nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -ette Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette Inherited from Middle English -ette, borrowed from Old French -ette, from Latin -ittus. Pronunciation: /-ɛt/ 1. Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something. Labels: diminutive, morpheme Example: cigar + -ette → cigarette Example: disk + -ette → diskette 2. Used to form nouns meaning or implying the female equivalent of. Labels: morpheme Example: bachelor + -ette → bachelorette Example: drum major + -ette → drum majorette 3. Used to form nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something. Labels: morpheme Example: leather + -ette → leatherette 4. Used to form nouns with a Polari context or an association with gay subculture. Labels: Polari, morpheme Example: You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface. Example: 'Shame, eh, my little cherry? I was really bonar for him and all. It'll be a lonely old arthur for me tonight as usual. Ah well, let's have another little drinkette then, shall we? And perhaps, Poppett,' he sighed histrionically. 'I'll learn to keep my queeny old polari for them what appreciates it. Or for them what admints^([sic – meaning admits]) it,'
Word: -ette Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor. Old French brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor. English brunettebf. English -ette Back-formation from brunette. Pronunciation: /-ɛt/ 1. Used to form nouns and adjectives signifying a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color. Labels: morpheme Example: purple + -ette → purplette Example: raven + -ette → ravenette
Word: -ed Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ede, -ed. During the Middle English period, this increasingly standard -ed ending largely absorbed the class 1 weak past ending (-de) through morphological leveling. However, many class 1 verbs resisted this leveling to become modern irregular verbs (such as kept and left). This resistance was driven by phonotactics: attaching the consonant suffix directly to the stem often triggered pre-cluster vowel shortening (and consonant devoicing) in Early Middle English, creating a stark vowel alternation between the present and past tense that anchored the irregular form. Conversely, verbs that lacked this stark alternation (such as deem, where the early past tense demde remained insufficiently distinct from the present stem) were highly vulnerable to leveling, adopting the syllabic -ed to ensure the past tense was clearly marked. In modern usage, this morphological leveling has proceeded further in American English than in British English, which frequently preserves the irregular -t variant for such verbs. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ōd-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -ede (“-ed”, first person singular past indicative ending), Low German -de (“-ed”, first and third person singular past indicative ending), Dutch -d (“-ed”), German -t (“-ed”), Swedish -ade (“-ed”), Icelandic -aði (“-ed”). Pronunciation: /d/, /t/, /ɪd/, /əd/, /dəd/ 1. Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant. Labels: morpheme Example: live + -ed → lived Example: Once upon a time a little princess lived with her mother in a lonely castle.
Word: -ed Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ed, from the merger of Old English -od (class 2 weak past participle) and -ed (class 1 weak past participle), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz and *-idaz respectively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -ed. Pronunciation: /d/, /t/, /ɪd/, /əd/, /dəd/ 1. Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants. Labels: morpheme Example: point + -ed → pointed Example: He has pointed at the dog.
Word: -ed Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od (adjective suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. While identical in appearance to the past participle of class 2 weak verbs, this suffix was attached directly to nouns without any intervening verb. Cognate with Latin -ātus (whence also a doublet -ate), Proto-Slavic *-atъ. Pronunciation: /d/, /t/, /ɪd/, /əd/, /dəd/ 1. Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun. Labels: morpheme Example: point + -ed → pointed Example: horn + -ed → horned 2. As an extension of the above, used to form possessional adjectives from adjective-noun pairs. Labels: morpheme Example: red + hair + -ed → red-haired Example: left + hand + -ed → left-handed
Word: ward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart. Pronunciation: /wɔːd/, /wɔɹd/ 1. A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: th'aſſieged Caſtles ward Their ſtedfaſt ſtonds did mightily maintaine Example: no gate they found, them to withhold, Nor ward to wait at morne and euening late […].
