nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró)der. English pro- Derived from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/, /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/, /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/, [ˌpɹɐʉ̯], /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ 1. earlier; prior Labels: morpheme 2. precursor (molecule) Labels: morpheme 3. rudimentary Labels: morpheme 4. in front of Labels: morpheme
Word: powerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊɚləs/, /ˈpaʊələs/ 1. Lacking sufficient power or strength. Example: In Sweden, as we saw, the mistletoe which is gathered on Midsummer Eve is attached to the ceiling of the house, the horse's stall or the cow's crib, in the belief that this renders the Troll powerless to injure man and beast. Example: “Imagine the growing regrets, the longing to escape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate.” 2. Lacking legal authority. Example: The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away. 3. Without electricity or electrical power. Example: During the storm, the entire neighborhood was left powerless for several hours
Word: lapse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus. Pronunciation: /læps/ 1. A temporary failure; a slip. Example: memory lapse Example: lapse of judgment 2. A decline or fall in standards. Example: The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity 3. A pause in continuity. 4. An interval of time between events. Example: Still onward winds the dreary way; ⁠I with it; for I long to prove ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say. Example: Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame 5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect. 6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air. 7. A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective. 8. A fall or apostasy.
Word: lapse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus. Pronunciation: /læps/ 1. To fall away gradually; to subside. Labels: intransitive Example: This perpetual disposition to shorten our words by retrenching the vowels, is nothing else but a tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended Example: Homer, however, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, in his story of Mars and Venus, in his behaviour of Irus and in other passages has been observed to have lapsed into the Burlesque character, and to have departed from that serious Air which seems essential to the magnificence of an Epic Poem. 2. To fall into error or heresy. Labels: intransitive Example: To lapſe in Fullneſſe / Is ſorer, than to lye for Neede: and Falſhood / Is worſe in Kings, than Beggers. 3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. 4. To become void. Labels: intransitive Example: The connections at Lewisham were never built, and the powers of the Act lapsed; but the spur at Nunhead was partly constructed. 5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee. Example: ...and if the archbishop shall not fill it up within six Months ensuing, it lapses to the King, but according to the Canon Law to the Pope.
Word: poetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical. Pronunciation: /poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/, /pəʊˈɛtɪkl̩/ 1. Synonym of poetic. Example: That our work, therefore, might be in no danger of being likened to the labours of these historians, we have taken every occasion of interspersing through the whole sundry similes, descriptions, and other kind of poetical embellishments.
Word: trigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪɡə/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡə], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪɡə], /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡɹ̩] 1. A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. Example: Just pull the trigger. Example: [W]e pull'd aſide the Tricker, and obſerv'd, that according to our expectation the force of the Spring of the Lock vvas not ſenſibly abated by the abſence of the Air. 2. A similar device used to activate any mechanism. 3. An event that initiates others, or incites a response. Example: Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking. 4. An event that initiates others, or incites a response. 5. A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response. Example: emotional trigger Example: I can't watch that violent film. Blood is one of my triggers. 6. An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person. 7. An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device. 8. A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing. 9. A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component. 10. An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity. 11. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. Labels: archaic 12. An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
Word: trigger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪɡə/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡə], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪɡə], /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡɹ̩] 1. To fire (a weapon). Labels: transitive Example: A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb. 2. To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result. Labels: transitive Example: The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers. Example: The accident followed torrential early morning rain that triggered widespread flooding across Scotland's tracks, including south of Carmont. 3. To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims. Example: People get triggered simply by seeing a Trump. 4. To activate; to become active. Labels: especially, intransitive Example: Sodium nitrite (750 ppm) was added after the alarm triggered at three hours, and corrosion did not occur for over eight hours.
