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Word: brachistochrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βράχιστος (brákhistos, “shortest”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). The term was coined by Johann Bernoulli. Pronunciation: /bɹəˈkɪstəkɹəʊn/, /bɹæˈkɪstəkɹoʊn/ 1. A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points. Example: Let A and B be two fixed points. Then the time it takes a particle to slide under the influence of gravity along some path joining A and B depends on the choice of the path (curve), and hence is a functional. The curve such that the particle takes the least time to go from A to B is called the brachistochrone.
Word: Gaea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa). Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪə/, /d͡ʒiːə/ 1. Alternative spelling of Gaia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: genesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɪn.ə.sɪs/ 1. The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being. Example: Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law. Example: The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.
Word: gloss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from a North Germanic language, compare Icelandic glossi (“spark, flame”), glossa (“to flame”); or perhaps from dialectal Dutch gloos (“a glow, flare”), related to West Frisian gloeze (“a glow”), Middle Low German glȫsen (“to smoulder, glow”), German glosen (“to smoulder”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *glus- (“to glow, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to flourish; be green or yellow”). More at glow. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒs/, /ɡlɔs/, /ɡlɑs/ 1. A surface shine or luster. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: . Example: To me more dear, congenial to my heart, / One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Word: gloss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from a North Germanic language, compare Icelandic glossi (“spark, flame”), glossa (“to flame”); or perhaps from dialectal Dutch gloos (“a glow, flare”), related to West Frisian gloeze (“a glow”), Middle Low German glȫsen (“to smoulder, glow”), German glosen (“to smoulder”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *glus- (“to glow, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to flourish; be green or yellow”). More at glow. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒs/, /ɡlɔs/, /ɡlɑs/ 1. To give a gloss or sheen to. Labels: transitive 2. To make (something) attractive by deception Labels: transitive Example: You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. 3. To become shiny. Labels: intransitive 4. Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”). Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: gloss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glosse, glose, from Late Latin glōssa (“obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “language”). Doublet of glossa. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒs/, /ɡlɔs/, /ɡlɑs/ 1. A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text. Labels: countable Example: All this, without a gloss or comment, / He would unriddle in a moment. Example: He was a prolific annotator - writing around fifty thousand glosses in as many as twenty manuscripts. 2. Synonym of glossary, a collection of such notes. Labels: countable 3. An expression requiring such explanatory treatment. Labels: countable, obsolete 4. An extensive commentary on some text. Labels: countable 5. An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law. Labels: US, countable Example: This volume is thus not a narrowly defined treatment of the Code of Professional Responsibility but rather represents a "common law" gloss on it. Example: Judicial Gloss on Test [section title] 6. A definition or explanation of a word sense. Example: Dictionary entries comprise two essential parts, the headword ('lemma') and the author's explanation ('gloss').
Word: gloss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English glossen, glosen, from Old French gloser and Medieval Latin glossāre. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒs/, /ɡlɔs/, /ɡlɑs/ 1. To add a gloss to (a text). Labels: transitive
Word: Gnostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “relating to knowledge or knowing”), from the root of verb γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to come to know, to learn”) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós) or from γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge, knowing”) + -κός (-kós, adjective suffix), depending upon the analysis. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒstɪk/, /ˈnɑstɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to, intellectual or spiritual knowledge Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or relating to Gnosticism Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gnostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “relating to knowledge or knowing”), from the root of verb γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to come to know, to learn”) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós) or from γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge, knowing”) + -κός (-kós, adjective suffix), depending upon the analysis. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒstɪk/, /ˈnɑstɪk/ 1. A believer in Gnosticism
Word: gymnastics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gymnastic: see -ics; from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnastikós), from γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “athlete, gymnast”), from γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ics. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/ 1. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum. 2. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His mental gymnastics are legendary. Example: […] something undoubtedly caused Mr. Joolby to stumble back and he floundered into the arms—and incidentally upon the toes—of his fellow conspirators. That was the moment chosen for the room to be blacked completely out […] "What the hell's happened?" shouted Nickle—the first to find his voice because he was the least involved in the gymnastics.
