nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: barm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bermen, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /bɑːm/, /bɑɹm/ 1. To spurge; foam Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: hippocras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ypocras, from Old French ipocras, ypocras (“Hippocrates”), after Medieval Latin vinum Hippocraticum (“Hippocrates's wine”), due to the fact that the wine was filtered through a Hippocratic sleeve. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.pəʊ.kɹæs/, /ˈhɪ.poʊ.kɹæs/ 1. A cordial, made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, which are strained out by a cloth before the drink is consumed. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: It is long since that disorderly potentate [the Lord of Misrule] went the way of the Dodo, and hippocras has become almost as mythical as ambrosia; but, once upon a time, they played a prominent part in legal education. Example: Spiced wine, sweetened with sugar or honey, perhaps the original of the modern liqueur, was employed occasionally under the name of hippocras.
Word: scab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scabb, scabbe (also as shabbe, schabbe > English shab), from Old English sċeabb and Old Norse skabb, both from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz (“scab, scabies”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, carve, shape”). Doublet of shab. Cognate with German Schabe (“scabies”), Danish skab (“scab, scabies”), Swedish skabb (“scab, scabies”), Latin scabies (“scab, itch, mange”). Related also to Old English scafan (“to scrape, shave”), Latin scabere (“to scratch”), English shabby. Pronunciation: /skæb/ 1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The scabies. Labels: colloquial, countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. The mange, especially when it appears on sheep. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Scab was the terror of the sheep farmer, and the peril of his calling. 4. Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus). Labels: uncountable 5. Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Out, scab! Example: I would make thee the / loathsomest scab in Greece. 9. A worker who acts against trade union policies; any picket crosser (strikebreaker), and especially one with devotion to union busting. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out.
Word: scab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scabb, scabbe (also as shabbe, schabbe > English shab), from Old English sċeabb and Old Norse skabb, both from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz (“scab, scabies”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, carve, shape”). Doublet of shab. Cognate with German Schabe (“scabies”), Danish skab (“scab, scabies”), Swedish skabb (“scab, scabies”), Latin scabies (“scab, itch, mange”). Related also to Old English scafan (“to scrape, shave”), Latin scabere (“to scratch”), English shabby. Pronunciation: /skæb/ 1. To become covered by a scab or scabs. Labels: intransitive 2. To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin. Labels: intransitive Example: 1734, Royal Society of London, The Philosophical Transactions (1719 - 1733) Abridged, Volume 7, page 631, Thoſe Puſtules aroſe, maturated, and ſcabbed off, intirely like the true Pox. Example: Trev walked over and leaned down, dropping a tender kiss on her forehead where the skin was raw and scabbing from the cut. 3. To remove part of a surface (from). Labels: transitive Example: The beds shall be scabbed off to give a solid bearing, no pinning shall be admitted between the backing and the face stones and there shall be a good square joint not exceeding one inch in width, and the face stone shall be scabbed off to allow this. 4. To act as a strikebreaker. Labels: intransitive Example: Don't scab for the bosses / Don't listen to their lies / Us poor folks haven't got a chance / Unless we organize. Example: Nobody desires to scab, to give most for least. The ambition of every individual is quite the opposite, to give least for most; and, as a result, living in a tooth-and-nail society, battle royal is waged by the ambitious individuals. 5. To beg (for), to cadge or bum. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, transitive Example: I scabbed some money off a friend. Example: 2004, Niven Govinden, We are the New Romantics, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK, page 143, Finding a spot in a covered seating area that was more bus shelter than tourist-friendly, I unravelled a mother of a joint I′d scabbed off the garçon.
Word: cultivar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/ 1. A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
Word: punctilio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian puntiglio, or Spanish puntillo, diminutive from Latin pūnctum (“point”). Pronunciation: /pʌŋkˈtɪliˌoʊ/ 1. A fine point in exactness of conduct, ceremony, etiquette or procedure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]–but, a-propos, ſaid he—Shakeſpear is full of great things—He forgot a ſmall punctillio of announcing your name—it puts you under a neceſſity of doing it yourſelf. Example: The country was rigorous in exacting my compliance to my engagements to a punctilio, but equally careless in performing her contracts with me; and why so? 2. Strictness in observance of formalities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Alas! she little conceived that, though without any apparent levity or disregard to the world's censure, yet from an obsequiousness and acquiescence to the will and pleasure of others, into what thoughtless indiscretion and want of due punctilio she might be led; rendering her, in the case of Philimore and Oriana, by favouring them in their secret union, a most dangerous intimate! Example: This rudeness and official punctilio, however, brought forth a storm of protest from my fellow voyagers.
