nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: steered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of steer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grotesquery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grotesque + -ery, calquing French grotesquerie, q.v. 1. Alternative form of grotesquerie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Mr Carlyle had not maligned her looks: plain she undoubtedly was, not in any sense describably ugly but with a sort of pug-dog grotesquery.
Word: steers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɪə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of steer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɪə(ɹ)z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of steer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: face-to-face Part of Speech: noun Etymology: face + to + face 1. A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology. Example: "If you want to have a face-to-face with Charlie?" I asked W.R., "Why invite the rest of us?" Example: In an unprecedented move, Clifford went to Chicago to have a face-to-face with Tony's superiors.
Word: face-to-face Part of Speech: adj Etymology: face + to + face 1. In one another's presence. Labels: not-comparable Example: a face-to-face meeting Example: The complexity of having so many organisations involved, and the deep integration required, has undoubtedly tested the interpersonal skills of project leaders who have had little face-to-face contact.
Word: face-to-face Part of Speech: adv Etymology: face + to + face 1. While physically present. Labels: not-comparable Example: I came face-to-face with her on the battlefield recently. Resistance vs. Roekaar. My favorite mother looked at me with the kindness and empathy that I remembered… then she shot me.
Word: extenuate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English extenuat (“(medicine) made thin, emaciated”), from Latin extenuātus (“diminished, reduced, thinned”), perfect passive participle of extenuō (“to diminish, reduce, thin”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out-, thoroughly”) + tenuō (“to enfeeble, weaken, wear down; to lessen, reduce; to make thin”), from tenuis (“fine, slender, thin; feeble, weak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- (“to extend, stretch; thin”)) + -ō (first conjugation-verb forming suffix). Compare attenuate. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɛnjʊət/, /ɛk-/, /-juː/, /-eɪt/, /ɪkˈstɛnjəˌwət/ 1. Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered. Labels: obsolete Example: It is powerfull in helping extenuat and leane perſons who are troubled with difficultie of drawing their Brath: gives vigour and ſtrength to vithered and debilitat members; […] 2. Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened. Labels: obsolete Example: And, that ſame Maieſty, vvhich (as the Baſe / And Pedeſtal) ſupports the vvaight and grace, / Greatnes and glory of a vvell-Rul'd State, / It not extinguiſht nor extenuate, / By being parcelliz'd to a plurality / Of petty Kinglings, of a mean Equality: […] Example: VVee repreſent Small Sounds as Great and Deepe; Likevviſe Great Sounds, Extenuate and Sharpe; VVee make diuerſe Tremblings and VVarblings of Sounds, vvhich in their Originall are Entire. 3. Reduced to poverty; impoverished. Labels: obsolete
Word: perjure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/ 1. To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court. Labels: reflexive Example: He perjured himself. 2. To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt. Labels: transitive Example: Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal. 3. To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. Labels: transitive Example: And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.
Word: perjure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French parjurer, from Latin periūrō. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɝd͡ʒɚ/ 1. A perjured person. Labels: obsolete Example: He comes in like a perjure, wearing papers
Word: willfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English willful Middle English -ly English -ly English willfully From willful + -ly. 1. US standard spelling of wilfully. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]
Word: willful Part of Speech: adj 1. American standard spelling of wilful. Example: I may well say that a willfuler woman, and one more wedded unto her own opinion, without order, reason, and discretion, I never did know or heard of. Example: I hope you’ll excuse the liberty, but I’ve come to Detmold along with Herr Peters, the apothecary, in his pony chaise; and a willfuler-minded beast I never sat behind. A taste of the whip would do him good, and if he was mine he should have it.
