nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: linearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English linearly From linear + -ly. 1. In a linear manner. 2. In a straight line. 3. Sequentially in time; chronologically. 4. In the manner of a linear function. Example: The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added. Example: Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners. 5. Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.
Word: GFY Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of government fiscal year. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GFY Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of go fuck yourself. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar 2. Initialism of good for you (ironically). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of gay for you. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: quintic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + -ic (“of pertaining to”). 1. Of or relating to the fifth degree, such as a quintic polynomial which has the form ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+f=0 (containing a term with the independent variable raised to the fifth power). Labels: not-comparable
Word: quintic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quintus (“fifth”) + -ic (“of pertaining to”). 1. a quintic polynomial: ax⁵+bx⁴+cx³+dx²+ex+f
Word: liniment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lynyment (“something used for smearing or anointing”), a learned borrowing from Late Latin linīmentum. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnəmənt/ 1. A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Denton (Dan Duryea): You're a peddler, aren't you? / Henry J. Fate (Malcolm Atterbury): Oh yes, dealer in everything. Utensils, herbs, medicine, liniments and tonics, farm implements, clothing, and potions. Example: He had a blanket across his withers and wore four bandages, the two front ones up over his knees. The odor of liniment was strong. The horse dragged his feet laboriously.
Word: liniment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lynyment (“something used for smearing or anointing”), a learned borrowing from Late Latin linīmentum. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnəmənt/ 1. To apply liniment to. Labels: transitive
Word: lingering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English linger Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lingering From linger + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/, /ˈlɪŋɡɹɪŋ/ 1. gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings. 2. That which lingers; a remnant. Example: The lingerings of decent pride were visible in her appearance. Her dress, though humble in the extreme, was scrupulously clean. Example: Whatever little lingerings may have now and then revived in my mind associated with my poor old face had only revived as belonging to a part of my life that was gone—gone like my infancy or my childhood.
Word: lingering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English linger Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lingering From linger + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/, /ˈlɪŋɡɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of linger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lingeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lingering Middle English -ly English -ly English lingeringly From lingering + -ly. 1. In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.
Word: linens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linens Part of Speech: noun 1. Household textiles made of linen-like cloth (such as cotton fabric), including tablecloths and bed sheets. The singular, linen, of this sense is rare. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Undergarments, underwear. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: fops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /fɒps/, /fɑps/ 1. plural of fop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Old English fox Middle English fox English fox English fops Alteration of fox. Pronunciation: /fɒps/, /fɑps/ 1. A fox. Labels: Internet, childish, endearing, slang Example: Knife set, Hoover, soaps, leatherman, lego and....... FOPS KIGU! My mother knows something. Example: Back to school tomorrow! Little fops in a big world~ <3
Word: foppish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fop Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English foppish From fop + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/ 1. Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy. Example: They talked a delicate and elastic Arabic, and were mannered, often foppish, in habit.
Word: arsonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arson + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹsənəst/, /ˈɑːsənɪst/ 1. One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
Word: landfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + fall. Pronunciation: /ˈlænd.fɔːl/, /ˈlænd.fɔl/, /ˈlænd.fɑl/ 1. An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship! Example: Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall. 2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The first land discovered after a sea voyage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. A landslip. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fardel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipped form of Middle English ferthendel (literally “fourth part”), equivalent to fourth + deal. Cognate with Dutch vierendeel (“a fourth part, quarter”), German Viertel (“a quarter, fourth”), Danish fjerdedel (“a quarter”), Swedish fjärdedel (“a fourth, quarter”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)dəl/ 1. A fourth part: a quarter of anything. Example: I... bought a Farthel of Bread and a Mutckin of Ale. 2. An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. Labels: historical Example: You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land. Example: Fardel of Land, the fourth part of a Yard-land.
Word: fardel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (“pack, bundle”), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (“pack, bundle”), from Arabic فَرْد (fard, “one of a pair”), as applied to saddlebags. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)dəl/ 1. A bundle or burden. Labels: obsolete Example: Hees forc't to trot with fardle at his backe, / From houſe to houſe, demaunding if they lacke / A poore yong man that's willing to take paine, / And mickle labour, though for little gaine. Example: [W]ho would fardels beare / To grunt and ſweat vnder a wearie life, / But that the dread of ſomething after death, / The vndiſcouer'd country, from whoſe borne / No trauiler returnes, puzzels the will, / And makes vs rather beare thoſe ills we haue, / Then flie to others that we know not of.
