nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cribbage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crib + -age. Named from the "crib" consisting of certain cards laid aside by each player. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪbɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His solicitude for Sir Horace, his brother-in-law, was extreme, and he passed hours in the sick youth’s chamber, playing at cribbage, or dominos, or indulging the young baronet’s remarkable turn for cutting out trees, animals, or birds with tiny scissors on delicate paper. Example: How much more real this dream was than that they should go back to the house where the sleeping children lay and where Stanley and Beryl played cribbage. 2. A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gin rummy Part of Speech: noun 1. A card-holding game and variant of rummy. Labels: uncountable Example: What is your latest foible? / Is gin rummy more exquisite? / Is skiing more enjoyable? Example: Having discovered a birthday in common, they began, as strangers do when thrown together in a novel circumstance, to seek other matching data in their life histories, like players at gin rummy seeking to fill out a run or three of a kind.
Word: Go Fish Part of Speech: name 1. A children's card game in which players ask each other for cards of a particular rank, requiring them to "fish" in a pool of additional cards if they do not have the requested card.
Word: pinochle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Austro-Bavarian pronunciation of German Binokel (where b>p change is common) , French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game. Pronunciation: /ˈpiˌnʌk.l̩/ 1. A card game, similar to bezique. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night. 2. A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: motti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Finnish motti. 1. encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment
Word: rapakivi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Finnish rapakivi. 1. A form of granite found in southeastern Finland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: puukko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish puukko. 1. A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage, with a short blade and flat back; normally worn in a sheath on the waist, and used for woodcrafts or as a hunting knife.
Word: badass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bad + ass (“buttocks; one's self or person”). Pronunciation: /ˈbædæs/, /ˈbædˌæs/, /bædˈæs/ 1. A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior. Labels: US, slang Example: Don’t mess with that guy, he’s a real badass. Example: A shake down officer, Sgt. Soaper, and Capt. Swarts, have been reading all my mail, including GCN (which is authorized to come in). Soaper has been sending the prison bad-asses to my cell to force me to have sex with them. Yesterday, Soaper opened my door and 2 prisoners came in and raped me. Capt. Swarts told me that he was going to make me pay for writing letters to GCN and that there was nothing anyone could do about it. 2. A person considered impressive due to courage, skill, daring, audacity, and/or toughness. Labels: US, slang Example: "I'm a badass." (Jack Nicholson to a New York friend, early 1973.) Example: The Oakland Raiders are one of the few teams that I have any feelings for besides the Steelers. Nowadays they're a bunch of wannabe badasses, but back in the day they were something to behold.
Word: badass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bad + ass (“buttocks; one's self or person”). Pronunciation: /ˈbædæs/, /ˈbædˌæs/, /bædˈæs/ 1. Belligerent and troublesome. Labels: US, slang Example: Uncle Jr. was really quiet. Probably because he was a junior high school teacher and was around badass, hollerin' kids all day. Example: [There were] lots of really, really bad, badass people … I did not want to be a part of it. 2. Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable. Labels: US, slang Example: That tough guy looks badass. Example: "FAIRY WING GLITTER!!!" / *sparkle* / "It's hard to look bad-ass when using fairy powers..." *sigh*
Word: boreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bóithrín, from bóthar (“road”) and -ín (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /bɔːˈɹiːn/ 1. A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle. Labels: Ireland Example: Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by. Example: A boy in a disguise nobody believed in, an actor playing a part he didn't understand, he would trudge every rocky field and quaking bog, every pot-holed road and tortuous boreen, each of the thirteen villages on his father's estate, speaking the Irish he had learned from his father's servants.
Word: boycott Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. For the surname see Boycott. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪkɒt/, /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ 1. To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest. Labels: transitive Example: There is probably not a citizen in the United States who wears a hat that has not heard of John Stetson, and does not know that the Stetson hat is one of if not the best made. For some cause the Knights [of Labor] have boycotted the Stetson hats, and have notified all dealers that if they sell them they also will be boycotted. Example: Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers.
