nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: masochistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˌmæ.səˈkɪs.tɪk/ 1. Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abuse, being punished, or dominated. 2. Behavior of someone who puts up with teasing. Labels: colloquial, slang
Word: sitemap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of site map. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Skippy Part of Speech: name Etymology: In reference to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, an Australian television series of the 1960s. 1. Nickname given to people of Australian origin by the British.
Word: dinitrogen trioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₃, a pale blue liquid that reacts with water to form nitrous acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: dinitrogenase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + nitrogen + -ase. 1. Either of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
Word: dinitrogenase reductase Part of Speech: noun 1. One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia. Labels: uncountable
Word: dinitrogen reductase Part of Speech: noun 1. dinitrogenase reductase Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrogenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English nitrogenate From nitrogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen. Labels: transitive 2. To react something with nitrogen. Labels: transitive
Word: nitrogen dioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It can be the poisonous result of a nitric acid spill contacting ambient air. Labels: uncountable Example: Black carbon is the sooty material ejected from diesel engines in their exhaust gases. RSSB notes that it can cause lung diseases. Nitrogen dioxide is also a product of burning diesel and can effect people's lungs.
Word: nitrogen fixer Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant or other organism which performs nitrogen fixation.
Word: nitrogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English nitrogenic From nitrogen + -ic. 1. of, relating to, or containing nitrogen Labels: not-comparable
Word: nitrogenise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of nitrogenize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: believeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *laubō Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laubijaną Proto-West Germanic *laubijan Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan Old English belīefan Middle English bileven English believe English -eth English believeth From believe + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of believe Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that beleeueth on the Sonne, hath euerlaſting life: and he that beleeueth not the Sonne, ſhall not ſee life: but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Word: iniquities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iniquity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chanaan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Canaan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: camped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kæmpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of camp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cleansed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cleanse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sinned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shewed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glorified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glorify Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: They sang hymns that glorified God.
Word: glorified Part of Speech: adj 1. transformed into something more glorious than it actually is (often used sarcastically) Example: The gyroscope is however merely a glorified spinning top […] Example: Voluntary thrift, embodied in industrial insurance, nurtured character, but social insurance was merely a glorified form of poor law legislation.
Word: humbled Part of Speech: adj 1. humiliated; weakened; made to be of a lower status Example: "Too oft my anxious eye has spied That secret grief thou fain wouldst hide, The passing pang of humbled pride;" Example: 1656 The Humbled Sinner Resolved what He Should Do to be Saved, title of book by Obadiah Sedgwick 2. (usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered. Labels: proscribed Example: JJ: Are you humbled by such positive reactions from such a wide spectrum of people, from George A Romero to Harry Knowles? SP: Absolutely. Yeah, it's wonderful. ... We're very humbled and very pleased. Example: We are humbled by the responsibility the American people have placed with us, but this is not a time for celebration. 3. Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness Example: They would continue to suffer greatly but they have a strength that is remarkable. I am humbled by them and privileged to be with them. Example: The written word, he often argued, could only ever be a low-fidelity reproduction of the fullness of being; any text was ultimately humbled by the reality that it sought to represent.
Word: humbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mayest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English may Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English mayest From may + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of may Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
Word: mayst Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /meɪst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of may Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: beauteous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːtɪəs/, /ˈbjuːtʃəs/ 1. beautiful. Labels: formal, literary, poetic Example: VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, And make me trauaile forth without my cloake, To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my way, Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke. Example: O wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there heere? / How beauteous mankinde is? O braue new world / That has ſuch people in't.
Word: cruse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crouse, from Old English crūse (“jar, cruse”), from Proto-West Germanic *krūsā, from Proto-Germanic *krūsǭ, *krūsaz (“jar, pot, collar, jug”). Cognate with German Krause (“pot with a lid”), Icelandic krús (“jar, jug”). Merged with Middle English croo (“pot, pitcher”), from Old English crōg (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). More at crock. Pronunciation: /kɹuːs/, /kɹuːz/ 1. A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water. Labels: archaic Example: With a thought I tooke for Maudline & a cruse of cockle pottage. with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all: I befell into this dotage. Example: He had dipped ungenerously into a generous mother’s purse; basely and recklessly spilt her little cruse. 2. An oil lamp; a crusy. Labels: uncommon
Word: radgie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Dialectal variant of ragey. By surface analysis, radge + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæd͡ʒi/ 1. Violent or crazy. Labels: Cumbria, Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire
Word: radgie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal variant of ragey. By surface analysis, radge + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæd͡ʒi/ 1. An angry or violent person.
