nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: infection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiō. Equivalent to infect + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ 1. The act or process of infecting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. 3. A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years. Example: And researchers at the National Institutes of Health report finding candidalike fungus infections in the blood of AIDS victims. 4. A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dekko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani देखो / دیکھو (dekho), imperative of देखना / دیکھنا (dekhnā, “to see, to look”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛk.əʊ/ 1. A look; a glance. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: But now there was a listlessness about her, not the listlessness of the cat Augustus but more that of the female in the picture in the Louvre, of whom Jeeves, on the occasion when he lugged me there to take a dekko at her, said that here was the head upon which all the ends of the world are come. Example: Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.”
Word: massive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæs.ɪv/ 1. Very large in size or extent. Labels: general Example: Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive. Example: The Enlightenment involved massive shifts in many areas of Western thought. 2. Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid. Example: A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs. Example: But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either. 3. To a very great extent; total, utter. Labels: informal Example: Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a massive idiot […] 4. Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome. Labels: colloquial Example: Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive! Example: Ok true believers here is the low down of massive coolness. 5. Outstanding, beautiful. Labels: Ireland, colloquial, informal Example: Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it? 6. Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe. Example: a massive heart attack 7. Having any mass. Example: Some bosons are massive while others are massless. 8. Homogeneous, unstructured. 9. Homogeneous, unstructured.
Word: massive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæs.ɪv/ 1. A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure. Example: karst massives in western Georgia 2. A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Big up to the Croydon massive!
Word: laryngology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laryngo- 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 laryngology From laryngo- + -logy. 1. The branch of physiology dealing with the larynx and its disorders. Labels: uncountable
Word: laryngologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laryngo- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy 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 -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English laryngologist From laryngo- + -logist. 1. A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
Word: laryngological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English laryngo- 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical English laryngological From laryngo- + -logical. 1. Of or pertaining to laryngology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: éminence grise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French éminence grise (literally “grey eminence”), originally applied to François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577–1638), also known as Père Joseph, a French Capuchin friar who was the confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642), the chief minister of France under Louis XIII (1601–1643). The term refers to du Tremblay’s influence over the Cardinal (who bore the honorific of Eminence), and the colour of his habit (grey, rather than the red of a cardinal). Pronunciation: /ˌɛmɪnɒns ˈɡɹiːz/, /ˌeɪ-/, /ˌɛmɪnɑns ˈɡɹiz/ 1. A secret or unofficial decision-maker. Labels: idiomatic Example: But Harry Hopkins was no mere manipulator of people and ideas, no eminence grise masterminding the actions of figureheads. Example: [Ichirō] Ozawa is the Secretary-General of [Yukio] Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DJP) and the éminence grise of the electoral campaign that catapulted the new Prime Minister to power.
Word: pokie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clipping of poker machine + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊki/ 1. Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, in-plural, slang Example: For several decades until the early 1990s, Echuca–Moama existed in the consciousness of Melburnians as the destination for pokie bus-trips. All of this changed when the Kennett Government legalised pokies in Victoria in 1993. Example: 2006, author not known, Sydney City Guide, Lonely Planet, page 148, In reality, the cheap beer and walls of pokies attract anyone and everyone.
Word: pokie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of a mispronunciation of genus name Poecilotheria Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊki/ 1. Any of several species of arboreal tarantula in the genus Poecilotheria. Labels: informal
Word: sheet rock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trade name. 1. Prehardened plaster of Paris (gypsum) sold in large panels and used as a wall surface in building construction. Labels: uncountable
Word: jerrybuild Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of jerry + build; unknown origin; see jerry (possibly etymologically related). 1. To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials. Labels: transitive Example: It was a queer-looking hovel, built of galvanised iron and kerosene-cans and bark and saplings and bamboo, according to no definite plan, and obviously, to knowing eyes, by one of those masters of the craft of jerry-building […] Example: If we look at some of the stories of R. D. Laing's patients in The Politics of Experience it looks as if schizophrenia jerrybuilds a shaky structure of passion and freedom which depends for existence on negation of control and conscious scruple. 2. To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse. 3. To repair a structure in a sloppy or unsafe manner.
