nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: carelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English carlēas Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Old English carlēasnes Middle English *carelesnes English carelessness From Middle English *carelesnes, *carlesnesse, from Old English carlēasnes (“freedom from care, security, carelessness”), equivalent to careless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹləsnəs/, /ˈkɛələsnəs/ 1. Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This accident was caused by carelessness. Example: There were, however, 34 deaths among passengers in movement accidents, due mainly to misadventure and carelessness when entering and leaving trains in motion, falling off platforms and out of carriages, and opening and closing carriage doors.
Word: sempervivum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers. Example: My favorite of the moment: a sleeping man in a long cattle trough, planted with thousands of a Sedum album called Red Ice, now turning ruby red in the cold, with sempervivum eyes on a head-size volcanic rock, and two farmer-like feet made of same.
Word: floral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French floral, from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”). Pronunciation: /ˈfloɹəl/, /ˈflɔːɹəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers. Example: floral arrangement Example: floral tribute 2. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way. Example: floral motif Example: Really, I like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.
Word: floral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French floral, from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”). Pronunciation: /ˈfloɹəl/, /ˈflɔːɹəl/ 1. A design involving flowers Example: FUNKY, bold and bright, many new wallpapers offer a modern twist on fussy old damasks and florals. 2. A perfume redolent of flowers
Word: protista Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protiston Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in c. 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from Old French en- + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure. Doublet of ensure. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈʃʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/, /ɪnˈʃɝ/ 1. To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event. Labels: transitive Example: I'm not insured against burglary. 2. To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance Labels: intransitive 3. Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, dated, transitive Example: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Example: "I have a friend at court," whispered she to her companion: "last night I singled out one of Sir Robert's secretaries, and a few smiles made him my devoted chevalier, and he promised to insure an interview."
Word: peninsular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular. Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/, /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/, /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/ 1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas. Example: The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land. 2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial. Example: Near-synonym: insular
Word: peninsular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula + -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular. Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/, /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/, /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/ 1. One who inhabits a peninsula. 2. A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony. Labels: historical Example: Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies. 3. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.
Word: pretend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin praetendōbor. Anglo-Norman pretendreder. English pretend From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛnd/, /pɹiˈtɛnd/, /pɹɪˈtɛnd/ 1. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. Labels: intransitive Example: You don't have to pretend that the soup tastes fine. Example: You don't have to pretend to like the soup. 2. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. Labels: intransitive Example: She moved her fingers across the desk, pretending to play the piano. Example: She didn't have a real piano to play, so she just pretended. 3. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She's pretending illness to get out of the business meeting. Example: He pretended an air of indifference that he'd never assumed before. 4. To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.). Labels: formal, intransitive Example: The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne. Example: Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. 5. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Lest that too heavenly form, pretended / To hellish falsehood, snare them. 6. To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Such as shall pretend / Malicious practices against his state. 7. To hold before one; to extend. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Pastorella […] Was by the Captaine all this while defended, / Who, minding more her safety then himselfe, / His target alwayes over her pretended[…]. Example: But had thoſe vvits the vvonders of their dayes, / Or that ſvveete Teian Poet [Anacreon] vvhich did ſpend / His plenteous vaine in ſetting forth her [Venus's] prayſe, / Seene but a glims of this, vvhich I pretend, / Hovv vvondrouſly vvould he her face commend, […]
Word: pretend Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin praetendōbor. Anglo-Norman pretendreder. English pretend From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛnd/, /pɹiˈtɛnd/, /pɹɪˈtɛnd/ 1. Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned. Labels: not-comparable Example: As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.
Word: pretend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin praetendōbor. Anglo-Norman pretendreder. English pretend From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛnd/, /pɹiˈtɛnd/, /pɹɪˈtɛnd/ 1. The act of engaging in pretend play. Labels: childish, informal, uncountable Example: We used to dress up in our grandparents' old clothes and play pretend.
Word: satirical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English satire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English satirical From satire + -ical. Pronunciation: /səˈtɪɹɪkəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire. Example: Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program. Example: Given his remarks in The English People about the dangers of Standard English, and the fact that the satirical Newspeak of Nineteen Eighty-Four is an engineered language[…]
Word: Turneresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Turner French -esquebor. English -esque English Turneresque From Turner + -esque. 1. Resembling the works or style of the English painter Joseph Turner.
