nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: steel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål. Pronunciation: /stiːl/, [stiːɫ] 1. Made of steel. Labels: not-comparable Example: Strained in stel ger on steedes of might. Example: The tyrant custome...Hath made the flinty and steele Cooch of warre, My thrice driuen bed of downe. 2. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wher neuer cessing soyle doth steelebright stuff send out from mines. Example: Prison my heart in thy steele bosomes warde. 3. Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he discoverie of the yron and steele mines. Example: From their new dungeons at Chantilly, Aristocrats may hear the rustle of our new steel furnace there. 4. Containing steel. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: To mix some Sugar of steel, or steel wine with the first glass. Example: I have found a singular Virtue in Steel drops, præpared after my Mode. 5. Engraved on steel. Labels: not-comparable Example: The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.
Word: steel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål. Pronunciation: /stiːl/, [stiːɫ] 1. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel. Labels: literally, transitive Example: Hure þolien ant a beoren hare unirude duntes wið mealles istelet. Example: When God...draws aside his curtain, and shows his arsenal and his armory, full of arrows steeled with wrath. 2. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel. Labels: literally, obsolete, transitive Example: Nay, a Crystall glasse will not show a man his face, except it be steeled, except it be darkned on the backside. 3. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel. Labels: literally, obsolete, transitive Example: She drunk her drink steeled, with which she was cured. 4. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel. Labels: literally, transitive Example: My large dry-point,...called Two Stumps of Driftwood, gave 1000 copies (after being steeled) without perceptible wearing. 5. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel. Labels: literally, transitive 6. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel. Labels: literally, transitive Example: By passing an electric current thus through the bars the operation of steeling is much hastened. Example: It seems evident that by the beginning of the 10th century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron. 7. To cause to resemble steel. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: But stil he was so steelde With heart so good, as victor he dead left them in the field. Example: Giue me my heart...O giue it me lest thy hard heart do steele it, And being steeld, soft sighes can neuer graue it. 8. To cause to resemble steel. Labels: figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive Example: And lo! those waters, steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish, yield A vivid repetition of the stars. 9. To press with a flat iron. Labels: dialectal, transitive Example: Tha hasn't tha Sense to stile thy own Dressing.
Word: steel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Bastille (a French prison). Pronunciation: /stiːl/, [stiːɫ] 1. Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Example: I was lugged before the beak, who gave me six doss in the steel. [...] six months in the Bastille (the old House of Corrections), Coldbath Fields. Example: He said he had been in the “steel” (Coldbath Fields Prison) eight times.
Word: can't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From can + -n't, since 1706 or earlier. 1. Cannot (negative auxiliary); be unable to; not have the ability to (whether due to lacking relevant strength or skill or knowledge or supplies, or due to logical impossibility, etc). Example: I can’t quite get it to work. Example: Shut up, can’t you? 2. To be forbidden to; to be not permitted to. Example: You can’t enter the hall without a ticket. 3. To be unwilling to; to not have the desire of; to don’t want to. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: Will you come to dinner with us tonight? Can't; already have plans this evening.
Word: aren't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *arun? Old English earon Middle English aren English are English n’t English aren't From are + n’t. Pronunciation: /ɑːnt/, /ɑɹ(ə)nt/ 1. are not (negative auxiliary)
Word: aren't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Spelling replacement of the homonym an’t. Pronunciation: /ɑːnt/, /ɑɹ(ə)nt/ 1. A contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?" Labels: colloquial Example: I’m a nasty-tempered dog if any one tries to take my bone away; aren’t I, my sons? Example: Aren’t I supposed to tell you how I feel?
Word: compass point Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.
