nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: existentialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɛɡzɪsˈtɛnt͡ʃʰələst/ 1. A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
Word: existentialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɛɡzɪsˈtɛnt͡ʃʰələst/ 1. Of or pertaining to existentialism.
Word: Anthony Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine. Pronunciation: /ˈænθəni/, /ˈæntəni/ 1. A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages. Example: "...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should Anthony look?" "You look like Anthony," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn." Example: It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. Example: The online fundraising site GiveSendGo continues to face criticism over a page that has raised more than $320,000 for Karmelo Anthony, the teen arrested for stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas track meet last week. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States:
Word: kuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kúna/ку́на. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːnə/ 1. The former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.
Word: Persephone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛfəni/, /pɚˈsɛfəniː/ 1. A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina. Labels: Greek 2. 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: rare Example: ‘My name is Persephone’ she says, ‘but in England everyone calls me Seph.’ 4. The ninth or tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.
Word: Demeter Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmiːtə/, /dəˈmiːtəɹ/, /ˈdɛmɪtəɹ/ 1. The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone. Labels: Greek 2. 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.
Word: circa Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circālbor. English circa Learned borrowing from Latin circā. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.kə/, /ˈsɜɹ.kə/ 1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time) Example: Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC. Example: Political talent scouts have called South Dakota's John Thune "the Republican Obama" because his low profile, youth and presidential bearing recall the unknown Illinois Democrat circa January 2007.
Word: grinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. A grouch or killjoy. Labels: US Example: Here's what they would risk: appearing responsible for higher taxes next year after Obama offered them a deal to extend the Bush-era rates, coming off as grinches for failing to extend unemployment insurance during the holiday season, and the possibility that next year Obama and Democrats will actually hold more leverage in this debate. 2. A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: grinch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone. Labels: US
Word: deceptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deceptive 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 deceptively From deceptive + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛptɪvli/ 1. In a deceptive manner; misleadingly. Example: those deceptively jaunty tunes that mask less-than- cheerful lyrics Example: 2010, Australian Law Dictionarydeceptively similar, Oxford Reference A trade mark is deceptively similar to another trade mark if it so nearly resembles that other trade mark that it is likely to deceive or cause confusion 2. Actually but not apparently. Example: We've rounded up 26 recipes that sound, look and taste difficult but are actually really easy. ... try one of these deceptively easy but wildly impressive recipes. Example: The “deceptively spacious” cliche is accurate in the case of this house near the corner of Castlepark Road and Hyde Road: from the front, it looks like a traditional 1930s home. But the current owners, who moved here 23 years ago, have extended it three times since then; now, with two levels at the back, it has 346sq m (3,725sq ft) of space. 3. Apparently but not actually. Example: The trial court found that the crewman who had spread the sawdust over the oil had made the situation more dangerous by creating a deceptively safe condition, resulting in a "trap" and an unseaworthy condition. Example: Mathematicians have long pondered a deceptively easy puzzle about the reach of a goat tied to a fence. Until now, they’ve only found approximate answers.
Word: lasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lase Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lasing Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of a laser beam.
Word: keso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano keso and Tagalog keso, from Spanish queso 1. Synonym of cheese Labels: Philippines
Word: queso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪsoʊ/, /ˈkeɪsəʊ/ 1. Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually Example: The day before, prepare the tortillas for the chalupitas and the quesos. Example: The ceviche is very good with just the right amount of spice; and quesos with chorizos and flour tortillas are a must.
Word: baryon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/, /ˈbæɹiɒn/ 1. A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus. Labels: particle Example: Without prejudging on the actual nature of the relationship between the V₁ and the nucleon it seems practical to have a collective name for these particles and other which possibly may still be discovered and which may also have to be taken along in the conservation principle just mentioned. It is proposed to use the fitting name "baryon" for this purpose.