Word: spacy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English -y English spacy From space + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsi/ 1. spaced-out Labels: colloquial 2. eccentric Labels: colloquial 3. spacious; having much space Labels: colloquial Example: This car is very spacy. 4. of, related to or connected with the extraterrestrial Labels: colloquial Example: His latest CD sounds very spacy.
Word: Noah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊə/, /ˈnoʊə/, /ˈnəʉə/, /ˈnɐʉə/ 1. A figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood. Example: Now, on the night the baby Lord Jesus was born in that stable in Bethlehem, several came to bow down to him and his mother the lady Mary. They were three powerful warlords known as the Magi who brought many fine gifts. And still another, a wonderful man, a sea captain named Noah came to visit Jesus. His ship was called Noah's Ark. The Lord Jesus liked this Noah for he was a wise man, especially in the ways of animals whom he often took sailing in his Ark. This man, Noah was born long before the Lord Jesus but men in those days lived to be very old. So, no one can be sure, no one at all, that Noah did not visit Jesus in that stable in Bethlehem. Example: But records of the first dynasty, that of the Xia, contain stories of a Great Flood with a Noah-like savior, the Emperor Yu, who gained the mandate of heaven after dredging canals to dispel the floodwaters and make the land safe. Historians have long wondered whether this flood account was a creation-style myth, the folk memory of a real event, or some mixture of the two. Some have dismissed the story of Emperor Yu as a fiction intended to justify centralized rule and, in the absence of any evidence of a massive flood at the time, many have regarded the stories of the Xia dynasty as more myth than history. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: Easy to account for those trends - but what of post-Vietnam America and its generation of little Noahs? Were we expecting a flood momentarily? Example: On this week’s episode of “Legion,” Kondracki used her considerable talents to fulfill the promise of creator Noah Hawley’s iconoclastic but inconsistent pilot episode and its subsequent installments. Funnily enough, she did so with another multiminute opening shot. 3. A surname. 4. The 71st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Word: Noah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew נֹעָה (Nōʿâ). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊə/, /ˈnoʊə/, /ˈnəʉə/, /ˈnɐʉə/ 1. A female given name. Labels: rare
Word: Noah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang Noah's ark (“shark”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊə/, /ˈnoʊə/, /ˈnəʉə/, /ˈnɐʉə/ 1. Clipping of Noah's ark; shark. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: I pulled the line in. There was a head on the end. That′s all – just the fish′s head, the body had been bitten off. Then Team-man pulled in a head. So did the old man. ‘Noahs. That′s the end of that,’ said the old man. ‘Looks like we′re going anyway.’ Example: 2003, Kurt Blanksby, Fishing Guide to Western Australia, Revised and updated 2010, page 38, Balloon fishing from the rock when the winds are correct can be a very productive way to target big mackerel and tuna, however the large number of sharks means that you will spend plenty of time battling unstoppable noahs between decent macks.
Word: cuneiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cuneus Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis New Latin cuneifōrmisbor. French cunéiformebor. ▲ New Latin cuneifōrmisbor. English cuneiform From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/, /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/, /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/, /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/ 1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end. Labels: not-comparable Example: About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch or cut about six inches deep was made. Example: The cuneiform tendon is always sharply defined when the hock is flexed by the action of the muscle. 2. Written in the cuneiform writing system. Labels: not-comparable Example: There, too, it was originally the vulgar script in contrast with the official cuneiform script employed for all official documents, compacts, etc. Example: The text is inscribed on a clay tablet of a very unusual format. The only other known mathematical cuneiform text on a clay tablet of a similar format is also the only previously known Kassite (and therefore post-Old-Babylonian) mathematical cuneiform text.
Word: cuneiform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cuneus Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis New Latin cuneifōrmisbor. French cunéiformebor. ▲ New Latin cuneifōrmisbor. English cuneiform From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/, /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/, /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/, /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/ 1. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BCE, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets. 2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
Word: cuneiform bone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of three wedge-shaped bones of the foot.
Word: afar Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far. Pronunciation: /əˈfɑɹ/, /əˈfɑː/ 1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away. Example: He was seen from afar. Example: He loved her from afar.
