nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: carabiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from German Karabinerhaken (“carbine hook”), reflecting that such a link was used for gear slinging even before it was used for rock climbing. Pronunciation: /ˌkæ.ɹəˈbiː.nə/, /ˈkɛ.ɹəˌbi.nɚ/ 1. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects or for slinging gear (equipment) on one's person. Example: A carrabeener (metal clasp used in rock climbing) inside the pipes was devised as a release out, a tactic lent to them by Greenpeace.
Word: CVS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cyclic vomiting syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cardiovascular system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of chorionic villus sampling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of computer vision syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CVS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Concurrent Versions System (a utility that assists in tracking changes to source code, etc.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Consumer Value Stores, a US pharmacy chain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The high-output glow of the CVS across the highway blunted into gauzy white by the moisture in the air. Example: The recall said that the distributors — Walmart, CVS and AACE Pharmaceuticals — will be arranging the return of all the affected products.
Word: version Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“to turn”). Used in English since 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːʒn̩/, /ˈvɜːʃn̩/, /ˈvɝʒən/ 1. A specific form or variation of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’ Example: An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes. 2. A translation from one language to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's only in the King James Version of the Bible. 3. A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 4. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He gave another version of the affair. 6. A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes. 7. A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first. Example: The version of air into water. 10. An instrumental in sound system culture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Out of sound system culture came the instrumental “version” (ubiquitous in late 1960s Jamaica)[…]
Word: version Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“to turn”). Used in English since 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːʒn̩/, /ˈvɜːʃn̩/, /ˈvɝʒən/ 1. To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system. Labels: transitive
Word: filbert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earlier filbert-nut, Philibert-nut, from Middle English filbert-note, from Anglo-Norman noix de filbert, so named because they are ripe near Saint Philibert’s Day. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlbət/, /ˈfɪlbɚt/ 1. The hazelnut. Example: I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock. Example: I've seen one monkey force open the jaws of his brother, resolutely introduce his fingers, pluck from the sanctuary of his cheek the filbert he had just stowed there for his private nutrition and delight, and crunch and eat it with a stern ecstasy of selfishness, himself […] 2. The hazel tree. 3. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
Word: proto- 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) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combination form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.təʊ/, /pɹoʊ.toʊ/, [pɹoʊ.ɾoʊ] 1. An early, primitive stage of development. Labels: morpheme Example: protophysics, protometal, protoword Example: I had heard of Caturday when I wrote the piece, but I’d understood that it was a proto-lolcats practice that was different from the actual lolcats meme. 2. Original, older. Labels: morpheme Example: protograph, protolacteal, prototype, protoplasm 3. First in order; which stage is first. Labels: morpheme, numeral, ordinal Example: protogynous, protandrous 4. Primary. Labels: morpheme Example: protoderm, protocneme 5. Most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of. Labels: morpheme Example: All Indo-European languages from Albanian to Zazaki are descended from Proto-Indo-European. 6. A minimal proportion of a particular substance when in a combination. See protosalt. Labels: morpheme Example: protoxide, protosulfide, protiodide 7. Relating to protons and/or positive charge. Labels: morpheme Example: protophilic, protolysis 8. A proto-metal. Labels: morpheme, obsolete Example: proto-calcium; proto-magnesium 9. Anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: prototroch, protoconid, protoconule
Word: Aug Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of August. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Oct Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of October. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: nov Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of novice. 1. A novice. Labels: rare, slang Example: The novice eights race demonstrated one of the reasons UVa manages to be so good year after year; the UVa novs finished first and second in the event, while Clemson's novice crew, the surprise of the regatta, took third. Example: He scanned the group and his heart sank; he was shocked to see that, like Alex, they were mostly novices. […] He pulled down his scarf and drew Kraze to one side. 'Woz happenin' with the novs?'
Word: Dec Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Declan. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Declan.
Word: Dec Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of December. 1. Abbreviation of December. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Feb Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfɛb/ 1. Abbreviation of February. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: apr Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of April. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: jun. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of junior. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, rare Example: Physicians: Dr. Velten, Dr. Wetzlar, Dr. Brandis, Dr. Diemer, Dr. Sträter, Dr. Reumont, and Dr. Velten, jun., all speak English.
Word: Jan. Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Jan: Abbreviation of January. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative Example: United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away after confronting pro-Trump protesters on Jan. 6.