Word: Esau Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw). Pronunciation: /ˈiːsɔː/, /ˈisɔ/, /ˈisɑ/ 1. The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob. Example: And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare 3. A surname.
Word: daylighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of daylight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: daylighted Part of Speech: adj 1. provided with daylight
Word: wingding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of wing (“arm”). 1. A fit or spasm. Labels: slang Example: ‘She threw a wingding. Looked like a mild epileptic fit to me.’ 2. A party. Labels: slang Example: Yes we're gonna have a wingding / A summer smoker underground
Word: wingding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Wingdings font developed by Microsoft in 1990. Its name was presumably derived from dingbat and earlier senses of wingding. 1. A dingbat (ornamental typographical symbol), especially one from the Wingdings font. Example: Instead of going through the menu selections needed to insert a special symbol like a Wingding, you can rely on AutoCorrect to substitute the symbol for the text you type […] Example: Don't know a wingding from a ring-a-ding-ding? Check out one of the For Dummies books on Microsoft Office.
Word: desireth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From desire + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of desire Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Word: despiseth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of despise Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Word: heareth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hear Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Word: wingdings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wingding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eateth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From eat + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eat Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Let not him that eateth, deſpiſe him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, iudge him that eateth. For God hath receiued him.
Word: feareth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fear Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Word: nitrogeniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nitrogen + -i- + -ferous. 1. containing, or yielding nitrogen Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: findeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of find Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me. Example: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Word: footmen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʊt.mən/ 1. plural of footman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nitrogen monoxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Nitric oxide.
Word: hateth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hate Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; […]
Word: leadeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lead Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He maketh me to lie downe in greene paſtures: he leadeth mee beſide the ſtill waters.
Word: nitrogen oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any oxide of nitrogen.
Word: lieth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lie Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. Example: The sovereignty of man lieth hid in knowledge.
Word: offereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From offer + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of offer Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And all the meate offering that is baken in the ouen, and all that is dressed in the frying panne, and in the panne, shall be the Priests that offereth it.
Word: passeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pass Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Word: pleaseth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of please Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Word: Wingdings Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of wing + dingbat, introduced as a trademark by Microsoft. 1. A dingbat font in which each character is represented by an unrelated symbol.
Word: Wingdings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of wing + dingbat, introduced as a trademark by Microsoft. 1. plural of Wingding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nitric oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air. Labels: uncountable Example: In fact, nitric oxide (not to be confused with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas) is one of our primary signalling molecules.
Word: receiveth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of receive Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. Example: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Word: seeketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seek Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? Example: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Word: seemeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From seem + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seem Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. Example: That unknown, approaching thing, seemeth ever ill, my brother, which must have unfrank heralds to go before.
Word: sheweth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: shew + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shew Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The wicked borroweth, and payeth not againe: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giueth. Example: The heauens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke.
Word: sinneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sin + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sin Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Word: standeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stand Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Word: toucheth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of touch Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Word: walketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of walk Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. Example: When we have wrangled ourselves as long as our wits and strengths will serve us, the honest, downright sober English Protestant will be found in the end the man that walketh in the safest way, and by the surest line.
Word: declensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incorrectly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/ 1. In an incorrect manner. Example: I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly. Example: In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009.