Word: alsatian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ælˈseɪʃən/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Alsatian. Labels: alt-of
Word: brazil Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹəˈzɪl/ 1. A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. Labels: obsolete Example: A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil. 2. The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. Example: The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill. Example: Thou know'st my brittle temper's prone to break. Are my bones brazil or my flesh of oak? 3. A Brazil nut. Example: I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl. 4. A seam of coal containing iron pyrites
Word: china Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چینی (čīnī /čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/, [ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯nə], /ˈt͡ʃɑɪ̯nə/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɑ̈ɪ̯nə], /ˈt͡ʃeːni/ 1. Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china. Labels: uncountable Example: It's a china doll. 2. Chinaware: porcelain tableware. Labels: uncountable Example: They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware. Example: ...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China. 3. Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain. Labels: US, dated, uncountable Example: What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery. 4. Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine. Labels: uncountable Example: China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold […]. 5. Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: ...And then the last boon I'll implore, Is to bless us with China so tight... 6. Synonym of China rose, in its various senses. Labels: countable Example: Rosa indica (the common China); Rosa semperflorens (the monthly China). 7. Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate). Labels: Australia, Cockney, South-Africa, countable, slang Example: All right, me old china? Example: ‘Now, then, my china-plate...’ This is essentially a brick~layer's phrase. If for ‘china-plate’ you substitute ‘mate’,[…] the puzzle is revealed. 8. Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Tea... Finest China, Plain (Moning). 9. A glazed china marble. Labels: US, countable, obsolete Example: The marbles, in those days, had their primitive names. The unglazed china ones were called plasters because they looked like plaster; the glazed china marbles were called chinas. I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them. 10. A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences. Labels: countable Example: China cymbals are a type of short sound cymbal. [Brand X] makes chinas with really short sounds.
Word: holland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Holland, where it originally came from. From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). 1. A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: I am convinced that many if not all the Quality in France wore shirts of the finest holand, for tho' I never saw of them strip I have seen what is an equivalent proof, I have seen on the Bulwarks of Paris above twenty entire shirts hanging to dry that the best Gentlemen in England might wear without disparagement. Example: His apartments were blank. Brown hollands covered his library-table
Word: japan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes. Sense “to ordain” in reference to the black clothes worn by the clergy. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈpæn/ 1. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My own apartment, however, I was allowed to enter; and very pretty, I must say, it is. It is hung with Indian-silk, where the brightest of birds, and the gayest of flowers, disport themselves on a white ground. The screens and dressing-table are of black japan, while the mirror is set in exquisite silver filigree work, of which material are also the boxes of my toilette. 2. Lacquerware. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: japan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes. Sense “to ordain” in reference to the black clothes worn by the clergy. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈpæn/ 1. To varnish (something) with japan. Labels: transitive Example: He fastens his plates by fine srews in any waving or curving lines, and then japans them in all the most varied and beautiful shades. Example: Piled against the wall were certain boxes of black japanned tin, which had just been sent to him from London. At any other time he would certainly not have left them unopened. For they contained his robes of the Garter. 2. To ordain (someone). Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Example: Jack, hearing that I was in this part of the world, sent me a very hearty letter, informing me, that he had been double-japanned (as he called it) about a year ago, and was the present incumbent of — […]
Word: bolivia Part of Speech: noun 1. A card game similar to rummy and canasta. Labels: uncountable 2. A meld of seven wild cards in said card game. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: empennage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”). 1. The tail assembly of an aircraft. 2. The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path.
Word: chile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chile. A variant of chili, chilli; see that entry for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ 1. Alternative spelling of chili. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, regional
Word: chile Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪl/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “I wants all the women and chillun and the old and the sick folks brought out.” Example: An award that she shoulda been awarded. And an award they might want to consider changing the name of. Because, chile. Literally. Child.
Word: guinea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Guinea, the early modern name for West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region, mostly from the 'Gold Coast' (modern Ghana) and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there. Its use as an ethnic slur against Italians may be due to their darker complexion compared to people of Anglo-American descent. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/ 1. A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings. Labels: UK, historical Example: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to wear them round your neck—nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection... Example: However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a guinea one must not be too carping. 2. Synonym of guinea fowl. Example: The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin. 3. A person of Italian descent. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: If I’m to tell the whole truth—and why not? I sure have the time!—I’ll have to start by saying I was born Richard Pinzetti, in New York’s Little Italy. My father was an Old World guinea.