Word: Iroquois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain. theories Missionary Charles Arnaud derived it from Montagnais irno-kué (“terrible people”). Linguist Gordon Day notes that though no form irno "person" is attested, one is plausible (given iriniou and ilnu), but application to a non-Montagnais is unlikely, and kué is too short: the root is kwet-. Day finds support for a longer form kwedɛč ("an Iroquois", lit. "terrible, frightening person") in Pacifique's Micmac grammar, in "goetètjg", and sees "fairly good indications that the name [i.e. kwedɛč] was an ancient one for Iroquoian peoples generally", but then "irno kwedɛč" would awkwardly mean "a person, an Iroquois", which could not have been a usual term. Day theorizes the awkward phrase may nonetheless have been uttered by some interpreter and used thereafter by the unaware French, or alternatively the Montagnais may have borrowed an Iroquoian autonym whereafter Montagnais folk-etymologizers adapted it to resemble those words; for example, Mohawk i-ih rongwe (“man”) would have entered Montagnais as /iːrohkwe/. (Some earlier scholars proposed that an Iroquoian term like the Mohawk term was the direct etymon of the French.) Linguist Peter Bakker alternatively proposes that the etymon is a Basque pidgin word (h)ilokoa "killers" (mirroring Algonquian names for the Iroquois), from hil (“to kill”) and a suffix -koa (“those of”) which may be the source of some other tribal names ending in -quois. Hilokoa, as Brad Loewen notes, is ungrammatical in standard Basque (Loewen suggests irikoa (“those of the walled town”) as an alternative etymon). Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/, /ˈɪɹ.ə.kɔɪ/, /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɑː/ 1. A member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. 2. A kind of hairdo where both sides of the head are shaved, leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.
Word: Iroquois Part of Speech: name Etymology: Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain. theories Missionary Charles Arnaud derived it from Montagnais irno-kué (“terrible people”). Linguist Gordon Day notes that though no form irno "person" is attested, one is plausible (given iriniou and ilnu), but application to a non-Montagnais is unlikely, and kué is too short: the root is kwet-. Day finds support for a longer form kwedɛč ("an Iroquois", lit. "terrible, frightening person") in Pacifique's Micmac grammar, in "goetètjg", and sees "fairly good indications that the name [i.e. kwedɛč] was an ancient one for Iroquoian peoples generally", but then "irno kwedɛč" would awkwardly mean "a person, an Iroquois", which could not have been a usual term. Day theorizes the awkward phrase may nonetheless have been uttered by some interpreter and used thereafter by the unaware French, or alternatively the Montagnais may have borrowed an Iroquoian autonym whereafter Montagnais folk-etymologizers adapted it to resemble those words; for example, Mohawk i-ih rongwe (“man”) would have entered Montagnais as /iːrohkwe/. (Some earlier scholars proposed that an Iroquoian term like the Mohawk term was the direct etymon of the French.) Linguist Peter Bakker alternatively proposes that the etymon is a Basque pidgin word (h)ilokoa "killers" (mirroring Algonquian names for the Iroquois), from hil (“to kill”) and a suffix -koa (“those of”) which may be the source of some other tribal names ending in -quois. Hilokoa, as Brad Loewen notes, is ungrammatical in standard Basque (Loewen suggests irikoa (“those of the walled town”) as an alternative etymon). Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/, /ˈɪɹ.ə.kɔɪ/, /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɑː/ 1. Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
Word: Iroquois Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain. theories Missionary Charles Arnaud derived it from Montagnais irno-kué (“terrible people”). Linguist Gordon Day notes that though no form irno "person" is attested, one is plausible (given iriniou and ilnu), but application to a non-Montagnais is unlikely, and kué is too short: the root is kwet-. Day finds support for a longer form kwedɛč ("an Iroquois", lit. "terrible, frightening person") in Pacifique's Micmac grammar, in "goetètjg", and sees "fairly good indications that the name [i.e. kwedɛč] was an ancient one for Iroquoian peoples generally", but then "irno kwedɛč" would awkwardly mean "a person, an Iroquois", which could not have been a usual term. Day theorizes the awkward phrase may nonetheless have been uttered by some interpreter and used thereafter by the unaware French, or alternatively the Montagnais may have borrowed an Iroquoian autonym whereafter Montagnais folk-etymologizers adapted it to resemble those words; for example, Mohawk i-ih rongwe (“man”) would have entered Montagnais as /iːrohkwe/. (Some earlier scholars proposed that an Iroquoian term like the Mohawk term was the direct etymon of the French.) Linguist Peter Bakker alternatively proposes that the etymon is a Basque pidgin word (h)ilokoa "killers" (mirroring Algonquian names for the Iroquois), from hil (“to kill”) and a suffix -koa (“those of”) which may be the source of some other tribal names ending in -quois. Hilokoa, as Brad Loewen notes, is ungrammatical in standard Basque (Loewen suggests irikoa (“those of the walled town”) as an alternative etymon). Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɔɪ/, /ˈɪɹ.ə.kɔɪ/, /ˈɪɹ.ə.kwɑː/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Iroquois confederacy, its people, language, or culture.
