nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rigol. Pronunciation: /ɹuːl/, /ɹʉwl/, [ɹʊwl], /ɹoːl/, /ɹul/ 1. A regulation, law, guideline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All participants must adhere to the rules. Example: You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament. 2. A regulating principle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's little can be said in 't; 'Tis against the rule of nature. 3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. Labels: uncountable Example: Obey them that have the rule over you. Example: His stern rule the groaning land obeyed. 4. A normal condition or state of affairs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My rule is to rise at six o'clock. Example: As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded. 5. Conduct; behaviour. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. 6. An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a rule for extracting the cube root 8. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As we may observe in the Works of Art, a Judicious Artist will indeed use his Eye, but he will trust only to his Rule. Example: It is not right to pervert the judge by moving him to anger or envy or pity—one might as well warp a carpenter's rule before using it. 9. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: rule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate. Pronunciation: /ɹuːl/, /ɹʉwl/, [ɹʊwl], /ɹoːl/, /ɹul/ 1. To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. Labels: stative, transitive Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good. 2. To excel. Labels: intransitive, slang, stative Example: This game rules! 3. To decide judicially. Labels: intransitive Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 4. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. Labels: transitive Example: That's a ruled case with the school-men. 5. To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines). Labels: transitive
Word: rule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to revel. Pronunciation: /ɹuːl/, /ɹʉwl/, [ɹʊwl], /ɹoːl/, /ɹul/ 1. Revelry. Labels: obsolete
Word: rule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to revel. Pronunciation: /ɹuːl/, /ɹʉwl/, [ɹʊwl], /ɹoːl/, /ɹul/ 1. To revel. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: eaglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eagle Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English eaglet From eagle + -let (diminutive suffix). 1. The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick. Example: He [Christopher North] speaks in his "Second Canticle" of "the imps," "the eaglets," "the young ones," "the bursting of the shells," as though it were the commoner occurrence for there to be several eaglets in a nest. This is not the case. Example: Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.
Word: Adler Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Adler. 1. A surname from German.
Word: kohanga reo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori kōhanga reo, literally "language nest", from kōhanga (“nest”) + reo (“language”). 1. A kindergarten designed to immerse children in Maori language and culture. Example: The Minister knows that a licence to establish a kohanga reo cannot be obtained unless the programme meets the prescription of a child care centre.
Word: nounal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From noun + -al; used to avoid confusion with other senses of nominal. Pronunciation: /ˈnaʊnəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or acting as a noun. Example: The nounal word was the first in the sentence.
Word: into Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in + to. Cognate with Scots intae. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tuː/, /ˈɪn.tiː/, /ˈɪn.tu/, /ˈɪn.tə/, /ˈɪn.tɪ/ 1. To or towards the inside of. Example: Mary danced into the house. Example: Pour the wine into the decanter. 2. To or towards the region of. Example: We left the house and walked into the street. Example: The eagle flew off into the wide blue sky. 3. To the condition or state. Example: They lulled us into thinking we still had time. 4. Against, especially with force or violence. Example: The car crashed into the tree. Example: I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall. 5. Indicates transition into another form or substance. Example: I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Example: Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf! 6. Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections. Example: A cow's stomach is divided into four chambers. Example: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. 7. After the start of. Example: About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board. Example: "[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably." And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. 8. Interested in or attracted to. Labels: colloquial Example: She's really heavily into Shakespeare right now. Example: My date for tonight has black hair, and I'm into that. 9. Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes". Example: How many times does 24 go into 48? Example: Three goes into six two times. 10. Expressing the operation of multiplication. Labels: India, UK, archaic Example: Five into three is fifteen. 11. Investigating the subject (of). Example: There have been calls for research into the pesticides that are blamed for the decline in bee populations. 12. Attacking or fighting a person. Labels: colloquial Example: I'll be d—d if I don't sarve out that ould cantin', cheatin', blackguard, Meeks! As sure as eggs is eggs, I'll be into him like a thousand o' bricks!