Word: macedonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of macédoine. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Try the whole filet mignon, roast duckling, green lasagna, choucroute garni, Cornish hens, and the macedonia of fruit made each day.
Word: mali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi माली (mālī, “gardener”), from Sanskrit माली (mālī, “wreath-maker, garland-maker; florist; gardener”), मालिन् (mālin, “florist; gardener”), from माला (mālā, “wreath, garland; chaplet, crown”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːli/, /ˈmɑli/, /ˈmæ-/ 1. A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener. Labels: India, South-Asia Example: [H]ence the slow progress hitherto made in the cultivation of such produce of the garden as is generally held in estimation by the European portion of the community, left as it generally is, to the simple Hindoo mallee (or gardener,) it is not to be wondered at, that our bazars want what are deemed the more delicate articles of vegetable production for the table; […] Example: Prizes were awarded to ten other mallees for best samples of vegetables, fruits and flowers, and last though not least we have to note, that a prize of two rupees was awarded to the mallee of Robert Fulton, Esq., of Sultangunge, for a remarkably fine bunch of grapes, clearly showing that either the soil of Mr. Fulton's garden, the climate of Sultangunge, or the skill of that gentleman's gardener, are highly favorable to the growth, and bringing to maturity of this delicious fruit.
Word: mali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic مَا (mā) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic *lV- Arabic لِـ (li-) univ.? Arabic مَال (māl)bor. Swahili malider. Xhosa ímalíbor. ▲ Swahili malider. Zulu ímalíbor. English mali Borrowed from Xhosa imali, Zulu imali (“money”), both ultimately from Swahili mali (“riches, wealth; property”), from Arabic مَال (māl, “money; affluence, wealth; possessions, property”). Some dictionaries suggest an origin in English money instead, making no attempt to account for the distribution of the loanword nor the proposed shift from /n/ to /l/, both of which make this unlikely. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːli/, /ˈmɑli/ 1. Money, cash. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: mali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin malī, a plural form of malus (“adverse, unfavourable, unfortunate, unlucky; destructive, hurtful; bad, evil”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlaɪ/, /ˈmɑː-/, /ˈmæ-/ 1. plural of malus Labels: form-of, plural Example: The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances. Example: If the boni and mali do not depend on the frequency of claims, the average bonus-malus coefficient increases with the frequency.
Word: morocco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin. 1. A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed. Example: Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary. 2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: niger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil. Labels: uncountable
Word: palau Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sc Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of softcover. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of small caps. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of single crochet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of screen capture; screenshot. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cologne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of eau de Cologne (French eau de Cologne), the name given to the original product in 1709. The success of the original Eau de Cologne inspired many imitators and it has become a genericized trademark. See Cologne. Doublet of colony Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊn/, /kəˈloʊn/ 1. A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You stink of too much cologne. Example: The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost large amounts of money, and a larger number of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more affordable but not always cheap. 2. Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually
Word: cologne Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ellipsis of eau de Cologne (French eau de Cologne), the name given to the original product in 1709. The success of the original Eau de Cologne inspired many imitators and it has become a genericized trademark. See Cologne. Doublet of colony Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊn/, /kəˈloʊn/ 1. To scent with cologne. Labels: transitive
Word: mn Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of million. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Holonyms: bn, bln, B (10⁹); bn, bln (10⁹ or 10¹²); trn, T (10¹²); tn, trn (10¹² or 10¹⁸) Example: Near-synonym: M- (prefix)
Word: mn Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of mean. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?
Word: mn Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of MN (“midnight”). Labels: Philippines, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: togo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān (“to go apart”), from Proto-Germanic *tōgāną (“to go apart”), equivalent to to- + go. Cognate with German zergehen. Compare Old English tōgangan (“to go away, pass away”), Old Saxon tegangan. 1. To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To scatter. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: tonga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi टाँगा (ṭāṅgā). 1. A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Labels: India Example: Coming up along the Cart-Road a tonga passed me, and my pony, tired with standing so long, set off at a canter. Example: When his tyre went flat, he leapt off and shouted for a tonga.
