nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: disco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of discovery. 1. discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) Labels: US, informal Example: You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco. 2. discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered) Labels: US, informal Example: Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.
Word: clava Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club, staff, knotty branch”). 1. Synonym of gracile tubercle. 2. The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.
Word: puerperal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin puerperālis, from Latin puerpera (“woman in childbirth”), from puer (“child”) + pariō (“to bear”). Pronunciation: /pjuˈɝpəɹəl/, /pjuˈɜːpəɹəl/, /ˈpwɛɹpəɹəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also Labels: not-comparable Example: puerperal mastitis 2. Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also: Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: eviscerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre (“to disembowel”), from e- (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”), equivalent to e- (“out”) + viscera + -ate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/ 1. To disembowel; to remove the viscera. Labels: transitive Example: Desecrate me / Tear me limb from limb / Eviscerate me / Chew me to death 2. To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless. Labels: transitive Example: Coming on stage at sunrise on the Sunday, Jefferson Airplane greet the new day explaining they’re not a “hippie band” but “manic morning music”, then eviscerate Fred Neil’s Other Side of Life. Somebody to Love is also taken at breakneck speed – this turns out to be an energy tablet before a leaden day. Example: Earlier the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza) got up on the floor, and he was upset that somebody had said that the underlying bill would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act. 3. To elicit the essence of. Labels: transitive 4. To remove a bodily organ or its contents. Labels: transitive 5. To protrude through a surgical incision. Labels: intransitive
Word: messenger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a variant of Old French messagier (French messager), equivalent to message + -er. Doublet of messager. Displaced native Old English boda (“messenger, envoy”) and ǣrendraca (“messenger, ambassador”). For the replacement of -ager with -enger, -inger, -anger, compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger, porringer. This development may have been merely the addition of n, or it may have resulted due to contamination from other suffixes such as Middle English -ing and the rare Old French -ange, -enc, -inge, -inghe (“-ing”) for Old French -age (“-age”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒə/ 1. One who brings messages. 2. The secretary bird. 3. The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data). 4. A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent. Example: The Messenger under the joint Commission of Bankruptcy might have seized the Whole, if they had remained in their Warehouse 5. An instant messenger program. Example: The 4 primary messengers include ^([sic]) AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger. Example: Have them meet you on your favorite messenger program. IMs provide a means of instant chat without waiting on someone to respond back to you. 6. A forerunner or harbinger. Labels: figuratively Example: a messenger of doom 7. A light scudding cloud preceding a storm. 8. A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite. 9. A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier. 10. A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle. 11. A messenger-at-arms. Labels: Scotland 12. A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike.
Word: messenger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a variant of Old French messagier (French messager), equivalent to message + -er. Doublet of messager. Displaced native Old English boda (“messenger, envoy”) and ǣrendraca (“messenger, ambassador”). For the replacement of -ager with -enger, -inger, -anger, compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger, porringer. This development may have been merely the addition of n, or it may have resulted due to contamination from other suffixes such as Middle English -ing and the rare Old French -ange, -enc, -inge, -inghe (“-ing”) for Old French -age (“-age”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒə/ 1. To send something by messenger. Labels: transitive Example: I'll messenger over the signed documents.
Word: James Part of Speech: name Etymology: The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iācōmus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacques, Jacob, Iago, Jago, Yago, Hamish, Seamus, Tiago, Santiago, and Yaakov. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a modification of the earlier name Duke of York's Island after its eponymous duke's coronation as James II of England. See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒeɪmz/ 1. The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 3. A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] And Normans call me James Fitz-James. / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause. […] Example: Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. 4. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Jacob Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”). Doublet of James, Yaakov, and Yakub. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - - Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake." Example: Analysts and opinion polls had forecast losses for the ANC but a pivotal factor in the party’s staggering decline was former President Jacob Zuma and his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, which capitalized on widespread discontent within the ANC’s traditional voter base. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents. 3. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: Mormonism
Word: Jacob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”). Doublet of James, Yaakov, and Yakub. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/ 1. A breed of multihorned sheep. 2. A ladder. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: Where's the Jacob? — the what, sir? — the Jacob! the ladder ye fool!