Word: disqualify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English qualify English disqualify From dis- + qualify. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/, /dɪsˈkwɔləfaɪ/ 1. To make ineligible for something. Labels: transitive Example: My age disqualifies me for the position. Example: A Kentucky salvage certificate of title may be issued from an out-of-state junking certificate or other ownership document bearing a designation of "junk," "unrebuildable,” or other similar classification that disqualifies the vehicle from being titled for use on the highway in that state with the following provisions: 2. To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification. Labels: transitive Example: The athlete was disqualified after performance-enhancing drugs were found in his hotel room. Example: If the disqualifications leave a vacancy for the full complement of finalists, swim-offs shall be continued among the disqualified swimmers until a full complement of finalists is assured.
Word: fecundate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin fecundātus, perfect passive participle of fecundō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, fecund + -ate. Compare French féconder. 1. To make fertile. 2. To inseminate. Example: The pollen of plants is the fecundating power, and consists of a number of small sacs, invisible to the naked eye, in which a fluid exists, which is analogous to the spermatic fluid in man and animals.
Word: proprietors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proprietor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disgraced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disgrace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disgraced Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been disgraced; having a damaged reputation. Example: a disgraced politician Example: Ms. Ellison, 28, has agreed to help federal prosecutors build their case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX and a co-founder of Alameda Research, the trading firm that Ms. Ellison had run.
Word: unplug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Germanic *plugjaz Old Dutch *pluggi Middle Dutch *plugge Dutch plugge Dutch plugbor. English plug English unplug From un- + plug. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈplʌɡ/ 1. To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket. Labels: transitive Example: To save electricity, I unplug my computer when I am not at home. Example: We had unplugged from each other, the kind of unplugging where the charger gets torn out of the computer and the computer automatically dies. 2. To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress. Labels: intransitive 3. To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain). Labels: transitive Example: I had to unplug the sink the other day: there was far too much hair and gunk down there. 4. To temporarily disconnect from worldly experiences. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I need to unplug and spend some time with my family.
Word: disorient Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- French dés- French orienter French désorienterbor. English disorient Borrowed from French désorienter. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔːɹi.ənt/ 1. To cause to lose orientation or direction. 2. To confuse or befuddle.
Word: constipate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Classical Latin cōnstīpō (“to crowd or press tightly together”) (whence obsoleted sense 2 and 3), itself from con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”). Cognate with Middle English constipen (“to constipate”) and doublet of costive; related to stiff. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/ 1. To cause constipation in, render costive. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The medication can constipate you if you’re not drinking enough water. Example: The long hours of travel seemed to constipate his digestion. 2. To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together. Labels: obsolete 3. To pack or crowd together. Labels: obsolete
Word: constipate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Classical Latin cōnstīpō (“to crowd or press tightly together”) (whence obsoleted sense 2 and 3), itself from con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”). Cognate with Middle English constipen (“to constipate”) and doublet of costive; related to stiff. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/ 1. Constipated, costive. Labels: obsolete Example: By […] much Sweating, the Bowels were heated, and dry'd, and rendred Constipate.
Word: hit upon Part of Speech: verb 1. To address. Example: He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation. 2. To think of; to discover or invent. Labels: idiomatic Example: So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there remained not over a hundred shells in the box. Example: They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files.
Word: piteous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pitous, from Old French piteus, pitus. 1. Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy. Example: […] with his strong arms He fastened on my neck, and bellowed out As he’d burst heaven; threw him on my father; Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him That ever ear receiv’d; Example: 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Cadell, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 4, p. 51, […] my strength, madam, is almost all gone away, and when I do any hard work, it’s quite a piteous sight to see me, for I am all in a tremble after it, just as if I had an ague […] 2. Showing devotion to God. Labels: obsolete Example: For the Lord kan delyuere piteuouse men fro temptacioun, and kepe wickid men in to the dai of dom to be turmentid; 3. Showing compassion. Labels: obsolete Example: Thine eye begins to speak; set thy tongue there; Or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine ear; That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce, Pity may move thee ‘pardon’ to rehearse. Example: The water Nymphs that in the bottome playd Held up their pearled wrists and tooke her in, Bearing her straite to aged Nereus hall Who piteous of her woes rea[r’]d her lanke head, And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectar’d lavers strewd with asphodil, 4. Of little importance or value. Labels: obsolete Example: […] calling to minde with heed Part of our Sentence, that thy Seed shall bruise The Serpents head; piteous amends, unless Be meant, whom I conjecture, our grand Foe Satan, Example: […] my Business was now to try if I could not make Jackets out of the great Watch-Coats which I had by me, and with such other Materials as I had, so I set to Work a Taylering, or rather indeed a Botching, for I made most piteous Work of it.