Word: Deuteronomy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name which the book bears in the Septuagint (Ancient Greek Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion), from δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + -ιον (-ion), and in the Vulgate Latin Deuteronomium). This is based upon the erroneous Septuagint rendering of משנה התורה הזאת (mishneh ha-torah ha-zot) (17:18), which grammatically can mean only "a repetition [that is, a copy] of this law," but which is rendered by the Septuagint τὸ Δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο (tò Deuteronómion toûto), as though the expression meant "this repetition of the law." Pronunciation: /djuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/, /dʒuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/, /dutəˈɹɑnəmi/, /dutɚˈɑnəmi/, /dʊˈtrɔnɔmi/ 1. The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.
Word: diabolical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From diabolic + -al. Pronunciation: [ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəɫ], [ˌdaɪəˈbɑlɪkəɫ] 1. Of or concerning the devil: devilish, satanic. Example: […] the many diabolical names assigned to boiling springs and to torrents that become dangerously swollen. In California the boiling springs called 'Devil's Tea-kettle' and 'Devil's Mush-pot' repeat the 'Devil's Punch-bowls' of Europe[…] 2. Extremely wicked or cruel. Example: a diabolical plan 3. (Devilishly) cunning or devious. Labels: slang 4. Crazy, wild (sometimes especially due to being unexpected or surprising). Labels: slang
Word: didymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪdɪməs/ 1. Twin, twinned; growing or occurring in pairs.
Word: diegesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek διήγησις (diḗgēsis, “narration”), from διηγέομαι (diēgéomai, “I narrate”) Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/, /ˌdaɪ.əˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/ 1. A narration or recitation. Example: A novel like Sterne′s Tristram Shandy, however, simply embeds a number of different diegeses on the play-within-a-play model. Example: The standard distinction between mimesis and diegesis is usually referred to as that between showing and telling, between iconic and indexical signs on the one hand and symbolic signs on the other, between drama and recitation.
Word: diploma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “to double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈpləʊmə/, /dɪˈploʊmə/ 1. A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study. Example: get a diploma Example: study for a diploma
Word: dogma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ.mə/, /ˈdɔɡ.mə/, /ˈdɑɡ.mə/ 1. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If he has a dogma, i.e. a scientifico-philosophical theory, then he is not any sort of Skeptic, not even an urbane Skeptic. 2. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith. Example: According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
Word: doxology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin doxologia, from Ancient Greek δοξολογία (doxología, “a praising”), from δοξολόγος (doxológos, “giving or uttering praise”), from δόξα (dóxa, “glory, honor, repute”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, expect”). Pronunciation: /dɒkˈsɒlədʒi/, /dɑkˈsɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service. Example: The doxology or sacred hymn, which celebrates the glory of the Trinity, is susceptible of very nice, but material, inflections; and the substance of an orthodox, or an heretical, creed, may be expressed by the difference of a disjunctive, or a copulative, particle. Example: And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their captain snapped his fingers in the plaintiffs’ teeth, and assured them that by way of doxology to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, harpoons, and boat, which had remained attached to the whale at the time of the seizure.
Word: dysentery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪs.ənˌtɛɹ.i/, /ˈdɪs.ən.tə.ɹi/, /ˈdɪs.ən.tɹi/ 1. A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery. 2. diarrhea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ecstasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “to displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstəsi/, /ˈekstəsi/, /ˈɛkstəse/, /-sɪ/, /-si/ 1. Intense pleasure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is the very ecstasy of love, / Whose violent property fordoes itself / And leads the will to desperate undertakings / As oft as any passion under heaven / That does afflict our natures. Example: He loved me well, and oft would beg me sing; / Which when I did, he on the tender grass / Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy, 2. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an ecstasy of remorse Example: They were thrown into ecstasies of suspicion by finding that we possessed a French translation of Hitler's Mein Kampf. 3. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What! are you dreaming, Son! with Eyes cast upwards / Like a mad Prophet in an Ecstasy? 4. Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Come, let us leave him; in his ireful mood / Our words will but increase his ecstasy. Example: And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, / That suck'd the honey of his music vows, / Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, / Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh; / That unmatch'd form and feature of blown youth / Blasted with ecstasy. 5. The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: The instant I drew out my case of instruments, the lady roused herself from her ecstasy, and has never had a similar attack. Example: Ecstasy bears a strong resemblance to catalepsy: in both cases the patients, during the paroxysm, lose all connexion with the physical world, being deprived of sense and voluntary motion; but in ecstasy, associations of the most pleasing and enchanting nature are established with an ideal existence in an unknown region, which might perhaps be poetically designated the fairy land of an undescried Elysium.