Word: worketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of work Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Word: broader Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːdə/, /ˈbɹɔdɚ/, [ˈbɹɔɾɚ], /ˈbɹɑdɚ/, [ˈbɹɑɾɚ] 1. comparative form of broad: more broad Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tissues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tissue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tissues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tissue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: four square Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit. Labels: uncountable 2. A method used to teach children to write about a topic, based on a diagram with four squares, each containing a type of sentence about the topic. Labels: uncountable
Word: radgies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radgie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incontinently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English incontinent Middle English -ly English -ly English incontinently From incontinent + -ly. 1. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint. 2. Immediately; at once; forthwith. Labels: archaic Example: And lest any man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neighbours, and not to aid good neighbours, or that she was readier to restore what was invaded by others than to render what was in her own hands; see if the time provided not a new occasion afterwards, when through their own division, without the intermise of strangers, her forces were again sought and required; she forsook them not, prevailed so far as to be possessed of the castle of Edinburgh, the principal strength of that kingdom, with peace, incontinently, without cunctations or cavillations, the preambles of a wavering faith, she rendered with all honour and security; and his person to safe and faithful hands; and so ever after during his minority continued his principal guardian and protector. Example: The Prieſt ties his ſtole about the neck of the poſſeſſed vvith three knots, and ſays, […] I exorciſe you [evil spirits], and adjure you, and command you, by the povver I have, that you incontinently hear the vvords of my conjuring, and perceive your ſelves overcome, and command you not to depart vvithout licenſe, and ſo I bind you vvith this ſtole of jucundity; […]
Word: tharra Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic drink of North India and Pakistan, made from yeast fermentation of sugar cane or wheat husk, and often brewed illegally. Labels: uncountable
Word: incontinency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English incontinency, from Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinence. 1. Synonym of incontinence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Withdꝛawe not youre ſelves one from another excepte itt be with conſent foꝛ a tyme ⸝ foꝛ to geve youre ſelves to faſtynge and pꝛayer ⸝ and afterwarde come agayne to the ſame thynge ⸝ leſt Satan tempt you foꝛ youre incontinency.
Word: incontinence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English incontinence, from Old French incontinence or its etymon Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinency. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/ 1. Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: verbal incontinence Example: Allworthy was ſufficiently offended by this Tranſgreſſion of Jones; for notwithſtanding the Aſſertions of Mr. Weſtern, it is certain this worthy Man had never indulged himſelf in any looſe Pleaſures with Women, and greatly condemned the Vice of Incontinence in others. 2. The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The objective is to make life easier for male colleagues and customers with urinary incontinence.
Word: overstretch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overstrecchen, corresponding to over- + stretch. Compare Dutch overstrekken (“to overstretch”), German überstrecken (“to overstretch”). 1. To stretch too far. Example: The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston, Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake, The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath. Example: 1640, Charles I of England, Speech given to the Lords and Commons, at the Benquetting-House in White-Hall, 25 January, 1640, in The Works of King Charles the Martyr, London: Ric[hard] Chiswell, p. 169, If some of [the Bishops] have overstretched their power, and incroached too much upon the Temporalty, if it be so, I shall not be unwilling these things should be redressed and reformed […] 2. To stretch over something.
Word: overstretch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overstrecchen, corresponding to over- + stretch. Compare Dutch overstrekken (“to overstretch”), German überstrecken (“to overstretch”). 1. The act of stretching something too far or beyond available resources.
Word: peer pressure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang. 1. Inducement or influence by one's peers. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She vowed to give up drinking during the exam period, but eventually succumbed to peer pressure and was out drinking with her friends within a week of the resolution. Example: A successful response uses social forces such as peer pressure and altruism to help people adapt to changing circumstances. It delivers messages and support that promote self-reliance rather than encourage people to fall back on stressed state support.
Word: peer pressure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang. 1. To induce or influence one's peers. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He was peer-pressured into taking drugs.
Word: watchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: becometh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From become + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of become Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints Example: "Nay, when once thou art even as I am, we will go hence - fear not but that I shall find a path - and then shall we journey to this England of thine, and live as it becometh us to live."
Word: beholdeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From behold + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of behold Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
Word: belongeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English be- Proto-Germanic *langōną Proto-West Germanic *langōn Old English langian Middle English longen Middle English belongen English belong English -eth English belongeth From belong + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of belong Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
Word: al niente Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian al niente. 1. Indicating in music notation that the dynamics fade to nothing. Labels: not-comparable Example: I would, anyhow, put my money on Nunc Dimittis with its atmospheric mood and beautifully original ending where, after the impact of a robust Gloria a solo soprano quietly reiterates the opening phrase senza misura with the rest of the choir singing Amens al niente on open fifths. Example: There is a strong feeling of renunciation, but this is softened somewhat by her enigmatic smile which implies a certain contentment and satisfaction, and the music dies away al niente.