Word: prep Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɛp/ 1. Preparation. Labels: countable Example: There was a bit of prep to set the drill press up for the operation. First, the table had to be rotated 90 degrees. Next, I had to set up a fence to cut each tenon exactly on center. 2. A preparatory race or workout. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of preposition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. A prep school. Labels: countable, informal 5. A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy. Labels: countable, informal 6. A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, informal, slang, uncountable 7. Homework; work set to do outside class time. Labels: UK, uncountable 8. Nursery school; preschool. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 9. Preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade. Labels: Philippines, countable, uncountable 10. Alternative form of PrEP. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: prep Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɛp/ 1. To prepare. Labels: informal, transitive Example: prep someone for something
Word: demo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-". Pronunciation: /ˈdɛm.əʊ/, /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ 1. A demonstration or visual explanation. Labels: informal Example: The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic. Example: ER received the first of its own HSTs on September 7 1977, with a handover taking place at York. It then worked a demo run to Darlington with power cars 43057 and 43056. 2. A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully. Labels: informal Example: After hearing the demo, the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band. 3. An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount. Labels: informal 4. A march or gathering to make a political protest. Labels: informal Example: Elli standing there, takes a sip of her tea, fixes hostile eyes on Somraj and says, ‘Well, what are you waiting for? You signed the petition against yourself, will you now join our demo against you?’ 5. An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works. Labels: informal Example: The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release. 6. A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene. Labels: informal Example: Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before! Example: This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you. 7. A democrat. Labels: informal 8. A demographic group. Labels: collective, informal Example: No more ‘is it good?’ or even ‘is it original?’, only ‘does it work in the demo?’ – ‘demo’ as in ‘demographics’, not to be confused with ‘democracy’, much less ‘demonstration’. Example: Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids. 9. Demolition. Labels: informal Example: The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.
Word: demo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-". Pronunciation: /ˈdɛm.əʊ/, /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ 1. designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing. Labels: not-comparable Example: This Nutty Kid leavin' 'Crazy Face Selfies' On Demo Products...
Word: demo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of demonstrate. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛm.əʊ/, /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ 1. To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release. Labels: informal Example: The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record. 2. To demonstrate. Labels: informal
Word: demo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of demolish. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛm.əʊ/, /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ 1. To demolish (especially a house or fixture). Labels: informal Example: This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.
Word: spool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule (“spool”), Dutch spoel (“spool”), German Spule (“spool”), Swedish spole (“spool”), Icelandic spóla (“spool; reel”). The aviation usage is based on the visual similarity of one of the spools of a turbine engine to a spool used for thread (especially in cross-section). See also spill. Pronunciation: /spuːl/, /spʉl/ 1. A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. Example: If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool. 2. One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan stages. Example: The high-pressure spool rotates faster than the intermediate- and low-pressure spools, as the high-pressure turbine is driven by superheated combustion gases straight out of the burners, while the high-pressure compressor has to spin very fast to compress air that has already been compressed and heated by the low- and intermediate-pressure compressors. 3. A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc. 4. A splinter caught in the skin. Labels: West, Yorkshire
Word: spool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule (“spool”), Dutch spoel (“spool”), German Spule (“spool”), Swedish spole (“spool”), Icelandic spóla (“spool; reel”). The aviation usage is based on the visual similarity of one of the spools of a turbine engine to a spool used for thread (especially in cross-section). See also spill. Pronunciation: /spuːl/, /spʉl/ 1. To wind on a spool or spools. 2. To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
Word: spool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blend of spa + pool. Pronunciation: /spuːl/, /spʉl/ 1. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.
Word: Prosecco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian prosecco, named after the area where the variety was grown, Prosecco near Trieste, in the Veneto region. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsɛkoʊ/, /pɹoʊˈsɛkoʊ/ 1. A variety of white grape grown in the Veneto region of Italy. Example: The earliest documentation concerning the cultivation of Prosecco variety in the Veneto region dates back to 1754, with Aureliano Acanti, and to 1773, with Cosimo Villafranchi, who stated that the grape came from the Carso Triestino area, where there is a small town called Prosecco and where the Prosecco cultivars are still widely grown, under the name of Glera.
Word: Prosecco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian prosecco, named after the area where the variety was grown, Prosecco near Trieste, in the Veneto region. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsɛkoʊ/, /pɹoʊˈsɛkoʊ/ 1. A dry, slightly sparkling Italian white wine made from that grape; also a geographical indication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Prosecco is the perfect vehicle for the white peaches. Contrary to what most people think, Prosecco is not commonly sweet. While there are some sweet versions, more often than not Prosecco is dry with a touch of grassy character and citrus-like acidity. Example: ‘Itʼs Prosecco, champagneʼs Italian cousin!’
