nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: horsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːsi/, /ˈhɔɹsi/ 1. Of, relating to, or similar to horses. Example: All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls […] Example: Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy, acquisitive teeth. 2. Involved in breeding or riding horses. 3. Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined. Example: Near-synonym: crude
Word: horsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːsi/, /ˈhɔɹsi/ 1. A child's term or name for a horse. Labels: childish, endearing 2. A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours. Example: When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle Example: When you get down on the floor and play “horsey”, you are giving yourself a heck of a workout – and it is fun for the kids!
Word: time machine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 in his novel The Time Machine. 1. A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future. Example: If I had a time machine / And if life was a movie scene / I'd rewind, and I'd tell me / "Ru-u-u-u-u-u-u-un" 2. Something that appears to take a person or thing to another time, for example through nostalgia or delay. Labels: informal Example: It's a time machine for Photoshop. It's magic. Image makers can not just combine different images, but different points in time from each image. Example: Conrad Riker, The Last Days of Manhood Mayo Clinic research shows heavy squats spike growth hormone by 530%. That's not exercise — it's a time machine for your cells.
Word: eejit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hiberno-English and Scottish English pronunciation of idiot. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.d̠͡ʒɪt/, [ˈiː.d̠͡ʒɪθ͇], /ˈiː.d̠͡ʒɛ̈t/, /ˈiː.d̠͡ʒɜt/, /ˈiː.d̠͡ʒət/ 1. An idiot; a fool; an imbecile. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, derogatory
Word: idiota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish idiota, from Latin idiōta (“idiot”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”). Doublet of idiot. By surface analysis, idi- + -ota. 1. Fool or imbecile. Labels: US, derogatory, slang
Word: tata Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823. 1. Alternative form of ta-ta. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably ultimately from baby-talk and related to teat, tit. Possibly borrowed through French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or Old English titt. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze. 1. Alternative form of ta-ta (“breast”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: P.O.W. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of prisoner of war. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Gaston Huet, the proprietor, whose story is recounted in “Wine and War,” had returned after five years in a German P.O.W. camp. He was in a gravely weakened condition but was able to make the ’45, a great vintage in France.
Word: scuba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English contained English self-contained Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English underwater Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English breathing Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Proto-Italic *paro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *parāō Latin parō Latin apparō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin apparātuslbor. English apparatus English SCUBA English scuba From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus; now usually viewed as anacronymic. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːbə/ 1. An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
Word: scuba Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English contained English self-contained Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English underwater Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English breathing Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Proto-Italic *paro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *parāō Latin parō Latin apparō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin apparātuslbor. English apparatus English SCUBA English scuba From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus; now usually viewed as anacronymic. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːbə/ 1. To perform scuba diving. Labels: rare
Word: World War II Part of Speech: name Etymology: From world war + two. The term was used for a hypothetical future war as early as 1819. It was first applied to the war in 1939-45 in an article in Time, dated September 11, 1939. Pronunciation: /ˌwɜː(ɹ)ld ˌwɔː(ɹ)ˈtuː/ 1. The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan. Labels: historical Example: As students all over the United States knuckle down to learning, the rumble of war drums once more proclaims Mars high man in Europe. Discarding morbid curiosity, every student should consider it vitally necessary to get a general picture of the causes, movements, and possible effects of World War II. The average U. S. citizen's knowledge of World War II will probably decide his role in it. Example: Nothing since the beginning of World War II, a year ago last September, has boosted British morale or given them greater courage to fight on as has this brilliant Libyan campaign.
Word: World War III Part of Speech: name 1. A hypothetical world war following World War II. Example: "I can't pretend I'm sorry to hear of the Khan's death - at least that removes the threat of World War Three - but what are we left with?" Example: One time ago a crazy dream came to me / I dreamt I was walking into World War Three
Word: pseudopenis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnislbor. English penis English pseudopenis From pseudo- + penis. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdoʊˌpiːnɪs/ 1. The enlarged clitoris of the female of various species including spotted hyena, binturong, and lemur. 2. Anything that resembles a penis in form or function. Example: The use of hard plastic rods with increasing diameters, a sort of pseudopenis, can be useful, provided it is explained to the woman that these rods are not used to dilate her vagina but are a means of training the relaxation of her pelvic muscles and of getting these muscles under control.
