nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stodgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy + podgy. Pronunciation: /ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/ 1. Dull, old-fashioned. Example: I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new. Example: Safer! Good lord! what could you have safer than a stodgy second-rate boarding-house in Hapsburg Square? The place drones respectability. 2. Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach. Example: "What's the matter with you?" — "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." — "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." — "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea." Example: “. . . Why! Why! Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humour! My dear, it's only by a fluke that I am here at all—Norman being the protective fluke.” 3. Badly put together. Labels: dated
Word: fun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”). Pronunciation: /fʌn/, /fʊn/ 1. Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure. Labels: uncountable Example: Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real. 2. Playful, often noisy, activity. Labels: uncountable
Word: fun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”). Pronunciation: /fʌn/, /fʊn/ 1. Enjoyable or amusing. Example: We had a fun time at the party. Example: He is such a fun person to be with. 2. Whimsical or flamboyant. Labels: informal Example: This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.
Word: fun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond. As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century. Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”). Pronunciation: /fʌn/, /fʊn/ 1. To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. Labels: colloquial Example: Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.
Word: ancestor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ante- Latin cedo Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin antecessor Anglo-Norman auncestrebor. Middle English auncestre English ancestor From Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancêtre), from the Latin nominative antecessor (“one who goes before”); the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin antecessōrem, accusative of antecessor, from antecēdō (“to go before”) + -tor (“-er”), from ante- (“before”) + cēdō (“to go”). See cede, and compare with antecessor. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/, /ˈæn.sɛs.tə/ 1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. 2. An earlier type; a progenitor. Example: This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. Example: Some of the descendants of this cyclopean ancestor left their burrows and started to swim. 3. One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir. 4. One who had the same role or function in former times. Labels: figuratively Example: The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors. 5. A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
Word: ancestor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ante- Latin cedo Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin antecessor Anglo-Norman auncestrebor. Middle English auncestre English ancestor From Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancêtre), from the Latin nominative antecessor (“one who goes before”); the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin antecessōrem, accusative of antecessor, from antecēdō (“to go before”) + -tor (“-er”), from ante- (“before”) + cēdō (“to go”). See cede, and compare with antecessor. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/, /ˈæn.sɛs.tə/ 1. To be an ancestor of. Labels: transitive Example: Her own grandfather had been a Virginian, a descendant of Pocahontas, of course, Pocahontas having been created by Divine Providence for the specific purpose of ancestoring Virginians. Example: But he could have completed it: Lucas Quintus Carothers McCaslin Beauchamp. Last surviving sone and child of Tomey's Terrel and Tennie Beauchamp. March 17, 1874 except that there was no need: not Lucius Quintus &c &c &c, but Lucas Quintus, not refusing to be called Lucius, because he simply eliminated that word from the name; not denying, declining the name itself, because he used three quarters of it; but simply taking the name and changing, altering it, making it no longer the white man's but his own , by himself composed, himself selfprogenitive and nominate, by himself ancestored, as, for all the old ledgers recorded to the contrary, old Carothers himself was
Word: Sepedi Part of Speech: name 1. a dialect of the Northern Sotho language.
Word: Serbo-Croatian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo- + Croatian. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/ 1. The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards. 2. The standard Shtokavian variety of that language first codified in the Vienna Literary Agreement and later used officially in Yugoslavia.
Word: Serbo-Croatian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo- + Croatian. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/ 1. A person of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin ethnicity or descent. Example: These conditions exist to some extent among other foreigners, but are not as prevalent among other nationalities in Johnstown as among the Serbo-Croatians. Example: Of 41 members of the Dalmatian Diet, only 6 were Italians, elected all in the town of Zadar, in consequence of the censitary and curial system of elections, and 35 were Serbo-Croatians. All the deputies sent to the Vienna Parliament were Serbo-Croatians.
Word: Serbo-Croatian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Serbo- + Croatian. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/ 1. In or pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language.
Word: Sotho Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho. Pronunciation: /ˈsutu/ 1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia. 2. Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho). Labels: specifically
Word: Sotho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho. Pronunciation: /ˈsutu/ 1. A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).
Word: Sranan Part of Speech: name 1. Sranan Tongo, the English-based creole of Suriname.
Word: Tahitian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tahiti Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tahitian From Tahiti + -an. Pronunciation: /təˈhiːʃən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Tahiti. Example: Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […] 2. A person from Tahiti or of Tahitian descent.
