nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: harvestman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From harvest + -man. (sense 2): There are various hypotheses and folk etymologies for why the arachnids are called harvestmen, but the most likely explanation is the shape of their legs, which resemble sickles or scythes. More information The association with harvesting or haymaking is found across Europe; compare words for “harvest spider” in other languages: Dutch hooiwagen (literally “hay-cart”), Welsh medelwr (literally “reaper, harvester”), Irish Pilib an fhómhair (literally “Philip of the harvest”), Danish mejer (literally “mower, reaper”), French faucheur (literally “scyther”), Spanish segador (literally “reaper, harvester, mower”) and agostero (literally “August-er”), Czech sekáč (literally “reaper, mower; warrior”), Polish kosarz (literally “reaper, mower, haymaker”), Russian сенокосец (senokosec, literally “little haymaker”) and косиножка (kosinožka, literally “little scythe-leg”), Ukrainian косарик (kosaryk, literally “mower”), Hungarian kaszáspók (literally “scyther-spider”), Serbo-Croatian pauk kosac (literally “reaper spider”), and even modern Hebrew קוצר (kotsér, originally “shortener”, literally “reaper, harvester”). Further compare German Schneider (literally “cutter; tailor”), Swiss Zimmermann (literally “carpenter”) and Welsh teiliwr (literally “tailor”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? ) 1. A male harvester; any harvester (person who works to gather in the crops at harvest time). Example: Near-synonym: carter 2. An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones; any individual of this order.
Word: mistreatment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mistreat Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English mistreatment From mistreat + -ment. 1. Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There were allegations of mistreatment at the prison.
Word: mistreatments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mistreatment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fetus + -cide or fetus + -icide, from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”) and its derivation -cīdium (“killing”), from -cīd (combining form of caedō (“cut, kill”)) + -a (“-er”, forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈfiːtɪsaɪd/ 1. The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Zimra, then, takes an unequivocal stance; favoring Rashi's view over that of Maimonides, he offers little comfort for the rodef approach, holding instead that feticide cannot be regarded as murder becaue the fetus is not a nefesh. Example: Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase. 2. One who kills a fetus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unlearned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unlerned (“not taught, uneducated”). By surface analysis, un- (“not”) + learned (“educated”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɜːnɪd/, /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/ 1. ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained. Example: How much do I know / To talk out of turn / You might say that I'm young / You might say I'm unlearned / But there's one thing I know / Though I'm younger than you / Even Jesus would never / Forgive what you do
Word: unlearned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- (“not”) + learned (“studied”), past participle of learn. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɜːnd/, /ʌnˈlɝnd/ 1. Of a behavior: not learned; innate. 2. Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown. Example: Did she ever return? No, she never returned. Her fate is yet unlearned Though for years and years there were fond ones watching For the ship that never returned.
Word: unlearned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unlernyd (“obliterated from memory, forgotten”), equivalent to unlearn + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɜːnd/, /ʌnˈlɝnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unlearn (“discard the knowledge of”) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: comrade in arms Part of Speech: noun 1. A fellow combatant or soldier.
Word: social graces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of social grace Labels: form-of, plural 2. The collective skills for dealing with people and society.
Word: social grace Part of Speech: noun 1. A skill for dealing with people and society. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His lack of mastery of the social graces made it obvious he had not been raised in upper-class society. 2. The ability to fit into polite society and behave properly and with etiquette. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His lack of social grace made him anathema at dinner parties.
Word: polite society Part of Speech: noun 1. The elite or upper crust of society. Labels: uncountable Example: [H]e had been brought up in an extravagant family, who considered tradesmen and manufacturers as a caste disgraceful to polite society. Example: [I]n the midst of the company assembled the reader's humble servant was present, and in a very polite society, too, of "poets, clergymen, men of letters, and members of both Houses of Parliament." 2. That portion of society that is especially concerned with etiquette, proper behavior, and politeness. Labels: uncountable Example: [S]he managed with considerable effort to keep up a sufficient outward semblance of mourning to satisfy the customs and fashions of polite society. Example: Scenes, Lady Jane had explained—on the occasion of his knocking down an objectionable cabman during their honeymoon trip—were of all things what polite society most resolutely abhorred.
