nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Copenhagen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København. See also chapman, haven. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊpənˌheɪɡən/, /ˈkoʊpənˌhɑɡən/, /ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/, /ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/ 1. The capital city of Denmark. Example: In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended. 2. The Danish government. Labels: metonymically 3. A municipality (Copenhagen Municipality) in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. 4. One of the former counties of Denmark. 5. An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. 6. A village in the town of Denmark, Lewis County, New York, United States. 7. A community in Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. 8. A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Word: Copenhagen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København. See also chapman, haven. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊpənˌheɪɡən/, /ˈkoʊpənˌhɑɡən/, /ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/, /ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/ 1. A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
Word: Crete Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːt/ 1. An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece. 2. One of the thirteen regions (peripheries) of Greece, consisting of Chania, Iraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno.
Word: Crete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːt/ 1. A Cretan. Labels: archaic
Word: Dublin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle Irish Dublind, from dub (“black”) + lind (“pond”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌblən/, /ˈdʌblɪn/, /ˈdʊbᵊlən/ 1. The capital city of Ireland. 2. A traditional county of Ireland, now divided into the City of Dublin and three counties; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. 3. The government of the Republic of Ireland. Labels: metonymically 4. A small town in South Australia. 5. A village in the Gomel Region, Belarus. 6. A community in the municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Edinburgh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Edynburgh, from Old Welsh Eidyn, a Celtic/Brythonic region of uncertain origin (possibly a personal name; compare Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”)) + Old English burg (“castle, stronghold”). The English name was probably a calque from Old Welsh (cf. Din Eidyn). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh. Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/, [ˈɛd.n̩.bə.ɹə], /ˈɛd.ɪn.bɹə/, /ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/, /ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə/ 1. The capital city of Scotland. 2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996. 3. A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States. 4. A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States. 5. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. 6. An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia. 7. Short for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 8. A royal dukedom.
Word: Florence Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹəns/, /ˈfloɹəns/, /ˈflɑɹɪns/, /ˈflɔɹəns/, [ˈflɔ̟ɹəns] 1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy. 2. A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence. 3. A former province of Tuscany. Labels: historical 4. A female given name from Latin. Example: It is a sweet name, Florence, but not as sweet as herself. But you shall see her with you own eyes. Example: I am glad that I chose the name Florence for my daughter, a real name with a history, rather than something that sounds as if it has been made up by a fifteen-year-old pop star's marketing team. 5. A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. 6. A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A number of places in the United States: 29. A number of places in the United States: 30. A number of places in the United States: 31. A number of places in the United States: 32. A number of places in the United States: 33. A number of places in the United States: 34. A number of places in the United States: 35. A number of places in the United States: 36. A number of places in the United States: 37. A medieval and early modern republic centered on the city of Florence in Italy that existed from 1115 to 1185 and from 1197 to 1569 when the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was formed. Labels: historical
Word: Florence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹəns/, /ˈfloɹəns/, /ˈflɑɹɪns/, /ˈflɔɹəns/, [ˈflɔ̟ɹəns] 1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling. Labels: historical Example: he first gold that K. Edw . 3. coyned , was in the yeare 1343 , and the peeces were called Florences because Florentines were the coyners 2. A kind of silk fabric; florentine. Labels: historical
Word: Florence Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Florence m (male given name, archaic form of Florent), from Latin Flōrentius. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹəns/, /ˈfloɹəns/, /ˈflɑɹɪns/, /ˈflɔɹəns/, [ˈflɔ̟ɹəns] 1. A male given name from Latin. Labels: obsolete
Word: Florida Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers, from Latin floridus. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”). Pronunciation: /ˈfloɹɪdə/, /ˈfloɹədə/, /ˈfloɹdə/, /ˈflɒɹɪdə/, /ˈflɒɹədə/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital: Tallahassee. Largest city: Jacksonville. Example: In 2012 in Florida, a staggering 88% of all license suspensions were due to failure to comply with summons or fines, which is insane. It also leaves only 12% for Florida’s other most common violations: accidentally taking your golf cart on the freeway, feeding meth to an alligator, feeding an alligator to a meth dealer, and being an alligator meth dealer. Florida! Example: The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. 2. The peninsula which makes up most of the state of Florida, United States. 3. Ellipsis of University of Florida. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. Several places in South and Central America: 5. Several places in South and Central America: 6. Several places in South and Central America: 7. Several places in South and Central America: 8. Several places in South and Central America: 9. Several places in South and Central America: 10. Several places in South and Central America: 11. Several places in South and Central America: 12. Several places in South and Central America: 13. Several places in the Caribbean: 14. Several places in the Caribbean: 15. Several places in the Caribbean: 16. Several places in the Caribbean: 17. Several places in the United States: 18. Several places in the United States: 19. Several places in the United States: 20. Several places in the United States: 21. Several places in the United States: 22. Several places in the United States: 23. Several places in the United States: 24. Several places in the United States: 25. Several places in the United States: 26. Several places in the United States: 27. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state. 28. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. 29. Several places in the Philippines: 30. Several places in the Philippines: 31. Several places in the Philippines: 32. Several places in the Philippines: 33. Several places in the Philippines: 34. A surname.
