nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hoodwink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from hood (“head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak”) + wink (“to close one’s eyes”). (< C16 'to blindfold'). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/, /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ 1. To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Some there are, that through feare anticipate the hang-mans hand; as he did, whoſe friends having obtained his pardon, and putting away the cloth wherewith he was hood-winkt, that he might heare it read, was found ſtarke dead vpon the ſcaffold, wounded onely by the ſtroke of imagination. Example: It is the cuſtome of theſe maydes when they walke in the ſtreetes, to couer their faces with their vailes verecundiæ cauſâ [because of modesty], the ſtuffe being ſo thin and ſlight, that they may eaſily looke through it. For it is made of a pretty ſlender ſilke, and very finely curled: ſo that becauſe ſhe thus hoodwinketh her ſelfe, you can very ſeldome ſee her face at full when ſhe walketh abroad, though perhaps you earneſtly deſire it, but only a little glimpſe thereof. 2. To deceive using a disguise; to beguile, dupe, mislead. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: For, (having many times torne the vaile of modestie) it seemed, for a laste delight, that she delighted in infamy: which often she had used to her husbands shame, filling all mens eares (but his) with reproch; while he (hoodwinkt with kindnes) lest of all mẽ [men] knew who strake him. Example: [T]o have to do with you, is to have to do with a man of business who is not to be hoodwinked. 3. To hide or obscure. Labels: archaic, figuratively, transitive Example: Good my Lord, giue me thy fauour ſtil, / Be patient, for the prize Ile bring thee too / Shall hudwinke this miſchance: therefore ſpeake ſoftly, / All's huſht as midnight yet. Example: The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hoodwinked—when the harp of the poet was to be hung on the willows of Arno, and the right hand of the painter to forget its cunning. 4. To close the eyes. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare Example: [W]herfore haue you ſate ſtill, and comply'd and hood-winkt, till the generall complaints of the Land have ſqeez'd you to a wretched, cold and hollow-hearted confeſſion of ſome Prelaticall riots both in this and other places of your Booke.
Word: hoodwink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from hood (“head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak”) + wink (“to close one’s eyes”). (< C16 'to blindfold'). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/, /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ 1. An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view. Labels: countable Example: What think you of Flattery, Fondneſs, and Tears? Thoſe are Hood-winks that Wives have ready upon every Occaſion. Example: Here were old buildings, and mazy webs of wandering; soft cliff was handy, dark wood and rushing waters, tangled lanes, fuzzy corners, nooks of overhanging, depths of in-and-out hood-winks of nature, when she does not wish man to know everything about her. 2. The game of blind man's buff. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: Whereas the Mountaine Nymphs, and thoſe that doe frequent / The Fountaines, Fields, and Groues, with wondrous meriment, / By Moone-ſhine many a night, doe giue each other chaſe, / At Hood-winke, Barley-breake, at Tick, or Priſon-baſe, / With tricks, and antique toyes, that one another mocke, / That skip from Crag to Crag, and leape from Rocke to Rocke.
Word: warez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The leetspeak form of wares, as a contraction of software. Pronunciation: /wɛə(ɹ)z/, /wɑːɹɛz/ 1. Software that is illegally obtained or distributed. Labels: Internet, Leet, dated, uncountable, usually Example: By the end of the day Mad Hatter, a ringleader of the software piracy group called the Inner Circle, will have poured 300 Mbytes of illegal “warez” onto the Internet. Example: Too many gamers see nothing wrong with downloading “warez” (usually pronounced “wares,” but also “wah-rez”), retail software products that have been “ripped” to make them smaller and remove copy protection.
Word: warez Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The leetspeak form of wares, as a contraction of software. Pronunciation: /wɛə(ɹ)z/, /wɑːɹɛz/ 1. To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally. Labels: Internet, Leet, dated Example: Many of these keys are, obviously, being used by people who've warezed XP, but there's also a reasonably large number of software professionals and refuseniks who have used them even though they have a legitimately bought version of XP. Example: Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player [title]
Word: astonish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, astun (“to astonish, stun”), from Middle English astoneyen, astonen (“to stun, astonish”), variant of stonen, stoneyen (“to stun, astonish”) prefixed with a-. However, compare Old French estonir, a rare variant of estoner (“to stun, astonish”). Pronunciation: /əˈstɒnɪʃ/, /əˈstɑnɪʃ/ 1. To surprise greatly. Example: "I have no right to give my opinion," said Wickham, "as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family."