Word: fardel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fardel, from Old French fardel (“pack, bundle”), from Spanish fardel, diminutive of fardo (“pack, bundle”), from Arabic فَرْد (fard, “one of a pair”), as applied to saddlebags. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)dəl/ 1. To make up in fardels; to bunch. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Here are foure vntruths fardelled vp together
Word: fardels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fardel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sendaline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sendal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English sendaline From sendal + -ine. 1. A type of thin silk cloth, sendal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Upon her raiment of dyed sendaline / Were painted all the secret ways of love […] Example: […] his cloak of cloth of gold is heavy with jewels, his tunic of black sendaline hath great hearts worked thereon in rubies and red silk thread.
Word: jailbreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jail + break. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌbɹeɪk/ 1. An escape from prison. 2. A modification to a closed platform's technical restrictions that enables installation or execution of software (or OS modification) the platform's original design was intended to prevent. Typical devices are iPhones and game consoles. 3. A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions. Example: DAN has become a canonical example of what's known as a "jailbreak" — a creative way to bypass the safeguards OpenAI built in to keep ChatGPT from spouting bigotry, propaganda or, say, the instructions to run a successful online phishing scam. From charming to disturbing, these jailbreaks reveal the chatbot is programmed to be more of a people-pleaser than a rule-follower. Example: The jailbreak of ChatGPT has been in operation since December, but users have had to find new ways around fixes OpenAI implemented to stop the workarounds. 4. A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores. 5. A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores.
Word: jailbreak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jail + break. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌbɹeɪk/ 1. To escape from prison. 2. To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software. Labels: transitive Example: Unofficially, it has been possible to “Jailbreak” iOS and gain access to the underlying Unix and kernel environment, but this voids the warranty. Example: In order to gain true root access to a mobile device, a user has to either jailbreak (iOS) or root (Android/Windows) the device. 3. To free a large language model from its ethical restrictions using prompt injection. Example: ChatGPT is far from perfect. Twitter has been flooded with examples of "jailbreaking" ChatGPT — that is, tricking it into hallucinations or misalignment. Example: These are young technologies. Rather than jailbreaking AI tools to simulate conversations between the rapper Ye and Adolf Hitler, or waiting uneasily for them to become sentient, why don't we approach them as good parents would — and talk to them, or read to them, the way we do to children? 4. To score while short-handed in a league with the "jailbreak" rule.
Word: blood is thicker than water Part of Speech: proverb 1. Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members. Labels: idiomatic Example: It seems as though you had come to be so very near to us; and blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be? Example: The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
Word: clothes don't make the man Part of Speech: proverb 1. One cannot accurately judge a person solely by their appearance.
Word: barking dogs seldom bite Part of Speech: proverb 1. People who make threats rarely carry them out.
Word: cut one's coat according to one's cloth Part of Speech: verb 1. To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable. Labels: idiomatic
Word: C-47 Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard wooden clothespin with a metal spring, used to hold gels to the barn doors of cinema lights.
Word: porus Part of Speech: noun 1. A pore. Labels: dated Example: […] sometimes both guard-cells flattened, only the porus being distinct.
Word: barn doors Part of Speech: noun 1. Four hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Clip the C-47 to the barn doors. Example: Some broads have barn doors (see page 115) to block gross light spill into other set areas; others have even an adjustable beam, […] 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: barn doors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barn door Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”). Labels: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
Word: perifusion Part of Speech: noun 1. fluid flow, especially that of a solution of drugs or a suspension of cells in a biological in vivo or in vitro system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hikes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪks/ 1. plural of hike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hikes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /haɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hike Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: light gel Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin sheet of colored plastic used to affect color temperature of lights when shooting film or video. They are held in front of a light by clipping it to the barn doors using C-47s.
Word: resourcefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English resourceful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English resourcefulness From resourceful + -ness. 1. The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Again he reflected on the efficiency of these people and the ingenuity of the equipment they used. Had M underestimated their resourcefulness?