Word: French Guyana Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of French Guiana. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique. Pronunciation: /ˈplæstɪk/, [ˈpʰlastɪk], [ˈpʰlæstɪk] 1. A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too. Example: Reducing plastic waste is a crucial problem for today’s environment, and whether it’s recyclable and biodegradable phone cases or sustainable fashion, there are plenty of eco-friendly products that can help you reduce your footprint. 2. Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services. Labels: colloquial, countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards. Example: The surgeon checks your plastic on the phone / a Casio concerto entertains you while you hold 3. Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person. Labels: countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable Example: Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic. Janis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic. Example: Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic. 4. An instance of plastic surgery. Labels: countable, slang Example: Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it. 5. A sculptor, moulder. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. Any solid but malleable substance. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 7. Synonym of Plastic Paddy. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: plastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique. Pronunciation: /ˈplæstɪk/, [ˈpʰlastɪk], [ˈpʰlæstɪk] 1. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. Example: the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady. Example: [A]nd it is highly probable that along with more splendid habits of life entered a more lavish use of the gorgeous stores laid open to the plastic powers of fiction. 2. Producing tissue. Labels: archaic 3. Creative, formative. Labels: dated Example: Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect Example: See plastic Nature working to this end. 4. Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. 5. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. 6. Made of plastic. Example: A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe. Example: A green plastic watering can / For a fake Chinese rubber plant / In a fake plastic earth / That she bought from a rubber man / In a town full of rubber plans / To get rid of itself 7. Inferior or not the real thing. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie Example: People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so plastic. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross. 8. Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so plastic (that's the word, plastic) that one wondered why did they bother at all. Example: Then go home and check yourself / You think we're singing 'bout someone else… / But you're plastic people / You gotta go 9. Escaped from captivity, rather than wild. Labels: informal Example: A superb — and apparently wild, not plastic — Baikal Teal was located at RSPB Greylake in Somerset[.] 10. Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant. Labels: informal Example: I was checking into my motel while a Red-whiskered Bulbul called outside – a Queensland plastic rarity which was somewhat amusing.
Word: insolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *swé From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsolēns (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solēns, present participle of solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sə.lənt/ 1. Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner. Example: Near-synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky; see also Thesaurus:cheeky 2. Rude. Example: Near-synonyms: insubordinate, offensive; see also Thesaurus:arrogant Example: insolent behaviour
Word: insolent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *swé From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsolēns (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solēns, present participle of solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sə.lənt/ 1. A person who is insolent. Example: What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent. Example: Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]
Word: legerdemain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English legerdemeyn, lechardemane, from Old French léger de main (literally “light of hand”), a phrase that meant “dexterous, skillful at fooling others (especially through sleights of hand)”, which was however treated as a noun when it was borrowed by late Middle English. The Modern French descendant léger de main of the Old French phrase is archaic but still sometimes found in older literature and simply means “skillful” without any connotation of sleight of hand. Pronunciation: /ˌlɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɨˈmeɪn/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əɹ.dəˌmeɪn/ 1. Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For he in slights and jugling feates did flow, / And of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Example: […] A deliberate man with infinite resources of patience, he was content to progress by easy stages toward the millennium. Some private legerdemain must have reconciled him to the "practical" methods that were employed. […] 2. A show of skill or deceitful ability. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: Certainly, that they are to this day so rife in Italy and Spain, and so scant in Britain, is a shrewd ground to apprehend Legerdemain, and forgery, in the accounts we get of their later Saints. Example: Just for a moment, absurdly over-estimating poor Zuleika’s skill, he supposed himself a victim of legerdemain.