Word: retro future Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of retrofuture Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: properly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper 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 English -ly English properly From proper + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒpəli/, /ˈpɹɒpli/, /ˈpɾɔpəlɪj/, /ˈpɹɑpɚli/, /ˈpɹɒpɚli/ 1. In a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably Example: Does she think the repairs have been properly done? Example: I know that I am spoiling your life that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I cant[sic] even write this properly. 2. individually; in one's own manner. Labels: obsolete 3. Entirely; extremely; thoroughly. Labels: colloquial Example: I was properly tired after that party.
Word: Samuel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Samuēl, from Ancient Greek Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmûʾēl, literally “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”). Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (“I have asked/borrowed him from God”) (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl) by way of שָׁאוּל מֵאֵל (“asked/borrowed from God”) from 1 Samuel 1:20. Pronunciation: /ˈsæmjuːəl/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: It was quite unnecessary to call Samuel Weller; for Samuel Weller stepped briskly into the box the instant his name was pronounced; and placing his hat on the floor, and his arms on the rail, took a bird’s–eye view of the Bar, and a comprehensive survey of the Bench, with a remarkably cheerful and lively aspect. ‘What’s your name, sir?’ inquired the judge. / ‘Sam Weller, my Lord,’ replied that gentleman. / ‘Do you spell it with a “V” or a “W”?’ inquired the judge. / ‘That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord,’ replied Sam; ‘I never had occasion to spell it more than once or twice in my life, but I spells it with a “V.” ’ / Here a voice in the gallery exclaimed aloud, ‘Quite right too, Samivel, quite right. Put it down a “we,” my Lord, put it down a “we.”’ Example: I went down the dark road between the hawthorn hedges puzzling over the why of like, repeating SAMUEL to myself and aloud and listening to the rolling wonder in its sound that had charmed her soul and led her life in tragic places. SAMUEL! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Aye, there was! 2. One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. 3. The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel. Example: Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. 4. A surname.
Word: Sam Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsæm/, /ˈsæːm/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson. Example: While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha. 3. A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (sam⁴) or 沈 (cam⁴ / zam³). 4. A town in Alibori department, Benin. 5. A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso. 6. A town in Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso. 7. A village in Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso. 8. A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea. 9. A surname from Khmer 10. The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team. Labels: Ireland, informal
Word: Sam Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæm/, /ˈsæːm/ 1. Synonym of Dicky Sam (“a man from Liverpool”) Labels: UK, informal
Word: tidy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.di/ 1. Arranged neatly and in order. Example: She always kept her desk immaculately tidy; nothing was ever out of place. 2. Not messy; neat and controlled. Example: Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter. 3. Satisfactory; comfortable. Labels: colloquial 4. Generous, considerable. Labels: colloquial Example: The scheme made a tidy profit. Example: Two hundred thousand people! Miss Glory, that's a tidy lot. Not bad. 5. In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable. Labels: obsolete Example: if weather be fair and tidy 6. Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good. Labels: obsolete 7. Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order. 8. Normalized in a certain way that optimizes for data analysis.
Word: tidy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.di/ 1. To make tidy; to neaten.
Word: tidy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.di/ 1. A container or other device for storing or organizing loose items in a tidy fashion. Labels: in-compounds Example: desk tidy; sink tidy; cable tidy Example: It was in the days when[…]every scrap of cotton or linen found its way into the ‘tidy’. 2. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc. 3. A child's pinafore. Labels: dated Example: A much coarser cotton, according to the fancy of the worker, may be used for the trimmings of night dresses, petticoats, D'Oyleys, tidies, etc. 4. The wren. Example: The Tydie for her notes as delicate as they
Word: tidy Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.di/ 1. Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine. Labels: Wales
Word: disagree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/, /dɪsəˈɡɹi/ 1. To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. Labels: intransitive Example: John disagreed with Mary frequently. Example: Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree. 2. To fail to conform or correspond with. Labels: intransitive Example: My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.