Word: boycott Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. For the surname see Boycott. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪkɒt/, /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ 1. The act of boycotting. Example: [W]hat has been the actual effects of the [UFW grape] boycott? As far as one can judge, it has cut down on the grape sales in a few big city outlets. But going into its second year, the boycott is losing steam. The middle class doesn't care. Example: UFW and Chile solidarity boycotts of grapes had very little contact with one another, despite the extensive connections between California and Chilean fruit industries.
Word: brogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯ɡ/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯ɡ/ 1. A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish. Example: I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it. Example: “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue. 2. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips. Example: He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state. 3. A heavy shoe of untanned leather. Labels: dated
Word: brogue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯ɡ/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯ɡ/ 1. To speak with a brogue (accent). Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To walk. Labels: intransitive 3. To kick. Labels: transitive 4. To punch a hole in, as with an awl. Labels: transitive
Word: brogue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from French brouiller. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯ɡ/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯ɡ/ 1. to fish for eels by disturbing the waters. Labels: dialectal
Word: Colleen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the word colleen, from Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, which was a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920s). Pronunciation: /kəˈliːn/, /kɒˈliːn/, /kəˈlin/, /kɔˈlin/, /kɑˈlin/ 1. A female given name from English or Irish. Example: Her name is spelled Coleen making her "Co" with a hard O and not Colleen by any stretch - I'm suspicious on her authority on the subject.
Word: drumlin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish droim (“back, ridge”) + English diminutive suffix -lin (“variant of -ling”). Pronunciation: [ˈdɹʌmlɪn] 1. An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
Word: shebeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish síbín. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈbiːn/ 1. An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa. Example: ‘Well, let's line,’ he said to Ben. ‘We can fill up at a shebeen.’ Example: On almost every corner there were shebeens, illegal saloons that were shacks where home-brewed beer was served.
Word: shebeen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Irish síbín. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈbiːn/ 1. To operate an unlicensed drinking establishment. Labels: intransitive
Word: smashing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in the United States in the early twentieth century, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries. Pronunciation: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ 1. Serving to smash (something). Example: The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head. 2. Wonderful, very good or impressive. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: We had a smashing time at the zoo. Example: Um, the reason for this call is because I haven’t told you for seven hours that I love you, which is a scandal! And even if we weren’t getting married tomorrow, I’d ask you to marry me anyway. Yes I would, because you are smashing!
Word: smashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in the United States in the early twentieth century, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries. Pronunciation: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ 1. The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner. Example: Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery. Example: Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit. 2. The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed. 3. The hitting of something extremely hard. 4. The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something. 5. An overwhelming victory or success. Labels: idiomatic, informal 6. The deformation of something through continuous pressure. 7. An act of sexual intercourse. Labels: slang, vulgar 8. A disastrous failure of something. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: smashing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From smash + -ing. As a synonym for wonderful, the term first appeared in the United States in the early twentieth century, and possibly derives from the sense of smash used in smash hit and similar terms. Popular folk etymology connects the term to the broadly homophonous Irish is maith sin or Scottish Gaelic 's math sin ("that is good"), but this has been described as "improbable", and does not appear in the etymological dictionaries. Pronunciation: /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of smash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish tuilleadh (“more”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪli/ 1. An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a lagniappe. Labels: Ireland Example: Myles: "Indeed your Honour may safely say so : Iwas ploughing away […] when I bethought how I forgot to tell little Jem, when he'd be buying my pen'orth of snuff, to be sure to get it in two separate ha'porths, the way he'd have the two tillies. So what could Ido but run home, to […] go myself for the snuff, and be sure to get my tillies. Example: He watched her pour into the measure and thence into the jug rich white milk, not hers. […] She poured again a measureful and a tilly.
Word: tilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From WWII British Army usage Tilly (“name of a range of British Army vehicles”), from utility. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪli/ 1. A small open-backed truck. Labels: UK Example: After a fortnight's careful nursing my leg healed and I was packed off in a tilly (utility truck) with my kit-bag to join my comrades at Fairmilehead. Example: One night soon after our arrival in Belgium, four of us set off to a dance in a rest centre, behind the lines, for the forces. We drove across a snowy waste in a tilly truck, singing "Lilly Marlene".