Word: trigger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪɡə/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡə], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪɡə], /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪɡɹ̩] 1. comparative form of trig: more trig Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: stillness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stilnesse, from Old English stilnes (“stillness, quiet; absence of noise or disturbance, release, relaxation; silence, abstention from speech; absence of disturbance or molestation, tranquility, peace, security; that which appeases”), equivalent to still + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪlnəs/ 1. The quality or state of being still. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The teru-tero (Vanellus cayanensis), is another bird, which often disturbs the stillness of the night. Example: It resembled them in the sense that it was not ended, when it was past, but continued to unfold, in Watt's head, from beginning to end, over and over again, the complex connexions of its lights and shadows, the passing from silence to sound and from sound to silence, the stillness before the movement and the stillness after, the quickenings and retardings, the approaches and the separations, all the shifting detail of its march and ordinance, according to the irrevocable caprice of its taking place. 2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The grauitie, and ſtillneſſe of your youth / The world hath noted. Example: Like a heartbeat drives you mad / In the stillness of remembering what you had / And what you lost
Word: stillnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stillness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vexillology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1959. From Latin vexillum (“flag”) + -logy, equivalent to vexillo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌvɛk.sɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌvɛk.səˈlɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of flags. Labels: uncountable Example: Vexillology can help us to delve into national and global history. Example: Sheldon: Over the next few 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology.
Word: LCAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of landing craft, air cushion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: valence electron Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom (the valence shell); capable of forming bonds with other atoms.
Word: stereotypical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stereotype 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 stereotypical From stereotype + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌstɪə̯-/, /ˌstɪː-/, /ˌstɛɹ.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌstɪɹ-/ 1. Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional. Example: There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans. Example: A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family. 2. Banal, commonplace, and clichéd because of overuse. Example: I was disappointed by the stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending. 3. Relating to stereotypy. Example: Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.
Word: jaggy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæɡi/ 1. jagged, toothed or serrated
Word: hootchie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hoochie (“promiscuous or scantily-dressed woman”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang 2. Alternative form of hutchie (“type of shelter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: cruciferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous. Pronunciation: /kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/ 1. Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard. Labels: not-comparable Example: And cruciferous vegetables—broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage—are loaded with sulforaphane. 2. Bearing a cross. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crucifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin crucifer (“cross-bearer”), from crux (“cross”) + ferō (“to carry, bear”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹu.sɪ.fəɹ/ 1. A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer. 2. A member of the family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Word: quests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mourner's seat Part of Speech: noun 1. mourners' bench Example: "And then," continued Suggs, "I wanted to git off, but they hilt me, and bimeby I felt so missuble, I had to go yonder" -- pointing to the mourners' seat.
Word: Alaric Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Alarīks Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*alareiks)der. English Alaric From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks. 1. A historic king of the Visigoths. 2. A male given name from Gothic. Labels: rare Example: We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.
Word: ost Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of oast. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gangster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos Proto-Germanic *gangaz Proto-West Germanic *gang Old English gang Middle English gang English gang Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English gangster From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋ.stəː/, [ˈɡæŋ.stəː], /ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/, [ˈɡæŋ.stɚ] ~ [ˈɡæŋ.stɹ̩], /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stɚ/ 1. A member of a criminal or street gang. 2. A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.
Word: gangster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos Proto-Germanic *gangaz Proto-West Germanic *gang Old English gang Middle English gang English gang Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English gangster From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋ.stəː/, [ˈɡæŋ.stəː], /ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/, [ˈɡæŋ.stɚ] ~ [ˈɡæŋ.stɹ̩], /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stɚ/ 1. To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.
Word: gangster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos Proto-Germanic *gangaz Proto-West Germanic *gang Old English gang Middle English gang English gang Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English gangster From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋ.stəː/, [ˈɡæŋ.stəː], /ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/, [ˈɡæŋ.stɚ] ~ [ˈɡæŋ.stɹ̩], /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stɚ/ 1. Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious. Labels: error-unknown-tag, slang Example: I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!" Example: Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music 2. On friendly terms; cool. Labels: Internet, error-unknown-tag, slang Example: We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now. Example: "Oh, soft ass pretty boy, trying to act all hard for his little girlfriend. Don't he know that we gangsta over here. We don't beef over females. Share and share alike," Corey said, laughing.
Word: racketeer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From racket + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/ 1. One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loan sharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business. 2. One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
Word: racketeer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From racket + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/ 1. to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes. 2. to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.