Word: onomatopoeia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-der. Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)der. Latin onomatopoeïabor. English onomatopoeia Borrowed from Latin onomatopoeïa, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, to do, to produce”). By surface analysis, onomato- + -poeia. Pronunciation: /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/, /ˌɒnəˌmɛtəˈpæɪə/, /ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiːə/, /ˌɑnəˌmɑtəˈpiːə/, /ˌɑnəˌmɑnəˈpiːə/ 1. The property of a word that sounds like what it represents. Labels: uncountable Example: A woꝛde makinge called of the Grecians Onomatopeia is when we make woꝛdes of oure owne mynde, ſuche as be deriued from the nature of thinges. 2. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss. Labels: countable 3. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss. Labels: countable 4. The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: railroad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + road. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/, /ˈɹeɪɹoʊd/, /ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/ 1. A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on. Labels: Philippines, US Example: Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads. 2. The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train. Labels: US 3. A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets Labels: US Example: Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other. 4. A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration. Labels: figuratively Example: The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed. Example: Gregory Scroggins, a PWA [person with AIDS] in Georgia who was found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder for biting a cop during arrest. It took only three days in October of 1989 to charge, try, convict and sentence Scroggins, who is now serving a 10-year sentence and has been denied bail (and medical treatment) pending appeal. […] Judy Siff of ACT/UP/Atlanta told GCN that Scroggins' case was a "railroad" of unbelievable proportions.
Word: railroad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rail + road. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/, /ˈɹeɪɹoʊd/, /ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/ 1. To transport via railroad. Labels: transitive 2. To operate a railroad. Labels: intransitive Example: The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly. 3. To work for a railroad. Labels: intransitive Example: She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific. 4. To travel by railroad. Labels: intransitive 5. To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads. Labels: intransitive 6. To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution. Labels: transitive Example: The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections. Example: Sebastian Riedel lodged a complaint with TPF board, which he says was railroaded by a board member—therefore, Riedel quit. 7. To convict of a crime by circumventing due process. Labels: transitive Example: They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges. Example: My witnesses were not questioned to my advantage. Physical evidence in my attorney's possession was not presented to the jury. A promised expert witness was not called nor even sought. I knew that I was being railroaded but I was helpless. 8. To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement. Labels: transitive Example: He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview. Example: Also on Friday, The Daily News published a column by Richard Azzopardi, a senior adviser to the governor, who wrote that Mr. Cuomo had been “railroaded” by Ms. James, a Democrat who is considered a possible candidate for governor next year but who has not said she plans to run. 9. To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story. 10. To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically. Example: If you are upholstering a larger item, such as a sofa, it's a good idea to see if the fabric you are buying can be railroaded. Railroading refers to being able to run the fabric from left to right, rather than the conventional top to bottom. […][W]hen a pattern is railroaded you can turn it on its side and roll it out to the width of the sofa without join lines.
Word: gear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English. Pronunciation: /ɡɪə/, /ɡɪː/, /ˈɡɪjə/, /ɡiə/, /ɡɛː/ 1. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. Labels: uncountable 2. Clothing; garments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare Example: Those Eastern winters, ⁠I can't endure 'em / So every year I pack my gear and come out here till Purim / Rosh Hashanah, I spend in Arizona 3. Goods; property; household items. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Homely gear and common ware. 4. A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel 5. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. Labels: countable 6. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. Labels: countable 7. Ellipsis of landing gear. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: gear-up landing Example: Get the gear down quick! 8. Recreational drugs, including steroids. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: getting on gear Example: "Have you got any gear? Dominic, have you got any acid?" Emma kept running her hands nervously through her hair. "Not LSD, man; that last trip freaked me out." 9. Stuff. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose. 10. Business matters; affairs; concern. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: goe they both together to their geare. 11. Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Example: March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.