Word: verbose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb + -ose. Pronunciation: /vəˈbəʊs/, /vɚˈboʊs/, /vəˈbəʉs/, /vəˈbɐʉs/ 1. Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. Example: I omit more than an Hundred Things, that would engage to perſonal Reflection; for my Soul hath no Pleaſure in ſtriving therein, as knowing the inconſiſtancy of that uncharitable virulent Temper with a Chriſtian Spirit, which I am aſſured is quite another Thing, from what is Verboſe, Abuſive[,] Cavilling, Airy, and meerly Notional; [...] Example: [...] I might ſeem to deſerve juſtly to be accounted a verboſe and ſilly Defender; [...] 2. Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes. Example: You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless. Example: Verbose logging adds extra detail and increases the descriptiveness of the log entries made. Verbose logging also adds one additional client log file that is specific to DCM, SmsClrHost.log, and one management point log file, MP_GetSdmPackage.log.
Word: pepper spray Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-lethal chemical agent derived from peppers used in riot control and personal self-defense. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
Word: pepper spray Part of Speech: verb 1. To douse (someone or something) with pepper spray. Labels: transitive
Word: kneecap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knee + cap. Pronunciation: /ˈniːˌkæp/ 1. The flat, roundish bone in the knee. 2. A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent. 3. A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
Word: kneecap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From knee + cap. Pronunciation: /ˈniːˌkæp/ 1. To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. Labels: transitive Example: The Sinn Féin press officer Richard McAuley freely admitted, “Back four or five years ago, people were getting kneecapped who should not have been kneecapped.” 2. To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: to cut (someone) off at the knees. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: This story of how American originality lost its way is arresting and well told. On an alternate timeline without Donald Trump in office dismantling the American scientific establishment and Elon Musk kneecapping the American state, it might have been the manifesto of a new politics.
Word: kneecapping Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. Labels: countable, gerund, uncountable Example: The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping. Example: Five kneecappings have been reported this month. 2. An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, gerund, uncountable
Word: kneecapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kneecap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: -n Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -n, from Old English -n, rare alternative form of Old English -en (“-en”). More at -en. 1. Alternative form of -en. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: silver + -n → silvern
Word: -n Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -an, adjective or noun suffix meaning "of or pertaining to", used with words which already end in a. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: India + -n → Indian Example: Cuba + -n → Cuban
Word: -n Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -n, -en, from Old English -n, -en and Old Norse -inn, both from Proto-Germanic *-anaz, *-inaz, past participle ending of strong verbs. Cognate with Dutch -en, German -en, Swedish -en, Icelandic -inn. 1. Alternative form of -en (past participle ending). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: grow + -n → grown Example: show + -n → shown
Word: thuris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt sacrifice”). 1. Frankincense obtained from conifers such as the Norway spruce, or long-leaved pine. Labels: uncountable
Word: effortless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English effort Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English effortless From effort + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈɛfə(ɹ)tlɪs/ 1. Without effort. Labels: not-comparable Example: She made the move look completely effortless.
Word: EDT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Eastern Daylight Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. An editor on the VMS operating system.
Word: EDT Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of ethanedithiol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of evidential decision theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of enumerated data type. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: An EDT is a special case of ADT where each product type is a singleton. 4. Initialism of eau de toilette Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: acidifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acidify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English acidifiable From acidify + -able. 1. Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
Word: acidific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acidify Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acidific From acidify + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæsɪˈdɪf.ɪk/ 1. acidic Labels: rare
Word: acidifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acidify + -er. 1. A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
Word: acidimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acid + -i- + -meter, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”). Pronunciation: /ˌæsəˈdɪmətə(ɹ)/ 1. An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
Word: acidimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acid + -metry, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”). 1. The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. Labels: uncountable
Word: acidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid Middle English -ly English -ly English acidly From acid + -ly. 1. sourly; tartly Example: Perchance, when you are speculating why he is so acidly disposed some morning, he is but meditating upon that other half-hour which he wanted in bed, to bring his wits and his good-temper about him. Example: Flay involuntarily propels his gawky body forwards as he hears that his Lordship wants him, but he pulls himself up at the end of his first long step towards the door, and peers even more suspiciously and acidly at the youth in his immaculate black cloth.
