nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: blotto Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out. Pronunciation: /ˈblɒtəʊ/, /ˈblɑtoʊ/, /-ɾoʊ/ 1. To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: An entire bottle would have blottoed me. I marvel how Leigh managed to give my name to the manager. Example: Wherever distilled spirits dominate over beer or wine, this nocturnal culture emerges, and with it the kind of alcoholism that never plateaus but merely blottoes, retreating into a night of its own and sometimes remaining there for a week at a time. You witness this among Poles, Russians, Swedes and Finns, all of whom are expert blottologists. 2. To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: [H]is soul, spinning in centrifugal lust and fury until he sputters out through the hole in the center of him; going down like a gas bag—vault, cellar, ribs, skin, blood, tissue, mind, and heart all consumed, devoured, blottoed in final annihilation. Example: John Huston provides a few of the worst moments himself, or, at least, his tape editor does it for him by bumblingly patching on Huston's voice in one series of spot announcements—Jehovah himself dictating Creation to the sounds of [Toshiro] Mayuzumi's fade-in, fade-out neo-primordial slither. Even for what it is, the music is badly performed, poorly recorded, and blottoed by a veritable orgy of editing and dial diddling.
Word: blotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of bovine lacto transfer technique optimizer. Pronunciation: /ˈblɒtəʊ/, /ˈblɑtoʊ/, /-ɾoʊ/ 1. A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Labels: uncountable Example: Secondary goat anti-rabbit antiserum coupled to horseradish peroxidase at a dilution of 1:500 in blotto was then incubated with the blot for 1 hour. Again the unbound antibodies were removed by three rinses in 10% blotto for 15 minutes. Example: Generalized background staining of colostral cell preparations was blocked most effectively with Blotto + 10% FBS.
Word: blotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]. Pronunciation: /b(ə)ˈləʊtəʊ/, /b(ə)ˈloʊtoʊ/ 1. On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat. Labels: obsolete Example: The canoes that are in common use on the lake are of the most primitive and unstable type. They simply consist of a semi-cylinder, hollowed out of a tree stem, with the ends filled up with mud and grass. These canoes are called blotto or ballotto by the natives. […] They are of every size, from the child's blotto of ten or fifteen feet in length to the fisherman's craft of fifty. Example: The agent of the Packet Company is ready to give information about it, and to look after the hiring of horses and blottos.
Word: filing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/ 1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving. Example: The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part. 2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving. 3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file. Example: Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.
Word: filing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of file Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spose Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spəʊ̯z/, [spəʊ̯z], /spoʊ̯z/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of suppose. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I spose you're right. Example: “I spose my mumʼs always been at home.”
Word: s'pose Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spəʊ̯z/, [spəʊ̯z], /spoʊ̯z/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of suppose. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: unfrozen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English frozen English unfrozen From un- + frozen. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɹəʊ.zən/, /ʌnˈfɹoʊ.zən/ 1. Not frozen. Labels: not-comparable Example: In getting out of this I found it easier to wade down a shallow unfrozen stream than to wallow through deep snow. Example: Diggle Station lies high up in the Pennine Chain, subject to extreme low temperatures. With this and heavy snowfall in the winter months, Diggle bids fair to compete with the Scottish lines under similar weather conditions, and the provision of unfrozen water in the higher ambient temperature of the tunnel must be a boon to harassed engine drivers whose thirsty steeds run short of water up the gruelling 1 in 125 seven-mile climb from Stalybridge.
Word: unfrozen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English frozen English unfrozen From un- + frozen. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɹəʊ.zən/, /ʌnˈfɹoʊ.zən/ 1. past participle of unfreeze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Peke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /piːk/ 1. A Pekingese dog. Labels: informal
Word: bimble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an alteration or variant of bumble (verb), perhaps influenced semantically by association with amble (verb). This term is originally nautical and military in usage, and is previously used outside the current meaning of traveling on foot. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪmbl/, /ˈbɪmbəl/ 1. A walk or journey with no particular haste. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: bimble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably an alteration or variant of bumble (verb), perhaps influenced semantically by association with amble (verb). This term is originally nautical and military in usage, and is previously used outside the current meaning of traveling on foot. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪmbl/, /ˈbɪmbəl/ 1. To walk or travel with no particular haste. Labels: UK, colloquial, intransitive Example: Check-in ran like clockwork and after unpacking, we bimbled off to the cycle centre, hired two bikes and a kiddy trailer for the boys and set off to get our bearings.
