nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: April fool Part of Speech: noun 1. A person subjected to a practical joke on April Fools' Day. Example: APRIL FOOL, Any one imposed on, or sent on a bootless errand on the first of April, on which day it is the custom among the lower people, children, and servants, by dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, sending persons on absurd messages, and such like contrivances, to impose on every one they can, and then to salute them with the title of April-fool. 2. A practical joke played on April Fools' Day. Example: The best April fool ever perpetrated was 1 April 1698 and made a laughing stock of the gentry of London, great numbers of whom turned up in their carriages and finery at the Tower of London to 'see the lions being washed' as instructed on their gilt-edged invitation cards.
Word: dingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”). Related to dungeon. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋɡl̩/ 1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley. Example: Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.
Word: dingle Part of Speech: adj 1. Having good weather. Labels: slang Example: Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort. Example: Indeed, on a dingle day in the Antarctic your optimism soars about what you can do. After three days of blustery weather we woke up to […]
Word: BMW Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German BMW. 1. A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)). Example: So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.
Word: BMW Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German BMW. 1. A motor car manufactured by this company 2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company
Word: BMW Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German BMW. 1. Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: BMW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of biodegradable municipal waste. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: BMW Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a pun on the prestigious car brand. 1. Initialism of black man working (“a successful black male”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: So for those brothers who are not yet a BMW, stay prayerful and positive until you become a fulltime black man working.
Word: GM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of game master, game mistress, or game moderator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: PC, pc *** […] player character; in fantasy role-playing gaming, a character in the game whose aims, ambitions and (attempted) actions are determined by a player, as opposed to being determined by the game master/mistress ("gm") […] 2. Initialism of general manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of genital mutilation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 4. Initialism of genetic modification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 5. Initialism of gender minority. Labels: abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, countable, initialism Example: Indeed, because of the paucity of literature on GM youth and the important distinctions between GM and SM youth, ... 6. Initialism of George Medal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 7. Metacentric height, a measure of a ship's static stability in roll. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The report notes that the minimum GM curves in the stability booklet were generated based on the minimum GM required to meet intact stability criteria in 46 CFR 170.170. However, for vessels required to meet both damage and intact stability requirements, such as El Faro, the higher of intact or damage stability minimum GM must be reflected in the minimum GM curves. 8. Initialism of gold master. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 9. Initialism of Grandmaster or grandmaster. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 10. Initialism of gang member. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang
Word: GM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of General Motors, an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: G.M., of course, is on board, as is Ford Motor, which has made a major investment with the electric truck maker Rivian, […] Example: “There were golden years for GM in China, but those are over, and they’ll never have a comeback story,” said Michael Dunne, an auto industry consultant who has been involved in Western automakers’ efforts in China since the 1990s, including GM’s entry into the market.
Word: GM Part of Speech: verb 1. To act as a game master or game moderator; to run a tabletop role-playing game.
Word: GM Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of genetically modified. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Tearing a page out of Monsanto's own playbook, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), an advocacy group whose mandate is to represent the public's interest in the patent system, filed suit (PDF) on behalf of 60 organic farmers, small farm organizations, and seed businesses this week against the litigious agrichemical and genetically modified (GM) seed giant. Example: As one of the largest producers of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the country, Monsanto has been vilified by activists who describe GM products as 'frankenfood.' 2. Initialism of grant-maintained. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, not-comparable Example: a GM school
Word: GM Part of Speech: intj 1. Initialism of good morning. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Tommy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Tommy From Tom + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑmi/, /ˈtɒmi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Thomas. Example: The Tory hard right is in the ascendancy, and a fascist street movement – led by convicted fraudster Tommy Robinson – represents a growing threat. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Thomasina.