Word: overfill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla. 1. To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
Word: overfill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *overfillen, oferfüllen, from Old English oferfyllan (“to cram, overfill”), equivalent to over- + fill. Cognate with Middle Low German overfullen, German überfüllen, Danish overfylde, Swedish överfylla. 1. An instance of overfilling.
Word: jurors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juror Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pangs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pang Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: speechlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English speechless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English speechlessness From speechless + -ness. 1. The state of being speechless. Example: 'No - rather not, my dear? Well, another night,' he said, hastily translating her speechlessness. Example: It was her virtue to be tall, pale, characterless and effaced by partial speechlessness.
Word: flavorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin flātor Vulgar Latin *flātorder. Old French flaorbor. Middle English savourinflu. Middle English flavour English flavor Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English flavorless From flavor + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪvɚləs/, /ˈfleɪvələs/ 1. Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste. Example: Salt oysters, on being transferred to fresh water, are "fattened" in the course of two or three days ; if allowed to remain longer they become lean again, and are flavorless. Example: […] and as for fruit, the high garden wall was lined with pear trees, spread out flat against it, where they managed to produce a cold, flavorless fruit, a good deal akin to cucumbers. 2. Flat; lacking character or definition. Example: 1902, Bret Harte, Openings in the Old Trail, IV: A Buckeye Hollow Inheritance, […] and the gravestone of its dead owner on the hill was no more flavorless of his personality than was this plain house in which he had lived and died. 3. Without flavor. Example: On the other hand, Pauli had just proposed a massless, chargeless, colorless, flavorless particle whose sole reason for existence was to preserve the principle of momentum conservation.
Word: spear carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra. Example: [A]ctors would get annual raises through 2008, when even the lowliest spear carrier will make more than $1,500 a week for being on Broadway. 2. One who serves in a subordinate or menial role. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: A case sitting quietly in the Supreme Court’s in-basket promises to tell us more than almost any other about John G. Roberts Jr. and his evolution from spear carrier in the Reagan revolution to chief justice of the United States. Example: Britain is now widely dismissed—more often in sorrow than in anger—as just an American spear-carrier without any real force of its own. 3. One who plays a leading or substantial role as a supporter, proponent, etc. representing a group, cause, or point of view. Labels: idiomatic Example: Reed was the preternaturally boyish spear carrier for the religious right, the brash Evangelical who transformed the Christian Coalition into a populist power center. Example: Why would he do that? Because Hu Yaobang embodied the sense of historical mission in Chinese communism; spent his entire adult life honestly attempting to fulfil that mission; and was the spear carrier, after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, for not only economic, but also political, judicial and cultural reform.
Word: hit paydirt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hit pay dirt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: regurgitation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of regurgitating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blackened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed. 1. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as Example: [...] after journeying across pleasant agricultural countryside to Leicester and thence though the blackened and busy industrial area that stretches almost unbrokenly for over 100 miles from Trent through Rotherham and Leeds to Keighley, [...]. Example: A witness quoted by The Times described "the blackened faces of firemen sitting outside the station in the cold, drinking tea from local sandwich shops in complete silence". 2. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as: 3. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
Word: blackened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of blacken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: malformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English formation English malformation From mal- + formation. 1. An abnormal formation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; […] 2. An abnormal developmental feature of offspring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adherents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adherent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commonness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English common Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English commonness From common + -ness. 1. The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So she is returning to her parents, where she will work at a corner store and save up money to move to New York. The commonness is so maddening to her. Everyone moves to New York. 2. The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘Dem wuzn’t no high muckty mucks. Dem wuz railroad hands and dey womenfolks. You ain’t usetuh folks lak dat and Ah wuz skeered you might git all mad and quit me for takin’ you ’mongst ’em […] Befo’ us got married Ah made up mah mind not tuh let you see no commonness in me.’
Word: DFM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of design for manufacturability/manufacture/manufacturing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. initialism of dust, fume, and mist, an old standard for NIOSH respirators. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: loquatiousness Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of loquaciousness. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: self-destruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English destruct English self-destruct From self- + destruct. 1. To destroy oneself or itself. Labels: figuratively, usually Example: The submarine was primed to self-destruct. Example: The Ferraris pressed the self-destruct button, Lewis Hamilton lost his spot on the podium, and there were champagne moments for Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr. 2. To destroy or greatly damage one's position in a game, in one's work or career, in one's financial or social position, etc. Example: If you attack with an energy level of only 30 you are going to self-destruct. Example: Dating the boss is a bad move: if it goes badly, you could self-destruct.
