nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: UNICEF Part of Speech: name Etymology: Acronym of its original name, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Now officially United Nations Children's Fund. Pronunciation: /ˈju.niˌsɛf/ 1. An agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Example: The UNICEF was established in December 1946 by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. […] To present an adequate picture of the problem which the Committee on Foreign Affairs faced during the Eighty-first Congress in connection with the UNICEF, the background of congressional action in the Eightieth Congress is necessary. Example: According to UNICEF, SII’s delivery delays are a major reason why the COVAX rollout is so behind schedule, along with vaccine nationalism, limited production capacity and a lack of funding. COVAX should have already delivered 170 million total doses, UNICEF said.
Word: UNAMIR Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: parasitology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English parasitology From parasite + -ology. 1. The study of parasites. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: TRIPS Part of Speech: name 1. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
Word: brood parasite Part of Speech: noun 1. An animal - bird, fish or insect - that relies on other species to raise their young.
Word: parasitism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parasite + -ism. Cognate with French parasitisme and Portuguese and Spanish parasitismo. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəs(a)ɪˌtɪzm̩/ 1. Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A similar interaction between people or things. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: We accused her of parasitism in taking his hard-earned money for new dresses. Example: These devices' energy consumption is parasitism upon the electrical grid.
Word: bricks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹɪks/ 1. plural of brick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bricks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perceptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio. Pronunciation: /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/, /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/ 1. Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned. Example: Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
Word: perceptible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio. Pronunciation: /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/, /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/ 1. Anything that can be perceived.
Word: sensed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sense Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sensed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a specified number or kind of senses. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Humans are five-sensed beings, having touch, taste, sight, hearing, and smell.
Word: discerned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɝnd/, /dɪˈsɜːnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of discern Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: introspective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intro "inward, within" (see intro-) + Latin specere "look at". Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛktɪv/, /ˌɪntɹəˈspektɪv/ 1. Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself. Example: All of a sudden Syme, who was standing as if blind with introspective thought, swung round and cried out, like a man waking from sleep—
Word: German measles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First described and distinguished from rubeola, red measles by the German doctor Friedrich Hoffmann in 1740 1. Rubella. Labels: offensive, plural, plural-only, possibly
Word: cognoscenti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cognoscente, from Latin cognōscere (“to know, become aware of”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒ.njəˈʃɛn.ti/, /ˌkɒɡ.nəˈʃɛn.ti/, /ˌkanəˈsɛn.ti/ 1. plural of cognoscente Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lassa fever Part of Speech: noun 1. An acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure. Labels: uncountable Example: When he showed up in A & E with a cough and chest pain later that evening, the doctor on call suspected Lassa fever and asked that he be transferred to Ifẹ̀ for isolation.
Word: invidious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + videō (“to see”); the meaning developed from “look back at” to “look askance at” to “envy.” Doublet of envious, from Old French. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/ 1. Causing ill will, envy, or offense. Example: To think highly of ourselves in comparison with others, to assume by our own authority that precedence which none is willing to grant, must be always invidious and offensive; […] Example: ‘I didn’t make use of the word in any invidious sense, ma’am,’ replied Mr. Benjamin Allen, growing somewhat uneasy on his own account. 2. Offensively or unfairly discriminating. Example: But the rich man—not to make any invidious comparison—is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Example: There were so many drinks to be drunk, and as the warm magic poured through our veins and mellowed our voices and affections we knew it was no time to make invidious distinctions—to drink with this shipmate and to decline to drink with that shipmate. 3. Envious, jealous. Labels: obsolete 4. Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.) Example: The sales representative was in an invidious position: she could either get to the meeting on time but with nothing to show the client, or pick up the product samples while the client was kept waiting. Neither one would make a favourable impression!