Word: tonga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tonga. 1. A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum. Labels: uncountable
Word: wales Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /weɪlz/ 1. plural of wale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wales Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /weɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wale Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: xe Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Apparently independently invented by several people, including Don Rickter. The pronoun appeared in the Unitarian Universalist publication UU World on May 1, 1973, and Mario Pei gave Rickter credit on page 145 of his book Weasel Words (1978). Pronunciation: /ziː/, /hiː/, /ksiː/, /zi/, /hi/ 1. they (singular); gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Labels: gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third-person Example: Anyone I would be interested in would have to be a pretty special person. I wouldn't want to miss out on knowing such a person just because xe happened to be the "wrong" sex. Example: Telepathy would require that you share the other person's knowledge of xyr own mind, which in turn requires recognizing that xe is actually aware of what xe's thinking, which is incompatible with psychiatry.
Word: pb Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of power brakes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: yb Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of yarn backward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Row 3. P1, yb, sl1 purlwise, yf, pbf, p1.
Word: brim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); of unclear origin; compare Middle High German brem (“margin”). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Bavarian Bräm (“border, stripe”) * Danish bræmme (“border, edge, brim”) * obsolete German Bräme, Brame (“border, edge”) * Swedish bräm (“border, edge”) * Icelandic barmur (“edge, verge, brink”) Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. To fill (a container) to the brim (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1), top, or upper edge. Labels: transitive Example: Arrange the board and brim the glass. Example: Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the dark reaper hath this day gathered?” 2. To fill (something) fully. Labels: figuratively, transitive 3. To be full until almost overflowing. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: The room brimmed with people. Example: The beams that thro' the Oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass, / And beaker brimm'd with noble wine.
Word: brim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Northern Middle English brym, bryme (“waterbody”), from Old English brim (“sea, surf”), from Proto-Germanic *brimą (“turbulence, surge; surf, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to hum, make a noise”). Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. The sea; ocean; water; flood. Labels: obsolete
Word: brim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of bream. Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. Synonym of bream (“a freshwater fish from one of a number of genera”); specifically (US), the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus). Labels: Australia, US Example: Sometimes her daddy would take her fishing for catfish or brim (bream) out on the lake in his john boat.
Word: brim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English brimmen (“of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”), either: * modified from brem, breme (“of animals: ferocious, savage; of fire, the sea, a storm, etc.: raging, severe, tempestuous; glorious, splendid; etc.”, adjective) (whence modern English breme (“(obsolete) fierce, stormy, tempestuous”)), from Old English brēme (“(poetic) glorious; famous, renowned”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”); or * directly from Old English bremman (“to rage; to roar”) (though not attested in Middle English), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną, *bremaną (“to roar”); both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”). The noun is derived from Middle English brim, from the verb: see above. Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. Of a boar (“male pig”): to mate with (a sow (“female pig”)); to rut. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Svvine alone of all creatures vvhen they be brimming, froth and fome at the mouth. And as for the Bore, if he heare the grunting of a Sovv that ſeekes to be brimmed, unleſſe he may come to her, vvill forſake his meat, untill he be leane and poore: and ſhe againe vvill be ſo farre enraged, that ſhe vvill be readie to run upon a man and all to teare him, eſpecially if his cloths be vvhite. Example: Nay, a Country Farmer vvon't ſuffer any Bull to leap a young Covv; nor every Horſe his Mare, nor every Boar to brim his Sovv; tho a Bullock is deſign'd for the Plough, a Horſe for the Cart, and a Svvine for the Kitchen. See novv hovv perverſe the Judgments of Mankind are. 2. Of a sow: to be in heat; to rut; also, to mate with a boar. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: brim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English brimmen (“of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”), either: * modified from brem, breme (“of animals: ferocious, savage; of fire, the sea, a storm, etc.: raging, severe, tempestuous; glorious, splendid; etc.”, adjective) (whence modern English breme (“(obsolete) fierce, stormy, tempestuous”)), from Old English brēme (“(poetic) glorious; famous, renowned”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”); or * directly from Old English bremman (“to rage; to roar”) (though not attested in Middle English), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną, *bremaną (“to roar”); both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”). The noun is derived from Middle English brim, from the verb: see above. Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. The period when a sow (“female pig”) is ready to mate; a heat, an oestrus, a rut; also, an act of a boar (“male pig”) and sow mating. Labels: archaic Example: You ſhall ſay […] Boare […] goeth to his […] Brymme.