Word: ecstasy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “to displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstəsi/, /ˈekstəsi/, /ˈɛkstəse/, /-sɪ/, /-si/ 1. To experience intense pleasure. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause intense pleasure in. Labels: transitive Example: Ali Agha jumped up, seized the visitor by the shoulder, compelled him to sit down, and, ecstasied by the old man's horror at the scene, filled a tumbler, and with the usual grotesque grimaces insisted upon his drinking it.
Word: edema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin oedēma, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈdiː.mə/ 1. An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity. Example: dependent edema Example: lower extremity edema 2. A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
Word: enchiridion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either via Latin enchīridion or directly, from Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion, “handbook, manual”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -ίδιον (-ídion). Pronunciation: /ˌɛn.kaɪˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/ 1. A handbook or manual. Labels: archaic, uncommon Example: the Enchiridion of Erasmus Example: He [Francis Quarles] wrote long poems, almost epics for length, about Jonah, Esther, Job, Samson, and Solomon, interspersed with meditations after a quite original plan,—Shepherd's Oracles, Comedies, Romances, Fancies, and Meditations,—the quintessence of meditation, —and Enchiridions of Meditation all divine, —and what he calls his Morning Muse; besides prose works as curious as the rest.
Word: enthalpy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm”). Coined by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, but first used in print by J. P. Dalton in 1909 in a paper titled "Researches on the Joule-Kelvin-effect, especially at low temperatures". Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.θəl.piː/ 1. A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: H=U+pV, where H is enthalpy, U is internal energy, p is pressure, and V is volume.
Word: entomology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French entomologie, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”) + -logie (from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy”)), equivalent to entomo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒi/ 1. The scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates). Labels: uncountable Example: Entomology is an important field of study within biology. Example: “This suggests that most of the foraging that the bees do occurs very close to the hive,” study co-author Margarita López-Uribe, an associate professor of entomology at PSU, told CNN on Monday.
Word: epidermis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Equivalent to epi- + dermis. Pronunciation: /ˌɛp.ɪˈdɜː.mɪs/, /ˌɛp.əˈdɝ.mɪs/, /ˌep.ɪˈdɜː.mɪs/ 1. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates. 2. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants.
Word: epistle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi The noun is derived from Middle English epistel, epistole, pistel (“letter; literary work in letter form; written legend or story; spoken communication; (Christianity) one of the letters by an apostle in the New Testament; extract from such a letter read as part of the Mass”) [and other forms], and then partly: * from Old English epistol, epistola, pistol (“letter, epistle”), from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”) (whence Late Latin epistola (“one of the letters by an apostle in the New Testament”)), from Ancient Greek ἐπῐστολή (epĭstolḗ, “letter; message”), from ἐπῐστέλλω (epĭstéllō, “to inform by, or to send, a letter or message”) (from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at; near; on”)) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to dispatch, send”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to locate; to place, put”))) + -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns); and * from Anglo-Norman epistle, and Middle French epistle, epistele, epistole (“letter; (Christianity) one of the letters by an apostle in the New Testament; extract from such a letter read as part of the Mass”) (modern French épître), from Latin epistola (see above). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪs.əl/ 1. To write (something) in, or in the form of, a letter. Labels: humorous, literary, transitive Example: His braynes, his time, all hys maintenance and exhibition upon it he hath conſumed, and never intermitted, till ſuch time as he beganne to epiſtle it againſt mee, ſince which I have kept him a work indifferently. 2. To write a letter to (someone). Labels: archaic, humorous, literary, transitive 3. To write (something) as an introduction or preface to a literary work; also, to provide (a literary work) with an introduction or preface. Labels: rare, transitive Example: And though antient Tragedy uſe no Prologue, yet uſing ſometimes, in caſe of ſelf defence, or explanation, that vvhich Martial calls an Epiſtle; in behalf of this Tragedy coming forth after the antient manner, much different from vvhat among us paſſes for beſt, thus much before-hand may be Epiſtl'd; that Chorus is here introduc'd after the Greek manner, not antient only but modern, and ſtill in uſe among the Italians. 4. To write a letter. Labels: humorous, intransitive, literary Example: Devinitie (the heaven of all artes) for a while drew his thoughts unto it; but ſhortly after the world, the fleſh, and the divell with-drewe him from that, and needes he would be of a more gentleman-like luſtie cut: whereupon hee fell to morrall epiſtling and poetrie. 5. To communicate with someone through a letter. Labels: humorous, intransitive, literary