Word: disagrees Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disagree Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disagreed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disagree Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disagreeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disagree Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disagreeing Part of Speech: noun 1. Disagreement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I believe that all the Bohemians and the great folks in Paris are so leagued together, that they are afraid of one another, and the people receive all the buffets of their disagreeings.
Word: squalid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin squālus Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin squālor Latin squāleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin squāliduslbor. English squalid Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”). Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒlɪd/ 1. Extremely dirty and unpleasant. Example: [...] Mythologists describe Pan the son of Mercury (who was the God of Speech) with the upper part like a man, and the lower like a beast, to signifie that Truth is fair and comely, but a Lye squalid and Deformed. 2. Showing or characterized by a contemptible lack of moral standards. Example: a squalid attempt to buy votes Example: Minister, I hardly think that we can exploit our Sovereign by involving her in some might call a squalid vote-grubbing exercise.
Word: squalid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Squalidae. 1. Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks. Example: Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods[…]
Word: deletia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English delete Latin -iader. English -ia English deletia From delete + -ia. Pronunciation: /dɪˈliːʃə/, /diˈ-/, /-dəˈ-/ 1. In an email reply, material omitted from the quoted original. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: deconstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + construction or deconstruct + -ion. Pronunciation: /diːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/, /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃən/ 1. A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He shall be empowered to require the immediate deconstruction and re-execution to his satisfaction of any such work as may appear to him to have been executed improperly […] Example: A group of men demand a reform the beginning of which must be a work of deconstruction, if I may use such a word.
Word: wad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably short for Middle English wadmal (“woolen cloth”), from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). See wadmal. Cognate with Swedish vadd (“wadding, cotton wool”), German Wat, Watte (“wad, padding, cotton wool”), Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, watten (“cotton wool”), West Frisian waad, Old English wǣd (“garment, clothing”) (English: weed). More at weed, meal. Pronunciation: /wɒd/, /wɑd/ 1. An amorphous, compact mass. Example: Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper. Example: My first impulse was to get it[the chewing gum] into my mouth as quickly as possible, but I remembered where I was. I ran home, and on our front porch I examined my loot. The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley’s Double-Mint. When Jem came home he asked me where I got such a wad. I told him I found it. 2. A substantial pile (normally of money). Example: With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan. Example: The campfires provide enough plain old regular visible light to show this sorry affair for what it is: a bunch of demented Boy Scouts, a jamboree without merit badges or hygiene. With the IR supered on top of the visible, she can also see vague, spectral red faces out in the shadows where her unassisted eyes would only see darkness. These new Knight Visions cost her a big wad of her Mob drug-running money. Just the kind of thing Mom had in mind when she insisted Y.T. get a part-time job. 3. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon. Example: "Bulleted revolver cartridges contain no wad. You are thinking of a shot-gun, sir." 4. A sandwich. Labels: slang Example: Once we were all sat on the ground, drinking our tea and eating a cheese wad - that was all you could get - I asked where my mate Jackson was. Nobody had any idea but as he was required in the flight office we did a search. 5. An ejaculation of semen. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: All at once, Steven let out a loud gasp, as his cock jerked violently in his hand and sent wad after wad of hot white sperm shooting out all over his chest and stomach. Example: It's a strange thing this yellow liquid, the bodily fluid of a stranger. What was he thinking when he shot his wad? Is he somewhere now wondering about his sperm? Is he at this very moment wondering if a woman somewhere is inseminating with his seed? Well, we are! Here we are in Boston, and we are!
