nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: leporine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin leporīnus + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Leporīnus is derived from leporis (the genitive singular form of lepus (“hare”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpəɹaɪn/, /ˈlɛpəˌɹaɪn/, /ˈlɛpəɹən/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a hare or a rabbit. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable Example: His leporine ears perked up at the mention of dessert. Example: This [the harp seal] inhabits the ſame countries vvith the Rough and Leporine Seal; but loves the coldeſt parts of the coaſt.
Word: leporine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin leporīnus + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Leporīnus is derived from leporis (the genitive singular form of lepus (“hare”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpəɹaɪn/, /ˈlɛpəˌɹaɪn/, /ˈlɛpəɹən/ 1. Synonym of leporid (“any mammal of the family Leporidae: the hares and rabbits”). Example: The most frequent intestinal parasite of rodents is probably Oxyuris ambigua, but Strong. retortæformis is tolerably abundant in the hare, and Trichocephalus unguiculatus is liable to occur in all leporines. […] Acari infest rats and mice, and especially leporines. Example: It will be seen that the variability in any one formula (excepting the anomaly of m. ⁴⁄₄) is confined to the premolars; that these only vary in one instance in the Hystricines; and that the incisors only vary from ²⁄₂ to ⁴⁄₂ in the Leporines. 2. A supposed hybrid between a hare and a rabbit, now known not to exist; a leporide. Labels: historical Example: I come now to the more interesting part of my subject, viz. that of the Leporines—hybrids, so called, between the hare and the rabbit. It has been stated that M. Rouy, of Angoulême, has bred for the market a thousand of these Leporines yearly—that they are fertile both with the hare and the rabbit, and with each other. Example: In France there is a hybrid bred between the rabbit and the hare, known as the leporine, that is said to be fertile; I do not know much about it. I tried to get some definite information on the matter and failed. I simply know that I have seen numers of statements going the rounds of the press that the leporine is a valuable poultry animal raised for food, and is a cross between the hare and the rabbit, and that it is fertile. If so, it is the only case I know of where the continued fertility is kept up.
Word: cervine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈsəːvʌɪn/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use) Example: To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’ 2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense). Labels: not-comparable
Word: cervine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈsəːvʌɪn/ 1. Any cervid/true deer. Labels: broadly, informal 2. Any cervid/true deer. Labels: broadly, informal Example: The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe.
Word: aquiline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin aquila Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin aquilīnusder. English aquiline From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.wɪˌlaɪn/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle. Example: Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses. Example: He was about the age of two-and-twenty, among the tallest of the middle size; had chestnut-coloured hair, which he wore tied up in a ribbon; a high polished forehead, a nose inclining to the aquiline, lively blue eyes, red pouting lips, teeth as white as snow, and a certain openness of countenance—but why need I describe any more particulars of his person?
Word: ambigram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ambi- + -gram. Coined by Douglas Hofstadter in 1983-1984. 1. A calligraphic design that may be read as the same word or phrase (or sometimes different words or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees. Example: Two nonvisual factors provide dissymmetry and prevent the ambigram from existing in a static equilibrium; most of the letters in an ambigram metamorphose into other letters when reversed; and each of those accompanying sentences provides a different idea of the word's meaning. Example: 1997, Research and Education Networking, Volume 8, Issues 1-6, page 290, An ambigram is a word that reads the same right-side-up and upside-down. MOW is a natural ambigram, for instance, but any word can be flipped if the right graphic artist gets his hands on it.