Word: high tea Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhʌɪ ˈtiː/ 1. A late afternoon or early evening meal, typically consisting of a cooked dish with bread and butter and tea. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Example: It was brawn and shape for high tea. 2. Formal afternoon tea. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: dander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a shortening of dandruff. Pronunciation: /ˈdændə(ɹ)/ 1. Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈdændə(ɹ)/ 1. A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace Labels: Scotland 2. Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up". Labels: slang Example: He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized. Example: She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.
Word: dander Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of dandle or daddle Pronunciation: /ˈdændə(ɹ)/ 1. To wander about. Example: So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey Example: "I'll have no more of it. I'll have no more Dinny Ryans handlin' flesh and blood of my gettin'. Ye'd see me dyin' for a sup of drink to give me peace, and you philanderin' and danderin' with yon scut of a fellow, and worse doin's behind that, if the truth is told." 2. To maunder, to talk incoherently.
Word: irrespective of Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Opposite of Medieval Latin respectivus, "having regard for", from Latin respectus. 1. Regardless of; without regard for; without considering. Labels: not-comparable
Word: balsamico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian balsamico. Doublet of balsamic. 1. balsamic vinegar Labels: uncountable Example: Use fine, aged balsamico.
Word: dungeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dongeoun (“keep of a castle; dungeon; abyss, cave, den; whirlpool”), from Anglo-Norman donjun (“keep of a castle; keep used as a prison; dungeon”) and continental Old French donjon (“keep of a castle”), from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem, seemingly derived from Latin dominus (“master, lord”) perhaps via some figurative sense like “dominant building”. Doublet of donjon. The sense of “prison (associated with a castle)”, first attested in Anglo-Norman (13th c.) and apparently never in continental Old French, likely developed in combination with Old English dung (“underground prison cell”), whence Middle English donge (“pit, abyss”, senses that are also attested for Middle English dongeoun). The game term has been popularized by Dungeons & Dragons. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən/ 1. An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle. Example: Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. 2. The low area between two drumlins. 3. The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon. Labels: obsolete 4. A shrewd person. Labels: obsolete 5. An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure, and bosses. 6. A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
Word: dungeon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dongeoun (“keep of a castle; dungeon; abyss, cave, den; whirlpool”), from Anglo-Norman donjun (“keep of a castle; keep used as a prison; dungeon”) and continental Old French donjon (“keep of a castle”), from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem, seemingly derived from Latin dominus (“master, lord”) perhaps via some figurative sense like “dominant building”. Doublet of donjon. The sense of “prison (associated with a castle)”, first attested in Anglo-Norman (13th c.) and apparently never in continental Old French, likely developed in combination with Old English dung (“underground prison cell”), whence Middle English donge (“pit, abyss”, senses that are also attested for Middle English dongeoun). The game term has been popularized by Dungeons & Dragons. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən/ 1. To imprison in a dungeon. Labels: transitive Example: Of every act of severity, of every bold violation of the constitution, of every bill for dungeoning and gagging the people, of every tax, of every loan, of all that set frugality at defiance, and that mocked at mercy, these men had been either the authors or the most strenuous supporters […]
Word: instrumental case Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.
Word: bambino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bambino. Pronunciation: /bæmˈbinoʊ/ 1. A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes. Example: These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.
Word: vault Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf. Pronunciation: /vɒlt/, /vɔːlt/, /vɑlt/, /vɔlt/ 1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. Example: The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration. Example: the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault 2. Any arched ceiling or roof. 3. Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament. Labels: figuratively Example: The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault. Example: His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull the triple headed dog from hell. 4. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts. 5. Any cellar or underground storeroom. Example: to banish rats that haunt our vault 6. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground. Example: Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus Example: Near-synonyms: crypt, mausoleum 7. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings. Example: During the extreme civil disorder prior to January 22, 1976 in Beirut, Lebanon, a guerrilla force blasted the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Bab Idriss and cleared out safe deposit boxes with contents valued by former Finance Minister Lucien Dahadah at $50 million, and by another source at an "absolute minimum" of $20 million. 8. Any archive of past content. Labels: figuratively, often 9. An encrypted digital archive. 10. A membraneless organelle found in most eukaryotic cells first identified in 1986. 11. An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer. Labels: obsolete 12. An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit. Labels: obsolete 13. A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete
Word: vault Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf. Pronunciation: /vɒlt/, /vɔːlt/, /vɑlt/, /vɔlt/ 1. To build as, or cover with a vault. Labels: transitive Example: The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. 2. To store in a vault. Labels: transitive 3. To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update. Example: In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted. Example: While vaulting some old content may turn off a few players, Bungie seems intent on bringing as many players under its tent as possible first.
