nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: academicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English academicism From academic + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/ 1. The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic. Labels: capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable 2. Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Speculative thoughts and attitudes. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: academism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader. Middle English Achademia English academy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English academism From academy + -ism. Pronunciation: /əˈkæd.əˌmɪz.əm/ 1. Alternative form of academicism Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be Greek or Florentine, […] Example: Contemporary Canadian art suffers from new academisms. […], her reaction is through Keats, Shelley and Byron. Her writing, based on these is perfection itself but still an academism and therefore non-contributive.
Word: academist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French académiste, from académie (“academy”). Pronunciation: /əˈkæd.ɪ.mɪst/ 1. An academic philosopher. 2. An academician. 3. an academic.
Word: Acadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”). Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/, /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. 2. Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Word: Acadian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”). Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/, /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ 1. A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun. 2. A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French. Labels: Canada
Word: Acadian Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”). Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/, /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ 1. Ellipsis of Acadian French (“the form of French spoken in Acadia”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, rare Example: In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French. 2. The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago. Example: The Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.
Word: acajou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of cashew. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/, /ˈæ.kəˌʒu/, /ˈæ.kəˌd͡ʒu/, /a.kaˈʒu/ 1. The cashew tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all. 2. A cashew nut. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acaleph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin acalephe, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”). Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈlɜf/ 1. A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum. Labels: dated
Word: acalephoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acalephae + -oid 1. Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
Word: acalycine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + Latin calyx + -ine. By surface analysis, a- + calycine. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈkeɪ.lə.saɪn/, /ˌeɪˈkæ.lə.saɪn/ 1. Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acanth Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkænθ/ 1. Acanthus.
Word: acantha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Pronunciation: /əˈkæn.θə/ 1. A prickle. 2. A spine or prickly fin. 3. A spinous process of a vertebra. Example: Moreover, all the outgrowths which I have said constitute the acantha are not of equal size in all the vertebrae, and Nature has done this with wonderful forethought. Example: Individual vertebral bodies (right) as seen from the side and from above. The acantha is the spiney projection on the right of each illustration: in the lower illustration the boney spinal canal is shown between the acantha and the vertebral body.
Word: acanthaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From taxonomic name Acanthaceae + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.n̩ˈθeɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌæk.ænˈθeɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. 2. Armed with prickles, as a plant.
Word: acanthine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acanthinus, from acanthus + English -ine (“relating to”). Pronunciation: /əˈkæn.θɪn/, /əˈkænt.θɪn/, /əˈkænˌθaɪn/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.
Word: acanthocarpous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acantho- (“having thorns”) + -carpous (“relating to fruit”), from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos) and κᾰρπός (kărpós) respectively. 1. Having the fruit covered with spines.
Word: acanthocephalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree taxonomic name Acanthocephala Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English acanthocephalous From taxonomic name Acanthocephala + -ous, equivalent to acantho- + -cephalous. 1. Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acanthopodious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acanthopodius. This is the only English word in -podious in the English Wiktionary, as of December 2024. 1. Having spinous petioles.
Word: acanthopterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acantho- + -pterous. 1. Spiny-winged. Labels: not-comparable 2. Acanthopterygious Labels: not-comparable
Word: acanthopterygian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from acanthus (“thorn”), (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos)) + Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion) diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fin”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”). Pronunciation: /ˌæk.ænˌθɑp.təˈɹɪd͡ʒ.i.n̩/ 1. Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
Word: acanthopterygian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin, from acanthus (“thorn”), (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos)) + Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion) diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fin”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”). Pronunciation: /ˌæk.ænˌθɑp.təˈɹɪd͡ʒ.i.n̩/ 1. Similar to an acanthopterygian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acanthopterygious Part of Speech: adj 1. Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Word: acapsular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English capsular English acapsular From a- + capsular. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈkæp.sə.lɚ/ 1. Having no capsule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acardiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac. 1. Lacking a heart. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.
Word: acaridan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Acaridae + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”). By surface analysis, acarid + -an. 1. Synonym of acarid.
Word: acarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, acar- + -ine; either coined as such, or perhaps predating the prefix per se; see acarid § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈækəɹaɪn/, /ˈækəɹɪn/ 1. Of or caused by acari or mites. Labels: not-comparable Example: acarine diseases
Word: acarine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, acar- + -ine; either coined as such, or perhaps predating the prefix per se; see acarid § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈækəɹaɪn/, /ˈækəɹɪn/ 1. Synonym of acarid.
Word: acaroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin acarus (“member of the former inclusive genus of mites”) + -oid (“likeness”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.əˌɹɔɪd/ 1. Shaped like or resembling a mite.
Word: acarus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/ 1. Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus. Example: water strongly boiled; wherein the Seeds are extinguished by fire and decoction, and therefore last long and pure without such alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hairworms, like crude and common water Example: The number of Acari found in raw sugar is sometimes exceedingly great, and in no instance is the article quite free from either the insects or their ova (eggs).
Word: acaulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + caulis (“stalk”) + -ous. See cole. Pronunciation: /eɪˈkɔːləs/ 1. acaulescent Labels: not-comparable
Word: Accadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Akkadian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Accadian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Akkadian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Accadian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Akkadian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: accend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English accenden, from Latin accendere (“to kindle”), formed from ad- + candere (“to shine”). Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛnd/ 1. To set on fire; to kindle. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: accensor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin accēnsor, from accendō (“light, kindle”) + -tor (agent noun suffix). Compare accend. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛnsɚ/, /əkˈsɛnsɚ/ 1. One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
Word: accept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/, /ɪkˈsɛpt/, /əˈsɛp(t)/ 1. To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. Labels: transitive Example: Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice. Example: The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards she accepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her. 2. To admit to a place or a group. Labels: transitive Example: The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member. 3. To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. Labels: transitive Example: I accept the notion that Christ lived. Example: I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by. 4. To receive as adequate or satisfactory. Labels: transitive 5. To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. Labels: transitive Example: I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse. 6. To endure patiently. Labels: transitive Example: I accept my punishment. 7. To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance. Labels: transitive Example: We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner. 8. To agree to pay. Labels: transitive 9. To receive officially. Labels: transitive Example: to accept the report of a committee 10. To receive something willingly. Labels: intransitive 11. To do a service done by an establishment. Labels: Philippines Example: We accept repairs. Example: We accept bookbinding.
Word: accept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/, /ɪkˈsɛpt/, /əˈsɛp(t)/ 1. Accepted. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete Example: Pass our accept and peremptory answer.
Word: accept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpt/, /ækˈsɛpt/, /ɪkˈsɛpt/, /əˈsɛp(t)/ 1. Something that is accepted. Example: Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.
Word: acceptability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acceptābilitās. By surface analysis, accept + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi], /ˌækˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌækˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Therefore vve eat Chriſts ſpiritual body, becauſe he hath given us his natural body to be broken and his natural blood to be ſhed, for the remiſſion of ſins, and for the obtaining the grace and acceptability of repentance. Example: The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess. 2. Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acceptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”). Morphologically accept + -able. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/ 1. Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure. Example: We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff. Example: I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met. 2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable. Example: The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
Word: acceptable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”). Morphologically accept + -able. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/ 1. Someone or something that is acceptable. Example: The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas. Example: The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.
Word: acceptableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acceptable 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 acceptableness From acceptable + -ness. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/ 1. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. Labels: uncountable
Word: acceptably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English acceptably, equivalent to acceptable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tə.bli/ 1. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. 2. To an acceptable degree. Example: Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.
Word: acceptance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder. Middle French acceptancebor. ▲ Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English acceptance * First attested in 1528–1530. Probably partly from Middle French acceptance (from Old French accepter (“accept”)) and partly from accept + -ance. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛp.təns/, /əkˈsep.təns/ 1. The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval. Labels: uncountable Example: the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. Example: All the flockes of Kedar shall be gathered together vnto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister vnto thee: they shall come vp with acceptance on mine altar, and I wil glorifie the house of my glory. 2. An instance of that act. Labels: countable 3. Belief in something; agreement, assent. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The state of being accepted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The warrant I haue of your Honourable Diſpoſition, not the Worth of my vntutor'd Lines makes it aſſured of acceptance. 5. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But what acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. 8. The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 9. A list of horses accepted as starters in a race. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable 10. Synonym of etendue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acceptancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of acceptance after words in -ancy. By surface analysis, accept + -ancy. 1. Synonym of acceptance. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: That the plaintiff, afterwards wiſhing to remove the goods from the defendant’s wharf, tendered the defendants upwards of two thouſand pounds for wharfage and other expences, and that they refuſed to give up the goods till they were indemnified for their acceptancies, contending that it was ſolely upon the credit of the goods, then in their poſſeſſion, that they had given theſe acceptancies, and that they had a right to retain the goods till they were indemnified for their property, which they had ſo parted with on the credit of the goods. Example: I feel, therefore, correspondently affected, and welcome Death with a calm acceptancy; […]
Word: acceptant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English acceptant From accept + -ant. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tənt/ 1. accepting; receiving.
Word: acceptant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English acceptant From accept + -ant. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tənt/ 1. One who accepts something.
Word: acceptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English acceptacioun, acceptation, from Middle French acceptacion and Late Latin acceptātiō. By surface analysis, accept + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.sɛpˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. Example: My words, in common Acceptation, / Could never give this Provocation 2. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Finally, ſome things although not ſo required of neceſſity, that to leave them undone excludeth from Salvation, are notwithſtanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God, that moſt ample reward in Heaven is laid up for them. Example: This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 3. The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This does not, however, mean that the habit of created charity may be regarded as the formal cause of divine acceptation, considered from the standpoint of the one who elicits the act of acceptation (i.e., God), as this must be regarded as lying within the divine will itself.
Word: acceptedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accepted Middle English -ly English -ly English acceptedly From accepted + -ly. 1. In an accepted manner; admittedly. Example: Therefrom Boshy's saving propensities, being but the idiosyncrasies of the rich, were mercifully endured and spoken of by Mr. Civil. Even his amazing miserliness was passed over acceptedly, for of such are the kingdom of shepherd millionaires.
Word: accepter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English accepter From accept + -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/ 1. A person who accepts; a taker. Example: There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can not nip: nor no benefite so skant, whiche a good accepter may not inlarge. Example: Tracey came fraught with gifts rather suited to the spirit of the donor, than that of the accepter, yet, they opened the heart of the Laird of Dornock, who listened to the avowal of Tracey’s love without repugnance; and at length promised him his sister […] 2. A respecter; one who views others with partiality. Labels: obsolete Example: 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34, And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones; Example: 1549, Hugh Latimer, The Seconde Sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer whych he preached before the Kynges maiestie, London: John Day and William Seres, To the Reader, But nowe the wycked Iudge, whiche corrupteth iustyce for Brybes heer he maye learne also the lesson that Moses taughte long before this tyme, ye magistrates & Iudges in the common wealth of Israell be no accepters of personnes neyther be desyreous of giftes, for they make wyse men blind, and chaunge the mynde of the ryghtuouse. 3. An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
Word: acceptilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acceptilatio (“entry of a debt collected, acquittance”), from past participle of accipere (compare accept) + latio (“a carrying”), from latus, past participle of ferre (“to carry”). Pronunciation: /əkˌsɛptɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction rendered by Christ was not in itself really a true or full equivalent, but was merely accepted by God, through his gracious goodwill, as sufficient. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”). By surface analysis, accept + -ion. 1. Acceptation; received meaning. Labels: obsolete 2. acceptance Labels: proscribed, rare
Word: acceptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English acceptive From accept + -ive. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛp.tɪv/ 1. Fit for acceptance. 2. Ready to accept. Labels: obsolete 3. Receptive.
Word: acceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)/, /əkˈsɛp.tɚ/, /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/ 1. One who accepts. 2. One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted. 3. An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond. 4. A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid 5. A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor 6. A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain 7. A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
Word: accessarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accessary Middle English -ly English -ly English accessarily From accessary + -ly. 1. In the manner of an accessary.
Word: accessariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accessary 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 accessariness From accessary + -ness. 1. The state of being accessary. Labels: uncountable
Word: accessary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English accessarie, axcessary, excercary, from Medieval Latin accessārius. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/, /ækˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ 1. Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Word: accessary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin accessārius. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/, /ækˈsɛs(ə)ɹi/ 1. Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory. Example: To both their deaths ſhalt thou be acceſſary.
Word: accessibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accessible + -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis. Pronunciation: /əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He says the company's FLIRT design, in particular its retractable steps, provides greater accessibility, while the technology is highly innovative and reliable. 2. Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The purpose of this study is to measure West Virginia University's website accessibility for students and users who are blind or visually impaired and compare that measurement to the measurement of other websites of […]
Word: accessible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/ 1. Easy of access or approach. Example: an accessible town or mountain Example: At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe. 2. Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities. Labels: specifically Example: an accessible website Example: accessible public transport 3. Easy to get along with. 4. Open to the influence of. Labels: with-to Example: Minds accessible to reason. 5. Obtainable; to be got at. Example: The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing. 6. Easily understood or appreciated. Example: But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk. 7. Capable of being used or seen.
Word: accessibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accessible Middle English -ly English -ly English accessibly From accessible + -ly. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛs.ə.bli/ 1. In an accessible manner.
Word: accessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English accession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English accessional From accession + -al. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛʃ.nəl/, /ækˈsɛʃ.ən.əl/, /ækˈsɛʃ.ən.l/ 1. Pertaining to accession; additional. Labels: rare Example: Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.
Word: accessive Part of Speech: adj 1. additional. Labels: archaic 2. Relating to an act of access. Labels: rare
Word: accessive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Misspelling of excessive. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: accessorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From accessory + -al. Pronunciation: /æk.səˈsɔɹ.i.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime. Example: accessorial agency; accessorial guilt 2. Of or relating to an accession. Example: The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand, and giving the benediction with the other. His action is dignified and natural, and the accessorial ornaments about the marble background, and upon the large console which supports the statue, are tasteful, and carefully sculptured. 3. Assessorial.
Word: accessorial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accessory + -al. Pronunciation: /æk.səˈsɔɹ.i.əl/ 1. An assessorial charge.
Word: accessorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accessory Middle English -ly English -ly English accessorily From accessory + -ly. 1. In the manner of an accessory; auxiliarily.
Word: accessoriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accessory 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 accessoriness From accessory + -ness. 1. The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately. Labels: uncountable
Word: acciaccatura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * acciacatura (misspelling) Borrowed from Italian acciaccatura, from the verb acciaccare (“to crush”). Pronunciation: /əˌt͡ʃɑkəˈtʊɹə/, /əˌt͡ʃækəˈtjʊəɹə/ 1. A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.
Word: accidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * First attested in the late 14th century. * (grammar): First attested in the mid 15th century. * From Middle English accidence, accidens, from Latin accidentia (“accidental matters”), from accidēns, present participle of accidere (“to happen”) Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɪ.dəns/, /ˈæk.sə.dəns/, /ˈæk.sə.dɛns/, /ˈæk.sə.dənts/, /ˈæk.sə.dɛnts/ 1. The inflection of words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To teach Schollars how to bee able to reade well, and write true Orthography, in a short space. 2. To make them ready in all points of Accedence and Grammar, to answere any necessary question therein. Example: 1669, John Milton, Accedence Commenc’t Grammar (title of a Latin grammar) 2. The rudiments of any subject. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When Franklin, playing with his kite in a thunderstorm, brought down sparks from the heavens, he was learning the accidence of that science of Electricity which has given us the Telegraph and Telephone […] 3. A book containing the first principles of grammar; (by extension) a book containing the rudiments of any subject or art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And forsomuch as this treateth of blazon of Armes, and of the worthie bearers of them […] I therefore, have named this, the Accedence of Armorie […] Example: Sir Hugh, my husband says my son profits nothing in the world at his book. I pray you, ask him some questions in his accidence.
Word: accidental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/ 1. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary. 2. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary. 3. Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. 4. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional. 5. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. Example: The discovery was purely accidental. Example: He was killed by an accidental gunshot. 6. Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
Word: accidental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/ 1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. Example: He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation. 2. Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. 4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
Word: accidentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accidental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English accidentally From accidental + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/ 1. In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly. Example: He discovered penicillin largely accidentally. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accidentally. 2. Unintentionally. Example: He accidentally exposed the bacteria to mold spores. Example: As I arrived at the foot of the hill I overtook two ladies, whom I passed. As I did so, I brushed one of them accidently on the arm.
Word: accidie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English accidie, from Anglo-Norman accidie, Old French accide, accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia, “indifference”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of acedia. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɪ.di/, /ˈæk.sə.di/ 1. Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. Labels: literary, uncountable Example: Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.
Word: accipient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“to receive”), whence accept. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɪpiənt/ 1. Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives). Labels: Late, Modern, obsolete Example: Instances sometimes occur of Species, or Varieties, gaining partial possession of the bodies of one another[…]Such instances, however, are very rare, and probably never take place between Varieties belong to the same Primary Species: for although it is an occurrence that evinces an intimate affinity between the plant that confers its distinctions, and that which is the accipient, yet the existence of the conferent in an entire state, would induce us to conclude that there exists a disparity between them which we cannot reasonably suppose to exist between Varieties that have sprung from the same Species. Example: He penned voluminous epistles, to complain of "a trivial oversight in her otherwise irreproachable system of philanthropy," or to convey a "father's acknowledgments for the soul-elevating teachings of which his beloved offspring were accipients;" and when they were unnoticed, his visits were frequent.
Word: accipiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin accipiter (“hawk”). Pronunciation: /ækˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/ 1. Any hawk of the genus Accipiter. 2. Any hawk formerly classified in the genus Accipiter, such as Tachyspiza and Astur. 3. A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Word: accipitrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * accipiter + -ine * Compare French accipitrin Pronunciation: /ækˈsɪp.əˌtɹaɪn/, /ækˈsɪp.ə.tɹɪn/ 1. A hawk or a hawk-like bird.
Word: accipitrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * accipiter + -ine * Compare French accipitrin Pronunciation: /ækˈsɪp.əˌtɹaɪn/, /ækˈsɪp.ə.tɹɪn/ 1. Like or belonging to the Accipitriformes; raptorial; hawklike.
Word: accismus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin accismus, from Ancient Greek ακκισμός (akkismós, “prudery”). Pronunciation: /ækˈsɪzməs/ 1. The feigning of disinterest in something while actually desiring it. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable Example: On this account, mothers, fathers, men, and even youths, are their best companions; on the contrary, girls connected with other girls of a similar age, as in schools, provoke one another to an exchange of foibles, rather than of excellences, to a love of dress, admiration, and gossip, even to the forgetting of accismus. Example: The keen eye of the ancient comedians detected this weakness in Athenian demagogues who declined office with a view to making their election surer, and Philippides gave it the name accismus.
Word: accite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin accitō (“summon”), from Classical Latin acciō (“call forth”), formed from ad + cieō (“summon, call”). The sense “excite, induce” is likely from or reinforced by conflation with excite. Pronunciation: /əkˈsaɪt/ 1. To summon. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive Example: He by the senate is accit'd home From weary wars against the barbarous Goths Example: Our heralds now accited all that were 2. To cite, quote. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive 3. To excite, to induce. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive Example: And what accites your most worshipful thought to think so?
Word: acclamation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * First attested in 1541. * Borrowed from Latin acclāmātiō, acclāmātiōnis (“calling, exclamation, shout of approval”), from acclamo (“shout approval or disapproval of, shout out at”), from ad (“toward”) + clamo (“cry out”) * Compare French acclamation. Pronunciation: /æk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən/ 1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sometimes a member nominates a chairman and no vote is taken, the assembly signifying their approval by acclamation. Example: On such a day, a holyday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children:..it must be a scramble among the mountains, and I must accompany them; […] 2. The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: See also: uncontested, by default Example: With no one running against her, she won by acclamation. 3. A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The medals on which laudatory acclamations are recorded are called by antiquaries acclamation medals. 4. An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acclimatation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French acclimatation. Pronunciation: /æklɪˈmeɪʃən/ 1. Acclimatization. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: acclimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor. Latin climalbor. Middle French climat French climat Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French acclimaterbor. English acclimate 1792, from French acclimater. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.lɪ.meɪt/ 1. To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. Labels: US, transitive 2. To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one. Labels: US, transitive 3. To become accustomed to a new climate or environment. Labels: US, intransitive
Word: acclimature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French acclimaterbor. English acclimate English -ure English acclimature From acclimate + -ure. 1. The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: From this we must except the attack of fever, denominated acclimature or seasoning, to which they are usually subject in the first or second summer after their arrival.
Word: acclive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin clīvus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin acclīvislbor. English acclive Learned borrowing from Latin acclīvis. Pronunciation: /əˈklaɪv/ 1. Synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”). Labels: obsolete
Word: acclivitous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈklɪvɪtəs/ 1. Acclivous Example: shut in on both sides and behind by an acclivitous half-circle of rugged summits
Word: acclivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”). Pronunciation: /əˈklɪv.ə.ti/ 1. A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent. Example: how gaily vineyards and olives alternately chequer the acclivities Example: she would walk […] as far as to the point where the acclivity from the valley began its first steep ascent to the outer world.
Word: acclivous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin acclivis and acclivus. 1. sloping upward; rising like a hillside.