Word: upper crust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First known use as an idiom: 1836. 1. The social elite, the highest social class. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: I judged from your remark about the diligence and industry of the high Parisian upper crust that it would have some point. Example: Some accents reveal the distinctive bray of the upper crust, but most are generic middle class. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating. Example: She went to get her tarts . . . but some one had stolen all the fruit out of them by lifting up the upper crust.
Word: upper crust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First known use as an idiom: 1836. 1. Alternative form of upper-crust. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: upper crusts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upper crust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guache Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gouache. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: guaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: degenerates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of degenerate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: degenerates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of degenerate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: degenerated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of degenerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bended Part of Speech: adj 1. bent Labels: not-comparable Example: He offered his fealty on bended knee.
Word: bended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bend Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: alces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alce Labels: form-of, plural 2. genitive of alce Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete
Word: baser Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs Labels: US, slang
Word: baser Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of base: more base Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: basest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/ 1. superlative form of base: most base Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: prouder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of proud: more proud Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: unruffled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ruffled. 1. Not ruffled or tousled. Example: unruffled hair 2. Calm, not ruffled, serene, at peace, unbothered. Labels: figuratively Example: "What is there, then?" demanded the blind man without any break in his unruffled patience. "There may be another way—but surely—surely there must be some attachment?" Example: Mr. Altman, calm and unruffled, tried several times to draw a distinction between A.I. and social media.
Word: unbothered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bothered English unbothered From un- + bothered. 1. Not bothered, serene. Example: The conservative justices appear wholly unbothered by the howls that the court is no more than a partisan institution, turning their destructive attention next to what remains of the Voting Rights Act.
Word: slashed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /slæʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of slash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slashed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /slæʃt/ 1. Having been slashed, cut or rent. Labels: not-comparable 2. Marked with a slash. Labels: not-comparable Example: A slashed zero cannot be confused with the letter O.
Word: justifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of justify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: justifying Part of Speech: noun 1. A process of justification. Example: So very precocious was the youth's sagacity, and premature his opinions; but of course, so surrounded, so employed, hearing of nothing but oppressions, and complainings, and justifyings, the bias was inevitable.
Word: prided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pride Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: belike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- + like. 1. To make like; simulate. Labels: transitive 2. To be like; resemble. Labels: transitive Example: The most beautiful passages of Arnaut are in the canzo beginning: Sweet cries and cracks and lays and chants inflected By auzels who, in their Latin belikes.
Word: belike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English like English belike From be- + like. 1. To be pleasing to; please. Labels: impersonal Example: Yea," said King Arthur, " it belikes me more than any horse that I ever beheld before." " Then," quoth Queen Morgana, "consider it as a gift of reconciliation betwixt thee and me. …" 2. To like; be pleased with. Labels: transitive
Word: belike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English like English belike From be- + like. 1. An object of affection or liking. Example: She will always be one of my belikes.
Word: belike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English like English belike From be- + like. 1. Likely, probably, perhaps, haply. Labels: Northern-England, archaic, dialectal, especially, not-comparable Example: It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike. Example: For that reason, belike, Homer feigns the three Graces to be linked and tied hand in hand, because the hearts of men are so firmly united with such graces.
Word: upraised Part of Speech: adj 1. Lifted, raised, held high. Labels: archaic, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: He stood there, with upraised glass, waiting for others to join him in a toast; holding the glass as though it were his upraised sword, challenging others to show disprespect to one he honored. Example: Not all of them, by no means anywhere close to all of them, just the most notable blockheads among them—three altogether, two freshmen and one sophomore, all of whom were among the first to be expelled the next day — masturbated into pairs of stolen panties, masturbated just about as quickly as you could snap your fingers, before each hurled the deflowered panties, wet and fragrant with ejaculate, down into the upraised hands of the jubilant gathering of red-checked, snow-capped upperclassmen breathing steam like dragons and egging them on from below.
Word: upraised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upraise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sauntering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of saunter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sauntering Part of Speech: noun 1. A casual stroll. Example: I have seen many strange things in my saunterings around London.