Word: acidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English acidness From acid + -ness. 1. acidity, sourness Labels: uncountable
Word: acidulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French aciduler. See acidulous. By surface analysis, acid + -ule + -ate. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪd͡ʒʊ.leɪt/ 1. To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify. Labels: transitive 2. To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Labels: transitive Example: Twenty leeches were ordered to be applied round the nose every two days; frequent emollient fomentations; the local vapour bath; general bathing; stimulating pedilavia; a strict regimen; vegetables, milk, white meats; demulcent or acidulated drinks; avoidance of exposure to the sun or to cold air; flannel waistcoat and trousers. This treatment, being strictly observed for two months, caused all the inflammatory symptoms to disappear, […] Example: The kernel of San Domingo cocoa was more acidulated than that of Venezuela and was not inferior in other respects, experience proving that the chocolate made of the two cocoas in combination had a more delicate flavour than that made from the cocoa of Venezuela alone. 3. To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in pH. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products. Labels: transitive
Word: acidulent Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. Example: with anxious, acidulent face
Word: acidulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid. By surface analysis, acid + -ule + -ous. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪdjʊləs/, /əˈsɪd͡ʒələs/ 1. Slightly sour; subacid; sourish. Example: the hard, acidulous, metallic tincture of the spring 2. Sharp; caustic. Labels: figuratively Example: He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X. 3. Containing carbonic acid. Example: acidulous mineral waters
Word: aciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acus (“needle”) + -form. 1. Shaped like a needle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin acinus (“a grape, grapestone”). 1. Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
Word: acinaces Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acīnacēs, from Ancient Greek ἀκινάκης (akinákēs, “the short sabre of the Persians, Medes, and Scythians; a scimitar”). 1. A short sword or saber. Labels: historical
Word: acinaciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin acīnacifōrmis, from acinaces (“short sword”) + -form. 1. Shaped like a scimitar. Labels: not-comparable Example: an acinaciform leaf
Word: acinesia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of akinesia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acinetiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acinetae + -iform 1. Resembling the Acinetae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aciniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin acinus (“grape, grapestone”) + -form. Compare French aciniforme. 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes. 2. Full of small kernels like a grape.
Word: aciniform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin acinus (“grape, grapestone”) + -form. Compare French aciniforme. 1. A type of spinneret of a spider formed of spherical particles
Word: acinose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin acinosus, from acinus (“grapestone”). 1. Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions. Labels: not-comparable Example: acinose glands
Word: id Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es (“it”) as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”). Pronunciation: /ɪd/ 1. The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model. Example: "There is one sentence in it, however - namely: 'I protest strongly against the insufferable and entirely dogmatic assertion that each separate id is a microcosm possessed of an historical architecture elaborated slowly through the series of generations.' Have you no desire, in view of later research, to modify this statement?" Example: Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.
Word: id Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish id. 1. Alternative spelling of ide (the fish) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: id Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of identifier. 1. Identifier.
Word: id Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Abbreviation of idem, from Latin idem (“same”). 1. Alternative form of id.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: egos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡəʊz/ 1. plural of ego Labels: form-of, plural
Word: egos Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡəʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ego Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: laden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See lade. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdən/, /ˈleɪdn̩/ 1. Weighed down with a load, burdened. Example: The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal. 2. Heavy. Example: His comments were laden with deeper meaning. Example: When applied to other persons, the idea of comfort is an intuitive measure of trustworthiness, reliability, and predictability in a polycentric world that managers often find troubling, ambiguous, and anxiety-laden. 3. Oppressed. Example: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…]. 4. In the form of an adsorbate or adduct. Example: Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.
Word: laden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See lade. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdən/, /ˈleɪdn̩/ 1. past participle of lade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: laden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See lade. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdən/, /ˈleɪdn̩/ 1. To load or charge. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: The grass is smoothly cut; the trees are carefully pruned; the flowers, ladening the dreamy air with their perfume, are arranged in studied groups of exquisitely blended colors.
Word: Esquimaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Esquimau Labels: form-of, plural Example: The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth. Example: I may here remark in passing that Sir Henry Thompson’s reference to the Esquimaux, as an instance of a people to whom a vegetarian diet would be impossible, is not of much practical value to English readers in the elucidation of this food question; […]
Word: makeshift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ 1. A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution. Example: And I am not a model clergyman—only a decent makeshift. Example: Hoboism cannot be cured or prevented by makeshifts or by local measures and efforts, although community interest naturally is vital in dealing with a problem that comes home to every community.
Word: makeshift Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ 1. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted. Example: They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter. Example: Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.