Word: wad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably short for Middle English wadmal (“woolen cloth”), from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). See wadmal. Cognate with Swedish vadd (“wadding, cotton wool”), German Wat, Watte (“wad, padding, cotton wool”), Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, watten (“cotton wool”), West Frisian waad, Old English wǣd (“garment, clothing”) (English: weed). More at weed, meal. Pronunciation: /wɒd/, /wɑd/ 1. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball. Example: She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash. Example: […] if you lay any fearnbrakes or other trash about them to entertain the moisture, and skreen it from the heat, let it not be wadded so close, or suffer’d to lie so long, as to contract any mustiness, but rather loose and easie, that the Air may have free intercourse, and to break the more intense ardours of the scorching Sun-beams. 2. To wager. Labels: Ulster 3. To insert or force a wad into. Example: to wad a gun 4. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton. Example: to wad a cloak Example: […] upon his Body were several Flannel Wastcoats, a Cassock of thick Cloth, with a thick wadded Gown, and about his Shoulders the Quilt which he had taken from off the Bed.
Word: wad Part of Speech: noun 1. Plumbago, graphite. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: Wad was worth the equivalent of £1,300 a tonne, and some people felt it was worth risking a whipping to smuggle it out. 2. Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: muffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English muflen (“to muffle”), aphetic alteration of Anglo-Norman amoufler, from Old French enmoufler (“to wrap up, muffle”), from moufle (“mitten”), from Medieval Latin muffula (“a muff”), of Germanic origin (—first recorded in the Capitulary of Aachen in 817 C.E.), from Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) from *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) (from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”)) + *vël (“skin, hide”) (from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Alternate etymology traces the Medieval Latin word to Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”), English mulch) + *fell (“hide, skin”). Pronunciation: /mʌfl̩/ 1. To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up. Labels: transitive Example: The face lies muffled up within the garment. Example: He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. 2. To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound. Labels: transitive Example: to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock Example: I intend to muffle the sweeps and row the schooner up to the head of the creek there, from which point we can command the pile of sandal-wood with our gun. 3. To mute or deaden (a sound etc.). Labels: transitive Example: The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse. 4. To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation. Labels: dated, intransitive 5. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: rhinotillexomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhino- (“nose, nasal”) + Latin tillexis (“habit of plucking”, see below) + -o- + -mania (“obsession”). The tillexis stem is seemingly a New Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck or pull”). There is a divergence regarding the exo affix. It is suggested it may derive from ἔξω (éxō, “out”) or έξη (éxē, “habit”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪniə/, /ˌɹaɪnəʊtɪˌlɛksəˈmeɪnjə/ 1. Compulsive nose-picking; the insertion of a finger into one's nose. Labels: uncountable
Word: innit Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.ɪt/, [ˈɪn.ɪʔ], /ˈɪ(n).nɪt/, [ˈɪnɪʔ] 1. Contraction of isn't + it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction, dialectal Example: Innit your birthday today? Example: It's your birthday today, innit? 2. Used as a replacement for any other negative tag question, irrespective of person, number, or verb. May precede the statement. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, UK, colloquial, contraction, proscribed Example: Innit dolphins are a type of whale? Example: You were dissing my girl, innit? 3. Used as a replacement for any other negative tag question, irrespective of person, number, or verb. May precede the statement. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, UK, broadly, colloquial, contraction, proscribed Example: I like pop music, innit.
Word: perdu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French perdu, originally after sentinelle perdue. Pronunciation: /pəˈdjuː/ 1. Stationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: a perdue captain 2. In a dangerous situation; lost, desperate. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Among certain grizzled sea-gossips of the gun decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue […] 3. Hidden; concealed from sight. Chiefly with lie. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: He should lie Perdue who is to walk the round. Example: I stood perdu behind Mr Grimbold; a tall personage, whose broad shoulders, however, just permitted me to peep over at the Major, who had not yet espied me.
Word: perdu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French perdu, originally after sentinelle perdue. Pronunciation: /pəˈdjuː/ 1. One placed on watch, or in ambush. 2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Example: To watch, poor perdu, / With this thin helm?