Word: telephone number Part of Speech: noun 1. The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network. Example: Well, that story satisfied old O’Herrin’s curiosity. But he wanted to know the fairy’s telephone number, and when Zobedee fetched her fairylets in by burning a lot of hair, while the grand vizier and the boss eunuch held their noses, he asked her to change the spaniels back into women. 2. A large number. Labels: figuratively, humorous, in-plural Example: How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.
Word: haut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English haut, hawt, haute, from Old French haut, halt. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːt/ 1. Haughty. Labels: obsolete Example: nations proud and haut 2. Having high standards or quality. Labels: obsolete Example: My ſcole is more ſolem and ſomwhat more haute
Word: haut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hauth (“unit of measure”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: incest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin incestus. Displaced Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sɛst/ 1. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages. Example: For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification. 2. Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually
Word: incest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin incestus. Displaced Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sɛst/ 1. To engage in incestuous sexual activities. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I do not want anyone to feel that my lesbianism is a result of being incested. Example: Her erotic transference ultimately devolved into a revelation that she had been consistently incested by her brother
Word: nerve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew. Verb sense 4 (“to get on (someone’s) nerves”) is chiefly a semantic loan from German nerven. Pronunciation: /nɜːv/, /nəːv/, /nɝv/, /nɜɪv/, /nøːv/ 1. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. Example: The nerves can be seen through the skin. Example: Like her I go; I cannot stay; ⁠I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away […] 2. A neuron. Labels: colloquial, nonstandard 3. A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood. Example: Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves. 4. Courage; boldness; audacity; gall. Example: He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited. Example: He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her. 5. Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude. Example: The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories Example: He led me on to mightiest deeds, / Above the nerve of mortal arm. 6. One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche. Labels: in-plural Example: All these rationalizations for asinine behavior are getting on my nerves. Example: His nerves could no longer handle the worry. 7. Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions. Labels: in-plural Example: Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test; she was a bundle of nerves. Example: Put me in the hospital for nerves and then they had to commit me 8. The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing. Example: The nerviness (ability to recover quickly from strain or stretching) ... generally requires it to be broken down or masticated on the mill before the other compounding ingredients are added. In the break-down operation, heat is inherently generated by the sheer action of the milling or mixing equipment on the polymer. Therefore, it is difficult to maintain the desired low temperatures during the milling or mixing... An object of this invention is to reduce the inherent nerve of ... polymers ... during break-down. 9. Sinew, tendon. Labels: obsolete Example: Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them. Example: Whilst thus their fury rages at the bay, My sword our cables cut, I call'd to weigh, And charg'd my men, as they from fate would fly, Each nerve to strain, each bending oar to ply. 10. A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
Word: nerve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew. Verb sense 4 (“to get on (someone’s) nerves”) is chiefly a semantic loan from German nerven. Pronunciation: /nɜːv/, /nəːv/, /nɝv/, /nɜɪv/, /nøːv/ 1. To give courage. Labels: transitive Example: May their example nerve us to face the enemy. Example: The yellow-bearded Mailey, the old warrior, scarred with many combats and eager for more, stood beside his wife, the gentle squire who bore his weapons and nerved his arm. 2. To give strength; to supply energy or vigour. Labels: transitive Example: The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march. Example: The shock nerved her, and she ran aimlessly till she fell, and for a time lay, but making a barrier of her arms, that the child should not be crushed. 3. To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something). Labels: informal, transitive Example: She has been trying everything (wedge pads, bar shoes, etc.) and he is still dead lame. Someone has suggested nerving him, which (I believe - correct me if I am wrong!) involves cutting the main nerve in his foot so he can be ridden without pain. Example: You can't nerve a hoof and I didn't realize that the cannon bone where the nerving takes place is not part of the leg. 4. To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone). Labels: informal, rare, transitive Example: I guess, my previous message never came in the net..so again: (hope, i don't nerve anyone) We want to combine different LAN's via fiberoptic cable (Monomode) to the Internet. Example: No way was I assured, but after that the doctor refused to answer anymore questions. Instead, he wouldn’t stop nerving me to give him a guided tour of the berserker. 5. To be nervous. Labels: informal, intransitive, rare Example: Mathias slowly leads his hand down to the holster... yeah, cool steel... his fingers wrap around the grip of his Smith & Wesson's, dragging it out, aiming and... In other words: Stop nerving, damiac14! Example: use the extrapolar solution, don't nerve.