Word: makeshift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1560s. From make + shift. 1. A rogue; a shifty person. Labels: obsolete Example: Greene the coneycatcher, of this dream the author, / For his dainty devise deserveth the halter. / A rakehell, a makeshift, a scribbling fool; / A famous bayard in city and school: / Now sick as a dog, and ever brain-sick, / Where such a raving and desperate Dick?
Word: indeed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English indede, univerbation of the phrase in dede (“in sooth, in fact”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian innerdoat, innedoat (“indeed”), West Frisian yndied (“indeed”), Dutch inderdaad (“indeed”), German in der Tat (“indeed”). By surface analysis, in + deed. Compare in fact, in truth, etc. First attested in the early 14ᵗʰ century. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdiːd/, /ɪnˈdid/ 1. Synonym of actually or truly. Labels: modal, not-comparable Example: Indeed, he made several misplays. Example: Yes, I do indeed look very similar to you. 2. In fact. Labels: not-comparable Example: As a soccer player, he is terrible indeed.
Word: indeed Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English indede, univerbation of the phrase in dede (“in sooth, in fact”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian innerdoat, innedoat (“indeed”), West Frisian yndied (“indeed”), Dutch inderdaad (“indeed”), German in der Tat (“indeed”). By surface analysis, in + deed. Compare in fact, in truth, etc. First attested in the early 14ᵗʰ century. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdiːd/, /ɪnˈdid/ 1. Indicates agreement with another speaker's previous statement. Example: "I am a great runner." "Indeed!" 2. Indicates doubt or disagreement with another speaker's previous statement. Example: "I am a great runner." "Indeed?"
Word: pederasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/, /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/, /ˈpi.də.ɹæs.ti/ 1. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: […] aber die Entwürdigung der Frauen rächte sich an den Männern und entwürdigte auch sie, bis sie versanken in die Widerwärtigkeit der Knabenliebe und ihre Götter entwürdigten wie sich selbst durch den Mythus von Ganymed. 2. Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy. Labels: US, archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: -an Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -an, regularly -ain, -ein, -en, from Old French -ain, -ein, or before i, -en (modern French -ain, -en, feminine -aine, -enne), from Latin -ānus (feminine -āna), which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun, being -nus [cognate with Ancient Greek -νος (-nos)] preceded by a vowel, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. Cognate with English -en. Compare with -in, -ine. Pronunciation: /ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.) Labels: morpheme Example: Rome + -an → Roman 2. One from, belonging to, relating to, or like. Labels: morpheme 3. Appended to nouns to form an occupation. (When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are -an, females -(i)enne.) Labels: morpheme Example: comedy + -an → comedian Example: history + -an → historian
Word: -al Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -al, from the Latin adjective suffix -ālis, or French, Middle French and Old French -el, -al. Distant doublet of -ar. Pronunciation: /əl/, [l̩], [ɫ̩] 1. Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. Labels: morpheme Example: base + -al → basal Example: cranium + -al → cranial 2. Forming nouns, especially of verbal action. Labels: morpheme Example: propose + -al → proposal Example: deny + -al → denial
Word: -al Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al Clipping of aldehyde. Pronunciation: /æl/ 1. Forms the names of aldehydes. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ar Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar Borrowed from Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”). Distant doublet of -al. 1. Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. Labels: morpheme Example: alveolus + -ar → alveolar Example: lobe + -ar → lobar
Word: -ar Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Old French -airebor. Middle English -ar, -er, -arie English -ar Inherited from Middle English -ar, -er, -arie, borrowed from Latin -ārius or Old French -aire. Doublet of -ary, -eer, -ier, and -yer. 1. Ending of some nouns denoting occupations, chiefly inherited from Middle English nouns borrowed from Old French or Medieval Latin. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ar Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ar, -are, variant of Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere. More at -er. 1. Ending of some agent nouns inherited from Middle English. Labels: morpheme Example: beggar, liar, pedlar
Word: -ar Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Clipping of star or stellar; modelled after the earlier coinages pulsar and quasar. 1. Used to form names of star types. Labels: morpheme
Word: -like Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”). Reinforced by like (preposition). Doublet of -ly. Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”). 1. Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns). Labels: morpheme Example: Even at 13 years old, she still had a childlike voice. Example: I saw the snake-like coils of the garden hose peeking out from under the deck. 2. Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly. Labels: dialectal, morpheme Example: The Spanish speak machine-gun-like. Example: Hah! Big, bad Punio. Listen to yourself! Trying to sound all important-like!