Word: fence-sitter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fence sitter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stemme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stem. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: stemme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of stud + femme. 1. A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
Word: questing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of going in quest of something. Example: By this move, Devereux gave new importance to fieldwork as a method of social enquiry. Psychoanalysis taught him that anxiety was not something to be avoided but is the driving force which propels our intellectual questings.
Word: questing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈɹɛməɹə/, /ɹiˈmɔɹə/ 1. Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. Example: The Remoræ (Echeneisidæ) form the last family of the soft-finned, subbrachian fishes. They are characterized at once by the top of their heads being flattened, and furnished with transverse series of cartilaginous plates, somewhat similar to the plates under the toes of the Gecko, by which these fish attach themselves to ships, rocks, and marine bodies. Example: The remora, lump-sucker, and others are provided with a muscular disk in the form of a sucker, by which they adhere to other fish or bodies moving through the water: [...] 2. A serpent. Example: LORD SCARSDALE. [...] On the dexter ſide, the figure of Prudence repreſented by a woman, habited argent, mantled azure, holding in her ſiniſter hand a javelin entwined with a remora proper; [...] 3. A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle. Labels: obsolete Example: For to ſay [...] That the ſolidneſſe of the Earth is for the ſtation and Manſion of liuing creatures: and the like, is well inquired & collected in METAPHISICKE, but in PHISICKE they are impertinent. Nay, they are indeed but Remoraes and hinderances to ſtay and ſlugge the Shippe from furder ſayling, and haue brought this to paſſe, that the ſearch of the Phiſicall Cauſes hath beene neglected. Example: [H]is Majeſty, long ſince weary of the yoke of all Parliaments, (the only Remora to his abſolute intended Monarchy) and repenting of the Act for continuing this, [...] is now reſolved (in proſecution of his priſtine Counſels) by force or policy to diſſolve this Parliament in diſcontent, [...] 4. A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places. Labels: obsolete Example: Rem′ora [...] The name of two surgical instruments, intended to retain parts in situ. The one was used, formerly, in castration, to prevent the intestines from protruding at the inguinal ring: the other, called Rem′ora Hilda′ni, (F[rench]) Arrêt d'Hildan, εχενηις, was employed to retain fractures and luxations reduced. It is not now used.
Word: dorsal fin Part of Speech: noun 1. A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals.
Word: teip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chechen and Ingush. 1. A Chechen and Ingush tribal organization or clan, self-identified through descent from a common ancestor or geographic location.
Word: pectoral fin Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.
Word: anal fin Part of Speech: noun 1. A fin located on the underside of a fish behind the anus.
Word: caudal fin Part of Speech: noun 1. The tailfin of a fish and other aquatic vertebrates.
Word: caudal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdəl/ 1. Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body. Labels: not-comparable Example: The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes, […] Example: Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests. 2. Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior. Labels: not-comparable
Word: caudal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdəl/ 1. A caudal vertebra.
Word: pelvic fin Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of fins on either side and towards the rear of a fish.
Word: underware Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of underwear. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: fugu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu, “blowfish”). Pronunciation: /ˈfuː.ɡuː/ 1. Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins. Labels: uncountable Example: Twenty minutes later, the chef has successfully prepared a whole fugu—or puffer fish—a Japanese delicacy whose capacity to maim and kill is dividing the country’s culinary world. Example: A sluggish swimmer, fugu has stunted fins and often flat-lying spikes instead of scales, and when confronted by predators it compensates for its lack of speed by swallowing enough water to swell up until its spikes stand on end, so it looks like an angry armored balloon.
Word: Indian ink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Indian + ink. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.di.ən ɪŋk/ 1. Alternative form of India ink. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: lampblack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lamp Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English lampblack From lamp + black. 1. An amorphous form of carbon made from soot (incompletely burned organic matter); used to make pigments and inks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This Messrs. Greener and Straite allege they have effected by taking a quantity of lampblack or powdered charcoal, or of powdered coke, and which has been purified, by the action of electricity from sulphur and any other mixtures, and digesting the same in diluted nitro-muriatic acid. Example: A smudge of lampblack is made on his forehead to disfigure him and thus avert the evil eye.
Word: lampblack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English lamp Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English lampblack From lamp + black. 1. To blacken (something) using this form of carbon. Labels: transitive Example: Gadsbodkins, you puny Upſtart in the Law, to uſe me ſo, you Green Bag Carrier, you Murderer of unfortunate Cauſes, the Clerks Ink is ſcarce off of your fingers, you that newly come from Lamblacking the Judges ſhooes, and are not fit to wipe mine; […]
Word: vexillum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vēxillum (“flag, banner”). 1. A flag, banner, or standard. 2. A company of troops serving under one standard. 3. The sign of the cross. 4. The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower. 5. The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
Word: rooting reflex Part of Speech: noun 1. a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
Word: methylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French méthylène, from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood”). By surface analysis, meth- + -ylene. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛθɪliːn/ 1. The divalent group –CH₂– in which the free valencies are part of single bonds. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The unstable carbene :CH₂ Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mystic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪstɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical. Example: a mystic dance 2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic. Example: Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man? Example: Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join, ⁠Deep-seated in our mystic frame, ⁠We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made them current coin; […]
Word: mystic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪstɪk/ 1. Someone who practices mysticism.
Word: myovascular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- English vascular English myovascular From myo- + vascular. 1. Of or relating to a muscle and its blood vessels.
Word: Mycenean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Mycenaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mycenean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Mycenaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mycenean Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mycenaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: muss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to mess (“disorder”). Pronunciation: /mʌs/, /mʊs/ 1. To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy. Labels: transitive Example: The old man affectionately mussed his grandson's hair.
Word: muss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to mess (“disorder”). Pronunciation: /mʌs/, /mʊs/ 1. A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder). 2. A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Labels: obsolete Example: Authority melts from me: of late, when I cried 'Ho!' like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth, and cry 'Your will?' Have you no ears? I am Antony yet. Example: Gods so! a muss, a muss, a muss, a muss.
Word: muss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Middle English mus (“a mouse”). See mouse. Pronunciation: /mʌs/, /mʊs/ 1. A term of endearment. Labels: obsolete
Word: oceanfront Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ocean + front. 1. Of property or real estate: adjacent to the ocean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oceanfront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ocean + front. 1. A property that is adjacent to the ocean. 2. The side of a property that faces the ocean.
Word: beachfront Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach English front English beachfront From beach + front. Pronunciation: /ˈbit͡ʃˌfɹʌnt/ 1. Of property (real estate): located on a beach. Labels: not-comparable Example: As Fire Island’s reputation grew, so did the fame of its residents. In 1977, after divorcing his first wife, Calvin Klein bought one of Gifford’s beachfront homes.
Word: beachfront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach English front English beachfront From beach + front. Pronunciation: /ˈbit͡ʃˌfɹʌnt/ 1. The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
Word: appropriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By surface analysis, appropriate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/ 1. An act or instance of appropriating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their ties to the area may be based on traditional rather than written claims – but Bir Tawil is not any more a “no man’s land” than the territory once known as British East Africa, where terra nullius was repeatedly invoked in the early 20th century by both chartered companies and the British government that supported them to justify the appropriation of territory from indigenous people. 2. That which is appropriated. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS. 4. The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: appliqué Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of applique. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: appliqué Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of applique. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]
Word: appliqué Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a red blood cell infected by the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, assuming a form in which the early trophozoite of Plasmodium falciparum parasitises the marginal portion of the red blood cell, appearing as if the parasite has been “applied”. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overkill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Dutch kilbor. English kill English overkill From over- + kill. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌkɪl/ 1. A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons. Labels: literally, uncountable Example: [The] increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster; […] 2. Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder. Labels: literally, uncountable Example: Bodies that have been stabbed or shot multiple times—far beyond what was sufficient to kill the victim (overkill)— suggest that the victim and assailant knew each other, […] Example: For some killers with a great deal of love/hate for their victims, it [an edged weapon] is the perfect instrument for a maniacal overkill. 3. An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill. Example: Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill? 4. An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection. Labels: uncountable
Word: overkill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Dutch kilbor. English kill English overkill From over- + kill. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈkɪl/, /ˌoʊvɚˈkɪl/, /ˈoʊvɚˌkɪl/ 1. To destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required. Labels: transitive 2. To dispose of too many items because of too-high criteria of inspection. 3. To do something excessive to achieve a goal.