Word: Hawaiʻi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hawaii: a state of the United States. Labels: Hawaii, alt-of, alternative Example: If confine your Hawaiʻi vacation to resort areas such as Waikiki, Kaʻanapali, or Kona, you are unlikely to see a native honey-creeper. But birds are always around (even sometimes on your breakfast table!) and a little attention to them will broaden your tropical horizons. In this section we will take you on a bird tour of the Hawaiʻi seen by most visitors, and the only Hawaiʻi known to a surprisingly large number of residents, most of whom, after all, dwell in cities and towns. Example: “With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state,” Gov. David Ige said in a statement. “This plan was developed in collaboration with our county mayors and Hawaiʻi’s business, community and visitor industry leaders.”
Word: Big Island Part of Speech: name 1. An island of Islands of Hawaii, Pacific, Hawaii, United States; The largest of the Hawaiian Islands, for which the island chain and the state are named. Labels: informal 2. An island in Pawtuckaway Lake, New Hampshire, USA. 3. An island in Umbagog Lake, New Hampshire, USA. 4. An island in the Chemung River, located in Chemung County, New York, USA. 5. An island on Woodhull Lake in Herkimer County, New York. 6. An island in the Wisconsin River in Wood County, Wisconsin. 7. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Ohio, USA. 8. A census-designated place in northern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. 9. The largest of the Ramea Islands in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 10. A peninsula in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 11. A small, uninhabited island located in Hudson Bay near the community of Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada. 12. A small, uninhabited island located in James Bay near the community of Chisasibi, Quebec, Canada. 13. Former name of Imiliit (“an uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada”). 14. Former name of Qikiqtarjuaq (“an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada”). 15. An island in the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. 16. An island in Chemong Lake, Ontario, Canada. 17. An island in Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada. 18. An island in Pigeon Lake, Ontario, Canada. 19. Besar Island, an island off the coast of mainland Malacca in Malaysia. Labels: informal 20. Te Poho-o-Tairea, an island to the west of Stewart Island in New Zealand. Labels: informal 21. Copeland Island, an island in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland. Labels: informal
Word: Hilo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hawaiian Hilo, of uncertain etymology but possibly related to hilo (“to twist”). 1. The largest town on the island of Hawaii, in Hawaii County, Hawaii, located at the eastern corner of the island.
Word: good day Part of Speech: intj 1. A somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset. Labels: dated, formal Example: Good day, gentlemen. Example: Good day, and happineſſe, deere Roſalind. 2. A dismissal; sometimes used to express annoyance. Labels: dated, formal Example: Perhaps another time. Good day. Example: This is an invitation-only party! Now, good day!
Word: guten Tag Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German guten Tag. 1. Hello; hullo; good day; good afternoon.
Word: regen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹiˈdʒɛn/, /ˈɹiːdʒɛn/ 1. Clipping of regeneration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Example: The council announced a new project for the urban regen of the waterfront area. Example: After the fire, the community focused on the regen of local businesses. 2. A regenerative radio receiver. Labels: countable 3. Clipping of regenerative braking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 4. A kind of yo-yo trick that adds spin without having to return the yo-yo to the thrower's hand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: regen Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiˈdʒɛn/, /ˈɹiːdʒɛn/ 1. Clipping of regenerate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: paedophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paedo- Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English paedophilia From paedo- + -philia. 1. UK standard spelling of pedophilia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder.
Word: dude Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doodle dandy” in the 18th-century lyrics of the song “Yankee Doodle”; the word is first attested in 1883 as a New York City slang term of contempt for a “fastidious man, fop”. If so, then related to German Low German Dudeldop, Dudendop (“fool, dunce”), Saterland Frisian Duddigegen (“idiot”). It has also been suggested that the word is derived from dudes (“old rags”; compare duds) and dudesman (“scarecrow”), or possibly related to dawdle; It has also been suggested the word derives from the Irish dúid. The common claim that the term derives from (or is) a word for a camel's foreskin (or some other vulgar thing, like a hair on a cow, horse, donkey, or elephant's bottom) is false. Pronunciation: /duːd/, [dʉːwd], /d(j)uːd/, /ɖ(j)uɖ/ 1. A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc. Labels: slang Example: Dude! You finally called! Example: And, feckin' A, you ain't never gonna guess this one—dude! […] Thinking this is a little worse than me watching porn. Dude.