Word: sentient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/, /ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/, /ˈsɛn.ʃənt/ 1. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling. Example: Consider fish, who are apparently sentient yet cognitively extremely primitive in comparison with humans. Example: Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status. 2. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties. 3. Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence. Labels: broadly Example: While I had heard such talk before, I had always felt that sentient robots were in the realm of science fiction. But now, from someone I respected [Ray Kurzweil], I was hearing a strong argument that they were a near-term possibility. Example: Not even a microbe? I don't want to blow up something that could evolve into a sentient species in a couple of billion years.
Word: sentient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/, /ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/, /ˈsɛn.ʃənt/ 1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain. 2. An intelligent, self-aware being. Labels: broadly Example: The merpeople and the sentients who lived on the beach often hitched rides on these creatures, steering them by pressure on exposed nerve centers.
Word: parasitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English parasitic From parasite + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, [ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk], [ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk] 1. Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite. 2. Drawing upon another organism for sustenance. 3. Exploiting another for personal gain. Example: While some companies seem largely indifferent to gold farming, others see gold farmers as unfairly extracting value from property that they do not own. Gold farming is often described as a parasitic business practice that undermines the stability of virtual economics. 4. Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.
Word: parasitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English parasitic From parasite + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, [ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk], [ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪɾ.ɪk] 1. A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
Word: sustenance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sustenaunce, from Old French sustenance, from sustenir with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Compare also Late Latin sustinentia. Equivalent to sustain + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/ 1. Something that provides support or nourishment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
Word: symbolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”), equivalent to symbol + -ic. 1. Pertaining to a symbol. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. 2. Implicitly representing or referring to another thing. Example: a symbolic gesture Example: They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.
Word: zigeuner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Zigeuner. See the German entry for further etymological information. Doublet of tzigane. Pronunciation: /zɪɡɔɪnɚ/, /(t)sɪɡɔɪnɚ/ 1. A Gypsy. Labels: offensive
Word: urne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of urn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wein Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of wean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: antistrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”). 1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The lines of this part of the choral song. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The repetition of words in an inverse order. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 4. The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: ass hole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of asshole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɑlɪʃt/, /ˈpɒlɪʃt/ 1. Made smooth or shiny by polishing. Example: polished shoes Example: But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass. 2. Refined, elegant. Example: a polished performance Example: We may be well assured, that a writer, conversant with the world, would never have ventured to expose the gods of his country to public ridicule, had they not already been the objects of secret contempt among the polished and enlightened orders of society.
Word: polished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɑlɪʃt/, /ˈpɒlɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of polish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bitterly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bitterli, biterli, biterliche, from Old English biterlīċe, bitterlīċe (“bitterly”), equivalent to bitter + -ly. Cognate with German Low German bitterlik (“bitterly”), German bitterlich (“bitterly”), Swedish bitterligen (“bitterly”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtəɹli/, /ˈbɪtəli/ 1. In a bitter manner. Example: Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair. Example: Heidi threw herself down beside Clara's chair and began to cry bitterly. 2. Extremely Example: On a bitterly cold evening at Wembley, the Lionesses knew only victory would be enough to keep alive Team GB's hopes of competing in Paris.
Word: aphorisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aphorism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aphorisms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aphorism Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: teme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of technological + meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008. 1. A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.
Word: man-made Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From man (“human”) + made. First attested in 1615. According to the OED the pronunciation with primary stress on man, /ˈmænˌmeɪd/, is older. Pronunciation: /ˈmænˌmeɪd/, /ˌmænˈmeɪd/ 1. Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is, in my belief, an artificial, man-made development in hounds, since it exists only in rudimentary form in other dogs, foxes, and wolves, which are said sometimes to give cry when hunting their game. Example: Draw in both man-made and natural obstacles. Anything that may hinder the proposed landing (e.g., cusps, submerged rocks, partially awash or submerged wrecks, scullies, berm scarps, sandbars, rails, etc.) may be considered an obstacle.