Word: self-destruct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English destruct English self-destruct From self- + destruct. 1. A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself. Labels: uncountable Example: They won't take any prisoners! Activate the self-destruct!
Word: queried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of query Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sheepishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sheepish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sheepishness From sheepish + -ness. 1. The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness. Labels: uncountable
Word: longlasting Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of long-lasting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: avantgarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of avant-garde. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: avantgarde Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of avant-garde. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chiropractor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tɚ/, /ˈkɑɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/ 1. A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.
Word: chiropractics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”). 1. The practice of a chiropractor; chiropractic. Labels: uncountable
Word: natured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature English -ed English natured From nature + -ed. 1. Having or possessing the specified disposition or temperament. Labels: in-compounds
Word: natured Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature English -ed English natured From nature + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of nature Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bashfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bashful + -ness. 1. The quality or property of being bashful Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I, smiling in his face, took the letter, and immediately catching gently hold of his shirt sleeve, drew him towards me, blushing, and almost trembling; for surely his extreme bashfulness, and utter inexperience, call'd for, at least, all the advances to encourage him
Word: compositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of composition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chuckled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chuckle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ushered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of usher Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cataloguers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cataloguer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reproaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reproach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reproaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reproach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: creditors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creditor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cartiliginous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of cartilaginous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: revolutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revolution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meanest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mean: most mean Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: meanest Part of Speech: verb 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of mean Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: crenellation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs). Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɛnəlˈeɪʃən/, /ˌkɹɛnɪˈleɪʃən/, /ˌkɹɛnəˈleɪʃən/ 1. A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over. Example: And so, when the noon sun was shining over the palace, Eslaf quickly scaled the wall near the front gate and waited, hidden in the crenelations. The interior courtyard was plain and desolate, with few places to hide, but he saw that there were two wells. 2. The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle. Labels: uncountable 3. Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight. Labels: countable
Word: contemplating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contemplate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: escapist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English escape 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 escapist From escape + -ist. 1. Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy. Example: He enjoys reading escapist fiction in his free time. Example: The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.
Word: escapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English escape 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 escapist From escape + -ist. 1. Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality
Word: hospitals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hospital Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prevail upon Part of Speech: verb 1. To convince; to persuade. Labels: idiomatic Example: Perhaps I can prevail upon him to change his mind. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
Word: frightfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frightful Middle English -ly English -ly English frightfully From frightful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/, /ˈfɹaɪtfli/, /-ɪ/ 1. In a frightful manner. 2. Very, extremely. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: It all went frightfully quickly. Example: Millicent married Creake after a very short engagement. It was a frightfully subdued wedding—more like a funeral to me.
Word: earphones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Plural of earphone. 1. A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: earphones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earphone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English provident, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvidentis, present participle of prōvideō (“to foresee; to be cautious; to provide”): compare French provident. By surface analysis, provide + -ent. Doublet of prudent. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒvɪdənt/ 1. Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. Example: I saw your brother, Most provident in peril, bind himself, Courage and hope both teaching him the practise, To a strong mast that lived upon the sea; Example: Since then that all kinde of Gaming serues but as gulphes to deuoure the substances of men, and to swallow them vp in beggerie, my counsell is vtterly either to refraine such pastimes, or if men are of such spirits that they must needes venture their money, then to be very prouident how they play, and to be choise of their company. 2. Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it. Example: Grant us thy grace that we may be diligent in our businesse, just in our charges, provident of our time, watchfull in our dutie, carefull of every word we speak. Example: Ah! poor man, he was always more generous than provident, or he would not have left his daughter dependent on his relations. 3. Providing (for someone’s needs). Example: These advantages [the soil] receives from the culture of seeds, exclusive of the rest and manure, which is scattered upon it by that most provident of all cattle, sheep […] Example: My clerk tells me they are weak from hunger—but this cannot be in such provident country, of rich tilth, when the very Hedgerows have been evidently dripping with fruit.
Word: absisted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of absist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decrypted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decrypt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seconded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of second Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I seconded the proposal of my esteemed colleague. Example: He's been seconded to a branch office.