Word: pixel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.səl/, /ˈpɪk.sɛl/ 1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. Example: We have chosen to sample at a 500 KC rate and we define each one of these samples as a picture element or pixel. We have sampled each pixel with 6-bit accuracy which is commensurate with the signal/noise ratio and the data accuracy. Example: In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels. 2. One of the squares that make up a work of pixel art or a zoomed-in image in a computer. 3. A unit of measure used in screen displays, resolutions, and similar visual media that represents either linear measure or area.
Word: pixel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪk.səl/, /ˈpɪk.sɛl/ 1. To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels. Example: Whether he's pixeling for cellphones or PCs, here is one artist who has a unique and imaginative vision.
Word: megapixel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English pixel English megapixel From mega- + pixel. 1. One million pixels, used as a unit of resolution of digital cameras. Example: This camera has a resolution of three megapixels.
Word: phatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic. Probably formally influenced by emphatic, which predates this term. Pronunciation: /ˈfætɪk/ 1. Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent. Example: You needn't be angry about the insincerity of shopkeepers' how-are-you greetings. Well-adjusted people understand that the question is phatic in the context and that that's usually no problem. Example: Some dialects of a language may use a certain term or phrase in a phatic way, even if other dialects don't.
Word: phatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic. Probably formally influenced by emphatic, which predates this term. Pronunciation: /ˈfætɪk/ 1. A phatic utterance.
Word: related Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/ 1. Standing in relation or connection. Example: Electric and magnetic forces are closely related. Example: on a related note 2. Being a relative of. Example: Everyone is related to their parents. 3. Narrated; told. 4. Synonym of relative. Labels: not-comparable 5. Fulfilling a relation. 6. Having a relationship with the thing named. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: gun-related crime Example: WIPO reported that China had 17 of the top 20 academic organizations filing for AI-related patents.
Word: related Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of relate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jawn Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːn/ 1. Obsolete form of yawn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: jawn Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːn/ 1. Obsolete form of yawn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Defiance to thy power, thou rifted jawn! Now, by the loved heaven, sooner thou shalt Rinse thy foul ribs from the black filth of sin That soots thy heart than make me wretched.
Word: jawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1990s. Most likely an alteration of joint. Compare junt. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔːn/ 1. Something; a thing; any object, place, or person. Labels: Mid-Atlantic, US, slang Example: "Then I started thinking of the Scenario remix and was like yo, that jawn was just as good." Example: "Just back from a tour in Australia, he was sitting at a table in the dining car with a group of friends that included members of the hip-hop groups Spank Rock and Plastic Little. 'This,' he said, 'is the jawn.'" 2. A woman. Labels: Mid-Atlantic, US, slang Example: MY boi in NY, when he first came to Philly, used to tell me the philly jawns were easy. Example: I had a few chicks that I messed around with but this one main jawn stuck out in particular.
Word: Luannah Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
Word: tessera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). 1. A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic. Example: The map was laid using tesserae, small cube-shaped tiles of limestone, marble, or colored stone. 2. A complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton. 3. An ancient Roman die. Labels: rare Example: During the reign of Augustus, Rome imported marble from Egypt and Africa, and games of tali and tessera were played.
Word: blank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc. Pronunciation: /ˈblæŋk/, [ˈblæŋk], /ˈbleɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈbleɪ̯ŋk], /ˈblɛ̃ŋk/ 1. White or pale; without colour. Labels: archaic Example: To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd, 2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in. Example: blank paper Example: a blank check 3. Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform. Labels: figuratively Example: a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness Example: Not a cloud in the blank blue sky. 4. Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter. Example: a blank refusal to cooperate Example: There was a look of blank terror on his face. 5. Without expression, usually because of incomprehension. Labels: figuratively Example: Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare. 6. Utterly confounded or discomfited. Example: Adam […] Aſtonied ſtood and Blank, 7. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile. Example: a blank day 8. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration. Example: The shock left his memory blank. 9. Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted. Example: The recruits were issued blank rounds for a training exercise.
Word: blank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc. Pronunciation: /ˈblæŋk/, [ˈblæŋk], /ˈbleɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈbleɪ̯ŋk], /ˈblɛ̃ŋk/ 1. To make void; to erase. Labels: transitive Example: I blanked out my previous entry. 2. To ignore (a person) deliberately. Labels: slang, transitive Example: She blanked me for no reason. Example: Taylor Swift goes viral for blanking Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 […] Taylor Swift received backlash for being 'disrespectful' by 'ignoring' Celine Dion while accepting the award for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday. 3. To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust. Labels: transitive Example: At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control. 4. To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event. Labels: transitive Example: The team was blanked. Example: England blanks Wales to advance to the final. 5. To become blank. Labels: intransitive Example: In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance. 6. To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.) Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I’m blanking on her name right now. Example: She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.