Word: Arlington Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + -ing (“called after”) + tūn (“estate”), literally, “estate named after Alfred”. Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.lɪŋ.tən/, /ˈɑɹ.lɪŋ.tən/ 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 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: 28. A number of places in the United States: 29. A number of places in the United States: 30. A number of places in the United States: 31. A number of places in the United States: 32. A number of places in the United States: 33. A number of places in the United States: 34. A number of places in the United States: 35. A number of places in the United States: 36. A number of places in the United States: 37. A number of places in Canada: 38. A number of places in Canada: 39. A number of places in Canada: 40. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, an American military cemetery. Labels: US
Word: quarreled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quarrel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ravished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ.vɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of ravish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ravished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ.vɪʃt/ 1. Delighted; ecstatic Example: [W]henever the person who is possessed of [natural goodness] doth what is right, no ravished or friendly spectator is so eager or so loud in his applause: on the contrary, when he doth wrong, no critic is so apt to hiss and explode him. 2. Having the appearance of having been ravished.
Word: protruded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of protrude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of money (used in the sense of plural of coins and bills, often with humorous intention) Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of money (used in the sense of plural of currency) Multiple currencies Labels: form-of, plural Example: After my trip to Asia, I have three different moneys in my wallet. 3. Collectively money Example: All the moneys collected for the poor was wasted in fund raising.
Word: minutest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of minute: most minute Smallest, littlest, tiniest. Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: magnifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of magnify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: incant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1546; borrowed from Latin incantō. Doublet of enchant and incantate. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkænt/ 1. To state solemnly, to chant. Labels: rare 2. To recite an incantation. Example: They now remember a tall man wrapped in a cloak [...] incanting to himself as he crossed the road. Example: “Did you speak, child?” she whispered, as if she was a witch incanting a spell.
Word: cherishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cherish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cherishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which somebody or something is cherished. Example: But home and its cherishings, and revived moral force, restored him[…]
Word: basins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪnz/ 1. plural of basin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of basin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Cossacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cossack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Africans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of African Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outlived Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outlive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engravings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of engraving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of billow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: billowing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that billows; a billow. Example: The Bible is full of passages designed to meet and relieve those billowings and heavings of the soul, but without a devotional spirit such passages can never be appreciated or comprehended.
Word: curiosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curiosity Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of curiositie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ringlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋ.lət/ 1. A small ring. 2. A lock, tress. Example: Her hair was in ringlets. Example: For knovv by lot from Jove I am the povvr / Of this fair VVood, and live in Oak'n bovvr, / To nurſe the Saplings tall, and curl the grove / VVith ringlets quaint, and vvanton vvindings vvove. 3. Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.
Word: ringlet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋ.lət/ 1. To form into ringlets. Labels: transitive Example: "It's very becoming!" said Pollie coaxingly, taking his curly head, which she had been brushing and ringleting for the last half hour, all damp, into her arms. 2. To surround or encircle like a ringlet. Labels: transitive Example: I think now that if it had gripped me with those suckers, I would have gone out into the mist too. But it didn't. It grabbed Norm. And the third tentacle ringleted his other ankle. Now he was being pulled away from me.
Word: ringlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ringlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scoundrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scoundrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epistles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epistle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depredations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depredation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwearied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wearied. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɪəɹid/ 1. Not wearied, not tired. Labels: dated Example: Yet not till the Creator from his work / Deſiſting, though unwearied, up returned / Up to the Heav'n of Heav'ns his high abode, / Thence to behold this new created World […] Example: Diſappointed in this endeavour, undiſguſted by the petulance of oppoſition, unwearied by the ſtubbornneſs of faction, We have ſeen Him [George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot] labour to ſecure, at leaſt, the political advantages held forth by the reſtoration of the Rajah [Thuljaji, the Rajah of Tanjore]. 2. Never tiring; tireless. Labels: dated Example: Notwithſtanding certaine it is, that if thoſe Schoole men to their great thirſt of truth, and vnwearied trauaile of wit, had ioyned varietie and vniuerſalitie of reading and contemplation, they had prooued excellent Lights, to the great aduancement of all learning and knowledge: but as they are, they are great vndertakers indeed, and fierce with darke keeping. Example: Welcome, welcome, my good Evangeliſt, the ſight of thy countenance brings to my remembrance, thy ancient kindneſs, and unwearied labouring for my eternal good. 3. Not stopping; persistent, relentless. Labels: dated Example: Love is the weight and motor of the ſoule, the Spring that ſets all the wheeles on worke. It is vehement, active, induſtrious, unwearied, invincible affection; if rightly placed on worthy objects, it workes wonders. Example: Beſides every thing there is endued with an untamed and unwearied power. […] And beholding itſelf infinite, and the objects of its perception, it follows its own nature as its guide in unwearied contemplation.
Word: smoother Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of smooth: more smooth Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: smoother Part of Speech: noun 1. One who, or that which, smooths. 2. In glass-cutting, an abrading-wheel for polishing the aces of the grooves cut by another wheel. 3. A hand plane set to cut thin shavings, to create a polished surface. 4. A flatterer. Labels: obsolete
Word: sniffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sniff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sniffing Part of Speech: noun 1. A sniff sound or action.
Word: reclaimed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been acquired by the process of reclaiming. Labels: not-comparable Example: Reclaimed words like "queer" or "gay" are usually offensive to the in-group when used by outsiders.
Word: reclaimed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reclaim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fairs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɛəz/, /fɛɹz/, /fɛɚz/, /feːz/, /feəz/ 1. plural of fair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fairs Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /fɛəz/, /fɛɹz/, /fɛɚz/, /feːz/, /feəz/ 1. Fair enough; fair's fair. Labels: UK, slang
Word: unknowing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English know English -ing English knowing English unknowing From un- + knowing. 1. Without knowing; ignorant. 2. Unknown, unbeknownst (to someone). Labels: obsolete Example: And when they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned home, the chylde Jesus boode styll in hierusalem, vnknowinge to his father and mother.
Word: unknowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English know English -ing English knowing English unknowing From un- + knowing. 1. Absence of knowledge; ignorance of something. Example: Only later in the performance do we get that diegetically earlier moment, the moment when still earlier questions, fears, knowings, and unknowings congeal into the medical diagnosis of “positive.”
Word: falsehoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falsehood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstructured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English structured English unstructured From un- + structured. 1. Lacking structure. Example: His unstructured method of planning scared anyone who had to depend on his schedules. Example: Since the day after the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump has spent around 60% of his scheduled time in unstructured “executive time,” Axios reported Sunday.
Word: discoloured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English coloured English discoloured From dis- + coloured. 1. UK standard spelling of discolored.
Word: discoloured Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English coloured English discoloured From dis- + coloured. 1. simple past and past participle of discolour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bargained Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bargain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: examinee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From examine + -ee. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˌzæmɪˈniː/, /ɪɡˌzæməˈni/, [ɪɡˌzɛəməˈni], /ɪɡˌzæməˈniː/, /əɡˌzɛməˈniː/ 1. One who is examined, e.g. for medical reasons. 2. One who sits an examination. Example: Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move.
Word: examinees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of examinee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obstructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obstruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ailments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ailment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: observances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of observance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfitted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fitted. 1. Not suited, not fit (for something). Example: […] let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth, unconnected with the rest […]. In this state of natural liberty, society will be their first thought. A thousand motives will excite them thereto, the strength of one man is so unequal to his wants, and his mind so unfitted for perpetual solitude, that he is soon obliged to seek assistance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same. Example: You have both warm hearts and benevolent feelings; and, Fanny, who that heard him read, and saw you listen to Shakespeare the other night, will think you unfitted as companions? 2. Not customized, tailored or cut to fit. Labels: not-comparable Example: As popularized by Jackie Kennedy, the little nothing, its partisans explain, also aims for the look of unostentatious but expensive elegance that goes beyond mere chic. Most little nothings today are essentially grown-up versions of sleeveless, high-necklined junior dresses, unfitted, but figure-suggesting. Example: In the Eighties, the unfitted suits, flat-cut in the style of traditional kimonos and proposed by Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, formed the baggy blueprint for a decade of men’s designs, and the outfit of choice for a generation of creative directors and male fashion editors. 3. Of trains, or wagons in the train, not having a through brake pipe, or brakes on the wagons that can be operated from the locomotive (the wagons did have handbrakes however). Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Basically, heavy unfitted trains are hauled by ex-G.W.R, ex-L.M.R. or ex W.D. 2-8-0s and fast freights by "Halls" and "Granges", [...].
Word: unfitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unfit. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Beltane Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Celtic *belo-tanos (“bright fire”). 1. The first day of May (since 1752); May Day, a Scottish quarter day, sometimes associated by Christians with the nearest Church Feast, the Invention of the Cross (3 May), and Whitsunday (15 May). Example: And quhair it be tainted that they big, and the Birdes be flowin, and the nest be funden in the Trees at Beltane the trees sal be foirfaulted to the King (bot gif they be redeemed fra him, throw them that they first perteined to) and hewin downe, and siue schillings to the King is unlaw. 2. An ancient Gaelic/Celtic May Day holiday celebration, at which large bonfires were built on the hilltops, revived by Celtic neopagans. Example: For it was approaching that uncanny time of year, the festival of Beltane, when the auld pagans were wont to sacrifice to their god Baal. In this season warlocks and carlines have a special dispensation to do evil, and Alison waited on its coming with graceless joy.
Word: Bealtaine Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Beltane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: windings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪndɪŋz/ 1. plural of winding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whosever Part of Speech: det Etymology: From whose + ever. Pronunciation: /ˈhuzˌɛvəɹ/, /ˌhuzˈɛvəɹ/ 1. Of whomever; belonging or related to whichever person or persons; whoever's. Labels: formal, possessive Example: Whosever sunglasses these are will have to pick them up tomorrow. Example: "And she is not wholesome, whosever word it was. She was there, hanging about him when he was so bad, before the worst came."
Word: whosever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From whose + ever. Pronunciation: /ˈhuzˌɛvəɹ/, /ˌhuzˈɛvəɹ/ 1. That of whomever; that which belongs or is related to whatever person or persons; whoever's. Labels: formal, possessive Example: Whosever it is, it will be seized.
Word: whosever Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From whoever with who's replacing who. Pronunciation: /ˈhuzˌɛvəɹ/, /ˌhuzˈɛvəɹ/ 1. whoever is. Labels: contraction, formal, proscribed Example: This would make J. Dumars come off the bench and sometimes give us a nice 3 guard line-up sometimes with Hunter at SG, Dumars at SF, and whosever in between the pg's from GS. Example: People keep passing the buck to whosever left to blame.
Word: degenerate matter Part of Speech: noun 1. matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle. Labels: uncountable
Word: enkindling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enkindle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enkindled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enkindle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: watering holes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watering hole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solemnities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solemnity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aff. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of affidavit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of affair. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of affix. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of affiliation or affiliated (with). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: aff. Part of Speech: adj 1. affinis; having affinity with (but not identical to) Labels: not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of affirmed, in case citations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: case citation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From case + citation. 1. A combination of numbers and abbreviations used in common law countries to identify an opinion of a court, including the names of the parties, case reporter, name of the court, and year of the decision, and sometimes the page of the opinion that is cited.
Word: misjudge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English judge English misjudge From mis- + judge. 1. To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess. Example: I misjudged you. I don't like your politics but I appreciate your loyalty to your friends.
Word: sound effects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sound effect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorrowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sorrow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sorrowing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of feeling sorrow. Example: The daily sorrowings of grief and repentance are genuine emotions. It is simply not legitimate to maintain that the real emotions are the initial bursts of high-pitched passions[…]
Word: subsisting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subsist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scoured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scoured Part of Speech: noun 1. Wool that has undergone scouring to remove grease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Natal grease wool sustained its price, and varied very little; Natal scoureds, especially the defective kinds, obtained the same prices as all other kinds of scoureds.
Word: rosen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rosen (“made of roses; rosy”), from Old English rōsen (“of roses; rosy”), equivalent to rose + -en. 1. Made of or consisting of roses. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: In the year 1577. he confirmed the Fraternity of the Virgine Mary, and by Bull he gave Indulgences for a year unto all who would say a Rosen crown unto the Virgine, that is, if they would say five Paternosters, and fifty Ave Maryas. Example: Prediction, the Image whereof is a Crowne with a Rose, or a Rosen Crown, with the letter F seated or planted upon the same […] a certaine English Prince, whose name should begin with F, as for example, Frederike […] 2. Rosy; rose-coloured; ruddy. Labels: archaic, obsolete
Word: rev. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of reversed, in case citations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of revised. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: rev. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of revision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Filipina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino). Pronunciation: /filiˈpinɐ/, /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/ 1. A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such. Labels: countable Example: Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about ten Filipina domestics and nursing workers who ran away from their employers. Example: Whether portrayed as masculine warriors, female seducers, or wayward mothers, Huk Amazons were regarded as extraordinary and unconventional Filipinas: communist guerrillas trained to fight as soldiers against the government and women who lived in the forests, fraternized with men, and had children outside marriage. 2. A female Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent. Labels: countable, historical, obsolete
Word: Filipina Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino). Pronunciation: /filiˈpinɐ/, /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/ 1. Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines. Labels: not-comparable
Word: down-regulation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of downregulation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: up-regulation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of upregulation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: monoallelically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English monoallelic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English monoallelically From monoallelic + -ally. 1. In a monoallelic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: monoallelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English allele Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allelic English monoallelic From mono- + allelic. 1. Involving a single allele Labels: not-comparable
Word: heterozygosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -zygous English heterozygous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English heterozygosity From heterozygous + -ity. 1. The condition of being heterozygous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: neuroblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English blastoma English neuroblastoma From neuro- + blastoma. 1. A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in various parts of the body
Word: protooncogene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of proto-oncogene. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: farceuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French 1. A female farceur
Word: farceur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French farceur. Pronunciation: /fɑɹˈsɝ/, /fɑːˈsɜː/ 1. A person who writes farces, or who performs in them. Example: […] and as always, the best avenue for resolving rage is positive action. For the playwright, this has and does often take the form of satire, and perhaps the most outstanding farceur of the '60s was Joe Orton. 2. A farcical comedian.
Word: casuarina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, ultimately a derivative of Malay kasuari (“cassowary”), from the resemblance of the leaves to the bird's feathers. Pronunciation: /ˌkæsu.əˈɹiːnə/, /ˌkæsu.əˈɹaɪnə/ 1. Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak. Example: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices. Example: Lower down, in a little reach of the lagoon there grew a clump of casuarinas, those timid isolates that withdraw from other trees, selecting their own privacy, which is for ever whispering secrets up in their feathery fronds, set in motion by the slightest breeze.
Word: misalliance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/ 1. An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage. Example: That twice-flung taunt rankled still. It was monstrous to have been called a snob. A snob!—he, whose readiness to form what would certainly be regarded as a shocking misalliance ought to have stifled the charge, not merely vindicated him from it! He had forgotten, in the blindness of his love, how shocking the misalliance would be. Perhaps she, unloving, had not been so forgetful? Example: A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour.
Word: misdid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of misdo Labels: form-of, past
Word: misdo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈduː/ 1. To do evil; to commit misdeeds. Labels: archaic, intransitive 2. To do (something) incorrectly or improperly. Labels: transitive Example: Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone,[…] 3. To do harm to; to injure, mistreat. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtenaūce / & said madame ther shal none of my subgettys mysdoo you ne your maydens
Word: misdone Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of misdo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misdoing Part of Speech: noun 1. Wrongdoing. Labels: uncountable 2. An act of wrongdoing; a misdeed. Labels: in-plural Example: Anti-Corn-Law League asks not, Do something; but, Cease your destructive misdoing, Do ye nothing! Example: She questioned her husband concerning the convict's misdoings […].
Word: misdoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misdo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misdirect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English direct English misdirect From mis- + direct. 1. To direct something wrongly Example: Instead, in all contexts, markets instill antisocial motivations in buyers and sellers, misprice items that are exchanged, misdirect aims regarding what to produce in what quantities and by what means, misremunerate producers, introduce class division and class rule, and embody an imperial logic that spreads itself throughout economic life. Example: In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented. 2. To direct attention away from covert actions or intended targets. 3. To put the incorrect address on a mail item
Word: midwestern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English western English midwestern From mid- + western. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Midwestern. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to any region identified as midwest Labels: not-comparable Example: Bermuda lies in the midwestern Atlantic.
Word: beemer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of BMW + -er (used to form slang equivalents). Pronunciation: /ˈbimɚ/, /ˈbiːmə/ 1. A BMW motorcycle or automobile. Labels: slang
Word: Rolls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊlz/, /ˈɹoʊlz/ 1. Ellipsis of Rolls-Royce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: An exclusive feature is the triple-safe brakes in the Rolls—two independent hydraulic systems plus mechanical linkage to the rear wheels. Example: ‘What is the most expensive car?’ she had once asked Stan. ‘A cad – Cadillac or a Rolls,’ Stan had said, and sometimes Raoul had a Cadillac, sometimes a Rolls-Royce.
Word: Rolls Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊlz/, /ˈɹoʊlz/ 1. A surname.
Word: VW Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊkswæɡən/ 1. Initialism of Volkswagen, a German car manufacturer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The big German carmakers Daimler, VW and BMW have already indicated they are aiming to comply with the new CO₂ targets regardless of the current situation.
Word: Caps Lock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæps lɒk/ 1. An input mode in which all letters of bicameral scripts are generated in capital letters. Labels: uncountable Example: Please check if Caps Lock is on when typing your password. 2. A lock key on a computer keyboard that activates this mode. Labels: countable 3. All caps. Labels: broadly, informal, uncountable Example: I type ‘high cortisol’ into the search bar and keep scrolling. ‘You’re not ugly, you just have cortisol face,’ declares one video. ‘POV you finally drop the cortisol belly,’ reads another. A third screams in caps lock, ‘HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL’. I’m sold. Cortisol is to blame for everything. But how do I fix it?
Word: take a picture Part of Speech: verb 1. To photographically capture an image Labels: idiomatic Example: I took a picture of my family. 2. Used as a rebuke to someone perceived to be staring at one. Also take a picture, it'll last longer. Labels: informal
Word: shake hands Part of Speech: verb 1. To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc. Example: Gerald was enthusiastic. After a while they shook hands, it being time to separate. And for a long time Selwyn sat there alone in the visitors' room, absent-eyed, facing the blazing fire of cannel coal. Example: Shaking hands is probably the most common form of social touch in the U.S., and it’s thought to have originated many centuries ago as assurance that neither party was carrying a weapon. 2. To part, to say farewell. Labels: figuratively Example: ⁠But thou and I have shaken hands, ⁠Till growing winters lay me low; ⁠My paths are in the fields I know, And thine in undiscover’d lands.
Word: shake hands Part of Speech: noun 1. an instance of shaking hands; a handshake Labels: Ireland, no-plural Example: Many a shake hands did I get from the neighbours’ sons, wishing me joy Example: He exchanged greetings with his rival, but their shake-hands was rather a cold one, and each looked the other askance, as if distrust was in their hearts.
Word: low five Part of Speech: noun 1. A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level. Example: Lacking other options, you give yourself a celebratory low-five for becoming a master of the arcane arts.
Word: low five Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform the low five gesture with someone. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: anasyrma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάσυρμα (anásurma). 1. The gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt to expose the buttocks or genitalia.
Word: Ferrari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ferrari. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːɹi/, /fəˈɹɑɹi/, /fəˈɹɐːɹi/, /fəˈɾaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. A surname from Italian. Example: The film, written and directed by Michelle Ferrari, is filled with jaw-dropping moments: newsreel footage of white American families merrily competing in “genetic fitness” contests at state fairs where they were measured like livestock; a retelling of a pivotal court case where a teenage mother was forcibly sterilized by her mother; and the story of how the irrepressible inventor of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes became a champion of eugenics. […] One the most chilling parts of the film, which is available online, involves an appearance by Adolf Hitler. Ferrari shows how America’s sterilization policies inspired Nazi Germany’s leaders to launch their own eugenics program, which later led to genocide.
Word: Ferrari Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari automotive company. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːɹi/, /fəˈɹɑɹi/, /fəˈɹɐːɹi/, /fəˈɾaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. Ferrari S.p.A., an Italian sports car manufacturer. Example: Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said that he’s fulfilling a “childhood dream” by joining Ferrari in 2025 in his first social media post since his sensational move away from Mercedes was announced on Thursday.
Word: Ferrari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari automotive company. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːɹi/, /fəˈɹɑɹi/, /fəˈɹɐːɹi/, /fəˈɾaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. A car manufactured by Ferrari. Example: The Ferraris pressed the self-destruct button, Lewis Hamilton lost his spot on the podium, and there were champagne moments for Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr. Example: If ever in your life you have the opportunity to drive a Ferrari, you should take it. Ferraris are, by and large, a special combination of power and speed smoothed over with a level of refinement other supercars can’t quite match.