Word: make quick work of Part of Speech: verb 1. To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The cupbearers made quick work of the after-dinner cleanup chores. 2. To kill a specified person easily and quickly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The spiders made quick work of the human soldiers.
Word: werewolf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi. By surface analysis, were- + wolf. * Compare French garou in loup-garou; French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”); Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”); all from Germanic, probably Frankish *werawulf. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛːwʊlf/, /ˈwɪəwʊlf/, /ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/, /ˈwɪəɹwʊlf/, /ˈwɜɹwʊlf/ 1. A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon. Example: Near-synonym: dogman
Word: onomatopoeic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-der. Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)der. Latin onomatopoeïabor. English onomatopoeia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English onomatopoeic From onomatopoeia + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/, /ˌɒnəmɛtəˈpiːək/, /-ˈpæeək/ 1. Of or relating to onomatopoeia. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the property of onomatopoeia. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words: 1 to make words stand out, for example, in advertising: トヨタ (Toyota) 2 to classify species of plants and animals, for example in botanical gardens 3 to write onomatopoeic words Example: Some of them are onomatopoeic like hrududu (which is a car), but overall they simply came from my subconscious.
Word: ruminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminor (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), itself of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹumɪneɪt/ 1. To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. Labels: intransitive Example: A camel will ruminate just as a cow will. Example: There is surely some point beyond which the acquisition of other men’s thoughts must not be carried. This we say for the sake of those helluones librorum, who read forever and without stint; browsing as diligently as oxen in the green herbage of rich meads, but, unlike these, never lying down to ruminate. Life is too short, Art is too long, for a human mind to make perpetual accretion of book-learning, without halt. Sufflaminandum est. 2. To meditate or reflect. Labels: intransitive Example: I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first. Example: Yet do thou cherish thy Partner, whilst her innocent Eyes are gazing on the Green Garment, that covereth the Surface of her Illapidable Virginity, ruminating upon the Departure of her nearest and dearest Friend [...] In that Day, thee wilt see with the Eye of Flesh; but if thee pursues it farther, to know whether she be Lapidable, or not, thee art certainly a Tyrant: For the Hammer of thy Loins, will at length beat down the Fortress of her Porto Bello; and the Pillars of her Tabernace will be spread abroad, until thee hast plundered the City, and taken the Precious Stones away. 3. To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. Labels: transitive Example: What I know / Is ruminated, plotted, and set down. Example: Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
Word: ruminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1800, in the writings of John Hull; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmɪnət/, /ˈɹumənət/ 1. Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. Labels: not-comparable Example: a ruminate endosperm
Word: sheath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede. Pronunciation: /ʃiːθ/, /ʃiθ/ 1. A holster for a sword; a scabbard. 2. Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide. Labels: broadly 3. The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses. 4. The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable. 5. One of the elytra of an insect. 6. A tight-fitting dress. 7. The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses). 8. A condom. Labels: UK, informal
Word: sheath Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of sheathe. Pronunciation: /ʃiːð/, /ʃið/ 1. Obsolete spelling of sheathe. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Nay, neuer beare me hence, diſpatch me heere: / Here ſheath thy Sword, Ile pardon thee my death: [...] Example: Sheath your Dagger: / Be angry when you will, it ſhall haue ſcope: [...]
Word: lycanthrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lycanthrōpus, from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos) – a compound of λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”). By surface analysis, lyc- + -anthrope. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪkənθɹoʊp/, /laɪˈkænθɹoʊp/ 1. A werewolf. 2. More generally, any sort of werecreature.
