nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Jewry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/ 1. Jewish people considered collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry. Example: Darkly it [the Kabbalah] stood in their [Samuel David Luzzatto, Moritz Steinschneide, etc.] path, the ally of forces and tendencies in whose rejection pride was taken by a Jewry which, in Steinschneider’s words, regarded it as its chief task to make a decent exit from the world. 2. The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The Nazis who murdered Katzenelson also burned the entire Jewry of Radoshkowitz—Mane’s birthplace and burialplace in the vicinity of Vilna. 3. Judaism. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. The land of the Jews; Judea. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And all the londe off iewry, and they of Jerusalem went out unto hym, and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan [...]. Example: Josephus reporteth, that whilst the Romane warres continued in Jurie, passing by a place where certain Jewes had been crucified three dayes before, he knew thre of his friends amongst them[…].
Word: Judaism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Iudaisme, from Late Latin iūdaismus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊσμός (Ioudaïsmós), from Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ĭoudaîos) + -ισμός (-ismós), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá) + -ιος (-ios), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏā(h), “Judah”). Doublet of Judezmo. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːˌdeɪ.ɪz.əm/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.deɪˌɪz.əm/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.diˌɪz.əm/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.dəˌɪz.əm/, /d͡ʒuˈdeɪˌɪz.əm/ 1. An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I am a person of faith, and I am proud of my Judaism, its culture, its traditions and most importantly its belief in the family. Example: The resurgence of overt antisemitism has underscored just how limiting the category of race is, said Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly.
Word: Jewish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/ 1. Following the religion of Judaism. Example: There are many Jewish people in France. Example: Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election. 2. Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures. Example: I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday. Example: The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity. 3. Greedy, miserly. Labels: dated, derogatory, offensive Example: "Vanity!" ſays ſhe, haughtily, "What is vanity in you, ſir, is propriety in me. You aſk a Jewiſh price for it, Mr. Graves; but have it I will, if only to ſpite Mr. Eſmond." 4. Yiddish. Example: The roots of American Jewry are not in the Middle East but in Europe—their Jewish style, their strong Jewish words, their strong nostalgia, their actual, weighable history, all this issues from their European origins. Grandpa did not hail from Haifa—he was a Jewish humanist, a spiritual, believing Jew, who complained not in an antique tongue called Hebrew but in colorful, rich, vernacular Yiddish.
Word: Jewish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/ 1. A Jew. Labels: proscribed Example: The Statue of Liberty. A French gift with a poem made by a Jewish.
Word: Jewish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/ 1. The Hebrew language. Labels: informal, proscribed Example: I can't speak Jewish; I can't even understand it. 2. The Yiddish language. Labels: informal, proscribed Example: We believe that although he speaks Jewish, he speaks Russian quite badly and pretentiously. Example: After a day servicing commercial refrigeration through the five boroughs, Dad would bring home a story of a Chinese waiter on Second Avenue who “speaks Jewish like a Galitzianer,” or of a Mafioso in a Queens fruit market who “has such yiddisher taam, I call him Rabbi Zino.”
Word: theocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theocrat + -ic or theo- + -cratic. 1. Pertaining to theocracy. Example: “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes,” he said. “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.” 2. Conforming to God-rule, by Christian behavior. Labels: Jehovah's-Witnesses
Word: Canarsie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Canarsee, the Lenape people living in eastern Long Island. 1. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
Word: Canarsie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Canarsee, the Lenape people living in eastern Long Island. 1. Alternative form of Canarsee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fillip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English filippen, philippe (“to flick or snap a finger from against the thumb”); further origin uncertain, but probably imitative. See flip. It is not clear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or vice versa. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪp/ 1. The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick. Labels: archaic Example: And let him ſuppoſe, that if a Man in the beginning of the World, or four or five hundred Years ago, had laid a little round Marble upon a Table, and to put the ſame in Motion, had given it a Fillip with his Finger; the ſaid Marble, according to the abovemention'd Law of Nature, would (if no other Force had oppos'd its Motion) have moved to this very Minute with the ſame Velocity in a Right-Line, and without ceaſing, would have continued to run in the ſame Line ſuch a Length, as no Man could determine the end of. 2. A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. Example: The blasphemy done to a mortal man is punished with the sword, and shall the blasphemy done to God escape think you with a fillip in the forehead, or with the knock of a little wooden betel, as it is begun to be punished in certain men's houses now of late? Nay, verily. It is no fillip matter except we will admit such a fillip as shall fillip them down into the bottom of hell-fire. God is no puppet, nor a babe. It is not a fillip that can wipe away the blasphemy of his most blessed name, before his high throne and glorious majesty. Example: Arch[ers]. In default of six pistoles, / Choose then without ado / To receive thirty fillips, / Or twelve blows with the stick. / Punch. If it must be, and that I must pass through that, I choose the fillips. 3. Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. Labels: broadly Example: Eat, drink and love; the rest's not worth a fillip. Example: Now among the treasures in the palace of the Dragon King of the World Under the Sea were two jewels having wondrous power over the tides. [...] Whoever owned them had the power to make the tides instantly rise or fall at his word, to make the dry land appear, or the sea overwhelm it, in the fillip of a finger. 4. Something that excites or stimulates. Labels: broadly Example: This measure gave a fillip to the housing market. Example: The athlete’s victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride.