Word: teetotaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teetotal + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/, /tiːˈtəʊtələ, ˈtiːtəʊtələ/ 1. British standard spelling of teetotaler. Example: The six drivers foregathered and the rather surprising discovery was made that five out of the six were teetotallers.
Word: teetotaler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English teetotal 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 teetotaler From teetotal + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/, /ˈtiːtəʊtələ/ 1. A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages. Labels: US Example: [Richard] Nixon was becoming erratic and drinking too much, so [James] Schlesinger told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that any “unusual” orders from Nixon should be routed over to him. […] [Donald] Trump is famously a teetotaler, but he has publicly surpassed Nixon’s anguish and paranoia.
Word: seraphim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin seraphim, from Koine Greek σεραφείμ (serapheím), from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm), plural of שָׂרָף (śārāp̄) (often translated as "fiery ones" although meaning is uncertain); perhaps related to the root שרף (“to burn”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹ.əˌfɪm/ 1. plural of seraph Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of saraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seraphim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin seraphim, from Koine Greek σεραφείμ (serapheím), from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm), plural of שָׂרָף (śārāp̄) (often translated as "fiery ones" although meaning is uncertain); perhaps related to the root שרף (“to burn”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹ.əˌfɪm/ 1. Alternative form of seraph. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, nonstandard
Word: seraphim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin seraphim, from Koine Greek σεραφείμ (serapheím), from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm), plural of שָׂרָף (śārāp̄) (often translated as "fiery ones" although meaning is uncertain); perhaps related to the root שרף (“to burn”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹ.əˌfɪm/ 1. Any of species Lobophora halterata of geometrid moths.
Word: professionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English professional 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 professionalism From professional + -ism. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm/ 1. The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] all one can do is marvel at Ward-Prowse's fitness, professionalism and dedication to not only start week after week but also to get better. The man just goes on and on. That’s why he is Southampton’s very own Duracell Bunny. 2. The use of professionals rather than amateurs in any sport etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: seder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew סדר (seder, “order”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪdə/, /ˈseɪdɚ/ 1. The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover. Labels: Judaism Example: On the same day, the State of Israel celebrated its first Passover seder and the United Nations, still meeting in those days at Flushing Meadow in Queens, voted to consider the Jewish state's application for membership. 2. The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover. Labels: Judaism, usually 3. One of the 6 parts into which the Mishnah is divided. Labels: Judaism
Word: chorus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Medieval Latin chorus (“church choir”), Latin chorus (“group of dancers and singers; dance”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “group of dancers and singers, choir, chorus; dance accompanied by song; round dance”); The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of choir, chore, and hora. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːɹəs/, /ˈkoɹəs/, /ˈkoːɹəs/ 1. To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus. Labels: transitive Example: In the middle of the little woody bay, or rather basin, which received the scanty waters of the stream, an armed sloop lay at anchor, and he heard the din of license and carousal on board,—the hasty oath—the hearty laugh—and the boisterous song, chorussed by a score of rough voices, which made the bay re-echo. Example: Shortly afterwards, all England was engaged in chorussing his favourite ditty— […] 2. To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo. Labels: transitive Example: "Yes," said the king; "Come, Hop-Frog, lend us your assistance. Characters, my fine fellow; we stand in need of characters—all of us—ha! ha! ha!" and as this was seriously meant for a joke, his laugh was chorused by the seven. 3. To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Let ev'ry Song be Choruſt with his Name. / And Muſick pay her Tribute to his Fame. 4. To sing the chorus or refrain of a song. Labels: intransitive Example: 1785, James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Wednesday, 8th September, 1773, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6018/pg6018-images.html Malcolm sung an Erse song, the chorus of which was 'Hatyin foam foam eri', with words of his own. […] the boatmen and Mr M’Queen chorused, and all went well. 5. To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison. Labels: intransitive Example: Then they all chorus'd upon me—Such a character as Miſs Harlowe's! cry'd one—A lady of ſo much generoſity and good ſenſe! another— […] Example: Six State Commissioners of Education gloomily chorused about retrenchments, pay cuts and shut-down schools in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Washington, Massachusetts and Maine. 6. To echo in unison another person's words. Labels: intransitive Example: Then she shouted: "Viva our Lady of Grace," and the crowd chorused. 7. Of animals: to make cries or sounds together. Labels: intransitive Example: Then the cocks began to crow in the town beneath the hill, and the birds chorused in the fields, and a pale yellow poppy colored the east. Example: 1998, Italo Calvino, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by Martin McLaughlin, Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51, The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
Word: eromenos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος (erṓmenos, “beloved”). Pronunciation: /ɛˈɹəʊmɛnɒs/ 1. An adolescent boy who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him. Example: In his early twenties the young aristocratic lover (erastes) took a teen-aged youth, the eromenos or beloved, to bond with and train before going on at about age thirty to matrimony and fatherhood.