Word: ward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English warden, from Old English weardian (“to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve; hold, possess, occupy, inhabit; rule, govern”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Doublet of guard. Pronunciation: /wɔːd/, /wɔɹd/ 1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. Labels: transitive Example: Whoſe gates he found faſt ſhut, ne liuing wight To ward the ſame, nor anſwere commers call 2. To defend, to protect. Labels: transitive Example: Tell him it was a hand that warded him From a thousand dangers. Example: they went to ſeeke their owne death, and ruſhed amidſt the thickeſt of their enemies, with an intention, rather to ſtrike, than to ward themſelves. 3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off) Labels: transitive Example: Draw forth thy ſword, thou mightie man at armes, Intending but to raiſe my charmed ſkin: And Ioue himſelfe will ſtretch his hand from heauen, To ward the blow, and ſhield me ſafe from harme, […] Example: Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. 4. To be vigilant; to keep guard. Labels: intransitive Example: They for vs fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright Squadrons round about vs plant […] Example: Having slapped into middle age, where thoughts of one’s general infallibility are tempered by the realisation that those creaky, achy complaints are signs of certain decrepitude, I have decided to ward against further gravitational decline by hauling my saggy, sorry self to the gym. 5. To act on the defensive with a weapon. Labels: intransitive
Word: eur- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of Euro- used before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme Example: Eurasian
Word: ex- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- From Middle English, from words borrowed from Middle French; from Latin ex (“out of, from”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-, *eǵs- (“out”), *eǵʰs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of, from”), Transalpine Gaulish ex- (“out”), Old Irish ess- (“out”), Old Church Slavonic изъ (izŭ, “out”), Russian из (iz, “from, out of”). For sense 3 (“former”), compare sense 11 at Latin ex (indicates a change of state, (later) used before terms denoting an office to indicate that one has completed his term of office). It is probably a semantic extension from the sense of "out, away". Pronunciation: /ɛks/, /ɛɡz/, /ɪks/, /ɪɡz/ 1. out of Labels: morpheme Example: borrowed from Latin: extract, expel, except, expression, exclusion 2. outside Labels: morpheme Example: ex-directory; borrowed from Latin: exterior 3. former Labels: morpheme Example: ex-husband, ex-president, ex-wife Example: This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot. 4. Without, not possessing; lacking. Labels: morpheme Example: excaudate, exstipulate
Word: procurement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procurement, from Old French procurement, from procurer. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/, /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/, /pɹoʊˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/ 1. The purchasing department of a company. Labels: uncountable 2. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment. Labels: countable Example: He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies. Example: I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts. 3. Efficient contrivance; management; agency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They think it done by her procurement. Example: The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.
Word: spyglass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spy + glass. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪˌɡlæs/ 1. A small portable telescope. 2. A pair of binoculars. Labels: regional, uncommon
Word: binoculars Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of "binocular glass". Pronunciation: /bɪˈnɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/, /bəˈnɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)z/, /(ˌ)baɪˈnɑ.kjə.lɚz/, /bəˈnɑ.kjə.lɚz/ 1. A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
Word: villager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English village Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English villager From village + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/, /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/ 1. A person who lives in, or comes from, a village. Example: Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.” 2. A worker unit.
Word: deva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪvə/ 1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Word: weeping willow Part of Speech: noun 1. A willow of species Salix babylonica, with pendulous branches, native to China. 2. Any of the numerous decorative cultivars and hybrids of Salix babylonica with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).
Word: turnip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːnɪp/, /ˈtəːnɪp/, /ˈtɝ.nɪp/, /ˈtɝ.nəp/, /ˈtʌɾnɪp/ 1. The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. Example: The ancient Roman gastronomists considered the turnip, when prepared in the following manner, a dish fit for epicures: "After boiling, extract the water from them, and season with cummin, rue, or benzoin, pounded in a mortar; afterward add honey, vinegar, gravy, and boiled grapes. Allow the whole to simmer, and serve." Example: In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary. 2. The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. Labels: Atlantic-Canada, Cornwall, Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland 3. The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon. Labels: Hong-Kong 4. The root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus; jicama. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, broadly 5. Clipping of turnip watch Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated 6. A fool or simpleton. Labels: slang Example: "Dost thou not believe, thou twittering turnip?" Example: You absolute turnip, you. Hannah replaced the clipboard in her lap and pretended to write Very Serious notes. Thank God it was dark in the rear of the studio. No one could see the tomato-colored tidal wave surging up her neck.
Word: turnip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːnɪp/, /ˈtəːnɪp/, /ˈtɝ.nɪp/, /ˈtɝ.nəp/, /ˈtʌɾnɪp/ 1. To plant with turnips. Labels: transitive Example: This identical field has been turniped before, and to good account, in a favourable winter. 2. To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips. Labels: transitive Example: The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season. Example: This system of turniping is found to encourage the growth and muscular development of young stock.