Word: joygasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joy + -gasm. 1. A feeling of great joy. Labels: colloquial, rare
Word: khat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt). Pronunciation: /kɑːt/, /kat/, /kæt/ 1. A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They are chewing on khat, a small serrated, bitter leaf with remarkable stimulative properties. […] One of the great things about khat[…] is that after a good chew you need to do something—walking, running, chopping wood, vigorously reciting a poem, throwing a grenade, anything that requires boldness and physical initiative. Example: Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.
Word: qat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of khat, a psychoactive stimulant obtained from the plant Catha edulis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: kat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Egyptian kꜣt. 1. An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.
Word: kat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of khat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: kat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shrub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”). Doublet of scrub. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌb], /ˈʃɹʊb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʊb] 1. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base. Example: No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention. Example: Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
Word: shrub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”). Doublet of scrub. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌb], /ˈʃɹʊb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʊb] 1. To lop; to prune. Labels: obsolete Example: The Papistes[…]though they be woll shrubbed, and shred, yet they begin euen nowe before the springe, to budde. 2. To plant a shrub in a yard, garden, etc.; to prune a bush or other plant into a shrub. Labels: rare
Word: shrub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic شِرَاب (širāb, “a drink, beverage”), شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet, and sorbet. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌb], /ˈʃɹʊb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʊb] 1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shrub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Arabic شِرَاب (širāb, “a drink, beverage”), شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet, and sorbet. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌb], /ˈʃɹʊb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʊb] 1. To make or drink a shrub (liquor drink). Labels: rare
Word: shrub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of unknown origin. First attested in the 2000s. Chiefly used in respect to English or Swahili pronounced in a manner characteristic of another Kenyan language. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌb], /ˈʃɹʊb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʊb] 1. To mispronounce (a word or words) in another language in a manner that is influenced by one's mother tongue. Labels: Kenya, ambitransitive, slang Example: The people who benefit from making fun of shrubbing, therefore, are Kenyans who do not speak indigenous languages, because they are less likely to shrub than Kenyans who learned English as a second language in school and may have a heavier accent. Example: However, Mwandani and her brother had noted that their mother had shrubbed and pointed it out right away.
Word: shrub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. First attested in the 2000s. Chiefly used in respect to English or Swahili pronounced in a manner characteristic of another Kenyan language. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌb], /ˈʃɹʊb/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʊb] 1. A word mispronounced by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation as influenced by one's mother tongue. Labels: Kenya, slang Example: It is not only in face-to-face contexts that Kenyans police shrubbing; there are newspaper columns inviting readers to send in shrubs that they have witnessed, […] Example: One of the first people to go on air on X Fm, Raabia (It’s not a kuyu [Kikuyu] shrub for labia) is about to exit the station, she’s being replaced by Mao (their lispy producer) […]
Word: expropriate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin expropriātus. Pronunciation: /ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/ 1. To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use. Labels: transitive Example: States have the right to nationalize or expropriate the assets of a transnational corporation operating in their territory. Investments of foreign investors shall not be nationalized or expropriated except for a purpose in the public interest; […] 2. To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights. Labels: transitive Example: When you have resigned, or rather consigned, your expropriated will to God, and thereby entrusted him to will for you, all his dispensations towards you are, in effect, the acts of your own will.