Word: gear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English. Pronunciation: /ɡɪə/, /ɡɪː/, /ˈɡɪjə/, /ɡiə/, /ɡɛː/ 1. To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio. Labels: transitive 2. To be in gear, come into gear. Labels: intransitive 3. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 4. To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose). Labels: usually Example: This shop is not really geared towards people of our age. Example: They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists. 5. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
Word: gear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English. Pronunciation: /ɡɪə/, /ɡɪː/, /ˈɡɪjə/, /ɡiə/, /ɡɛː/ 1. great or fantastic
Word: polymath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”), first attested in 1624. From πολύς (polús, “much”) (for more, see poly-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪmæθ/, /ˈpɑliˌmæθ/, /ˈpɑlɪmæθ/ 1. A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. Example: To be thought and held Polumathes and Polihistors. Example: A bit of a polymath, he was crucial in the early development of the railways in this country.
Word: bar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring. Pronunciation: /bɑː/, /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞], /bäː/ 1. To obstruct the passage of (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: Our way was barred by a huge rockfall. Example: 'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.' 2. To prohibit. Labels: transitive Example: I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred. 3. To lock or bolt with a bar. Labels: transitive Example: to bar the door 4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe. Example: I lived in a hut in the yard. To be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.
Word: bar Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring. Pronunciation: /bɑː/, /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞], /bäː/ 1. Except, other than, besides. Example: He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife. Example: "I might be a fool," the younger man admitted quietly, "even an idiot, but there's not a person living, bar you, who possess the courage to call me a weakling, Sir."
Word: bar Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring. Pronunciation: /bɑː/, /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞], /bäː/ 1. Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name. Labels: not-comparable Example: Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.
Word: bar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900. Pronunciation: /bɑː/, /bɑɹ/, [bɑɹ], [bɑ˞], /bäː/ 1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
Word: sail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel. Pronunciation: /seɪl/, [seɪɫ], /seɪ.əl/, [sei̯əɫ], [sei̯l̩] 1. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […] 2. The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. Labels: uncountable Example: Take in sail: a storm is coming. 3. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. Labels: uncountable 4. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let's go for a sail. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Twenty sail were in sight. Example: "[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes." 6. The conning tower of a submarine. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The blade of a windmill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So furious had been the gusts, that high buildings in town had had the lead stripped off their roofs; and in the country, trees had been torn up, and sails of windmills carried away; and gloomy accounts had come in from the coast, of shipwreck and death. 8. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A sailfish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We caught three sails today. 11. an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like an eagle […]soaring / / To weather his broad sails.
Word: sail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English seġlan, siġlan (“to sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglijan, from *siglijaną. Cognate with West Frisian sile, Low German seilen, Dutch zeilen, German segeln, Danish sejle, Swedish segla, Icelandic sigla. Pronunciation: /seɪl/, [seɪɫ], /seɪ.əl/, [sei̯əɫ], [sei̯l̩] 1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power. Example: Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er. 2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl. 3. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat. 4. To set sail; to begin a voyage. Labels: intransitive Example: We sail for Australia tomorrow. 5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air. Example: As is a winged messenger of heaven, […] / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air. Example: [flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"] A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies. 6. To move briskly but sedately. Labels: intransitive Example: The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room. 7. To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface. Labels: transitive Example: He would sit his hat across the room, and we would sail cards into it.
Word: hallowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ġehālgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of hālgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow + -ed. More at hallow. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊd/, /ˈhæloʊd/ 1. Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy. Example: When ye praye / ſaye: Oure father which arte in hevẽ / halowed be thy name.