Word: Tahitian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Tahiti Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tahitian From Tahiti + -an. Pronunciation: /təˈhiːʃən/ 1. The Polynesian language of Tahiti.
Word: Tahitian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tahiti Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tahitian From Tahiti + -an. Pronunciation: /təˈhiːʃən/ 1. Of or relating to Tahiti, or to its people or language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tswana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tswana Tswana, the stem of Motswana/Batswana/Setswana. See Botswana for more. Pronunciation: /ˈtswɑːnə/, /ˈswɑːnə/ 1. A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Tswana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tswana Tswana, the stem of Motswana/Batswana/Setswana. See Botswana for more. Pronunciation: /ˈtswɑːnə/, /ˈswɑːnə/ 1. The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
Word: Xhosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa (“Xhosa language”) and (úḿ)Xhosa (“Xhosa person”). Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.sə/, /ˈkɔː.sə/, /ˈkoʊ.sə/, /ˈkɔ.sə/ 1. A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape. Labels: countable Example: my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers. Example: In many Xhosa households, Wednesday is umngqusho day. It's the way we all grew up. Like Fridays in the Eastern Cape are always dumplings with meat day. 2. The language of these people, a Bantu language related to Zulu. Labels: uncountable Example: “With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said.
Word: Xhosa Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa (“Xhosa language”) and (úḿ)Xhosa (“Xhosa person”). Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.sə/, /ˈkɔː.sə/, /ˈkoʊ.sə/, /ˈkɔ.sə/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Xhosa people. 2. Of or pertaining to the Xhosa language.
Word: Yucatec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish yucateco. 1. A member of a Mayan people who inhabit the Yucatán peninsula.
Word: Yucatec Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish yucateco. 1. The Mayan language of this people. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Word: cassation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cassation, from Latin cassō (“destroy, annul”). Pronunciation: /kæˈseɪʃən/ 1. The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cassation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kassation, from Italian cassazione Pronunciation: /kæˈseɪʃən/ 1. A piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed outdoors.
Word: outside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside From out + side. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈsaɪd/ 1. The part of something that faces out; the outer surface. Example: He's repainting the outside of his house. Example: Silenes of old swere little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ... 2. The external appearance of someone or something. Example: Her outside was stern, but inside was a heart of gold. 3. The space beyond some limit or boundary. Example: Viewed from the outside, the building seemed unremarkable. Example: I in great Transport threw open the Door of my Chamber, and found the greatest Part of the Family standing on the Outside in a very great Consternation 4. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc. Example: It may last a week at the outside. 5. The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right. Example: On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside. 6. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference. Example: On the final bend, the second-place car tried to go around the outside of the leader but spun off into the barrier. 7. The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave. Example: When a wave mounds on the outside and takes its shape, a surfer quickly paddles to the peak, positions himself in its evolving momentum, swings his board around, aligns with the peak, and thrusts himself into its cascading shape. 8. A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated Example: The outsides did as outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage, and very dismal and sleepy in the middle[…]
Word: outside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside From out + side. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈsaɪd/ 1. To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place. Example: I am going outside. Example: Residents of the city rarely ventured outside. 2. To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place. Labels: colloquial Example: It is the prison that supports the image of the criminal […] he's lost when he's outside. 3. To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place. Example: Taking off outside in the green. 4. Outdoors. Example: I slept outside last night. Example: Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
Word: outside Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside From out + side. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈsaɪd/ 1. On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building). Example: 1919 June 28, the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, Treaty of Versailles, Part IV—German Rights and Interests outside Germany, In territory outside her European frontiers as fixed by the present Treaty, Germany renounces all rights, titles and privileges whatever in or over territory which belonged to her or to her allies, and all rights, titles and privileges whatever their origin which she held as against the Allied and Associated Powers. Example: There is jurisdiction over an offense under section 601 committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act). 2. Beyond the scope, limits, or borders of. Example: tourists from outside the country 3. Near, but not in. Example: Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke. Example: Jane Green […] lives outside New York City with her husband and children. 4. Except, apart from. Labels: usually Example: Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
Word: outside Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside From out + side. 1. To ostracize or exclude. Labels: transitive Example: Alison affirms that the kingdom of God does not rely on the sort of “outsiding” that most people find necessary to affirm identity. Keenan, echoing this claim, writes, “While the rest of humanity finds its identity in excluding, Jesus works for a sense of inclusiveness that defines him and, hopefully, us.” Example: While the queer subject is outsided by the norm of reproductive heterosexuality, it feels its material effects and affects, even embodies this outsided-ness; […]
Word: inside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsaɪd/ 1. The interior or inner part. Example: The inside of the building has been extensively restored. Example: Looked he o' the inside of the paper? 2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. Example: On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside. 3. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference. Example: The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead. 4. The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. Labels: colloquial, in-plural Example: Eating that stuff will damage your insides. 5. A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated Example: So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides. Example: So, what between Mr. Dowler's stories, and Mrs. Dowler's charms, and Mr. Pickwick's good humour, and Mr. Winkle's good listening, the insides contrived to be very companionable all the way. 6. The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people. Labels: slang Example: Anyone got the inside on the new ratings? The book is out.
Word: inside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsaɪd/ 1. Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary. Labels: not-comparable Example: The inside surface of the cup is unpainted. 2. Nearer to the interior or centre of something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane. Example: All the window seats were occupied, so she took an inside seat. 3. Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation. Labels: not-comparable Example: The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover. Example: The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job. 4. Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the terms normally used to distinguish a man's resident and absent children are "inside" and "outside," the reference being to the home where the common father dwells. Only rarely will a man describe his "inside" children born out of out of wedlock as "lawful," [...] Example: An 'outside wife' has limited social recognition and status because her husband typically refuses to declare her publicly as his wife. She also has much less social and politico-jural recognition than an 'inside wife' [...] 5. Toward the batter as it crosses home plate. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first pitch is ... just a bit inside. 6. At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. Labels: not-comparable Example: the inside lane of the motorway
Word: inside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsaɪd/ 1. Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building. Labels: not-comparable Example: It started raining, so I went inside. Example: The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside. 2. Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary. 3. Indoors. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was snowing, so the children stayed inside. Example: Inside, the ceiling, beams, walls, and stairs are made of locally sourced Douglas fir and pine […] 4. Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking. Labels: not-comparable Example: Are you laughing at us inside?
Word: inside Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsaɪd/ 1. Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference. Example: He placed the letter inside the envelope. 2. Within a period of time. Example: The job was finished inside two weeks. Example: Then he commenced to talk, really talk, and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
Word: yin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From early romanizations of Chinese 陰／阴 (yīn), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home. Pronunciation: /jɪn/ 1. A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world. Labels: uncountable Example: "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?" Example: According to traditional Chinese medicine, blood carries chi, your “life force,” which fuels all the functions of the body. When you lose blood, you lose chi, and this causes your body to go into a state of yin (cold). When yin (cold) and yang (hot) are out of balance, your body will suffer physical disorders.
Word: yin Part of Speech: num Etymology: From ān. Doublet of yan, yen, ane and one. Pronunciation: /jɪn/ 1. The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster
Word: yang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From early romanizations of Chinese 陽／阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings. Pronunciation: /ˈjæŋ/, [ˈjæŋ], /ˈjeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈjeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈjɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world. Labels: uncountable Example: "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?" Example: The performance was unmistakably male and gay. The rousing lion dance that capped their performance provided the right touch of "yang" without destroying the distinct feel of something gay, Asian and new.
Word: yang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 양(兩) (yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang. 1. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.
Word: yang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To make the cry of the wild goose. Labels: rare Example: Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where the yanging wild geese had their nests. Example: Last night we were awakened by the barking of dogs and yanging of a goose, and investigated to find that the man had neglected to house the geese and the dogs were killing them.
Word: yang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. The cry of the wild goose; a honk. Example: Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.
Word: yin-yang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 陰陽／阴阳 (yīnyáng), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang), from Old Chinese 陰陽 (OC *qrɯm laŋ), from 陰 (“dark” → “negative force”) + 陽 (“bright” → “positive force”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɪn ˈjæŋ/, /ˈjɪŋ ˈjæŋ/ 1. Yin and yang. 2. A circular symbol with white and black sections (☯), representing the fusion of the concepts of yin and yang. 3. The vulva or vagina. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: U.S.S. Millicent asked Mario if he'd ever seen a girl's yin-yang before. Example: "So I took off my apron and told her she could shove the job up her yin-yang." 4. The anus or rectum. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: He thought he could smuggle the drugs over the border by putting them in capsules and stuffing them up his yin-yang. Not a good idea! Example: "... I'd be on that phone call every single day. I'd be up that guy's yin-yang so far with a firecracker he wouldn't know what hit him," the Ontario premier said of Pfizer's executives.
Word: attic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós). Pronunciation: /ˈætɪk/, [ˈæɾɪk] 1. The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. Example: We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes. Example: In my Wonderland, I'm back on my Alice Back in my palace, I'm fly like Aladdin Serving my fans all my dope, 'cause they addicts Haters mad 'cause I'm on top like an attic And if it's beef then we're shooting sporadic Game is like Disney, my words are like magic 2. A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated. 3. A person's head or brain. Labels: slang Example: […] was a diminutive, forked-radish sort of a young man, very fashionably attired, or, as he would say, kiddily togg'd; and, though it was scarcely noon, he was rather queer in the attic; that is to say, not exactly sober.
Word: flash point Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflæʃ ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid. Example: The whole cursed corporation ought to be rooted out and drowned in its own incombustible product. What is the flash point of this condemned coal oil anyway? Example: The flash point of new oils varies with viscosity: higher viscosity oils have higher flash points. 2. A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest. Labels: figuratively Example: This strategic outcrop is home to a handful of derelict buildings once used to house US military personnel. But it has become a new flashpoint in the global rivalry between Beijing and Washington, as the US struggles to develop a coherent strategy to deal with China’s rising influence in Latin America. Example: The forces of two nuclear weapons states have set about each other with clubs and rocks at one of the most forbidding flashpoints in the world, in a bloody incident that highlights the constant dangers posed by expansionist nationalism.
Word: choice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose. Pronunciation: /tʃɔɪs/, [t͡ʃoɪ̯s], [t͡ʃɒɪ̯s], /t͡ʃäɪ̯s/, [t͡ʃɔːɪ̯s] 1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do I have a choice of what color to paint it? Example: Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control. 2. The power to choose. Labels: uncountable Example: She didn't leave us much choice. Example: For he is also the political leader of the nation, or has it in his choice to be. 3. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert. 4. Anything that can be chosen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate. 5. The best or most preferable part. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound. 6. Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice. Example: We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new; they catch with great eagerness, and with very little choice, at whatever comes before them; their attention is engaged by every thing, because every thing has, in that stage of life, the charm of novelty to recommend it. 7. A sufficient number to choose among. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And, which is more, she is not so divine, / So full replete with choice of all delights 8. Ellipsis of axiom of choice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: 5. ZF* is the theory obtained from the aforementioned axiomatics (without choice) by adding the Axiom of Inaccessible Cardinals to be explained in the next secion; similarly, we get ZFC*.
Word: choice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīes (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Pronunciation: /tʃɔɪs/, [t͡ʃoɪ̯s], [t͡ʃɒɪ̯s], /t͡ʃäɪ̯s/, [t͡ʃɔːɪ̯s] 1. Especially good or preferred. Example: It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there. Example: This it is, that for ever keeps God’s true princes of the Empire from the world’s hustings; and leaves the highest honors that this air can give, to those men who become famous more through their infinite inferiority to the choice hidden handful of the Divine Inert, than through their undoubted superiority over the dead level of the mass. 2. Careful in choosing; discriminating. Labels: obsolete Example: that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding. Example: Choice word, and measured phrase; above the reach / Of ordinary men; a stately speech;
Word: choice Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīes (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Pronunciation: /tʃɔɪs/, [t͡ʃoɪ̯s], [t͡ʃɒɪ̯s], /t͡ʃäɪ̯s/, [t͡ʃɔːɪ̯s] 1. Cool; excellent. Labels: New-Zealand, slang Example: "I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"
Word: flamenco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming). Pronunciation: /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/ 1. A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain. Labels: uncountable Example: It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism. Example: Among the dancers, who joined in periodically, the outlier wasn’t the Spanish flamenco dancer, Jesús Carmona (in town for the Flamenco Festival at City Center), so much as the New York salsero, Eddie Torres Jr. 2. A song or dance performed in such a style. Labels: countable Example: La Niña was so goddam terrific that after a month of singing with the vocal trio, she was singing solo and she was dancing a flamenco better'n a gypsy fireball!
Word: flamenco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc (“Fleming”) (> Dutch Vlaming). Pronunciation: /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/ 1. To dance flamenco. Labels: intransitive Example: "Can you flamenco?" "If I have to. How about you?" "Love, I can barely waltz. Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough." Example: Behind them on horseback sat six men, two with guitars, one with a trumpet, and three women also on horses: Nadia, an older woman, and the girl Gus had flamencoed with.
Word: tow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga. Pronunciation: /təʊ/, /toʊ/, /to/, /tou/ 1. To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: draw, haul, pull, trail Example: In its current specification it cannot be driven and must be towed to its work location by a locomotive. 2. To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance. Labels: usually
Word: tow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga. Pronunciation: /təʊ/, /toʊ/, /to/, /tou/ 1. The act of towing and the condition of being towed. Example: It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow. 2. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows. 3. Something, such as a barge, that is towed. 4. A rope or cable used in towing. 5. A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind. Example: On Saturday, Vettel was very unhappy with Leclerc's failure to work out a way through the traffic and give him a tow for the second runs in qualifying, as had been agreed.
Word: tow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English touw, from Old English tow- (“spinning”) (in compounds, e.g. towcræft, towhūs, towlic), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą; compare Old Norse tó (“uncleansed wool”), Dutch touw (“rope”). Perhaps cognate with Old English tawian (“prepare for use”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “do, make”). Pronunciation: /təʊ/, /toʊ/, /taʊ/ 1. An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke, and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them. Example: Meanwhile the farmer's wife was at home all alone, and while she was sitting and spinning her tow, she never noticed a Troll who had crept through the window into the next room, and was at the beer barrel drawing off the liquor into his copper kettle. 2. The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line). Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable
Word: tow truck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tow + truck. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊ.tɹʌk/ 1. A truck (lorry) typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.
Word: brilliant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). By surface analysis, French brill(er) + -i- + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪl.jənt/, /ˈbɹɪ.li.ənt/, /ˈbɹɪ(l)jənt/ 1. Shining brightly. Example: the brilliant lights along the promenade 2. Both bright and saturated. Example: butterflies with brilliant blue wings 3. Having a sharp, clear tone. 4. Of surpassing excellence; magnificent. Example: The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant. Example: "Thing is," Anahita resumed, and then, faltering, "Mean to say, well, we just think it's great." — "You, she means," Mishal corrected. "We think you're, you know." — "Brilliant," Anahita said and dazzled the bewildered Chamcha with a smile. "Magic. You know. Extreme." 5. Highly intelligent. Example: She is a brilliant scientist. 6. Great, wonderful. Labels: UK Example: https://youtu.be/aoag03mSuXQ?t=5139s He absolutely could have told us to get lost, and didn't. What a brilliant guy!
Word: brilliant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). By surface analysis, French brill(er) + -i- + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪl.jənt/, /ˈbɹɪ.li.ənt/, /ˈbɹɪ(l)jənt/ 1. A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This snuffbox — on the hinge see brilliants shine. Example: On the one, a plain massive band which matched the collar; on the other, a serpent; the tail reached nearly to the elbow, and the head rose a little from the wrist; the tongue of a ruby, the eyes of large brilliants. 2. The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point. Labels: dated, uncountable 3. Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brilliant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). By surface analysis, French brill(er) + -i- + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪl.jənt/, /ˈbɹɪ.li.ənt/, /ˈbɹɪ(l)jənt/ 1. To cut (a diamond) with many facets, to make it into a brilliant. Labels: transitive Example: In short, the diamond owed more to being brillianted and polished, and well set, than to any intrinsic worth or solidity.
Word: ugly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300. For the meaning development compare Bulgarian грозен (grozen) (< Proto-Slavic *grozьnъ), Russian стра́шный (strášnyj) (< Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ < *straxъ); Latin foedus (< Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-). Pronunciation: /ˈʌɡli/, /ˈɜɡli/, /ˈɘ̞ɡli/ 1. Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. Example: the ugly view of his deformed crimes Example: O, I have passed a miserable night, / So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. 2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense. 3. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality. Example: He played an ugly trick on us. Example: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place. 4. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome. Labels: Southern-US Example: an ugly temper; to feel ugly 5. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: an ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly wound Example: With all this competition, expect things to get ugly.
Word: ugly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300. For the meaning development compare Bulgarian грозен (grozen) (< Proto-Slavic *grozьnъ), Russian стра́шный (strášnyj) (< Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ < *straxъ); Latin foedus (< Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-). Pronunciation: /ˈʌɡli/, /ˈɜɡli/, /ˈɘ̞ɡli/ 1. Ugliness. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I want your ugly / I want your disease. 2. An ugly person or thing. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as "the uglies" which always overhang a standard pallet. Example: Non-standard products (abnormal or 'uglies'): many distribution operations are designed to cater for standard palletized products. 4. A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet. Labels: UK, countable, dated, informal, uncountable Example: […] camp-stools, telescopes, poetry-books, blue uglies, red petticoats, and parasols of every hue.