Word: hairdo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hair Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English hairdo From hair + do. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛəˌduː/ 1. A hairstyle. Example: Halogen light glares off the man's slick hairdo. Example: Jennifer Garner is a star of many talents and now many hairdos. 2. A haircut.
Word: fáinne Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fainne. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Dublin Gaels with their golden fáinnes
Word: wilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”). Pronunciation: /wɪlt/ 1. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). Labels: intransitive 2. To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag. Labels: intransitive Example: Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena. Example: Caught between hails of 5″/38 fire and working Mk 14 torpedoes, on the one hand, and 16-inch batteries backed up by even more 5″/38 guns, on the other, the Japanese cruisers rapidly began to wilt under the sustained bombardment; firing off any remaining torpedoes they had at any targets that they could find and bring to bear, the survivors wheeled about and began to beat a retreat. 3. To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower). Labels: transitive Example: Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance. 4. To cause to fatigue; to exhaust. Labels: transitive
Word: wilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”). Pronunciation: /wɪlt/ 1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wilt, from Old English wilt, from Proto-West Germanic *wilt, second person singular preterite-present of Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognate with Dutch wilt (“wilt”, second-person singular of willen), German willt (archaic second person singular indicative of wollen). Pronunciation: /wɪlt/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of will Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: 'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life. Example: If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.
Word: phrasebook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phrase + book. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪzbʊk/ 1. A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign language. 2. A usually pocket-sized book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two languages and intended for travellers who wish to communicate with locals while in other countries. Example: He knows, ‘Hello’ in eighteen languages / ‘I love you’ in only one / By the time he's got his phrasebook / The chance is usually gone
Word: phrasebook Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phrase + book. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪzbʊk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a phrasebook. Labels: uncommon 2. Of one's fluency of a language, limited or deficient. Labels: idiomatic, uncommon
Word: gadzooks Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Minced form of God's hooks, a reference to the nails of the crucifixion of Christ. Pronunciation: /ɡædˈzuːks/ 1. An expression of surprise, shock, etc. Labels: archaic Example: “I should explain that among the books that recently arrived at the office was a slim volume from his pen dealing with the Preparatory School and giving it an enthusiastic build-up. The formative years which we spent there, he said, were the happiest of our life.” “Gadzooks!”
Word: give someone the creeps Part of Speech: verb 1. To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright. Labels: idiomatic Example: Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps. Example: As for Leo, he did not altogether like it either, but ran his fingers through his yellow curls, and remarked that it gave him the creeps.
Word: gridding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gridding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪdɪŋ/ 1. The adding of a grid of lines to a map etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The construction of a rectangular matrix of numbers from a set of scattered data points. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contouring Part of Speech: noun 1. the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Contouring is not our thing because the main beauty philosophy in France is to accept who you are. 3. the building up of muscles with exercise Labels: countable, uncountable 4. walking along contour lines, usually to save energy or simplify navigation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you are going to be walking in mountainous or rough terrain it is often a good idea to plan a route following contour lines. This is called ‘contouring’.
Word: jump seat Part of Speech: noun 1. An extra seat in an aircraft cabin or cockpit for someone other than a passenger. Labels: colloquial 2. A movable seat in a carriage. Labels: dated
Word: rater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rate (“to appraise”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who provides a rating or assessment. Example: The three raters agreed on the score.
Word: rater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rate (“to scold; berate”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who rates or scolds.
