nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: viridian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin viridis, from the verb vireō (“be verdant, sprout”). 1. Of a bluish green colour. Example: spring sweeps the wood’s cathedral nave with the green fury of a wave, till oak and elm and beech and ash in one viridian comber crash, while at their feet red vetches shine, sharp, and cold, and coralline. Example: We walked out on to a balcony, looking down on the bright green fields, the grey-blue river lined with viridian poplars, and the red earth paths where the peasants were driving their animals […]
Word: Wedgwood blue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Josiah Wedgwood, who used this color for pottery. 1. A pale, gray-blue color. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Wedgwood blue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after Josiah Wedgwood, who used this color for pottery. 1. Of a pale, gray-blue color. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ass-backward Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ass-backwards. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ass backwards Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ass-backwards. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ass backward Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ass-backwards. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bass-ackward Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bass-ackwards. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tweeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From to tweet + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtwitɚ/, /ˈtwiːtə/ 1. An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound. 2. One who or that which makes a tweeting noise. Example: The little tweeter birds that had kept her company this morning were now absent, leaving nothing but the whisper of the trees as a light breeze gently wandered by. 3. One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter. Example: The latest addition to these daily outpourings are suggested tweets to circulate. Fortunately I am not a tweeter, so I swiftly delete all these unread. 4. A poster on a microblogging social networking service. Labels: broadly
Word: subwoofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English woof English -er English woofer English subwoofer From sub- + woofer. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbˌwʊf.ə/, /ˈsʌbˌwʊf.əɹ/, /ˈsɐbˌwʊf.ə/, /ˈsɐbˌwʊf.ɐ/, /ˈsʌbˌwʉf.əɹ/ 1. A loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially subbass. Example: Hip-hop took the language and made it graffiti—it was music video on a wall with a beatbox blowing its subwoofers next to it. Example: Even economy vehicles offer multispeaker audio upgrades, including a subwoofer.
Word: continuo Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of basso continuo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: continuo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish continuo, ellipsis of hombre continuo (“constant and steadfast man”), from Latin continuus (“constant, continuous”). 1. A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings. Labels: historical
Word: pop the cherry Part of Speech: verb 1. To break the hymen. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar 2. To lose one's virginity. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, slang
Word: the other day Part of Speech: adv 1. Recently; lately; a few days ago. Labels: idiomatic Example: I was in San Francisco just the other day. Example: Uh-oh. I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse. 2. The day before yesterday. Labels: Philippines
Word: the other day Part of Speech: noun 1. the day before yesterday. Labels: Philippines
Word: contravene Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French contravenir (French contrevenir), from Latin contraveniō. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/ 1. To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation. Labels: transitive Example: […] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God, Example: […] this Article directly contravenes the Treaty with Portugal […] 2. To deny the truth of something. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1653, William Birchley, The Christian Moderator, Part 3, London: Richard Lowndes, p. 7, […] to make the contravening of Doctrines, to be capitall, before they be fully proved, is prejudiciall to that liberty, without which none can justify himself before God or Man: Example: To contravene positions, that have been discussed again and again by writers of the first genius and erudition, and to disparage the genuineness of the bible histories wholly and indiscriminately, without some precision of investigation, some specific allegations, founded on the report of authentic documents, is intolerable arrogance […]
Word: dove gray Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dove grey. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: dove gray Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dove grey. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: a dove gray color
Word: caesarean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Caesar + -ean, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Caesarean. Labels: alt-of
Word: Mafia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mafia, of uncertain origin. In the first instance, it is not clear whether the lemma in question is a Sicilian exonym or endonym, since written and oral sources on this term are scarce, the etymology remains uncertain and it's worthy of further investigation. It is possibly a regional term of the then recently established Kingdom of Italy; thus the meaning "spirit of hostility to the law" could be just derivative. The hypotheses put forward have been varied, but not very convincing from a reconstructive point of view. See Sicilian mafia for more. See, also, the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word. Doublet of mafiya. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑfi.ə/, /ˈmæfi.ə/ 1. The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one). 2. The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one). Example: Somehow he managed to upset the Russian Mafia.