Word: rutabaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/ 1. The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually Example: They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away. 2. The edible root of this plant Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually Example: Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch, And then we seek the shelter of a ditch; Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none Has yet been ours since your reign begun. Example: Chipper […] understood how his entire dinner might be scarfabl' in no time, his duties discharged and his freedom regained, and he actually picked up his fork and made a pass at the craggy wad of rutabaga […]
Word: fiancé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance. Pronunciation: /fiˈɑnseɪ/, /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/, /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/, /fiˈɒnseɪ/ 1. A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended. 2. A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged. Labels: proscribed Example: West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé. Example: He could not bear to think about the idea that his fiancé could die in their dream home where they had shared so many unforgettable moments together.
Word: snob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 18th century dialectal English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status"; it was then used to describe those seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this. The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848). Pronunciation: /snɒb/, /snɔb/, /snɑb/ 1. A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes or of some other elite (such as the masters of a certain craft) and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes, skills, etc. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: an insufferable snob Example: a wine snob 2. A cobbler or shoemaker. Labels: colloquial Example: The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […] 3. A member of the lower classes; a commoner. Labels: dated Example: 'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of taste: not snobs.' Example: I like better gin-and-water than claret. I like a sanded floor in Carnaby Market better than a chalked one in Mayfair. I prefer Snobs, I own it. 4. A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab). Labels: archaic 5. A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
Word: archer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English sċytta. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/, [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː], /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] 1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow. 2. The bishop in chess. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: archer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.t͡ʃəː/, [ˈɑː.t͡ʃʰəː], /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɚ] ~ [ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃʰɹ̩] 1. comparative form of arch: more arch Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: lethiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lethifer, letifer, from lethum, letum (“death”) + ferre (“to bear, to bring”). Compare French léthifère. 1. Deadly, lethal. Labels: obsolete Example: 1658, John Robinson, Eudoxa, p. 151 - Those that are really lethiferous are but excrescencies of sin
Word: fletcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who fletches or feathers arrows. Example: This thing, if a man take not hede on, he may chaunce have cauſe to ſay ſo of his fletcher, as in dreſſinge of meate is commonlye ſayde of cookes: and that is, that God ſendeth us good feathers, but the devill noughtye fletchers. Example: In order that distant countries should be furnished with bowyers, fletchers, and arrow head makers, any of those workmen, not being freemen of London, might be sent by the appointment of the king's council, the lord chancellor, lord privy seal, or one of them, to inhabit the city, borough or town within the realm that was destitute of such artificers. 2. A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows. Example: I don't like using a fletcher, the single feather ones are too slow, and the three feather ones inaccurate. Example: A fletcher that mechanically takes care of gluing feathers to arrow shafts is a great help in either making or repairing arrows. 3. Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows. Example: Robert Frankham of Colchester, fletcher, or maker of bows and arrowy, did, by his will, dated the 20th of July, 1577, give a yearly rent-charge of thirteen shillings and four-pence out of a tenement and six acres of land in West Bergholt, for ever; Example: Very speedily the Fletcher arrived. It was his trade, the making of bows and arrows, and the marks of the various makers were as well known to him as the marks on his own. 4. A weir or dam. Labels: UK, dated, dialectal, possibly Example: […] the defendants cut down and lowered, and kept and continued so cut down and lowered, a part of the bank of the said river, situate and being between the mill of the defendants and the mill of the plaintiff, and on a part of the said bank so lowered, built and erected, and kept and continued so built and erected, a certain weir or fletcher, and by that means caused large quantities of the water of the said river, which otherwise would, and always before had, and still of right ought to have flowed to and through the plaintiff's mill, to flow in a new course or channel, […] and the said weir or fletcher, built and erected there by the defendant Inge in the month of June 1822; […] Example: They [some boards] had been washed away from the fletcher by the flood.
Word: outhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊthaʊs/ 1. An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit. Labels: Canada, US 2. Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building. Labels: dated Example: I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in. Example: The children had explored the gardens and the outhouses thoroughly before they were caught and cleaned for tea, and they saw quite well that they were certain to be happy at the White House.
Word: outhouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊthaʊs/ 1. To house in a separate building. Labels: transitive Example: In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs. Example: The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.
Word: portable toilet Part of Speech: noun 1. A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events). Example: The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.
Word: shitload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + load. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪtˌloʊd/ 1. A large amount. Labels: humorous, often, slang, vulgar Example: Anybody got a dime? [...] Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload o' dimes! Example: Roy Fuchs' Assistant: I just heard there's a shitload of used cars coming this way.