Word: -ary Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Inherited from Middle English -arie, a back-formation from Latin and French-borrowed adjectives ending respectively in -ārius and -aire (more rarely from Latin adjectives in -āris: see exemplary and lapidary). Doublet of -ar, -eer, -ier, and -yer; see also the related -arian. Pronunciation: /ə.ɹi/, /ɹi/, /ɛɹ.i/ 1. Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. Labels: morpheme Example: devolution + -ary → devolutionary 2. Ending of some substantives borrowed or inherited from Latin and French. Labels: morpheme Example: dictionary, plenipotentiary 3. Having the specified arity. Labels: morpheme
Word: -oid Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -ο-ειδής (-o-eidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”). Pronunciation: /-ɔɪ̯d/, /-oɪ̯d/, /-ɔ(ː)jɖ/ 1. Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist). Labels: morpheme Example: human + -oid → humanoid Example: sterol + -oid → steroid 2. Of, pertaining to, or related to. Labels: morpheme, uncommon Example: lympho- + -oid → lymphoid Example: myelo- + -oid → myeloid 3. Added to nouns to create derogatory terms, typically referring to a particular ideology or group of people. Labels: morpheme Example: waste + -oid → wastoid Example: west + -oid → westoid 4. Added typically to the name of an algebraic structure, to denote the horizontal categorification of that structure. Labels: morpheme Example: group + -oid → groupoid Example: ring + -oid → ringoid
Word: -id Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs m (patronymic suffix; plural: -idae), from Ancient Greek -ίδης m (-ídēs, patronymic suffix; plural: -ίδαι (-ídai)). Pronunciation: /ɪd/ 1. Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”. Labels: morpheme Example: Perseus + -id → Perseid (dynast) Example: Solomon + -id → Solomonid 2. Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae. Labels: morpheme Example: A felid is a member of Felidae. 3. Forming the names of cusps of lower (mandibular) teeth. Labels: morpheme Example: protocone (“cusp of upper molars”) + -id → protoconid (“equivalent for lower molars”) 4. Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources. Labels: morpheme
Word: -id Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is f (genitive: -idis; plural: -ides), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)). Pronunciation: /ɪd/ 1. Forming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name. Labels: morpheme Example: Titan + -id → Titanid, literally “female Titan” Example: Nereus + -id → Nereid, literally “sprung of Nereus” 2. Forming the names of epic poems. Labels: morpheme Example: Aeneas + -id → Aeneid Example: Achilles + -id → Achilleid 3. Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin. Labels: morpheme Example: Perseus + -id → Perseid (meteor) Example: Gemini + -id → Geminid
Word: -id Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Variant of -oid. Pronunciation: /ɪd/ 1. of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin. Labels: morpheme Example: arachno- + -id → arachnid Example: falcon + -id → falconid
Word: acinus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”); the histopathologic sense comes figuratively from the fancied resemblance (on microscopy) of acinic cells (acinar cells) to bunches of drupelets, berries, or grapes. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪnəs/ 1. One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. 2. A grape-stone. 3. One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. Example: Their smallest lobules were called acini, a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules […]
Word: aciurgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “point”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). 1. Operative surgery. Labels: uncountable
Word: acknow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aknowen, from Old English ācnāwan, oncnāwan (“to know, recognize”), equivalent to a- + know. Pronunciation: /əkˈnəʊ/, /əkˈnoʊ/, /ækˈnoʊ/ 1. To recognize. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: You will not be acknown, sir; why, 'tis wise. Thus do all gamesters, at all games, dissemble: No man will seem to win. 2. To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Example: Three years in his employment a secret agent in the Post Office Department, who obtained for him the first knowledge of the star route frauds, and placed it at his disposal before it Acknown to be suspected by either the public or the Government.
Word: acknowledgedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English acknowledged Middle English -ly English -ly English acknowledgedly From acknowledged + -ly. 1. Confessedly, admittedly. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'll have a chance next year to meet some more people who are acknowledgely gay, and that will be good […]
Word: acknowledger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acknowledge + -er. 1. One who acknowledges.
Word: demob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of demobilize. Pronunciation: /diˈmɒb/, /diˈmɑb/ 1. To demobilize; to release someone from military service. Labels: UK Example: When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, / Hurry up please its time / Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart. […] think of poor Albert, / Hes been in the army four years, […]
Word: demob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of demobilize. Pronunciation: /diˈmɒb/, /diˈmɑb/ 1. Demobilization; release from military service. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: […] word was, some men were getting their demob quicker than others. 2. A person released from military service. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: There are hundreds—thousands—of young demobs like yourself to be had to-day for the asking.