Word: Mafia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mafia, of uncertain origin. In the first instance, it is not clear whether the lemma in question is a Sicilian exonym or endonym, since written and oral sources on this term are scarce, the etymology remains uncertain and it's worthy of further investigation. It is possibly a regional term of the then recently established Kingdom of Italy; thus the meaning "spirit of hostility to the law" could be just derivative. The hypotheses put forward have been varied, but not very convincing from a reconstructive point of view. See Sicilian mafia for more. See, also, the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word. Doublet of mafiya. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑfi.ə/, /ˈmæfi.ə/ 1. A social deduction party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered".
Word: goodfella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From good + fella. Popularized by the American crime film Goodfellas (1990). 1. A gangster, especially one in the Mafia. Labels: US, slang Example: Was Anthony Mirra a wiseguy then? […] If Mirra wasn't a good fellow at the time you was there, his argument is no good. Example: […] according to law enforcement, the boss of the largest crime family in the country, some 300 wise guys, good fellows, good guys, button men, made guys—sworn members of the family—and 1,000 and 1,500 associated members.
Word: cartesian distance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Cartesian distance. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: catch-22 Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Catch-22. Labels: alt-of Example: Research on Esperanto is accompanied by a dilemma that has the character of a catch-22 situation. Example: Passengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet then fall foul of the penalty fare regime.
Word: fankle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots fankle, (compare English fangle), equivalent to fank (“coil, noose, vang”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Doublet of fangle. Pronunciation: /ˈfæŋkəl/ 1. To tangle or entangle. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: fankle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots fankle, (compare English fangle), equivalent to fank (“coil, noose, vang”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Doublet of fangle. Pronunciation: /ˈfæŋkəl/ 1. A tangled condition. Example: But sometimes they didn't go the way they should - and jammed, and each one behind it started to jam too, and I had to work like a madman to catch up, before the anchor-chain fouled into a fankle […]
Word: christian name Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Christian name. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: —Now you ſee, brother Toby, he would ſay, looking up, “that chriſtian names are not ſuch indifferent things;”—had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity—Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name—far from it—’tis ſomething better than a neutral, and but a little—yet little as it is, you ſee it was of ſome ſervice to him. Example: This was all overheard by Miss Dashwood; and in the whole of the sentence, in his manner of pronouncing it, and in his addressing her sister by her christian name alone, she instantly saw an intimacy so decided, a meaning so direct, as marked a perfect agreement between them.
Word: sais Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi (Hindustani), from Arabic سَائِس (sāʔis, “stableman, groom”), from سَاس (sās, “to tend a horse”). Pronunciation: /saɪs/ 1. A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. Labels: India Example: Not one of them [horse dealers] will venture a horse, he is about to sell, in the stables of the intended purchaser, unless attended by one of his own syces, or grooms, who both knows and is known by the animal. If the horse be very old, or naturally dull, the syce takes care to ply him with spices and other stimulants; and if vicious, opium, and other anodynes are given; so that the horse is absolutely in a state of disguise. Example: 4th Troop 1st Brigade—3 rank and file, 1 syce, 17 horses, killed; […] 2. usually syce: chauffeur, driver. Labels: dated Example: House servants are usually either Chinese or Tamil, the former predominating, especially in towns of any size. The domestic staff will in general consist of a houseboy (in large establishments two houseboys), a water carrier (tukang ayer), whose duties include washing dishes and preparing baths, a cook, a gardener, a chauffeur or sais, and perhaps an ayah (if Chinese, amah) or two, according to the size of the family. Example: [A]fter their first few days there he had hired a syce, a Malay chauffeur. The syce, who had been squatting down, sheltering in the shade of the car, jumped to his feet at their approach, opening the doors for them with an efficient flourish.