Word: pugilistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pugilist + -ic, alternatively pugil + -istic. 1. In the manner of a pugilist. Example: It was no time for pugilistic chivalry, and my brother laid him quiet with a kick, and gripped the collar of the man who pulled at the slender lady's arm. Example: Mr. Christie, who as a presidential candidate has frequently suppressed his most pugilistic instincts, cast off any restraint and did what he does best: slice and slash. 2. Fighting with the fists.
Word: distort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɔːt/, /dɪsˈtoɹt/, /dɪsˈtoːt/ 1. To bring something out of shape, to misshape. Labels: transitive Example: This she did with the utmost politeness, though cold by race, and through her politeness ran a sense of what the Teutons call Duty, which would once have repelled me; but I have wandered over a great part of the world and I know it now to be a distorted kind of virtue. 2. To become misshapen. Labels: ergative, intransitive 3. To give a false or misleading account of; pervert. Labels: transitive Example: In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Word: distort Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɔːt/, /dɪsˈtoɹt/, /dɪsˈtoːt/ 1. Distorted; misshapen. Labels: obsolete Example: Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
Word: disfigure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfɪɡə/, /dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/ 1. to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it. Example: His face was disfigured by a terrible fire many years ago, leaving deep scars across his crooked nose. Example: The North British Railway was always anxious to connect its line to Helensburgh Pier but the local residents would not permit their foreshore or promenade to be disfigured, so the company had to resort further east and on May 18, 1882, opened the railway pier and station at Craigendoran.
Word: cowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * Probable origins are Scandinavian, cf. Danish kue, to subdue. Pronunciation: /kaʊd/ 1. Frightened into submission. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
Word: cowed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Probable origins are Scandinavian, cf. Danish kue, to subdue. Pronunciation: /kaʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of cow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: container Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain + -er. Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪ.nə/, /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/, /kənˈʈeː.nə(r)/, /ˈkən.ʈej.nə(r)/ 1. Someone who contains; something that contains. 2. Someone who contains; something that contains. Example: Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances. Example: The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths. 3. Someone who contains; something that contains. Labels: broadly 4. Someone who contains; something that contains. Example: As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information. 5. Someone who contains; something that contains. Example: This advantage is the primary incentive for using a list container, rather than a vector or a deque. 6. Someone who contains; something that contains. Example: Flex automatically creates a TabBar container at the top of the TabNavigator container, with a tab corresponding to each child container. Each tab can have its own label and icon. 7. Someone who contains; something that contains. 8. Someone who contains; something that contains. Example: Generally, when people think of serverless computing, they tend to think of applications with back-ends that run on third-party services, also described as code running on ephemeral containers. Example: The application components all run in containers. They are isolated like VMs but lightweight and efficient like PaaS services. 9. Someone who contains; something that contains. Example: As with all varieties of cryptic clues, the container device can be used in conjunction with other devices, especially in more complex cryptic crosswords. Example: Container word clues are actually three clues in one.
Word: deplorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from French déplorable (“lamentable, regrettable”), or from its etymon Late Latin dēplōrābilis + English -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’). Dēplōrābilis is derived from Latin dēplōrō (“to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore”) + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while dēplōrō is from dē- (intensifying prefix) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). By surface analysis, deplore + -able. The noun is derived from the adjective. Noun sense 2 refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (born 1947) during the 2016 United States presidential election calling half of the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump (born 1946) a “basket of deplorables”. Pronunciation: /dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩/, /dəˈplɔɹəb(ə)l/ 1. To be deplored. Example: We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son. Example: [T]he storie of / Your most deplorable fortune at the first warmde mee / With more then modest heates, but since I saw you / I am all fire, and shall turne cyndars, yf / You showe not mercie to mee. 2. To be deplored. Example: Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement. Example: Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them.