Word: cedilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cedilla (literally “little zed”), c. 1600. In Spanish cedilla referred to the letter ⟨Ç⟩, which had evolved from ⟨Ꝣ⟩, a Visigothic form of the letter Z (called a Z with copete); hence the name. The lower part of ⟨Ç⟩ (which came to be reinterpreted as a diacritical mark under a C) is the remnant of the original Z, after it gradually reduced in size; whereas the upper part was originally just an ornamentation over the Z (which increased in size until it resembled letter C, and finally came to be identified with this letter). Pronunciation: /səˈdɪlə/ 1. In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters. Example: California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).
Word: prunus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum. 1. A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume. Labels: uncountable Example: […] a caption by two 1740s Meissen plates ($27,500 for the pair) notes that they belonged to Saxon royals and have a pattern often mislabeled as a crouching lion but “in reality a tiger prowling amongst prunus.”
Word: drupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scientific Latin, from Latin drūpa (“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ (drúppā). Pronunciation: /dɹuːp/, /dɹɪu̯p/ 1. A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed. Example: Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.
Word: pivot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪv.ɪt/, /ˈpɪv.ət/ 1. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle. Example: The weight of the body and the traction and braking forces are taken by the conventional dished bogie centre pivot with phosphor-bronze liner; this type of centre pivot facilitates passage over marshalling yard humps. 2. Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]” Example: Sandy Weill was the man who stitched Citigroup together in the 1990s and in the process helped bury the Glass-Steagall act, a Depression-era law separating retail and investment banking. Last month he performed a perfect pivot: he now wants regulators to undo his previous work. 3. Act of turning on one foot. 4. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling. 5. A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam. 6. An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively. 7. A pivot table. 8. Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs. 9. An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0. 10. A pivotal quantity. 11. A quarterback. Labels: Canadian 12. A circle runner. 13. A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary. Labels: US
Word: pivot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪv.ɪt/, /ˈpɪv.ət/ 1. To turn on an exact spot. Labels: intransitive 2. To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc. Labels: slang Example: Mr. Shah’s new business has signed up 25 New York City hotels and raised $1.5 million from angel investors and $3 million from a seed round. Yet three months into his new project, he has had to pivot again, realizing that his best customers are large businesses, not individuals. Example: “Entrepreneurs usually have some inkling about a problem they can solve,” he said. “But typically they’re not exactly right. So if you survive long enough, you pivot and pivot and pivot and find what sticks.” 3. To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc. Labels: US
Word: redex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of reducible expression. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdɛks/ 1. Something to be reduced according to the rules of a formal system.
Word: j00 Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Alteration of you: * oo phonetic spelling of /uː/; 0 often used in place of o in leet; * j possibly based on its sound in some European languages, such as German, Dutch, Hungarian, Albanian, Finnish, Slovak, and romanized Russian (e.g. the Finnish word kirjain). Pronunciation: /juː/ 1. you Labels: Internet, Leet Example: j00 7h1n|< ur 3l33t?
Word: Jason Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒeɪsən/ 1. The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias. Labels: Greek Example: I know he will be glad of our success: / We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. Example: The new prince left the hospital today. My father is hoping that he will be called George, after him. My mother said that it's time the Royal Family came up to date and called the Prince Brett or Jason.
Word: Jason Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably reduced from James + -son or a variant of Jesson. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒeɪsən/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: ruminant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/ 1. Chewing cud. 2. Pondering; ruminative. Example: “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.
Word: ruminant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/ 1. Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle or deer. Example: Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.
Word: languages Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈlæŋ.ɡwə.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ.ɡwə.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: languages Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈlæŋ.ɡwə.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ.ɡwə.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of language Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: talks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːks/, /ˈtɔks/, /ˈtɑks/, /ˈtɑːks/ 1. plural of talk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːks/, /ˈtɔks/, /ˈtɑks/, /ˈtɑːks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of talk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: speaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spekinge, spekynge, spekinde, spekende, spekande, spekand, from Old English specende, sprecende (“speaking”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). Equivalent to speak + -ing. Cognate with Scots speikand, speikin (“speaking”), Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), German Low German sprekend (“speaking”), German sprechend (“speaking”). Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/, /ˈspi.kɪŋ/, [ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ] 1. Used in speaking. Labels: not-comparable Example: one's normal speaking voice 2. Expressive; eloquent. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sight was more speaking than any speech could be. Example: There was no reply, save on the speaking countenance. 3. Involving speaking. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was her first speaking part: she screamed. 4. Having the ability of speech. Labels: not-comparable Example: speaking parrot; speaking clock 5. Having the ability of speech. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: The English-speaking gentleman gave us directions. Example: I travel in Russian-speaking countries.