Word: Tommy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Tommy From Tom + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑmi/, /ˈtɒmi/ 1. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Example: Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll Example: And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies, with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences. 2. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier. Labels: broadly, colloquial Example: May was in New Zealand when war broke out, and immediately left for France, where she worked in a military hospital in a converted high school in Marseilles. Writing home, she said that the French officers were said to be 'fussy' so she was glad to be nursing the Tommies (meaning French rank and file): 'they are brave and good, and patient, and such grateful patients. They are helpful to each other, and take such an interest in their fellow sufferers.' 3. A lesbian. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Here, here, here again! Coquettes, flirts, harlots, adultereſſes, tulips, pinks, roſes, lilies, violets, wormwood, fennel, and hemlock! Unnatural, unnatural, unnatural! Tommies, Tommies, Tommies! Women kiſſing women; doating, languiſhing, dying, pining, crying, caterwauling, for each other! Ha, ha, ha! O the madneſs of this age! 4. Ellipsis of tommy boy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 5. penis Example: Resolutely I refrained from thrusting or withdrawing for a minute or two and then drew out slowly to her lips and as I pushed Tommy gently in again, she leaned up and kissed me passionately.
Word: wreck of the Hesperus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1. Used in similes to describe the appearance of an untidy or bedraggled person. Labels: archaic Example: She looked like the wreck of the Hesperus when she got caught in the rain.
Word: taqwa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَقْوَى (taqwā). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːkwə/, /ˈtɑːkwɑː/ 1. The care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah. Labels: uncountable Example: It involves abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations from dawn to sunset, in the hopes that it will lead to greater "taqwa", or consciousness of God.
Word: bedraggled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English drag Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English draggle English bedraggle English -ed English bedraggled From bedraggle + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d/ 1. Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc. Example: A low rumbling sound was heard; a subterraneous hum; and then all held their breaths; as bedraggled with trailing ropes, and harpoons, and lances, a vast form shot lengthwise, but obliquely from the sea. Example: She came at night, and in a storm, with only two attendants, and stood before a peasant’s hut, tired, bedraggled, soaked with rain, “the red print of her lost crown still girdling her brow,” and implored admittance—and was refused! 2. Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated. Example: She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. I'm sick of being told that it's the envy of the neighbourhood; it's like everything else that belongs to her—her car, her dinner-parties, even her headaches, they are all superlative; no one else ever had anything like them. Example: It was a tall, shabby building, that cannot have been painted for years, and it had so bedraggled an air that the houses on each side of it looked neat and clean.
Word: bedraggled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English drag Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English draggle English bedraggle English -ed English bedraggled From bedraggle + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of bedraggle. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: implied consent Part of Speech: noun 1. The assumed agreement that a person would approve a course of action if asked, when that person is not presently able to be asked. Labels: uncountable Example: The man was unconscious, but the paramedics had his implied consent to treat him. 2. Consent given by virtue of another arrangement. Labels: uncountable Example: Traveling by air gives security officials implied consent to search your bags.
Word: herring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring (“herring”), further etymology unknown. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”) + -ing, due to the similarity of their fine bones to hair. Cognate with Scots hering, haring (“herring”), Saterland Frisian Hiering, Häiring (“herring”), West Frisian hjerring (“herring”), Dutch haring (“herring”), German Low German Hereng, Hering (“herring”), German Hering (“herring”), Bavarian Haring (“herring”). Late Latin haringus (whence French hareng, etc.) is borrowed from Germanic. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹɪŋ/ 1. A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food. Example: Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all. 2. Fish in the family Clupeidae. 3. Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.
Word: acrimony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Latin ācer Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *-monyomder. Latin -mōnium Latin -mōnia Latin ācrimōniader. Middle French acrimoniebor. English acrimony From Middle French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia (“sharpness, pungency”). Pronunciation: /ˈækɹɪməni/, /ˈækɹɪˌmoʊni/ 1. A sharp and bitter hatred. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping. Example: In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].
Word: deadpan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdpæn/ 1. Deliberately impassive or expressionless. Example: a deadpan face or look Example: deadpan behaviour or speech 2. Having such a face or look. Example: The comedian remained deadpan.