Word: acknowledgment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acknowledge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English acknowledgment From acknowledge + -ment. Pronunciation: /əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, /əɡˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, /əɡˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/ 1. The act of acknowledging Labels: countable, uncountable Example: . 2. The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He just grunted in acknowledgment of my greeting. 3. A reward or other expression or token of gratitude. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the acknowledgment of a favor 5. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the acknowledgment of a wedding invitation 6. A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission). Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: acknowledgment of a deed Example: This is conveniently done by means of a written instrument, called a bill of exchange, which is, in fact, a transferable order by a creditor upon his debtor, and when accepted by the debtor, that is, authenticated by his signature, becomes an acknowledgment of debt. 8. The act of a person admitting a child as their own. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aclinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκλινής (aklinḗs, “unswerving”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κλίνω (klínō, “bend”). 1. Without inclination or dipping. Example: The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
Word: acme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Directly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, high point”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.mi/ 1. A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. Example: The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse. Example: Eum.: Our Loves what are they But howerly Sacrifices, only wanting The prease and tumult of Solemnity? If then i'th' heat and Achme of Devotion We drink a new fiame in, can it be ought But to increase the Worship? 2. A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point. Example: The few words of advice she gave him as to escaping political embarrassments, struck him as the acme of wisdom, and as indicating an interest in his well-being of the kindest description;... 3. Full bloom or reproductive maturity. Labels: rare Example: He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keep your acme in the state of truth Example: The very acme and pitch of life for epic poesy. 4. Sexual orgasm. Labels: euphemistic Example: [He] then holds back his own climax for another ten or fifteen minutes of active copulation until his mate signals him that she is about to reach her acme; then they both ecstatically erupt together. Example: She has enough of the narcissist in her to love exhibiting herself and to have the exhibition itself arouse her and bring her to her acme (that's very literary, even a little affected, but it's a word that pleases me). 5. Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness. 6. Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format. Labels: alt-of
Word: acne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin acnē, probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, top”). Pronunciation: /ˈækni/, /ˈakne/ 1. A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection; acne vulgaris. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He struggled with severe acne during his teenage years. Example: The dermatologist prescribed a cream to treat her acne. 2. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Any of several other skin conditions that resemble acne vulgaris. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: acnodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acnode Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English acnodal From acnode + -al. 1. Pertaining to acnodes
Word: acnode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acus + nodus. 1. An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
Word: acock Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English a- Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-West Germanic *kokk Old English cocc Middle English cok English cock English acock From a- + cock. Pronunciation: /əˈkɒk/ 1. In a cocked or turned-up fashion. Example: He gave a sharp whistle, the Bear stopped every move, and, as he stood with ears acock, the man fired at his head. 2. Defiantly.
Word: acockbill Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From acock (“In a cocked or turned-up fashion”, adverb) + bill (“the point of or beyond the fluke”, noun). 1. Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor. Labels: not-comparable 2. Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English acoled (past participle of acolen (“to grow cold or cool”)), from Old English ācōlod (past participle of ācōlian (“to grow cold”)), equivalent to a- + cold. 1. Feeling cold. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: c 1603–1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-i Poor Tom's acold. Example: When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.
Word: deed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do + -th. Doublet of thesis. The real estate sense derives from the fact that property deeds are traditionally used to demonstrate proof of ownership of a legal title in common law jurisdictions, such as England & Wales and most of the United States. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad (“deed, act”), German Low German Daad, German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “setting, arrangement”). Pronunciation: /diːd/ 1. An action or act; something that is done. Example: One small deed can have one strong effect or more. Example: And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? 2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit. Example: They should accomplish both a knightly deed, Example: whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn 3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation. Example: I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed. 4. A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property. 5. A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property. Labels: broadly Example: I inherited the deed to the house.
Word: deed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do + -th. Doublet of thesis. The real estate sense derives from the fact that property deeds are traditionally used to demonstrate proof of ownership of a legal title in common law jurisdictions, such as England & Wales and most of the United States. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad (“deed, act”), German Low German Daad, German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “setting, arrangement”). Pronunciation: /diːd/ 1. To transfer real property by deed. Labels: informal Example: He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
Word: ginormous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of gi(gantic) + (e)normous. Originally 1940s military slang. Pronunciation: /dʒaɪˈnɔːməs/, /dʒaɪˈnɔɹməs/ 1. Very large. Labels: colloquial Example: This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron. Example: Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.
Word: Moksha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”). 1. A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family.
Word: Moksha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”). 1. A member of the people who speak this language.