Word: bondmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bondman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breaketh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break English -eth English breaketh From break + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of break Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Word: casteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English -eth English casteth From cast + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cast Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Word: commandeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comanderbor. Middle English comaunden English command English -eth English commandeth From command + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of command Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Word: in rilievo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian in rilievo (“in relief”), from in + rilievo. 1. The musical notation that indicates that a particular instrument to play slightly louder than the others so as to stand out over the ensemble; in relief. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exceptio quod metus causa Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin exceptio (“exception”) quod (“based on”) metus (“duress”) causa (“a cause (of action)”). 1. The exceptio metus; an exception based on the fact that the underlying cause of action was based on duress or intimidation by the plaintiff of the defendant. Example: It appears that in that Court, the defence stressed by appellant's counsel was the exceptio quod metus causa and it was to that defence that the learned Judge-President mainly directed himself. Example: Reverting to the defence raised by first defendant, it is clear that a contract may be vitiated by duress (metus), the raison d'etre of the rule apparently being that intimidation or improper pressure renders the consent of the party subjected to duress no true consent at all. ]
Word: committeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit English -eth English committeth From commit + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commit Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Word: considereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From consider + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of consider Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Word: exceptio metus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a shortening of exceptio quod metus causa. 1. An exception based on the fact that the underlying cause of action was based on duress or intimidation by the plaintiff of the defendant.
Word: continueth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From continue + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of continue Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Word: marcato Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian marcato, past participle of marcare (“to stress”). 1. stressed; pronounced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heptasulphide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- English sulphide English heptasulphide From hepta- + sulphide. 1. Any sulphide containing two sulphur atoms in each molecule.
Word: night watchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + watchman. Cf. Old English nihtweard. By surface analysis, night + watch + man. 1. Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers. Labels: historical 2. A person who guards (usually at a building) at night. Example: We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight / Ask himself if it's him or them that's insane 3. A lower order batter to play the last overs in low light to save better batters for the next day's play.
Word: tetralemma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English lemma English tetralemma From tetra- + lemma. 1. A figure in Ancient Greek and Eastern logic with four possibilities.
Word: coin slot Part of Speech: noun 1. A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism. 2. Vagina. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Sometimes when she is on the floor with her legs spread open the men sitting at the edge of the stage try to roll quarters into her "coin slot."
Word: between Scylla and Charybdis Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /bəˈtwiːn ˈsɪlə ænd kəˈɹɪbdɪs/, /bəˈtwiːn ˈsɪləɹ ænd kəˈɹɪbdɪs/ 1. Between two dangers. Labels: idiomatic
Word: genericized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of genericize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: genericized Part of Speech: adj 1. That has become generic. Example: Kleenex was in danger of being the most genericized brand name.
Word: potation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English potacion, from Old French potacion, from Latin pōtātiō. 1. The act of drinking. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable Example: […] perhaps his nocturnal potations, prevented him from recognizing accents which were tolerably familiar to him—[…] Example: […] a quiet evening at home, alone with a friend and a pipe or two, and a humble potation of British spirits, […] 2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For as this is the Liquor of modern Hiſtorians, nay, perhaps their Muſe, if we may believe the Opinion of Butler, who attributes Inſpiration to Ale, it ought likewiſe to be the Potation of their Readers; ſince every Book ought to be read with the ſame Spirit, and in the ſame Manner, as it is writ. Example: “Do Veniam,” said his Superior; and the old man seized, with a trembling hand, a beverage to which he had been long unaccustomed, drained the cup with protracted delight, as if dwelling on the flavour and perfume, and set it down with a melancholy smile and shake of the head, as if bidding adieu in future to such delicious potations.
Word: saddle bow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sadel-bowe, sadel-boȝe, from Old English sadulboga, sadolboga, equivalent to saddle + bow. Displaced non-native arson (“saddle bow”), from Middle English arsoun. 1. The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow. Example: the Prince […] stroke the Pagan with his steely brand / So sore, that to his saddle-bow thereby / He bowed low, and so a while did lie […]. Example: The Government mobilized the full force of 18,000 mounted gendarmes and sent them picking their way over the sand about as heavily armored as any policeman could be: a long lance in one hand, a sabre at the saddle bow, a rifle across the back, a pistol on the hip.
