nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rugby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century. The place name Rugby is attested in the Domesday Book as Old English Rocheberie (probably equivalent to rook (“Corvus frugilegus, a bird of the crow family”) + -by (suffix indicating a village or town)), possibly from *Hrōcebyriġ, dative singular of *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (“rook”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to crow”)) + burh, burg (“castle, fort, stronghold; city; town”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“hill, mountain; high, lofty; to rise”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡbi/, /ˈɹʊɡbi/, /ˈɾʌɡbe/, /-bɪ/, /-bi/ 1. A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby. Example: The two rugbies split following a debate about amateurism. 2. The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note). Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable, usually 3. Ellipsis of rugby shirt (“a shirt of the kind worn by rugby players, usually short-sleeved and with a buttoned opening at the neck like a polo shirt, but with a stiffer collar”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis Example: I don't know why, but for some reason people who work undercover for department store security always wear rugbies and khakis. Example: Jansports and cargo pants were everywhere, set off with overstated polos, rugbies, and sweatshirts blaring the logos of hip hop designers.
Word: rugby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century. The place name Rugby is attested in the Domesday Book as Old English Rocheberie (probably equivalent to rook (“Corvus frugilegus, a bird of the crow family”) + -by (suffix indicating a village or town)), possibly from *Hrōcebyriġ, dative singular of *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (“rook”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to crow”)) + burh, burg (“castle, fort, stronghold; city; town”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“hill, mountain; high, lofty; to rise”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡbi/, /ˈɹʊɡbi/, /ˈɾʌɡbe/, /-bɪ/, /-bi/ 1. To play rugby. Labels: intransitive
Word: rugby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡbi/, /ˈɹʊɡbi/, /ˈɾʌɡbe/, /-bɪ/, /-bi/ 1. Rubber cement, contact cement; commonly associated with solvent abuse, as it is often used as an inhalant. Labels: Philippines
Word: orgasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), from ὀργάω (orgáō, “to swell with moisture”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɡæ.zəm/, /ˈoɹ.ɡæ.zəm/ 1. A spasm or sudden contraction. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels. 2. A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: anally-induced orgasm Example: attain orgasm 3. A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: orgasm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), from ὀργάω (orgáō, “to swell with moisture”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɡæ.zəm/, /ˈoɹ.ɡæ.zəm/ 1. To have an orgasm. Labels: intransitive
Word: ejaculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin iaculus Latin iaculum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iaculor Latin ēiaculor Latin ēiaculātusbor. English ejaculate Borrowed from Latin ēiaculātus, perfect active participle of ēiaculor (“to hurl, shoot out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/, /ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.leɪt/ 1. To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ſtrong, tho' ſubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference. 2. To say abruptly. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: Vigors almost bounded on the pavement at the mention of the name; and he ejaculated, "It is he of whom I am in search ! But why do you ask? Is it possible that—" Example: Lady Feng was at the moment having a little goodhumoured raillery with Yüan Yang, and was taken so much off her guard, that she was quite startled out of her senses. "Aiyah!" she ejaculated. 3. To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure. Labels: transitive Example: The spermatophores begin to ejaculate immediately after leaving the penis and the whole process is completed in a very few seconds. Pulling the filament attached to the ejaculatory end of a spermatophore is all that is needed to start its ejaculation. 4. Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid. Labels: intransitive, specifically, transitive Example: Men can ejaculate between 0.1 and 10 milliliters of semen on average. Example: With a groan, he ejaculated on his abdomen. 5. To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Porn teaches men that sex is a completely selfish act, where the other party has no humanity, she only exists to ejaculate him. The only pleasure she has is in pleasuring him.
Word: ejaculate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin iaculus Latin iaculum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iaculor Latin ēiaculor Latin ēiaculātusbor. English ejaculate Borrowed from Latin ēiaculātus, perfect active participle of ēiaculor (“to hurl, shoot out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/, /ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.lət/ 1. Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If semen from two ejaculates obtained from one bull is mixed, and the conception rate for the mixed sample is compared with that obtained by the use of the two ejaculates independently, any tendency for the mixed sample's conception rate to be closer to that of either of the two individual ejaculates could be used as a sensitive measure of the relationship between the semen characteristics of the two ejaculates and conception rate. Example: The ejaculate usually spurts out as the prostate gland and surrounding muscles, as well as those at the base of the penis, contract at orgasm. In young males, the force of the spurt can be strong enough for the ejaculate to hit the upper chest; in older males, it may roll out or go an inch or two up the abdomen.