Word: epithet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “additional”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (suf. possibly related to title in the sense of "ascribed appellation") (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)). Doublet of epitheton. Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/, /ˈɛp.əˌθɛt/ 1. A term used to characterize a person or thing. Example: She would lean her head for hours on Beatrice's shoulder, only now and then applying to her some childish and endearing epithet. 2. A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role. 3. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. 4. One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing. 5. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase. Example: Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”. Example: Counterprotesters shouted epithets as they walked by, but the opposing groups kept it nonviolent. 6. A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
Word: epithet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “additional”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (suf. possibly related to title in the sense of "ascribed appellation") (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)). Doublet of epitheton. Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/, /ˈɛp.əˌθɛt/ 1. To term; to refer to as. Labels: transitive Example: He was epitheted "the king of fools".
Word: ergonomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Dated 1950 C.E.; ergo- + -nomy + -ic, from Ancient Greek: ἔργον (érgon, “work”) and νόμος (nómos, “distribution”). 1. Of or relating to the science of ergonomics. 2. Designed for comfort or to minimize fatigue. Example: But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?
Word: ethos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́, “habit, custom”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːθɒs/, /ˈiθɑs/, /ˈiθoʊs/ 1. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. Example: To slip past censors, Chinese bloggers have become masters of comic subterfuge, cloaking their messages in protective layers of irony and satire. This is not a new concept, but it has erupted so powerfully that it now defines the ethos of the Internet in China. Example: As we saw with Housing Problems, this 'telling one's own story' is an ethos Edgar Anstey would have applauded, and it was an ethos that has fed into Network Rail's work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Green explains: "COVID has produced huge challenges for us, but it showed there is such a need for film-making at a time like this." 2. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct. Labels: rhetoric 3. The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.
Word: impute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjuːt/, /ɪmˈpjut/, /ɪmˈpjʉːt/, /əmˈpjʉːt/ 1. To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. Labels: transitive Example: The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness. Example: Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, / If mem’ry o’er their tomb no trophies raise, / Where thro’ the long-drawn isle and fretted vault, / The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. 2. To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution. Labels: transitive Example: To use the technical language of theologians, God through his grace "imputes" the merits of the crucified and risen Christ to a fallen human being who remains without inherent merit, and who without this "imputation" would not be "made" righteous at all. 3. To take into account. Labels: transitive Example: They ſerved with honour in the wars of Bajazet; but a plan of fortifying Conſtantinople excited his jealouſy: he threatened their lives; the new works were inſtantly demoliſhed; and we ſhall beſtow a praiſe, perhaps above the merit of Palæologus, if we impute this laſt humiliation as the cauſe of his death. 4. To attribute or credit to. Labels: transitive Example: People impute great cleverness to cats. Example: In any case, the practices imputed to Shakespeare as an emergent dramatist were not in the least exceptional. 5. To replace missing data with substituted values. Labels: transitive Example: We will use a logistic regression model to impute values of nominal and ordinal variables and a linear regression model to impute values of continuous variables. Example: remove observed values and impute
Word: euthenasia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of euthanasia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: halitosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by doctor Joseph William Howe in 1874 and described as being derived from the Latin hālitus (literally “whiff, breath”) and the Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, literally “disease”). It can be also understood as combination of the Latin hālitus and the English suffix -osis. Pronunciation: /hæl.ɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/, /hæl.ɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/, /hæl.ɪˈtəʉ.sɪs/ 1. The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bad breath or halitosis is an indication of a disturbed digestive system. It is indicative of a bowel toxemia in either the small or large intestine with an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast. Example: For example, the word halitosis was almost completely unknown among the general public until the early 20th century when a business owner named Gerard Lambert started using it to sell a new product called Listerine. By giving a mundane fact of life (bad breath) a scientific sounding label, Lambert elevated the authority and desirability of his product many times over.