Word: yogurt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *yugur- Proto-Turkic *-t Proto-Turkic *yogrut Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt)bor. English yogurt Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut. Pronunciation: /ˈjɒɡ.ət/, /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/, /ˈjəʉ.ɡət/, /ˈjɐʉ.ɡət/ 1. A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14). Example: It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks. 2. Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt). Labels: countable, especially, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: surrogate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/, /ˈsɝəɡɪt/ 1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role). Example: A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi. 2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent. 3. A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage. Labels: UK 4. A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate. Labels: US 5. A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions. Labels: US 6. Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane. 7. An ersatz good. 8. Ellipsis of surrogate key. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: surrogate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/, /ˈsɝəɡɪt/ 1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Word: surrogate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/, /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/ 1. To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor. Labels: transitive
Word: subrogate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin subrogātus, perfect passive participle of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“to ask, request”). A variant of surrogate. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbɹəɡeɪt/ 1. To replace one person or thing with another. Labels: transitive Example: In the course of that work air‑conditioning units were installed. Those units are equipped with compressors which were manufactured by Refcomp, whose registered office is in Italy, purchased from that company and fitted by Climaventa whose registered office is also in Italy, then sold to Doumer by the company Liebert to whose rights Emerson is now subrogated. […] Subrogated to the rights of Doumer, to which it paid compensation, Axa Corporate sued the manufacturer Recomp, the fitter Climaveneta and the seller Emerson before the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris (Regional Court, Paris) seeking an order that they pay in solidum compensation for the damage suffered. Example: A co-debtor that pays off a principal creditor has a choice. It can subrogate to the principal creditor's claim or it can file its own claim in the bankruptcy. It cannot do both; its own claim will be disallowed if it seeks subrogation.
Word: fervour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -our (“abstract noun suffix”). 1. Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.
Word: eutopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term appears to be a back-formation from the adjective eutopic, which came from the more common noun eutopia. 1. The condition of being properly placed, as opposed to ectopy. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dyirbal Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪəbaːl/, /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/, /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/ 1. An ergative Australian Aboriginal language of the Dyirbalic branch of the Pama-Nyungan family, spoken in the region of Cairns and the Atherton Tableland, Queensland.
Word: lavish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”). Pronunciation: /ˈlævɪʃ/ 1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. Example: lavish of money; lavish of praise Example: The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…]. 2. Superabundant; excessive. Example: lavish spirits Example: lavish meal 3. Unrestrained, impetuous. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou wilt repent theſe lauiſh words of thine 4. Rank or lush with vegetation. Labels: dialectal Example: […] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb; ⁠But all the lavish hills would hum The murmur of a happy Pan: […]
Word: lavish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”). Pronunciation: /ˈlævɪʃ/ 1. To give out extremely generously; to squander. Labels: transitive Example: They lavished money on the dinner. 2. To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. Labels: transitive Example: They lavished him with praise.
Word: lavish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave + -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”). Pronunciation: /ˈlævɪʃ/ 1. Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: unerring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + erring. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɜːɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. consistently accurate; not missing a target. Labels: figuratively, often Example: Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. 2. 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1 3. 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1: As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators. 4. 2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport 5. 2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport: Debutant Mateo Retegui was the beneficiary of poor work from Harry Maguire, whose failed attempt to close down the danger on the edge of the box allowed the Italians to shift the ball to the 23-year-old to drill an unerring finish past Jordan Pickford after 56 minutes.
Word: Hallewell Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhælɪwɛl/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English from a place name meaning "holy well".
