Example: As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).
Word: noir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro. Pronunciation: /ˈnwɑː/, /ˈnwɑɹ/ 1. Film noir. Labels: uncountable 2. A production in the style of film noir. Labels: countable Example: Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.