Word: Kohl Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German surname, from Kohl (“cabbage”). Compare Koehl, Cole, Coll, Kail, Kale. 1. A surname from German.
Word: corsair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cursus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Medieval Latin cursāriusder. Italian corsarobor. French corsairebor. English corsair Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar. Pronunciation: /kɔːɹsɛəɹ/ 1. A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo. 2. A privateer or pirate in general. Example: "If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ^([sic]) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous yet." 3. The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality. 4. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA. 5. A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).
Word: argental Part of Speech: adj 1. Of silver. Labels: not-comparable Example: After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.
Word: personae non gratae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈsəʊniː nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtiː/ 1. plural of persona non grata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toxophilite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Toxophilus, the title of a 1545 book by Roger Ascham intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + φίλος (phílos, “love”); equivalent to τόξον (tóxon) + -philite. Pronunciation: /tɒkˈsɒfɪlʌɪt/ 1. Pertaining to archery. Example: What causes them to labour at pianoforte sonatas, and to learn four songs from a fashionable master at a guinea a lesson, and to play the harp if they have handsome arms and neat elbows, and to wear Lincoln Green toxophilite hats and feathers, but that they may bring down some "desirable" young man with those killing bows and arrows of theirs?
Word: toxophilite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Toxophilus, the title of a 1545 book by Roger Ascham intended to mean ‘lover of the bow’, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + φίλος (phílos, “love”); equivalent to τόξον (tóxon) + -philite. Pronunciation: /tɒkˈsɒfɪlʌɪt/ 1. Someone keen on or an expert at archery; a lover or practitioner of archery. Example: Here the gardens of the place encroached with a somewhat wide sweep upon the paddock, and gave ample room for the doings of the toxophilites. Miss Thorne got together such daughters of Diana as could bend a bow, and marshalled them to the targets.
Word: travois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes The noun is derived from Michif travawy (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /tɹæˈvɔɪ/), from Canadian French travail (“travois”), from French travail, from Middle French travail, from Old French travail (“frame for restraining horses and cattle for medical treatment or shoeing”), from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device consisting of three stakes”), from Latin tripālis (“having, or propped up by, three pales or stakes”) (from tri- (prefix meaning ‘three’) + pālus (“pale, stake”)) + -ium (suffix forming nouns). Doublet of travel and travail. The spelling travois and pronunciations /ˈtɹævwɑ(ː)/, /tɹævˈwɑ/ are probably influenced by French -ois (suffix forming adjectives relating to particular countries, regions, or cities, their associated inhabitant names, and the local languages or dialects). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈvɔɪ/, /ˈtɹæˌvɔɪ/, /trəvˈwɑː/ 1. A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land. Labels: US, historical Example: On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta, […] Example: Riding out for wood he watched his shadow and the shadow of the horse and travois cross those palings tree by tree. Boyd rode in the travois holding the axe as if he'd keep guard over the wood they'd gathered […] 2. A similar piece of equipment used to transport something by dragging; especially a stretcher dragged by a horse, mule, etc., used to transport an ill or injured person. Labels: broadly 3. A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground. Labels: Canada, US, broadly, dated
Word: travois Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tréyes The noun is derived from Michif travawy (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /tɹæˈvɔɪ/), from Canadian French travail (“travois”), from French travail, from Middle French travail, from Old French travail (“frame for restraining horses and cattle for medical treatment or shoeing”), from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device consisting of three stakes”), from Latin tripālis (“having, or propped up by, three pales or stakes”) (from tri- (prefix meaning ‘three’) + pālus (“pale, stake”)) + -ium (suffix forming nouns). Doublet of travel and travail. The spelling travois and pronunciations /ˈtɹævwɑ(ː)/, /tɹævˈwɑ/ are probably influenced by French -ois (suffix forming adjectives relating to particular countries, regions, or cities, their associated inhabitant names, and the local languages or dialects). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈvɔɪ/, /ˈtɹæˌvɔɪ/, /trəvˈwɑː/ 1. To transport (someone or something) by means of a travois. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: At White Sands, we found drag-marks made by the ends of wooden poles while excavating for fossil footprints. Sometimes these appear as just one trace, while at other times they occur as two parallel, equidistant traces. A pole or poles used in this fashion is called a travois. . . To help interpret these features, we . . . used different combinations of poles to recreate simple, hand-pulled travois . . . In our experiments the pole-ends dragged along the mud truncate footprints in the same way as the fossil example in New Mexico. . . . the footprints and drag-marks tell a story of the movement of resources . . . Adults pulled the simple. . . travois, while a group of children tagged along. . . Travois are known from historical documents and accounts of Indigenous peoples and their traditions. They were . . .associated with dogs or horses, but were pulled by humans in our tests. . . they represent early examples of the handcart or wheelbarrow, but without the wheel. 2. To use a travois to transport a load. Labels: intransitive, rare