Word: sax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax. Pronunciation: /sæks/ 1. Alternative spelling of zax. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length. Labels: obsolete
Word: sax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax. Pronunciation: /sæks/ 1. To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: sax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate. Pronunciation: /sæks/ 1. Clipping of saxophone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: sax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate. Pronunciation: /sæks/ 1. To play the saxophone
Word: sax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of saxe blue, from the name of the region of Saxony. Pronunciation: /sæks/ 1. a shade of colour similar to sky blue
Word: pablum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of Pablum, the name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1931 by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Mead Johnson & Company, probably a shortening of Latin pābulum (“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”), from pā(scō) (“to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, ward; to shepherd”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting an instrument) (from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix denoting an instrument or tool))), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (from *peh₂- + *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932. Pronunciation: /ˈpæbləm/, /ˈpæbl(ə)m/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Pablum (“a type of cereal for infants made from cornmeal, oat, and wheat”). Labels: US, alt-of, uncountable, usually 2. Mushy, easily digested food; pap; (countable) a specific type of such food. Labels: US, broadly, uncountable, usually Example: The juice from its hydro-power dam was needed to supply meager light to a million homes and to cook the pablum for two million brand-new babies. Example: The smallest of attentions on his wife's part towards the baby […] struck him as having the nature of an affront. Clothes would have to be bought, a carriage, toys, all manner of pablums and bromides—then even larger clothes, a larger carriage, a longer bed— […] 3. Something overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: "If you want to be filled with pablum and tranquilizers," [Robert F.] Kennedy told crowds, "then don’t vote for me. I'm not going to give you any tired answers. […] I'm going to tell it like it is." Example: The Republican argument today is pablum, mush and saccharine. (Which exhausts my edible metaphors.) Do Republicans really think that America's big problems are "taxes" and "trust"? Give me a cake.
Word: acopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κόπος (kópos, “weariness”). 1. Relieving weariness; restorative.
Word: acopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: a- + cope + -ic, as a pun on the other etymology. 1. Unable to function or cope. Labels: euphemistic
Word: fishes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪz/ 1. plural of fish Labels: universal Example: Coral bleaching threatens to disrupt the population equilibria of the reef’s fishes. Example: sleep with the fishes. 2. plural of fish Example: I caught six fishes today! Example: Thẽ ſayde they vnto hĩ: we have here but .v. loves and two fyſſhes.
Word: fishes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He’s on Klamath Lake; he often fishes from that lake.
Word: tessellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin tessella Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsəleɪt/ 1. tessellated
Word: tessellate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin tessella Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsəleɪt/ 1. To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile. Labels: transitive 2. to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes. Labels: intransitive Example: Regular hexagons tessellate. 3. To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge. Labels: transitive Example: It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.
Word: w00t Part of Speech: intj Etymology: US, attested 1996, variant of earlier wh00t (1994), leetspeak form of whoot (1993), form standardized and popularized in dancehall anthem by rap song “Whoot, There It Is” (single released March 22, 1993) by group 95 South – compare often-confused “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (single released May 7, 1993) by group Tag Team – both in Miami bass genre (also less common “Whoops, there it is”), from earlier varied oral usage whoo, whoof, woo, woof (compare standard woohoo), notably by studio audience on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–94) and in movie Pretty Woman (1990). The usage of The Arsenio Hall Show, specifically by the “dogpound” section of the audience, was in turn based on a dog’s bark woof (“(sound of dog barking)”), and derived from chants used at football games by the Cleveland Browns, from Hall’s home town, team nicknamed “The Dogs”. Many folk etymologies exist, but written record is clear: the term appears widely in popular print use only from 1993, particularly used both in dancehalls and at sporting events, and is credited to the songs. The w00t form gained popularity on the internet from 1996, especially in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). Pronunciation: /wuːt/ 1. Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory. Labels: Internet, Leet Example: w00t I've won this special item. Example: I talked to some lady at Burton, and she was saying there's all kinds of neat stuff on the disk, like clicking in different places or such gets neat things not otherwise seen.....anyone find any of these? wh00t!!!!
Word: SVO Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Initialism. 1. Initialism of subject–verb–object [word order]: employing a system of syntax where the subject of a sentence precedes the verb, which is then followed by the object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: English is an SVO language. Example: As for word order, Lang Belta is an SVO language, i.e. subject-verb-object
Word: SVO Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An English transliteration from the Russian СВО (SVO), specifically referring to the invasion of Ukraine. 1. Initialism of special military operation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: one-armed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From one + armed. Pronunciation: /ˌwʌnɑːmd/, /ˌwʌnɑɹmd/ 1. Having only one arm; especially having lost an arm. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Hope I'm not talking out of school but I do feel you acted unwisely by employing a one-armed chauffeur."
Word: two-armed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Old English twā Middle English two English two English armed English two-armed From two + armed. 1. having exactly two arms Labels: not-comparable
Word: one-legged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From one + legged. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌnˌlɛɡəd/ 1. Having only one leg. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of an audio signal: having a thin sound as a result of connection through only one wire of a circuit pair. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] obviously wrong termination is likely to lead to a thin 'one-legged' sound with significant loss of level, and/or distortion. Example: […] you have to bear in mind that your sound files in these circumstances will have a one legged stereo recording.