Word: e- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. English e- From Latin ē-. Pronunciation: /ɛ-/ 1. Used to form adjectives with the sense of something being absent, being removed, or moving outward. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: e.g. eluviation, edentulous, elenge
Word: e- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English e- Abbreviation of electronic. Pronunciation: /i-/ 1. In an electronic form, especially computerized and digital; often in association with the Internet. Labels: morpheme
Word: e- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ēmergō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ēns Latin emergensbor. English emergency English e- Abbreviation of emergency. Pronunciation: /i-/ 1. For emergency purposes. Labels: morpheme Example: e-stop, e-brake
Word: e- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English e- Abbreviation of electric or electrical. Pronunciation: /i-/ 1. Used to prefix product names, to indicate an electrified or all-electric variant of the product, particularly cars. Labels: morpheme 2. Used to prefix product names, to indicate an electrified or all-electric variant of the product, particularly cars. Labels: morpheme 3. Electric. Labels: morpheme Example: e-stim
Word: e- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English embed Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English embedded English e- Abbreviation of embedded. 1. Used to prefix items that are embedded into devices, instead of being discrete or removable elements. Labels: morpheme
Word: e- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ēducātiōder. English education Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English educational English e- Abbreviation of educational. Pronunciation: /i-/ 1. educational Labels: morpheme
Word: cum laude Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin cum (“with”) + laude (ablative of laus, "praise"). Pronunciation: /ˌkumˈlaʊdə/, /ˌkumˈlɔdə/, /ˌkʌmˈlaʊdə/, /ˌkʌmˈlɔdə/ 1. With praise; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work that is above average. Labels: not-comparable
Word: magna cum laude Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin. 1. "With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average. Labels: not-comparable
Word: summa cum laude Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin summā cum laude (“with the greatest praise”). 1. With highest (of three degrees of) praise; as noted, as an honor, on diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nancy graduated from the university summa cum laude. Example: “[...] Mother remarried an architect after an amicable divorce seven years ago, lives in uptown Ewingsville, B.Y. No siblings. History and economics at Berkeley, summa cum laude. Started on the L.A. Recorder, political pieces in the Tribune and Herald. Single, lives alone, pays her bills on time.”
Word: Proto-Indo-European Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Indo-European English Proto-Indo-European From proto- + Indo-European. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndə(ʊ̯)ˌjʊə̯ɹəˈpiːən/, /-ˌjɔːɹəˈ-/, /ˌpɹoʊ̯toʊ̯ˌɪndoʊ̯ˌjʊɹəˈpi.ən/ 1. The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages. Labels: uncountable Example: The word mother comes from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Example: The plural English word brethren and the Farsi word that is pronounced as 'baradaran' both come from the same Proto-Indo-European root word.