Word: clocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Embroidered with clocks (i.e. figured decorations, not timepieces). Example: But it will be impossible, if you keep your laced clothes covered, that anybody should know you in that dress to be the same gentleman—except they find you out by your clocked stockings. 2. Electronically running at a particular rate; governed by a repetitive time signal. 3. Of a motor vehicle: having had its odometer turned back so as to display a lower mileage. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: dicked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dick + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of dick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dicked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dick + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪkt/ 1. Having a specified kind of penis. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: a small-dicked man Example: a two-dicked animal 2. In trouble; put in a difficult situation, or maliciously exploited. Labels: not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: He is really dicked. His car broke down and today is his first day on his new job.
Word: farted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fart Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ported Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpoɹ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of port Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ported Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpoɹ.tɪd/ 1. Having gates. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. 2. Having ports Labels: not-comparable
Word: jittered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jitter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: banked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bæŋkt/, /beɪ̯ŋkt/, /bɛ̃ŋkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: banked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bæŋkt/, /beɪ̯ŋkt/, /bɛ̃ŋkt/ 1. Piled high. Example: He tripped and fell on the banked corners of the road. 2. Of a cheque, deposited in a bank. 3. Having a bank (financial institution). Example: unbanked and inadequately banked rural areas 4. Having a bank or row. Example: a single-banked boat, having only one bank of oars
Word: slowed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sləʊd/, /slaːd/, /sloʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of slow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: marketed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of market Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: radioed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of radio Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thoued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thou Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of burp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stormed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of storm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bombed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bomb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bombed Part of Speech: adj 1. intoxicated; drunk or high Labels: slang Example: Dan's brother bought us a bottle of whisky and we got bombed.
Word: blacked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /blækt/ 1. Colored black. 2. (of a non-black person) Having engaged in sexual intercourse with a black male. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: blacked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of black Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pinked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trumpeted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trumpet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kinged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of king Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: keyboarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of keyboard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: counterfeited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterfeit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: morphed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of morph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: morphed Part of Speech: adj 1. transformed
Word: humored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humored Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of humoured. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: knighted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of knight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: neutered Part of Speech: adj 1. Castrated, spayed.
Word: neutered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of neuter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: milled Part of Speech: adj 1. Ground by a mill. Labels: not-comparable Example: Coarsely milled maize is termed cornmeal, but when finely milled and sifted it is called corn flour.
Word: milled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aired Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛəd/, /ɛɹd/, /eːd/, /eəd/, /iəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of air Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aired Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɛəd/, /ɛɹd/, /eːd/, /eəd/, /iəd/ 1. Having been uttered or spoken of, such that certain persons are aware. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having been broadcast over the airwaves, such as on television or radio; loosely, having been broadcast via any medium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mooned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English mone English moon English -ed English mooned From moon + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of moon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mooned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English mone English moon English -ed English mooned From moon + -ed. 1. Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Th' angelic squadron bright / Turn'd fiery red, sharp'ning in mooned horns / Their phalanx[…]
Word: righted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of right Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mothered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *modred, equivalent to mother + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/ 1. Receiving the care and attention of a mother.
Word: mothered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *modred, equivalent to mother + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of mother Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mothered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother English -ed English mothered From mother (“fermented culture”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)d/ 1. Thick, like mother (film or membrane on fermented liquids); viscid. Labels: not-comparable Example: They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.
Word: fingered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From finger + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəd/, /ˈfɪŋɡɚd/ 1. Having fingers (of the specified kind). Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable 2. Synonym of digitate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fingered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəd/, /ˈfɪŋɡɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of finger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ducked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dʌkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of duck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hacked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of hack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: experimented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of experiment Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gossiped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gossip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: martyred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of martyr Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: marooned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of maroon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chaired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chair Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ministered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪstɚd/, /ˈmɪnəstɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of minister Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: buffed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌft/ 1. simple past and past participle of buff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beplastered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beplaster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: snowplowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snowplow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gnawed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gnaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gnawed Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of erose.
Word: friended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of friend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: friended Part of Speech: adj 1. Supplied with friends. Labels: not-comparable
Word: handfasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of handfast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: teared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /tɪə(ɹ)d/, /tɪəd/, [tɪːd], /tɪɹd/, [tiɚ̯d] 1. simple past and past participle of tear (“produce liquid from the eyes”) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: teared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /tɛə(ɹ)d/, /tɛəd/, [tɛːd], /tɛɹd/, [tɛɚ̯d] 1. simple past and past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”) Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: This split between “good” and “bad” was seen in her drawings as well — her drawing of a tree, thought to be an unconscious representation of the self, was of a 100-year-old oak tree that was going to be “teared down,”
Word: grafted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of graft Labels: form-of, participle, past