Word: heliotrope Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *sóh₂wl̥ The noun is borrowed from French héliotrope, from Latin hēliotropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”), from Ancient Greek ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon, “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”), from ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”) (from τρέπω (trépō, “to rotate; to turn”) (from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns from verbs)) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix forming nouns). By surface analysis, helio- + -trope. The French-derived spelling displaced Middle English elitrope, eliotropius, elitropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”) [and other forms], from Old English eliotropus, from Latin hēliotropium (see above); and Old English siġelhweorfa, sōlsece, and sunnfolgend (“heliotrope flower”). Noun sense 6 (“synonym of bloodstone”) is from the fact that a piece of the mineral placed in water is said to change the sun’s rays to a blood-red colour: see the 1601 quotation. The adjective is probably derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.li.ə.tɹəʊp/, /ˈhɛ-/, /-lɪ.əʊ-/, /ˈhi.li.əˌtɹoʊp/ 1. Of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers. Example: "Lady in a heliotrope dress with a lace collar, three flounces on the skirt?" / "That's right, Mr. Bennett," agreed old Goslin. / "It's the Babe himself!" asserted Harry Bennett. Example: There was a ten-mile stretch of level ground, blown hard as rock, from which the sustenance had been bleached, for not a spear of grass grew there. And following that was a tortuous passage through a weird region of clay dunes, blue and violet and heliotrope and lavender, all worn smooth by rain and wind.
Word: heresy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heresie (Middle English her(esie) + -esy), from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis, “choice, system of principles”), from αἱρέομαι (hairéomai, “to take for oneself, to choose”), the middle voice of αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser-; see also Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”). Displaced native Old English dwild. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹəsi/ 1. A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Heresy meant deliberate departure from the accepted doctrines of the church. It was intellectual and spiritual dissent and concerned the beliefs of Christianity, not the morals of its adherents. 2. A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: I'm going to declare a heresy for you. All science, if you go back into its roots, saying: 'Why do I believe this?' 'Well, I believe this because of these tests and this proof.' 'Well, why do I believe this?' 'Why did I set up this test?' 'Why did I believe that proof?' All science goes back to something that we believe because we believe it. We believe it because we believe it, and we have no proof for it. It's like a religion.
Word: histrionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting; scurrilous, shameful; wretched”), from Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting and the theatre”), from histriō (“actor, player”) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). By surface analysis, histrion + -ic. Pronunciation: /hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/, /ˌhɪs.triˈɑ.nɪk/ 1. Of or relating to actors or acting. Example: After three years of constant applause, Miss [Elizabeth] O'Neill directed her steps towards the summit of histrionick exertion, being engaged for the season of 1814 at Covent Garden, where she made her first entrée as Juliet, on the 6th of October, being at once recognised as the first Hibernian actress, who had joined transcendant beauty with rare histrionick talent, since the time of Mrs. [Peg] Woffington. Example: On Saturday, Miss F. H. Kelly played Belvidera for the first time, to a crowded House, and for her own benefit;—for her own benefit in every way, for the performance added a wreath to her histrionic laurels, and drew down the warmest testimonies of applause. 2. Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention. Labels: broadly Example: [F]oppiſh airs / And hiſtrionic mumm'ry, that let down / The pulpit to the level of the ſtage, / Drops from the lips a diſregarded thing. Example: [T]he mode and the expression of honour to literature in France has continued to this hour tainted with false and histrionic feeling, because originally it grew up from spurious roots, prospered unnaturally upon deep abuses in the system, and at this day (so far as it still lingers) memorialises the political bondage of the nation.