Word: benzene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Benzoe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene A technical term in chemistry, adopted in English in 1835 as benzine (benzene from 1872), from German Benzin, which was coined in 1833 by Eilhardt Mitscherlich based on Benzoesäure (“benzoic acid”), plus the technical ending -ene (German -in) denoting hydrocarbons. The adjective benzoic is in turn from benzoin, originally a term for a balsamic resin from Middle French benjoin, from Spanish benjuí, Portuguese beijoim, Italian benzoe, probably, from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). Not related to German Benz (surname). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnziːn/ 1. An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C₆H₆ whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. Example: The recall notice, published earlier this week, noted that the affected products likely will not expose people to levels of benzene high enough to cause health issues. 2. Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable, usually
Word: FYI Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌɛfwaɪˈaɪ/ 1. Initialism of for your information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: FYI, there are donuts in the break room. [sentence adverbial use] Example: I just wanted to give you an FYI about the donuts in the break room. [noun use]
Word: necessarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English necessary Middle English -ly English -ly English necessarily From necessary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛs.ə.sə.ɹɪ.li/, /ˈnɛs.ə.sɛɹ.li/, /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.ə.li/, /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.li/ 1. Inevitably; of necessity. Example: It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents. Example: But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
Word: unnecessarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily. 1. In an unnecessary way; not by necessity. Example: He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered. Example: There be […] lords that can prate As amply and unnecessarily As this Gonzalo; 2. To an extent beyond what is needed. Example: The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry. Example: In the days of their [the Roman armies’] grandeur, when no enemy appeared capable of opposing them, their heavy armour was laid aside as unnecessarily burdensome, their laborious exercises were neglected as unnecessarily toilsome.
Word: unnecessary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English necessary English unnecessary From un- + necessary. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.s(ə)ɹɪ/, /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.ɪ/, /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/, /ʌnˈnɛs.ə.ɹɪ/, /anˈnes.əˌseɹ.i/ 1. Not needed or necessary. Example: The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary. Example: Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills." 2. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.
Word: endemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/, /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/ 1. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs. Labels: not-comparable Example: The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers. 2. Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: Kangaroos are endemic to Australia. Example: […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […] 3. Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: Malaria is endemic to the tropics. Example: 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments” These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
Word: endemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/, /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/ 1. An individual or species that is endemic to a region. Example: The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world. 2. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.
Word: enzootic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English zootic English enzootic From en- + zootic. Pronunciation: /ɛn.zoʊˈɒt.ɪk/, /ɛn.zoʊˈɑt.ɪk/ 1. A disease that is consistently prevalent in a population of non-human animals in a limited region, season, or climate.
Word: enzootic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English zootic English enzootic From en- + zootic. Pronunciation: /ɛn.zoʊˈɒt.ɪk/, /ɛn.zoʊˈɑt.ɪk/ 1. Like or having to do with an enzootic. Labels: not-comparable 2. Prevalent in a given population or area. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rabies is enzootic throughout North America.
Word: pandemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). πάνδημος is derived from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pandēmus (“affecting all the people, general, public”). Pronunciation: /pænˈdɛmɪk/, [pɛənˈdɛmɪk], /pænˈdemɪk/, /pɛnˈdemɪk/ 1. Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature. Example: The chaotic breakdown of public health as World War I dragged on is widely recognized as exacerbating the disease burden of the pandemic outbreak of influenza in 1918. Example: Among diſeaſes, ſome do more generally haunt a Country, by reaſon of a certain property in the air, produced through a particular influence of the climat; and the fuming of malign ſtreams out of the earth; whence ſuch diſeaſes are termed Endemick or Pandemick: Others, though they are general, do only rage at a certain ſeaſon of the year, and are therefore called Epidemick; [...] 2. General, widespread. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: A former age insisted upon the efficacy of scarlet curtains and red broad-cloth in small-pox—a succeeding age thinks it has proved the practice superstitious,—or they refer to it fancy. Now that said fancy is an element in the constitution of man, possibly more powerful in its effects upon the cure or aggravation of disease, than all the drugs in all the chemists' laboratories in all the towns of the world. For it is universal and not partial, pandemic and not solitary. Example: Allow Class[ical] Ō and Ǔ to merge into a single phoneme, namely /o/, [...] and the specimens under investigation will emerge as /nodo/, /nokʼe/, and /noro/, the last-mentioned driven by an early pandemic tendency to change into /nora/ as, inherently, the designation of a female.