Word: postcard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + card. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/ 1. A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.
Word: postcard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From post + card. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/ 1. To send a postcard to someone. Labels: transitive Example: to postcard one's friends 2. To send by means of a postcard. Labels: transitive Example: to postcard one's news
Word: serf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”). Pronunciation: /sɜːf/, /sɝf/, /sɛɹf/, /søːf/, /seːf/ 1. A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights. Example: See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got 2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe. 3. A worker unit.
Word: pastor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pastour, from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.stə/, /ˈpæs.tɚ/ 1. Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd. Labels: archaic 2. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people. Labels: countable 3. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people. Labels: US, countable Example: The pastor told CNN on Tuesday that no members of his megachurch have contracted the virus. MacArthur also said he doubted the accuracy of California’s coronavirus numbers. […] Most of the pastors who have bucked the rules are fringe figures in American Christianity. 4. A bird, the rosy starling. Example: Agricultural officers have put it on record that the pastor must on balance be considered beneficial on account of the vast quantities of locusts which it destroys.
Word: pastor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pastour, from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.stə/, /ˈpæs.tɚ/ 1. To serve a congregation as pastor Labels: ambitransitive, stative Example: As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.
Word: stochasticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stochastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English stochasticity From stochastic + -ity. 1. The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haphazardness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English haphazard 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 haphazardness From haphazard + -ness. 1. The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.
Word: ignoble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/, /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/ 1. Not noble; plebeian; common. Example: I was not ignoble of descent. 2. Not honorable; base. Example: A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Example: far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife 3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk. 4. Of an element, dangerously reactive.
Word: ignoble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/, /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/ 1. To make ignoble; to bring low.
Word: artificers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artificer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yakka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yagara yaga (“work”). 1. Work. Labels: Australia, uncountable Example: The demand for work and abortion shows that feminists have been coopted by the wimps, whose ideal is the single mother yoked to tough yakka; for it frees them to drift between bedrooms and bathhouses. Example: The slaves who do all the yakka could be another species, small and easily bullied. Failing that, enslaved humans will do.
Word: yakka Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Yagara yaga (“work”). 1. To work. Labels: Australia
Word: yakka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Punjabi ਯੱਕਾ (yakkā), usually referring to an ace (a type of playing card) or a horse-drawn cart, but can also be translated into the English expletive fuck. However, the slang usage of the term is said to be a corruption of Yankee. 1. a Sikh living in the Sikh diaspora, especially one from the West Labels: India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: lounge lizard Part of Speech: noun 1. An idler or pleasure-seeker; a person who spends considerable time loitering in bars and cocktail lounges. Example: There is at least a tinge of truth in that picture of Southern England as one enormous Brighton inhabited by lounge-lizards. Example: I certainly don't advocate trying to copy some Las Vegas lounge lizard. 2. A lounge singer, especially in Las Vegas. Example: Wayne Newton says he has one request: Never call an entertainer a "lounge lizard." Example: A second later, funky beats and distorted guitars kicked in, and then quirky hip-hop-style vocals with a country-and-Western lounge-lizard overlay. 3. A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. Labels: slang Example: Watch only thirty to ninety minutes of TV a day, so people don't think you're a lounge lizard, a couch potato, or a pet rock. Example: Social television is a direct challenge to the idea that television is an anti-social, lower-class, lounge-lizard, couch surfing, domestic, household activity.
Word: time-tested Part of Speech: adj 1. Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.
Word: khamsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic خَمْسِين (ḵamsīn, “fifty”); see khamaseen for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkæm.sɪn/, /kæmˈsin/ 1. A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms. Example: That second spring the khamseen was worse than I have ever known it before or since.