Word: vault Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /vɒlt/, /vɔːlt/, /vɑlt/, /vɔlt/ 1. To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape. Example: The fugitive vaulted the fence to escape.
Word: vault Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /vɒlt/, /vɔːlt/, /vɑlt/, /vɔlt/ 1. An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump. 2. A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps. 3. A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus. Example: Each vault has three segments: “preflight” (the movement from the springboard onto the table), “block” (the moment the hands touch and leave the table) and “postflight” (the flips and twists before landing). […] Handspring and Tsukahara vaults are less common than Yurchenko-style vaults, but some gymnasts specialize in them. 4. Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse. 5. An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
Word: banda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band. 1. A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century. Labels: uncountable Example: With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music. 2. An ensemble playing such music. Labels: countable
Word: barista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹiːs.tə/, /bəˈɹɪs.tə/, /bəˈɹis.tə/, /baˈɹis.ta/, /baˈɾis.ta/ 1. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. Example: "From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...].
Word: barista Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹiːs.tə/, /bəˈɹɪs.tə/, /bəˈɹis.tə/, /baˈɹis.ta/, /baˈɾis.ta/ 1. To work as a barista. Labels: intransitive Example: I helped out in the business while I was at school—we all did, whether it was washing up or baristaing or clearing the tables for Dad and washing them down when the shop closed—but this one night I was meant to be working a late shift when I had a chance to play in a concert. […] Are you still OK for another half-hour lesson on baristaing, tonight? […] ‘It’s advanced baristaing—an extra,’ he admitted. Example: Nevertheless, we’ll both be done with barista-ing soon.
Word: barra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. 1. A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets. Labels: Geordie
Word: barra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of barramundi. 1. A barramundi. Labels: Australia Example: ‘Nice fish,’ Norm said, looking at four charred-baked barra covered in fire ash stuffed into the bucket.
Word: knobble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒb.əl/ 1. A small knob. Example: […] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl.
Word: knobble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒb.əl/ 1. To give a knobbly surface to. Labels: transitive 2. To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling. Labels: transitive Example: knobbled charcoal iron Example: a knobbling furnace
Word: squabble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. Probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative. Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”). Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒbəl/, /ˈskwɑːbəl/ 1. A minor fight or argument. Example: The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car. Example: It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands.
Word: squabble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. Probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative. Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”). Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒbəl/, /ˈskwɑːbəl/ 1. To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel. Labels: intransitive Example: The brothers were always squabbling with each other. Example: The sense of these propositions is very plain and easy, though logicians might perhaps squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. 2. To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment. Labels: transitive Example: to squabble type
Word: stollen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull. Pronunciation: /ˈstɒlən/, /ˈʃtoʊl.ən/ 1. A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: libbra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian libbra. Doublet of arratel, Libra, libra, lira, litra, litre, livre, and rottol. 1. A traditional Italian unit of mass now equated to the pound. Example: We find that in modern times the funt of Russia, the libbra of Italy, the libra of Spain, Portugal and various South and Central American countries, the livre of France and Greece, the pfund of Germany, the pond of Java and the Netherlands, and the pund of Denmark and Sweden, correspond to the avoirdupois pound, as we know it, although the exact equivalents in terms of our pound vary from about ¾ to over 2 pounds. Example: In the first two samples analysed (1743 and 1753), bread remained a grant for young children only, who were recipients of three to four libbre of bread per week.
Word: magnetite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magnet + -ite, after German Magnetit. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɡ.nə.taɪt/ 1. A magnetic mineral, with the chemical formula Fe²⁺Fe3+2O₄, one of the primary ores of iron. Example: Appropriately enough, the commonest of these, a simple iron oxide, is called magnetite. 2. Any instance of iron(II,III) oxide, regardless of whether it is a geologic mineral or a chemical result or product. Labels: broadly
Word: Ignatius bean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of St Ignatius' bean (Strychnos ignatii) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We procure strychnin most easily from the Ignatius beans […]
Word: keeped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of keep Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: dilapidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dilapidō (“to scatter, consume, throw away”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“asunder”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”). Compare French dilapider. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪt/, /dəˈlæp.ə.deɪt/ 1. To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair. Labels: transitive Example: If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony[…] Example: In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year. 2. To squander or waste. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. 3. To fall into ruin or disuse. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: dilapidate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dīlapidātus, perfect passive participle of dilapidō (“squander, consume, throw away”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. 1. dilapidated Labels: archaic, obsolete
Word: bracketry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bracket + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæ.kə.tɹi/ 1. The mounting hardware used to hold one part to another, typically consisting of stamped metal pieces that make up the actual bracket, and any other bolts, nuts, rubber etc. needed to complete the mounting of the part. Labels: uncountable
Word: governmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From government + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/, /ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/ 1. Relating to a government. Example: governmental agency Example: governmental decision 2. Relating to governing.