Word: immense Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛns/ 1. Huge, gigantic, very large. Example: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer. Example: As Elon Musk returns his focus to his businesses, one of his most important companies just had another setback: A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in an immense fireball Wednesday during a routine ground test. 2. Supremely good. Labels: colloquial 3. Major; to a great degree. Labels: colloquial Example: The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
Word: immense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛns/ 1. Immense extent or expanse; immensity. Labels: poetic Example: The half of Asia is my prison-house, Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense— I look with terror to my crowning day. Example: The events that took place in the immenses of the former USSR three years ago remind one about ancient rule of everyday life which is equally applicable both to daily routine and to politics: […]
Word: mythos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, story”). Doublet of myth. The plural form mythoi is from Ancient Greek μῦθοι (mûthoi), and the form mythoses from mythos + -es. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪθɒs/, /ˈmʌɪ-/, /ˈmɪθoʊs/ 1. Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: POLY′MYTHY (S[ubstantive]) in Poetry, a fault in an epic poem, when inſtead of a ſingle mythos, or fable, there is a multiplicity of them. 2. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he critics above named, define in a general manner a mythos as the exposition of a fact, or of a thought, under the historical form—it is true; but yet, under the form stamped upon it by the symbolical genius and language of antiquity, so full of warmth and imagination. At the same time, mythoses have been distinguished into different kinds. The mythoses of history, that is to say, the recital of real events colored only by the ancient opinions, which confounded the divine with the human, the natural with the supernatural,—also the philosophic mythoses, those in which a simple thought, a speculation contemporaneous, or a novel idea are enveloped. Example: But the most highly gifted of all peoples in poetic insight were the Greeks. They possessed supreme ability in the interpretation of nature as expression of spirit. They have countless mythoses to express the immortality of man and his after-life. 3. A set of assumptions or beliefs about something. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Of all the stories that fuel conflict, none affects you more than your mythos of identity—the core narrative that shapes how you see your identity in relation to that of the other side. In a conflict, you are likely to regard yourself as the victim and the other as the villain. You fill in the details of this mythos with personal grievances and accusations. Of course, the other side also sees the conflict through a mythos—and in theirs they are the victim. Unless you transform the fundamental way you relate to each other—your mythos—your conflict will remain. 4. A recurring theme; a motif. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To get most benefit from the four mythoi, one must avoid making two errors. First, a work embodying the comic mythos may be called comic but should not be confused with comedy since the latter term has too many meanings that are exclusively dramatic. The same stricture applies to tragedy and the tragic mythos. The second error is to assume that a work embodying the ironic mythos is an anti-romance. Example: In addition to mythoi drawn from myths and fairy tales, romances also employ mythoi derived from chivalric romances.
Word: armiger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour or having coat of arms”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/, /ˈɑːɹmɪd͡ʒɚ/ 1. An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight. 2. Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms. Labels: broadly
Word: girth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”). Pronunciation: /ɡɜːθ/, /ɡɝθ/, [ɡɚθ] 1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife. 2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. 4. A small horizontal brace or girder. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The distance measured around an object; the circumference. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The length of the shortest cycle in a graph. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: girth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”). Pronunciation: /ɡɜːθ/, /ɡɝθ/, [ɡɚθ] 1. To bind as if with a girth or band.
Word: sulfuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A transparent, oily liquid, formula H₂SO₄, that is a strong acid with many industrial applications. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: sulphuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless highly corrosive liquid, H₂SO₄. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is.
Word: earwax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erewax, from ere + wax. Equivalent to ear + wax. Pronunciation: /ˈiɹ.wæks/ 1. A waxy substance secreted by the ear. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]
Word: cerumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen. Pronunciation: /səˈɹuːmɛn/, /səˈɹuːmən/ 1. Earwax. Labels: uncountable
Word: inclusive or Part of Speech: noun 1. A logical connective joining two or more predicates that yields the logical value "true" when at least one of the predicates is true. 2. A bitwise operator that yields 1 when any of its operands is 1.
Word: exclusive or Part of Speech: noun Etymology: exclusive + or. 1. Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false. 2. Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two or more predicates, an odd number are true (without specifying which or how many); contrasted with inclusive or, which indicates only that one or more is true. Labels: broadly 3. An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.