Word: fruits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹuːts/ 1. plural of fruit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fruits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɹuːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fruit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: virtues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvəː.t͡ʃuːs/ 1. plural of virtue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emotions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊ.ʃənz/, /ɪˈmoʊ.ʃənz/, /iˈmoʊ.ʃənz/ 1. plural of emotion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheerfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English cherefully; equivalent to cheerful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəli/, /ˈtʃɪəfəli/ 1. In a cheerful manner. Example: That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […] Example: 'Well, what have you done this time?' asked Sebastian cheerfully.
Word: Ekavian Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect or group of dialects of Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily in Serbia and distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as /e/.
Word: preeminent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēmineō (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēmineō. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/, /priˈɛm ə nənt/ 1. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. Labels: not-comparable Example: China is still preeminent for its Goldfish, of which Pennant informs us that the most beautiful kinds, both for elegance of shape and richness of tinting, are taken in a small lake in the Province of Che-kyang.
Word: seminars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seminar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːnɑː(ɹ)/ 1. The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia. Example: Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe. 2. An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight. Labels: historical
Word: BCC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of blind carbon copy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of basal cell carcinoma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Ulcerated BCC may mimic SCC, and Bowen's disease may be misdiagnosed for the superficial and morphoeic forms. Example: Among the inhibitors of the Hh pathway that interact directly with SMO, vismodegib and sonidegib are the two compounds approved by FDA in 2012 and 2015, respectively, for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
Word: BCC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Chambers of Commerce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pharmacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie (“the art of creating drugs; a drug, especially a laxative”), from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”), of uncertain but likely Pre-Greek origin. Attested since late 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːməsi/, /ˈfɑɹməsi/ 1. A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed. Labels: countable 2. The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics. Labels: uncountable 3. The role or occupation of a pharmacist. Labels: uncountable
Word: dispensed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dispense Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lunatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity. Pronunciation: /ˈluːnətɪk/ 1. An insane person. Example: While there are other races (or individuals—heaven forgive me, I am no ethnologist) who think you a criminal or a lunatic unless you carefully plod along from step to step like a hippopotamus out of water. Example: You may be right I may be crazy Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Word: lunatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity. Pronunciation: /luːˈnætɪk/ 1. Crazed, mad, insane, demented. 2. Relating to the Moon; lunar. Labels: literary, rare Example: As the narrator turns his attention to the moon itself and its Lunatic inhabitants, Heinsius seems to draw on the True History, but is still within the confines of the Icaromenippus. Example: That or I might bounce off something I hit and head back out into space, become the light in the eye of some lunatic observer, looking up at the big blue ball and seeing me bang something in their retina. 3. Influenced or affected by the Moon. Labels: literary, rare Example: This I remember: she was false as the lunatic sea.
Word: incision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English inscicioun, from Middle French incision, from Late Latin incisiō from the verb incidō (“to cut into”) + action noun suffix -iō. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪʒən/ 1. A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me; Let’s purge this choler without letting blood: This we prescribe, though no physician; Deep malice makes too deep incision; Example: Gunch was so humorous that Mrs. Babbitt said he must “stop making her laugh because honestly it was hurting her incision.” 2. The act of cutting into a substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The parte of Euacuation by lettyng of blud, is incision or cuttyng of the vayne, wherby the bloud, whiche is cause of syckenes or grefe to the hole body, or any particular part therof, doth most aptly passe. Example: Never considering […] that these miseries of the people are still his own handy work, having smitt’n them like a forked Arrow so sore into the Kingdoms side, as not to be drawn out and cur’d without the incision of more flesh. 3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. A cut-back Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Riyad Mahrez also dragged wide after a De Bruyne incision.