Word: deplorable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from French déplorable (“lamentable, regrettable”), or from its etymon Late Latin dēplōrābilis + English -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’). Dēplōrābilis is derived from Latin dēplōrō (“to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore”) + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while dēplōrō is from dē- (intensifying prefix) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). By surface analysis, deplore + -able. The noun is derived from the adjective. Noun sense 2 refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (born 1947) during the 2016 United States presidential election calling half of the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald Trump (born 1946) a “basket of deplorables”. Pronunciation: /dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩/, /dəˈplɔɹəb(ə)l/ 1. A person or thing that is to be deplored. Example: [W]hat better is an old fellow, mauled with rheumatism and other deplorables. Example: [H]eralding, this season, an end of the most awful of all apparel abominations, that most despicable of all deplorables, the ankle sock. 2. A supporter of Donald Trump. Labels: US, derogatory, neologism, specifically Example: He [Donald Trump] did not say who “the guys” were—but [John Maguire] Dowd knew he meant the Trump base, the crowds at his rallies, the Fox News watchers, the deplorables. Example: Trump's fate, [Steve] Bannon declared, rested with the deplorables, who had to be brought to the kind of fearful emotional pitch that would get them to the polls.
Word: inexperienced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English experience English -ed English experienced English inexperienced From in- + experienced. Pronunciation: /ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/ 1. Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience. Example: Veteran Wiktionary editors frustrated with inexperienced newcomers should remember that they were once in that position. Example: A group of young, inexperienced volunteers was tasked with securing much-needed medical supplies for hospitals fighting coronavirus, hampering the government’s response to a growing pandemic, according to reports by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Word: forfeit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/, /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/, /ˈfɔrfət/ 1. A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That he our deadly forfeit should release 2. A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life. Example: Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal / Remit thy other forfeits. 3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. 4. Injury; wrong; mischief. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: a. 1789, Barry St. Leger, Siege of Nicopolis to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit
Word: forfeit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/, /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/, /ˈfɔrfət/ 1. To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance Example: He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate. 2. To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules Example: Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game. 3. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. 4. To fail to keep an obligation. Example: I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. 5. Of government officials: to legally remove property from its previous owners. Example: After the raid on USPV, Plaintiffs filed claims with the FBI seeking return of their seized property. The government did not return the property in response to these claims; instead, it indicated that it was seeking to forfeit the property.
Word: forfeit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/, /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/, /ˈfɔrfət/ 1. Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. Labels: not-comparable Example: to tread the forfeit paradise
Word: temenos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέμενος (témenos). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmənɒs/ 1. Ground under, surrounding and adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct. Example: The three spheres – political, commercial, spiritual – intersected, and at the very centre of their conjunction was, and is, the Meccan temenos.
Word: illegal combatant Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who engages in combat without meeting the requirements for a lawful belligerent according to the laws of war as specified in the Third Geneva Convention.
Word: moribund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin moribundus (“dying”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/ 1. Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring. Labels: not-comparable Example: These moribund shapes were free as air—and nearly as thin. 2. Almost obsolete; nearing an end. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: moribund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin moribundus (“dying”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/ 1. A person who is near to dying.
Word: syn- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- From Ancient Greek συν- (sun-), from σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”). Compare Sanskrit सम्- (sam-). 1. identical Labels: morpheme Example: syn- + -onym → synonym Example: syn- + glyph → synoglyph 2. with, together Labels: morpheme Example: syn- + chron- → synchronize 3. concomitant Labels: morpheme Example: syn- + esthesia → synaesthesia
Word: compliment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French compliment, itself a borrowing of Italian complimento, which in turn is a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir (“to comply, complete, do what is proper”) + -miento or Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complement. Displaced Old English ġeswǣsnes. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmpləmənt/, /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/ 1. An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. Example: pay someone a compliment Example: […] I met him With customary compliment; when he, Wafting his eyes to the contrary and falling A lip of much contempt, speeds from me and So leaves me to consider what is breeding That changeth thus his manners. 2. Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery. Labels: uncountable Example: He told the Captain, He was heartily sorry for his Misfortunes; tho’ in my Opinion that was nothing but a Compliment: For, as I found afterwards, he was more brutish, and dishonest, than most of the other Kings on the Island […] Example: This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment, but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction. 3. Misspelling of complement. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: compliment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French complimenter, from compliment + -er (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmpləmənt/, /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/ 1. To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone). Labels: ambitransitive Example: […] She transferr'd the curs'd Advice, / That Monarchs ſhould their inward Soul diſguise, / Diſſemble, and command; be falſe, and wiſe; / By ignominous Arts for ſervile Ends / Should compliment their Foes, and ſhun their Friends. 2. Misspelling of complement. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: slavish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English slavish From slave + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/ 1. In the manner of a slave; abject. Example: “You have freed them from higher restraint, Halbert,” answered the Abbot, “and therein taught them to rebel against your own.” / “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.” 2. Utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection. Example: a slavish reproduction Example: slavish observation of rules
Word: comprador Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from Late Latin comparator, from Latin comparō (“to buy”), from con- (“with”) + paro (“to furnish”). In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses. Pronunciation: /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔɹ/, /kɒm.pɹəˈdɔː/ 1. An intermediary. 2. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser. Example: the comprador class 3. A ship chandler in the Far East.