Word: serge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric. Pronunciation: /sɜːd͡ʒ/, /sɝd͡ʒ/ 1. A type of worsted cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber. Example: What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other. 2. A garment made of this fabric. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable
Word: serge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric. Pronunciation: /sɜːd͡ʒ/, /sɝd͡ʒ/ 1. To overlock.
Word: serge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cerge, from Old French ci(e)rge, cerge & chierge. Pronunciation: /sɜːd͡ʒ/, /sɝd͡ʒ/ 1. A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
Word: kirtle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel. Pronunciation: /ˈkəːt(ə)l/, /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/, /ˈkɚt(ə)l/, /-ɾ(ə)l/ 1. A knee-length tunic. Example: All in a kirtle of diſcolourd ſay / He clothed was, ypaynted full of eies; / And in his boſome ſecretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall ſting implyes. Example: Few words have occasioned such controversy among the commentators on our old plays, as this; and all for want of knowing that it is used in a two-fold sense, sometimes for the jacket merely, and sometimes for the train or upper petticoat attached to it. A full kirtle was always a jacket and petticoat, a half kirtle (a term which frequently occurs) was either the one or the other; but our ancestors, who wrote when this article of dress was every where in use, and when there was little danger of being misunderstood, most commonly contented themselves with the simple term, (kirtle,) leaving the sense to be gathered from the context. 2. A short jacket. Example: KIRTLE, […] a Sort of ſhort Jacket. Example: A man's jacket was also called a kirtle. 3. A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt. Example: Per[igot] VVell decked in a frocke of gray, / Wil[ly] hey ho, gray is greet, / Per. And in a kirtle of green ſay, / [Wil.] the greene is for maydens meet. Example: A cap of flowers, and a kirtle / Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;
Word: kirtle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel. Pronunciation: /ˈkəːt(ə)l/, /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/, /ˈkɚt(ə)l/, /-ɾ(ə)l/ 1. To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle. Labels: transitive Example: Eastward the Night / Climbs slow with hooded brows, and languid Day / Kirtles her robe fantastical, and leans / To take the embrace of darkness. Example: Father Fogen led the way, his skinny shanks a gleaming white as he kirtled his cassock about his thighs. I was obliged to do the same, for the hillside above the house was thick with grass and thorny shrubs that caught at the coarse wool skirts of my borrowed robe.
Word: palfrey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English palfrey, from Anglo-Norman palefrei (“steed”), from Old French palefroi, palefreid, from Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”), from Ancient Greek παρά (pará) + Latin verēdus (“post horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos (“horse”) (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)), from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (“horse”). Doublet of prad. Compare Dutch paard and German Pferd. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːl.fɹi/ 1. A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse). Labels: historical Example: Five warriors seiz'd me yestermorn, / Me, even me, a maid forlorn: / They choked my cries with force and fright, / And tied me on a palfrey white. / The palfrey was as fleet as wind, / And they rode furiously behind. Example: The eye of father and sister alike forgot every other object while watching the evolutions of the young and graceful boy, who realised the descriptions of romance as, his golden curls dancing on the wind, his cheek flushed with exercise, and his large blue eyes dilated and flashing with triumph, he ruled the snow-white palfrey by a wave of the hand and an imperceptible pressure of the knee. It seemed as if the docile creature intuitively divined his will.