Word: dude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doodle dandy” in the 18th-century lyrics of the song “Yankee Doodle”; the word is first attested in 1883 as a New York City slang term of contempt for a “fastidious man, fop”. If so, then related to German Low German Dudeldop, Dudendop (“fool, dunce”), Saterland Frisian Duddigegen (“idiot”). It has also been suggested that the word is derived from dudes (“old rags”; compare duds) and dudesman (“scarecrow”), or possibly related to dawdle; It has also been suggested the word derives from the Irish dúid. The common claim that the term derives from (or is) a word for a camel's foreskin (or some other vulgar thing, like a hair on a cow, horse, donkey, or elephant's bottom) is false. Pronunciation: /duːd/, [dʉːwd], /d(j)uːd/, /ɖ(j)uɖ/ 1. To address someone as dude. Example: "Where you been, Mac? I missed you! Dude—I mean, man," she corrects hastily, with a gamine grin, before I can make good on a threat I made in what feels like another lifetime that I would call her by her full name if she ever "duded" me again. […] Oh, yes, she's upset. She just unapologetically "duded" me. Example: The other two guys with him burst into laughter, dude'''ing and high-fiving like mad. 2. To take a vacation in a dude ranch. Example: The Old Hearst Ranch […] is one of the West's largest and most elaborate dude ranches and includes over 500 acres of woodland trails. There's "dudeing" with all the trimmings, excellent food and rooms at the lodge or individual cabanas. Example: I am certainly interested in this "dude community" business just because I have tried it in the slightest kind of way. In camping it's "the fewer the better," but in "dudeing" it may be "the more the merrier." 3. Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes. Labels: US Example: It seemed that the fellas couldn't get enough girlin' and racing fast cars and grooving to rock and dudeing around in city-slick suits from St. Louis. Example: "Speaking of being duded out …" He shrugged, then handed her the bag. "Here. This is for you." / She reached inside and gasped as she pulled out a white suede western style hat. A glittering gold braid encircled the brim. / "Oh, Zack! It's beautiful. Thank you."
Word: sherry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹi/ 1. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam. 2. A variety of sherry. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They produce several quality sherries. 3. A glass of sherry. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Would you like a sherry?
Word: stridulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”)) Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/ 1. To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together. Labels: intransitive Example: A window was open, and the crickets were stridulating at an ominous speed in the black motionless foliage. Example: The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note.
Word: stridulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”). 1. A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.
Word: ramollissement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ramollissement. 1. A morbid softening of some organ or tissue of the body.
Word: goof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from dialectal English goff (“foolish clown”), from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English goffen (“to speak in a frivolous manner”), possibly from Old English gaf, ġegaf (“base; wanton; lewd”, adjective), ġegaf (“buffoonery; scurrility”, noun), gaffetung, golfettung (“buffoonery; mockery”). Compare English dialectal gauffin (“lightheaded; foolish; giddy”), Scots gaff, gawf (“to talk loudly; babble”), Scots gaffaw (“a loud laugh”). Alternatively, perhaps from Middle French goffe (“awkward; stupid”). Compare also Spanish gofo, Italian goffo. Pronunciation: /ɡuːf/ 1. A mistake or error. Labels: US, informal Example: I made a goof in that last calculation. 2. A mistake or error. Labels: US, informal 3. A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: Your little brother is a total goof. 4. A rapist. Labels: Canada, slang
Word: goof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from dialectal English goff (“foolish clown”), from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English goffen (“to speak in a frivolous manner”), possibly from Old English gaf, ġegaf (“base; wanton; lewd”, adjective), ġegaf (“buffoonery; scurrility”, noun), gaffetung, golfettung (“buffoonery; mockery”). Compare English dialectal gauffin (“lightheaded; foolish; giddy”), Scots gaff, gawf (“to talk loudly; babble”), Scots gaffaw (“a loud laugh”). Alternatively, perhaps from Middle French goffe (“awkward; stupid”). Compare also Spanish gofo, Italian goffo. Pronunciation: /ɡuːf/ 1. To make a mistake. Labels: US Example: It's my fault. I goofed. Example: GCN is in a sticky situation because we goofed and bought 10 pounds of a type of wax that we cannot use. 2. To engage in mischief. Labels: US Example: We were just goofing by painting the neighbor's cat green.