Word: sais Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of says. Pronunciation: /seɪz/ 1. Used to represent a nonstandard pronunciation of says. Example: 'Yes,' sais I, 'what's left of me; but, good gracious,' sais I, 'you have got the 'heaves.' I hope it ain't catchin'. Example: Well, he tak some young man un he go off to Alsaroke to steal horse, un I seet roun' un watch dat woman. She watch me. Pretty soon camp was hunt de buffalo, un I was hunt Snow-Owl's woman. Every one was excite, un dey don' tak no 'count of me. I see de woman go up leetle coulie for stray horse, un I follar her. I sais, 'How do? You come be my woman. We run off to Meestar MacDonnail's tradehouse.' […] She sais she afraid.
Word: peridot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English peritot, from Anglo-Norman peridou, peridout, Middle French perido, peridon, of uncertain origin; later reborrowed from modern French péridot. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dɒt/, /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dəʊ/, /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.dɑt/, /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.doʊ/ 1. A transparent olive green form of olivine, used as a gem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gem-quality olivine is known as peridot, which has a subtle green light all its own. Example: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […]. (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.) 2. A yellow-green color, like that of the peridot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bf Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of boyfriend. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: This bf style is sooo comfy; it's super oversized and the waffle material is ideal for all the chill days around the corner. PS: get the shorts, too. 2. Initialism of best friend. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of boldface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of breastfeeding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The question I have is that my 3 yr old seems to show an interest in bf now that I'm bf the baby. Example: I have read and my pediatrician said that infants receive the greatest benefit from bf for a one year period, and after that nutritional and immunity benefits begin to diminish.
Word: bf Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of breastfeed or its inflections. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Hi, I have a 4 month old son who I'm bf. I also have a 3 yr old son. I was never able to bf my 3 yr old after the first week because I was hospitalized with a uterine infection and put on IV antibiotics. […] The question I have is that my 3 yr old seems to show an interest in bf now that I'm bf the baby. Example: I'm planning to bf my son until he is 6 mos. old. I've noticed from the postings that some bf their children well into the toddler years.
Word: rhyming slang Part of Speech: noun 1. Any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it, the rhyming word often being dropped. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tannic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French acide tannique, introduced 1834 by the French chemist Théophile-Jules Pelouze. 1. Any of various complex phenols extracted from the bark or galls of trees and used in tanning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Its salts resemble those of caffeina. The tannate is soluble in an excess of tannic acid, in alcohol and boiling water.
Word: counterclockwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From counter- + clock + -wise. 1. In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: The combination unit was traversing a straight section of roadway, on an approximate 4 percent upgrade, when the tractor began to jackknife. As the power unit rotated clockwise, it left the roadway to the right and traveled several feet before the driver corrected the jackknife. The unit was redirected toward the travel lanes, however, before it re-entered the roadway, it rotated counterclockwise, and the driver lost control. Example: The obliquities of the equators of (134340) Pluto and (134340) Pluto: I Charon to the orbit of their barycenter around the Sun are large enough that the poles they rotate about in a counterclockwise direction are on the south side of the invariable plane.
Word: counterclockwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + clock + -wise. 1. Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable
Word: strings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɹɪŋz/ 1. plural of string Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɹɪŋz/ 1. Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Conditions, especially undesirable ones. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: It looks like a good offer, but there are strings attached.
Word: strings Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹɪŋz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of string Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attached Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of attach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attached Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. Connected; joined. 2. Fond of (used with to). Example: I'm very attached to my pets. 3. Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication). Example: Please see the attached file in my previous email. 4. In a romantic or sexual relationship. Example: As far as I know, he isn't attached, so I'm going to invite him out on a date. Example: I'm not ready to get attached, as I want to continue sleeping around. 5. Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent. Example: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent. 6. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
Word: obligations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑb.ləˈɡeɪ.ʃənz/ 1. plural of obligation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frankfurter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Frankfurter, the demonym of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-am-Main. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːtəː/, /ˈfɹæŋkfɝɾɚ/, /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝɾɚ/, /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝɾɚ/ 1. A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry. Labels: Canada, UK, US
Word: Frankfurter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Frankfurter. Equivalent to Frankfurt + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Frankfurt, state of Hesse, Germany.