Word: one-legged Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one + legged. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌnˌlɛɡəd/ 1. A plant, especially a tree. Example: In other words, people engage in communicative relationships not only with other people, but also with four-leggeds, one-leggeds, and no-leggeds, with trees, plants, and rocks, with the sun, moon, and stars, ... Example: We were talking about how Catolicos seemed to not see the one-leggeds and four-leggeds as sacred.
Word: zein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Zea (“corn genus”) + -in. 1. A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bad news Part of Speech: noun 1. News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. Labels: uncountable Example: Yes, we just heard the bad news yesterday. We're so sorry for your loss. Example: One of the rules of journalism is that news from Africa is always bad news. 2. An irritating, troublesome or harmful object, situation or individual. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Mark my words: that guy is bad news. Example: Many are warning Spears that he is bad news and is trying to use her.
Word: good news Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡʊd nuːz/, [ɡʊʔ nɪu̯z], [ɡʊd nɪu̯z] 1. Something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive. Labels: uncountable Example: The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network. 2. The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful, as elaborated in the Gospels. Labels: uncountable 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, news. Labels: uncountable
Word: tessellation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin tessella Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English tessellation From tessellate + -ion. Pronunciation: /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The property or fact of tessellating. Labels: uncountable Example: Squares can be used for tessellation. 2. A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane. Labels: countable Example: This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons. Example: Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels. 3. polygon tessellation. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: regular tessellation Part of Speech: noun 1. A tessellation of the plane by a convex regular polygon.
Word: semiregular tessellation Part of Speech: noun 1. A tessellation of the plane by two or more different convex regular polygons.
Word: Republic of China Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ 1. a country in East Asia founded in mainland China in 1912, today commonly referred to as Taiwan, Chinese name: 中華民國／中华民国. Example: While we shall never timidly retreat before the threat of armed aggression, we would welcome, in the present circumstances, negotiations that could have a fruitful result in preserving the peace of the Formosa area and reaching a solution that could be acceptable to all parties concerned, including of course our ally the Republic of China. Example: As for us, free Chinese in the Republic of China, in spite of the changing world situation, we have never faltered in our resolve to liberate the mainland and restore freedom to the hundreds of millions of Chinese who still suffer under Communist oppression. 2. a country in East Asia founded in mainland China in 1912, today commonly referred to as Taiwan, Chinese name: 中華民國／中华民国. Labels: historical Example: I met in the Generalissimo a man of great vision, great courage, and a remarkably keen understanding of the problems of today and tomorrow. We discussed all the manifold military plans for striking at Japan with decisive force from many directions, and I believe I can say that he returned to Chungking with the positive assurance of total victory over our common enemy. Today we and the Republic of China are closer together than ever before in deep friendship and in unity of purpose. 3. a country in East Asia that controlled the Fujian Province of China from 1933 to 1934, Chinese name: 中華共和國／中华共和国. Labels: historical
Word: low-carb Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a food or diet, low in carbohydrates. Example: The doctor's recommended low-carb diet meant that the patient would be longing for his morning bagel.
Word: baldare Part of Speech: noun 1. din Labels: obsolete
Word: one-armed bandit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one-armed (“having only one arm”) + bandit (“one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group; one who cheats others”), referring to the fact that the machine is operated by a single handle, and “steals” money from losing players. Pronunciation: /ˌwʌnɑːmd ˈbændɪt/, /ˌwʌnɑɹmd ˈbændɪt/ 1. A gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin; the player wins money or tokens when certain combinations of symbols line up on these reels. 2. Synonym of penny-in-the-slot machine.
Word: inflatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English inflate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English inflatable From inflate + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/ 1. Able to be inflated or blown up. Example: An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time.
Word: inflatable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inflate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English inflatable From inflate + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/ 1. A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed. 2. Any other structure, artwork etc. that is inflated. Example: Earlier on the Other stage on Friday afternoon, Charli XCX took a more straightforward, rabble-rousing approach, a flurry of confetti cannon, inflatables and exhortations to wild hedonism: “I hope everyone gets really fucked up this weekend!”