Word: sophomoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek σοφίζω (sophízō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek σόφισμα (sóphisma)bor. English sophum, sophom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sophumerder. English sophomore Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sophomoric From sophomore + -ic. Pronunciation: /sɒfəˈmɒɹɪk/, /sɒfəˈmɔːɹɪk/, /sɑf(ə)ˈmɑɹɪk/, /sɑf(ə)ˈmɔːɹɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore. 2. Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature. Example: The editors agree with that “and make that puerile, sophomoric, and jejune too,” says Beard. 3. Pretentious; inflated in style or manner. Example: sophomoric affectation
Word: kettledrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kettle + drum. 1. A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl. 2. An informal social party at which a light snack is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Labels: dated
Word: timpani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, to hit”). Doublet of tympanum, timbre, timbal, and tymbal. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmpəni/ 1. The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. Example: Since the timpani is a legato instrument, a note must be allowed to sound and ring to achieve the full effect of the drum.
Word: timpani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, to hit”). Doublet of tympanum, timbre, timbal, and tymbal. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmpəni/ 1. plural of timpano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: key fob Part of Speech: noun 1. An item carried on a key ring either as decoration or for security. 2. A passive wireless electronic device that usually uses RFID technology to control access to buildings, containers, computers, etc. by being placed near a detector. 3. An active wireless electronic device that controls access to buildings or vehicles, such as a remote control for a car door lock. Example: She finds her key fob and unlocks the doors.
Word: keyhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈkiˌhoʊ̯l/, [ˈkʰɪi̯ˌhoʊ̯l] 1. The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns. Example: The key-hole was still their port of egress and regress, and it resembled the aperture of a bee-hive, on a sunny day in June. 2. Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond. 3. Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond. 4. A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress. 5. A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them. 6. A mortise for a key or cotter. 7. A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting. Example: laser keyhole welding Example: keyhole plasma 8. A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses. 9. The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key. 10. A gravitational keyhole.
Word: keyhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From key + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈkiˌhoʊ̯l/, [ˈkʰɪi̯ˌhoʊ̯l] 1. To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.
Word: keyhole surgery Part of Speech: noun 1. Surgery using a fibre optic laparoscope through a small incision, either for examination or treatment.
Word: keyring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + ring. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːɹɪŋ/ 1. A ring, normally of metal or plastic, for holding keys together. 2. A set of data holding linked encryption keys.
Word: kidnap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Originally Thieves' cant, referring to the practice of stealing children and shipping them to colonies or plantations as laborers. First attested c. 1680. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdnæp/, /kɪdˈnæp/ 1. To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. Labels: transitive Example: Hello, ladies! How’s the Big Apple? Rotten, Jerry! Clover's been kidnapped! Oh, dear! That's the second time this month! Example: Angrest, a soldier, was kidnapped from his tank at the Nahal Oz base when it was attacked by Hamas.
Word: kidnap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kid + nap (“to nab; to grab”). Originally Thieves' cant, referring to the practice of stealing children and shipping them to colonies or plantations as laborers. First attested c. 1680. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdnæp/, /kɪdˈnæp/ 1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kidnapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kidnap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English kidnapper From kidnap + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdnæpɚ/ 1. A person who kidnaps someone.
Word: doplic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from the older form doppich, from Pennsylvania German doppich, related to German täppisch (“clumsy”). 1. Lacking dexterity; not skilled; clumsy. Labels: US, slang Example: That is the third dish I've broken today. I sure am being doplic! Example: I'd never make it as a brain surgeon: I'm too doplic!
Word: kill off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kill + off. Pronunciation: /kɪl ɒf/, /kɪl ɔf/, /kɪl ɑf/ 1. To eliminate, to make extinct. Labels: transitive Example: We killed off the Dodo by over-hunting. 2. Of writers or producers, to permanently take a character out of a television series or other work by purposefully and deliberately having them killed within the plot. Example: The writers are killing off lots of people in the soap opera. Example: Bridget Jones’s creator Helen Fielding didn’t seem to know what to do with her once she’d married her Mr Darcy, and ended up killing him off to make Bridget interesting again. 3. To put an end to. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: (Jason) The only thing I had handy to send them was this one dinky little program I'd written for fun. (Mom) And it killed off interest? (Jason) Actually, it killed off the Internet. Example: Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.
Word: kilobit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit. 1. One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits. Example: At a 100 kilobit per second information rate, both mark and space signals will generally be transmitted in any 0.0001 sec interval, and therefore this requirement is easily met with conventional resistors and capacitors. 2. a kibibit Labels: rare 3. one kilobit per second Labels: informal
Word: kilobyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the 1960s, from kilo- (“thousand”) + byte. 1. One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes. Labels: especially Example: The data word processor 606 handles the in-flow and out-flow of byte-oriented input/output data and interleaved signals at a rate of, for example, 500 kilobytes per second. Instruction processing rates of four to eight per microsecond are required for such a data flow. 2. A kibibyte. Labels: informal Example: It is assumed herein that each block includes 32 bytes, each sector includes 1 kilobyte, the buffer memory 116 includes 4 kilobytes, and read data is represented by one double word or 64 bits, as one word in this case consists of 32 bits.
Word: kilowatt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + watt. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪ.ləˌwɒt/, /ˈkiə.ləˌwɒt/ 1. One thousand (10³) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a typical home appliance (e.g., a microwave oven, a toaster, or a hair dryer). (Consuming 1 kilowatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 kilowatt-hour of energy.) Example: Holonyms: MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt Example: Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt 2. Catachresis for kilowatt-hour. Labels: informal
Word: kilowatt-hour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, kilowatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, kilo- + watt-hour. 1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one kilowatt acting for one hour (3·6 × 10⁶ joules). Example: Holonyms: watt-year (31.536e6 J) < gigajoule (1.000e9 J) < megawatt-hour (3.600e9 J) < kilowatt-year (31.536e9 J) < terajoule (1.000e12 J) < gigawatt-hour (3.600e12 J) < megawatt-year (31.536e12 J) < petajoule (1.000e15 J) < terawatt-hour (3.600e15 J) < gigawatt-year (31.536e15 J) < exajoule (1.000e18 J) < petawatt-hour (3.600e18 J) < terawatt-year (31.536e18 J) Example: Meronyms: yoctojoule (1.000e-24 J) < zeptojoule (1.000e-21 J) < attojoule (1.000e-18 J) < hartree (4.35974e-18 J) < femtojoule (1.000e-15 J) < picojoule (1.000e-12 J) < nanojoule (1.000e-9 J) < microjoule (1.000e-6 J) < millijoule (1.000e-3 J) < joule (1 J) < milliwatt-hour (3.6 J) < microwatt-year (31.536 J) < kilojoule (1.000e3 J) < watt-hour (3.600e3 J) < milliwatt-year (31.536e3 J) < megajoule (1.000e6 J)
Word: kindhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kind + hearted. 1. Having an innately kind disposition or character. Example: We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.
Word: kindness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kyndenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/, /ˈkaɪnd.nɪs/ 1. The state of being kind. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her. Example: If attending to your childhood wounds and responding with kindness feels selfish, it is important to remember that compassion for oneself often makes people more compassionate to others, Lev said. 2. An instance of kind or charitable behaviour. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: How can I thank you for your many kindnesses? Example: Do me a kindness and leave.
Word: kinetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “kinetic”). Pronunciation: /kɪˈnɛt.ɪks/ 1. The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies. Labels: uncountable 2. The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions. Labels: uncountable
Word: rith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), rithe, from Old English rīþ m (“a small stream”), rīþe f, from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”). Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames). Pronunciation: /ɹaɪθ/ 1. A small stream or channel. Labels: obsolete Example: They waded further up the rith. Example: […] does not Cleanse part of two Riths or Sewers and repair so much of Pagham Wall against the Sea as doth belong to him to cleanse and to repair and the said Edward Woods to have notice to appear before us on the twenty Seventh day of this Instant December to give […]
Word: kinetic art Part of Speech: noun 1. Any artwork, typically sculpture, in which the object moves. Labels: uncountable