Word: honorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst. Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/, /ˈɒn.ɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑn.ə.ɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑn.ɹəbl̩/ 1. Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity. Labels: US 2. Worthy of respect; respectable. Labels: US Example: In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary. 3. Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace. Labels: US Example: That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat. Example: Luxury was abolished. People lived in honorable marriage. All the women were chaste, faithful, and far from wantoners. 4. A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors. Labels: US Example: Uncheered by friends, unhissed by foes, the honorable member blandly continued his speech […] 5. A courtesy title, given in the United Kingdom to all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and to the younger sons of earls. Labels: US
Word: honorable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst. Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/, /ˈɒn.ɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑn.ə.ɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑn.ɹəbl̩/ 1. A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable". Labels: US Example: These included a reception for the Congress participants, given by the city of Barcelona in a 14th century palace, with guards making room for the mayor and other honorables, […]
Word: honourable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honour + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst. 1. UK standard spelling of honorable. Example: It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude. Example: The days of steam on the railways of Kent are now indeed numbered, and when stage two of the electrification is completed through Tonbridge to Ashford, Folkestone and Dover a long and honourable chapter in transport will be virtually closed.
Word: honourable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honour + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst. 1. UK standard spelling of honorable. Example: So she invites her father and sister to a second day's dinner (if those sides, or ontrys, as she calls 'em, weren't served yesterday, I'm d—d), and to meet City folks and littery men, and keeps the Earls and the Ladies, and the Honourables to herself.
Word: illustrious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree). Illūstris is derived from illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“in, inside”) + lūstrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lūstrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh₃- (“to wash”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/, /ɪˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/, [-ˈləs-] 1. Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known. Example: A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down, with a generous neglect, on the censures and applauses of the multitude, and places a man beyond the little noise and strife of tongues. Accordingly we find in ourselves a secret awe and veneration for the character of one who moves above us, in a regular and illustrious course of virtue, without any regard to our own good or ill opinions of him, to our reproaches or commendations. Example: Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!
Word: dignified Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/ 1. Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise. Example: remain dignified Example: quietly dignified
Word: dignified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dignify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: airway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English way English airway From air + way. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.weɪ/, /ˈɛɚ.weɪ/, /ɛɹ.weɪ/, /ˈeː.wæɪ/, /ˈeə.wæɪ/ 1. The trachea. Example: The burners on gas stoves release pollutants including nitrogen dioxide, a key element in smog that can irritate airways and may contribute to the development of asthma, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Example: David Williams, a scientist who evaluates antivenoms for WHO, says the biggest risk to people who are bitten by these snakes is paralysis, "which can prevent them from being able to control their airway and breathing and they can potentially suffocate and die as a result of that." 2. A flight path used by aeroplanes. Example: But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 3. A roadway used for ventilation.
Word: marred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English marred, merred (“troubled, distressed, vexed, bewildered”), from Old English *mierred, ġemyrred (“disturbed, troubled”), past participle of Old English mierran, ġemyrran (“to hinder, obstruct, force, trouble, err”), equivalent to mar + -ed. Pronunciation: /mɑːd/, /mɑɹd/ 1. Spoiled; harmed or damaged. 2. Of a person, perplexed or troubled Labels: obsolete 3. Spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged, soft. Labels: Yorkshire
Word: marred Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /mɑːd/, /mɑɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vrata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit व्रत (vratá). Related to the group word, verb, and verve, from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *werh₁- (“to speak, say”). 1. A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage. Labels: Hinduism, Jainism
Word: otherworldly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From other world (“a world beyond death; a world other than the everyday world”) + -ly (suffix meaning having the likeness of, resembling forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˌʌðəˈwɜːldli/, /ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹl(d)li/, /ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹəl(d)li/ 1. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world. Example: In Just My Type: A Book about Fonts (2010) Simon Garfield describes [Edward] Johnston as 'a gaunt fine-boned man with a full moustache', and there's a picture of him at work with a quill pen that makes him look as other-worldly as a medieval sprite. Example: The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. 2. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world. Labels: figuratively Example: He had not seen cricket played since the war began; it seemed almost other-worldly, with the click of the bats, and the shrill young voices, under the distant drone of that sky-hornet threshing along to Hendon. Example: An almost otherworldly resilience has characterized the 40-year arc of the Clintons' political lives, a well-documented pattern of dazzling success, shattering setback and inevitable recovery. 3. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters. Example: Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not other-worldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law. Example: [Leo] Tolstoy was not a saint, but he tried very hard to make himself into a saint, and the standards he applied to literature were other-worldly ones. 4. Of or relating to the imagination or intellect. Labels: broadly, obsolete, rare Example: It is easy with the other-worldly gifts to be a schöne Seele [beautiful soul]; but to the large vision of [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe that seemed to be a phase of life that a man might feel all round and leave behind him.