Word: and/or Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ˈændɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or. Example: List three personal and/or business references. Example: [Howland Owl:] There wasn't no everybody else... 'cept them what was in jail and/or dead. [Albert:] Since when is it a crime to be dead?
Word: waxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwæksi/ 1. Resembling wax in texture or appearance. Example: There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice. 2. Low in starch; tending to remain firm when cooked. Example: As we all know, there are great differences among potatoes; some are waxy, others floury; and these, again, vary according to the manner and degree of cooking.
Word: waxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwæksi/ 1. A cobbler (shoe repairer). Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: waxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wahsą Proto-West Germanic *wahs Old English weax Middle English wax English wax Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English waxy From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwæksi/ 1. Angry. Labels: colloquial, regional Example: 'I do hope you won't be waxy,' he said; Example: A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.
Word: henge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from Stonehenge, although it is not strictly a henge. Pronunciation: /hɛnd͡ʒ/ 1. A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space. 2. A stone circle. Labels: nonstandard 3. Alternate form of hong.
Word: dieresis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diaeresis. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: diaeresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwís Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin diaeresis (“distribution; division of a diphthong into two syllables”), from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs, “distribution, division; division of a poetic line when the end of a word and a metrical foot coincide; division of a diphthong into two syllables”), from δῐαιρέω (dĭairéō, “to divide; to distinguish; to resolve a diphthong or contracted form”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). Δῐαιρέω (Dĭairéō) is derived from δῐᾰ- (dĭă-, prefix meaning ‘across; through; in different directions’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“doubly, twice; in two”)) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “to grasp, seize, take”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to grasp, seize, take”)). Pronunciation: /daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/, /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/, /daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/ 1. A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Diæreſis is vvhen tvvo points ouer a vovvell diuide it from another vovvel, as bouë, queuë, read bou-e, queu-e, not bo-ue, que-ue. Example: The Diæresis is used to divide a diphthong into two syllables; as, Creätor. 4. A division, a separation. Labels: countable, figuratively, rare, rhetoric, uncountable 5. A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: There are four^([sic]) manners of performing the Diæreſis: viz. by Cutting, Pricking, Tearing, Dravving, and Burning.
Word: connective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛktɪv/ 1. Serving or tending to connect; connecting. Labels: not-comparable Example: Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism begin to spread, choking, and strangling the free, personal life of the individual.
Word: connective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛktɪv/ 1. That which connects. 2. A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value. Example: Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation νₛ. 3. A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions. 4. The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together. 5. A connective tissue.
Word: past Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass. Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /past/, /pæst/ 1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. Example: a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past Example: 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech The past, at least, is secure. 2. The past tense.
Word: past Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass. Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /past/, /pæst/ 1. Having already happened; in the past; finished. Example: past glories Example: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 2. Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. Example: That had been, what, three years past? Example: Some four decades past, as a boy, I had a chance encounter and conversation with the late W.A. Poucher [...]. 3. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. Example: during the past year Example: Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum. 4. Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. Example: past tense
Word: past Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass. Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /past/, /pæst/ 1. In a direction that passes. Example: I watched him walk past.
Word: past Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass. Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /past/, /pæst/ 1. Beyond in place or quantity. Example: the room past mine Example: count past twenty 2. Any number of minutes after the last hour. Example: What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm) -O,K., we'll stop at half (past) twelve Example: But they were stunned when Glen Johnson's error let in Peter Odemwingie to fire past Pepe Reina on 75 minutes. 3. No longer capable of. Example: I'm past caring what he thinks of me. 4. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.). 5. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed. Example: Ignore them, we'll play past them. Example: Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
Word: past Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass. Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /past/, /pæst/ 1. simple past and past participle of pass Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.