Word: tavla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish tavla, from Italian tavola, from Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tabula. Pronunciation: /teɪvlɑː/, /tævlɑː/ 1. A version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1978, Past the tavern and hear the joggle of tavlas — Lawrence Durrell, in a 1977 interview published in Listener, 1978, and reprinted in Lawrence Durrell: Conversations, 1998 (see p.174)
Word: ribald Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald. Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪb.əld/, /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/ 1. Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way. Example: [L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar. Example: But when he died the "Reform Democracy" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.
Word: ribald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald. Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪb.əld/, /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/ 1. A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature. Example: After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery.
Word: recede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːd/ 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Example: Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore. Example: All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center. 2. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor. Example: to recede conquered territory 3. To take back.
Word: RP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)piː/ 1. Initialism of Received Pronunciation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Goodbye RP / Let our words go free / Coo and howl / Lay flat your vowels 2. Initialism of rating pending. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of retinitis pigmentosa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of roleplay. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of rotationplasty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of radiation pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of reverse-phase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of red pill. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber^([sic]) have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s. 9. Initialism of relying party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)piː/ 1. Initialism of Rhineland-Palatinate, a federal state of Germany. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Republic of Poland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Republic of the Philippines (former two-letter country code). Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RP Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)piː/ 1. To roleplay. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I hope you enjoyed this snapshot of why D&D is a great intro into RP'ing. Next week, get your katanas, miniguns, Bulldog-Step vans, and Earth Spirits out. We’re talking Shadowrun. See you then!
Word: meditation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”). Pronunciation: /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/ 1. A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Free-associating on paper is valuable—letting loose, as I described in the last chapter, and writing whatever you feel like writing, any way you want. It’s valuable when you’re learning to write to help you deal with fear, and it continues to be a useful technique for starting a piece of writing or moving beyond a point where you’re stuck. It’s a good way to develop characters and story by drawing on unconscious associations, free-associating about something (a process that used to be called meditation before meditation came to mean emptying your mind). […] Writing to communicate is a different matter. Professional writers, without exception so far as I know, consider unstructured, unedited free association to be at best only the first stage of writing. Not even Jack Kerouac wrote that way, although he tried to make it look as if he did. 3. A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery. 4. A musical theme treated in a meditative manner. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Careful and thorough thought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: deep meditation Example: in meditation
Word: meditate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/ 1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study. Labels: intransitive 2. To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious. Labels: intransitive 3. To consider; to reflect on. Labels: transitive Example: […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards. Example: He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.
Word: meditate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/ 1. Meditated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: weaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”). Pronunciation: /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/, /ˈwi.vɚ/ 1. A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living. Example: The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico. 2. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving. Example: To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26. 3. A weaverbird. 4. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. 5. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs. 6. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
Word: prank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengʰ- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German). Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong. Pronunciation: /pɹæŋk/, [ˈpɹʷæŋk], /pɹaŋk/, /pɾaŋk/, /pɹeɪ̯ŋk/ 1. A practical joke or mischievous trick. Example: play a prank Example: pull a prank on someone 2. An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception. Labels: obsolete Example: She played a cruel prank on him. Example: Lilius Geraldus ſaith,that Hercules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of Hellebor,which an Anticyrian adminiſtred vnto him.
Word: prank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengʰ- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German). Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong. Pronunciation: /pɹæŋk/, [ˈpɹʷæŋk], /pɹaŋk/, /pɾaŋk/, /pɹeɪ̯ŋk/ 1. To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone. Labels: transitive Example: “If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.” 2. To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone. Labels: transitive 3. To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up. Example: I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me? 4. To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke Example: 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II And there a Seaſon atween June and May, Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd, A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay, No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play. 5. To make an ostentatious show. Labels: intransitive Example: White houses prank where once were huts.