Word: -enchyma Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγχυμα (énkhuma, “infusion”). 1. cellular tissue Labels: morpheme
Word: suitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”). Pronunciation: /ˈsutɚ/, /ˈsuːtə/, /ˈsjuːtə/ 1. One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone. Example: (Notice that "Lysias" begins from the realistic assumption that an attractive young man with many suitors will "gratify" one of them, the only question being which. Rightly or wrongly, he treats the question, "Shall I at all?" as already resolved.) 2. A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another. Labels: broadly Example: […] and Mortimer asserted he had no shortage of suitors ready, willing, and able to make acquisition loans […] Example: The Betaville blog wrote earlier this week about market speculation that Adevinta was attracting takeover interest, without naming the suitors. 3. A party to a suit or litigation. 4. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Word: suitor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”). Pronunciation: /ˈsutɚ/, /ˈsuːtə/, /ˈsjuːtə/ 1. To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
Word: -ergic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree English -ergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -ergic From -ergy + -ic. 1. Produced or activated by (the specified thing). Labels: morpheme
Word: oothecae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əʊəˈθiːsiː/, /əʊəˈθiːkiː/ 1. plural of ootheca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the gristle Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not yet hardened into bone or strengthened into sinew. Example: Most cartilage is not merely premature bone; but there is a grain of truth to the old notion that newborn creatures' bodies are yet in the gristle, as some bones are still developing. 2. Young, weak, and unformed. Labels: figuratively Example: The country’s first prime minister, the hard-drinking political pragmatist Sir John A. Macdonald, was all too aware of the fragilities this entailed [the challenges of unifying a Canadian federal polity], stating in 1872 that Confederation “is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.”
Word: oo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾠο- (ōio-), combining form of ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”). Doublet of ovi-. Pronunciation: /əʊ.ə-/, /əʊˈɒ-/, /oʊ.ə-/, /oʊˈɑ-/ 1. Relating to eggs or ova. Labels: morpheme
Word: -escence Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence From Latin -escens, form of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ence. 1. A process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem). Labels: morpheme 2. A specified process or state. Labels: morpheme
Word: wedding breakfast Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɛdɪŋ ˈbɹɛkfəst/ 1. The main celebratory meal held after a marriage ceremony.
Word: trichion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + -ion. 1. The point where the hairline meets the centre of the forehead. Example: A dimpled trichion, a laughing look with vibrant eyes, a suckling kiss with eelish tongues, and Kaatje and Bruno were on each other, poll of curls to thighfork, he, a flaunt of windsheen hair to crotch, she.
Word: ROK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Republic of Korea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ecphrasis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ekphrasis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ekphrasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔκφρασις (ékphrasis, “description”), from ἐκφράζω (ekphrázō, “I describe”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, ex-”) + φράζω (phrázō, “I explain, point out”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/ 1. A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad. Example: Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a good contender, the classic example of ekphrasis.
Word: ecphrastic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of ekphrastic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ekphrastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐκφραστικός (ekphrastikós). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/ 1. Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid. Example: He mentions Rilke, too, in passing, whose “Archaic Torso of Apollo” forms, along with “Grecian Urn” and Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts,” a triad of classic examples. These poems cast long ekphrastic shadows.
Word: trichology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + -logy, from Ancient Greek. Pronunciation: /tɹʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The science or study of hair. Labels: uncountable Example: The remaining chapters cover diseases of the hairy skin and summarize recent developments in laboratory and experimental trichology. Example: They had spread themselves beneath the oaks and chestnuts and planted the green banks with tussocks of crocuses; it was more like some exercise in trichology than horticulture.