Word: Kalanga Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Word: spoofing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspuːfɪŋ/, [ˈspu̟fɪ̃ŋ], [ˈspʉːfɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of spoof Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spoofing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspuːfɪŋ/, [ˈspu̟fɪ̃ŋ], [ˈspʉːfɪŋ] 1. Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Phishing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: freedom of movement Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹiː.dəm.əv.muːv.mənt/ 1. The right of a citizen to travel within a state, and to leave and return to that state. Labels: uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freedom, of, movement. Labels: uncountable
Word: Abe Part of Speech: name Etymology: A shortening from Abraham. In the slang sense for money, refers to the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the currency. Pronunciation: /eɪb/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from Hebrew.
Word: Abe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening from Abraham. In the slang sense for money, refers to the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the currency. Pronunciation: /eɪb/ 1. A five-dollar bill. Labels: US, slang Example: "Gambling's not my form of masochism," said Carl. "Huh?" "So how much?" "The wad's mostly ones. Some Jeffersons. Two or three Abes."
Word: Abe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 阿部 (Abe), Japanese 安部 (Abe) or Japanese 安倍 (Abe). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːbeɪ/ 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: delight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict. Pronunciation: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/ 1. Joy; pleasure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A fool hath no delight in understanding. Example: […] the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. 2. Something that gives great joy or pleasure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […] Example: […] Awake My fairest, my espous’d, my latest found, Heav’ns last best gift, my ever new delight,
Word: delight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict. Pronunciation: /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/ 1. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly. Example: Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Example: A beautiful landscape delights the eye. 2. To have or take great pleasure. Labels: intransitive Example: A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde, Example: For I have loved you well and long, / Delighting in your company.
Word: wry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪ/ 1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). Example: '"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs. Example: “Humph! Had to,” said Pep with a wry grimace. 2. Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation. Example: "[T]he master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head." 3. Twisted, bent, crooked. 4. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. Example: Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work. Example: . . . the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.
Word: wry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪ/ 1. To turn (away); to swerve or deviate. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away. Example: You married ones, If each of you should take this course, how many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little! 2. To divert; to cause to turn away. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). Labels: transitive
Word: wry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪ/ 1. Distortion. Labels: regional
Word: wry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wryen, wrien, wreon, wrihen, from Old English wrēon (“to cover, clothe, envelop”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīhan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną (“to wrap, cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Pronunciation: /ɹaɪ/ 1. To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: Asterix Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Astérix, from astérisque (“asterisk”) modified in imitation of the numerous Gaulish names ending in *rīx (“king”). 1. A series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo about an Ancient Gaul named Asterix. 2. The fictional Ancient Gaulish man who is the protagonist and title character of the series.
Word: cinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle. Pronunciation: /sɪntʃ/ 1. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. Example: He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch, and he went straight at the mooted question. 2. Something that is very easy to do. Labels: informal Example: We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that. Example: The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch. 3. Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing. Labels: informal Example: As a matter of fact, from the look of Elmer's shoulder, it wasn't a cinch that he would ever pitch again. 4. A firm hold. Labels: informal Example: You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia.
Word: cinch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle. Pronunciation: /sɪntʃ/ 1. To bring to certain conclusion. 2. To tighten down. Example: He let Sandy stand for a minute and then took the saddle off. Several more of these saddlings and unsaddlings followed. Then finally the saddle was cinched. Again Sandy repeated his pattern of calming down after the first unfamiliarity of a new experience had worn off. […] Before long Sandy accepted the saddle as if he’d been born with one on his back. Example: [Ostriches] also lack the tiny hooks, or barbicels, that cinch feathers together in most other birds.