Word: stakeholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stake + holder. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪkˌhəʊl.də/, /ˈsteɪkˌhoʊl.dɚ/, /ˈstæɪkˌhəʉl.də/, [ˈstæɪkˌhɐʉl.də], /ˈstæɪkˌhɐʉl.də/ 1. A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet. 2. A person such as a trustee, escrow agent or garnishee, who holds money or assets under trust for another party in a contractual agreement or as part of a claim. 3. A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise. Example: Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce (TVCC) and other stakeholders are now increasingly concerned about the risks of delay and urging progress on a project with a strong economic, commercial and environmental case.
Word: stakeholder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stake + holder. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪkˌhəʊl.də/, /ˈsteɪkˌhoʊl.dɚ/, /ˈstæɪkˌhəʉl.də/, [ˈstæɪkˌhɐʉl.də], /ˈstæɪkˌhɐʉl.də/ 1. To involve stakeholders in (a project, process, decision, etc.). Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: “To carve out something like Netflix, an economic development endeavor we support, or any business development or affordable housing project, highlights a larger problem with this proposal — that it was not thought out well and was not sufficiently stakeholdered before it was proposed,” he [Ray Cantor] said.
Word: gent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for gentleman. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛnt/ 1. A gentleman. Labels: colloquial Example: He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent.
Word: gent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛnt/ 1. Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful. Labels: obsolete Example: He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree […] 2. neat; pretty; elegant Labels: obsolete Example: Her body gent and small.
Word: gent Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛnt/ 1. Clipping of gentamicin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable
Word: sojourn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/, /ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/, /ˈsəʊd͡ʒɜːn/, /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/, /soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ 1. A short stay somewhere. Example: Better the dark, silent, and fated waves of ocean, than the troubled waves of life. There are some whose sojourn on this earth is brief as it is bitter. Example: But if, as we have seen, Wu's ambivalent attitude toward the conventional route to success originated in his early appreciation of the idealistic virtues of his father, then it is possible that parts of the work could have been written much earlier, perhaps even during his sojourn with his father in Chiang-su. 2. A temporary residence. Example: Though long detain'd / In that obscure sojourn
Word: sojourn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/, /ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/, /ˈsəʊd͡ʒɜːn/, /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/, /soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ 1. To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger. Labels: intransitive Example: Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. Example: The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, […] and here sojourned three days.
Word: din Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön. Pronunciation: /dɪn/ 1. A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Example: [B]red to war, / He knew the battle’s din afar, / And joyed to hear it swell.
Word: din Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dynnen, from Old English dynnan, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Pronunciation: /dɪn/ 1. To make a din, to resound. Labels: intransitive Example: 1820, William Wordsworth, “The Waggoner” Canto 2, in The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 2, p. 21, For, spite of rumbling of the wheels, A welcome greeting he can hear;— It is a fiddle in its glee Dinning from the CHERRY TREE! Example: My confused senses received a dull roar of pounding feet and dinning voices as the herald of victory. 2. (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound. Labels: intransitive Example: The room was dinning with the strains of an invisible orchestra and the vocal uproar […] 3. To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise. Labels: transitive Example: 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder: or Political Essays, London: D. Midwinter & J. Tonson, No. 8, 16 January, 1716, pp. 45-46, She ought in such Cases to exert the Authority of the Curtain Lecture; and if she finds him of a rebellious Disposition, to tame him, as they do Birds of Prey, by dinning him in the Ears all Night long. Example: Oh ye! whose ears are dinn’d with uproar rude, Or fed too much with cloying melody,— Sit ye near some old cavern’s mouth, and brood Until ye start, as if the sea-nymphs quired! 4. To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone). Labels: transitive Example: This has been often dinned in my Ears. Example: “Mamma, do you forget that I have promised to marry Roger Hamley?” said Cynthia quietly. “No! of course I don’t—how can I, with Molly always dinning the word ‘engagement’ into my ears? […]”
Word: din Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪn/ 1. Alternative spelling of deen (“religion, faith, religiosity”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: corned beef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn (“to preserve (meat) in coarse corns of salt”, verb); (chief officer): rhyming slang for chief. 1. Smoke-cured and salted beef. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Beef conserved in tins (cans). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies. 3. The chief officer of a prison. Labels: UK, countable, historical, slang, uncountable Example: Steve and I raced for the building and began climbing the wall, before any of the screws knew what was happening. […] The Corned Beef came out first and initiated the ploy to get us down.