Word: prankster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from prank + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæŋkstəː/, [ˈpʰɹʷæŋkstəː], /ˈpɹæŋkstɚ/, [ˈpʰɹʷæŋkstɚ] ~ [ˈpʰɹʷæŋkstɹ̩], /ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋkstɚ/ 1. One who performs pranks. Example: A skilled prankster. Example: She became famous as a prankster.
Word: trickster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trick Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English trickster From trick + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪk.stə/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk.stə], /ˈtɹɪk.stɚ/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ɪk.stɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ɪk.stɹ̩] 1. Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature. Example: 1991, Alan R. Velie (compiler and editor), American Indian Literature: An Anthology, Revised edition, page 44, The trickster is one of the oldest and most widespread of mythological and literary figures. […] As the name implies, the trickster is, on one level—probably the most important—an amoral practical joker who wanders about playing pranks on unsuspecting victims […] With all the fluctuations, certain things about the trickster are predictable: he is always a wanderer, always hungry, and usually oversexed. Tricksters abound in folktales […] . Example: And let us begin with those sympathetic elements, the tricksters who obtain the lovers and the land, always at the expense of fools and knaves, sometimes at the expense of other tricksters. 2. One who plays tricks or pranks on others. Example: A skilled trickster knows how to outsmart their enemies with ease. 3. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions). Example: Our fellow trickster will perform some impressive magic tricks tonight. 4. An impish or playful person. 5. A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain). Example: That shady trickster faked being a psychic advisor to spread misinformation and gain profit. Example: She's easy game for a trickster like him.
Word: trickster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English trick Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English trickster From trick + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪk.stə/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk.stə], /ˈtɹɪk.stɚ/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ɪk.stɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ɪk.stɹ̩] 1. To engage in the antics of a trickster; to play tricks. Labels: intransitive
Word: malaria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”). Pronunciation: /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/ 1. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.
Word: Revised Romanization of Korean Part of Speech: name 1. The official South Korean romanization standard for Korean.
Word: Nepali Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Nepal Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor. Hebrew ־י (-i)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k) Middle Persian -yk' (/⁠-īg⁠/) ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. Persian ـی (-ī)bor. Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- ▲ Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas Sanskrit -ईय (-īya) Prakrit -इय (-iya) ▲ Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ. ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ▲ Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ. Hindi -ई (-ī)bor. Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/) Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor. Urdu ـی (-ī)bor. English -i English Nepali From Nepal + -i. Pronunciation: /nəˈpɔːli/, /nəˈpɑːli/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepali people or the Nepali language. Labels: not-comparable Example: Born in Naradevi, Kathmandu on April 27, 1990 to a father who practiced traditional Ayurvedic medicine and a homemaker mother, Shah stands out among Nepali politicians, not only for his signature black rectangular glasses, but for his roots in hip-hop.
Word: Nepali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Nepal Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor. Hebrew ־י (-i)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k) Middle Persian -yk' (/⁠-īg⁠/) ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. Persian ـی (-ī)bor. Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- ▲ Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas Sanskrit -ईय (-īya) Prakrit -इय (-iya) ▲ Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ. ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ▲ Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ. Hindi -ई (-ī)bor. Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/) Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor. Urdu ـی (-ī)bor. English -i English Nepali From Nepal + -i. Pronunciation: /nəˈpɔːli/, /nəˈpɑːli/ 1. A person from Nepal or of Nepali descent.
Word: Nepali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Nepal Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor. Hebrew ־י (-i)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k) Middle Persian -yk' (/⁠-īg⁠/) ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. Persian ـی (-ī)bor. Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- ▲ Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas Sanskrit -ईय (-īya) Prakrit -इय (-iya) ▲ Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ. ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ▲ Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ. Hindi -ई (-ī)bor. Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/) Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor. Urdu ـی (-ī)bor. English -i English Nepali From Nepal + -i. Pronunciation: /nəˈpɔːli/, /nəˈpɑːli/ 1. An Indo-Aryan language used primarily by the people of Nepal.