Word: barren Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of obscure origin; probably from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). If so, a cognate of English bare. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹən/, /ˈbaɹən/, /ˈbaɾən/, /ˈbɛɹən/ 1. Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile. Labels: not-comparable Example: I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren? Example: Forget not, in your speed, Antonius, To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say, The barren, touched in this holy chase, Shake off their sterile curse. 2. Not bearing seed or fruit. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste. Example: barren mountain tracts Example: We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow. 4. Devoid, lacking. Labels: with-of Example: August 28, 1731, Jonathan Swift, letter to John Gay But schemes are perfectly accidental. Some will appear barren of hints and matter, but prove to be fruitful. 5. Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak. Example: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note. 6. Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain. Example: brilliant but barren reveries Example: A third is wroth: ‘Is this an hour ⁠For private sorrow’s barren song, ⁠When more and more the people throng The chairs and thrones of civil power?’ 7. Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow. Example: Set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too.
Word: barren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of obscure origin; probably from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). If so, a cognate of English bare. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹən/, /ˈbaɹən/, /ˈbaɾən/, /ˈbɛɹən/ 1. An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place. Example: Sol squinted out over the barrens to where the mountains shimmered in the heat haze. 2. In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people. Labels: plural-normally Example: The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit. Example: Snow Lies now four & five feet deep upon the Ground & the Air looks so Hazey that we think it Prudent to Return upon the Rocks & Barrens (for so they Call the Places where Wood does not Grow) we find that the wind had drifted the Snow Very thin Here we observe Some few Plants (1) Fir Moss, *Lycopodium Selago, (2) Rhein Deer Moss, Lichen Rangiferinus [Cladonia sp.], (3) A Kind of Horned Liverwort, Lichen, (4) a Plant that has very much the Appearance of Crow Berries, Empetrum [*Empetrum nigrum L.] of which I have only got the female which has 10 Stigmata.
Word: balmy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːmi/, /ˈbɑːmɪj/, /ˈbɑmi/, /ˈbɔmi/, /ˈbɑlmi/ 1. Producing balm. 2. Soothing or fragrant. 3. Of weather, mild and pleasant. Example: The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California. 4. Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric. Labels: US, informal Example: I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me. Example: 'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.
Word: bequest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be- + quiste, queste (“saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy”), from Old English *cwist, *cwiss (“saying”) (compare Old English andcwiss, ġecwis, uncwisse, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (“saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say”). Related to Old English andcwiss (“answer, reply”), Old English uncwisse (“dumb, mute”), Middle English bequethen (“to bequeath”). Not related to quest, which is from Latin. More at quoth, bequeath. Pronunciation: /bɪˈkwɛst/ 1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will. 2. The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased. Example: 2006 SHERRY CLODMAN & EDWARD H. PEARCE: Well Advised. p.25 Civil Sector Press →ISBN A specific bequest is the gift of a specific sum of money, or the gift of a specific property or a particular asset. Perhaps the most common type of bequest, and undoubtedly the most certain, it is the first to be paid after the settlement of estate debts. 3. That which is left by will; a legacy. 4. That which has been handed down or transmitted. Example: Yet some odor of religion is still lingering here, the bequest of pious souls, who had grace to enjoy a foretaste of immortal life. 5. A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
Word: bequest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English biquesten, from the noun (see above). 1. To give as a bequest; bequeath. Labels: transitive
Word: expandable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English expand Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English expandable From expand + -able. 1. Having the capacity to be expanded. Example: an expandable baton Example: an expandable tree of data on a computer display
Word: expandable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expand Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English expandable From expand + -able. 1. Anything that can be expanded. Example: Mobile homes include doublewides, expandables, and single units.
Word: bliss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”). Pronunciation: /blɪs/ 1. Perfect happiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss. Example: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!
Word: bliss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”). Pronunciation: /blɪs/ 1. To feel bliss; (by extension) to reach a state of bliss or ecstasy. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: I'm still blissing out after our date. I had a great time.
Word: behind Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd/, /bəˈhaɪnd/, /beˈhəɪn/, /beˈhoɪn/, /beˈhaɪn/ 1. At or to the back or far side of. Example: The children were hiding behind the wall. Example: Behind the garage needs clearing asap. 2. At or to the back or far side of. Labels: figuratively Example: Behind the smile was a cruel intention. 3. At or to the back or far side of. Labels: figuratively Example: All my problems are behind me. 4. Less forward or advanced than; after. Example: Smith finished the race a lap behind the others. Example: About the center, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed — I tethered by my rope[…]. 5. Less forward or advanced than; after. Example: I'm ranked sixth in the French class, behind five other pupils. Example: In the cricket match, England are 120 runs behind India. 6. Less forward or advanced than; after. Example: London is nine hours behind Tokyo. 7. Responsible for, being the creator or controller of. Example: Who is behind these terrorist attacks? Example: Mr Jones was the man behind the redevelopment plan. 8. Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of. Example: What is behind this unexpected decision? 9. In support of. Example: The republicans are fully behind their candidate. 10. Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of. Labels: US, informal Example: He was like, 'Fuck the police! Fuck you! You know who I am, you gonna quit playing with me, bitch.' I'm like let's go. 'Cause I wasn't trying to go to jail behind that shit.
Word: behind Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd/, /bəˈhaɪnd/, /beˈhəɪn/, /beˈhoɪn/, /beˈhaɪn/ 1. At or in the rear or back part of something. Example: The water flows out through the pipe, and the sediment collects behind. 2. In a rearward direction. Example: We ran and ran, without once looking behind. 3. So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc. Example: The slower runners were left a long way behind. Example: In the cricket match, England finished a long way behind. 4. So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist. Example: I couldn't be bothered to carry the ironing board, so I left it behind. Example: He stayed behind after the war. 5. Backward in time or order of succession; past. Example: […] forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before 6. Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage. Example: ‘After the performance was over I went behind, and spoke to her.’ 7. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining. Labels: archaic Example: We cannot be sure that there is no evidence behind.
Word: behind Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”). 1. Not advanced to the required or expected degree; overdue or in arrears. Example: I'm very behind in my schedule. Example: My employer is two paychecks behind on paying my salary. 2. Slow. Example: My watch is behind by four minutes.
Word: behind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd/, /bəˈhaɪnd/, /beˈhəɪn/, /beˈhoɪn/, /beˈhaɪn/ 1. The rear, back-end. Example: This part fits under the behind of the vehicle. Example: She sneaked up on me from behind. 2. The buttocks, bottom, butt. Labels: informal Example: I was stung on the behind by a wasp. Example: There was a girl in the mattress factory with me during the war, girl about thirty. A big one, kind of a fat face, big behind to her, big titties, kind of a girl should be human and soft with a man. 3. Synonym of ass (“synecdochic: a person or their body”). Labels: euphemistic Example: Get your lazy behind out of bed! 4. A one-point score. Example: A roar from ten thousand throats go up, For we've kicked another behind. 5. The catcher. Labels: slang 6. In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
Word: beggar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar. Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡɚ/, /ˈbɛɡə/ 1. A person who begs. Example: “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. Example: Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar. 2. A person suffering from extreme poverty. Example: I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach! 3. A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel. Labels: colloquial, endearing, sometimes Example: What does that silly beggar think he's doing? Example: The beggar seems to have known his business. All fine specimens of the best period. 4. A minced oath for bugger. Labels: UK Example: Moreover, the pathing tool, which always has the potential to be a fussy little beggar, is especially uncooperative in career mode where there is a lot of bespoke geometry. 5. the last placer in Tycoon
Word: beggar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar. Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡɚ/, /ˈbɛɡə/ 1. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish. Labels: transitive 2. To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: `Now,' answered Ayesha, with proud humility - `now when my lord doth speak thus royally and give with so free a hand, it cannot become me to lag behind in words, and be beggared of my generosity.' Example: It was a scene of such beauty it caught all his attention. Some things beggar likeness, he thought.
Word: beyond Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Old English beġeondan Middle English biyonde English beyond From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder. Pronunciation: /bɪˈjɒnd/, /biˈ(j)ɑnd/, /bɪˈjɛnd/, /biˈjɒnd/, /biˈjɔnd/ 1. Further away than. 2. On the far side of. Example: No swimming beyond this point. Example: England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco. 3. Later than; after. 4. Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. Example: Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket. Example: He was a painter who was trying to get beyond painting, to escape from purely visual experience and lead his art in a more conceptual direction with a systematic approach. 5. In addition to; supplementing. Example: She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London. 6. Past, or out of reach of. Labels: figuratively Example: You won't last beyond my first punch. Example: The patient was beyond medical help. 7. Not within the comprehension of. Labels: figuratively Example: He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.