Word: impregnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English imprenable, impregnable (“impossible to capture, impregnable”), from Old French imprenable (modern French imprenable (“impregnable”)), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + prenable (“(military) of a building, position, etc.: takable”) (from prendre (“to take”) + -able (suffix meaning ‘creating an effect or influence’)). Prendre is derived from Latin prēndere, present active infinitive of prēndō, a variant of prehendō (“to catch, lay hold of; to grasp; to grab, snatch; to seize, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize, take”). The intrusive g in the English word was modelled after words like deign and reign. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛɡ.nəˌb(ə)l/ 1. Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable. Example: Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect. Example: Jurgis got up, wild with rage; but the door was shut and the great castle was dark and impregnable. 2. Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible. Labels: figuratively Example: [A]s for the Friendſhip of the World; […] he may at laſt be no more able to get into the other's Heart, than he is to thruſt his Hand into a Pillar of Braſs. The Man's Affection, amidſt all theſe Kindneſſes done him, remaining wholly unconcerned, and impregnable; juſt like a Rock, which being plied continually by the Waves, ſtill throws them back again into the Boſom of the Sea that ſent them, but is not at all moved by any of them. Example: And with Bolton suffering a wretched run of five straight home defeats – their worst run in 109 years – Chelsea fans would have been forgiven for expecting a comfortable win. But surely they did not anticipate the ease with which their team raced into an almost impregnable half-time lead.
Word: impregnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From impregnate (verb) + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives). Impregnate is either derived from impregnate (“pregnant”, adjective), or from its etymon Medieval Latin or Late Latin impraegnātus (“made pregnant”), past participle of impraegnō (“to make pregnant”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’)) + praegnāre (“pregnant”) (from praegnāns, a variant of praegnās (“pregnant”), from prae- (prefix meaning ‘before; in front’) + *gnāscor (archaic), nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth; to arise, proceed”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛɡ.nəˌb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable. Example: The reproductive strategies of troop members, especially those of impregnable females, are suggested to influence patterns of range use.
Word: hypothyroidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hypothyroidism Coined c. between 1900 and 1905 from hypo- (“under”) + thyroid + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪɹɔɪˌdɪzəm/, /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθaɪɹɔɪˌdɪzəm/ 1. The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypoglycemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hypoglycemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hypoglycemic From hypoglycemia + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊɡlaɪˈsiːmɪk/ 1. Suffering from hypoglycemia. 2. Causing hypoglycemia.
Word: hypoglycemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hypoglycemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hypoglycemic From hypoglycemia + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊɡlaɪˈsiːmɪk/ 1. A sufferer of hypoglycemia.
Word: hugely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hugely, hugeliche, equivalent to huge + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/ 1. Greatly; to a huge extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: This new movie is hugely inspired from the 1930s cowboy movies. Example: It became hugely successful.
Word: Hippocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Hippocraticus, equivalent to Hippocrates + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, or in accordance with the theories of, ancient Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates. Labels: not-comparable Example: As a means of restoring vigor to the generative organs, flagellation was recommended by the ancient physicians as an effectual remedy, in accordance with the Hippocratic principle of ubi stimulus, ibi affluxus. Example: Technology doesn't have a Hippocratic oath.
Word: headmistress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of head + mistress. 1. A female headteacher. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland
Word: triturated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Participle adjective of triturate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪtjʊɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Ground down; pulverised. Example: They cast no reflection in the water at their feet – it was too triturated by the pricking of the rain.