Word: omitted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əʊ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /oʊ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /əʉ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /ɐʉ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /ɐʉ̯ˈmət.əd/ 1. simple past and past participle of omit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: omitted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əʊ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /oʊ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /əʉ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /ɐʉ̯ˈmɪt.ɪd/, /ɐʉ̯ˈmət.əd/ 1. Left out; not included intentionally. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prolonged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/, /pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/, /pɹoʊˈlɑŋd/ 1. Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted. Example: The landslip followed a period of prolonged rainfall.
Word: prolonged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/, /pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/, /pɹoʊˈlɑŋd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prolong Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refreeze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English freeze English refreeze From re- + freeze. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈfɹiːz/ 1. To freeze again. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: It's not a good idea to refreeze raw meat once it has been thawed. Example: We've had another cold snap and the lake has refrozen.
Word: sanatorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Haplology from Latin sanatus (past participle of sānō (“to cure, to heal”)) + Latin -torium. Alternatively, alteration of sanitarium influenced by words like curatorium and moratorium. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn.əˈtɔːɹ.iː.əm/, /ˌsan.əˈtɔːɹ.iː.əm/, /ˌsæn.əˈtoɹ.i.əm/, /ˌsæn.əˈtoːɹ.iː.əm/, /ˌsɛn.əˈtoːɹ.iː.əm/ 1. An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
Word: toboggan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is attested since 1829, the verb since 1846. Both derive from French tabaganne, which derives from an Algonquian word, probably Mi'kmaq tepaqan or Abenaki dabôgan, influenced by similar words in other Eastern Canadian Algonquian languages. The sense of "hat" is recorded since 1929 and is short for toboggan cap (1928), a cap suitable for wearing while tobogganing. Pronunciation: /təˈbɒɡ.ən/, /təˈbɑːɡ.ən/ 1. A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills. Example: Toboggan has not yet found its Way into the dictionaries, and there are other ways of spelling it. Example: Nothing could be more exciting and exhilarating than a slide, on sleigh or toboggan, from the lofty summit of the ice-mound or cone down to its base. 2. A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo. Labels: Canada, US Example: The old toboggan has been laid aside, and sleighs or waggons dash along the streets. Example: These animals are harnessed by a padded collar to a light flat sleigh, of skins stretched across a frame of thin wood, called a toboggan. 3. Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom. Labels: figuratively Example: McGinnity began to hit the toboggan in 1906, after he had pitched his arm off the previous year. Last season his efforts at times were painful. Example: If we were to hit the toboggan of a depression, wages would drop. 4. A knit cap, designed to provide warmth in cold weather. Labels: Southern-US, Virginia, West Example: Suppose we wish to make a pointed cap, such as used to be known as a toboggan cap, from yarn or worsted. Example: Sissy bounded back in dressed in a heavy sweater and toboggan.
Word: toboggan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is attested since 1829, the verb since 1846. Both derive from French tabaganne, which derives from an Algonquian word, probably Mi'kmaq tepaqan or Abenaki dabôgan, influenced by similar words in other Eastern Canadian Algonquian languages. The sense of "hat" is recorded since 1929 and is short for toboggan cap (1928), a cap suitable for wearing while tobogganing. Pronunciation: /təˈbɒɡ.ən/, /təˈbɑːɡ.ən/ 1. To slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object. Example: Mr. Macaulay, the landlord, insisted upon trying to "toboggan" us down the mountain on the saddle cloth of one of the horses, an attempt that ended of course in disaster, for the surface was much too small for the three of us, and the snow too soft for the purpose. Example: The aspect of this patient was greatly changed for the better; she was able to skate, toboggan, and mount 500 feet of Maloja Pass without fatigue. 2. To go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom. Labels: figuratively Example: A depression in one nation can become the slide on which our civilization would toboggan into economic collapse. Example: I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family. 3. To fly sharply downward so as to build up speed to facilitate in-flight refueling of a faster aircraft. Labels: intransitive Example: Aircraft returning to refuel at about three o'clock have tobogganed down to their spats in the mud whilst early in the morning one could bounce a crowbar on the frozen ground. Example: How did a piston engine tanker refuel a faster jet bomber? It "tobogganed" - the refueling connection would be made high up and then the bomber and tanker flew "downhill" together enabling the tanker to pick up more speed.
Word: undies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: und(erwear) + -ies. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.dis/ 1. underwear, underpants Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: I hope so because I can't wear the suit without the shirt. I went to go look in my dresser. I found it and got out my undies and socks. Example: Some of us prevent this needless chaotic surge as we hand-wash our uniforms in our sinks or while we shower and, especially, our undies because in this way we are sure of its soapy cleanliness, chlorine scent, microbe safe and heartfelt snuggly sporty.
Word: undies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: violated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪd/ 1. Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner. 2. Abused, harmed or sexually victimized. Labels: broadly
Word: violated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of violate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: back to the wall Part of Speech: noun 1. A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action. Labels: idiomatic Example: From this place—so he told himself—had emanated that policy of extortion, oppression and injustice that little by little had shouldered the ranchers from their rights, till, their backs to the wall, exasperated and despairing they had turned and fought and died. Example: Bernald felt that his extreme docility in such matters was proportioned to the force of resistance which, for nearly half a life-time, had kept him, with his back to the wall, fighting alone against the powers of darkness.
Word: turn of phrase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare trope, with same sense of turn to mean indirect language. 1. An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful. Labels: countable Example: "I should call it a most nice sort of surprise," remarked the girl with a quaintly un-English turn of phrase which he had already noticed and thought the most delightful thing in the world. 2. A distinctive way of wording things, a distinctive way of writing or speaking. Labels: uncountable Example: This author has a beautiful turn of phrase.
Word: speedily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English spedily, spedili, from Old English *spēdiġlīċe, ġespēdiġlīċe (“prosperously”), equivalent to speedy + -ly. Cognate with Scots spedely, spedelie (“quickly, speedily”). Compare also Old English spēdlīċe (“effectually, effectively, successfully, efficaciously, powerfully, in a manner which produces a result”). Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdɪli/ 1. In a speedy or fast manner. Example: He was speedily reassured, and with a large, white, rascally grin, and a glance at his charge, seemed to take me into partnership in his exalted trust. Example: If they keep marching as speedily as they are now, they should reach us within three days."
Word: guided Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of guide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: guided Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdɪd/ 1. Subject to guidance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sarcastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs)der. Latin -astabor. English -ast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -astic ▲ Late Latin sarcasmusbor. French sarcasme French sarcastiqueder. English sarcastic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sarcastically From sarcastic + -ally. Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkli/, /sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkəli/ 1. In a sarcastic manner. Example: `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 'Oh, der,' moaned Boardie sarcastically. Example: Another pointed out the hypocrisy in the original argument, sarcastically noting, "Amazing how all of these 'free-thinking alpha males' reach the same conclusions on everything."
Word: hon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from honey. The transgender slang sense derives from the supposedly abundant use of "hon" as a term of address by older transgender women, presumably as a way to verbally affect a femininity they are otherwise perceived by some to lack (due to not passing well), and is especially associated with the cliché phrase "you look great, hon". Derogatory sense likely came about from users of 4chan's /lgbt/ board mocking the discourse on transgender forum Susan's Place. Pronunciation: /hʌn/, /hʊn/ 1. A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart Example: Hey, hon! How was your day at work? 2. A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart Labels: Southern-US 3. A trans woman who does not pass; a clocky trans woman. Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: This youngshit mogs me: I'm such a hon. Example: If you didn't experience that you'll end up one of those ugly SJW programmer transbian hons with dyed hair sucking each other's dicks while acting like men in every way possible.
Word: hon Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The laugh probably originated as a parody of French singer and actor Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) who was noted for his strong accent in English, and does not represent a typical French laugh. The stereotype was popularized in Internet memes in the mid-2000s and 2010s. Pronunciation: /hɔ̃/ 1. Representing a stereotypical French laugh. Labels: humorous Example: Hon hon hon, oui oui baguette! Example: She's right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! Hon hon hon!
Word: hon Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon. Pronunciation: /hmɒn/, /hɒn/, [m̥ɑn] 1. ; (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo. Labels: Ireland, slang Example: “Hon the Banner!” is the single-minded mantra being roared everywhere else. Example: We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads! This is pretty good.
Word: hon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Eochaid Feidlech Part of Speech: name 1. The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, who deposed the former High King Fachtna Fáthach at the battle of Battle of Leitir Ruadh. Labels: Irish
Word: Fachtna Fáthach Part of Speech: name 1. The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who was deposed by Eochaid Feidlech at the Battle of Leitir Ruadh. Labels: Irish
Word: Fráech Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle Irish Fráech, from Old Irish Fróech, from fróech (“heather”), from Proto-Celtic *wroikos. 1. The Connacht hero in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who wooed Findabair and Treblann, but was drowned in a river in a duel with Cúchulainn. Labels: Irish
Word: Nera Part of Speech: name 1. A warrior of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Labels: Irish
Word: hade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hade, had, hod, hed, from Old English hād (“person, individual, character, individuality, degree, rank, order, office, holy office, condition, state, nature, character, form, manner, sex, race, family, tribe, choir”), from Proto-West Germanic *haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“appearance, kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kāy- (“light, bright, shining”). Cognate with Old Saxon hēd (“condition, rank”), Old High German heit (“person, personality, sex, condition, quality, rank”), Old Norse heiðr ("honour, dignity") (whence Danish hæder (“honour”), Swedish heder (“honour”)), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, “way, manner”). Same as -hood. Pronunciation: /heɪd/, /hed/ 1. State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality. Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: And I tolde the of the good hade of my God which was vpo me: Example: My name was alle that I there gate, To wynne honour was onely the purpose Whiche that I tooke ; or that I come thereate, Other good hade I none than riche lose ;
Word: hade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head. Pronunciation: /heɪd/, /hed/ 1. To slope or incline from the vertical. Example: It was found, however, that where the coal haded away from the floor towards the face, as in Fig. 2(6), [...] Example: The author details the benefits arising from arranging the quarry faces to be haded backwards at say 20-25° off vertical and to be of reasonable height, say 50-60ft. These include the reduction of danger ...
Word: hade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head. Pronunciation: /heɪd/, /hed/ 1. A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip. Example: The thick and well-growne fogge doth matt my smoother shades, And on the lower Leas, as on the higher Hades The daintie Clover growes (of grass the onely silke) Example: [...] as he must have done who had proudly passed by Lazarus on earth when he looked up and beheld how he was honoured in the higher hades.
Word: hade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from a dialectal or variant form of head. According to Sundby, from Middle English hade, havede, from Old English hēafdum, dative plural of hēafod (“head”) as evidenced in the Worcestershire bynames/surnames atte Haveden, atte Haden, although derivation from other inflected forms (where trisyllabic shortening then open-syllable lengthening would've occured; compare lady) is also possible, in which case the bynames would still attest the dative plural. Pronunciation: /heɪd/, /hed/ 1. A headland; a strip of land at the side of a field upon which a plough may be turned. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: … certeine arable landes some of them havinge hades of meadow and grasse grounde lieinge in the Southe fielde of Einsham. Example: 6 rodes with hades at both ends. 2 Landes 4 ro. with hades.