Word: tilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From till + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪli/ 1. Containing till (unsorted glacial sediment).
Word: amadawn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of amadan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sceach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish sceach. 1. A whitethorn, hawthorn or similar bush. Example: I'm in the county Offaly and I'm awfully sorry now. I broke the mirrors of me cab and I'd like to tell you how. With sceachs, boughs and bushes rubbing off me load, I wish the county council would trim along the road.
Word: tintinnabulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/, /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən/ 1. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust. 2. The ringing of bells. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells — From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Word: lungo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lungo (literally “long”). Doublet of long. 1. An espresso drink with more hot water passed through the grounds than normal. Example: Formerly used only in Italy and Seattle, it includes such tongue activators as latte, lungo, cappuccino, ristretto, macchiato, mochaccino and Americano.
Word: swelter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈswɛl.tə/, /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ 1. To suffer terribly from intense heat. Labels: intransitive 2. To perspire greatly from heat. Labels: intransitive 3. To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat. Labels: transitive Example: It was so rare a piece of fun To see the swelter'd cattle run
Word: swelter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈswɛl.tə/, /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ 1. Intense heat. Example: The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.
Word: bindi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī). Pronunciation: /bɪn.di/ 1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women. Example: Actually… a six-figure advance? What the hell, dudes, I'm donning a sari and bindi and penning a novel called, let's see, how about Manchesterstani? My old desi m8s the rude girls of Moss Side have never before been captured in fiction. Int dat da truth, rude girls? 2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
Word: bindi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bindi-eye. 1. The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 2. A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 3. Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 4. Any of various plants of the genus Sclerolaena. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable
Word: bindi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bhindi (“okra”). Labels: India, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: birdo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird English -o English birdo From bird + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dəʊ/ 1. A birder or birdwatcher. Labels: Australia, slang Example: I encountered a few of these "birdos", as we call them in Australia, when I visited Oak Hammock Marsh[.]
Word: veld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of field. Pronunciation: /vɛlt/, /fɛlt/, /vɛld/ 1. The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries. Labels: South-Africa Example: In the Bokke-velds, as they are called, theſe animals [springbok] are found in great numbers, and ſometimes at Roode-Zand. Example: Advance tovvards the Cond Bokke Veld, or cold country of Antelopes: mountains covered with ſnovv.
Word: torture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə/, [ˈtʰɔːt͡ʃə], /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰɔɹt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɔɹt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: People confess to anything under torture. Example: Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture. 2. The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish. Labels: countable, in-compounds, uncountable Example: cock and ball torture Example: tickle torture 3. Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture! Example: Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. (http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx)
Word: torture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə/, [ˈtʰɔːt͡ʃə], /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰɔɹt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɔɹt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them. Labels: transitive Example: 1 August 2014, Barack Obama, "Press Conference by the President"; transcript published online by the Obama White House Archives, [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president [1]]. With respect to the larger point of the RDI report itself, even before I came into office I was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values. Example: People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
Word: boli Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊlaɪ/, /ˈbəʊli/ 1. plural of bolus Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: boli Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊli/ 1. Clipping of stromboli. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: bona Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊnə/ 1. Good. Labels: Polari Example: SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces? JULIAN: A bona idea. Now, let me see... Example: Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
Word: bona Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊnə/ 1. Well. Labels: Polari Example: Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.
Word: boto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese boto (“boto”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊtəʊ/ 1. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system Example: But in a group where one boto puts on a display, there was much more tail-whacking, biting and other aggressive behavior among the males.
Word: session Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.ʃən/ 1. A period of time devoted to a particular activity. Example: counseling session Example: a training session 2. An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions. Example: This court is now in session. 3. The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected. Example: Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session. 4. Any of the three scheduled two-hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play. 5. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. Labels: obsolete Example: So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Example: But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / And hearing 'harlot' mutter'd twice or thrice, / Leapt from her session on his lap, and stood, / Stiff as a viper frozen; […] 6. Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. An academic term; semester; school year. 8. An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content. 9. The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
Word: session Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.ʃən/ 1. To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians. Example: “I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said.