Word: Cymry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Cymry, q.v. Cognate with English Cambrian and Cymric. 1. Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people collectively. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncommon Example: For though, as the tale goes, the Tylwyth Têg and their garden undoubtedly occupy the spot to this day, though the birds still keep at a respectful distance from the lake, and some broken strains of music are still heard at times, yet the door which led to the island has never re-opened, and from the date of this sacrilegious act, the Cymry have been unfortunate. Example: The natural conclusion is that the Silurians or Iberians, now represented by the little, dark Welshmen, are the oldest existing race in Wales, and, though now speaking Cymraeg, were long before the Cymry there.
Word: faithful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/ 1. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause. Example: My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else. 2. Having faith. Example: The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church. 3. Reliable; worthy of trust. Example: My servant is very faithful. 4. Consistent with reality. Example: I would consider that a very faithful reproduction. 5. Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner. Example: They had been faithful to each other all of their married life. Example: She wanted to be free to explore casual affairs, but her man had to be faithful. 6. Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory. 7. Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.
Word: faithful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/ 1. The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause. Labels: noun, plural Example: The faithful pray five times a day. Example: The annual meeting was attended by the long-term party faithful. 2. Someone or something that is faithful or reliable. Example: Earlier this year, as the recession put a damper on ticket sales, Maxwell said the easy route would have been to go for the tried-and-true old faithfuls.
Word: astration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astro- + -ation. 1. In the galactic cycle of matter, the incorporation of matter into a stellar interior during star formation, especially when referring to a specific element or isotope. Labels: uncountable
Word: ze Part of Speech: article Pronunciation: /ziː/, /zʌ/, /zə/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of the, usually signifying a foreign accent, often French or German. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!" Example: At ze Palace of Beauxbatons, we ’ave ice sculptures all around ze Dining Chamber at Chreetsmas. Zey do not melt, of course … zey are like ’uge statues of diamond, glittering around ze place.
Word: ze Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Possibly from Dutch zij. Pronunciation: /ziː/ 1. a gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: But I do know what sex ze is. It used to influence me. But now I talk to hir like a normal person. I mean, without thinking about what ze is. Example: A case in point is Tula, a transgendered woman who for years lived well as a model and actress until ze was outed in both national and international media.
Word: ze Part of Speech: noun 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.
Word: mulai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic مُولَاي (mūlāy). Pronunciation: /ˈmuːleɪ/ 1. A title for the ruler of Morocco. Example: Moly Moluch, King of Fez, who not long since obtained that famous victory against Sebastian, King of Portugall, a notable victorie by reason of the death of three Kings, and transmission of so great a Kingdome to the crowne of Castile, chanced to be grievously sicke at what time the Portugales with armed hand entred his dominions[…]. Example: Mulay Hafiz appealed to France. France immediately responded by sending a sizable expeditionary force to occupy Morocco.
Word: muahahaha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Comes from the natural sound mu and the laughing sound hahaha, repeating. 1. A conventionally evil laugh, as used by a supervillain. Labels: onomatopoeic
Word: bad guy Part of Speech: noun 1. a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story. Labels: informal Example: Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.
Word: villein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman vilein, variant of vilain; from Medieval Latin villanus (“field hand”), from Latin villa (“country home”). Doublet of villain. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlən/, /ˈvɪleɪn/ 1. A feudal tenant, a serf. Labels: historical Example: If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage. Example: "Then you're not - " "Darling," I said, "do you really see me in the position of a seigneur, driving my serfs and villeins before me with a whip - even if the triffids haven't overrun me first?"
Word: folder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fold + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊldɚ/, /ˈfəʊldə/ 1. An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet. Example: I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder. 2. A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related. Example: My essays are in the folder named "Schoolwork". 3. A machine or person that folds things. 4. A folding knife, typically a folding pocketknife. Example: A funny name for a knife, the Needs Work folder is purpose-built as a working folder, and includes a straight, plain-edge, modified-wharncliffe blade, and a comfortable, ergonomic handle.
Word: Eid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِيد (ʕīd, “feast, holiday, festival”) via Iranian Persian عید ('eyd), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܥܐܕܐ. Pronunciation: /iːd/ 1. Any of various Muslim religious festivals.