Word: overpower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English overpower From over- + power. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈpaʊə/, /oʊ.vɚˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/ 1. To subdue someone by superior force. Labels: transitive Example: We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours. Example: Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^([sic]) overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide. 2. To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue. Labels: transitive Example: Bright light overpowers the eyes. Example: But the shrill wild cry of the heron overpowered the cries of all the other birds, whom it seemed to terrify; they were silent the moment they heard it, and a silence followed which made the interruption doubly unpleasant. 3. To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs. Example: Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews. 4. To make excessively powerful. Labels: transitive Example: Rather than overpowering the characters or giving them some kind of slow-mo adrenalin abilities, Bloody Days does the most unexpected thing: it introduces a genuinely smart tactical system.
Word: overshadow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overschadwen, overschadewe, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- + shadow. Compare with West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”), and more distantly, Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/ 1. To obscure something by casting a shadow. Labels: transitive Example: While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude. 2. To dominate something and make it seem insignificant. Labels: transitive Example: A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type. Example: This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line. 3. To shelter or protect. Labels: transitive
Word: pathogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patho- + -genesis. Pronunciation: /ˌpæθ.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/, /ˌpæθ.oʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/, /ˌpæθ.əʉˈd͡ʒen.ə.sɪs/, /ˌpɛθ.ɐʉˈd͡ʒen.ə.səs/ 1. The origin and development of a disease. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The mechanism whereby something causes a disease. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: patresfamilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paterfamilias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paterfamilias Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (c. 1425 to 1475) From late Middle English paterfamilias, from Latin pater familiās. From Latin pater (“father”) + familiās, archaic genitive of familia (“family; household”). Literally, "father of the family" or "father of the household". 1. A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.
Word: goutte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta. Pronunciation: /ɡuːt/ 1. A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides. Example: Per fesse nebuly chequy azure and or, each of the last charged with a goutte of the first, and sable, in base five estoiles, four and one of the second, all within a bordure argent, charged with eight crosses couped gules.
Word: brown rice Part of Speech: noun 1. Rice with the brownish hull not polished off as in white rice. The hull contains important vitamins, including vitamin B complex, which are missing in white rice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As an unabashed health nut, she always asked for brown rice to go with her vegetarian entrees.
Word: white rice Part of Speech: noun 1. Rice which has had the brownish hull polished off, leaving a white-colored grain. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She always ordered white rice at Chinese restaurants, even though she knew brown rice was healthier.
Word: polished off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of polish off (to remove polish; or to finish something) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pudding rice Part of Speech: noun 1. A short-grained rice used to make rice pudding and risotto. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: rice pudding Part of Speech: noun 1. A milk pudding made from rice, milk, sugar and nutmeg. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: goo goo ga ga Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare goo-goo and ga-ga. Pronunciation: /ˌɡuː ɡuː ˈɡɑː ɡɑː/ 1. Onomatopoeic imitation of the sound of a baby who has not yet learned to speak. Labels: childish Example: And the parents go, "Goo-goo, ga-ga, goo-goo, ga-ga." Example: If goo-goo, ga-ga is as foreign to you as a radio broadcast from Ouagadougou, try this definition of “baby talk”: It’s talk directed to your baby, concerning her care.
Word: herb tea Part of Speech: noun 1. A beverage (a tisane) made by steeping herbs (sometimes also includes other plants, such as spices), other than tea leaves, in hot water. Example: Soaking camomile leaves in hot water for five minutes produces a very relaxing herb tea. Example: So she put me on a macrobiotic diet, gave me lots of herb tea, and started getting my system back together.
Word: sestet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”). Pronunciation: /sɛsˈtɛt/ 1. A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor. 2. The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
Word: xenomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -morph. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛnəʊˌmɔːf/, /ˈzɛnəʊˌmɔɹf/ 1. A strange form, an alien creature. 2. An allotriomorph.