Word: homily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English omelī, omelīe, omelye, from Old French omelie and directly from Late Latin homīlia (“homily”), from Ancient Greek ὁμῑλίᾱ (homīlíā, “homily; instruction”), from ὅμῑλος (hómīlos, “crowd, throng”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming abstract feminine nouns). ὅμῑλος is derived from ὁμός (homós, “common; same”) + ῑ̓́λη (ī́lē, “crowd”) (from εἴλω (eílō, “to aggregate”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒmɪli/, /ˈhɑməli/, /ˈhɑmɪli/ 1. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter. Example: O moſt gentle Iupiter! What tedious homilie of Loue haue you wearied your pariſhioners withall, and neuer cri'de, haue patience good people. Example: But to return to the Homily on St. Gregory. It is printed from a Tranſcript I had made of it from one made by Dr. Hopkins, I believe, out of the Cottonian Book, Vitellius D. 17. […] The Homily is one of thoſe which were prepared by Ælfrick, to be uſed in the Engliſh Saxon Church: […] 2. A moralizing lecture. Example: How expreſſe and poſitive the doctrine of our Church is againſt them, our English Homily entitled Againſt the perill of idolatry, abundantly declareth; […] Example: But if it be as I have heard my father / Deal out in his long homilies, 'tis a thing— / Oh God! I dare no think on 't! 3. A platitude.
Word: homily Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmɪli/, /ˈhoʊməli/ 1. In a homey manner. Example: Rocky handed it [the beer] to Bob, whose demurrals petered out as he held the can's cold actuality in his hand. It bore the smiling face of Lynn Swann. He opened it. Leo farted homily to close the transaction.
Word: hydrochloric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English chloric English hydrochloric From hydro- + chloric. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪdrəʊˈklɔrɪk/, /ˌhaɪdrə-/ 1. Of or relating to hydrochloric acid. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is.
Word: hydrodynamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English hydrodynamic From hydro- + dynamic. 1. Of, or relating to the science of hydrodynamics. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the descent from Semmering to Payerbach-Reichenau, with a ruling gradient of 1 in 39 [...], the Voith hydrodynamic brake kept the train within the 19 and 23 m.p.h. limitations without recourse to air brakes, [...]. 2. Operated by the force of water in motion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -ology. 1. The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Excessively high floods may be caused by obstructions which were not noted by the observer subsequently removed. Information of this kind is necessary, but it is equally necessary that something of the local hydrology should be also known and applied. Example: Operations studies are required to define appropriate hydrologies and facility operations schedules on which to base the Delta modeling.
Word: hygroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hygro- + -scope. 1. An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
Word: hyper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə/, /ˈhaɪ.pəɹ/, /ˈhæpɑ/ 1. Clipping of hyperextension. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal 2. Clipping of hypersexuality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable 3. Clipping of hyperspace. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable 4. Clipping of hyperthyroidism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Example: When I was diagnosed with hyper, I was vomiting, eating as though I had been suffering from malnutrition, sweating profusely, shaking uncontrollably.....and it's funny now, but I thought I was pregnant and suffering morning sickness. 5. A character or an individual with large body parts, usually the erogenous zones, with extremely exaggerated sizes, as the object of paraphilic arousal. Labels: countable, informal Example: Not really much to say about me, really....for all intents and purposes I actually qualify as a hyper, I suppose. I'm a 3ft 7in tall mousie that has to wear baggy pants just to walk about in public, and even then my..erm...luggage still shows a little. n.n; Though they've been known to get bigger under certain circumstances....sometimes uncontrollably. Example: would it be cute for a hyper to be like "hey, sorry my room is so... damp. i do my best to keep it clean." i think that's kinda cute, personally. 6. A paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts, or excessive amount of expelled substances, like bodily fluids. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: So we have come to a conclusion. Since the definition of "hyper" shouldn't just mean "big genitals" it should cover the whole spectrum of the body. Whether it's muscle or whatever one thinks is hyper. Hyper doesn't have one set meaning and we believe people deserve to have entitlement to share their sonas of hyper anything and not just by their crotch or chest but by their body itself. So with that hyper muscle and anything that defines "hyper" is welcome to be shared and faved or posted here. We want furs to be comfortable here and flaunt their massive anatomy. Thanks for listening and here's to hyper! Example: While most men may love big bouncy breasts, the hyper fetish goes beyond what is natural. Breasts and other parts will be exaggerated beyond a normal range. Implants are often used to create the body parts, whether in the chest or butt or penis.