Word: days Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪz/, /ˈdɛjz/ 1. plural of day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: days Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪz/, /ˈdɛjz/ 1. A particular time or period of vague extent. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Things were more relaxed in Grandpa's days. Example: His days of being the king are over. 2. Life. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: That's how he ended his days.
Word: days Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪz/, /ˈdɛjz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of day Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: days Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English daies, from Old English dæġes (“by day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagas, *dagis, genitive of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (adverbial ending). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪz/, /ˈdɛjz/ 1. During the day. Labels: not-comparable Example: She works days at the garage.
Word: miles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /maɪlz/ 1. plural of mile Labels: form-of, plural 2. A great distance in space or time. Labels: informal Example: His final shot missed the bullseye by miles. Example: From the top of the hill you can see for miles.
Word: miles Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /maɪlz/ 1. much; a lot (used to emphasise a comparative) Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Her new paintings are miles better than her older ones. Example: "Your voice is certainly miles different," admitted Nickle grudgingly and staring very hard. "Look here—do you actually mean to say that you aren't Geoffrey Tilehurst?"
Word: Kremlinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Kremlin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English Kremlinology From Kremlin + -ology. 1. The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the USSR. Labels: uncountable Example: Like the Kremlinology of the cold war, the unpacking of Nasrallah’s careful ambiguities is as much art as science. Was he smiling more, some asked last week, as others sought to identify the audiences for different parts of his messaging. 2. The study of the internal politics of any powerful and secretive organization. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: hypocorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin hypocorisma, a loan from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα (hupokórisma), ὑποκορισμός (hupokorismós, “pet name”), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι (hupokorízesthai), ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to use a pet name; to act in a childish manner”), from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, prefix indicating a small degree) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to caress”) (from κόρος (kóros, “boy; youth”), κόρη (kórē, “girl; young woman”)). Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɒ.kəˌɹɪ.zəm/, /hɪ-/, /haɪˈpɑ.kəˌɹɪ.zəm/ 1. A term of endearment, often a diminutive; a pet name. Labels: countable Example: "Mary" is informed that "Polly" is one of those "hypocorisms," or pet-names, in which our language abounds. Most are mere abbreviations, as Will, Nat, Pat, Bell, &c., taken usually from the beginning, sometimes from the end of the name. Example: For the flattering hypocorisms of lovers and parents see Plut. de Leg. Poet. p. 44; [...] 2. The formation of terms of endearment or pet names. Labels: uncountable Example: St Peter's cult, which dates from the earliest period in Brittany, is represented in the toponymy only in the radical form of his name, without hypocorism or mutation. Example: An acronym that never seems to have had capital letters comes from "young urban professional", plus the -ie suffix, as in hypocorism, to produce the word yuppie (first recorded in 1984). 3. Baby talk, such as bow-wow for dog and choo-choo for train. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: In European languages reduplication is often associated with hypocorism or baby talk (e.g. wee-wee, or French bonbon) but this is not the case in the Atlantic creoles and the Niger-Congo languages.
Word: Algonquian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Canadian French algonquinder. English Algonqui(n) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Algonquian From Algonqui(n) + -an. Pronunciation: /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)i.ən/, /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)i.ən/ 1. Relating to a group of North American languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Algonquian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Canadian French algonquinder. English Algonqui(n) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Algonquian From Algonqui(n) + -an. Pronunciation: /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)i.ən/, /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)i.ən/ 1. An Algonquin.
Word: sibilate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sībilātus, past participle of sībilō. Doublet of siffle. 1. To hiss. 2. To speak with a hissing sound.