Word: deadpan Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdpæn/ 1. In a deadpan manner. Example: A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood.
Word: deadpan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdpæn/ 1. A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. Labels: uncountable Example: MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.
Word: deadpan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdpæn/ 1. To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner. Example: Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.
Word: Eurozone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From euro + zone. 1. Collectively, the European Union member states whose official currency is the euro.
Word: Beijing Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. 1958, borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng, romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 北京 (Běijīng, literally “northern capital”). The name Beijing was to distinguish the city from Nanjing to the south, and first applied informally during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who preferred to rule from Beijing but was obliged to treat Nanjing as a secondary capital by the dynastic injunctions of his father the Hongwu Emperor. The name continued a practice of several preceding dynasties—especially those of nomadic conquerers from the north such as the Jin and Liao—of maintaining a number of separate capitals designated by their cardinal directions. Pronunciation: /beɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˌbeɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/, /beɪˈʒɪŋ/, /ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ/ 1. A direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China. Example: Liu Lao-zheng sidled right up to Zao-hua and said: “That’s right. I went to Beijing [Peking] to visit with my daughter. Zao-hua, I hear that you have become the workpoint recorder.”[…] Liu Lao-zheng pulled out an abacus from a sack he was carrying over his shoulder. “Huala, huala,” he shook it several times and said: “I bought one in Beijing. I’ll lend it to you to use.” Example: Backhoes moved house by house, laying waste to a community called Xitai that was built in a plush green valley on the northern edge of Beijing, only a short walk from the Great Wall of China. 2. The government of the People's Republic of China. Labels: metonymically Example: In Beijing’s view, in the absence of an explicit treaty provision, the central line of the main channel—the Thalweg principle—provided a legal basis for delimiting the boundary in the two rivers. On this basis, Beijing claimed that 600 of the rivers’ 700 islands—including Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River, just 180 miles southwest of an important Soviet city, Khabarovsk—belonged to the P.R.C. Example: In the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, we recognized the fact that both Beijing and Taipei viewed Taiwan as part of China but unequivocally expressed our support for a peaceful settlement of the unification issue. While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider certain steps that will raise Taiwan's international standing.
Word: breathalyzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of breath + analyzer. Originally a trademark of Smith & Wesson. Equivalent to breathalyze + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛθəlaɪzɚ/ 1. A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol. Example: During the three day class we took one day of classroom study followed by one day of operating the breathalyzer and one day of drinking. Yes, I said drinking. […] I hated it but I got it down long enough to take the breathalyzer test. I blew a .11 on the model 900A Breathalyzer.
Word: dying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From die + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot! Example: a dying fire 2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon. Example: The dieselisation of this line has not been, as is sometimes the case, a means of reviving a dying branch, but an improving hand to a healthy service. 3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. Labels: not-comparable Example: His dying words were of his mother. Example: until my dying day
Word: dying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From die + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “I'm looking forward to the most fascinating experience in life, which is dying,” he said. “You've got to approach your dying the way you live your life—with curiosity, with hope, with fascination, with courage and with the help of your friends.”
Word: dying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From die + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of die Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dye Labels: form-of, gerund, nonstandard, participle, present
Word: opener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.pən.ə/, /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/, /ˈəʉ.pən.ə/, /ˈəʉp.nə/ 1. A person who opens something. Example: Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"? 2. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener. 3. An establishment that opens. Labels: in-compounds Example: The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store. 4. The player who starts the betting. 5. Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting. Labels: in-plural 6. A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together. 7. The first act in a variety show or concert. 8. A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings. 9. The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation. Labels: colloquial 10. The first game played in a competition. Example: The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas. Example: England were on the scoreboard after only one minute, Wilkinson, who missed five penalties in his side's opener against the Pumas, knocking over a three-pointer from bang in front, despite boos from the crowd. 11. A opening goal. 12. A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish. 13. A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start. Example: The Rays debuted the opener—in which a reliever starts the game and throws anywhere from one to three innings, then gives way to a new pitcher, who will usually throw three to five as essentially a second starter—on May 19 against the Angels, using veteran righty Sergio Romo to pitch the first.
Word: opener Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From open + -er (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.pən.ə/, /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/, /ˈəʉ.pən.ə/, /ˈəʉp.nə/ 1. comparative form of open: more open Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The letter y is also used for the slightly opener non-fricative sound heard in English year. Example: Lower-middle-class speakers in New York showed a strong tendency to report themselves as using [æː] in the word pass, although as objectively observed they tended to use the pronunciation with [ɛːə]. And in the most formal style (word lists) they produced on average an opener quality than the upper-middle-class speakers – an example of Labov-hypercorrection.
Word: open-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From open + handed. 1. Done with the hand open rather than clenched Example: Hitters use the open-handed tip to try to softly place the ball over the blockers or into other open areas of the opponent's court. Example: Visual gaze toward the mother was present with the children's earliest gestures, but only in those cases where the gesture was itself directed toward the mother, such as extending objects toward the mother or open-handed reaching or pointing toward objects held by the mother. 2. Liberal and generous. Example: 'No, no,' said the undertaker; 'not an open-handed gentleman in general, by any means. There you mistake him; but an afflicted gentleman, an affectionate gentleman, who knows what it is in the power of money to do, in giving him relief, and in testifying his love and veneration for the departed.' Example: "I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money." 3. Frank, honest, and tolerant. Example: Despite Gustavus' open-handed dealing, many princes of Europe did not trust him. 4. Characterized by looseness and fullness. Example: She sat there for more than three hours, as sheet after sheet became covered with her open-handed writing.
Word: open-handed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From open + handed. 1. With an open hand or hands. Example: Winding their way to the land of snow and ice they saw approaching a band of warriors covered with emblems of peace,and, leaving their stony weapons in care of the younger braves, they walked open-handed to meet the strangers. Example: Open-handed, he walked steadily down the slope, stepping over the crumpled bodies on the blood-damp grass. 2. Generously. Example: The money here was given open-handed, and Parliament was not to be informed what was to be done with it.
Word: open-handed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From open + handed. 1. simple past and past participle of open-hand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: open-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From open + hearted. 1. Frank and candidly straightforward Example: I myself consider the interviews to be of good quality, most of them even very extensive and openhearted. Openhearted, yes, but not on everything. It is a positivist naivete to take what people say as simple truth. 2. Generous and kind Example: Sally was generous and open-hearted to the point of foolishness, but that was her experience. 3. Emotionally receptive Example: Whether or not you feel that open-hearted love toward your newborn from the very beginning, one of the best ways to cultivate it and further deepen it is simply by paying attention. Example: Mindfulness is a practice that enables us to be in an open-hearted relationship with the present moment, recognizing that the world with which we are entangled is always uncertain and changing.
Word: open-mouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. With the mouth open. Labels: literally 2. Gaping in surprise, wonder or astonishment. 3. Talkative; eager to speak. Labels: obsolete Example: Againe, what is it that makes men to be open mouthed, in decla∣ring and censuring our faults[…]? Example: A politician who has been open-mouthed against extravagant expenditure is in no way called upon to object to expenditure which, even if increased, has ceased to be extravagant.
Word: opera glasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opera glass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opera glasses Part of Speech: noun 1. One or more pairs of small low-powered binoculars for use by members of the audience at a theatrical performance. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: opera glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of small low-powered binoculars for use at a theatrical performance. Example: Talbot," I said, " you have an opera glass. Let me have it." "An opera glass ! — no ! — what do you suppose I would be doing with an opera glass ? Example: To the north and east of Shaula and Lesuth, the twin stars in the uplifted sting, are two beautiful star clusters, about four degrees apart, known as 6 M. and 7 M. which can be very well seen with an opera glass.
Word: opera house Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑp.ɹə ˌhaʊ̯s/ 1. A theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera.
Word: operatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opera + -ic, probably influenced by dramatic. Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈæt.ɪk/, [ˌɑ.pɚˈæɾ.ɪk], /ˌɔp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/, [ˌɔp.əˈɹæɾ.ɪk] 1. Of, related to, or typical of opera. Example: The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic. Example: She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the desk to write Charles some operatic note of farewell.
Word: operetta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian operetta. Pronunciation: /ɒpəˈɹɛtə/ 1. A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue.
Word: lie-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from lie in. 1. A period spent lying in bed for longer than usual after one has woken up. Labels: UK Example: Since I didn't have to go to work, I decided to have a lie-in. Example: ‘But the only thing I need now is a taxi and a bed to lie in.’ ‘Yeah, go on home, Frankie. Sleep it off, have a lie-in, forget the bloody woman. […]’
Word: lie-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lie + -in, modelled after sit-in, etc. 1. A form of protest where a group of people lie down in a public area.
Word: metrosexuality Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being metrosexual Labels: uncountable
Word: opinionated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.tɪd/, [əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.ɾɪd], /əˈpɪn.jə.næɪ.tɪd/, [əˈpɪn.jə.næɪ.ɾɪd], /əˈpən.jə.næɪ.təd/ 1. simple past and past participle of opinionate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: opinionated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.tɪd/, [əˈpɪn.jə.neɪ.ɾɪd], /əˈpɪn.jə.næɪ.tɪd/, [əˈpɪn.jə.næɪ.ɾɪd], /əˈpən.jə.næɪ.təd/ 1. Having very strong opinions. Example: Her dad is so opinionated that when he's around it is hard to simply relax and have a light conversation. 2. Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably. Example: Her dad is so opinionated that the others' preferences were overridden and no one had any fun on the outing. 3. Infused with opinions rather than wholly objective. Example: His essay was opinionated, which was a problem because the assignment had been to write a factual analysis. 4. Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility. Example: an opinionated framework
Word: opportune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus. Pronunciation: /ɒ.pəˈt͡ʃ(j)uːn/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈt͡ʃuːn/, /-tjuːn/ 1. Suitable for some particular purpose. Example: This would be an opportune spot for a picnic. Example: I staggered to an opportune wall and continued to wail from the deepest, hurtingest, sweetest little abandoned place I could imagine. Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God. 2. At a convenient or advantageous time. Example: The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation. Example: Sam Tyler: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them. Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh? Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?
Word: opportunist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French opportuniste, equivalent to opportune + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈtjuːnɪst/ 1. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle. Example: James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.
Word: oppress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɛs/ 1. To keep down by unjust force. Labels: transitive Example: The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners. 2. To make sad or gloomy. Labels: transitive Example: We were oppressed by the constant grey skies. 3. Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse. 4. To sexually violate; to rape. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: oppress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɛs/ 1. Oppression. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: oppression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɛʃən/, [əˈpɹæʃən], /əˈpɹeʃən/ 1. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […] Example: "Tibet challenges the conscience of the world," I told the audience at a gathering outside the town's main temple. "If freedom-loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China's oppression in China and Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights anywhere in the world." 2. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato. Example: We're choosing to use "anti-Jewishness" [rather than "anti-Semitism"] in recognition of the separate experiences and different oppressions of other peoples who also claim the name of "Semite." 3. A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun. Example: […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
Word: oppressor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent to oppress + -or. 1. Someone who oppresses another or others. Example: And in respect of the great necessity there is, my darling, for more employments being within the reach of Woman than our civilisation has as yet assigned to her, don’t fly at the unfortunate men, even those men who are at first sight in your way, as if they were the natural oppressors of your sex […] Example: All members of society are hurt by the dynamic of oppressor versus oppressed (McIntosh, 1988).
Word: lysin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis) + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪsɪn/ 1. any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc
Word: ricin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ricinus. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪsɪn/ 1. An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean. Labels: uncountable Example: It had to be one of three things: A hoax. Or anthrax, which meant I’d have to go on Cipro for a month. Or if it was ricin, I was dead, so bye-bye.
Word: oppressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English oppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English oppressive From oppress + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɛs.ɪv/, /əʊˈpɹɛs.ɪv/ 1. Burdensome or difficult to bear. Example: The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company. 2. Tyrannical or exercising unjust power. Example: oppressive smell Example: The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers. 3. Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming. Example: Will the oppressive heat of summer never end? Example: Without being slaves in fact, their condition is little better than vassalage in its most oppressive form. 4. Hot and humid.
Word: optic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɒp.tɪk/, /ˈɑp.tɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to the eye or to vision. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views. 2. Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: optic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɒp.tɪk/, /ˈɑp.tɪk/ 1. An eye. Labels: archaic, humorous Example: The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen. Example: how they, / Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all, / Could turn their optics to the text and pray, / Is more than I know[…] 2. A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light. Example: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. 3. A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar. Example: They were neatly lined up on three shelves between the optics of martini, vodka, whisky and gin. Example: They pulled up two bar stools and looked around the room as the barman relieved the whisky optic of its contents.
Word: optical illusion Part of Speech: noun 1. An image that is visually deceptive or misleading. Example: Each show spans over 180 minutes, including 40-plus songs from at least nine albums; there are 16 costume changes, pyrotechnics, an optical illusion in which she appears to dive into the stage and swim, and not one but two cottagecore worlds, which feature an abundance of moss.
Word: optician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin opticusbor. French optique Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien French -ien French opticienbor. English optician Borrowed from French opticien. Pronunciation: /ɒpˈtɪʃən/, [ɒpˈtʰɪʃən] ~ [ɒpˈtʰɪʃn̩], /ɑpˈtɪʃən/, [ɑpˈtʰɪʃən] ~ [ɑpˈtʰɪʃn̩] 1. A person who makes, dispenses or sells lenses, spectacles. 2. A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment; an optometrist. Labels: UK
Word: optimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal From Latin optimus (“best”) + English -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɒptɪməl/, /ˈɑptɪməl/ 1. The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem. Example: Herewith, a brief primer in speaking basic North Carolinaese, meant to be read aloud for optimal effect.
Word: optimal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal From Latin optimus (“best”) + English -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɒptɪməl/, /ˈɑptɪməl/ 1. The best of its kind
Word: remote sensing scientist Part of Speech: noun 1. a scientist who studies objects or events using data collected without having to be in physical contact with the objects or events. This data is often collected by satellites.
Word: esprit d'escalier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of l'esprit de l'escalier. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: ‘I knew not then,’ he confessed, ‘but now I think…’ It is not necessary to follow Goad along the path taken by his esprit d'escalier to see how sheer intellectual pleasure was the driving-force behind such efforts.
Word: reprehend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold, seize”). Compare French reprendre (“to reprove”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnd/ 1. To criticize, to reprove. Labels: transitive Example: The teacher did not hesitate to reprehend students for cheating. Example: Critics reprehended the company for its unethical practices.
Word: deathbed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dethbed, from Old English dēaþbedd (“deathbed; grave”), equivalent to death + bed. Cognate with Swedish dödsbädd (“deathbed”). Compare also Dutch sterfbed (“deathbed”), German Sterbebett and Totenbett (both “deathbed”), Danish dødsleje (“deathbed”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/ 1. The bed on which someone dies. Example: He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life. 2. The last hours before death. 3. A grave; the site of a burial or entombment. Example: “Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.”
Word: on one's deathbed Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Close to death. Labels: idiomatic
Word: serenity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English serenyte, from Old French serenité, from Latin serēnitās, equivalent to serene + -ity. Pronunciation: /səˈɹɛnɪti/ 1. The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound. Example: There is no passion, there is serenity. 2. A lack of agitation or disturbance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gyve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *give, *gyve (found only in plural gives, gyves (“shackles; fetters”)). Of uncertain origin, possibly from low dialect taking from Celtic; compare Welsh gefyn (“fetter, shackle”), Irish geibbionn (“fetters”), geimheal (“fetter, chain, shackle”); these are from Proto-Celtic *gem- (“shackle, chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to squeeze, grab, press”), see also Proto-Slavic *žęti, Ancient Greek γέντο (génto). The modern pronunciation with /dʒ/ is due to the spelling. The verb is from Middle English given, gyven (“to shackle”), from the noun. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪv/, /ɡaɪv/ 1. A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg. Labels: literary Example: […] I would have thee gone: And yet no further than a wanton’s bird; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. Example: With head and heart and hand I’ll strive To break the rod, and rend the gyve,— The spoiler of his prey deprive,—
Word: gyve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *give, *gyve (found only in plural gives, gyves (“shackles; fetters”)). Of uncertain origin, possibly from low dialect taking from Celtic; compare Welsh gefyn (“fetter, shackle”), Irish geibbionn (“fetters”), geimheal (“fetter, chain, shackle”); these are from Proto-Celtic *gem- (“shackle, chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to squeeze, grab, press”), see also Proto-Slavic *žęti, Ancient Greek γέντο (génto). The modern pronunciation with /dʒ/ is due to the spelling. The verb is from Middle English given, gyven (“to shackle”), from the noun. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪv/, /ɡaɪv/ 1. To shackle, fetter, chain. Example: Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity. Example: "Say, rather, to melt the iron links which gyve soul to body," said Clifton ...
Word: infraclass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- English class English infraclass From infra- + class. 1. A zoological classification sometimes inserted below subclass and above subterclass (rarely used) and superorder.
Word: flatline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + line. Refers to a continuous straight line (asystole) on an ECG (EKG) or EEG, indicating death. Pronunciation: /ˈflætˌlaɪn/ 1. An asystole; the absence of heart contractions or brain waves. 2. An asystole; the absence of heart contractions or brain waves. Example: When brain function ceases, the electroencephalogram shows flatline recordings. 3. An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Thus, you hear words like "flatline recession," "improvement at a greatly reduced rate," "economic hiccup," "recessionette," "rolling readjustment" and "the economy is double clutching." 4. A line that is run low to the water from the rod tip, generally off a release clip of some type.
Word: flatline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flat + line. Refers to a continuous straight line (asystole) on an ECG (EKG) or EEG, indicating death. Pronunciation: /ˈflætˌlaɪn/ 1. To stop beating. Labels: intransitive 2. To die. Labels: broadly, intransitive 3. To kill. Labels: slang, transitive Example: If looks could kill, Mona's sharp gaze would have flatlined him in one second. Example: After all she'd been through, she needed sleep and food to heal, not endure a lovemaking session that was so passionate that it had pretty much flatlined him as well. 4. To remain at the same level, without development; or, to fall. Labels: informal, transitive Example: The economy in Northern Ireland is flatlining and jobs are scarce. Example: But passenger numbers have since recovered to only 85% of pre-March 2020 levels, and growth has flatlined. 5. To experience significantly decreased rates of change compared to previous rates of change. Example: Upon upload, the video got 1,000 views/day for the first week, then flatlined and started getting fewer than ten views/day. 6. To fish using a flatline. Labels: intransitive
Word: asystole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + systole. 1. An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.
Word: systole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstəli/, /ˈsəstəli/ 1. The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence. Example: A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats. 2. A shortening of a naturally long vowel. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 3. The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhythmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/, /ˈɹɪð.mək/ 1. Of or relating to rhythm. Example: The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies. 2. Characterized by rhythm. 3. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse. 4. With regular, repetitive motion or sound.