Word: hyper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə/, /ˈhaɪ.pəɹ/, /ˈhæpɑ/ 1. To subject (a film or plate) to photographic hypersensitization, chiefly as a technique in astrophotography. Labels: transitive Example: In the last fifteen years more and more amateurs, particularly in the USA, have been hypersensitising (‘hypering’) film to improve its performance. ¶ The hypering process removes moisture from the film and lightly pre-fogs the emulsion to form sites around which grains can form. 2. To expose (an animal) to a disease-causing organism, to promote hyperimmunity. Labels: transitive
Word: hyper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə/, /ˈhaɪ.pəɹ/, /ˈhæpɑ/ 1. Energetic; overly diligent. Labels: slang Example: Why do I want to snort coke so I can be extremely hyper and talk nonstop? 2. Clipping of hyperactive Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Steve: No, man, she's not my type. She's not even... in the ballpark of what my type is, all right? / Dustin: What's your type again? Not awesome? / Steve: Thank you. / Dustin: Hm. / Steve: For your information, she's still in school. And she's weird. She's a weirdo. And she's hyper. I don't like that she's hyper. And she did drama. That's a bad look. And she's in a band?! No. 3. Of or related to hyper characters. Labels: informal Example: OMGlife. wow. Anyway, I tend to stay somewhat realistic, and will only go hyper with someone who enjoys it. Example: To be plain, I'm a cum whore. If I could get it thermos big enough I'd carry a gallon of semen around with me with the word "Spooge" stenciled on the side in big bold letters. I love big hyper gigantic genitalia, I've more than once imagined causing an earth quake by humping a hole in the ground with a building sizedd penis however, more than huge penises I like enormous cumloads. The juicier and more impossible to contain the better. 4. Extremely exaggerated in size and/or involving an excessive amount of substances, like a bodily fluids. Labels: informal Example: hyper cock Example: hyper scat 5. Clipping of hypersexual Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: hyper Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə/, /ˈhaɪ.pəɹ/, /ˈhæpɑ/ 1. Alternative form of hiper. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Mason of Blencogo was a strong fellow, with no great science or action, and how he disposed of Nichol of Bothel, who was one of the best hypers of the day, puzzled not a few.
Word: hypnotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”). Pronunciation: /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/, /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/, [hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚] 1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism. 2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance. Example: Phyllis St. James' hypnotic "Mystic Stranger" always blows my mind and you'll find it included in this brilliant set by the sadly underrated Ms Haywood as well as the stunning ballad "Someone". 3. Inducing sleep; soporific. 4. Dormant. Labels: obsolete Example: hypnotic seeds
Word: hypnotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”). Pronunciation: /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/, /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/, [hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚] 1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized. 2. A soporific substance. Example: "He's had a strong hypnotic administered to him," said the doctor. "He'll wake perfectly all right in the morning.[…]"
Word: hypochondriac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος (hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”). See also hypochondrium, hypochondria, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/, /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndɹiæk/, /ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndɹiæk/, /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndɹiæk/, /ˌhɪpoʊˈkɒndɹiæk/ 1. Related to, or affected by hypochondria. 2. Related to, or located in the hypochondrium.
Word: hypochondriac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος (hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”). See also hypochondrium, hypochondria, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/, /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndɹiæk/, /ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndɹiæk/, /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndɹiæk/, /ˌhɪpoʊˈkɒndɹiæk/ 1. A person affected with hypochondria.
Word: hypocrisy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, dissemble, feign”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”) + -isy. Displaced native Old English līċettung. Pronunciation: /hɪˈpɒkɹəsi/, /hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/ 1. The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: political hypocrisy Example: He condemned the hypocrisy of politicians who broke their own laws. 2. The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: rank hypocrisy Example: charge of hypocrisy 3. The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An instance of hypocrisy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypodermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English dermis English hypoderm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hypodermic From hypoderm + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/, /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis. Labels: not-comparable Example: Which means that at the moment Raven entered her, a very small hypodermic needle slipped imperceptibly into the engorged frontal vein of his penis, automatically shooting a cocktail of powerful narcotics and depressants into his bloodstream.
Word: hypodermic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English dermis English hypoderm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hypodermic From hypoderm + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/, /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk/ 1. A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection.
Word: hysterectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyster- + -ectomy. Pronunciation: /hɪstəˈɹɛktəmi/ 1. The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus. Example: she even contemplated having her womb taken out to eliminate periods altogether, which would surely be her greatest possible career move, a tactical hysterectomy for ambitious women with menstruation problems