Word: speaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/, /ˈspi.kɪŋ/, [ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ] 1. One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful. 2. The act of communicating vocally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sometimes, a brawl would erupt, as a result, but, in general, public speakings were peaceful events and essential ingredients for election to office. 3. A speaking exercise or exam. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An oral recitation of e.g. a story. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: speaking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/, /ˈspi.kɪŋ/, [ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of speak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Who is that speaking? -Hi. This is José García (speaking).
Word: speaking Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/, /ˈspi.kɪŋ/, [ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ] 1. Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.
Word: lyrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lyric + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɹɪkəl/ 1. Appropriate for or suggestive of singing. 2. Expressive of emotion. 3. Of or pertaining to the lyrics of a song Example: lyrical content Example: lyrical genius
Word: waxing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwæksɪŋ/ 1. An act of applying wax. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The wanings and waxings (of the sun and moon) occur according to the (twelve) pitch-pipes. Example: The building interior was Gothic and finished by multiple waxings of the commercial coast woods, redwood, sugar pine, white pine, and Douglas fir. 2. A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax. Labels: countable Example: Coordinate term: sugaring 3. A recording intended for a phonograph. Labels: countable Example: Except for "Washing Machine Blues," a 1952 side for the King label, Carson's waxings went largely without notice.
Word: waxing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwæksɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wax Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: further Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːðə/, /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/, /ˈfəːðə/, /ˈfəːvə/, /fʌrðər/ 1. To help forward; to assist. Labels: transitive Example: In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor, In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen To further euerie action to the beſt. Example: Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land." 2. To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. Labels: transitive Example: Further the economy. Example: to further the peace process
Word: further Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːðə/, /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/, /ˈfəːðə/, /ˈfəːvə/, /fʌrðər/ 1. More distant; relatively distant. Labels: not-comparable Example: See those two lampposts? Run to the further one. Example: He was standing at the further end of the corridor. 2. More, additional. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have one further comment to make. Example: This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner. That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.
Word: further Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːðə/, /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/, /ˈfəːðə/, /ˈfəːvə/, /fʌrðər/ 1. To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: I can run further than you. Example: I live a little further out of town. 2. To a greater extent or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced. Example: I do not propose to discuss it any further. - Please, let me explain just a little further. 3. Beyond what is already stated or is already the case. Labels: not-comparable Example: Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9. Example: Don't confuse things further. 4. Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense. Example: I claim furthermore that he did not own the company but only worked there. 5. Following on (from). Labels: not-comparable Example: Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised. Example: This example is further to the one on page 17.
Word: stature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra. Pronunciation: /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/, /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ɚ/ 1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June. 3. Statue. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The golden ſtature of their feathered bird That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals, Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
Word: surprised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈpɹaɪzd/, /sɚˈpɹaɪzd/ 1. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. Example: genuinely surprised Example: pleasantly surprised
Word: surprised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səˈpɹaɪzd/, /sɚˈpɹaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of surprise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ones Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wʌnz/ 1. plural of one Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ones Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wʌnz/ 1. A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team). Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The cells located on the ground floor. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: ones Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /wʌnz/ 1. plural of one Labels: form-of, plural Example: Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze. 2. Obsolete form of one's. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Omnium rerum viciſſitudo eſt, ones falling, is anothers riſing,[…] Example: Not to leane unto ones own underſtanding: but in all ones wayes to acknowledge the Lord, and he will direct ones paths. Not to be wiſe in ones own eyes: but to feare the Lord, and to depart from evill. To bridle ones tongue:[…]
Word: ones Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wʌnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of one Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: treated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of treat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: treated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːtɪd/ 1. Subject to treatment or an action.