Word: outer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtə/, /ˈaʊtɚ/, [ˈaʊɾɚ] 1. Outside; external. 2. Farther from the centre of the inside. Example: Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
Word: outer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtə/, /ˈaʊtɚ/, [ˈaʊɾɚ] 1. An outer part. Example: 'Phil Cornish' [a snowdrop variety] is like a cross between a pixie hat and a pagoda, with elegant upswept outers [outer petals] marked in a green colour-wash at the top and warpaint slashes at the lower end. 2. An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground. 3. The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie. 4. A shot which strikes the outer of a target. 5. The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box. Example: We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
Word: outer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: out (verb) + -er (“agent suffix”) Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtə/, /ˈaʊtɚ/, [ˈaʊɾɚ] 1. Someone who admits to something publicly. 2. Someone who outs another. Example: From the early 90s, these were some of the fiercest debates raging in the gay press and in gay and straight bars worldwide as blabbermouths blabbed, sometimes just for the sheer hell of it, and gay celebrities ran for cover or bit the bullet and pipped the outers to the post. 3. One who puts out, ousts, or expels. 4. An ouster; dispossession. 5. One who supports leaving the European Union. Labels: UK Example: The 51.4 per cent to 48.6 per cent victory of the "outers" broke the back of the Labour government.
Word: outer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out (adjective) English -er English outer From out (adjective) + -er (“comparative suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtə/, /ˈaʊtɚ/, [ˈaʊɾɚ] 1. comparative form of out (“(more) open about one's sexuality, etc”): more out Labels: comparative, form-of Example: And 'I like to wear a silly hat; I get camper by the hour. I'm Will Young and I'm gay. Did you know I was gay? I hid it for a while. But now I'm out, I'm outer than you would believe'.[…] Example: […] outer-than-out literary lions like Edmund White and David Ehrenstein would later note, this final proof that the[…]
Word: setting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtɪŋ/ 1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. 2. The act of setting (various senses). Example: the setting of the sun Example: the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris 3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. 4. A level or placement to which a knob or control is set. Example: the volume setting on a television 5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does. 6. Hunting with a setter. 7. Something set in, or inserted. Example: Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. 8. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music). Example: Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem Example: Bach's setting of the Magnificat 9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage. 10. The direction of a current of wind.
Word: setting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of set Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: setting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtɪŋ/ 1. That disappears below the horizon. Example: the setting sun Example: As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
Word: catchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English catchy From catch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt͡ʃi/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃi/ 1. Instantly appealing and memorable. Example: Eric wrote a catchy tune to play on his acoustic guitar while Alyssa plays the drums. Example: This hook is so catchy that I can't stop listening to it! 2. Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling. Labels: dated, figuratively Example: a catchy question 3. Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable. Labels: dated Example: a catchy wind Example: Encyc. of Sport It [the fox's scent] is […] flighty or catchy, if variable. 4. Contagious; catching. Example: The catchy cold which has been transmitted to you directly or indirectly might have been avoided had you been in better physical condition.
Word: youthful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From youth + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈjuθfəl/ 1. Young or seeming young. Example: a youthful butler Example: Southgate is presiding over a talented, youthful squad and there is enough attacking weaponry to test the best in the Euros 2. Characteristic of young people. Example: youthful vivacity
Word: yessir Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From yes + sir. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛsɜː(ɹ)/, /ˈjɛsɚ/, /ˌjɛsˈsɝ/ 1. Used to express assent, especially to a male superior. Labels: informal 2. Used to express emphatic affirmation. Labels: informal
Word: yessir Part of Speech: noun 1. Term of address to a male; mate; buddy. Labels: colloquial
Word: faklempt Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of verklempt. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "It was wonderful of you to go to such trouble. I want you to know how much it meant to me." / "Stop," she waved her hands in front of her eyes, trying to divert the conversation away from the uncomfortable road it was heading down, "you're making me all faklempt."
Word: ferklempt Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of verklempt. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ferklempt Without You—Very pretty, sexy, fun, active, Jewish, 35, ad exec seeks handsome, funny guy for love and happiness. It'll be like buttah!