Word: geothermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English thermal English geothermal From geo- + thermal. 1. Pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior. Labels: not-comparable
Word: co-op Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cooperative, by shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˌɒp/ 1. A unit of a housing cooperative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep. Example: Whereas condo residents own their apartment outright, co-op residents are shareholders in a company that owns their building and have a right to live in their apartment. As such, co-op owners have control over who they allow in. 2. Any cooperative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives. Example: Once or twice a week, Chris Wotton, an unemployed farm labourer who ran the coop, and some of the estate's older children, borrowed a van from Centerprise […] Example: In the spring of 1954, three agricultural producers’ co-operatives — Chenkuang, Nungyuan and Yangchiachai — were formed in Kuangta Township, Suiyang County, Kweichow Province. Since then they have put in nearly a year’s intensive work in farm production, finishing up in the autumn with the distribution of the year’s harvest. Our Party has strengthened its political and ideological leadership over them in good time. As a result, the three co-ops have been put on a firm footing and are making considerable headway. They have created a good impression among the peasants outside the co-ops, who say, “The co-ops are doing better in every way than we!” These co-ops are really taking the lead on the road to co-operation. 3. Any shop owned by a cooperative. 4. A cooperative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.
Word: co-op Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cooperative, by shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˌɒp/ 1. Synonym of cooperate. Example: It would also afford her the opportunity to see where he was co-oping. 2. To play a game in a cooperative style. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Oh, you have this game too? We should co-op some time.
Word: crack on Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Naked Twister will have to wait. I've got to crack on with my essay. Example: What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance? 2. To continue apace. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: The project is really cracking on. Example: We crack on eastbound, passing the station at Worksop and that at Retford Low Level (I'm following the route with great interest thanks to my Quail atlas). 3. To put on. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to crack on more sail, or more steam 4. To crack down on or arrest (someone). Labels: slang, transitive Example: They need to crack on those drug dealers.
Word: tarts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɑɹts/ 1. plural of tart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɑɹts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tart Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fulcra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fulcrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slubberdegullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: slubber + the British dialectal term gullion (“wretch”). 1. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse. 2. A worthless person. 3. A drunken or alcoholic person.
Word: praxeology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis) + -logy. 1. The study of human action or conduct. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deliveryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From delivery + man or delivery + -man. 1. Someone employed to make deliveries.
Word: prance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑːns/, [ˈpʰɹʷɑːns], /ˈpɹɐːns/, [ˈpʰɹʷɐ̞ːns], /ˈpɹæns/ 1. To spring forward on the hind legs. 2. To strut about in a showy manner. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: John's daughter was prancing about the sitting room, practicing for her school dance. Example: “So, so beautiful. I'm gonna do one last roly-poly before we go. [snorting, squealing] At least I had one moment of joy in a life of drudgery. Where will the truffle hunt take us next?” “Nowhere. You're free, Jambone. I'm releasing you from nose jail.” “Really? I can stay here in this paradise and prance and frolic?” “Just stick to frolicking.” “[emotional] Thank you, Mr. Bender. You're the kindest person I've ever met.” “Really? [crying] That's horrible.”
Word: prance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑːns/, [ˈpʰɹʷɑːns], /ˈpɹɐːns/, [ˈpʰɹʷɐ̞ːns], /ˈpɹæns/ 1. A prancing movement. Example: There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,
Word: praepostor Part of Speech: noun 1. a prefect in some public schools Labels: UK Example: He rose, always in spite of himself, into the Doctor’s form, and for the last two years or so of his time was among the præpostors, though he never rose into the upper half of them.
Word: whimbrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from whimper + -el, alluding to the sound of its cry. Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/ 1. A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill. Example: Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
Word: potage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French potage, and from earlier borrowing pottage. 1. A thick soup, especially a creamy one. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: undertaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, undertake + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/ 1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals. 2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. Example: Nobody troubles to keep his word, to carry out literally his undertakings. In my small way I try to set that right by showing them the logical development of their ways. Example: The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong. 3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. Example: He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848. 4. The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
Word: undertaking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, undertake + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of undertake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: undertakings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undertaking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthorexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + -orexia. 1. A fixation with healthy or righteous eating. Labels: uncountable