Word: Proto-Indo-European Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Indo-European English Proto-Indo-European From proto- + Indo-European. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndə(ʊ̯)ˌjʊə̯ɹəˈpiːən/, /-ˌjɔːɹəˈ-/, /ˌpɹoʊ̯toʊ̯ˌɪndoʊ̯ˌjʊɹəˈpi.ən/ 1. A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language. Labels: countable
Word: Proto-Indo-European Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Indo-European English Proto-Indo-European From proto- + Indo-European. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ̯təʊ̯ˌɪndə(ʊ̯)ˌjʊə̯ɹəˈpiːən/, /-ˌjɔːɹəˈ-/, /ˌpɹoʊ̯toʊ̯ˌɪndoʊ̯ˌjʊɹəˈpi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below). Pronunciation: /skɛə/, /skɛɚ/, /skɪə(ɹ)/, /skeː/, /skeə/ 1. A minor fright. Example: Johnny had a bad scare last night. Example: England were held to a draw after surviving a major scare against Switzerland as they were forced to come from two goals behind to earn a point in the Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley. 2. A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread. Example: a food-poisoning scare 3. A device or object used to frighten. Example: But I admit the possibility of their being used as "scares" for either birds of prey or snakes, or both.
Word: scare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”). Pronunciation: /skɛə/, /skɛɚ/, /skɪə(ɹ)/, /skeː/, /skeə/ 1. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. Labels: transitive Example: Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"? Example: That cannot be; the noise of thy crossbow / Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. 2. (To be able) to be scared. Labels: intransitive Example: I don't scare easily.
Word: scare Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /skɛə/, /skɛɚ/, /skɪə(ɹ)/, /skeː/, /skeə/ 1. lean; scanty
Word: phosphorescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phosphorus + -escent. It's interesting to note that phosphorus is not phosphorescent. Some phosphoric mixtures can be luminescent through chemical reactions, but none exhibit literal phosphorescence. 1. Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes. Example: So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.
Word: phosphorescent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphorus + -escent. It's interesting to note that phosphorus is not phosphorescent. Some phosphoric mixtures can be luminescent through chemical reactions, but none exhibit literal phosphorescence. 1. A phosphorescent substance.
Word: Russian doll Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a set of hollow nesting dolls, usually wooden and decorated. Example: When she opened it he saw her eyes flash to Simon's, saw the tremulous smile and the stroke of her finger down the painted face of the Russian doll. Those dolls that had other dolls inside. 2. An issue or situation which repeatedly reveals more levels of complexity. Labels: figuratively Example: Any society is thus like a Russian doll, only much more complicated than this toy, whose inclusions are linear, i.e. unidimensional. A society can be imagined as a multidimensional Russian doll. Example: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss has been described as a complex Russian-doll structure; a narrative inside another inside another. The form is fragmented. There are multiple voices, multiple narrative strands set out […]
Word: fringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fringe + -er. 1. A person who makes fringes for garments 2. A device for making paper fringes 3. One who attends Fringe theater festival (e.g., the Edinburgh Fringe festival) 4. A person on the fringe of anything; e.g. a crowd, or society in general Example: The region was remote; the early explorers were pirates, fugitives and fringers, followed by miscellaneous settlers, to the effect that Camberwell had been inhabited for many thousands of years. Example: In any gathering there are always those at the fringe of the crowd where they can creep away when the message goes against their liking. You might call them fringers.
Word: cumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English combren, aphetic form of acombren or encombren, borrowed from Old French encombrer, ultimately either from Latin cumulus or Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”), from *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”). Cognate with German kümmern (“to take care of”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbə/ 1. To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Why asks he what avails him not in fight, / And would but cumber and retard his flight? Example: The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, […] but cumbers the memory.
Word: cumber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English komber, kumbre, cumbre, combre (“distress; destruction”). Used in 14th century Middle English in the very scarcely attested “destruction” sense but not in common use until the 16th century; at first chiefly Scots, where it is also spelled cummer. Further etymology is uncertain, the term is either: * an aphetic form of encomber, encumbir, encumbre (“trouble; misfortune; harm, ruin”), itself from Old French encombre (“a hindrance, difficulty”), see Etymology 1 and French encombrer for further etymology; or, * cognate with Middle High German kumber (German Kummer), Middle Low German kummer, and Dutch kommer with which it strikingly shares the meaning “trouble, distress”, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kumbr (“burden, trouble, sorrow”); or, * a deverbal from cumber. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbə/ 1. Trouble, distress. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, / Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber! 2. Something that encumbers; a hindrance, a burden. Labels: uncountable
Word: cumber Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbə/ 1. Clipping of cucumber. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Word: seraphin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of xeraphim. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Serapis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Serāpis, from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”). 1. A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.