Word: broomstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broom + stick. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹum.stɪk/ 1. The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom. 2. A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle. Example: Witches of all ages attended these lively gatherings by flying away on their broomsticks[.] Example: She really was a witch now. No one but a witch could fly a broomstick. 3. A control stick of an airplane or other vehicle. Labels: slang 4. A firearm. Labels: rare, slang Example: Gangdem known for the shootings, go ask Ramz – got whooshed with a broomstick.
Word: broomstick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From broom + stick. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹum.stɪk/ 1. To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to. Labels: intransitive Example: BATTY: But, Mother Witch, I want to go broomsticking, too. Example: Cynthia the Witch, whenever she broomsticked back into town would not even be given the chance to lay eyes on my machine or my clothes.
Word: scanlation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of scan + translation. Pronunciation: /skænˈleɪʃən/ 1. The process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A comic that has been scanned, translated, and with translation overlaid onto the original text to produce a second-language version of the comic; a scanlated comic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chiaroscuro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the mid-17th century, borrowed from Italian chiaroscuro, from chiaro (“clear, bright”) + oscuro (“dark, obscure”). Pronunciation: /kɪˌɑːɹəˈskʊəɹəʊ/, /ˌkjɑɹəˈsk(j)ʊɹoʊ/ 1. An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color, or a woodcut print made by this technique. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A photographic technique in which one side of the subject, for example a face, is well lit and the other is in shadow. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chiaroscuro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the mid-17th century, borrowed from Italian chiaroscuro, from chiaro (“clear, bright”) + oscuro (“dark, obscure”). Pronunciation: /kɪˌɑːɹəˈskʊəɹəʊ/, /ˌkjɑɹəˈsk(j)ʊɹoʊ/ 1. Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro. Labels: figuratively Example: It has been a very chiaroscuro day—lots of sunlight and shadow. Example: It is cruder than the others, more graphic, less chiaroscuro.
Word: gizzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪzəd/, /ˈɡɪzɚd/ 1. A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit. Example: As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals. 2. The (human) stomach. Labels: slang Example: "Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."
Word: fons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eldritch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the earlier form elritch, of uncertain origin. The second element, -ritch, is generally taken to be Old English rīċe (“realm, kingdom”). Some think that the first element, el-, derives from an Old English root meaning “foreign, strange, other” (related to Old English ellende and modern English else); others think that it derives from elf. It was reintroduced into popular literature by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.dɹɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural. Example: So Maggie runs, the witches follow, / Wi' mony an eldritch ſkreech and hollow. Example: I look'd upon the rotting Sea, / And drew my eyes away; / I look'd upon the eldritch deck / And there the dead men lay.
Word: palisade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d/, [ˈpʰæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d], /ˈpæl.əˌseɪ̯d/, [ˈpʰæl.əˌseɪ̯d] 1. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened. 2. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier. Example: We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the blockhouse. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade. Example: Before the clearing had been half crossed the Arabs opened up a withering fire from behind the palisade. 3. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns. 4. An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
Word: palisade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d/, [ˈpʰæl.ɪˌseɪ̯d], /ˈpæl.əˌseɪ̯d/, [ˈpʰæl.əˌseɪ̯d] 1. To equip with a palisade. Labels: also, intransitive, passive, transitive, usually Example: The Hut, well palisaded, would make a work that could not be easily carried, without artillery." Example: But where, through the development of trade or any other cause, a good many of them grew up close together within a narrow compass, they gradually coalesced into a kind of compound town; and with the greater population and greater wealth, there was naturally more elaborate and permanent fortification than that of the palisaded village.
Word: obliterate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus (see more at Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)). Pronunciation: /əˈblɪtəɹət/, /oʊ-/, [-ɾə-] 1. Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated. Labels: obsolete Example: [G]o to the herald's office, […] and thou shalt find in that office as many records of attainted families, and escheated families, and impoverished and forgotten, and obliterate families, as of families newly erected and presently celebrated. Example: It may maintain a bright conjecture, againſt a ruſty Truth: a legible poſſeſſion, againſt an obliterate Claime: […] 2. Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: guesstimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of guess + estimate. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/, [ˈɡɛs.tɪ̈.mɪ̈ʔ(t̚)] 1. An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonym: educated guess Example: I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.