Word: eigenfunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Germanic *aiganą Proto-Germanic *aiganaz Proto-West Germanic *aigan Old High German eigan Middle High German eigen German eigenbor. English eigen- Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English eigenfunction From eigen- + function. 1. A function ϕ such that, for a given linear operator D, Dϕ=λϕ for some scalar λ (called an eigenvalue). Example: For many quantum-mechanical problems it is important to investigate the change of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions with the continuous change of one or more parameters. The case in which one knows the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for two special values of the parameters, and is interested in the region in between is particularly interesting. Example: Problems that require an investigation of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions arise in connection with numerous topics in mechanics, the theory of vibrations and stability, hydrodynamics, elasticity, acoustics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, etc.
Word: Afrikaners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Afrikaner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhinoceros beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from its horn, reminiscent of the rhinoceros. 1. Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.
Word: stag beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag 2. Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag
Word: inexpensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English expensive English inexpensive From in- + expensive. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, /ˌɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/ 1. Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap. Example: Cameras for black and white recording are relatively inexpensive, but color cameras cost twice to four times as much. Example: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones. 2. Not extravagant in expenditure. Example: The Swiss people are frugal and inexpensive in their own habits […]
Word: royal jelly Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: airport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + port. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.pɔːt/, /ˈɛɹ.pɔɹt/ 1. An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals. Example: Near-synonyms: airfield, aerodrome, airdrome Example: She met Sam and the others at the airport at 7:00 am.
Word: tendon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tendon or Medieval Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), modified by association with the verb tendō (“to stretch”). Compare Middle English thenoun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dən/ 1. A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts. Example: I hear a wrenching sound of tendons stretching and testing their anchors on the bone. 2. The hamstring of a quadruped. 3. A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Word: atomic mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The mass of an atom. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element. Labels: countable, proscribed, uncountable
Word: indignation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He protested in indignation. Example: The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence. 2. A self-righteous anger or disgust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abugida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ge'ez አቡጊዳ (ʾäbugida). First use appears c. 1961. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.buˈɡiː.də/, /ˌæb.uˈɡiː.də/ 1. A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include. Example: Words are entered under the Abugida system. Example: 1997 [Routledge], Peter T. Daniels, 2: Scripts of Semitic Languages, Robert Hetzron (editor), The Semitic Languages, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2005, Transferred to Digital Printing, unnumbered page, An abugida is a script that uses characters for CV syllables wherein the several characters for some consonant plus the language's array of vowels are modifications of the character for that consonant followed by the unmarked vowel (phonemically /a/). 2. A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a diacritic to a stable consonant symbol. Example: 1997 [Routledge], Peter T. Daniels, 2: Scripts of Semitic Languages, Robert Hetzron (editor), The Semitic Languages, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2005, Transferred to Digital Printing, unnumbered page, For the scripts of the Semitic languages, five categories are needed: logography, syllabary, abjad, alphabet, and abugida. A sixth, featural script, appears when Arabic script is adapted to non-Semitic languages. […] (The English word "abugida" is borrowed from the Amharic term for the letters of the script when taken in the order known from the Ge'ez transliterations of the Hebrew letter names found in the superscriptions of the sections of Psalm 119, as used in the liturgy; it takes the first four consonants and the first four vowels in their traditional order of presentation.) Example: 2015, Patricia Donegan, 1: The Emergence of Phonological Representation, Brian MacWhinney, William O'Grady (editors, The Handbook of Language Emergence, John Wiley & Sons (Wiley Blackwell), page 39, The widespread use and easy learnability of alphabetic writing systems, the typical arrangement of syllabic or abugida phoneme classes (as with Japanese kana, or devanagari), rhyme and alliteration, folk naming of correlative phoneme sets (like the “hard” and “soft” consonant groups of Slavic languages), differential learning of L2 sounds that can and cannot be readily identified with an L1 phoneme (Best, McRoberts, and Sithole, Werker and Tees, 1984b; Best and Tyler, 2007) - all assure us that phonemic perception and representation are not merely a result of alphabetic writing.
Word: digraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of directed + graph. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪˌɡɹɑːf/, /ˈdaɪˌɡɹæf/, /ˈdaɪˌɡræf/ 1. A directed graph.