Word: fellate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from fellatio on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin fellō (“suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, to suckle”). Pronunciation: /fəˈleɪt/, /ˈfɛ.leɪt/ 1. To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: […] semen is a gift, and the relation between the one who is fellated and the one who fellates is a relation between one who gives and one who receives. Example: At trial, the precise content of the sexual activity which subsequently occurred, as well as the Complainant’s state of consciousness at the material time, were matters of dispute between the Prosecution and the Defence. What was not disputed was that sometime between 4.02am and 5.43am, the Accused fellated the Complainant. 2. To suck in a manner suggestive of fellatio. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Can she only come when a White woman kneels before her fellating her dildo? Or does the Black woman just see another dyke she fancies, who fancies her? I'm attracted to White women because my White lover is Other to me […] Example: Leina went on fellating her finger, making faces of exquisite ecstasy. 3. To suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: If you thought the German government was going to be a lapdog for Sarcozy, or worse, was going to fellate Brussels and the ECB, you got a rude shock today.
Word: Clara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire. Pronunciation: /ˈklɑːɹə/, /ˈklɛəɹə/, /ˈklæɹə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline. Example: My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C. 2. A town in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017. 3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland. 4. An area of Taylor County, Florida, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.
Word: ICAO spelling alphabet Part of Speech: noun 1. The ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which assigns names to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation (and for the same reason pronounces the numeral 9 as niner)
Word: World Wide Web Part of Speech: name Etymology: From worldwide + web. Coined by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and Belgian engineer and computer scientist Robert Cailliau in a paper published on 12 November 1990 (see quotations below). Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/, /ˈwɝld ˌwaɪd ˈwɛb/ 1. Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others. Labels: Internet Example: WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project [title] […] Having a world wide web implies some solutions must be found for problems such as different access protocols and different node content formats. These issues are addressed by our proposal. Example: Additionally, gateways exist so that WAIS users can retrieve information from non-WAIS data bases like Gopher, developed by university users of Next computers, and the World Wide Web, which makes available physicists' research from many locations.
Word: Charlie Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑɹli/ 1. A unisex given name. Example: Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. I'm certain that if he were called Charles, he wouldn't fool around that way. Charles is not so bad, but Charlie is a terrible burden to bear. Example: People were seen exiting a building on Utah Valley University after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday at an event on campus. 2. A unisex given name. Example: 'Can I call you Charlotte?' 'No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.' 3. A name for a fox in fables and folk literature. Example: [I]t is a land of large, rich pastures bounded by ox-fences, and covered with fine hedgerow timber, with here and there a nice little gorse or spinney, where abideth poor Charley, having no other cover to which to betake himself for miles and miles, when pushed out some fine November morning by the old Berkshire.
Word: Charlie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑɹli/ 1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The Vietcong (Victor Charlie); (by extension, sometimes) any enemy. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know? You better stay away from Copperhead Road. 3. Cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually 4. A fool. Labels: UK, countable, often, slang, usually Example: You look a right Charlie in that clown outfit! — Yes, we make a right pair of Charlies. Example: He looked a right Charlie in those tails and striped trousers. 5. A woman's breast Labels: plural-normally, slang, uncountable, usually Example: There's not a man she won't go with. She lets even the small boys feel her charlies. Example: […]being turned on by a woman who was also a person and had stuff going for herself, and knowing that even if my Wurlitzer rotted and fell off, even if her Charlies sagged and turned to empty baggies, we'd still be buddies and craft companions 6. A nightwatchman. Labels: archaic, slang, uncountable, usually 7. A short, pointed beard, like that of King Charles I. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] the sons are adorned in the very height of the fashion, with white pantaloons, watch chains and Wellingtons, and a charley at their under lip […] Example: That square, short man... wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud [F&H]. 8. The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: foxtrot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + trot. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/ 1. A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm. Example: The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. 2. A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of
Word: foxtrot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fox + trot. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/ 1. To dance the foxtrot.
Word: hôtel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the same source as hotel, French hôtel, but this form keeps the circumflex. 1. Archaic spelling of hotel. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The residences of some of the nobility in London were at one period called Inns, which has the same signification as hôtel, and several of the Inns of Court, as Gray’s Inn, Furnival’s Inn, Lincoln’s Inn, and Clifford’s Inn, were originally the residences of Lords Gray, Furnival, Lincoln, and Clifford. […] Many of the hôtels in Paris contain within their enclosed walls an extensive garden, spacious court, stables, and offices. Example: The price is high in the large and elegant hôtels in the opulent quarters; but more moderate rate in those situated in the interior of the city, where lodgings are simply neat and convenient. The hôtels the most splendid and expensive, are those of the quarters of Palais Royal, Tuileries and Chaussée-d’Antin. […] All these prices include the portage from the hôtel to, and from packet-boat to the hôtel. […] Among the many old Hôtels, the traveller, will notice: the hôtel of the Bouvardière; the hôtel of Drouges, and the episcopal palace.