Word: faclempt Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of verklempt. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Oy, gevalt!" Mu-mu says. "Be a good bubula and get me some seltzer. I'm starting to feel faclempt."
Word: township Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/ 1. The territory of a town. Example: The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off. Example: Furthermore, everyone knows that the crops grown at Chou-Shui River are of high quality, like the rice of Siluo Township, watermelons of Erlun Township, garlic of Cihtong Township, flowers of Shijo Township, guava of Shetou Township, and so on. 2. A subdivision of a county. Labels: Canada, US 3. An area set aside for nonwhite occupation. Labels: South-Africa Example: In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured township on the site of the existing African township. 4. A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city. Labels: South-Africa Example: Growing up in the township of Zwide, just outside Port Elizabeth, bed for Kolisi was a pile of cushions on the living-room floor and finding enough to eat was a daily struggle. […] So, the man from the townships can certainly empathize with the pain lockdown is inflicting on the less fortunate in his country. 5. A small town. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: anti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈæn.taɪ/ 1. Opposed to something. 2. That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180° Labels: physical
Word: anti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈæn.taɪ/ 1. A person opposed to a concept or principle. Example: On one occasion, franchise supporters accused antis of dumping lemons, wet sponges, rolls of ticker tape, bags of water, and garbage pails on innocent suffrage supporters parading outside the anti-suffrage offices. Example: Antis jumped on this announcement, calling it vote buying and indicative of the hypocrisy of prohibitionists who talked incessantly in the first election about the immorality of the antis' vote-buying efforts. 2. A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds. Labels: derogatory, often, slang Example: While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist. Example: Other fans or viewers are thus not coded as fans but instead positioned as either homophobic, angry "antis" (even if they ship Johnlock or other queer ships) or as the outsider "casuals" who aren't dedicated or smart or invested enough to properly interpret Sherlock.
Word: anti Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈæn.taɪ/ 1. Alternative form of anti-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching.
Word: forms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɔːmz/, /fɔɹmz/ 1. plural of form Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔːmz/, /fɔɹmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of form Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: surgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek χειρουργέω (kheirourgéō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek χειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)bor. Latin chīrūrgiader. Old French surgie Old French surgeriebor. Middle English surgerie English surgery From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/, /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒə.ɹi/ 1. The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading. Example: When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation. 2. The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A room or department where surgery is performed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery. 4. A doctor's office; a clinic. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids. 5. A medical practitioner’s office hours. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time. 6. Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday. 7. A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy". Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 8. The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Drastic changes made to anything. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.
Word: png Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɪŋ/, /ˌpiːɛnˈd͡ʒiː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of PNG; Portable Network Graphics, an open protocol for digital images. Labels: alt-of
Word: catenary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin catenarius, from Latin catēna (“chain”). Pronunciation: /kəˈtiːnəɹi/, /kəˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈkætəˌnɛɹi/ 1. Relating to a chain; like a chain. Example: In Europe, the organizer was the hostess and her principle was catenary. Example: The structure of the model chosen was catenary, and only one nonlinearity was introduced, in that part of the model representing bone growth. 2. Relating to a catena. Example: The sequence of soils of a more or less catenary nature as seen on the Martin Estate is about as follows :
Word: catenary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin catenaria, in turn from Latin catēna (“chain”). Attested since 1788. Pronunciation: /kəˈtiːnəɹi/, /kəˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈkætəˌnɛɹi/ 1. The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight and variations involving additional and non-uniform forces. It is described by the hyperbolic cosine function. 2. Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof. 3. The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes. 4. A cable, the segments of which between supports take a catenary geometric shape, supporting in turn an overhead conductor that provides trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity, or (metonymic) the combination of the conductor, the cable, and supports. Example: The result was catenary being torn down several hundred feet at a time. Example: The colour-lights showed up much better than the semaphores which, in spite of their approach warning boards, are not readily visible at any distance between the supports for the catenaries.