Word: digraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪˌɡɹɑːf/, /ˈdaɪˌɡɹæf/, /ˈdaɪˌɡræf/ 1. A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. 2. A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme. Example: As a special education teacher, I find that introducing one or two digraphs a week works well. Example: A consonant digraph is a combination of two consonants that represent one sound. 3. a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
Word: -graph Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph From Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos, “that writes, describes”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), whence also -graphy. 1. that writes Labels: morpheme Example: stenograph 2. that is written Labels: metonymically, morpheme 3. that draws or shows Labels: morpheme 4. that is drawn or shown Labels: metonymically, morpheme Example: photograph 5. A group of letters of a specified number. Labels: morpheme
Word: infix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪks/, /ˈɪnfɪks/ 1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: to infix a sting, spear, or dart Example: […] in her eye I find A wonder, or a wondrous miracle, The shadow of myself form’d in her eye: Which being but the shadow of your son, Becomes a sun and makes your son a shadow: I do protest I never loved myself Till now infixed I beheld myself Drawn in the flattering table of her eye. 2. To instill. Labels: transitive 3. To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. Labels: transitive
Word: infix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfɪks/ 1. An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation. Example: I am not pleased with one or two of the noun cases (they are too similar to others) and I want to change the way that the Focus category (see Section 3.5 of the grammar) is manifested (using word-order instead of an infix or other phonological marker). All in all, the language is structured almost exactly as I wanted. 2. A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality. Example: The infix position contains (pronominal) object markers, showing agreement with the object(s), which might be one or more noun phrases following the verb, or a foregoing or previously mentioned object marking. Example: […] but the second example contravenes all the rules, as the negative infix should NEVER precede any Set 2 affix present in the complex. 3. A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes. Labels: dated 4. Synonym of interfix. Labels: proscribed
Word: Pama-Nyungan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From pama (“man, person”) (in several northeast Australian Aboriginal languages) + nyungaa (“man, person”) (in several southwestern Australian Aboriginal languages) + -an. Apparently coined by American linguist Kenneth L. Hale (1934-2001), to show the vast geographical extent of the family. Pronunciation: /ˌpamə-ˈnjʊŋən/, /ˌpʌməˈnjʊŋən/, /ˌpaməˈnjʊŋən/ 1. A proposed language family encompassing most Australian Aboriginal languages, including Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri, but excluding those spoken in the northwest.
Word: velopharyngeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlumder. English velo- Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. Latin pharynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Late Latin pharyngeus English -al English pharyngeal English velopharyngeal From velo- + pharyngeal. 1. Articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.)
Word: velopharyngeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlumder. English velo- Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. Latin pharynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Late Latin pharyngeus English -al English pharyngeal English velopharyngeal From velo- + pharyngeal. 1. A sound articulated at the velopharynx.
Word: conperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person English conperson From con + -person. 1. A conman or conwoman. Labels: humorous, rare Example: A business human you can't trust is called a conman. Excuse me, a conperson. A lot of conpeople call themselves consultants.
Word: conperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English constructed Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French languagebor. Middle English langage English language English conlangbf. English con- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English conperson From con- (“constructed”) + person. 1. A fictional person, especially one supposed to inhabit a conworld and speak a conlang. Labels: informal
Word: white trash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening, first attested in 1850, of poor white trash, which black slaves in the Southern United States were said to call white individuals who worked in servile positions (for example, as butlers). 1. A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, idiomatic, offensive, slur, uncountable Example: This white trash can't pay for his own beer. Example: These lowlife characters are white trash.
Word: Iaponia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Japonia. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: becauſe theſe moſt worthy Chriſtiãs of Iaponia whereof this relatiõ doth entreate be of the ſame Chriſtian and Catholike Fayth and Religon^([sic]) that you be
Word: lag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈlæɡ/, [ˈlæɡ], /ˈleɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈleɪ̯ɡ] 1. Late. Example: Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried. 2. Last; long-delayed. Labels: obsolete Example: the lag end of my life 3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior. Example: We know your thoughts of us, that laymen are lag souls, and rubbish of remaining clay.