Word: plan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Compare plane, plain. Pronunciation: /plæn/, [pleən] ~ [plɛən], /plan/, /plæːn/, [pleːn] ~ [plɛːn] 1. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. Example: The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available. 2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. Example: He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control. Example: Sweet darling, don't you know somewhere / In the land where plans are made / Someone has written a story / Put down the pen and turn the page 3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. Example: Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors. 4. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. Example: The simple plan, / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can. 5. A subscription to a service. Example: a phone plan Example: an Internet plan
Word: plan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Compare plane, plain. Pronunciation: /plæn/, [pleən] ~ [plɛən], /plan/, /plæːn/, [pleːn] ~ [plɛːn] 1. To design (a building, machine, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: The architect planned the building for the client. 2. To create a plan for. Labels: transitive Example: They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month. 3. To intend. Labels: intransitive Example: He planned to go, but work intervened. Example: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. 4. To make a plan. Labels: intransitive Example: They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
Word: private cost Part of Speech: noun 1. A cost incurred in the production process by the producer; including tax and profit margins that are anticipated.
Word: tea Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First appears c. 1655, in the writings of Álvaro Semedo. From Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”). Introduced to English and other Western European languages by the Dutch East India Company, who sourced their tea in Amoy; compare Malay teh along the same trade route. Doublet of chai and cha (and, distantly, the first element of lahpet), from same Proto-Sino-Tibetan root; see discussion of cognates. Cognates The word for “tea” in many languages is of Sinitic origin (due to China being the origin of the plant), and thus there are many cognates; see translations. These are from one of two proximate sources, reflected in the phonological shape: forms with a stop (e.g. /t/) are derived from Min Nan tê, while forms with an affricate (e.g. /tʃ/) are derived from other Sinitic languages, like Mandarin chá or Cantonese caa4 (all written as 茶). Different languages borrowed one or the other form (specific language and point in time varied), reflecting trade ties, generally Min Nan tê if by ocean trade from Fujian, Cantonese caa4 if by ocean trade from Guangdong, or northern Chinese chá if by overland trade or by ocean trade from India. Thus Western and Northern European languages borrowed tê (with the exception of Portuguese, which uses chá; despite being by ocean trade, their source was in Macao, not Amoy), while chá borrowings are used over a very large geographical area of Eurasia and Africa: Southern and Eastern Europe, and on through Turkish, Arabic, North and East Africa, Persian, Central Asian, and Indic languages. In Europe the tê/chá line is Italian/Slovene, Hungarian/Romanian, German/Czech, Polish/Ukrainian, Baltics/Russian, Finnish/Karelian, Northern Sami/Inari Sami. tê was also borrowed in European trade stops in Southern India and coastal Africa, though chá borrowings are otherwise more prevalent in these regions, via Arabic or Indic, due to earlier trade. The situation in Southeast Asia is complex due to multiple influences, and some languages borrowed both forms, such as Malay teh and ca. Etymology 1, noun sense 12 (“information, especially gossip”) may be originally from T standing for truth, which evolved into tea. An alternative explanation dates back to gay African-American culture in the 1970s and alludes to women gossiping over afternoon tea. Pronunciation: /tiː/, [tʰɪj ~ tʰiː], /ti/, [tʰi] 1. Good-looking, sexy. Labels: slang
Word: tea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Semantic loan from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”). 1. A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea.
Word: Achaian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Achaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Achaian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Achaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: achenial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English achene Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English achenial From achene + -ial. 1. Pertaining to an achene. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Acheron Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/, /ˈæ.kəɹ.ɔn/ 1. A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Labels: Greek Example: Ile diue into the burning lake belowe, / And pull her out of Acaron by the heeles. Example: Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas. 2. Hell. Labels: literary 3. A small town in Victoria, Australia.
Word: Acheron Part of Speech: name 1. A language of Sudan.
Word: Acherontic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to or resembling Acheron (one of the rivers located in the underworld according to ancient Greek mythology). Example: It was a Comedy, to see what a crowding (as if it had bene at a newe Play,) there was vpon the Acheronticque Strond, Example: Fierce earthquakes tear the world, the heavens bow, A passage opens to the shades below: From acherontick shores black fiends ascend, 2. Of or pertaining to hell. Labels: figuratively Example: 1623, George Langford, Search the Scriptures, London: John Clarke, Section 7, p. 43, How did those Aegyptians storme, when Moses and Aaron, Crumwell and Cranmer came, to deliuer Gods Israel, from that Acheronticall ignorance? Example: Both sex, hideously cut, and gash, and pink in sundry works, their browes, nose, cheeks, armes, brest, back, belly, thighes and legges in Acherontick order: in a word, are so deformed, that if they had studied to become antick, they might be praised for invention. 3. Lacking joy and comfort; nearing death. Labels: figuratively Example: 1599, John Weever, Epigrammes in the Oldest Cut, and Newest Fashion, London: Thomas Bushell, The Thirde Weeke, Epig. 7, Depart to blacke nights Acheronticke Cell, Example: 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Henry Cripps, Part 3, Section 3, Member 4, Subsection 2, p. 701, […] it is most odious, when an old Acheronticke dizard, that hath one foote in his graue, shall flicker after a young wench, what can be more detestable.
Word: achievable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English achieve Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English achievable From achieve + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/ 1. Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable. Example: achievable goal Example: achievable result 2. Not linked to fate or outside influences.
Word: achievance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From achieve + -ance, parallel to Middle French achevance. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃiː.vəns/ 1. An achievement. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete
Word: béret Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of beret. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The béret, heretofore peculiar to the Latin Quarter and the head of Jean Borotra, has now been seen on the Prince of Wales and General Trotter. Telegraphic dispatches from Biarritz reported that the two men were observed on the golf course ‘wearing bérets adjusted at exactly the right angle.’ Example: By the older villagers the whole idea is looked upon as nothing less than madness, and is classed by them with the wearing of bérets by young men, the drawing of the “idle money,” and the carrying of a comb with which to smooth back a cascade of hair that otherwise might interfere seriously with its owner’s vision.
Word: miner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who works in a mine. Example: Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner Example: The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in. 2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives. 3. Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta. 4. Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency. Example: The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network. 5. A person who mines cryptocurrency. Example: The first miner to solve each puzzle would be awarded 50 new bitcoins, and the associated block of transactions would be added to the chain. The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes.
Word: miner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myna. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ 1. Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
Word: minor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/, /ˈmaɪnə/ 1. Used in a phrasal verb: minor in. Labels: intransitive
Word: major Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)], [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)], [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ], [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ] 1. Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Labels: attributive Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 2. Greater in number, quantity, or extent. Labels: attributive Example: the major part of the assembly Example: The three major religions are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. 3. Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope. Labels: attributive Example: The building underwent a major renovation. 4. Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree. Labels: attributive Example: to earn some major cash Example: a major exhibition 5. Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening. Labels: attributive Example: to suffer from a major illness 6. Of full legal age, having attained majority. Example: major children 7. Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization. 8. Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale) Example: major scale 9. Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval) Example: major third 10. Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval) Example: major triad 11. (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. Labels: postpositional 12. Bell changes rung on eight bells. 13. Indicating the elder of two brothers (or the eldest of three), appended to a surname in public schools. Labels: UK, dated 14. Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term) 15. Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)
Word: major Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)], [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)], [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ], [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ] 1. A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel. Example: He used to be a major in the army. 2. A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel. 3. A person of legal age. 4. Ellipsis of major key. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 5. Ellipsis of major interval. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. Ellipsis of major scale. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. A system of change-ringing using eight bells. 8. A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie. Example: At the end of last year, the band re-signed to XL for another three albums, despite being chased by majors that included Island, says manager Mike Champion of Midi Management. 9. The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Example: Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major. 10. The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Example: She is a math major. 11. Ellipsis of major term. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 12. Ellipsis of major premise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 13. Ellipsis of major suit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 14. A touchdown, or major score. Labels: Canadian 15. A goal. 16. An elder brother (especially at a public school). Labels: British, dated, slang 17. A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest. 18. Alternative form of mayor and mair. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: major Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)], [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)], [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ], [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ] 1. Used in a phrasal verb: major in. Labels: intransitive
Word: recursive acronym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recursive + acronym, originating in early hacker culture and later popularized by Douglas Hofstadter. 1. An acronym in which a word (often the first) of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself. Example: I used the odd variable name “tato”, mentioning that it is a recursive acronym standing for “tato (and tato only)”. Using this fact you can expand “tato” any number of times.
Word: PSX Part of Speech: name Etymology: Sony product codename. 1. The original PlayStation, first released 1994. Labels: dated 2. The PSX PlayStation, based on the original PlayStation, with an integrated DVD drive (2003).
Word: half-brother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to half- + brother. 1. Alternative spelling of half brother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: half-sister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to half- + sister. 1. Alternative spelling of half sister. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stepsister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Germanic *steupa- Proto-West Germanic *steupa- Old English stēop- Middle English step- English step- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōrder. Proto-Germanic *swestēr Proto-West Germanic *swester Old English sweostor Middle English suster English sister English stepsister From step- + sister. 1. The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship. 2. The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.