Word: crib board Part of Speech: noun 1. cribbage board Labels: informal
Word: BF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of boyfriend. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Fishy2: You are in New York? I really can't travel. SNasties: That's not a problem, my bf and I can travel. Example: It's not as if I was a slapper or anything like that, I just didn't want the hassle of a bf. 2. Initialism of best friend. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of bloody fool. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, slang Example: You really are a B.F., Arthur. 4. Initialism of bisexual female. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of black female. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 6. Initialism of bodyfat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of booking fee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 8. Initialism of breastfeeding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Am I the only one here?? Whenever I start feeding Matthew I feel like I'm making others uncomfortable. Example: I've BF'd *everywhere* - partly because I have little choice if I don' twant^([sic]) to be locked in a hotel room, and if anyone gives me a "look" at all, it's a smile, tho probably not due to BF but to the baby I'm carrying.
Word: BF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Burkina Faso. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Battlefield, an FPS video game series. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Ellipsis of BF Homes. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: BF Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of breastfeed or its inflections. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Now I am sitting here 6 months on, and he is still breastfeeding and I hate that I have absolutely no support (other then from DH who is GREAT) and I have no other mum around who has BFed more then 6 months. I feel so alone and isolated (I know that sounds stupid) I have no one I can talk to about it as its considered wierd to BFed this long. Example: I've BF'd *everywhere* - partly because I have little choice if I don' twant^([sic]) to be locked in a hotel room, and if anyone gives me a "look" at all, it's a smile, tho probably not due to BF but to the baby I'm carrying.
Word: BF Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of brought forward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: trade magazine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: trade (“a group of people engaged in a craft”) + magazine (“serial publication”) 1. A magazine dedicated to the dissemination of information related to a particular industry.
Word: trade newspaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: trade (n def2) in the sense of a group of people engaged in a craft + newspaper 1. A newspaper dedicated to the dissemination of information related to a particular industry.
Word: bacchanalian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable Example: Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.
Word: bacchanalian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian. Labels: alt-of Example: With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
Word: pwn3d Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pwned. Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative
Word: Gurkha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”), from गोरखा (gorakhā)/गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gorkha District”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”) an epithet of the patron deity Gorakhnath, from गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”). 1. A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora. 2. A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.
Word: Gurkha Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Nepali गोर्खा (gorkhā, “inhabitant of Gorkha”), from गोरखा (gorakhā)/गोर्खा (gorkhā, “Gorkha District”), from Sanskrit गोरक्ष (gorakṣa, “cowherd”) an epithet of the patron deity Gorakhnath, from गो (go, “cow”) + रक्ष् (rakṣ, “protect”). 1. Referring or belonging to the Gurkha people. Example: The Gurkha royal house of Shah united all Nepal under its rule 2. Referring or belonging to Gurkha soldiers. Example: In 2009, Gurkha veterans were awarded better terms in the UK
Word: flautist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian flauto Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. Italian -ista Italian flautistabor. English flautist Borrowed from Italian flautista. Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːtɪst/, /ˈflaʊtɪst/ 1. One who plays the flute. Example: The flautist Bezaly adds to the impressive list of flute concertos dedicated to her with the composer Pulkkis’s contribution to the genre.
Word: flutist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle French flutiste, equivalent to flute + -ist. Replaced Middle English flouter (“flute player”) from Old French flauteur. 1. Alternative form of flautist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: GED Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of general education degree/diploma. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of General Educational Development. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: He’d had the thought of getting his GED in the back of his mind for a while.
Word: silver goal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on the earlier golden goal. 1. The first goal scored during the first half of extra time, giving victory to the scoring side at the end of the half-time, if this rule is in effect and the scoring side is leading.
Word: horse of a different color Part of Speech: noun 1. An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: "Against physical danger I am willing to offer myself at any time to your Highness . . . . But to walk straight into jail, with my eyes open, that's a horse of a different color."