Word: beyond Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Old English beġeondan Middle English biyonde English beyond From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder. Pronunciation: /bɪˈjɒnd/, /biˈ(j)ɑnd/, /bɪˈjɛnd/, /biˈjɒnd/, /biˈjɔnd/ 1. Farther along or away. Labels: not-comparable Example: next year and beyond 2. In addition; more. Labels: not-comparable 3. extremely, more than Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: But to then write about his allegedly fat girlfriend was beyond stupid, because by doing so he was in fact engaging a woman (me) in the “Am I fat?” discussion, which he supposedly realized he should never do. Example: Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited [title]
Word: beyond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English beġeondan Middle English biyonde English beyond From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder. Pronunciation: /bɪˈjɒnd/, /biˈ(j)ɑnd/, /bɪˈjɛnd/, /biˈjɒnd/, /biˈjɔnd/ 1. The unknown. 2. The hereafter. 3. Something that is far beyond. Example: And that is perhaps why I am constantly searching for great beyonds — beyonds that will permit the application of different theoretical models (be they semiotically-inspired, gender-inspired, sexuality-inspired, and so on) beyond any disciplinary confines.
Word: boundless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bound Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English boundless From bound + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndləs/ 1. Without bounds, unbounded. Example: 'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop. Example: Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Word: bough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰeh₂ǵʰús From Middle English bough (“branch of a bush or tree, especially a main branch; limb of an animal or person; something resembling a branch (such as a plant root or branch of a nerve); (figuratively) Christian cross; descendant, offspring”) [and other forms], from Old English bōg, bōh (“tree bough or branch; arm; shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“shoulder; upper arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bouch, West Frisian boech, Dutch boeg, German Low German Boog, German Bug, Danish bov, Icelandic bógur, and distantly with Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm, cubit, etc.”). Doublet of bow ("front of a ship, prow"). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯/, [ˈbaʊ̯], /ˈbæʊ̯/, [ˈbæʊ̯] 1. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk. Example: When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby) Example: Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, / In a Cowſlips bell, I lie, / There I cowch when Owles doe crie, / On the Batts backe I doe flie / after Sommer merrily. / Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now / Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow. 2. A gallows. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, poetic Example: It was vſed of auncient time in Gauelkind land, & hath receiued the allowance and iudgement of a good and lawfull cuſtome, that if the huſband be attainted and executed for a felonie by him committed, yet ſhall his wife for the ſolace of her loſſe and deſolation haue her dowrie of his land, and alſo the heire ſhall inherite the ſame according to that olde ſaying: The father to the bough, & the ſonne to the plough, […] Example: "No need," he said, "long words to make, / And little heed we thy lies now, / But if she doom thee to the bough.["]
Word: blunt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde). Pronunciation: /blʌnt/, /blʊnt/ 1. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. Example: The murderous knife was dull and blunt. Example: The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green. 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. Example: His wits are not so blunt. 3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. Example: I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company. Example: a plain, blunt man 4. Hard to impress or penetrate. Example: December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. 5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Word: blunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde). Pronunciation: /blʌnt/, /blʊnt/ 1. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A short needle with a strong point. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A marijuana cigar. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: […] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!” 4. Money. Labels: UK, archaic, slang, uncountable Example: Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…] 5. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above). Pronunciation: /blʌnt/, /blʊnt/ 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. 2. To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of Labels: figuratively Example: It blunted my appetite. Example: My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Word: bristly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪsli/ 1. Covered with bristles. Example: He was a short man with a long hooked nose. A blue skull-cap with a red border scarcely covered his head of bristly grey hair, and a short-bodied but long Ringerike coat of dark grey frieze with worn velvet borders served to make the roundness and crookedness of his back still more conspicuous. Example: ONE DAY a caveman sat scratching his bristly cheeks with a sharp shell. Maybe it was the shell of a razor clam. But at least it took the whiskers off dandily. And pretty soon a little cavegirl wandered by and rubbed the caveman’s smooth cheek fondly. 2. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
Word: bristles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bristle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bristles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bristle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bristle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bristil, bristel, brustel, from Old English bristl, byrst, *brystl, *byrstel, from Proto-West Germanic *burstilu, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (compare Dutch borstel, German Borste (“boar's bristle”), Icelandic burst), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís (compare Middle Irish brostaid (“to goad, spur”), Latin fastīgium (“top”), Polish barszcz (“hogweed”)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪsəl/, /ˈbɹʌsəl/, /ˈbɹɪstəl/ 1. A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant. Example: the bristles of a pig 2. A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals. 3. The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.