Word: chicken guinea Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of chikungunya. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: reverberate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reverberātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. etymology 2, adjective sense 2 (“ringing or vibrating with many echoing sounds”) was popularized by its use in Twelfth Night (written c. 1601–1602; published 1623) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616): see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹət/, /ɹəˈvɜɹbəɹət/, /ɹi-/ 1. Synonym of reverberant (“that tends to reverberate (“(repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces”) or has reverberated”); re-echoed. Example: So vvith reuerberate ſhoutes our Globe ſhall ring, / The Muſicks cloſe being thus: God ſaue our King. Example: The loftie Hills, this vvhile attentiuely that ſtood, / As to ſurvey the courſe of euery ſeuerall Flood, / Sent forth ſuch ecchoing ſhoutes (vvhich euery vvay ſo ſhrill, / VVith the reverberate ſound the ſpacious ayre did fill) […] 2. Ringing or vibrating with many echoing sounds; re-echoing, resounding, reverberating. Labels: rare Example: Make me a vvillovv Cabine at your gate, / And call vpon my ſoule vvithin the houſe, / […] / Hallovv your name to the reuerberate hilles, / And make the babling Goſsip of the aire, / Cry out Oliuia: […] Example: I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the Lake, in vvhich thy Race / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill Pithagoras / Firſt taught to men, by a reuerberate glaſſe)
Word: foul wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A wind blowing against the direction of travel. Example: We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast.
Word: fair wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.
Word: Axt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Axt. 1. A surname from German.
Word: arrière-pensée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French arrière-pensée. 1. A mental reservation or ulterior motive. Example: He knew that I had guessed his arrière-pensée, but he let me off for the moment, for which I was thankful; either because he was still ashamed of it, or because he supposed I was reserving myself for the catastrophe,—should it occur.
Word: exanimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin exanimātus, perfect passive participle of exanimō (see ex-, -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ex- + animō, from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/ 1. Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead. Example: carckasses exanimate 2. Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively. Example: Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.
Word: exanimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exanimātus, perfect passive participle of exanimō (see ex-, -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ex- + animō, from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/ 1. To deprive of animation or of life. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: continuation-passing style Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of programming in which every user function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r.
Word: tail recursion Part of Speech: noun 1. The technique of writing a function so that recursive calls are only done immediately before function return, particularly when recursive control structures are used in place of iterative ones. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tail recursive Part of Speech: adj 1. Employing tail recursion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dendrophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dendro- + -phile. Pronunciation: [ˈdɛndɹəfaɪɫ] 1. One who loves trees.
Word: Swat Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Urdu سوات (svāt). 1. A district of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 2. A valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 3. A river in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Word: pleotropic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of pleiotropic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: centrifugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/, /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/, /sɛnˈtɹɪf.jʊ.ɡl̩/ 1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. Labels: not-comparable 2. Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Labels: not-comparable
Word: centrifugal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin centrifugālis, coined by Christiaan Huygens from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”) + -al. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/, /ˌsɛn.tɹɪˈfjuː.ɡl̩/, /sɛnˈtɹɪf.jʊ.ɡl̩/ 1. A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses. Example: Where the sequencing of the centrifugals is accomplished by the triggering of a function in the process cycle, a buffer zone (nonproductive time) has to be inserted in the cycle time prior to this action. Example: Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.
Word: many hands make light work Part of Speech: proverb 1. A large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily.
Word: variable binding Part of Speech: noun 1. the association between a variable name (identifier) and its value.
Word: bound variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these.
Word: atar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of attar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nitrogen mustard Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a series of compounds, analogous to mustard gas with sulfur replaced by nitrogen, that have been used in the treatment of cancer.
Word: nitrogen tetroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dinitrogen tetroxide. Labels: uncountable Example: In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is.
Word: nitrogen trichloride Part of Speech: noun 1. the binary compound of nitrogen and chlorine, NCl₃; an unstable explosive liquid. Labels: uncountable Example: When TCCA touches a small amount of water and doesn’t dissolve, “it can experience a chemical reaction, generating heat and causing the decomposition of the chemical, which in turn produces toxic chlorine gas and can produce explosive nitrogen trichloride,” a 2023 report by the CSB said.
Word: nitrogen trifluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound of nitrogen and fluorine, NF₃; a corrosive gas. Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrogen tribromide Part of Speech: noun 1. the binary compound of nitrogen and bromine, NBr₃; a dark red explosive liquid Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrogen triiodide Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound of nitrogen and iodine, NI₃; a dark red explosive solid. Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nitro- + -philous. 1. Thriving in a habitat rich in nitrogen Labels: not-comparable 2. Rich in nitrogen Labels: not-comparable
Word: nitrify Part of Speech: verb 1. To treat or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound. Labels: transitive 2. To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism. Labels: transitive 3. To become nitre. Labels: intransitive