Word: hallowed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ġehālgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of hālgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow + -ed. More at hallow. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊd/, /ˈhæloʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hallow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: obtuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English obtuse, from Latin obtūsus (“blunt, dull; obtuse”), past participle of obtundere, from obtundō (“to batter, beat, strike; to blunt, dull”), from ob- (“against”) (see ob-) + tundō (“to beat, strike; to bruise, crush, pound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to hit; to push”)). More at obtund. Pronunciation: /əbˈtjuːs/, /-ˈtʃuːs/, /əbˈt(j)us/, /ɑb-/ 1. To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Fouler. To tread, ſtampe, or trample on; to bruiſe, or cruſh, by ſtamping; hurt, or obtuſe, by treading on; […] Example: The general effect of even a weak infusion of coca leaves is a pleasant irritability and sleeplessness. A stronger infusion keeps hunger away, prevents loss of breath in ascending mountains, dilates the pupil, and obtuses the sensibility to the air.
Word: acute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English acute (“of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and lasting for a short time; of a humour: irritating, sharp”), from Latin acūta, from acūtus (“sharp, sharpened”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to make pointed, sharpen, whet”), from acus (“needle, pin”). The word is cognate to ague (“acute, intermittent fever”). As regards the noun, which is derived from the verb, compare Middle English acūte (“severe but short-lived fever; of blood: corrosiveness, sharpness; musical note of high pitch”). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːt/, /əˈkjut/ 1. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. Labels: informal Example: Anne Marie had been assigned a ‘constant supervision’ status. […] Always avoiding the unrest of the television lounge, she would sometimes join some of the older ‘acutes’ who sat isolated in metal chairs at the end of the hallway and gaze out of the window with them. 2. An accent or tone higher than others. Labels: historical Example: [I]t would be strange if we wer to recite Homer, raising our voices on the acutes, lowering them on the graves, and managing the circumflexes as well as we could, yet to recite Virgil without any of these regular elevations, depressions, and circumbendibus. Example: There would be no sense in our assuming that even an independent circumflex after an acute might be raised in pitch for the sake of clearer distinction from that acute; for it is sufficiently distinguished by its sliding tone; and, if it had any right to be further distinguished, an acute following an acute would have much more right; while, nevertheless, any number of acutes are allowed to succeed one another, without modification of their natural character. 3. An acute accent (´). Example: The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’. Example: The number of Notes in this Table, without either acute or grave marks (´ or `), is 75. Of those bearing one acute mark (´) it is 74, of those with two acutes (´´) 70, with three acutes (´´´ or ´³) 51, […]
Word: acute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English acute (“of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and lasting for a short time; of a humour: irritating, sharp”), from Latin acūta, from acūtus (“sharp, sharpened”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to make pointed, sharpen, whet”), from acus (“needle, pin”). The word is cognate to ague (“acute, intermittent fever”). As regards the noun, which is derived from the verb, compare Middle English acūte (“severe but short-lived fever; of blood: corrosiveness, sharpness; musical note of high pitch”). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːt/, /əˈkjut/ 1. To give an acute sound to. Labels: transitive Example: He acutes his rising inflection too much. Example: Polyſyllables having their Penultima long by poſition are acuted; as Camíllus: but having it long by nature and the last ſhort, they are circumflected; as, Românus, amâre: except the Compounds of ſit, whose Ultima is acuted; as Malefít, calefít, benefít, ſatisfít. 2. To make acute; to sharpen, to whet. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: [A]n old Farmer […] uſed, when fuddled over Night, to walk naked, or only in his Shirt, until he had cooled himſelf throughly, […] This Courſe may not be improperly call'd a Balenum Aerium, and may be of great Uſe to ſober People, as well as the Fuddlers; for running empty, after Sleep and Concoction, warms the Blood and Spirits, acutes the Circulations, fans and cools the Lungs, helps both Excretion and Secretion; […] Example: It had been over a week that I had not been over to visit my most favorable place. Since I was allowed a rare opening that jaggled an intense curiosity, it acuted my senses with great anticipation that a living current was felt in my center, brought on by something truly new.
Word: complementary angle Part of Speech: noun 1. An angle that, when added to another referenced angle, produces a right angle. Example: Angle A is 40°, and its complementary angle, B, is 50°.
Word: pyramid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, pȳramidis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís), possibly from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), from pr (“(one that) comes forth”) + m (“from”) + ws (“height”). Schenkel and K. Lang proposed hypothetical Coptic *ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲙ (*piram) or *ⲫⲣⲁⲙ (*phram) derived from Egyptian mr via metathesis as a source of πῡραμίς (pūramís) while Schenkel also suggested it being the source of Arabic هَرَم (haram) although the latter is considered far-fetched by Takacs. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/ 1. An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor. 3. A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any structure or diagram with many members at the bottom and progressively fewer towards the top. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: The company was organized as a pyramid, with a CEO in charge of four directors, each heading up a department. Example: They sit looking at the empty plate that had held a pyramid of sesame cakes. They have eaten them all. 5. A medullary pyramid, the medial-most bumps on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. Labels: UK, countable, dated, uncountable 7. A pyramid scheme. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Alternative letter-case form of Pyramid. (a solitaire card game) Labels: alt-of, uncountable 9. The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Build your pyramid with all cards face down, except the cards in the bottom row. 10. An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] with a cross-line banner, a set of two-column pyramids beneath it in the middle, and on each side of these exactly the same thing,—something between a headline and a story—"$50,000 Reward for—" etc.
Word: pyramid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, pȳramidis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís), possibly from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), from pr (“(one that) comes forth”) + m (“from”) + ws (“height”). Schenkel and K. Lang proposed hypothetical Coptic *ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲙ (*piram) or *ⲫⲣⲁⲙ (*phram) derived from Egyptian mr via metathesis as a source of πῡραμίς (pūramís) while Schenkel also suggested it being the source of Arabic هَرَم (haram) although the latter is considered far-fetched by Takacs. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/ 1. To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid. Example: The paint was stacked in neatly pyramided lots along the concrete floor. Example: Once there was an enormous jukebox; the then-Harlettes (her three-woman back-up vocalists/dancers/mimes) pyramided to drop a huge coin, and around the bend of the big record would spin the diva. 2. To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype. Labels: transitive 3. To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme. Labels: intransitive 4. To engage in pyramid trading. Example: Multiply this by the number of shares you traded, and add other positions if you pyramided. 5. To increase to or towards a peak. Labels: dated
Word: illicit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- (“not”) + licitus (“allowed, permitted”), from licet (“it is allowed”). By surface analysis, il- + licit. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪsɪt/ 1. Not approved by law, but not invalid. Example: The bigamous marriage, while illicit, was not invalid. Example: Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals. 2. Breaking social norms. Example: I only can properly enjoy carol services if I am having an illicit affair with someone in the congregation. 3. Unlawful. Example: Ayşe Erkoç learned long ago that the secret of doing anything illicit in Istanbul is to do it in full public gaze in the clear light of day. No one ever questions the legitimacy of the blatant.
Word: illicit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- (“not”) + licitus (“allowed, permitted”), from licet (“it is allowed”). By surface analysis, il- + licit. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪsɪt/ 1. A banned or unlawful item. Example: A large number of studies, however, have reported that it is rare for the user of 'hard' drugs not to have initiated cannabis use prior to the other illicits.
Word: pyramid scheme Part of Speech: noun 1. An illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or wholly from the funds of later investors, and which eventually collapses to the detriment of the most recent participants.
Word: detriment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”). Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛtɹɪmənt/ 1. Harm, hurt, damage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment of the family honour.” Example: "Would it be fair to say that when it came to making trouble, you'd make up for what you didn't absolutely know . . . and to our detriment?" 2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. The position or state of a planet when it is in the sign opposite its house, considered to weaken it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Saturn, Jupiter and Mars from their conjunction to their opposition with the Sun are Oriental, and gain two fortitudes; but from their Opposition to their Conjunction are occidental, and incur two detriments. Example: DEJECTION [with Astrol.] said of the planets, when in their detriment, i.e. when they have lost their force or influence by reason of being in opposition to some other, which check and contract them. 4. The position or state of being eclipsed, entirely dark (sable). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Argent, a Moon in her detriment or Eclipse Sable[…] Example: Moon in its Detriment, or Wane
Word: detriment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”). Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛtɹɪmənt/ 1. To be detrimental to; to harm or mar. Labels: obsolete, transitive