Word: triturated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Participle adjective of triturate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪtjʊɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of triturate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: giveth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of give Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Peace I leaue with you, my peace I giue vnto you, not as the world giueth, giue I vnto you: let not your heart bee troubled, neither let it bee afraid. Example: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Word: froggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frog + -y (suffix forming diminutives). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒɡi/, /ˈfɹɑɡi/ 1. A frog. Labels: childish, endearing Example: 'Pray, Mistress Mouse, will you give us some beer? Heigho, says Rowley, For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer.' Example: Twenty froggies went to school, down beside a rushy pool Twenty little coats of green, twenty vests all white and clean 2. A French person. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: froggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frog + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒɡi/, /ˈfɹɑɡi/ 1. Froglike. 2. Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse. Example: Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest. 3. Inclined to fight; aggressive. Labels: slang Example: Now jump, if you still feel froggy. 4. Energetic or strong. Labels: slang Example: On the days that you're feeling "froggy" (meaning you have plenty of energy) […]
Word: dippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dip + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpi/ 1. Lacking common sense. Labels: informal Example: If a person were to wash only one side of his face and continually neglect the other side, he would soon become a local curiosity–would be considered dippy. Example: “He’s dippy,” she informed him. “Absolutely mad. He’ll wreck your ship for you.” 2. Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about. Labels: informal Example: “I’ve read in the papers that ye’re dippy about secon’-hand stuff,” she teased, referring to his mania for antiques […] Example: ‘[…] If you’re dippy about a girl, and another fellow has grabbed her, it can’t be pleasant to sit at a writing table, probably with a rotten pen, sweating away while the other fellow dictates “My own comma precious darling period I worship you comma I adore you period How I wish comma my dearest comma that I could press you to my bosom and cover your lovely face with burning kisses exclamation mark”. […]’ 3. Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping. Labels: UK, informal Example: The flat was his domain until ten a.m., he informed her brusquely. He liked reading the paper and partaking of a dippy egg in solitude. 4. Involving or suited to dipping. Labels: informal Example: Also, salad dressing makes a great dippy sauce. Avoid low-fat salad dressings, which are usually loaded with fillers, sugar, and sodium. 5. Having dips (downward and upward slopes). Labels: informal Example: "It's not completely flat," Waddicor points out. "It's a bit up and down dippy. The gradients are quite steep compared with traditional lines."
Word: cucaracha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cucaracha (“cockroach”). Doublet of cockroach. 1. A Mexican ballroom and nightclub dance.
Word: costas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of costa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Coronado Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish coronado (“crowned”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒɹəˈnɑːdəʊ/ 1. A surname from Spanish. 2. A city in San Diego County, California, United States.
Word: San Diego Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San Diego (literally “Saint Didacus”). Diego is a unique name not derived from Santiago (“Saint James”). Pronunciation: /ˌsæn diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ 1. A city, the county seat of San Diego County, California, United States. Example: “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.” Example: The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below). 2. A city, the county seat of Duval County, Texas, United States. 3. Any of several other places also named after Saint Diego.
Word: conga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For the dance: * Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being of sub-Saharan African origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡə/, /ˈkɑŋɡə/ 1. A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin. 2. A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. Example: The conga dance, with its long line that might eventually sweep in everybody in the place, and the kick on the fourth beat and the fruited headdress that were to become her trademarks.
Word: conga Part of Speech: verb Etymology: For the dance: * Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being of sub-Saharan African origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡə/, /ˈkɑŋɡə/ 1. To dance the conga.
Word: conga line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line of people dancing the conga. 2. A succession of similar events, especially a quick, unstoppable, and/or comical succession. Labels: figuratively Example: The politician's vainglorious boasting was quickly followed by a conga line of embarrassing defeats. 3. A moving formation of snowplows and/or similar equipment, arranged in a diagonal line across a multilane highway, airport runway, or other roadway, such that the snow from the first vehicle is passed to the second, and then from the second to third, and so on, thereby clearing much or all of the route's width in a single pass. Labels: Canada, Northern-US, figuratively Example: It was a pity, Mel Bakersfeld reflected, that runway snow teams were not on more public view. . . . Airport men called the group a Conga Line. Example: Plows, snowblowers and dump trucks have formed their winter conga lines, and most Montreal Island cities say they'll have streets and sidewalks cleared of snow by Thursday.
Word: cometh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cometh, cumeþ, comth, cumþ, kimeð, from Old English cymþ, cymeþ, from Proto-Germanic *kwimidi, third person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -eth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kumt, West Frisian komt, Dutch komt, German Low German kummt, German kommt. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.əθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth.