Word: present Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ənt/, /ˈpɹez.ənt/ 1. Relating to now, for the time being; current. Example: The barbaric practice continues to the present day. Example: The present manager has been here longer than the last one. 2. Located in the immediate vicinity. Example: Only half of all present members were present at the meeting. Example: Is there a doctor present? 3. Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting. Labels: obsolete Example: Amongſt this number of Cordials and Alteratiues, J doe not find a more preſent remedy, then a cup of wine, or ſtrong drinke, and if it be ſoberly and opportunely vſed. 4. Not delayed; immediate; instant. Labels: obsolete Example: Sign me a present pardon for my brother, Example: An ambassador[…]desires a present audience. 5. Ready; quick in emergency. Labels: dated Example: a present wit 6. Favorably attentive; propitious. Labels: obsolete Example: to find a god so present to my prayer 7. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this. Example: Near-synonyms: this (determiner), this (pronoun), current Example: in the present study; the present article; the present results 8. Attentive; alert; focused. Example: Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on. 9. Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
Word: present Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English present, from Old French present, from Latin praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“to be present”), from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + esse (“to be”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ənt/, /ˈpɹez.ənt/ 1. The current moment or period of time. 2. The present tense.
Word: present Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English presenten, from Old French presenter, from Latin praesentāre (“to show”), from praesent-, praesens, present participle of praeesse (“be in front of”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ənt/, /ˈpɹez.ənt/ 1. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions. Example: wedding present Example: birthday present 2. The position of a soldier in presenting arms. Example: The platoon stands at present. Example: He was at present near the headquarters gates. 3. poo; feces Labels: colloquial, endearing, euphemistic Example: I think our toddler's just left us a little present in his diaper... Example: She has to deal with her cats' presents in the litterboxes on a daily basis, and she doesn't mind one bit.
Word: present Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From presend + -t. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈzɛnt/, /pɹiˈzɛnt/, /pɹəˈzɛnt/, /pɹɪˈzent/, /pɹəˈzent/ 1. simple past and past participle of presend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: have another think coming Part of Speech: verb 1. To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you think you're going to marry my daughter, you have another think coming. Example: My finish then less clearly do I see, / For lo ! I have another think a-coming.
Word: have another thing coming Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of have another think coming. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, especially, idiomatic
Word: low-end Part of Speech: adj 1. Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality. Example: Near-synonym: downmarket Example: In trade, it is an almost infallible law that a hungry low-end market, an eager dumping grouund for the shoddiest work, is an irresistible market force.
Word: EPIC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of explicitly parallel instruction computing. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of epitaxial integrated circuit. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: EPIC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Estates and Protected Individuals Code. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of East Plano Islamic Center. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The Texas Rangers investigation is one of at least five announced investigations targeting EPIC or EPIC City. Those include investigations led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas State Board of Securities and the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
Word: earwig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erwigge, from Old English ēarwicga, from ēare (“ear”) + wicga (“insect”), so named from the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique in their resemblance to human ears when unfolded. Pronunciation: /ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/ 1. Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen. Example: "That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd. Example: The idea was probably strengthened by the earwig′s appearance, with a sharp, pincer-like appendage extending to the rear. However, earwigs are herbivores, and they are no more likely to enter an ear than are ants, bees, flies, or any other small insect. Even when earwigs do occasionally find their way into human ears, they cannot burrow their way through the skin and into the brain. 2. One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor. Example: That gawdy earwig, or my lord your patron, Whose pensioner you are. 3. A flatterer.
Word: earwig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English erwigge, from Old English ēarwicga, from ēare (“ear”) + wicga (“insect”), so named from the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique in their resemblance to human ears when unfolded. Pronunciation: /ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/ 1. To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations. Labels: transitive 2. To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk. Labels: transitive Example: In the interim, rest assured that Mr. Atherstone is by no means your friend, for he was perpetually earwigging poor Sir Rowland. Example: The hon. gentleman Mr. Reynolds had expressed his fears that the Government would allow themselves to be earwigged out of the money. 3. To eavesdrop. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: He had heard nothing from Fin, or anyone else, since the angry exchange the other night and was worried about how things were going, but he couldn′t ask about the LeMotts, not with Mum earwigging. Example: The nameless earwigging writer scrawled in his notebook that “MS and CT also considered that such low life would have a greater pride and satisfaction in life if they could themselves be cooked and served still bleating to rich diners.″ 4. To eavesdrop on. Labels: UK, slang, transitive Example: We are meeting at a friendly, higher-end Shanghai brunching spot beloved of expats—cramped and informal enough that one of the three bankers at the next table is cheerfully earwigging our conversation.
Word: gerbil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/, /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/ 1. A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.