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Word: backronym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back German akro- German -onym German Akronymbor. English acronym blend English backronym Blend of back + acronym. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/ 1. A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity. Example: [T]he phenomenon has been dubbed STEVE, a backronym that matches the name originally given by aurora watchers. (STEVE is short for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.") Example: These reverse-engineered acronyms, or “backronyms,” are inescapable on Capitol Hill. Two of the biggest laws of the past few years were the CARES Act, for pandemic relief, and the CHIPS for America Act, for semiconductor manufacturing. […] Yet congressional backronyms have been on the rise for years: I wrote a computer program to check legislation titles for acronyms that spell out complete words, and found that roughly 10 percent of bills and resolutions introduced over the past two years have had backronym names—up from about one in 20 a decade ago and less than 1 percent in the late 1990s. 2. A phrase which assigns a morpheme or word to each letter of a pre-existing acronym.
Word: backronym Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back German akro- German -onym German Akronymbor. English acronym blend English backronym Blend of back + acronym. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/ 1. To create a backronym. Labels: intransitive
Word: open-source Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See open source. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpən ˌsɔːs/, /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/ 1. Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution. Labels: not-comparable Example: Linux is an open-source operating system. Example: ASP.NET MVC has been under an open-source license since the initial release, but it was just open-source code instead of a full open-source project. 2. Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: open-source cola Example: open-source hardware 3. Relying on publicly available information (open sources). Labels: not-comparable Example: open-source intelligence Example: The ramifications of disinformation spill on to the streets with tangible, often devastating real-world consequences. These processes were already under way in 2014, when I founded the open-source investigative group Bellingcat.
Word: open-source Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See open source. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpən ˌsɔːs/, /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/ 1. To release the source code of, so as to permit modification and redistribution. Labels: transitive Example: The big Unix company Sun Microsystems bought the code for StarOffice in 1999, and some time afterward they open-sourced as much of it as they could.
Word: publicly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English public Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English publicly From public + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌblɪkli/ 1. In public, openly, in an open and public manner. Example: criticize someone publicly Example: publicly announce something 2. By, for, or on behalf of the public. Example: publicly available
Word: bacronym Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of backronym. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bacronym Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of backronym. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: open source Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of open + source, coined by Christine Peterson in 1998 for software as an umbrella term to encompass existing concepts such as free software, freedomware, and sourceware. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/ 1. The practice of providing open-source code for a product. Labels: uncountable Example: OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April. 2. Open-source software in general. Labels: uncountable Example: His contributions to open source are numerous. 3. Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody. Labels: uncountable
Word: open source Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of open + source, coined by Christine Peterson in 1998 for software as an umbrella term to encompass existing concepts such as free software, freedomware, and sourceware. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/ 1. Alternative form of open-source. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: retronym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retro- + -onym; coined by Frank Mankiewicz and popularized by William Safire. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈtɹəʊ.nɪm/, /ɹəˈtɹoʊ.nɪm/ 1. A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name. Example: The phrase is a retronym, the term Frank Mankiewicz has coined to describe names of familiar objects or events that need a modifier to catch up to more modern objects: day baseball and natural turf are in the same category as analog watch. Example: You can get a good sense of the pace of change over the past century just by looking at the retronyms we've accumulated. New technologies have forced us to come up with terms like steam locomotive, silent movie […]
Word: Phil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened from Philip, from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), which see for more information. Pronunciation: /fɪl/ 1. A short form of the male given name Philip. Example: Trump’s promotion of the channel, which occurs as he simultaneously works to undermine credible news organizations, is cause for alarm, said Phil Napoli, a Duke University professor who specializes in media and democracy and has studied propaganda efforts. 2. A short form of the female given name Philippa. Labels: rare
Word: Phil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping Pronunciation: /fɪl/ 1. Abbreviation of philosophy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Phil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping Pronunciation: /fɪl/ 1. Clipping of the Philippines. Labels: Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-plural, slang
Word: Phil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping Pronunciation: /fɪl/ 1. Clipping of Philippine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: Phil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping Pronunciation: /fɪl/ 1. A short form of the female given name Philomena. Labels: rare
Word: geekspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geek + -speak. Pronunciation: /ˈɡiːk.spiːk/ 1. A type of slang used by geeks, especially computer geeks. It incorporates several terms derived from science fiction, as well as neologisms and grammar quirks, and is frequently found in combination with computer jargon. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Most of his tweets are now labeled “disputed” by Twitter, which I would translate from geekspeak as a polite way of calling them lies.