Word: cinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (“five”), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards. Pronunciation: /sɪntʃ/ 1. A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
Word: cinch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (“five”), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards. Pronunciation: /sɪntʃ/ 1. In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
Word: cinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors. Pronunciation: /sɪntʃ/ 1. An RCA connector. Labels: Europe
Word: anhedonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”). Pronunciation: /ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə/, /ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ 1. The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Prolonged seasickness will in most persons produce a temporary condition of anhedonia. Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust. Example: Rather, Meehl suggests that anhedonia is a manifestation of the mixed signals to which the preschizophrenic individual is subjected because of the neurointegrative deficit.
Word: alternatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin alternātīvusder. Middle French alternatifbor. English alternative Middle English -ly English -ly English alternatively From alternative + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv.li/, /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/, /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/ 1. in an alternative way Labels: not-comparable Example: Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do. Example: Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively. 2. Used to link a pair of opposing possibilities. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable
Word: hazard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar. Pronunciation: /ˈhæzəd/, /ˈhæzɚd/, /ˈhɛzəd/ 1. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. Example: Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. 2. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards. 3. An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Risk behavior in driving consists in hazard detection, threat appraisal, action selection and implementation. Hazard perception tests often include the task to react quickly to hazards within traffic scenarios. 4. A sand or water obstacle on a golf course. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: [T]here's Harry diets himself—for gaming and is now under a hazard Regimen. Example: All the young men go to Spratt’s after their balls. It is de rigueur, my dear; and they play billiards as they used to play macao and hazard in Mr. Fox’s time. 7. Chance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I will stand the hazard of the die. Example: I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies. 8. Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: But if you please To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, As I will watch the aim, or to find both Or bring your latter hazard back again And thankfully rest debtor for the first. 9. The side of the court into which the ball is served. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hazard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar. Pronunciation: /ˈhæzəd/, /ˈhæzɚd/, /ˈhɛzəd/ 1. To expose to chance; to take a risk. Example: to be consistent, you ought to be a Chriſtian in temper and practice; for you hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience Example: He hazards his neck to the halter. 2. To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on. Example: I'll hazard a guess. Example: I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
Word: peril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪl/, /ˈpɛɹəl/ 1. A situation of serious and immediate danger. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your life is in peril. 2. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.) 3. An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: peril Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪl/, /ˈpɛɹəl/ 1. To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. Labels: transitive Example: And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union? Example: Remember how much she had perilled for a fine house and gorgeous furniture, for carriages and horses, jewels and laces; and do not wonder if she clings with a desperate tenacity to gauds and gew-gaws, in the hour of her despair.
Word: Yup'ik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuːpɪk/ 1. A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
Word: Yup'ik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuːpɪk/ 1. A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family. 2. A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages, hitherto the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia.
Word: Cocoliche Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cocoliche, named after Cocoliche, a fictional comedic character inspired by the broken Spanish of Calabrian immigrant Antonio Cuccolicchio during a stage improvisation. 1. A pidgin or language continuum formed from Italian and Spanish, spoken in parts of the River Plate region of South America between the late nineteenth century and the 1970s. Example: Indeed, cocoliche might in some respects be seen as another example of dialectal influence upon Italian – except that in this case the ‘dialect’ is another Romance ‘language’, and not an Italo-Romance variety.
Word: corgi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱwṓ Borrowed from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + gi (the soft mutation of ci (“dog”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”), perhaps from *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)). The rare plural form corgwn is borrowed from Welsh corgwn. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːɡi/, /ˈkɔɹɡi/, /ˈkɔːɡʊn/, /ˈkɔɹɡun/ 1. Ellipsis of Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: By this time the Pembrokeshire—the short-tailed corgwn—were increasing in popularity very rapidly. The Cardiganshire variety lagged behind their more numerous cousins, but, even so, almost all the larger shows of this country had classes […] Example: [W]hich news item do we have to worry about and have a view on? Not, presumably, the fact that the Queen is going cool on corgies; probably not how space exploration is getting on; townies can maybe skip the fates of either cows or badgers.