Word: Riksmål Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian riksmål. 1. A conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.
Word: Mykonos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύκονος (Múkonos). 1. An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
Word: Santorini Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Σαντορίνη (Santoríni), from Medieval Latin Santa Irini (“Saint Irene”), from St Irene as the patron of the parish church at Perissa under the Latin Empire. Pronunciation: /ˌsantɒˈɹiːnɪ/, /ˌsantəˈɹiːnɪ/, /ˌsæntəˈɹini/ 1. An island in the Cyclades, Greece.
Word: Santorini Part of Speech: name Etymology: Italian Santorini Pronunciation: /ˌsantɒˈɹiːnɪ/, /ˌsantəˈɹiːnɪ/, /ˌsæntəˈɹini/ 1. A surname.
Word: Andros Part of Speech: name 1. An island of the Cyclades, Greece. 2. An island of the Bahamas.
Word: Delos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos). 1. An island of the Cyclades, Greece. Example: We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]
Word: Delos Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Delo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”). Pronunciation: /kɑs/, /kɒs/ 1. Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce. Labels: UK
Word: cos Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /kɒz/, /kəz/, /kʌz/ 1. Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”). Labels: Ireland, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, informal Example: Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.
Word: cos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cousin. Pronunciation: /kʌz/ 1. Alternative form of coz, cousin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: cos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English companyclip. English co English -s English cos From co + -s. 1. plural of co Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cos Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree English companyclip. English co English -s English cos From co + -s. 1. Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their. Labels: nonstandard Example: Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment. Example: WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable […]
Word: cos Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos.
Word: Ionian Islands Part of Speech: name 1. A group of islands in the Ionian Sea – one of the 13 peripheries of Greece. The main islands are Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Corfu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Corfù, from Ancient Greek Κορυφώ (Koruphṓ), from κορυφή (koruphḗ) ("summit", "mountain peak"). Named after the twin peaks of the Old Fortress of Corfu. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹ.fjuː/, /ˈkɔɹ.fuː/ 1. An island of Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκῡρα (Kórkūra), more often Κέρκῡρα (Kérkūra)), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα (Kérkyra)). Example: Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique. 2. The capital of Corfu.
Word: Thira Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Θήρα (Thíra), inherited from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪəɹə/, /ˈθɪɹə/ 1. Santorini (an island of Greece).
Word: Lesvos Part of Speech: name Etymology: A borrowing or transliteration of Greek Λέσβος (Lésvos). 1. Alternative spelling of Lesbos. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mytilene Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē). 1. Lesbos. 2. The capital of Lesbos.
Word: ereption Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden snatching away. Labels: obsolete, uncommon, uncountable
Word: defenestration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dē Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? Latin fenestra Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiō New Latin dēfenestrātiōder. English defenestration From New Latin defenestratio, from dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -atio (suffix indicating an action or process); compare Middle French défenestrer (modern French défenestrer), défenestration, Italian defenestrazione and German Fenstersturz. The verb defenestrate was formed later. Pronunciation: /dɪˌfɛnɪˈstɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdiː-/, /diˌfɛnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The "Defenestration" at Prague (A.D. 1618). [...] The imperial Austrian Councillors are thrown out of the window of the castle of Hradschin by the enraged Bohemian Deputies [...] Example: The brook in the gully behind the garden, a trembling trickle most of the time, was tonight a loud torrent that tumbled over itself in its avid truckling to gravity, as it carried through corridors of beech and spruce last years leaves, and some leafless twigs, and a brand-new, unwanted soccer ball that had recently rolled into the water from the sloping lawn after Pnin disposed of it by defenestration. 2. The high-profile removal of a person from an organization. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Be that as it may, his defenestration was coldly abrupt, and in his place, the Football Association resurrected a veteran manager and former England star in Joe Mercer for seven games. Example: With Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid gone from the cabinet, it could all be over for Boris Johnson – although quite how long it will take his enemies to finish him off is not at all clear and his defenestration does not look immediate. 3. The high-profile removal of a person from an organization. Labels: UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Parrott had described Thursday’s defenestration of Cristiano Ronaldo’s team as the best night of his life, only for Sunday to be yet more gloriously dramatic. The former Tottenham trainee, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie for AZ Alkmaar, would almost certainly not have started Ireland’s double-header had Roma’s Evan Ferguson not injured an ankle. 4. The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: Defenestration might be an option too. May I recommend Linux? Example: It's defenestration day in Redmond today. A clearly stunned Microsoft did what it could to pretend that Judge Jackson's findings of fact were "just one step", as [Bill] Gates put said in the prepared statement that he read at a press conference last night, but it was hopeless.
Word: egregious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock". Pronunciation: /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/, /əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/ 1. Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense. Example: The student has made egregious errors on the examination. Example: 16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto, I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!" 2. Outrageously bad; shocking. Example: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
Word: acerebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English cerebral English acerebral From a- + cerebral. Piecewise doublet of uncerebral. 1. Without a brain. Labels: not-comparable Example: an acerebral organism 2. Not using or involving the brain. Labels: not-comparable Example: He acted on reflex, an acerebral reaction to a situation beyond his control.
Word: afflatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin afflātus (“breath, blowing or breathing on, spiritual inspiration”), from afflō (“to blow, breathe on or towards”) + -tus (forming action nouns), from ad- (“to, towards”) + flō (“breathe, blow”). See also af-. Pronunciation: /əˈfleɪtəs/, /-ɾəs/ 1. A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. Example: divine afflatus Example: 'Tis extremely difficult to keep up the Spirit of Poetry in another's Compoſitions, tho' you catch all the […] apteſt Moments; and never employ the Mind, but when there is an Impetus comes upon it toward that particular buſineſs: […] I know not how far this was the Caſe with Mr. [Alexander] Pope, in this performance: but wherever it was, the Poet will be little more than a common Man: He is, at ſuch times, much the ſame as a Prophet without his Afflatus.
Word: alliaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -aceous. 1. Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.
Word: alliaphage Part of Speech: noun 1. An eater of garlic. Labels: rare
Word: alopecia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alōpecia, from the Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + -ία (-ía, a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases). Pronunciation: /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/, /æloʊˈpiː.ʃ(i)ə/, /æloʊˈpiː.si.ə/ 1. Baldness. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by a failure to grow or loss after growth. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” Rock said in an apparent reference to her shaved hair, which is a result of the hair loss condition alopecia. Example: At least 40% of women experience hair loss or alopecia over their lifetimes. This could be alopecia areata (patchy hair loss), traction alopecia (strained hair loss) or another form. The different ways that women’s hair loss has been depicted across art history demonstrates the many different ways it has been interpreted over the years. In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.
Word: aprosexia Part of Speech: noun 1. Inability to concentrate. Labels: uncountable
Word: avuncular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin avunculāris, from Classical Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”) + -āris (“-ar”). Pronunciation: /əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/, /əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ/ 1. In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle. Example: Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations. Example: In 2021, the Times described you as an “avuncular public intellectual.” How do you feel about that label? [Stephen Fry:] Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure. 2. Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant. Labels: broadly Example: But Jackson had an avuncular feeling for the two younger men and he assumed it was his duty to pull them from their gloom. Example: A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.
Word: battology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαττολογία (battología, “stammering speech”). Pronunciation: /baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/, /bæˈtɑː.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Logomachy, battology, jingling of words, are all these fine speeches! Example: This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."
Word: Alexandria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta. Pronunciation: /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/, /æləɡˈzændɹi.ə/ 1. A city, port, and former capital of Egypt famed for its ancient library and lighthouse. 2. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 3. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 4. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 5. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 6. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 7. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 8. Various other former cities in West Asia founded by Alexander the Great, including Labels: historical 9. Alternative form of Alessandria: a city in Piedmont, Italy. Labels: alt-of, alternative 10. A governorate of Egypt around the city. 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 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: Example: The U.S. attorney’s office, based in Alexandria, just outside Washington, is among the most important in the country, handling sensitive national security and terrorism cases. 28. A former town in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry. 29. A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia. 30. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. 31. A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 32. A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 33. A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3980). 34. A city in Teleorman County, Romania. 35. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Word: Chios Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos). Pronunciation: /ˈki.ɑs/, /ˈkiː.ɒs/ 1. One of the Aegean islands of Greece. 2. The capital of the island of Chios, Greece. 3. A domestic sheep breed commonly accepted to be originated on the Greek island of Chios.
Word: Khios Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Chios. Labels: alt-of, alternative