Word: kapusta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish kapusta, Russian капу́ста (kapústa), Slovak kapusta, Ukrainian капу́ста (kapústa). 1. A dish of braised or stewed sauerkraut or cabbage, with bacon, mushroom and onion or garlic. Labels: uncountable Example: Fresh kiełbasa is made, center cut pork chops are trimmed just right, and the kapusta (sauerkraut) is prepared for cooking. Example: Then the kapusta was packed into jars super tight and topped with a little kraut juice. 2. Cabbage soup. Labels: uncountable Example: So you are the gentleman from America who has come to try out our kapusta (cabbage soup) and Communism. I am sure you will go back praising our kapusta. Example: The cabbage soup, the kapusta, it will be ready soon.
Word: bolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural bōlī, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”). Doublet of bole. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊləs/ 1. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal. 2. A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form. Example: I gave him a bolus, twice the size of a gooseberry.
Word: bolus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural bōlī, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”). Doublet of bole. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊləs/ 1. To administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses. Labels: transitive 2. To take a bolus (dose) of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes. Labels: intransitive
Word: enteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐντερικός (enterikós, “intestinal”). By surface analysis, entero- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtɛɹɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines. Labels: not-comparable 2. Staying intact in the stomach, then dissolving in the intestine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi. Pronunciation: /keɪl/, /kæɪl/ 1. An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Money. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable, usually Example: I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.
Word: counterpart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/, /ˈkaʊntɚˌpɑɹt/ 1. Either of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another. Example: Near-synonyms: complement, mate Example: Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly. 2. A duplicate of a legal document. 3. One who or that which resembles another. 4. One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics. Example: Near-synonyms: (each contextually synonymous) opposite number, counterparty, opponent, homolog, homotype, equivalent, partner, vis-à-vis Example: Her French counterpart attended the meeting via video call. 5. Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
Word: counterpart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/, /ˈkaʊntɚˌpɑɹt/ 1. To counterbalance. Labels: transitive
Word: corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Old English corn Middle English corn English corn Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn/, /ˈkɔɹn/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. Labels: Commonwealth, uncountable, usually Example: And hee ſaid, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die. Example: Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn. 2. Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, uncountable, usually Example: The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it. Example: Corn was the staff of life for many Indian people before contact, and it became the staff of life for many European colonists. Corn was higher in nutrition than most other grain crops. John Lawson, who travelled in South Carolina and into the interior Indian country in 1701, was one of the many colonists who sang the praises of corn. 3. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley. Example: Verely, verely, I ſay vnto you, Except a corne of wheat fall into the ground, and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 4. A small, hard particle. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The least corn of sand is not so small to the whole earth, as man is to the heaven:[…] Example: corns of powder 5. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms. Labels: Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable, usually Example: R.I.P Scumpy ah you did say Popcaan And if a boy diss we clap corn. Example: We got spinners and dotties We got .40s and MACs We got nuff live corn […] See the four-door pausing Skengs out, everyone runnin But the corn just slapped and floored em 50 shots in that mop 7. Money. Labels: Jamaica, slang, uncountable, usually Example: You know dem have wedge while we have corn. Say Cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!
Word: corn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Old English corn Middle English corn English corn Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn/, /ˈkɔɹn/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains. Labels: Canada, US, transitive Example: to corn gunpowder 2. To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef. Labels: Canada, US, transitive 3. To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed. Labels: Canada, US, transitive Example: Corn the horses. 4. To render intoxicated. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: ale strong enough to corn one 5. To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn). Labels: Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive Example: Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?
Word: corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der. Proto-Italic *kornū Latin cornū̆ Latin cornua Vulgar Latin *corna Old French cornebor. Middle English corne English cornInherited from Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornū. Doublet of corno, cornu, and horn. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn/, /ˈkɔɹn/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands. Labels: transitive Example: Welcome Gentlemen, / Ladies that haue their toes / Vnplagu’d with Cornes, will walke about with you:[…] 2. An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole. Labels: transitive 3. Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle. Labels: transitive
Word: corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corny. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn/, /ˈkɔɹn/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion. Labels: Canada, US, transitive, uncountable Example: He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there. Example: There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn, but the audience didn't mind.