Word: sensitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus. By surface analysis, sense + -ite + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/, [ˈsɛn.sɪɾ.ɪv], /ˈsɪn.sɪt.ɪv/, [ˈsɪn.sɪɾ.ɪv] 1. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses. Example: The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast. 2. Responsive to stimuli. Example: The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception. 3. Easily offended, upset, or hurt. Example: Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news. 4. Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting. Labels: usually Example: Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates. 5. Meant to be concealed or kept secret. Example: These are highly sensitive documents. Example: Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat. 6. Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them. Example: Thank you for being sensitive. 7. Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy. Example: The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations. 8. Accurate; able to register small changes in some property. 9. Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism. Labels: archaic
Word: sensitive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus. By surface analysis, sense + -ite + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/, [ˈsɛn.sɪɾ.ɪv], /ˈsɪn.sɪt.ɪv/, [ˈsɪn.sɪɾ.ɪv] 1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive. Example: [I]t is quite certain that many of their fears were unfounded, and centred upon perfectly innocent people - especially those who were what we now call "mediumistic" or "sensitives". Example: After all, Madame Rosita was a sensitive.
Word: och Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch. Pronunciation: /ɒx/ 1. general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval. Labels: Ireland, Scotland 2. an expression of anger, frustration, surprise Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: “Och, ooh, it’s so confusing, it hurts my wee head! I’m just a woman, you know, just a pair of ovaries and some bangs! How do I have the mental capacity to pick from one of two options? Put me down for a no, and never trust me with an important decision again!”
Word: bottoms up Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An allusion to the bottoms of the drinkers' glasses being raised. 1. Cheers! (the drinking toast)
Word: enturbulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by L. Ron Hubbard, probably from the prefix en- plus turbulent or disturbed, to describe a state of mind within. 1. To agitate or disturb; to upset, harass. Labels: nonstandard Example: Underground armies operate in the large cities enturbulating the police with false information through anonymous phone calls and letters. Example: If, sitting quietly, one concentrates one's complete attention on one's own voice the mantra, the worry and distress which continually enturbulate the mind will gradually subside and one will gradually be suffused with a deep calm.
Word: enturbulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enturbulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Galizan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Based on the co-official autochthonous name of the country Galiza. 1. The Galician language. Labels: rare
Word: Galiza Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Galician Galiza. 1. Alternative form of Galicia: A former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pont Part of Speech: verb 1. to pose until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions.
Word: chayote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chayote, from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑˈjoʊti/, /tʃaɪˈəʊti/ 1. Sicyos edulis, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fruit of this plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chilli Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ 1. Alternative spelling of chili. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Many Singaporeans have fond memories of eating chilli crabs and cockles at its Upper East Coast Road premises, not far from the old Bedok Road, as recently as the early ‘ 80s.
Word: peyote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl. Pronunciation: /peɪˈjoʊti/ 1. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mescal button produced by the plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arcology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of architecture + ecology, coined by Italian architect Paolo Soleri in 1969. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /ɑɹˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources. Labels: uncountable 2. An extremely large building or complex, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density. Labels: countable Example: Behind the port lay the city, factory domes dominated by the vast cubes of corporate arcologies.
Word: Himalaya Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Himalayas. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: commando Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando (“command”), from Late Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɑːndəʊ/, /kəˈmændoʊ/ 1. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas. Example: The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture […]. 2. A commando trooper. Example: Ben Grant, 30, who spent more than five years as a commando in the Royal Marines, is part of group of seven ex-servicemen who arrived in Ukraine over the weekend to fight invading Russian forces. 3. An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops. Labels: historical
Word: commandeer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the late 19th century. From Dutch commanderen (“to command”), partially through its descendant, Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”). Ultimately from French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commendare. Doublet of command. Pronunciation: /kɒmənˈdɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To seize for military use. Labels: transitive 2. To force into military service. Labels: transitive 3. To take arbitrarily or by force. Labels: transitive 4. To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force). Labels: broadly, transitive Example: "We're stuck taking the bus to school tomorrow, aren't we?" "...Yeah. Moperville South doesn't give bus service out here, so Ellen's commandeering my car."