Word: pandemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). πάνδημος is derived from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pandēmus (“affecting all the people, general, public”). Pronunciation: /pænˈdɛmɪk/, [pɛənˈdɛmɪk], /pænˈdemɪk/, /pɛnˈdemɪk/ 1. A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population. Example: Those diseases which have some strong resemblance in their general characters, and attack many individuals in a large extent of country at about the same time, are commonly called epidemics. If all, or about all the inhabitants of a country be similarly attacked, at or near the same time, with a particular complaint, it is more properly called a pandemic. Example: The full and correct theory of influenza will not be reached by the great pandemics only. On the other hand some very localized epidemics may prove to be signal instances for the pathology, although they do not bear upon the source of the great historic waves of influenza. 2. A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population. Labels: specifically
Word: pandemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Pandemic. Pronunciation: /pænˈdɛmɪk/, [pɛənˈdɛmɪk], /pænˈdemɪk/, /pɛnˈdemɪk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic (“of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.”). Labels: Greek, Roman, alt-of, not-comparable, rare Example: The meeting of Venus with Phoebe distinguishes her roles: the business of Venus in her pandemic form is to ensure the immortality of the kinds. Her Garden has the voluptuousness necessary to ensure this, and this is 'the first seminarie / Of all things that are borne to live and die / According to their kindes.' [Quoting from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.]
Word: lase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪz/ 1. To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. Labels: transitive Example: The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe. Example: The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion. 2. To use a laser beam on, as for targeting or rangefinding. Labels: transitive Example: The commander lased the target across the valley. 3. To operate as a laser; to release coherent light due to stimulation. Labels: intransitive Example: Once enough of the gas particles are in a higher energy state, they will begin to lase and give off a coherent beam. Example: Charles Townes' comments that it turned out to be easy to make the first laser and that anything will lase if you hit it hard enough are incredible statements to me. If it was so easy, why didn't Columbia, Bell Labs, or TRG pull it off? They each had a head start, plenty of money, and heavy staffing.
Word: spesh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from special. Pronunciation: /spɛʃ/ 1. special Labels: slang Example: Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Hey. You look really cute today. Listen, this is gonna be tough, I know. It's gonna take some serious restraint on our part. But what we have is rare. Super spesh. But I'm afraid we can't act on it, Jude.
Word: sport Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport. Pronunciation: /spɔːt/, /spɔɹt/, [spɔɹʔ], /spɔː/, /spo(ː)ɹt/ 1. To amuse oneself, to play. Labels: intransitive Example: children sporting on the green 2. To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. Labels: intransitive Example: Jen sports with Bill's emotions. Example: He sports with his own life. 3. To display; to have as a notable feature. Labels: transitive Example: Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat Example: But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass. 4. To divert; to amuse; to make merry. Labels: reflexive Example: Against whom do ye sport yourselves? 5. To represent by any kind of play. Labels: transitive Example: Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth. 6. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 7. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. Example: more than one kind of rose has sported into a moss 8. To close (a door). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: There he locked it up in a drawer, sported the doors of both sets of rooms, and retired to bed.
Word: triple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.əl/, [ˈtɹɪp.l̩], [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪp.l̩] 1. Made up of three related elements, often matching Labels: not-comparable Example: The triple markings on this vase are quite unique. 2. Of three times the quantity; treble. Labels: not-comparable Example: Give me a triple serving of mashed potatoes. 3. Designed for three users. Labels: not-comparable Example: a triple room 4. Folded in three; composed of three layers. Labels: not-comparable 5. Having three aspects. Labels: not-comparable Example: a triple meaning 6. Of time, three times as fast as very fast. Labels: not-comparable 7. One of three; third. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure
Word: triple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.əl/, [ˈtɹɪp.l̩], [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪp.l̩] 1. Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc. 2. A drink with three portions of alcohol. Labels: informal Example: I've had a hard day; make that a triple. 3. Three runs. 4. A hamburger with three patties. Labels: US Example: I'd like a triple with cheese. 5. A three-base hit. Example: The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth. 6. A three-point field goal. 7. A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play. 8. A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple. 9. Short for triple combination engine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: triple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.əl/, [ˈtɹɪp.l̩], [ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪp.l̩] 1. To multiply by three. Example: The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter. 2. To get a three-base hit. Example: The batter tripled into the gap. 3. To become three times as large. Example: Our earnings have tripled in the last year. 4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions. Example: Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter. Example: Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.
Word: panel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane. Pronunciation: /ˈpænəl/, [ˈpæn.ɫ̩], [ˈpɛən.əl], [ˈpɛən.ɫ̩], [ˈpeːnəl] 1. To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The knight […] arose, and commanded Sancho to saddle his horse and pannel his ass immediately. 3. To fit (a room etc.) with panels. Labels: transitive
Word: paucal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin paucālis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural paucī (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːkəl/, /ˈpɔkəl/ 1. Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to a language form referring to a few or a couple of something (typically three to around ten), e.g. a small group of people. Labels: not-comparable Example: first-person paucal Example: paucal number 3. Expressing a relatively small quantity or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: But too much can occur in the negative with a paucal meaning when there is no explicit or implicit infinitival complement: I didn't enjoy it too much is simply an informal alterant of I didn't enjoy it very much.
Word: paucal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin paucālis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural paucī (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːkəl/, /ˈpɔkəl/ 1. A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural. Labels: uncountable
Word: honcho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 /班长 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/, /ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/ 1. Boss, leader. Labels: informal Example: Says they had no choice. Says the NVA killed the old honcho when he said no. Now he says all the rice is theirs. Example: For years, snobbery has been a hallmark of this city of wealth and glamour, movie stars and entertainment honchos, where it is possible to spend $20,000 for a watch, $6,000 for a suit with 14-karat gold pinstriping or $15,000 for a handbag of rare leather.
Word: honcho Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 /班长 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/, /ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/ 1. To lead or manage. Labels: Canada, US, informal, transitive Example: I had never honchoed that many people so even something as simple as ordering them to knead dough or fondant became an important decision. Example: The task of choosing the clips that comprised the allotted 10 minutes in the bake-off was left to the supervising sound editor, as it was he or she who honchoed the preparation of the soundtrack for the rerecording mixing stage in the first place.
Word: titrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Modelled after French titrer. Equivalent to French titre (“title, quality, chemical proportion”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtɹeɪt/, /ˈtaɪtɹeɪt/, /ˈtɪtɹæɪt/, /ˈtɑetɹæɪt/, /ˈtətɹæɪt/ 1. To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction. Example: He was obsessed with making LSD even purer than Sandoz, producing it first in powder form in gelatin capsules as well as light-blue liquid (“Mother's Milk”) that was easily recognizable when titrated onto sugar cubes. 2. To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved. Labels: intransitive Example: A 5mg dose could not ease the pain, so he titrated to 10mg which brought him immediate relief. 3. To precisely control. Labels: figuratively Example: In crisis debriefing, because it is done in group sessions, you can’t titrate the amount of exposure to the individual, so some may get more upset. Example: "All mammals engage in dangerous play," Gray told me. "Dangerous play is how kids learn how to titrate fear."
Word: titrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from titration or from the above verb, either on the basis of -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. A solution of unknown concentration which is (to be) tested by means of titration. Example: A typical titration requires approximately 1.8–2.0 mL of titrate at a concentration of 1–2 µM. The titrant will typically be at a concentration 10–20 times that of the titrate.
Word: titrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French titré or the above verb, either on the basis of -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Precisely measured. Labels: obsolete Example: Dr. R. Dubois's apparatus for applying anæsthetics composed of titrate mixtures of chloroform and air was described on June 22nd..before the Academy of Sciences.
Word: titration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From titrate + -ion, see titrate. Pronunciation: /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/, /tɪˈtɹeɪʃən/ 1. The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: titre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French titre (“title”). Doublet of tilde, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪtə/, /ˈtaɪtɚ/ 1. The strength or concentration of a solution that has been determined by titration.
Word: titre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French titre (“title”). Doublet of tilde, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪtə/, /ˈtaɪtɚ/ 1. To determine a titre, especially by titration
Word: blatant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1596 in "blatant beast". Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate + -ant. See bleat. In addition, it is suggested by Latin blatiō (“speak like a fool, prate”), which is rare, and so the similitude may be just coincidental. Compare typologically Bulgarian вопиющ (vopijušt), Russian вопию́щий (vopijúščij) (akin to вопи́ть (vopítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪtənt/ 1. Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive. Example: Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. Example: London died away in draggled taverns and dreary scrubs, and then was unaccountably born again in blazing high streets and blatant hotels. 2. Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. Labels: archaic Example: A monster, which the Blatant beast men call. Example: harsh and blatant tones
Word: titrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From titre + -ant, see titrate. 1. The reagent of known concentration and volume used in titrations.
Word: tarpan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh тарпаң (tarpañ) or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹpən/, /ˈtɑːpən/ 1. An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus. Example: It’s possible that wild horses, known as tarpans, survived in southern Russia until the nineteenth century, but these may have been hybrids, with genes from domestic horses.
Word: nevertheless Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser. Pronunciation: /ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs/, /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/ 1. In spite of what preceded; yet. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby. Example: The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book. Nevertheless, we continue to experience the problems of this level of reading, no matter how capable we may be as readers.
Word: spyware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spy Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English spyware From spy + -ware. 1. Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: In the end of the 90s we call^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]
Word: adware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ad Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English adware From ad + -ware. Pronunciation: /ˈædˌwɛə/, /ˈædˌwɛɚ/ 1. A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware. Labels: uncountable
Word: zygote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός (zŭgōtós, “yoked”) + English -ote (suffix meaning ‘having [the thing to which it is attached]’). Ζῠγωτός (Zŭgōtós) is derived from ζῠγόω (zŭgóō, “to join or yoke together”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives of possibility); and ζῠγόω (zŭgóō) from ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke for joining animals; anything which joins two things together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming causative or factitive verbs). By surface analysis, zygo- + -ote. Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪɡəʊt/, /ˈzaɪˌɡoʊt/ 1. A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process. Labels: also, attributive
Word: shag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English sċeacga Middle English *schagge English shag From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggiją (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to jump, move, hurry”). Akin to Old Norse skegg (“beard”) (compare Danish skæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg). Related to shake and shock via the root. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæɡ/, /ˈʃeɪ̯ɡ/ 1. Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nor ſhould it prove thy leſs important Care, / To chuſe a proper Coat for Winter's Wear. / [...] / True Witney Broad-cloath with it's Shag unſhorn, / Unpierc'd is in the laſting Tempeſt worn: [...] 2. Coarse shredded tobacco. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was rather unshaven as well and smelt strongly of shag. Example: The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.' 'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?' 3. A type of rough carpet pile. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles. Labels: Ireland, UK, archaic, countable, uncountable 5. A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese. Labels: Ireland, UK, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: But it is a braw elemental sphere this o' ours, for here's a good queich o' claret for ye, an' a shag o' butter-an'-bread. Example: romancing Shelley between / sips of thermos tea and / yeasty shags of bread, sour-sweet, / from Lizzie Coutinho’s bakery. 6. A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle. Labels: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: There was that hair salon on Yonge Street called House of Lords. On a Saturday – nowadays you can't even imagine it – but imagine a hair salon having a lineup outside of people wanting to get a shag haircut.
Word: shag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English sċeacga Middle English *schagge English shag From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggiją (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to jump, move, hurry”). Akin to Old Norse skegg (“beard”) (compare Danish skæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg). Related to shake and shock via the root. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæɡ/, /ˈʃeɪ̯ɡ/ 1. To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen. Labels: transitive Example: He saw the pine its daring mantle rear, / Break the rude blast, and mock the brumal year / Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies, / And bid all southern vegetation rise. 2. To hang in shaggy clusters. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And long curld locks that downe his shoulders shag