Word: corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming euphemism for porn, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn/, /ˈkɔɹn/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. pornography; porn Labels: Internet, euphemistic, transitive, uncountable
Word: zodiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English zodiak (late 14th century), from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος] (zōidiakós [kúklos], “[circle] of little animals”), from ζῴδιον (zōídion), the diminutive of ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.dɪˌæk/, /ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/ 1. The belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets. Example: Tremulous on the bladed graſs ſhone bright the pearly drops, like an aſſembly of ſparkling ſtars dancing on the plains of the zodiac; vocal was every bending ſpray, every reed was inſpired, each vvarbling throat ſeemed to emulate the melodious voice of the bird of a thouſand ſongs. 2. The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region. 3. The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region. 4. The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year. 5. Any of various astrological systems considered similar to the above. Example: He is so pictured in the ancient Denderah Zodiac, where we see a man coming forth pointing to the three bright stars (Rigel, Bellatrix, and Betelguez) as his. Example: Discussing both Chinese and Western zodiacs might be a prewriting activity. 6. A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac. Labels: countable
Word: zodiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of brand of inflatable boats produced by the French Zodiac Nautic company. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.dɪˌæk/, /ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/ 1. A inflatable boat.
Word: squick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Seemingly phonaesthetic, formed of squ- as in squirm and -ick as in ick. Originated in the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.bondage; popularized primarily in the newsgroup alt.tasteless. Pronunciation: /skwɪk/ 1. A source of individual psychological discomfort; something that repels one. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: HEY!!!! This goes a little too far for even me! Applicable nanotechnology like that won't happen until at least 3 years from now and nuclear = squick in my book. Example: since it is pretty hard to find two people on such pics in the proper positions i ask those of you interested in the creation of this to keep yer eyes open for good source material. send me anything... suggestions, own ideas of how the squick should look like (het, gay, lesb (with plastic dildo or something)), reactions to this idea, material, whatever...
Word: squick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Seemingly phonaesthetic, formed of squ- as in squirm and -ick as in ick. Originated in the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.bondage; popularized primarily in the newsgroup alt.tasteless. Pronunciation: /skwɪk/ 1. To gross out, to disgust. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Queer men, on the other hand, insist on shoving our very own flesh up each other's poop chutes, and that squicks numerous straight men—the ones who aren't doing their girlfriends up the ass anyhow. 2. To be grossed out, to experience disgust. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: He likes intense sensation (pain, for those of you not up on this lingo) and we did play with sounds. I'll now explain what "sounds" are, but if you squick easily, you should skip this next paragraph. 3. To sexually penetrate a disgusting part of the head, such as an eye-socket Labels: slang, transitive Example: I've heard it said that squicking is one of those activities that people do not talk about in a public forum. Example: Every now and then somebody on the alt.tasteless line mentions a certain perversion known as "squicking" which I assume is an urban legend. This act is similar to skull-fucking (intercourse with the socket of somebody's empty eyesocket, another act which I assume to be an UL), but instead of plucking out an eyeball, the perpetrator trephans the skull and thrusts between the hemispheres of the brain (incidentally killing the recipient).
Word: mesto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mesto and used as a tempo mark. 1. sad, mournful Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mesto and used as a tempo mark. 1. mournfully Labels: not-comparable
Word: foster family Part of Speech: noun 1. A family having at least one foster child.
Word: prophet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/, /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/ 1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration. Example: Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind. 2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Word: wanna Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contractions. Attested as early as 1824. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.nə/, /ˈwʌ.nə/, /ˈwɔ.nə/, /-nuː/, /-nə/ 1. Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to. Labels: colloquial, contraction Example: I wanna go home! Example: 'Pair of shoes for you at last.' I picked one up. It was weathered, with a split heel and no laces. 'Too big for me,' I said, dropping it back to the floor. 'Wanna look at the Germans, like?' said Ade, standing. 'Proper, like? Come on.[…] 2. Represents a contracted pronunciation of want a. Labels: colloquial, contraction Example: I wanna puppy!
Word: gonna Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of going to. Attested since 1913 (OED, "gonna"). The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia). Pronunciation: /ɡən.ə/, /ˈɡʌn.ə/, /ˈɡɔn.ə/, [ɡõ] 1. A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present. Labels: auxiliary, colloquial Example: I'm gonna hafta find a new job soon. Example: Well, you ain't got much longer to laugh. I'm coming, and I'm gonna put one in your dirty hide for every lying crack that you made about me, see?
Word: gotta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of got + to. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒtə/, [ˈɡɒʔə], /ˈɡɑtə/, [ˈɡɑɾə], /ˈɡʌtə/ 1. Synonym of have got to, have to Labels: colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: I gotta learn this for my exam. Example: If there's beer, dude, you don't even gotta ask.
Word: gotta Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒtə/, [ˈɡɒʔə], /ˈɡɑtə/, [ˈɡɑɾə], /ˈɡʌtə/ 1. Contraction of got + a. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
Word: outta Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtə/, [ˈaʊtə], [ˈaʊʔə], [ˈaʊɾə], [aːɾə] 1. Out of. Labels: US, colloquial Example: I'm outta here! Example: If you're reading this... get the hell outta this place! Now!
Word: outa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans outa. 1. An old black man. Labels: South-Africa Example: As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?” Example: Secondly, there is an old black man, the Outa, who stumbles in from the dark to die beside their fire.
Word: outa Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Variant forms. 1. Alternative spelling of outta. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]
Word: consummate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consummat(e) (“(past participle) fulfilled, completed; (adjective) perfect, consummate”), borrowed from Latin cōnsummātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsummō (“to sum up, finish, complete”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + summa (“a sum”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see sum, summation. Common participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsəmət/, /ˈkɒnsjʊmət/, /kənˈsʌmɪt/, /ˈkɑnsəmət/ 1. Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute. Example: There lacke many things, that a consummate carde should haue. Example: A man of perfect and consummate virtue. 2. Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified. Example: a consummate sergeant Example: Thus[…] he loses sight of the remoter truth, that details perfect in unity, and, contributing to a final purpose, are the sign of the production of a consummate master. 3. Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished. Labels: obsolete Example: Till righteous fate Upon the Wooers' wrongs were consummate. 4. Consummated. Labels: obsolete Example: I doe but ſtay till your marriage be conſummate, and then go I toward Arragon.
Word: consummate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in c. 1525; either inherited from Middle English *consummaten (only attested in compound tenses) or directly borrowed from Latin consummātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/, /ˈkɒnsjʊmeɪt/, /ˈkɑnsəmeɪt/ 1. To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish. Labels: transitive Example: Although it was agreed by all that discovery must be consummated by possession and use, […] Example: In one word, in perfumery the artist completes and consummates the original natural odour, which he cuts, so to speak, and mounts as a jeweller improves and brings out the water of a precious stone. 2. To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch. Labels: transitive 3. To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse. Labels: transitive Example: the marriage was never consummated Example: After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage. 4. To become perfected, receive the finishing touch. Labels: intransitive
Word: honeymoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equivalent to honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became "the first month, or moon after marriage", which tends to be the sweetest. Compare Middle Low German suckermânt (“honeymoon”, literally “sugar-month”), German Low German Hönnigweken (“honeymoon”, literally “honey-weeks”). The German Honigmond (literally “honey-moon”) is a calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of the English term. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/ 1. The period of time immediately following a marriage. Example: The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework. 2. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period. Example: We went to Greece for our honeymoon. Example: I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.' 3. A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement). Labels: broadly Example: Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand. Example: The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.
Word: honeymoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equivalent to honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became "the first month, or moon after marriage", which tends to be the sweetest. Compare Middle Low German suckermânt (“honeymoon”, literally “sugar-month”), German Low German Hönnigweken (“honeymoon”, literally “honey-weeks”). The German Honigmond (literally “honey-moon”) is a calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of the English term. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/ 1. To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding). Example: My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls. Example: No sooner were they married than Dick fitted out his schooner, the All Away, and away the blessed pair of them went, honeymooning from Bordeaux to Hongkong.
Word: mead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì). Pronunciation: /miːd/ 1. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting." Example: No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse. 2. A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: mead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made. Pronunciation: /miːd/ 1. A meadow. Labels: poetic Example: And then in haste her bow'r she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves; Or if the earlier season lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. Example: Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:
Word: composing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/, /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of compose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: composing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/, /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ 1. Conducive of a composed state, relaxing. Example: A kiss of reconciliation settled the matter, and Lord Penrhyn again composed himself in his most composing arm-chair.
Word: dinheiro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese dinheiro. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinar, diner, and dinero. 1. A coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal. Labels: historical
Word: hiragana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana). Pronunciation: /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/ 1. The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings. Labels: uncountable 2. A letter of this syllabary. Labels: countable, uncountable