Word: doubletrack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From double + track. 1. To mix together two or more audio tracks while doing studio recording.
Word: WGWAG Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡ.wæɡ/ 1. Acronym of white girls with Asian guys. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: WGWAG Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡ.wæɡ/ 1. Acronym of white guy with acoustic guitar. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: wagwan Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole wah gwan (literally “wha’ goi’ on”), a modified form of English what's going on. Pronunciation: /wɑːˈɡwɑːn/ 1. A greeting, equivalent to what's up or what's happening. Labels: Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Wah gwan, Sabrina, what's it like in Mississauga? / I know you stay at home wit' momma / So can you bless me with a dollar? Don't be rude
Word: quindecemvir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quindecemvir, from quindecim (“fifteen”) + vir (“man”). 1. Alternative form of quindecimvir. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical
Word: victualler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vitailler, from Old French vitaillier; equivalent to victual + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪtlə(ɹ)/ 1. A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army. 2. An innkeeper. Labels: UK 3. One who deals in grain; a corn factor. Labels: Scotland 4. A supply ship.
Word: licentious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”). Pronunciation: /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/ 1. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled. Example: His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them. 2. Disregarding accepted rules.
Word: urochrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- English -chrome English urochrome From uro- + -chrome. 1. A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Homo sapiens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Homo sapien. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tampion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tampioun, variant of tampon, from Old French tampon, a nasalised form of tapon, from Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô. More at tampon. Pronunciation: /ˈtæmpiən/ 1. A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover, for the muzzle of a gun, cannon, or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung. 2. A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe. 3. Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: PBA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Professional Bowlers Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “The very first game I bowled as a member of the USBC, I shot 300 and they gave me a $100 bill,” Pete says. “It was like, oh wow, so I can make money here. I knew exactly then that I wanted to be a professional bowler.” He joined the PBA Tour at 17 years old, competing alongside his father, and he won Rookie of the Year honors in 1980. 2. Initialism of Philippine Basketball Association. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Prevent Blindness America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of partial-birth abortion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of pattern(s) of business activity/activities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of pseudobulbar affect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: exhort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English exorten, from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”). Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɔːt/, /ɪɡˈzɔːt/, /ɛɡˈzɔɹt/, /ɪɡˈzɔɹt/ 1. To urge; to advise earnestly. Example: And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation. Example: And now, my dear sir, let me exhort you to take care of yourself.
Word: regrettable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English regrettable From regret + -able. 1. Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret. Example: The officers' actions were regrettable, yes, but there's nothing to be done now but to relocate everyone to the mainland in a calm and orderly manner. Example: Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776. B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves? Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
Word: CSICOP Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. Former name of Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: crotch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely: * From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook. * From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”). Pronunciation: /kɹɑt͡ʃ/, /kɹɒt͡ʃ/ 1. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus. Example: Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain. Example: We were turned at a slight angle to each other, our shoulders touching and I put my hand on his crotch. Miles seemed to be expecting it. He chuckled, took a pair of compasses and jammed them into the door above the latch. This was called ‘sporting the oak’ and was the recognized way of locking oneself in. Over the next eighteen months we sported our oaks with great frequency. 2. Either the male or female genitalia. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: He cringed at being kicked in the crotch. 3. The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place. Example: There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree. Example: In one crotch of the old peach-tree, just by the wall, sat a second cousin of the little eight-eyed fellow we had left up stairs, with her web spread on the most geometric model, and a young and promising family of spiders and spideresses practising gymnastics in the fairy rigging; […] 4. In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. 5. The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".
Word: crotch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely: * From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook. * From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”). Pronunciation: /kɹɑt͡ʃ/, /kɹɒt͡ʃ/ 1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to. Labels: transitive Example: to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots 2. To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it. Labels: US, Western, historical, transitive 3. To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear. Labels: transitive Example: I remember crotching a bottle of Corona out of a pub on Commercial Drive and nursing it with Cancer as we stumbled towards my car . Example: I crotched them. I put them in my underwear. 4. To hit in the crotch (genital region). Labels: transitive Example: Flair and Paisley flirted until Daffney crotched David from behind with a baseball bat. Example: Pillman gets crotched on the top rope and barely kicks out of a superplex. 5. To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole). Labels: transitive Example: […] when she begins to go astern, let go the anchor, brail up the spanker, crotch the boom, haul taut the guys, light-to the cable, as fast as she will take it, until a sufficient scope is out, when stopper. Example: I always crotched the boom while reefing, and made an easy job of it, the boat, in the meantime, taking perfect care of herself on any point of sailing, under jib and jigger. 6. To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides. Labels: transitive Example: The safety sling should be tied immediately after the climber has crotched his rope as high and as close to the trunk as possible. Example: If it is necessary, however, to climb directly onto the limb where the rope is crotched, the limb may be approached as shown in Figure 32. 7. To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of. Labels: transitive Example: Cattle and sheep purchased by contract for a specific consignee at point of origin, and moving on through billing to points beyond Denver, may be stopped at Denver to be weighed, classified, sorted, inspected, delivered, tagged, faced, crotched, and/or diverted for a charge of $7.50 per car or per truck in lieu of yardage. Example: My father crotched the ewes before they gave birth, and then played midwife to entire flocks once they started lambing in late April, often with the help of Rusyn peasants who knew just when to show up every year and who seemed fond of my tall, independent father.
Word: reproof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹuːf/ 1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you. Example: On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!
Word: reproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English proof English reproof From re- + proof. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈpɹuːf/ 1. To proof again. Example: We need to reproof the book before publication.
Word: Purim Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”). Pronunciation: /ˈpʊəɹɪm/, /ˈpjʊəɹ-/, /-im/, /puˈɹɪm/ 1. A Jewish festival, celebrated on the fourteenth day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite. Labels: Judaism Example: Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradicating the Jews. Example: This is a regular shul outfit: the denizens of St John’s Wood United Synagogue are well used to their most colourful member looking like he’s going to a Purim party every week of the year. 2. A surname.
Word: ventral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛntɹəl/ 1. Related to the abdomen or stomach. Labels: not-comparable 2. On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface. Labels: not-comparable 3. On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand. Labels: not-comparable 4. On the lower side of the brain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the neural mechanisms for visual imagery remain poorly understood. We determined that approximately 80% of visually responsive single neurons in the human ventral temporal cortex (VTC) use a distributed axis code to represent objects. We used that code to reconstruct objects and generate maximally effective synthetic stimuli. We then recorded responses from the same neural population while subjects imagined specific objects; about 40% of axis-tuned VTC neurons recapitulated the visual code. Our findings reveal that visual imagery is supported by reactivation of the same neurons involved in perception, providing single-neuron evidence for the existence of a generative model in human VTC.
Word: ventral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛntɹəl/ 1. Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.
Word: Jewish calendar Part of Speech: name 1. A lunisolar calendar used for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of the State of Israel. Labels: Judaism
Word: reprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprobāre. Doublet of reprobate. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹuːv/ 1. To express disapproval. Labels: intransitive 2. To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. Labels: transitive Example: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 3. To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.
Word: reprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + prove. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈpɹuːv/ 1. To prove again. Labels: transitive Example: As we've just learned, as long as we live in the manifest realm, a hero's journey is never over. We are constantly having to reprove ourselves. Example: Often, previously-known results will be streamlined, reworded, or reproven to make them directly relevant to the results of this paper.
Word: oscilloscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oscillo- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English oscilloscope From oscillo- + -scope. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪl.ɪ.skəʊp/, /ˈɒˌsɪl.ɪ.skəʊp/ 1. An electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents. Example: If two waveforms have no phase no phase or frequency relationship, there is seldom reason to observe both waveforms simultaneously. However, these oscilloscopes do permit the simultaneous viewing of two such unrelated waveforms, using alternate triggering. […] If the fuse blows, the “ON” indicator will not light and the oscilloscope will not operate.
Word: osteopath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -path. 1. A non-physician healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. Not to be confused with Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (also known as osteopathic physicians) who are full physicians like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.).
Word: dwindle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”). Pronunciation: /ˈdwɪn.dəl/ 1. To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity. Labels: intransitive Example: Their supplies began to dwindle after a week. Example: Interest in the project slowly dwindled. 2. To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: VVearie Seu'nights, nine times nine, / Shall he dvvindle, peake, and pine: […] Example: Religious Societies, though begun with excellent Intention, and by Perſons of true Piety, have dwindled into factious Clubs; […] 3. To lessen; to bring low. Labels: transitive Example: Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought. 4. To break up or disperse. Example: there were only five hundred foot and three hundred horse left with him, for the blocking of Plymouth; the rest were dwindled away
Word: osteopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -pathy. 1. The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any disease of the bones. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: reprisal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/ 1. An act of retaliation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something taken from an enemy in retaliation. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place
Word: sopranista Part of Speech: noun 1. An adult male singer who sings music written in soprano range without the use of falsetto.
Word: resignation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English resignacion, resignacioun, from Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignātiōnem, accusative of resignātio. Equivalent to resign + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛz.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹez.ɪɡˈnæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹez.əɡˈnæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of resigning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused. Example: I knew my Cabinet well, and despite Haig's reports that they were all holding firm I knew that there would be great pressure on them all, and great temptations, to make public demands for my resignation. That was something I had to prevent if I possibly could. I was determined not to appear to have resigned the presidency because of a consensus of staff or Cabinet opinion or because of public pressure from the people around me. For me and no less for the country, I believed that my resignation had to be seen as something that I had decided upon completely on my own. 2. A written or oral declaration that one resigns. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: hand in one's resignation 3. An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again. 4. The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: partial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹʃəl/, /ˈpɑːʃəl/ 1. Existing as a part or portion; incomplete. Example: So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident. 2. Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates. Example: It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct. 3. Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute. Example: The referee is blatantly partial! Example: God is not partial; he does not play favorites. 4. Having a predilection for something. Example: not partial to an ostentatious display Example: But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out. 5. Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential. 6. Subordinate. 7. Having a wordplay element, but no definition. Example: Twelve six- letter lights form a group; these have only partial clues. Example: Fourteen solutions are men of a kind. Each begins with a different letter, and their (partial) clues begin with the same letter as their solutions.
Word: partial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹʃəl/, /ˈpɑːʃəl/ 1. A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant. 2. Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental. 3. dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth 4. An incomplete fingerprint 5. A fragment of a template containing markup. Labels: Internet Example: In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials. 6. The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise. Example: Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time. 7. A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body. Labels: slang
Word: partial Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹʃəl/, /ˈpɑːʃəl/ 1. To take the partial regression coefficient. Labels: transitive
Word: sagittal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsad͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/, /səˈd͡ʒɪt.əl/, /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ə.təl/, /ˈsæd͡ʒ.ɪ.təl/ 1. Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: while away Part of Speech: verb 1. To spend (time) idly but pleasantly. Labels: transitive Example: Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experiences he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey. Example: A posse of Dublin Metropolitan police superintended by the Chief Commissioner in person maintained order in the vast throng for whom the York street brass and reed band whiled away the intervening time by admirably rendering on their blackdraped instruments the matchless melody endeared to us from the cradle by Speranza's plaintive muse. 2. To elapse, to pass. Labels: intransitive Example: The rest of the night hours whiled away for the prisoners as few slept. Example: The hours whiled away and I steadily kept drinking, even though it had been years since I'd done any serious imbibing.
Word: allocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin allocātus, perfect passive participle of Latin allocō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + locō. Doublet of allow. By surface analysis, al- + locate. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/, /ˈæl.əˌkeɪt/, /ˈæl.oʊˌkeɪt/, /ˈæl.ə.kæɪt/, /ˈɛl.ə.kæɪt/ 1. To set aside for a purpose. Example: Please do not eat the meringue, as it is allocated for the dinner party tomorrow. Example: By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997. 2. To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to. Example: The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools. 3. To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program. Example: The memory manager allocates memory to requesting processes until there is no more memory available or until there are no more processes waiting for memory.
Word: allocate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English allocat(e) (“allocated”), originally used as the past participle of allocate, from Latin allocātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. 1. allocated Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: allocate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), from Medieval Latin allocātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of allocātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Alternatively, from allocāte, the second-person plural imperative of allocō, compare English liberate (“a warrant for the payment of a pension, allowance, debt, etc.”). 1. A writ authorizing payment, allowance, grant. Labels: UK, historical, obsolete
Word: Philip Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Philip, ultimately from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος (phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪp/, /ˈfɪləp/ 1. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons. Labels: uncountable 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: countable Example: Philip Berold, conceiting this his name, very Clerkly proves that Philip is an Apostolical name by Saint Philip the Apostle, a Royal name by King Philip King of Macedonia, and an Imperial name by Philip the first Christian Emperour. Example: I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale. 3. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable 4. A small city, the county seat of Haakon County, South Dakota, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌt.ə/, /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/, [ˈɡʌɾ.ɚ], /ˈɡat.ə/, [ˈɡaɾ.ə] 1. A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water. Example: They a not so clean as they might be, since the water [is] carried off by only one gutter, in the centre of t[he] street 2. A ditch along the side of a road. Example: In nearly all of the towns the gutters are filled with vegetation, or have been neglected for so long a time that the roadway becomes its own drainage bed. Example: ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’ 3. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough. Example: The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year. 4. A groove down the sides of a bowling lane. Example: You can decide to use the bumpers to avoid the ball going down the gutter every time. 5. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement. 6. Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. 7. A space between printed columns of text. 8. One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form. 9. An unprinted space between rows of stamps. 10. A drainage channel. Labels: UK 11. The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable. Example: Nosei (Löwensohn): This is Tom and Cynthia Kruger. / Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright): I heard. / Nosei: This is Jean-Michel Basquiat. / Tom Kruger (Chuck Pfeiffer): Hi. / Nosei: You've seen the SAMO graffiti everywhere – that's his. This is the true voice of the gutter. 12. A low, vulgar state. Labels: figuratively Example: Get your mind out of the gutter. Example: What kind of gutter language is that? I ought to wash your mouth out with soap. 13. A space between comic strip panels.
Word: gutter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌt.ə/, /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/, [ˈɡʌɾ.ɚ], /ˈɡat.ə/, [ˈɡaɾ.ə] 1. To flow or stream; to form gutters. 2. To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle. 3. To flicker as if about to be extinguished. Example: The light in his eyes guttered like a candle in a mighty wind and finally went out. She had no time to grieve[…] Example: Alex's eyes gutter, and his face goes cold. He stands there mutely through my apology, stiff and frozen. I want to touch him, but I'm scared he'll flinch away. 4. To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins. Labels: transitive 5. To supply with a gutter or gutters. Labels: transitive Example: A narrow flooring, guttered, walled, and tiled. 6. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Labels: transitive Example: The gutter'd-Rockes, and Congregated Sands, 7. To worsen considerably. Labels: intransitive, uncommon Example: The students' performance guttered after the school event. Example: The patient's state would soon gutter.
Word: gutter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌt.ə/, /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/, [ˈɡʌɾ.ɚ], /ˈɡat.ə/, [ˈɡaɾ.ə] 1. Vulgar, sordid, or low-class. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, informal Example: The "greatest" controversy came when Farrakhan was accused of calling Judaism a "gutter religion". Farrakhan says he never used the word "gutter."
Word: gutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gut 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 gutter From gut + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌt.ə/, /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/, [ˈɡʌɾ.ɚ], /ˈɡat.ə/, [ˈɡaɾ.ə] 1. One who or that which guts. Example: A Galilean Rabbi? When did this Province of diggers in dirt and gutters of fish send forth Rabbis? Thou makest a jest. Example: An old, rusty coat hanger made a rudimentary fish-gutter.
Word: fondness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fondnes, fondnesse, fonnednesse, equivalent to fond + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑndnəs/, /ˈfɒndnəs/ 1. The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind. Example: Britain's contribution to railway film history has been very great and can be almost entirely laid at the door of that very fine producer Sir Michael Balcon, who I suspect has a secret fondness for trains himself, so many railway pictures has he caused to be made.
Word: endearment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endear Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English endearment From endear + -ment. 1. The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection. Example: Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment. It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover. 2. The state or characteristic of being endeared. Example: He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment. 3. An expression of affection. Example: When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.
Word: endear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English dear English endear From en- + dear. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪə(ɹ)/, /ɛnˈdɪə(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈdɪɚ/, /ɛnˈdɪɚ/ 1. To make (something) more precious or valuable. Labels: obsolete 2. To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of. Labels: obsolete 3. To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate. Labels: obsolete Example: Salvianus Massiliensis[…]saith, that amongst French-men, to lie and forsweare is no vice but a manner of speach. He that would endeare [translating encherir] this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them. 4. To make (someone) dear or precious. Example: By giving candy to the children the man tried to endear himself to them.
Word: suffrage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage Example: The issues to be presented to the people of the state were black suffrage and woman suffrage. The Equal Rights Association committed all its limited resources to the Kansas campaign. 2. The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: What role did the House of Commons play in the political life of the nation in the aftermath of suffrage? There is surprisingly little historiography to help answer the question. 3. A vote in deciding a particular question. Labels: countable, usually Example: But the President himself says that " upon him has been devolved, by the constitution, and the suffrages of the American people, the duty of superintending the operation of the executive departments of the Government, Example: Hence, by rendering the suffrages secret in the Roman republic, all was lost; it was no longer possible to direct a populace that sought its own destruction 4. A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead. Labels: countable, usually Example: 1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. Example: As these holy prayers and suffrages following are set forth of most godly zeal for edifying and stirring of devotion of all true faithful Christian hearts […] 5. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. Labels: countable, usually Example: Lastly, in this suffrage, we intercede for prisoners and captives; we "remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them." 6. Aid, intercession. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Retoricyons and oratours, in freſhe humanyte Support parrot, I pray you wᵗ your ſuffrage ornate Of confuſe tantum, auoydynge the chekmate 7. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Lactantius and St. Austin are not afraid to confirm by their suffrage the observation made by the heathen writers, that[…] Example: Every miracle is the suffrage of heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
Word: campestral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin campester (“of a field”), from campus (“field”), with the suffix -al. Pronunciation: /kæmˈpɛstɹəl/ 1. Relating to open fields or uncultivated land. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China. The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃinoʊ/ 1. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: campus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmpəs/, /ˈkæmpʊs/, /ˈkænpəs/ 1. The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures. Labels: often Example: The campus is sixty hectares in size. Example: be on campus 2. An institution of higher education and its ambiance. Example: During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.
Word: campus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmpəs/, /ˈkæmpʊs/, /ˈkænpəs/ 1. To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment. Example: They hold sessions regularly and “campus” women for staying out late—and they do their best campussing at those times when they are sleepiest and meanest from being out until three and four themselves the night before. Example: A secondary punishment was ‘campussing’, or confinement to a campus; and for the most trivial offences the treatment was a withering harangue from Mrs Wilmington, sometimes lasting for over an hour. 2. To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board. Example: It is climbed or "campused" with only your arms and hands. Example: Boulder campusing is a popular indoor training exercise among advanced climbers—it's also a heck of a lot of fun if you're strong enough to do it right!
Word: until the cows come home Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Possibly from the fact that cattle let out to pasture may be only expected to return for milking the next morning; thus, for example, a party that goes on “until the cows come home” is a very long one. Alternatively, the phrase may have a Scottish origin, and may derive from the fact that cattle in the Highlands are put out to graze on the common where grass is plentiful. They stay out for months before scarcity of food causes them to find their way home in the autumn for feeding (a pattern of seasonal grazing called transhumance). 1. For a very long period of time. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: until one is blue in the face Example: You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won’t start without fuel.