Word: interested Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd/, /ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪd/, /ˈɪnt.əˌɹɛs.tɪd/, /ˈɪn.tɹəs.tɪd/, /ˈɪnt.əˌɹɛs.təd/ 1. Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity). Example: I'm very interested in going to see that play. 2. Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving. Labels: uncommon Example: all interested parties [≈ all stakeholders] Example: I was even mortified at those instances of his liberality, which my situation compelled me to receive, lest, being but little acquainted with my disposition, he should suspect me of being interested in my love […]. 3. Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving. Labels: uncommon
Word: interested Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd/, /ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪd/, /ˈɪnt.əˌɹɛs.tɪd/, /ˈɪn.tɹəs.tɪd/, /ˈɪnt.əˌɹɛs.təd/ 1. simple past and past participle of interest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: provided Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪd/ 1. Only if (the stipulation that follows is true). Example: You can go to the party provided you finish all your homework first.
Word: provided Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of provide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: explanations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz/ 1. plural of explanation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: similarly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English similar Middle English -ly English -ly English similarly From similar + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/, /ˈsɪm.əli/, /ˈsɪmə.lɚ.li/ 1. In a like style or manner. Example: The sisters dressed similarly. Example: The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll. 2. Used to link similar items. Labels: conjunctive
Word: provide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪd/ 1. To make a living; earn money for necessities. Example: It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage. 2. To act to prepare for something. Example: provide against disaster. 3. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. Example: The contract provides that the work be well done. Example: I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday. 4. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. Example: Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it. Example: We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces. 5. To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply. Example: Rome […] was generally well provided with corn. 6. To make possible or attainable. Example: He provides us with an alternative option. Example: Plants provide (us) with the oxygen we breathe. 7. To foresee, to consider in advance. Labels: Latinism, obsolete Example: We have not been covetous, honourable fathers, to change, neither is it now any new lust that alters our affection, or old lothing, but those needful jealousies of state, that warn wiser princes hourly to provide their safety, and do teach them how learned a thing it is to beware of the humblest enemy; much more of those great ones, whom their own employed favours have made fit for their fears. Example: As for those that will (by faults which charity hath raked up, or common honesty concealed) make themselves a name with the multitude, or, to draw their rude and beastly claps, care not whose living faces they intrench with their petulant styles, may they do it without a rival, for me! I choose rather to live graved in obscurity, than share with them in so preposterous a fame. Nor can I blame the wishes of those severe and wise patriots, who providing the hurts these licentious spirits may do in a state, desire rather to see fools and devils, and those antique relics of barbarism retrieved, with all other ridiculous and exploded follies, than behold the wounds of private men, of princes and nations 8. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor. Example: provide such natives to the higher dignities of the church
Word: placing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of place Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: placing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ 1. The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning. Example: There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other. 2. The condition of being placed. 3. The position of a competitor at the end of a race.
Word: sysops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sysop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sysops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sysop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Sedna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ (sanna, “Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea”). The dwarf planet and the planitia are named after the goddess. 1. The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals. Example: Sedna began to enjoy keeping all the sea creatures away from the humans by tucking them into her now miles-long hair. 2. a dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt. Example: Scattered beyond the Kuiper Belt is a disk of objects such as Eris and Sedna. Example: Brown clicked on a button to have the computer calculate just how far away the object was, and came up with a distance farther than Pluto, even farther than Sedna: about 97 AU. Then he ran some quick calculations to estimate how big the object was, assuming that it was as reflective as Sedna. 3. Ellipsis of Sedna Planitia: a plain on the planet of Venus Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: G-d Part of Speech: name 1. A deliberately incomplete spelling of God. Labels: Judaism Example: My first acknowledgement is to G⁠-⁠d. […] This book could never have been compiled without G⁠-⁠d’s help, and so thanking Him is most important. Example: Let’s pray that G‑d sends us Moshiach already, so we can stop waxing eloquent about our woes and expand our vocabulary of positive interjections! 2. Censored spelling of God, in contexts perceived as blasphemous. Labels: dated Example: […] after ſome pauſe, his rage for a while depriving him of utterance, he took out his pen-knife, and opening it, vehemently ſwore, with this very pen-knife, by G⁠—⁠d, will I cut off his ears. Example: […] having made a cross cut, so as to ascertain the depth of the fat upon the chest, exclaimed, in a sort of rapture, “Three inches of white fat on the brisket!—prime—prime, as I am a crowded sinner—and de’il ane o’ the lazy loons in but mysell! Seven—aught—aught tines on the antlers. By G⁠—⁠d, a hart of aught tines, and the first of the season![…]”
Word: dingleberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A (possibly dialectal) alteration of dangleberry. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋɡəɫbɛɹi/ 1. Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry. Example: dingleberries, or mountain-cranberries (Huge'ria, syn. Oxycoccoi'des), cranberries (Oxycoc'cus) Example: Helen sat on the ground crumbling hard lumps of clay between her fingers, and tried to imagine the green place in the swamp where the dingleberries grew. 2. A stupid or foolish person. Labels: derogatory, slang 3. Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair. Labels: derogatory, slang 4. Any residual irregularity following processing. Labels: dated Example: The contour of the root bead is very irregular and solidified drops of metal, "cherries" or "dingleberries," extend therefrom evidencing burn-throughs. Example: That still left the problem of deciding on the "dingleberries"—the employees who would be exempt from seniority restrictions because of "special skills and outstanding abilities."
Word: cherubs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hebrew כרוב (“cherub”) + English -s plural suffix 1. plural of cherub Labels: form-of, plural 2. A multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft. Labels: slang
Word: cherubim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin, from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīn, cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερουβίν (kheroubín), χερουβείν (kheroubeín), χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím), from כְּרוּב (kruv) + ־ִים (-ím). Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛ.ɹ(j)u.bɪm/ 1. plural of cherub Labels: form-of, plural Example: The kennels occupied a long brick building designed to resemble the palace in miniature. Inside, the walls were painted with murals of dogs frolicking in the woods and giving chase to a frightened fox while chubby canine cherubim smiled down at them.
Word: cherubim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin, from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīn, cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερουβίν (kheroubín), χερουβείν (kheroubeín), χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím), from כְּרוּב (kruv) + ־ִים (-ím). Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛ.ɹ(j)u.bɪm/ 1. A cherub. Example: As he looks up at the organ, Miss Tox in the gallery shrinks behind the fat leg of a cherubim on a monument, with cheeks like a young Wind, Captain Cuttle, on the contrary, stands up and waves his hook, in token of welcome and encouragement. Example: Again, if we put the two cherubims on each side but still on the lid, the size of the Ark doesn't allow enough space for a King, […]
Word: daemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”). Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.mən/ 1. A minor deity or divinity. Example: 2018, Carolyn Graves-Brown, Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt, University of Wales Press, page 46, On some apotropaic wands the hippopotamus daemon bites or devours a person.⁸⁸ On a well-known New Kingdom papyrus, Taweret, who is named, is listed amongst evil daemons. 2. A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish. Example: That is why those of exceptionally "daemonic temperament", those who cannot early and thoroughly subdue the daemon within them, are racked by disquietude. Ever and again the daemon snatches the helm from their control and steers them (helpless as straws in the blast) into the heart of the storm, perchance to shatter them on the rocks of destiny. Example: 2015, Harold Bloom, The Daemon Knows, Penguin Random House (Random House), eBook edition, unnumbered page, Coleridge, deep in daemons, looked to them for his poetic power: They gave him Kubla Khan, Christabel, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He welcomed his daemon or genius and yet feared it. 3. An idea depicted as an entity. 4. Archaic spelling of demon. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: daemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to Maxwell's demon. The putative derivation from "disk and execution monitor" is generally considered a backronym. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːmən/, /ˈdeɪmən/ 1. A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal. Labels: Unix
Word: boliviano Part of Speech: noun 1. the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos
Word: teleomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a fungus: in a sexually reproducing mode. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sia Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Borrowed from Malay sial. Pronunciation: /sjɑː˧/, /-˨˧/, /sjɐ/, /sjə/ 1. Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia? Example: […] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!
Word: egotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism. 1. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The result or product of being egoistic. Labels: countable, usually 4. Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest). Labels: nonstandard, uncountable, usually
Word: ☿ Part of Speech: noun 1. Scribal abbreviation of quicksilver or mercury Example: Edward he sayth that the Philosophers doe write of two 🜍rs & to them two ☿es joyned, & these are Red most pure & white.
Word: solipsism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/ 1. The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable 2. Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield. Example: Self-mythology has always been part of The Darkness’ shtick, but here Hawkins and crew forget to back it up with music catchy enough to transcend the solipsism. 3. Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism. Labels: countable, euphemistic, figuratively, uncountable
Word: solipsistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English solipsistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English solipsistically From solipsistic + -ally. 1. In a solipsistic manner. 2. In a solipsistic manner. Example: Of course, solipsistically, an actor wants to do projects that are good for him.