Word: clarithromycin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós Proto-Italic *klāros Latin clārus English (Streptomyces) erythr(eus) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mycin English (e)rythromycin English clarithromycin From Latin clārus (“clear”) + English (e)rythromycin. Pronunciation: /kləˌɹɪθ.ɹəʊˈmʌɪ.sɪn/, /kləˌɹɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sn̩/ 1. A semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic C₃₈H₆₉NO₁₃ (trademarks Biaxin, Klaricid) used especially in the treatment of various mild to moderate bacterial infections. Labels: uncountable
Word: paederastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English paederast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English paederastic From paederast + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of pederastic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: chloroform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic. Labels: uncountable Example: Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.
Word: chloroform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform. Labels: transitive Example: Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder?
Word: chippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chip + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpi/ 1. A carpenter. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: Then, when ah wis apprenticed as a chippy wi a Gorgie builder, ah goes along tae Telford College tae dae ma national certificate modules in joinery. 2. A prostitute or promiscuous woman. Labels: US, Western, slang Example: I manage to pick up a living in spite of the damn chippies. I don't see why the hell they don't go into the business regular and make something out of it, instead of loving free. Example: Don't worry chippy, nobodys gonna hurtya. Maybe fuckya a little[…] 3. A fish-and-chip shop. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: Huge queues form outside the Chippy, often stretching back to the Coop and beyond. Example: Albert was flabbergasted. Yer really buyin′ a chippy?” Tom smiled whilst nodding his head. “That′s me plan.” 4. The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk. Labels: Australia, slang 5. A potato chip. Labels: New-Zealand, colloquial Example: why fish? for food so we can have it in our chippies 6. A chiptune. Labels: informal 7. A chipping sparrow. Labels: US Example: In due time a nest-full of little chippies appear to be nourished with insectiverous^([sic]) food from a parental beak until fledged and able to look after themselves. Example: Surely no young chippy was ever so stout and so emphatic as this bird. The funny part of it all is that the starling appears to make the chippies do whatever it pleases. 8. An occasional drug habit, less than addiction. Labels: slang
Word: chippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chip + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpi/ 1. Ill-tempered, disagreeable. Labels: Canada, UK Example: To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, / In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock, / Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock, / From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block! Example: There was something so irksome about Barry Groom that he had a fascination: you longed for him to annoy you again. He was incredibly chippy, was that the thing?—all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for. 2. Involving violence or unfair play. Labels: Canada, US Example: 2007, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, cisport.ca, The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and University of Saskatchewan Huskies battled to a 1-1 draw in a chippy Canada West men’s soccer affair that saw the teams combine for 33 fouls and five yellow cards. 3. Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood. 4. As dry as a chip of wood. Labels: dated 5. Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hungover. Labels: archaic
Word: chippy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chip + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpi/ 1. To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict. Labels: slang Example: I chippy around but haven't been hooked in a year now. Example: The heroin user in the United States typically "chippies" for some time before becoming a regular user.
Word: childless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English childles; equivalent to child + -less. 1. Not having any children. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life? Example: “He’s a 70-year-old childless warmonger and he has no stake in the future of this country,” Dans said. “He is the very reason that MAGA started in the first place, and we only have to look at 2016 when he was a vehement Trump hater. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.”
Word: chauvinist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name. 1. Pertaining to chauvinism. Example: Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […] 2. Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased. Labels: derogatory
Word: chauvinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name. 1. A chauvinistic person. Labels: derogatory Example: Any one of the three corners could represent one of the three constituents of Iranian tri-polar culture—pan-Islamists, anti-Islam Persian chauvinists and Westernized Islamophobians.
Word: carny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of carnival + -y (“diminutive, hypocoristic suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ni/ 1. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). Labels: countable, informal Example: The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark. Example: Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!” 2. The jargon used by carnival workers. Labels: uncountable 3. A carnival. Labels: countable, informal
Word: carny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of unknown origin. 1. To cajole, wheedle, or coax. Labels: dialectal Example: The crossing at St. Martin’s Church was mine fust of all; and when the other lads come to it I didn’t take no heed of ’em—only for that I’d have been a bright boy by now, but they carnied me over like; for when I tried to turn ’em off they’d say, in a carnying way, ‘Oh, let us stay on,’ so I never took no heed of ’em.