Word: brim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of breme. Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. Synonym of breme (“of the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous”). Labels: Scotland, archaic, poetic
Word: brim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of brimstone (“sulphur; (figurative) a domineering, scolding woman”). Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/ 1. An irascible, violent woman. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: Can mortal ſcoundrels thee perplex, / And the great brim of brimſtones vex? Example: She rav'd, ſhe abus'd me, as ſplenetic mad; / She's a vixen, a brim; zounds! ſhe's all that is bad.
Word: navicular bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the tarsal bones of the foot or one of the carpal bones of the wrist.
Word: br Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of bedroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: br Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of brr (“expressing cold and shivering”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: FORTUNATO - Br... Br... It's cold... (Looks for towel.) Don't you want to freshen up a little? / PHYLLIS (without turning) No thanks. / FORTUNATO - I will not look. I'll admire the view from the window ... Like you ... (slapping his chest)[…] Example: Br - I'm cold, friend. Why don't you make up a fire to warm us all?
Word: rb Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of reply back. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: navicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. 1. Shaped like a boat. 2. Relating to boats. Example: Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.
Word: navicular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. 1. A navicular bone.
Word: nb Part of Speech: pron 1. Abbreviation of nobody. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: i hate when i text in the gc and nb replys^([sic]) Example: everybody say they hiring but nb hiringggg fr 🙄
Word: nb Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of no ball. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nb Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of nota bene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nb Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of NB (“non-binary”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. To a greater degree. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […] 2. Further, longer. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable
Word: mo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances) Labels: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable Example: With that ran there a route of ratones at ones, And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousande Example: Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.
Word: mo Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Clipping of month. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. month Example: 12 yr 4 mo 17 d
Word: mo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. Clipping of moment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Example: Hang on a mo!
Word: mo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. A homosexual. Labels: slang
Word: mo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Non-rhotic pronunciation of more. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”). Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. Alternative form of mo' (“more”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable Example: Yo, you got mo chips? Example: I guess this mean mo money, mo problems for you?
Word: mo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of moustache. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. A moustache. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial
Word: mo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. A molester. Labels: slang Example: The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
Word: mo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. A moron. Labels: slang Example: Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!
Word: mo Part of Speech: num Etymology: From mil, by analogy with do and gro. Pronunciation: /məʊ/, /moʊ/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
Word: scaphoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”). 1. Shaped like a boat.
Word: scaphoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”). 1. Carpal navicular bone.
Word: TC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of time counter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of thermocouple. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of traffic collision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of textile color. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of total compensation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of time control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of total conversion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: This is the best Total Conversion we have seen of any game. Given that it is a TC of Gorefest, the reigning blockbuster, this means that Skullpulper is now the best 3D game in the world. Period. Example: It may have started its existence as a TC, but the final product is as inspired and as polished as anything you could hope for.
Word: TC Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of take care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of till cancelled/countermanded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of topic closed: indicating that no further replies are allowed in a discussion thread. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: scaphoid bone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the carpal bones of the wrist.
Word: mastermind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + mind. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.stə.mʌɪnd/, /ˈmæs.tɚˌmaɪnd/ 1. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to their peers. Example: At long intervals some master-minds appeared, looking upon each advance in practical science as a retro-gradation in the true utility. Example: His first outside hire wasn't an electronics whiz or a mechanical mastermind, but a young industrial designer, a creature hitherto unknown at DEKA. 2. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation. Labels: idiomatic Example: The first was with none other than Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM), mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Example: Prosecutors later suspected that Wang, chairman of Ciji Temple in Tainan's Syuejia District, was the mastermind behind the shootings, but the court acquitted him of the charge because of insufficient evidence.
Word: mastermind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From master + mind. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.stə.mʌɪnd/, /ˈmæs.tɚˌmaɪnd/ 1. To plan or execute (a project) in the role of mastermind. Labels: transitive Example: It would later be revealed that the corporation contributed over a quarter of a million dollars to the effort—a whopping 93 percent of the total coffer—and hired a team of media and political experts to mastermind it. Example: Travelling over the route today, it is well to remember the ongoing role of the Friends of the S&C and the work of the late Ron Cotton. He masterminded its revival, thereby reversing the role he had been given by BR to bring about its closure.
Word: COD Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Call of Duty. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Let's go over to my house and play some COD.
Word: COD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: This development would probably be much facilitated were the Colony to adopt the C.O.D. (collect on delivery) system of the Cape and many other parts of the world. 2. Initialism of cause of death. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of code of discipline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of committee on discipline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable