nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pinsetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English settere English setter English pinsetter From pin + setter. 1. The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling. Example: “I was working as a pinsetter in a bowling alley down in Tampa.” 2. The machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling. Example: They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off […]
Word: pint-size Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pint-sized. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The thing we’ll all remember is Arya Stark, Supreme Badass Of The Seven Kingdoms. Not Jon Snow, not Daenerys, but the pint-size warrior who spends the first part of the fight just annihilating White Walkers one after the other, then turns out to be the one who deals the killing blow the the^([sic]) Night King.
Word: pinyon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of piñon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: They passed solitary pinyons and collected the nuts when they could to process later.
Word: piñon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish piñón. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnjən/ 1. Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They planted a few piñons. Example: The hills were covered with clusters of piñon. 2. A pine nut. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Italic *pīosder. Latin piusbor. English pious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English piousness From pious + -ness. 1. The condition of being pious; piety. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Two mating dogs looked up with dejected piousness.
Word: piroshki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pirozhki. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: net net Part of Speech: noun 1. A true and final result, after more than the obvious subtractions and allowances. Example: What's the net net?
Word: net net Part of Speech: adv 1. After all subtractions and allowances. Labels: not-comparable Example: Net net, we're losing money. 2. Without lengthy explanation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Net net, what do we have to do today?
Word: grandfather clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandfather clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radiodiffusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French radiodiffusion. By surface analysis, radio- + diffusion. 1. The act of broadcasting by radio; transmission. Labels: uncountable Example: The provisions of paragraph (1) concern the exclusive right of the author to authorize the radiodiffusion of his works and the communication to the public of the radiodiffusion of these works. Example: On July 29, 1982 the Haute Autorité de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA) was created. It was the first institution for audiovisual regulation. Its aim was to protect the independency of the radiodiffusion public service and to attribute the terrestrial frequencies. 2. A broadcast. Labels: countable Example: Signal Corps and Tank Corps men together devised equipment on the master-oscillator principle which the signalmen installed after the Armistice to make a radiotelegraph network connecting the Paris headquarters with the Army of Occupation. Of considerable extent and surely one of the earliest successes of the sort, the network engaged stations at Antwerp, Spa, Koblenz, Trier, Toul, and Chaumont at various stages between November 1918 and September 1919. The control was twenty miles outside Paris, at a site in the British zone far enough away to escape the radiodiffusion from the Eiffel Tower spark transmitter. Example: Concomitant with this repression is an idealisation of one’s self, of a social sharing that was realised in the literature of intimacy with the Zone or the radiodiffusions of popular song.
Word: argumentums ad hominem Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of argumentum ad hominem Labels: form-of, informal, plural, rare Example: To go at all largely into this conſideration would much exceed the limits of even one of my own notes; (oh, how my argumentums ad hominem would deal about them, were I inclined (as I am not at all) to let them looſe, gentlemen, among you!) Example: Four pages of polemic, ridicule, rhetoric, innuendo, calumny, detraction, contumely, begging of questions, a prioris, argumentums ad hominem, pathetic fallacies, ignoratio elenchis, undistributed middles… (regaining thread) Not even Kendall’s finest lyric achievement is safe from Grigsby’s flailing haymakers and knees to the groin.
Word: generic names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of generic name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spatiotemporal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spatium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English spatio- English temporal English spatiotemporal From spatio- + temporal. 1. Of, concerning, or existing in both space and time. Example: Physical existence, thus, is essentially spatiotemporal ubiety; and that which has or lacks ubiety, that is, is or is not present at some place in space at some time, is always some what or kind—which may be a kind of substance, or of property, or of relation, or of activity, or of change, or of state, and so on. 2. Of or concerning spacetime.
Word: simpliciter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the Latin simpliciter (“simply”, “plainly”), from simplex (“simple”). Pronunciation: /sɪmˈplɪsɪtə/ 1. Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition. Labels: Canadian, not-comparable Example: The charge was reduced from aggravated assault to assault simpliciter. Example: Leaving aside this report, I make the general observation firstly that the CA has pointed out in PP v UI [2008] 4 SLR(R) 500 […] that rape simpliciter "is already ‘an inherently odious and reprehensible act’… that exacts ‘irretrievable physical, emotional and psychological scars on [the] victim’” […]
Word: intensifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intensify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intensifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intensify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intensifying Part of Speech: noun 1. An intensification. Example: Overtiming, development only for detail and subsequent intensifyings, keeping the lights pure and the shadows clear, by judicious use of the alum bath mentioned, will give an interesting variety of tones, which is a relief from the monotony […]
Word: periodic tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of periodic table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grapples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grapple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grapples Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grapple Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: luxuriates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of luxuriate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: luxuriating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of luxuriate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: luxuriated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of luxuriate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: barrenest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of barren: most barren Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: barrener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barren + -er (relational noun suffix). 1. A barren animal, one that cannot bear young. Example: For the purpose of more fully investigating the causes of barrenness, I have examined the ovaries of several heifers which were, after very careful trial, condemned and killed as barreners […]
Word: barrener Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English barren Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English barrener From barren + -er (comparative suffix). 1. comparative form of barren: more barren Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: baronies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double-nosed Andean tiger hound Part of Speech: noun 1. A South American dog with two sets of nostrils
Word: baronetcies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baronetcy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: security hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A security vulnerability in a computer system.
Word: pot-girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A girl who works serving customers in an inn or public house. Labels: dated Example: […] he turned with practised insolence to a pot-girl in a red shawl who could not have uttered an audible word to save her soul, but who blushed and giggled with pleasure at this mark of attention.
Word: fender bender Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fender-bender. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flatmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flatmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: F&M Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of foot and mouth (foot-and-mouth disease). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: foot and mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of foot-and-mouth disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: gedankenexperiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Gedankenexperiment (“thought experiment”), from Gedanke (“thought”) + Experiment (“experiment”). 1. thought experiment Example: So here's a gedankenexperiment for ya: what if the DC and Marvel put all their funnybooks on the Web two months after they were shipped to the stores? Example: John told her about his dissertation, about the equations he had concocted from a gedanken experiment. "What's a gedanken experiment?" she asked him. / "It's where you just think an experiment, but you don't actually do it, you just think it through," he told her.
Word: marriage of convenience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French mariage de convenance. 1. A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; for example, one conducted to obtain residence rights in a country, for financial gain, or for political purposes. Example: Widely published author and business consultant would like a marriage of convenience with a woman who is an Irish or Austrian citizen. You get legal resident status in U.S. (and eligibility for student aid), and I get eligibility for prison furloughs plus the citizenship of a neutral country in a few years so I can start a new life elsewhere. 2. A big tent alliance of disparate factions (such as political factions). Labels: figuratively Example: Libertarians and the Religious Right make odd bedfellows, but that marriage of convenience in the Republican Party has stuck around since the 1980s. Example: Kofi Annan’s marriage of convenience is likely to last only as long as it takes the political players to build up war chests ahead of another electoral bout.
Word: castratrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin castratrix or castrate + -trix with feminine agent-nounal suffix; compare castrator. Pronunciation: /kæsˈtɹeɪtɹɪks/ 1. A female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically). Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:castratrix.
Word: castratrices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæsˈtɹeɪtɹɪsiːz/ 1. plural of castratrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forward passes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forward pass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lyonnais Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Lyon or its inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Marseillais Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French marseillais, from Marseille + -ais. Doublet of Marseillese. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Word: Marseillais Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French marseillais, from Marseille + -ais. Doublet of Marseillese. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Example: Where ordinary Frenchmen were divided, the Marseillais were united.
Word: Toulousain Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Toulouse, the prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitania region, France. 2. An inhabitant of Toulouse. 3. The area around or (historically) belonging to Toulouse. Example: [B]y 1200 the Saint Gilles held territory in Provence as vassals of the Holy Roman emperor, land in the Toulousain from the king of France, and property in Gascony from the king of England.
Word: Niçois Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Niçois. Pronunciation: /niːswɑː/ 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Word: Niçois Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Niçois. Pronunciation: /niːswɑː/ 1. The dialect of Occitan spoken in the Nice area. Example: [La Remembrança Nissarda] runs weekly lessons in the Niçois language and chants niçois (traditional Niçois songs and chants), and cultural workshops on Niçois history, carnival traditions and cuisine nissarde (local cooking).
Word: Niçois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Niçois. Pronunciation: /niːswɑː/ 1. An inhabitant of Nice. Labels: uncommon
Word: Bordelais Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Bordelais/bordelais. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Word: Bordelais Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Bordelais/bordelais. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Word: aromatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aromatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detournement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French détournement. 1. The reuse of elements of mainstream media to produce a subversive message. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: irrecuperable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English irrecuperable, from Old French. 1. Incapable of being recuperated
Word: tamandua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, from Tupian. Doublet of tamanoir. Pronunciation: /təˈmænduə/, /təˌmænduˈɑ/ 1. An anteater of the genus Tamandua. Example: Tamanduas eat many kinds of ants as well as termites and bees. They tend to shy away from army ants and ponerine ants, both of which give nasty stings. When threatened, a tamandua may sit up on its hind legs and brandish its sharp curved claws. Example: The tamandua is easily separated from the giant anteater by its smaller size, its coloration, and the shape of its tail. Most tamanduas in southern South America are golden brown with a black vest covering the dorsum and venter, crossing the shoulders in a black band, but on some individuals the vest may be greatly reduced or even absent.
Word: Darian Part of Speech: name Etymology: A 20th-century invention, possibly based on Darius or Dorian. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛəɹi.ən/, /ˈdɛɹi.ən/ 1. A unisex given name originating as a coinage.
Word: w/v Part of Speech: noun 1. weight per volume, i.e. specific weight
Word: smidge Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsmɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Synonym of smidgen.
Word: spectate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from spectator. Pronunciation: /spɛkˈteɪt/, /ˈspɛkteɪt/ 1. To attend an event as a spectator; to observe. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: jackleg Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jack + leg. Compare blackleg (“a person who replaces striking workers; a cheater”) and such expressions as jack of all trades, every man jack. 1. Amateur, untrained; incompetent. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: 1841, Letter to the editor, The Southern Planter, Volume I, No. 1, January 1841, p. 12, The next year I had a projecting kind of jack leg carpenter, from Hanover, living with me in the capacity of overseer […] Example: 1941, Martha Colquitt, Interview published in Slave Narratives, Library of Congress Project, Volume 4: Georgia Narratives, Part 1, Grandma didn’t think chillun ought to see funerals, so de first one I ever seed, wuz when ma died two years atter de War wuz done over. A jackleg colored preacher talked, but he didn’t have sense ’nuff to preach a sho’ ’nuff sermon. 2. Dishonest, unscrupulous. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: The little nosy reporter with the hair was fair crazy to come, but McGinty gets a jackleg doctor to examine him an’ swear that he’s sufferin’ from spatulation o’ the medulla oblongata, housemaid’s knee, and the hives. Example: Villard’s great fortune should not be allowed to “dangle” in plain sight of “jack-leg lawyers,” while he, Parkins, awaited final results of the proceedings. 3. Ineptly built or operated; makeshift. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: The train is late […]. ¶ “Well, if I come to such a place as this I must expect a jackleg railroad […].” Example: “With the first good rain the entire jackleg contraption might collapse around my ears […]”
Word: jackleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jack + leg. Compare blackleg (“a person who replaces striking workers; a cheater”) and such expressions as jack of all trades, every man jack. 1. A type of drill operated by means of compressed air. 2. An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person. Labels: US Example: […] I, gentlemen and ladies, are a rale Scientificky! I ain’t none of your jack-legs. Example: Would the reader care to know something about the story which I pulled out? He has been told many a time how the born-and-trained novelist works; won’t he let me round and complete his knowledge by telling him how the jack-leg does it? 3. A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person. Labels: US Example: “[…] we ain’t called on to believe every smooth-talking jackleg who wanders in here.” Example: “Guess what th’ low-down jackleg has done now.”
Word: scare quotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scare quote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scare quote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British analytic philosopher G. E. M. Anscombe in 1956 in her essay “Aristotle and the Sea Battle”. Originally spelt with a hyphen. 1. A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a direct quotation. Labels: in-plural Example: One other important figure in postmodern thought is Richard Rorty, who might be characterized as master of the scare quote Example: He is inordinately fond of the scare quote, a sign that he is not really sure of what he's talking about.
Word: gnossienne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gnossienne. 1. Any of several compositions having a dance-like quality Labels: capitalized, often
Word: pitapat Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of pit-a-pat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pitapat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pit-a-pat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pitapat Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of pit-a-pat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: air pollutant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance that gives rise to air pollution
Word: pit-a-pat Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. 1. Representing a series of quick tapping sounds. Example: Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, the bullets kept falling and stirring up little puffs of dust on the open ground in front of the zeriba. Example: “Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat!”—On go the thousands of feet; on to the movie and on to the dance; on to the office, the club and the bank.
Word: pit-a-pat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate
Word: pit-a-pat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. A series of quick tapping sounds
Word: pit-a-pat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Imitative. 1. With a quick tapping sound Labels: not-comparable Example: “Only a scraping of shoes on the mat? / “Anything like the sound of a rat / “Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!”
Word: pit-a-pat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Imitative. 1. Characterized by quick tapping sounds; palpitating. Example: The chesnut ringlets were speedily twitched from the confining paper, her Sunday hat, gown, and neckerchief bustled on in a moment, and wondering what he would say, and how she should feel and behave on the trying occasion, she descended with a pit-a-pat heart, and a cheek covered with burning blushes. Example: The pit-a-pat heart of a susceptible girl of sixteen, tells her that a gentleman is a tall fellow with a fine military cap on his head; […]
Word: furriner Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of foreigner. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: 1853, John Greenleaf Whittier, Yankee Gypsies, I took this 'ere paper, you see, to help a poor furriner, who could n't make himself understood any more than a wild goose. Example: Thar ain't no place whar you haven't as much right to go ez any other man; thar ain't any man, furriner or Amerykan, young or old, dyed or undyed, ez hev got any better rights.
Word: piteousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English piteous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English piteousness From piteous + -ness. 1. The condition of being piteous Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pithiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pithy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pithiness From pithy + -ness. 1. The condition of being pithy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pitilessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pitiless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pitilessness From pitiless + -ness. 1. The condition of being pitiless Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: placatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pləˈkeɪtəɹi/ 1. That placates; pacifying. Example: While placatory on the hostages, Raja'i dismissed any possibility of a ceasefire in the war.
Word: placekick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From place + kick. 1. A kick of the ball from a stationary position.
Word: placekick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From place + kick. 1. To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of scoring extra points.
Word: placekicker Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who takes a placekick
Word: place-kick Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of placekick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: placidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From placid + -ity, from Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”). Pronunciation: /pləˈsɪd.ə.ti/ 1. The state of being placid; peacefulness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And how could she bear such behaviour! Composure with a witness! to look on, while repeated attentions were offering to another woman, before her face, and not resent it.—That is a degree of placidity, which I can neither comprehend nor respect. Example: Thus, in rapid succession, passed the thoughts of Rosilia, who, endeavouring to assume placidity, once more essayed to express her thanks to Mrs. Melbourne for her kind attentions,[…]
Word: plagiarizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English plagiarize ▲ Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English plagiarizer From plagiarize + -er. 1. A person who plagiarizes something.
Word: plagiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary From Latin plagiārius (“kidnapper, plagiarist”), from plagium (“kidnapping”), probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/ 1. The crime of literary theft; plagiarism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: accounted Plagiary Example: Plagiarie had not its nativity with printing; but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of books ſcarce wanted that invention. 2. A plagiarist. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: He [Ben Jonson] vvas not onely a profeſſed Imitator of Horace, but a learned Plagiary of all the others; you track him every vvhere in their Snovv: […] Example: Without Invention a Painter is but a Copier, and a Poet but a Plagiary of others. 3. A kidnapper. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: plagiary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary From Latin plagiārius (“kidnapper, plagiarist”), from plagium (“kidnapping”), probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/ 1. plagiarizing Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The busy bee is his classical device, and the simile confesses and justifies his plundering propensities; but the plagiary poet who steals ideas is represented by another insect, […]
Word: plainness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plain Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English plainness From plain + -ness. 1. The condition of being plain (in all senses) Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Thy plainness moves me more than eloquence And here choose I. Joy be the consequence! Example: Yet her beauty clung to her like an identity she was trying to deny and her plainness kept slipping like a bad disguise. 2. The product or result of being plain Labels: countable, usually
Word: planeload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plane + load. 1. As much, or as many, as a plane can carry
Word: plantlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English plant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English plantlike From plant + -like. 1. Having characteristics of a plant
Word: readibility Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of readability. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: cumulative effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The state in which a series of repeated actions have an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects; noted especially in the repeated administration of drugs or repeated consumption of trace elements or chemicals that show no immediate effect.
Word: longsuffering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + suffering. 1. Alternative form of long-suffering. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: longsuffering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + suffering. 1. Long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity Labels: uncountable Example: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Word: back catalogue Part of Speech: noun 1. A listing of all the works of a specific artist, or all the books, records, etc. of a specific publisher, including works that are no longer available. 2. The works themselves. Labels: informal Example: The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material. Example: The 21st-century troubadour has to carve out a profile in the digital realm, where they must compete with today’s megastars and the back catalogues of yesterday. The next Dylan has to win audiences over from the original Dylan. Anyone hoping to top British charts in December has to compete with Last Christmas by Wham!, first released in 1984.
Word: cytometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + -metry. 1. The measurement or the counting and classification of cells Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cytometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyto- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to cytometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: sack race Part of Speech: noun 1. A race in which competitors stand in sacks or similar items and try to be the first to jump to the finish line. Example: There's something for the whole family with events including cow pat throwing, sack races, three-legged races and more.
Word: sackable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sack 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 sackable From sack + -able. 1. Sufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator being sacked. Example: This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last year, which is thought to have been the final straw for Gibb […]. Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence".
Word: advertizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From advertize + -er. 1. One who advertizes.
Word: reappointment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English appointment English reappointment From re- + appointment. 1. An act of reappointing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unavailability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English availability English unavailability From un- + availability. 1. The state of being unavailable Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baddy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of baddie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baddies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbædiz/ 1. plural of baddie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbearably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unbearable + -ly or un- + bearably. 1. In an unbearable manner, not bearably, in a way unable to be borne. Example: Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.
Word: centralisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French centralisation, or centralise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: cytometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + -meter. 1. A graduated microscope slide or similar small vessel used for counting or measuring cells 2. An automated device used for the same purpose
Word: Christmases Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Christmas Labels: form-of, plural Example: I spent the last two Christmases abroad, so it's good to be at home this Christmas.
Word: Christmases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Christmas Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jasmonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jasmonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any of several esters of jasmonic acid that act as plant hormones; they are the main component of the smell of jasmine.
Word: uncleanliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English uncleanly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English uncleanliness From uncleanly + -ness. 1. The state of being unclean or dirty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From club + -er. 1. One who partakes in clubbing: one who frequents nightclubs. Example: I'd rather go with my clubber friend Brandon than to have Catherine sleep in my room. 2. One who clubs: one who hits (something or someone) with a club. Example: seal clubber
Word: jasmonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An oxylipin lipid, containing a cyclopentanone ring, related to the prostaglandins; its esters, the jasmonates, are responsible for the smell of jasmine and act as plant hormones Labels: uncountable
Word: oxylipin Part of Speech: noun 1. oxygenated natural products which are formed from fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation; many of them have physiological importance
Word: unconditioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + conditioned. 1. Without conditions; absolute. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not having been conditioned. Labels: not-comparable 3. Not treated with hair conditioner. Labels: not-comparable Example: unconditioned hair
Word: unconditioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uncondition Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cyclopentanone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cyclopentane German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English cyclopentanone From cyclopentane + -one. 1. The cyclic ketone derived from cyclopentane by formal replacement of two hydrogen atoms by an oxygen atom; any derivative of this compound
Word: depts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dept Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undiscussed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English discussed English undiscussed From un- + discussed. 1. Not discussed, not having been put under discussion. Example: But left undiscussed is the core question of why Virgin is whoring itself out like this; the law doesn't require it, and passing on letters from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) won't make an ISP more dosh. Or will it?
Word: trick shot Part of Speech: noun 1. An unconventional shot of the balls to show off or pot an otherwise impossible ball. 2. a type of shot, often performed with a sniper rifle, to show off a player's skill
Word: bulle Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of bull. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: disyllabicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disyllabic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English disyllabicity From disyllabic + -ity. 1. The state or characteristic of having two syllables. Labels: uncountable
Word: learnèd Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of learned. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dolphinarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dolphin + -arium. Pronunciation: /dɒl.fɪˈnɛəɹ.i.əm/, /dɑl.fɪˈnɛəɹ.i.əm/ 1. An aquarium that houses dolphins. Example: Within these dolphinaria there is a fluctuating population of approximately 57 dolphins. Example: The dolphinarium's scientific research results added to its international reputation and resulted in a 1992 award by the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA).
Word: quantum ferrofluid Part of Speech: noun 1. A superfluid quantum gas composed of polarized electric or magnetic dipoles
Word: axoneme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”) + νῆμα (nêma, “thread”). 1. A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile
Word: isotope signature Part of Speech: noun 1. An isotopic signature
Word: isotopic signature Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of ratios of the abundances of different isotopes of specified elements in a sample, used as a diagnostic test of the sample's origin, or of its age
Word: thrombectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thrombectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thrombocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thrombocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thrombosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thrombose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thrombosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thrombose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: emboli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embolus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embolisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embolism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auguries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of augury Labels: form-of, plural Example: The auguries, to be frank, are not good. The theme of the conference is “opportunity”.
Word: auguring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of augur Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: augured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of augur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arachnomancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arachno- + -mancer. 1. One who practices arachnomancy.
Word: arachnomancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arachnomancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: futsal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese futsal, a blend of futebol de salão (literally “hall football”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtsæl/ 1. A form of soccer played indoors, with five players per team. Labels: uncountable
Word: Lù Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 陸／陆 (Lù). 1. A surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, see 陸／陆 (Lù). Example: An ancient tea tree and Lù Yǔ, the author of Chá by a goatherd. Example: As Lù Xíxìng puts it, 'as for phonophores, Chữ Nôm appears rather lax, and allows graphic simplification, rather like the “graphs with simplified phonetic” (shěngshēngzì 省聲字) in Chinese.'
Word: ignorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ignorer From ignore + -er. 1. One who ignores. Example: THESE days it seems to me, a passionate ignorer of football, that all anyone can talk about around here are the Green Bay Packers.
Word: legionaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of legionnaire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sternutatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”). Pronunciation: /stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/, /stɝːˈnuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/ 1. That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative. Example: When the gut protrudes and will not remain in its place, scrape the finest and most compact silphium (assafoetida?) into small pieces and apply as a cataplasm, and apply a sternutatory medicine to the nose and provoke sneezing
Word: sternutatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”). Pronunciation: /stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/, /stɝːˈnuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/ 1. Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator
Word: high and mighty Part of Speech: adj 1. Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing. Labels: figuratively Example: The high and mighty are to be found at the Fairlawn Country Club on pleasant afternoons. Example: Ever since she was placed in the gifted program, she's become so high and mighty that no one wants to be near her. 2. A courtesy title applied to members of the States General of the Dutch Republic. Labels: historical Example: To the High and Migthie Lords States-Generall at The Haghe. (…) Most High and Mightie Lords, After I had my dispatch from the king of Barbary Muley Sidan, the same day I was to embarke, came to me the alkaid of Saffia with a packet of letters directed to Your High and Mightie Lords, whearin one (as he told me) for the king of Frannce, which he said the King commanded him to deliver unto me with his owne hands, and that I lykewise should deliver them my selfe. Example: High and Mighty Lords, My lords, I could not omit adviſing of your high and mighty lordſhips, that here arrived two ambaſſadors from the great duke of Muſcovy, who have yet had no audience, it being but four days ſince.
Word: high and mighty Part of Speech: noun 1. An arrogant or self-important person. Labels: idiomatic Example: My connection with these high-and-mighties ought to be purely professional, and so, in a manner, it is, but on the top of it I find myself drawn into a full-blooded, old haunted house mystery that takes me clean out of my depth.
Word: throwe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of throw. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: throwe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of throw. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dead or alive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From usage in wanted posters in the 19th century American West and, especially in popular drama about the American West in that period. 1. Either dead or alive. Labels: not-comparable 2. Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wanted: dead or alive.
Word: compassionate conservativism Part of Speech: noun 1. Misconstruction of compassionate conservatism. Labels: alt-of, misconstruction, uncountable
Word: obovate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- (“inverse”) + ovate (“egg-shaped”). 1. Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base.
Word: open letter Part of Speech: noun 1. A letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read. Example: For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris. Example: More than 60 rail supply business leaders signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak on May 9 urging him to bring forward the bill which would formally establish GBR.
Word: suicide watch Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of monitoring of someone, especially a prisoner deemed likely to commit suicide, to ensure they do not attempt suicide. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: be on suicide watch Example: put someone on suicide watch
Word: royal family Part of Speech: noun 1. The family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state.
Word: Montpelier Part of Speech: name Etymology: The cities in Vermont and Kentucky were named after Montpellier, France, despite the spelling difference in the modern spellings; and it is likely that many others were also named after that French city. The city in Iowa was named after the city in Vermont, and it is likely that at least some others were also named in that fashion (i.e., one U.S. city after another U.S. city). Pronunciation: /mɔntˈpiliɚ/, /mɒntˈpiːlɪə/, /mɑntˈpɪljɚ/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 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 village in Saint James parish, Jamaica. 14. A village in north-east County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 6666). 15. A suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5974). 16. An area of Brighton, East Sussex, England.
Word: picturing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of picture Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: picturing Part of Speech: noun 1. depiction Example: Time fleeted on; but time ne'er dimmed / The picturings of the heart.
Word: admiralcy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr) Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis Latin admīrorinflu. Medieval Latin admirālisder. Old French admiralder. Middle English admiral English admiral English -cy English admiralcy From admiral + -cy. 1. The rank of admiral. Example: The grant of the hereditory Admiralcy diverted his energies to a barren field. Example: He was impresed by the Governor's governorship and the admiral's admiralcy (Carter had been an ensign in World War 1)...
Word: chipolata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chipolata, from Italian cipollata (“onion confit”), itself from cipolla (“onion”). Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɪpəˈlɑːtə/ 1. A type of sausage from Europe, typically of seasoned coarsely ground pork.
Word: psephocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pseph- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English psephocracy From pseph- + -o- + -cracy. Pronunciation: /psɪˈfɒkɹəsi/, /psiːˈfɒkɹəsi/, /psɛˈfɒkɹəsi/, /psiˈfɑkɹəsi/ 1. Government by ballot-elected representatives; representative democracy. Often contrasted with democracy, with which it is unfavourably compared for its lack of demotic participation in the political process outside of elections. Labels: uncountable Example: How then did Britain […] become a democracy? […] It never did... What we do have is representative government, or the rule of the ballot-box, or (in one word) psephocracy. […] Psephocracy on the British model has been extended, thanks to the advice of British psephocrats, to a couple of dozen nations. Example: For, true democracy — the acme of good government — and not psephocracy, has its exemplar in all traditional governments of different regions of Black Africa. Our ancestors had ever gone through the charades of resisting unusual dictatorial system of authority asserted by any chief over the community. […] An example of our fathers’ democracy was Kgotla which was recently dispensed with few months ago in Bechuanaland to be replaced with the old fashioned pantomime psephocracy.
Word: double-crosser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From double-cross + -er. 1. One who double-crosses; a traitor.
Word: double-crossers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double-crosser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haggish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hag Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English haggish From hag + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡɪʃ/ 1. Like a hag.