Word: guesstimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of guess + estimate. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛs.təˌmeɪt/, [ˈɡɛs.tɪ̈ˌmeɪ̯ʔ(t̚)] 1. To make a guesstimate. Labels: intransitive 2. To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity. Labels: transitive
Word: braggadocio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage. Pronunciation: /bɹaɡaˈdoːt͡ʃo/, /ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.t͡ʃəʊ/, /ˌbɹæɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃiˌoʊ/ 1. A braggart. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps. Example: Having received an Inſult from Otho H. W. Luckett, for which he refuſed to make the Reparation demanded―I do declare him a Coward, a Bragadochio, and a Fellow, at whom the ☞ Finger of Contempt ſhould always be pointed. 2. Empty boasting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He could not endure his airs as a man of fashion, and laughed heartily at his pompous braggadocio stories. Example: He’s also come to be known for his braggadocio about his net worth during his 2016 run.
Word: annihilate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin annihilātus, perfect passive participle of annihilō (“to reduce to nothing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also an-. Pronunciation: /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/ 1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. Example: An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city. Example: But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all. 2. To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos). Labels: particle 3. To treat as worthless, to vilify. Labels: archaic Example: of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us. 4. To render null and void; to abrogate. Labels: transitive 5. To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.
Word: vanquish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō. Pronunciation: /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/, [ˈvæŋkʰw̥ɪʃ], /ˈveɪ̯ŋkwɪʃ/, [ˈveɪ̯ŋkʰw̥ɪʃ], /ˈvɛ̃ŋkwɪʃ/ 1. To defeat (someone); to overcome. Labels: transitive Example: In ſingle Combat thou ſhalt buckle vvith me; / And if thou vanquiſheſt, thy vvords are true, / Othervviſe I renounce all confidence. Example: This bold assertion has been so fully vanquish'd in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
Word: ire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ire, yre, from Old English īre, ȳre, īr, ȳr, shortened form of īren (“iron”). More at iron. Pronunciation: /aɪ.ɚ/, /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Iron. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […] Example: A ire thing, moore smart by haff, / That zeed var off 's za theene 's a laff, / An' zum zes edden' 'xac'ly saff, / Stan's in th' place ee did.
Word: ire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin īra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), οἶστρος (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit इष् f (iṣ, “refreshment, strength”)). Compare also Middle English irre, erre (“anger, wrath”), from Old English yrre, ierre, eorre (“anger, wrath”). Pronunciation: /aɪ.ɚ/, /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Great anger; wrath; keen resentment. Labels: uncountable Example: to raise the ire of someone Example: She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire
Word: ire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin īra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), οἶστρος (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit इष् f (iṣ, “refreshment, strength”)). Compare also Middle English irre, erre (“anger, wrath”), from Old English yrre, ierre, eorre (“anger, wrath”). Pronunciation: /aɪ.ɚ/, /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. To anger, to irritate. Labels: rare, transitive Example: It doesn't tire a man to put down a carpet so much as it ires him. Example: I heard enough from the gentleman who has just taken his seat, and from my friend, Dr. Caldwell, to ire me just a little bit.