Word: Sitz im Leben Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Sitz im Leben. 1. sociological setting Labels: uncountable
Word: areola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole. Pronunciation: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/, /ˌæ.ɹiˈəʊ.lə/, /ˌɛɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/, /ˌæɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/ 1. The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae. Example: Working with the Personal Genome Project, she has collected measurements and images of the areolas of 150 people so far. One initial finding is that the diameter of the areola seems unrelated to the number of areola glands — the small bumps in the skin surrounding the nipple. 2. Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple. Labels: broadly 3. Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue. Example: The tubes or elongated spaces of which we have spoken, are not distended with any fluid, but are merely moistened in the same way as the areolas of ordinary areolar tissue. 4. Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens. 5. Small patches, bearing the spines and glochids characteristic of the stems of cacti. Example: Every pulvillus or areola is studded with from six to eight spines... From these pulvilli, also called spiniferous areola, or very close to it, burst the young bud or flower. If the latter, it is then called the floriferous areola, and the point where the epidermis bursts is of a deep pink tinge.
Word: give someone the slip Part of Speech: verb 1. To evade, escape, or get away from somebody. Labels: idiomatic Example: The police chased the suspect for two days before he finally gave them the slip and vanished. Example: One way or another I'm gonna lose ya, I'm gonna give you the slip.
Word: Apocalypticism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of apocalypticism. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: otic bone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From otic + bone. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊtɪk bəʊn/, /ˈotɪk bəʊn/ 1. A bone inside the ear. Example: The otic bones include the tympanic bulla, the periotic, and the three auditory ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes).
Word: apocalypticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apocalyptic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English apocalypticism From apocalyptic + -ism. Pronunciation: /əˌpɒ.kəˈlɪp.tɪˌsɪz.əm/, /əˌpɔk.əˈlɪp.təˌsɪ.zəm/ 1. A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: China's huge scale magnified the effects of apocalypticism in the Taipeng Rebellion.
Word: Britannia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany. Pronunciation: /bɹɪˈtæn.jə/, /bɹɪˈtæn.i.ə/, /bɹɪˈtæn.ɪ.ə/ 1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom. Example: Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves / Britons never, never shall be slaves Example: I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident. 2. A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain. Labels: historical 3. A number of places in Canada: 4. A number of places in Canada: 5. A number of places in Canada: 6. A number of places in Canada: 7. A number of places in Canada: 8. A number of places in Canada: 9. A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821). 10. A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390). 11. Ellipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: overspent Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overspend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overspent Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhausted; excessively fatigued.
Word: AFAIR Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of as far as I recall/remember. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Near-synonym: IIRC Example: In the same thread (and others as well) it was stated and AFAIR never withspoken, that light 'climbing out a gravity well' redshifts, thus looses^([sic]) energy, but not speed (and vice versa falling in).
Word: ectropion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκτρόπιον (ektrópion). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈtɹəʊpiən/ 1. A condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A condition of the cervix, characterized by the cells of the endocervix being present in the location of the ectocervix. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.təʊˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/, /ˌɔː.təˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/, /ˌɑːtoʊˈlɑːd͡ʒɪkəl/, /ˌɑːtəˈlɑːd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Possessing the property it describes. Labels: not-comparable, phrase Example: The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not. Example: Because the word short is in fact short, it is considered autological.
Word: heterological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, heterology + -ical. 1. Of a word, not describing itself. Labels: not-comparable Example: The words ultrashort and onomatopoeia are heterological: ultrashort might be called short but is not an ultrashort word, and onomatopoeia is not an onomatopoeic word. Example: A paradox arises when we ask, "Is the word 'heterological' heterological." If it is, it is not. If it is not, it is. 2. Not true of itself. Labels: not-comparable Example: A further instance of the uncertainty of Prof. Bergmann's views on the subject of negation, is the distinction (considered by him as at least supposable) between " nicht-richtig " and "unrichtig" (§21,5.). This is done, of course, in order to put a " heterological " meaning into his Axiom of Excluded Middle, Example: It is the dream of a purely heterological thought at its source. A pure thought of pure difference. 3. Not of shared ancestral origin. Labels: not-comparable Example: The normally situated non-transplanted gonads have the best chance of being able to absorb these substances, for which reason heterological (perhaps also homological) gonads, transplanted on normal organisms, can not get enough of these substances and therefore perish. Example: Growth indices from density and extension of the zones of emigration in explants of rat bone-marrow on addition of various heterological tissue as against the controls. 4. Supporting or attracted to otherness. Labels: not-comparable Example: That is why it could only have a multitude of names, could only be expressed by the lexical extravagance to which it inevitably leads heterological practice and, as such, does not escape the substitutive discourse. Eroticism is just one of the names of heterological impulse at work — Incomplete through the metonymic effect of the copula — throughout The Caesarean Incomplete. Example: Bataille's writings in mythical anthropology from the late 1920s already associated the name Sade with a heterological interpretation of erotic expenditure. 5. Having or supporting multiple interpretations. Labels: not-comparable Example: Indeed, Godzich has situated de Certeau in a heterological tradition, a scholarly tradition in opposition to the hegemonical tradition which has dominated western intellectual thinking. Scholars in the heterological tradition relativise scholarship and point to the constraints enforced by the contemporary social context on the production of truth. Example: Postcolonial theory provides yet another binarity: (ethnic) majority/minority, or imperialistic/ indigenous, yet another aspect of power hierarchy. Therefore I choose in discussions of gender to speak of heterological rather than feminist or queer analysis.
Word: cultural literacy Part of Speech: noun 1. Knowledge of and ability to discuss the history of and major concepts underlying a culture, particularly one's own and those of one's peers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.
Word: box-office bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it. Labels: informal Example: The story organization is acquiring a lot of downbeat, disgusting properties like ALL FALL DOWN (which turned into an awful box-office bomb) and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (which will do the same thing .
Word: motion picture Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈməʊʃən ˈpɪktʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A sequence of images depicting people or objects in motion, preserved on a recording medium and capable of being projected for viewing. Example: Some technical knowledge of cameras and lighting is needed to create a motion picture. Example: The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect – just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window. 2. A movie. Example: Gone with the Wind is my favorite motion picture.
Word: motion picture Part of Speech: name Labels: no-gloss
Word: WBAGNFARB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of would be a good name for a rock band. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: "Disingenuous Bystanders" WBAGNFARB Example: Flaming Tacos WBAGNFARB!
Word: poseuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A female poseur.
Word: doomsday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”). Pronunciation: /ˈduːmz.deɪ/ 1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution. Labels: Judaism, capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable 3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: doomsday Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”). Pronunciation: /ˈduːmz.deɪ/ 1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction. Labels: not-comparable 2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away." 3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: judgement day Part of Speech: noun 1. The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits. Labels: Judaism, capitalized, sometimes Example: If God's a-coming, he ought to make it by then / Maybe he'll look around himself and say / “Guess it's time for the judgement day!” Example: But when I woke up this morning / I could have sworn it was judgement day
Word: funnily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English funny Middle English -ly English -ly English funnily From funny + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnəli/ 1. In a funny or amusing manner. Example: In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […] 2. In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence. Example: Who, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough. Example: It hurts to swallow and to eat . . . sometimes, I find myself breathing funnily. The doctors have not found anything, even after the X-ray, but I feel that there is something physically wrong . . .
Word: East Tennessee Part of Speech: name 1. A geographical and political region in the Eastern third section of Tennessee (United States). It includes the cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Word: extance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin extantia, exstantia (“a standing out”), from exstans, present participle. See extant. 1. Emergence. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: He […] who hath in his intellect the ideal existences of things and entities before their extances.
Word: Art Deco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Art déco, first used in the catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, France, in 1966. Art déco is a clipping of arts décoratifs (“decorative arts”) (from the name of an exhibition called L’Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris in 1925), from arts (plural of art (“art”)) + décoratifs (plural of décoratif (“decorative”)). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːɹt ˈdɛkəʊ/, /ˌɑɹt ˈdɛkoʊ/ 1. A style of decorative art (often used in household objects) and architecture originating in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by bold geometric forms, strong contrasting colours, and simple composition. Labels: also, attributive Example: A pair of Armada flagons were bought for £1,900 and a four-piece Art Deco tea set on a matching tray was sold at £1,500. Example: These properties reflect the wide variety of resources that represent the American heritage. They include skyscrapers in Chicago and mining structures in Alaska; prehistoric petroglyphs in Nevada and World War II fortifications in Guam; a district of art deco buildings in Miami and a district of prominent artists' and writers' homes in Santa Fe.
Word: rite of passage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rite + of + passage, a calque of French rite de passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909). Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/, [ˌɹaɪɾ‿əv-] 1. A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person's life to another. Example: The passage through the jambs would thus signify regeneration or new birth, which was to be followed by either sacrifice or by the purifying rite of passage through the fire; for although the passages are so narrow that they could not be used as ordinary gates, they were wide enough for this purpose, for the sacrificial victims were always youthful. Example: The so-called rites of passage, which occupy such a prominent place in the life of a primitive society (ceremonials of birth, naming, puberty, marriage, burial, etc.), are distinguished by formal, and usually very severe, exercises of severance, whereby the mind is radically cut away from the attitudes, attachments, and life patterns of the stage being left behind. 2. Any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage in a person's life to another. Labels: broadly Example: After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first beer. This is a common American rite of passage. Example: In the final, affirming piece, "They Tell Me...Now I Know," the girlchild narrator begins menstruation, thus undergoing her rite of passage into womanhood.
Word: pentatonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English pentatonic From penta- + tonic. 1. Based on five tones. Labels: not-comparable Example: The middle movement is completely pentatonic, giving it an unusual sound.
Word: pentatonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English pentatonic From penta- + tonic. 1. The pentatonic scale.
Word: dance floor Part of Speech: noun 1. A large floor, usually made of hardwood, used primarily for dancing. Example: I bet that you look good on the dancefloor / I don't know if you're looking for romance or / I don't know what you're looking for
Word: cocoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”). Pronunciation: /kəˈkuːn/ 1. The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within. 2. Any similar protective case. Labels: also, figuratively Example: The bad guys generally don’t like to get on trains, because they’re trapped on a moving cocoon that the CTA controls.
Word: cocoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”). Pronunciation: /kəˈkuːn/ 1. To envelop in a protective case. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: Vern grabbed the throw draped over the back of the sofa and cocooned herself within it. 2. To withdraw into such a case. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive
Word: staple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ 1. A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade. Example: For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool. 2. Place of supply; source. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news. Whenever there was a rumour that anything important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head. 3. The principal commodity produced in a town or region. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The old staple of coal is a declining traffic; and what remains tends to be hauled a shorter distance, as new power stations are sited closer to coalfields. 4. A basic or essential supply. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures. 5. A recurring topic, character, or item. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lurid stories are a staple of tabloid journalism. Example: In most countries, rubbish makes headlines only when it is not collected, and stinking sacks lie heaped on the streets. In Britain bins are a front-page staple. 6. Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tow is flax with short staple. 7. Unmanufactured material; raw material. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: staple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ 1. To sort according to its staple. Labels: transitive Example: to staple cotton
Word: staple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ 1. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities. Labels: not-comparable Example: a staple town 2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled. Labels: not-comparable Example: a staple trade Example: To ruin with worse ware our staple trade 3. Fit to be sold; marketable. Labels: not-comparable Example: What needy writer would not solicit to work under such masters, who will pay us beforehand, take off as much of our ware as we please, at our own rates, and trouble not themselves to examine, either before or after they have bought it, whether it be staple, or not. 4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. Labels: not-comparable Example: wool, the great staple commodity of England Example: The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.