Word: doggone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/, /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/ 1. Euphemistic form of goddamned. Labels: US, dialectal, euphemistic, form-of, no-comparative Example: I lost my doggone keys again! Example: "Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"
Word: doggone Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/, /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/ 1. Euphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance. Labels: US, dialectal, euphemistic, form-of Example: Doggone! I lost my keys again.
Word: doggone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/, /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/ 1. To damn; to curse. Labels: US, dialectal Example: […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.
Word: dagnabbit Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably altered from goddammit. Pronunciation: /ˌdæɡˈnæbɪt/ 1. goddamnit Labels: US, dated Example: Dagnabbit! I lost my keys again.
Word: compulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French compulsif, formed from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere (“to compel”), from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpʌlsɪv/ 1. Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible. Example: Jenny is a compulsive liar—don't believe a thing she says. Example: Under this Act, the term "disability" shall not include—...(2) compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or[…] 2. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. Example: Religion is […] inconsistent with all compulsive Motives.
Word: compulsive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French compulsif, formed from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere (“to compel”), from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpʌlsɪv/ 1. One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
Word: cavil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French caviller (“mock, jest, rail”), from Latin cavillor (“jeer, mock, satirise, reason captiously”), from cavilla (“jeering, raillery, scoffing”); cognate with Italian cavillare, Portuguese cavillar, and Spanish cavilar; nominal usage developed within English from the original verbal usage. Pronunciation: /ˈkæv.əl/, /ˈkæv.ɪl/ 1. To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. Labels: intransitive Example: 'Tis love you cavil at: I am not Love. Example: The provision, then, which we have here made is no other than Human Nature. Nor do I fear that my sensible reader, though most luxurious in his taste, will start, cavil, or be offended, because I have named but one article.
Word: cavil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French caviller (“mock, jest, rail”), from Latin cavillor (“jeer, mock, satirise, reason captiously”), from cavilla (“jeering, raillery, scoffing”); cognate with Italian cavillare, Portuguese cavillar, and Spanish cavilar; nominal usage developed within English from the original verbal usage. Pronunciation: /ˈkæv.əl/, /ˈkæv.ɪl/ 1. A petty or trivial objection or criticism. Example: It is not worth while to spend your time in arguing against a cavil, but make him feel he is committing a sin to plead it, and thus enlist his conscience on your side.
Word: antonymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antonym Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antonymic From antonym + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or being an antonym or antonyms. Example: Similarly, antonymic relationships vary by sense.
Word: Newcastle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From new + castle. Doublet of Neuchâtel. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːˌkɑːsl̩/, [ˈnjʉˌkʰɑːsɫ̩], /ˈnjuːˌkæsl̩/, [ˈnjʉˌkʰasɫ̩], /ˌnjuːˈkæsl̩/ 1. One of several large cities: Example: Pardew has high hopes that one young Englishman, Paul Dummett, a left-back from Gosforth, the same Newcastle suburb that produced Alan Shearer, will make at least 10 appearances for his side this season. 2. One of several large cities: 3. One of several large cities: Example: The P39-1 is an anonymous stretch of thinly tarred highway connecting the small towns of Newcastle and Normandien in South Africa, a four-hour drive from Johannesburg. 4. A large market town in Staffordshire, England. 5. The former name of Toodyay, a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. 6. A number of places in Canada: 7. A number of places in Canada: 8. A number of places in Canada: 9. A village in Newcastle on Clun parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2482). 10. A number of places in Ireland: 11. A number of places in Ireland: 12. A number of places in Ireland: 13. A number of places in Ireland: 14. A number of places in Ireland: 15. A number of places in Ireland: 16. A small seaside resort town in County Down, Northern Ireland. 17. A settlement in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. 18. A village on the northern coast of the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis. 19. A number of places in the United States: Example: The outage area continues to expand, stretching from Granite Bay, Newcastle, Loomis, and Auburn across Folsom Lake to Cool, and north through Colfax into Lake of the Pines. 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A small village in Whitecastle community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4417). 29. An area and electoral ward in central Bridgend, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9079). 30. An electoral division in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 31. An electoral district in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 32. A local government area of New South Wales, Australia; in full, City of Newcastle. 33. Newcastle United F.C.
Word: spud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spudde (“small knife”). Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjót (“spear”), German Spieß (“spear; spike; skewer”). Compare English spit (“sharp, pointed rod”). The use of the term for a potato perhaps first appeared in New Zealand and Australian dialect and slang. Pronunciation: /spʌd/ 1. To dig up weeds with a spud. Labels: transitive Example: There was thistle-spudding all over the Marsh; an army of thistles, an army of spudders. 2. To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit. Labels: transitive Example: A rope called the jerk line is attached to the wrist pin of the band-wheel crank, brought inside the derrick, and attached to the part of the drilling cable which extends from the crown pulley to the bull-wheel shaft by a curved metal slide called a spudding shoe. (See fig. 8.) Example: When a well is spudded, the drilling assembly is loosely tied to the guide wires with 1/2″ manila rope. 3. To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping. Labels: transitive 4. To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, or sewer hookups. Labels: transitive
Word: spud Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English spudde (“small knife”). Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjót (“spear”), German Spieß (“spear; spike; skewer”). Compare English spit (“sharp, pointed rod”). The use of the term for a potato perhaps first appeared in New Zealand and Australian dialect and slang. Pronunciation: /spʌd/ 1. A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.
Word: NGN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of next generation networking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: heterosexism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heterosex(ual) + -ism; modelled on sexism. 1. The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the driving forces behind slash and femslash is the pervading heterosexism of commercial media – if television will not give us the due proportion of same-sex eroticism we are entitled to expect, then we will make it for ourselves. 2. Discrimination or prejudice in favor of heterosexuals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Glauber's salt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Glauber+salt. Named after German iatrochemist Johann Glauber (1604–1670) who manufactured sodium sulphate, a salt, in 1656. 1. sodium sulphate (typically a hydrated form) typically used as a laxative or in dyeing wool. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer), Bulgarian and Russian се́вер (séver, “north”), Czech and Slovak sever (“north”), Macedonian север (sever, “north”), Serbo-Croatian sȅvēr, sjȅvēr (“north”), Slovene sẹ́ver (“north”), Ukrainian сі́вер (síver, “cold, cold, bitter wind”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃuː.ɐ/, /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ 1. To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with). Labels: transitive 2. To bathe using a shower. Labels: intransitive 3. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The individual in the army becomes used to holding human life in contempt, in fact the greater the slaughter, the greater is his merit; and the more medals, ribbons, and honors of hero-worship are showered on him, the more he becomes, after a time, indifferent to all sorts of human suffering and loss of human life. Example: Shower the people you love with love / Show them the way that you feel 4. To rain in a shower; to cascade down. Labels: intransitive
Word: shower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *skauwārī Old English sċēawere Middle English schewere English shower Inherited from Middle English schewere, schewer, shewere (“one who exhibits something, actor; watchman; sign; mirror; index finger”), from Old English sċēawere (“an observer, one who examines into a matter; a spy; mirror; actor, buffoon”), equivalent to show + -er. Cognate with Dutch schouwer (“observer, visionary, clairvoyant”), German Schauer (“an inspector”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/ 1. One who shows. Example: When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string. Example: Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2). 2. An object or activity that is shown in a contest. Example: That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year. 3. A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself. Labels: slang Example: As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me. Example: "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.
Word: deflower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin deflōrāre. By surface analysis, de- + flower. Pronunciation: /diˈflaʊ.ɚ/, /dɪˈflaʊə(ɹ)/ 1. To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl. Labels: transitive Example: But when you deflower a girl, that's it. You did it. You were the one. No one else can ever do it. Example: I have to admit this outfit's doing it for me; I may or may not have been deflowered by a junior rodeo champion. 2. To deprive of flowers. Labels: transitive 3. To deprive of grace and beauty. Labels: transitive
Word: empower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English empower From em- + power. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpaʊ.ə/, /ɛmˈpaʊ.ə/, /ɪmˈpaʊ.əɹ/, /ɛmˈpaʊ.əɹ/, /emˈpɑː.ʋə(r)/ 1. To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something. Labels: transitive Example: Regulations have been made under the Civil Aviation Acts of 1949, 1980 and 1982 which empower Inspectors of Accidents to do these things. Example: Once on site, inspectors are empowered to exercise wide-ranging legal powers - including the right to enter railway property or land adjoining it; to make written, electronic or photographic records; to seize equipment, remove or retain samples; and to be given access to records and recording equipment. 2. To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation. Labels: transitive Example: John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations. Example: Musically, what originally attracted me to dance was its shamanist aspects, using natural magic to change people's neurological states and to psychologically empower them.
Word: disempower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English empower English disempower From dis- + empower. Pronunciation: /dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/ 1. To strip power from (someone or some group), as: Example: A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia. 2. To strip power from (someone or some group), as: Example: The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.
Word: hombre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hombre (“man; human being”). Doublet of gome, homo, ombre, and omi. Pronunciation: /ˈɒmbɹeɪ/, /-bɹi/, /ˈɑmbɹeɪ/, /ˈʌmbɹeɪ/ 1. A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man. Labels: US, slang Example: [W]e're glad to learn that the Yankee bullet has not quite stopped your breath. You're all right, hombre! Example: That hombre now with the worn out hat, tattered shirt, and fragmentary breeches, wears a sword. Bless you, his dignity would suffer greatly without it!
Word: dregs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dreg. Pronunciation: /dɹɛɡz/ 1. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full of mixture, and he powreth out of the same: but the dregges thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drinke them. Example: And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth / Throughout the fluid mass; but downward purged / The black tartareous cold infernal dregs 2. The worst and lowest part of something. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-normally Example: the dregs of society Example: I sat through the dregs of a long hectic evening.
Word: dreg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse dregg (“sediment”), from Proto-Germanic *dragjō (whence also Icelandic dregg, Swedish drägg), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment”); see also Latin fraces (“lees of oil”), Albanian ndrag (“to make dirty, foul”), dra (“sediments of dairy products or liquids”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛɡ/, [ˈdɹ̝ʷɛɡ], [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɛɡ], /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. singular of dregs (“sediment in a liquid”) Labels: countable, form-of, in-plural, singular, uncountable Example: to the last dreg Example: What makes this pretty abruption? What too curious dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our love?
Word: choc Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɒk/ 1. Clipping of chocolate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Example: mint choc chip ice cream; a box of chocs
Word: twitchiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English twitchy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English twitchiness From twitchy + -ness. 1. The state of being twitchy, physical restlessness. Labels: uncountable 2. The state of being nervous and unsettled; edginess. Labels: uncountable
Word: newfound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English newe founde, equivalent to new + found. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.faʊnd/, /ˈn(j)u.faʊnd/ 1. Recently found; newly discovered. Labels: not-comparable Example: Kerry spoke with confidence and a newfound crispness.
Word: erasure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra, equivalent to erase + -ure. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/, /ɪˈɹeɪʒə/, /ɪˈɹeɪʒʊə/ 1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably. Example: The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth. 2. The state of having been erased; total blankness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bush, even when he had the floor, grimaced as he spoke, except on several occasions when he lost his way and a look of total erasure came over him, a blank, stricken stare for which the French, alas, have the most apt expression: like a cow watching a train go by. 3. The place where something has been erased. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There were several erasures on the paper. 4. A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: bisexual erasure
Word: boo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb). Pronunciation: /buː/ 1. A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly. 2. An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval. Example: I ask them to record their votes in my favour, and I ask, is there any man who will dare to call me a stranger (hear, hear, and booing)?
Word: boo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb). Pronunciation: /buː/ 1. A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval. Example: ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season... Example: Like a moustachioed pantomime villain relishing boos and hisses from the audience, Trump is oblivious to warnings and protestations from the sane world and simply contemptuous of the lickspittle mob desperately hoping to go unnoticed.
Word: boo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb). Pronunciation: /buː/ 1. To shout extended boos derisively. Labels: intransitive Example: When he took the podium, the crowd booed. Example: Nobody booed and nobody clapped 2. To shout extended boos at, as a form of disapproval or derision. Labels: transitive Example: The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.