Word: thrall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thral, thralle, threl, threlle, from Old English þrǣl (“thrall, slave, servant”), from Old Norse þræll (“slave”), from Proto-Germanic *þrahilaz, *þragilaz, *þrigilaz (“runner, gofer, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, drag, race, run”), possibly a variant of *dʰregʰ- (“to run”); related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan), Old English þrǣġan (“to run”). Pronunciation: /θɹɔːl/, /θɹoːl/, /θɹɔl/, /θɹɑl/, /θɾɔl/ 1. Slave; one under the control of another. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable Example: My father was always a thrall to alcohol. Example: My servant, which that is my thrall by right 2. The state of being under the control of another person. Labels: uncountable Example: Today's kids are in thrall to their phones. Example: Go: release him from the thrall of Hautia. 3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thrall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thral, thralle, threl, threlle, from Old English þrǣl (“thrall, slave, servant”), from Old Norse þræll (“slave”), from Proto-Germanic *þrahilaz, *þragilaz, *þrigilaz (“runner, gofer, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, drag, race, run”), possibly a variant of *dʰregʰ- (“to run”); related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan), Old English þrǣġan (“to run”). Pronunciation: /θɹɔːl/, /θɹoːl/, /θɹɔl/, /θɹɑl/, /θɾɔl/ 1. Enthralled; captive. Labels: archaic Example: Rather than to live thrall, under the awe Of lordly lokes, wrapped within my cloke […]
Word: thrall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thrallen, from the noun above. Compare Old Norse þræla. Pronunciation: /θɹɔːl/, /θɹoːl/, /θɹɔl/, /θɹɑl/, /θɾɔl/ 1. To make a thrall; enslave. Labels: literary
Word: aegis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin; shield of Athena”), probably from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”). The plural form aegides (/ˈiːd͡ʒɪdiːz/) is borrowed from Latin aegides, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́δες (aigĭ́des). Pronunciation: /ˈiːd͡ʒɪs/ 1. A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. Labels: Greek, Roman Example: The goat Amalthea, which had suckled Jove, being dead, that god is said to have covered his buckler with the skin thereof, whence the appellation Aegis, from αιξ, αιγις, a she-goat. Jupiter afterwards restoring the goat to life, covered it with a new skin, and placed it among the stars. This buckler, which was the work of Vulcan, he gave to Minerva, who having killed the Gorgon Medusa, nailed her head to the middle of the Aegis, which henceforth possessed the faculty of converting to stone all who beheld it, as Medusa herself had while alive. Example: Herodotus, as proof of this origin of Minerva, says, that the Greeks had taken from the Libyan women, the dress and the ægis with which her statues were represented: this dress was of leather: the ægis, as its name implies, was simply a goatskin died red and worn over the shoulders like a mantle: the extremity of it was cut into shreds or tassels, which the lively fancy of the Grecian artists converted into serpents. 2. Guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship. Labels: figuratively Example: under the aegis Example: [T]hree ex-Secretaries of State for War had learnt their military theory under the ægis of Regular soldiers. Now it is an admitted fact that, broad-minded and enterprising as soldiers have frequently proved themselves in matters unconnected with the actual corporate body to which they belong, they are, nevertheless, perhaps the most obstinate and optimistic advocates of a laissez-faire policy, which the interests of their own profession are at issue, that it is at all possible to conceive.
Word: palus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pālus (“stake, post”). Doublet of pole, peel, and pale. 1. A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
Word: palus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin palūs (“marsh, swamp”). 1. A small plain (compared to mare) on the surface of a planet or satellite.
Word: palus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin [Term?] 1. Any of the ranks in the hierarchy of gladiators. Labels: historical
Word: silva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin silva. Doublet of selva. 1. The forest trees of a particular area Example: The most interesting and striking features of the silva of California relate to its composition, the geographical distribution of the species and their biological history.
Word: renegade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/, /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/ 1. An outlaw or rebel. 2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Word: renegade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/, /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/ 1. To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal. Labels: dated Example: The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
Word: renegade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/, /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/ 1. Deserting, treacherous, disloyal. 2. Unconventional, unorthodox. Labels: broadly
Word: perineum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), from Ancient Greek περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier Ancient Greek περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from Ancient Greek πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈniː.əm/, /ˌpɛɹ.ɪˈni.əm/, /ˌpɛɹ.əˈniː.əm/ 1. The region between the genitalia and anus. Example: He was attacked with complete retention of urine, after a debauch, and six weeks afterwards an abscess formed in the perineum, which eventually burst, leaving a fistulous opening, through which the urine continued to be discharged to the period of his admission into the Hospital. Example: The prostate is surrounded by venous plexi and the perineum has a rich blood supply.
Word: perineal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹɪˈniəl/, /ˌpɛɹəˈniəl/ 1. Referring to the region of the perineum. Labels: not-comparable Example: His bicycle seat produced a great deal of perineal discomfort. Example: Many mothers find the use of perineal massage eases their childbirth.
Word: e pluribus unum Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ē plūribus ūnum. 1. "out of many, one" or "from many, one" (alternatively translated as "one out of many" or "one from many”)
Word: starveling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From starve + -ling. 1. One who is thin from lack of food. Example: If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Example: The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form.
Word: starveling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From starve + -ling. 1. Starving; suffering from starvation. Example: As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…] 2. Meagre; scanty. Example: [A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity.