nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: syphilis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin syphilis, originally the title of a poem, circa 1530, by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning “Syphilus”, a shepherd boy who insulted the Greek god Apollo and was punished by that god with a horrible disease. Syphilis in the Old World began circa 1495. More in Wikipedia at History of syphilis. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪfɪlɪs/, /ˈsɪflɪs/ 1. A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Labels: uncountable Example: I saw a film the other day about syphilis. Ugh! It was too awful. I couldn't let a man touch me for a week. Is it true you can get it from kissing?
Word: beast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. Pronunciation: /biːst/ 1. Any four-footed land mammal. Example: Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 2. All non-human animals seen as a group. Labels: collective, often Example: Language is what separates man and beast. 3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner. 4. A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal. Labels: UK Example: […] it always had the making of a fine beast about it, but up to the time I had it up here in a stall by itself it did not get the chance to make any headway [ie, fatten], all its mates were down on it and it never seemed to fill itself. […] A big framed beast takes a lot of food — expensive food at that [—] to keep it doing […] Example: Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. 5. A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal. 6. Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength. Labels: slang Example: That is a beast of a stadium. Example: The subwoofer that comes with this set of speakers is a beast. 7. Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically. Labels: slang 8. A sex offender. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors[…] Example: For many prisoners and in many prisons, antipathy towards 'nonces' or 'beasts' is little more than an idea[…] 9. Something unpleasant and difficult. Labels: figuratively Example: […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem." Example: He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine. 10. A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one. Example: Now, the nucleus of a heavy element is a very peculiar beast. Example: 'Lucy Leave', also known as 'Lucy Lea in Blue Tights', is a stranger beast altogether. Musically it is as derivative as everything else the band was playing at this time
Word: beast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. Pronunciation: /biːst/ 1. To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Recalling his training experiences in the Army and now the Prison Service, this young male officer remarked: In the Army, to get beasted was to be given a lot of psychological pressure […] 2. To bully or harass. Labels: UK, slang, transitive Example: The old school of prisoner who have seen it all when, now I don't mean this nastily, when they were beasted, and they did what they were told, there were no ifs or buts, nowadays there are questions, there are grey areas and we're more sympathetic […] 3. To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context. Labels: Scotland, slang, transitive Example: That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.
Word: beast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. Pronunciation: /biːst/ 1. great; excellent; powerful Labels: slang Example: There is another type from Siemens which is the HYB 39S64XXX(AT/ATL) -8B version (notice the "B" and the end) which is totally beast altogether. Example: Translation: a piece of crap, but the rest of the car was totally beast.
Word: auto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tə-/, /ˈɔː.təʊ-/, /ˈɔ.tə-/, [ˈɔ.ɾə-], /ˈɔ.toʊ-/ 1. Reflexive, regarding or to oneself. Labels: morpheme Example: auto- + biography → autobiography Example: auto- + erotic → autoerotic
Word: auto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automaticclip. English auto- Clipping of automatic. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tə-/, /ˈɔː.təʊ-/, /ˈɔ.tə-/, [ˈɔ.ɾə-], /ˈɔ.toʊ-/ 1. automatic Labels: morpheme Example: auto- + focus → autofocus Example: auto- + loader → autoloader
Word: auto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobileclip. English auto- Clipping of automobile (“self-propelled”), itself equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile. In later formations influenced by auto (“automobile”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tə-/, /ˈɔː.təʊ-/, /ˈɔ.tə-/, [ˈɔ.ɾə-], /ˈɔ.toʊ-/ 1. Self-propelled. Labels: morpheme Example: auto- + cab → autocab Example: auto- + car → autocar 2. Relating to cars or the driving of cars. Labels: morpheme Example: auto- + cross → autocross Example: auto- + -phile → autophile
Word: puso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano puso. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊsoʔ/ 1. Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves. Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: sedan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America. Pronunciation: /səˈdæn/ 1. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair. Example: The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen. 2. An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Example: 1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional technology takes on state of the art, Popular Science, page 24, What we are observing in this sedan square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family sedan. Example: In addition there was a companion four-door sedan, mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.
Word: sedan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Invented at Sedan in France. 1. A handbarrow for transporting fish.
Word: saloon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon. Pronunciation: /səˈlun/ 1. A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting. Labels: US Example: Near-synonyms: pub; see also Thesaurus:pub 2. A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar. Labels: UK, dated Example: A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar. 3. A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people. Labels: UK Example: The black Peugeot which stood there might indeed have been the saloon they had seen, but it might equally have been one of a million others on the French roads. 4. The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table. 5. the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers. 6. Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”). Labels: alt-of, dated 7. A barbershop (store offering haircuts). Labels: India, Nigeria
Word: estate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status. Pronunciation: /ɪˈsteɪt/ 1. Previously owned; secondhand. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: an estate diamond; estate jewelry
Word: estate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status. Pronunciation: /ɪˈsteɪt/ 1. To give an estate to. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To bestow upon. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: station wagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From train station; station wagons were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between stations and country estates. 1. A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Example: 1952 November, Should You Buy A Station Wagon?, Kiplinger′s Personal Finance, page 45, Trade-in values for station wagons have shown a marked improvement since the introduction of the all-steel body. In fact, a station wagon buyer need not worry about his investment′s depreciating any more than he would have to if he bought a four-door sedan. Example: The Negro was lying in a ditch on the left side of the road, face down, headed west, and the body more or less parallel to the road and about a car length behind the station wagon and a car length in front of Price′s car. 2. A vehicle (either horse-drawn or motorized) providing transport to and from a railway station for passengers and their luggage. Labels: obsolete Example: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
Word: guard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old French guarder Middle French garderder. ▲ Old French guarderder. English guard From early Middle French garder or late Old French (circa 14th cent) guarder (“to keep, ward, guard, save, preserve, etc.”), from Early Medieval Latin wardo, from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard, protect”). Cognate with French garder, Old English weardian (whence also the English inherited doublet ward). See also English regard. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːd/, /ɡɑɹd/ 1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend. Labels: transitive Example: All of the mountain passes are guarded by troops. Example: For Heaven still guards the right. 2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. Labels: transitive Example: Guard the prisoner. 3. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Careful people guard against mistakes. 4. To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither. 5. To fasten by binding; to gird. Labels: transitive
Word: fender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fend Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fender From fend + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)/ 1. panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels. Labels: US 2. a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water Labels: US 3. any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute 4. a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash Example: Now and then he would make a motion with his feet as if he were running quickly backward upstairs, and would tread on the edge of the fender, so that the fire-irons went flying and the buttered-bun dishes crashed against each other in the hearth. Example: Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.
Word: fender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fend Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fender From fend + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)/ 1. To use fenders to protect the side of a boat
Word: dreadnought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dread English nought English dreadnought English HMS Dreadnought English dreadnought Named after HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship finished of this type, itself named for Etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛd.nɔːt/, /ˈdɹɛd.nɔt/, /ˈdɹɛd.nɑt/ 1. A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. Labels: historical Example: Perturbed at being overtaken, the USS Texas is leading the 6th Battle Squadron at 22-and-a-half knots as the engineers pour everything they have into the effort. Behind the colossal clouds of smoke and cinders they put out come a seemingly-endless stream of dreadnoughts, battle flags flying from every mast and line they can find. It is the Grand Fleet. 2. A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. Labels: historical, informal Example: Sovereign is the flagship of the rogue Spectre Saren. An enormous dreadnought larger than any other ship in any known fleet, Sovereign is crewed with both geth and krogan. At two kilometers long, its spinal-mounted main gun is likely capable of penetrating another dreadnought's kinetic barriers with a single shot. 3. One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind. Labels: broadly Example: Herbert steering the dreadnought limousine through the night, black cap on his black head. 4. One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind. Labels: broadly 5. One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind. Labels: broadly Example: "Much obliged to you, ma'am!" says Mr. Guppy, divesting himself of his wet dreadnought in the hall. 6. One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind. Labels: broadly
Word: dreadnought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dread + nought. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛd.nɔːt/, /ˈdɹɛd.nɔt/, /ˈdɹɛd.nɑt/ 1. One that fears nothing. Example: “Lift up your head and your heart, O King. We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks.” 2. Something that assures against fear.
Word: third-world Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or from the Third World.
Word: sheet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”). Pronunciation: /ʃiːt/, /ʃit/ 1. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material. Labels: transitive Example: Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting. Example: Yea, like a stag, when snow the pasture sheets, / The barks of trees thou browsed'st. 2. To form into sheets. Labels: transitive 3. To pour heavily. Labels: intransitive Example: We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long. 4. To trim a sail using a sheet.
Word: sheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A minced oath of shit. Pronunciation: /ʃiːt/, /ʃit/ 1. Euphemistic form of shit. Labels: euphemistic, form-of, slang, uncountable Example: This sheet is disgusting!
Word: logician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian. Pronunciation: /ləˈd͡ʒɪʃən/ 1. A person who studies or teaches logic. Example: “To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are.” ― “The Greek Interpreter”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894 Example: It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes.
Word: First World Part of Speech: name 1. Those countries aligned with the West during the Cold War. Labels: historical Example: Holonyms: world, World Example: Meronym: Western Bloc 2. Wealthy, developed nations. Labels: informal Example: Holonyms: world, World Example: Near-synonyms: Global North, developed countries 3. Synonym of Tokpela.
Word: Second World Part of Speech: name 1. Those countries aligned with the East during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the West (the First World).
Word: bead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bede (“a prayer”), also “a bead for counting prayers” in a peire of bedes (literally “a pair of beads”), from Old English bedu, bed, ġebed (“a request, entreaty, prayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bedu, *bed, *gabed, from Proto-Germanic *bedō, *bedą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gebäd (“prayer”), Cimbrian gapéet (“prayer”), Dutch gebed and bede (“prayer”), German Gebet (“prayer”), Low German Gebett (“prayer”), Luxembourgish Gebiet (“prayer”), Vilamovian gybāt (“prayer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːd/, [ˈbɪi̯d] 1. Prayer, later especially with a rosary. Labels: archaic Example: That he must believe in the Pope;—go to Mass;—cross himself;—tell his beads;—be a good Catholick, and that this, in all conscience, was enough to carry him to heaven. 2. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. Example: Holonym: prayer beads 3. A small, round object. 4. A small, round object. Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. 5. A small, round object. Example: beads of sweat 6. A small, round object. 7. A small, round object. Example: She drew a bead on the target and fired. Example: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them. 8. A small, round object. Labels: broadly Example: We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project 9. A ridge, band, or molding. 10. A ridge, band, or molding. 11. A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe. Labels: dated, physical Example: the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. 12. A decorative, convex, rounded profile (often a half-circle) cut into an edge or surface of wood, typically defined by a narrow, deep channel called a quirk.
Word: bead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bede (“a prayer”), also “a bead for counting prayers” in a peire of bedes (literally “a pair of beads”), from Old English bedu, bed, ġebed (“a request, entreaty, prayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bedu, *bed, *gabed, from Proto-Germanic *bedō, *bedą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gebäd (“prayer”), Cimbrian gapéet (“prayer”), Dutch gebed and bede (“prayer”), German Gebet (“prayer”), Low German Gebett (“prayer”), Luxembourgish Gebiet (“prayer”), Vilamovian gybāt (“prayer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːd/, [ˈbɪi̯d] 1. To form into a bead. Labels: intransitive Example: The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish. 2. To apply beads to. Labels: transitive Example: She spent the morning beading the gown. 3. To form into a bead. Labels: transitive Example: He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire. 4. To cause beads to form on (something). Labels: transitive Example: Only the hum of the miserable creatures stirred the heavy murk that beaded our foreheads with sweat as we pushed our way through it.
Word: best Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English best, beste, from Old English bezt, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. Cognates Cognate with Scots best (“best”), Cimbrian peste, péste (“best”), Dutch best (“best”), German beste (“best”), Yiddish בעסט (best, “best”), Danish bedst (“best”), Faroese bestur (“best”), Icelandic bestur, beztur (“best”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk best (“best”), Swedish bäst (“best”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists, “best”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛst/, /ˈbest/ 1. superlative form of good: most good. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: I can either be your best friend or your worst enemy. Example: […] when he is beſt, he is a little worſe then a man, and when he is worſt, he is little better than a beaſt: 2. Most; largest. Example: Unpacking took the best part of a week. 3. Most superior; most favorable. Example: In my opinion, mushrooms are the best pizza toppings.
Word: best Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English best, beste, from Old English bezt, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. Cognates Cognate with Scots best (“best”), Cimbrian peste, péste (“best”), Dutch best (“best”), German beste (“best”), Yiddish בעסט (best, “best”), Danish bedst (“best”), Faroese bestur (“best”), Icelandic bestur, beztur (“best”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk best (“best”), Swedish bäst (“best”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists, “best”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛst/, /ˈbest/ 1. superlative form of well: most well Labels: form-of, superlative Example: A popular aphorism says it best: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Example: Out of my ſight, thou Serpent, that name beſt Befits thee with him leagu'd, thy ſelf as falſe And hateful; 2. To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety. Example: You'd best save a backup copy, just in case the morons lose the one that you sent and then try to act like you never sent one. Example: Had I not best go to her?
Word: best Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English best, beste, from Old English bezt, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. Cognates Cognate with Scots best (“best”), Cimbrian peste, péste (“best”), Dutch best (“best”), German beste (“best”), Yiddish בעסט (best, “best”), Danish bedst (“best”), Faroese bestur (“best”), Icelandic bestur, beztur (“best”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk best (“best”), Swedish bäst (“best”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists, “best”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛst/, /ˈbest/ 1. The supreme effort one can make, or has made. Labels: often, uncountable Example: I did my best. Example: My personal best in that race is eighteen minutes, four seconds. 2. One's best behavior. Labels: often, uncountable Example: I was somewhat distant lately, and my lady promised me head every Tuesday of the week when I’m nice to her, so I better be on my best. 3. The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent. Labels: countable, often Example: Even the best of us makes mistakes, but only a few with the best of intentions... Example: We're (the) best of friends, who fortunately enjoy the best of health.
Word: best Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English best, beste, from Old English bezt, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. Cognates Cognate with Scots best (“best”), Cimbrian peste, péste (“best”), Dutch best (“best”), German beste (“best”), Yiddish בעסט (best, “best”), Danish bedst (“best”), Faroese bestur (“best”), Icelandic bestur, beztur (“best”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk best (“best”), Swedish bäst (“best”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists, “best”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛst/, /ˈbest/ 1. To surpass in skill or achievement. Labels: transitive 2. To beat in a contest. Labels: transitive Example: The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm left New York on May 3 [1904], at 3.10 p.m. and reached Plymouth Sound on May 9 at 8 a.m. This was then a very fast crossing of the Atlantic, but it was not the record. The same ship had held the "Blue Riband" in 1902, but had been slightly bested by the Kaiser Wilhelm II, a larger vessel of the same line, in 1903, and that stood as the record until the Cunard Line secured the honours in 1909 with the Mauretania and held them for an unbroken period of 20 years. Example: "You did not win because I was sloppy. You bested me, Uncle. I've never seen you fight like that before.”
Word: best Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of had best Pronunciation: /ˈbɛst/, /ˈbest/ 1. Had best. Labels: colloquial, modal Example: It's getting late. You best get on home. Example: 'We best be going,' she said, looking at the clock.
Word: pyrotechnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- + technic. Pronunciation: /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈtɛknɪk/ 1. Of or relating to fireworks. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy. Labels: not-comparable 3. Resembling fireworks. Labels: not-comparable Example: They had spent much of June and July walking about the plateau near Poronin and discussing Kuba’s pyrotechnic schemes for making money. Possibly because of his bourgeois origins, Hanecki had a remarkable financial flair, and extraordinary grasp of money matters—a quality as valuable as it was rare in a revolutionary. Example: [T]he Weston clan, whose dysfunctions are pyrotechnic in their scale and intensity.
Word: pyrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -phobia. Displaced native Old English līeġeġesa. 1. An fear or hatred of fire or flames. Labels: uncountable
Word: pyro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- From Latin pyr, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/ 1. Fire, heat. Labels: morpheme 2. Fever. Labels: morpheme 3. Denoting an acid or salt with a water content intermediate between that of the ortho- and meta- compounds. Labels: morpheme
Word: pyro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/ 1. A pyromaniac. Labels: countable, slang 2. Pyrocellulose. Labels: uncountable 3. A pyrotechnician. Labels: countable, informal 4. Pyrotechnics. Labels: informal, uncountable 5. Pyrogallol, pyrogallic acid. Labels: archaic, especially, uncountable
Word: pyro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/ 1. Pyromaniac, pyromaniacal. Labels: slang 2. Pyrotechnic. Labels: informal Example: “I had told the guy a couple of weeks earlier that the pyro flames were getting too close,” he laughs.
Word: Latin America Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of French Amérique latine. Thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III. 1. Those parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these. Labels: literally 2. A continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles. Example: Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border. 3. Ibero-America (excluding all French-speaking areas). Labels: broadly 4. umbrella term for South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (including English and Dutch-speaking areas). Labels: broadly
Word: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Petrograd Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Петрогра́д (Petrográd). The portion Петро (Petro, “Petros”), from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros) and German Peter, from Dutch Pieter, from Sankt Pieter (“Saint Peter”), from Apostle Peter and Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia and then Emperor. The portion град (grad, “city”), from German Burg (“city, castle”), from Dutch burch (“town, fortress”). Петрогра́д (Petrográd, “Petrograd”) from German Sankt Petersburg (“Санкт-Петербургъ (Sankt-Peterburg)”), from Dutch Sankt-Pieter-Burch (“Сант-Питер-Бурхъ (Sant-Piter-Burx)”), the Russian city was named in Dutch instead of Russian by Peter the Great. 1. Former name of Saint Petersburg, from 1914 (when Russia entered World War I) to 1924 (when Lenin died), a major city in Russia. Labels: historical 2. A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.
Word: Leningrad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád), from Ле́нин (Lénin, “Lenin”) + град (grad, “city”). Named in honour of Vladimir Lenin. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡræd/, /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡræd/, /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡrɑd/, /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡrɑd/ 1. Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991. Labels: historical 2. An oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre. 3. The Soviet government, authorities, or secret service. Labels: figuratively, metonymically Example: Assassination is pointless. Leningrad would quickly cover up his defalcations and make him into a martyr.
Word: fealty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feaute, feute, from Anglo-Norman fëauté, fëuté, from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness”; “homage, fealty” in Medieval Latin), from fidēlis (“faithful”) + -tās (noun suffix); the modern form (for expected *feauty /ˈfjuːti/) is due to learned influence. Equivalent to obsolete feal + -ty. Doublet of fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈfiː.əlti/, /ˈfiːlti/ 1. Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I doubt whether the most devoted fidelity would bear strict examination as to the short reposes even the most entire fealty permits itself. Example: Ordo Malleus''' Inquisitor: In fealty to the God-Emperor, our Undying Lord, and by the grace of the Golden Throne, I declare exterminatus upon the Imperial world of Typhon Primaris.
Word: schwa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwa, from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shva, šəwā, “(mark indicating reduction or absence of a vowel)”), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܰܝܳܐ (š'wayyā, literally “even, equal”), in Syriac a term for a sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence. Doublet of shva. Pronunciation: /ʃwɑ/, /ʃwə/, /ʃwʌ/ 1. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA. Example: The participle has also, owing to the accent, the lightest possible forms; but here there was no reduplication, and so in class I. the "schwa" took the form e before single mutes or fricatives, and elsewhere o. Example: However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…] 2. The name of the Latin script letter Ə/ə.
Word: schwa Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwa, from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shva, šəwā, “(mark indicating reduction or absence of a vowel)”), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܰܝܳܐ (š'wayyā, literally “even, equal”), in Syriac a term for a sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence. Doublet of shva. Pronunciation: /ʃwɑ/, /ʃwə/, /ʃwʌ/ 1. To be reduced to schwa. Labels: rare
Word: schwa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shva. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fuga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian fuga. Doublet of fugue. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːɡə/ 1. A fugue. Labels: dated
Word: vallum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vallum. Doublet of wall comes from this word via a Proto-Germanic borrowing from Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈvæləm/ 1. A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical 2. The eyebrow.
Word: wynn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”) (runes were named using words beginning with their sound), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”). Pronunciation: /wɪn/ 1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. Example: The Norman scribes gradually replaced wynn by u, uu, vv, and w itself.
Word: automobile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobile From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/, /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/, /ˈɑː.tə.məˌbil/ 1. A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US Example: Meronym: see list of auto parts Example: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
Word: automobile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobile From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/, /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/, /ˈɑː.tə.məˌbil/ 1. To travel by automobile. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc.
Word: automobile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobile From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/, /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/, /ˈɑː.tə.məˌbil/ 1. Self-moving; self-propelled. Labels: not-comparable Example: As early as 1898 I proposed to representatives of a large manufacturing concern the construction and public exhibition of an automobile carriage which, left to itself, would perform a great variety of operations involving something akin to judgment.
Word: edh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eth. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Faeroese language is a dialect of Icelandic and, like Icelandic, employes the letter edh (Ð ð). Unlike Icelandic, however the Faeroese ð has the sound of y (as in "yes") before i, v before u, and is silent in all other cases. Example: The Romans uses th to write the Greek letter theta. In Old English the sound /th/ was usually spelled with the thorn or edh, very rarely with th. Under the influence of the Norman scribes the runic thorn and edh died away, being replaced in time by the th.
Word: arme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of arm. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: arme Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of arm. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”). Pronunciation: /lɪd/, /lɛd/ 1. The top or cover of a container. 2. A cap or hat. Labels: slang Example: “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened more crows than any other lid in Worcestershire. 3. One ounce of cannabis. Labels: slang 4. A bodyboard or bodyboarder. Labels: Australia, slang Example: Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes. Example: the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders 5. An operculum or other lid-like cover. 6. A motorcyclist's crash helmet. Labels: slang 7. In amateur radio, an incompetent operator. Labels: slang 8. Clipping of eyelid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: But he suddenly started up, and, closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake. Example: Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth[…]. 9. A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU. 10. A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something. Labels: figuratively Example: Basically he says that there is a lid on my organization and on my future, and that lid is me. I am the problem with my company and you are the problem with your company. 11. A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid). Labels: slang 12. The sky. 13. One's mind.
Word: lid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”). Pronunciation: /lɪd/, /lɛd/ 1. To put a lid on (something). Labels: transitive
Word: unicorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”). Displaced native Old English ānhorn, itself a calque. Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee and first used in a 2013 article. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn/, /ˈju.nɪ.kɔɹn/ 1. A mythical horse-like creature with a horn on its forehead. Example: [Seb.] A liuing Drolerie: now I will beleeue / That there are Vnicornes:[…] Example: The unicorn who may be touched and tamed only by a chaste virgin is a lunar symbol of the ancient religion of Europe. 2. In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם): a reem or wild ox. Example: God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the ſtrength of an Vnicorne: he ſhall eate vp the nations his enemies, and ſhall breake their bones, and pierce them thorow with his arrowes. 3. Certain animals: 4. Certain animals: 5. Certain animals: 6. Certain animals: 7. Certain animals: 8. A howitzer. Example: The Sixth Inniskilling Dragoons and the First Battalion Royal Scots will be in attendance, and there will be unicorns, carricks, pursuivants, heralds, mace-bearers, ushers, and pages, together with the Purse-bearer, and the Lyon King-of-Arms, and the national anthem, and the royal salute 9. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find. Example: On Capitol Hill, Mr. Manchin is something of a unicorn — the only national Democrat from his ruby-red state — and acts and votes accordingly. 10. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find. Labels: slang 11. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find. Example: But I also think, “They’re looking for a unicorn — a magical designer who can solve all their problems.” It’s too bad unicorns don’t exist. … I have never met a designer who is an expert in all those skill areas. … Even if you find a unicorn designer with all those skills, actually doing all those things at your company is a huge amount of work. Example: He believes that good data scientists, “otherwise known as unicorn data scientists,” have three types of expertise. 12. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find. Example: As the price of Web hosting plummeted and PCs and cell phones proliferated, college and grad-school dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page and Sergey Brin could suddenly conjure unicorns on their laptops. Example: In May 2016, out of 163 global unicorns, China had 31, with a total valuation of $154 billion or about 26 percent of global unicorn valuation. 13. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find. 14. Being many (especially pastel) colours; multicoloured. Labels: attributive Example: unicorn smoothies 15. A 15th-century Scottish gold coin worth 18 shillings, bearing the image of a unicorn. Labels: historical
Word: unicorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”). Displaced native Old English ānhorn, itself a calque. Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee and first used in a 2013 article. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn/, /ˈju.nɪ.kɔɹn/ 1. To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple. Labels: slang Example: Katja*, 27, has unicorned on two separate occasions. Example: “In Annie’s unicorning, she’s really able to try out other people’s relationships and see how they function from within,” Gillespie tells me. 2. To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists. Example: Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO. Example: For eager investors looking to score in a future IPO, the eight still-private martech unicorns might be tempting. That list includes Domo, Slack, Sprinklr, Shopify, and EventBrite, all of which have “unicorned,” or surpassed the billion-dollar valuation mark, in the past year or two.
Word: unicorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”). Displaced native Old English ānhorn, itself a calque. Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee and first used in a 2013 article. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn/, /ˈju.nɪ.kɔɹn/ 1. Having one horn. Labels: not-comparable 2. Rare and hard to find. Labels: not-comparable