Word: Sappho Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Sapphō, from Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ). Pronunciation: /ˈsæfoʊ/, /ˈsæfəʊ/ 1. An Ancient Greek female name, particularly borne by a poetess from Lesbos who lived between 630 and 570 BC (exact dates unknown). 2. 80 Sappho, a main belt asteroid. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: rare
Word: a.m. Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviation of ante meridiem (“before noon”). 1. In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. Labels: not-comparable Example: Greenfield … Monday thru Friday, 9 to 12 a.m. Example: One of the most common night shifts is the 12 a.m.-to-8 a.m. shift.
Word: a.m. Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of ante meridiem (“before noon”). 1. Initialism of ad modum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: p.m. Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviation of post meridiem (“after noon”). Pronunciation: /piːˈɛm/ 1. In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. Labels: not-comparable Example: HOURLY PRECIPITATION … 9 PM THROUGH 12 PM (MIDNIGHT) ZERO DAILY TOTAL Example: We never say 12 a.m. or 12 p.m. It's either 12 midnight or 12 noon, respectively.
Word: p.m. Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviation of post mortem (“after death”). Pronunciation: /piːˈɛm/ 1. after death Labels: not-comparable
Word: p.m. Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of palm muting. Pronunciation: /piːˈɛm/ 1. Abbreviation of palm muting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: polyorchidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English orchid English polyorchid 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 polyorchidism From polyorchid + -ism. 1. The medical condition of having more than two testicles. Labels: uncountable Example: Several classification systems have been proposed for polyorchidism, based either on the level of division of the urogenital ridge [1], [3] or, more recently, by reference to the anatomical arrangement and location of the testis, epididymis and vas deferens [1], [4].
Word: prefiguration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin praefigurationem, nominative form of praefiguratio. 1. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited 2. Something that prefigures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grandfather clock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel in Piercebridge, County Durham, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died. 1. A longcase clock.
Word: Gallegan Part of Speech: noun 1. A Galician; a citizen of Galicia.
Word: Gallegan Part of Speech: name 1. The Galician language spoken in Galicia, evolved directly from Latin with close ties with Portuguese.
Word: yo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: As a greeting first attested in 1859, attested first as a cry of sailors and huntsmen (first attested in the 1400s; compare e.g. huzzah, giddyup). Originally from Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of ya, ye (“yes, yea”), from Old English ġēa (“yes, yea”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”); or perhaps from Old English ēow (“Wo!, Alas!”, interjection). Compare Danish, Swedish, German, Norwegian jo (“yes (flexible meaning)”), Dutch jow (“hi, hey”) and Dutch jo (“hi, hey”). More at yea, ow, ew. Modern popularity apparently dates from the early 20th century in Philadelphia, PA; amongst the Italian Community there, where io, with (as opposed to in standard Italian language) the stress on the ultima, was a common salutatory response among residents, particularly young males. This usage was apparently reinforced by the aforesaid English terms. It has been claimed to have been a common response at roll calls during World War 2 (see definition 4), and then most intensely attested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; it thence spread globally from American dominance of pop culture post-WWII. Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. A greeting similar to hi. Labels: slang Example: Yo Paulie! How's it going? 2. An interjection similar to hey. Labels: slang Example: Yo, check this out! Example: Check this out, yo! 3. An expression of surprise or excitement. Labels: slang Example: Yo, that's crazy, but I don't remember asking. Example: I have quickly acclimated myself to the standard form of greeting on campus: "Oh hey what’s your name? … Yeah, nice to meet you, what're you studying? … Yo that’s sick!" A script to recite, nearly verbatim, 10 times a day or more. 4. Present! Here! Labels: slang Example: Sergeant: Smith? Private Smith: Yo! 5. Emphatic conclusion to a statement. Example: JESSE: That is messed up, yo.
Word: yo Part of Speech: det Etymology: From a non-rhotic pronunciation of your. Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of your. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling Example: Yo sandwich has only bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
Word: yo Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Ellipsis of such phrases as your friend/buddy, your brother/sister, your mom/dad, etc., referring to someone (whether present or absent, male or female) who is related to the interlocutor in some way. All such forms were then shortened to your (pronounced [joʊ], "yo", which see above). Eventually, the original meaning "your [someone]" was lost and broadened to "that person". Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Generic third-person singular pronoun (primarily used in place of he and she). Labels: colloquial Example: Is dat yo mama? What's yo doin' in here?? Example: I've lost ma pet turtle! But I think yo ain't far from here… You seen yo?
Word: yo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of year(s) old. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of yarn over. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: yo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian ё (jo). Pronunciation: /jɒ/, /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. The name of the letter Ё/ё in Cyrillic alphabets.
Word: yo Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Clipping of yoleven. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: yo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irregular romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠 (yuè). Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Obsolete form of yue, a traditional Chinese unit of volume. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: yo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Alternative form of YO Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of YO: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: yo Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /jəʊ/, /joʊ/ 1. Alternative form of YO Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of YO: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: in the buff Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From buff (“bare skin”, literally “brownish yellow”), an allusion to the color of tanned light skin. 1. Nude. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: She was in the buff on the beach. Example: The streaker ran across the playing field in the buff.
Word: heave-to Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop (a seagoing vessel). 2. To back-wind the jib and luff the main to hold a position especially in heavy seas.
Word: Togarmah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew תּוֹגַרְמָה (tōḡarmā). 1. A grandson of Japheth in the Old Testament; traditional ancestor of Armenians, sometimes also of Georgians. Example: They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Labels: rare
Word: erastes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”). Pronunciation: /ɛˈɹæsteɪs/ 1. An adult man who loved or was in a pedagogic relationship with an adolescent boy. Example: In regard to the boys (erōmenos) involved in ancient Greek pederasty, Dover (1978:52) asked: “What does the eromenos get out of submission to his erastēs?”
Word: faster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast English -er English faster From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfæstɚ/, /ˈfɑːstə/ 1. comparative form of fast: more fast Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods. Example: Other paths can be occupied by oil trains from Grain, timber trains for Chirk, cement trains for Clitheroe, as well as engineering trains running this way to avoid the West Coast Main Line and other 60mph services squeezed off the WCML to make way for faster passenger and freight trains.
Word: faster Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast English -er English faster From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfæstɚ/, /ˈfɑːstə/ 1. comparative form of fast: more fast Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: faster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast 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 faster From fast (“refrain from eating”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfæstɚ/, /ˈfɑːstə/ 1. One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
Word: grace note Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grace (“elegant movement; poise or balance; charming, pleasing qualities”) + note. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪs nəʊt/, /ˈɡɹeɪs ˌnoʊt/ 1. A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in. Example: There is a manner of gracing the notes or accents in reading, as in singing, but which is always at pleasure. This grace note in music is called appoggiatura, that is, supporter, insinuator. As the quantities of these little notes in music are always taken out of the next note that follows, so it is in speech. Instead of a plain acute accent, thus /, we may use, which corresponds exactly with the small musical grace note, a little circumflex grave-accute, thus ⎝; or acute-grave, thus ⎞; [...] Example: Grace notes, as their name shows, though not absolutely essential to melody, are employed as embellishments, and also prevent too great uniformity. There are several kinds; the small note, or Appoggiatura, the Trill, and the Turn. An Appoggiatura is a grace note placed above or below a principal note, and is generally half the value of that note; there are instances, however, when its value is greater. [...] A Turn is composed of three grace notes placed before or after a principal note. 2. Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch. Labels: figuratively Example: These concerns, often given mythic expression, explore the common human element in diverse experience: the poet [Rita Dove] touches the grace notes of famous and unknown lives, past and present. Example: But what I know now is that even if the feelings do return, I can wait them out, and, indeed, pain that appears to be despairing and murderous may actually contain—if I listen very carefully—a grace note of hope or consolation from God.
Word: autonomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) ▲ Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā)bor. English autonomy Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English autonomous From autonomy + -ous. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒnəməs/, /ɔˈtɑnəməs/, /ɑˈtɑnəməs/ 1. Governing itself independently. Example: an autonomous territory 2. Of or relating to a territory that governs itself independently. Example: "Thank you, Louis," interrupted Carrados. "It is very nice to learn that. But I am really going to Kingsmouth because there's a man there—a curate—who has the second best private collection in Europe of autonomous coins of Thessaly." 3. Sentient; self-aware. 4. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules. Example: Though Cade has for years reported on the development of autonomous vehicles, test drives usually have so-called safety drivers who ride along and can take over in case something goes wrong. 5. Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).
Word: American football Part of Speech: noun 1. A team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. Labels: uncountable Example: Chain mail, or an American football suit—that's what you'll want. 2. The ball used to play the sport of American football. Labels: countable
Word: maternal uncle Part of Speech: noun 1. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.) Example: The social organization of the Trobriand Islanders of Melane- sia is characterized by matrilineal descent, free and familiar rela- tions between father and son, and a marked antagonism between maternal uncle and nephew.³¹ On the other hand, the patrilineal Cherkess of the Caucasus place the hostility between father and son, while the maternal uncle assists his nephew and gives him a horse when he marries.³²
Word: skink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Middle Low German schink, schinke, schenke (“leg; shank; shin bone; ham”), from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō (“shank; thigh; that which is bent”), from Proto-Germanic *skinkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; to be crooked, slant”). The word is cognate with Danish skinke (“ham”), Middle Dutch schenke, schinke (“shin; hough; ham”), Icelandic skinka (“ham”), Norwegian skinke (“ham”), Old English ġesċincio, ġesċinco (“kidney fat”), Old High German skinka, skinko (“shank; shin bone”) (Middle High German schinke (“shank; shin bone; ham”), modern German Schinken (“ham; pork from the hindquarters”)), Old Saxon skinka (“ham”), Old Swedish skinke (modern Swedish skinka (“ham”)). Pronunciation: /skɪŋk/ 1. A shin of beef. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast 2. A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: For there are in the Flesh , Bones , Skinnes , organs , and the severall limbes of the living body : such spirits as are in the Flesh , Bone , and Skinke , beeing separated 3. Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients. Labels: Scotland, broadly Example: Cullen skink
Word: skink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos). Pronunciation: /skɪŋk/ 1. A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.
Word: skink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English skinken, skynken, skenken, from Middle Dutch scinken, scenken, schenken and/or Old Norse skenkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Cognate with German schenken (“to give as a present”), Dutch schenken (“to pour, give as a present”). See also the inherited doublet shink. Pronunciation: /skɪŋk/ 1. To serve (a drink). Labels: Scotland, ambitransitive Example: Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day. Example: [W]hile he would spit beyond the table, he all-to-bespawleth him who skinketh at the feast. 2. To give (something) as a present. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete, transitive
Word: skink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skinken, skynken, skenken, from Middle Dutch scinken, scenken, schenken and/or Old Norse skenkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Cognate with German schenken (“to give as a present”), Dutch schenken (“to pour, give as a present”). See also the inherited doublet shink. Pronunciation: /skɪŋk/ 1. A drink. Labels: obsolete
Word: primate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1876. From French primate, from the substantivization of Latin prīmās, prīmātis (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”), same as Etymology 2. So named due to the belief that primates are the highest order of mammals or animals. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/ 1. A mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos. Example: Primates range from lemurs to gorillas. 2. An anthropoid; ape including human. Labels: informal
Word: primate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in c. 1275. From Middle English primat(e), from Old French primat (French primat), from Late Latin prīmās, prīmātis (“chief bishop”), substantivisation of prīmās (same as Etymology 1), from prīmus (“prime, first in rank (also as a substantive)”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/, /ˈpɹaɪmət/ 1. In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription. Example: The Archbishop of Quebec is the primate of Canada. 2. In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese. 3. In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
Word: protocol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French protocolle, protocole (“document, record”), from Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɔl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkoʊl/, /ˈpɹəʉtəˌkoːl/ 1. To make a protocol of. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Serene Highnesses, who sit there protocolling and manifestoing, and consoling mankind!
Word: lima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of lima bean. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪmə/ 1. Lima bean (the plant, Phaseolus lunatus). Example: We planted limas with the corn last night. 2. Lima bean (the fruit of the plant). Example: We had limas with dinner last night.
Word: lima Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lima from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of