Word: Eid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِيد (ʕīd, “feast, holiday, festival”) via Iranian Persian عید ('eyd), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܥܐܕܐ. Pronunciation: /iːd/ 1. Ellipsis of Eid al-Fitr. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Eid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Eid. 1. Numerous places in Norway: 2. Numerous places in Norway: 3. Numerous places in Norway:
Word: Eid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Scots Eid, borrowed from Old Norse Eið. 1. Synonym of Aith: a village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Word: gi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdōgi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”). Pronunciation: /ɡiː/ 1. A martial arts uniform. Example: By the time they got up to the reception building, there was a welcoming committee standing in the lamp-lined drive, all in black gi, headed by a tall, fit, scholarly-looking woman named Sister Rochelle […] Example: Attenders watched the Mad Max: Fury Road star, dressed in a blue gi, subdue his opponents and win all his matches. Hardy’s certificate of achievement was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – the actor’s real name.
Word: 5th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of fifth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: 4th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of fourth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Nevertheless, the federal government still manages to get things done on a day-to-day basis, and that is primarily due to the so-called 4th branch of government — the administrative and regulatory state that employs 2 million workers, invests trillions of dollars each year on things like air pollution monitoring and cutting-edge clean energy research, and makes rules that protect us all.
Word: 4th Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Fourth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 3rd Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of third. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: 3rd Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of third. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: i second his emotion of seconding the first emotion, therefore 3rding the first emotion. Example: (snip Negodki's 2nding, with double rubber band amendment; thanks to Rex for 3rding the suggestion, too)
Word: 2nd Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkənd/ 1. Abbreviation of second. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Formed in the 2nd Century BCE and composed of 23 city-states, the Lycian League was the world's first democratic union, a model of a strong confederacy based on popular and proportional representation.
Word: 6th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of sixth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: 7th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of seventh. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: On February 7th, Wu Peifu put a savage end to the strike.
Word: 8th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of eighth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Where the old Jewish community-relations strategy was to identify and influence the fence-sitters and “complicate” their understanding of Israel, the new October 8th strategy must be to keep leftist ideologues out of mainstream institutions — or kick them out.
Word: 9th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of ninth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: The Frankish monk Smaragdus, who wrote at the beginning of the 9th century […]
Word: 10th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of tenth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Among the highest 10th of earners, about 75 percent reported eating fast food at least once in the period, compared with 81 percent for the poorest.
Word: snicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsnɪkɚ/ 1. A stifled or broken laugh.
Word: snicker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsnɪkɚ/ 1. To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh. Labels: intransitive Example: I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid. 2. To utter through a laugh of this kind. Labels: transitive 3. To whinny.
Word: snicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snick + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsnɪkɚ/ 1. A player who snicks the ball. Labels: rare
Word: greenish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grenyssh, grenysch, equivalent to green + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːnɪʃ/ 1. Somewhat green in color.
Word: necklace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + lace. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkləs/, /ˈnɛklɪs/, /ˈnɛklæɪs/ 1. An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached. 2. Anything resembling a necklace in shape. Labels: figuratively Example: a necklace of coral islands 3. A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire. Labels: South-Africa Example: Necklacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Example: Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
Word: necklace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From neck + lace. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkləs/, /ˈnɛklɪs/, /ˈnɛklæɪs/ 1. To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck. Labels: South-Africa Example: Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars. Example: 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
Word: beside Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side. Pronunciation: /bɪˈsaɪd/, /biˈsaɪd/, /bəˈsaɪd/, /bɪˈsʌɪd/ 1. Next to; at the side of. Example: A small table beside the bed 2. Not relevant to. Example: That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside. 3. Besides; in addition to. Example: I'll need another dictionary beside this one.
Word: beside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side. Pronunciation: /bɪˈsaɪd/, /biˈsaɪd/, /bəˈsaɪd/, /bɪˈsʌɪd/ 1. Otherwise; else; in addition; besides. Labels: literary, not-comparable, poetic Example: To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead. Example: April 8 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Orange Blossom" O how the honey tells the tale of its birthplace to the sense of sight and odour! and to how many minute and uneyeable insects beside!
Word: besides Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English bisides (also bisiden), extension of biside, equivalent to beside + -s (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /bɪˈsaɪdz/, /bəˈsaɪdz/, /biˈsaɪdz/ 1. In addition to. Example: Besides José, I'll invite Jay and Renée, the three of them. Example: During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […] 2. Other than; except for; instead of. Example: I don't want to go anywhere besides India. Example: I want to go with someone besides my father. 3. Beside, next to. Labels: informal Example: 1561, Geneva Bible, Acts 16:13, And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, beſides a riuer, where they were wont to pray : and we ſate downe, and ſpake vnto the women, which were come together. Example: After this, was Edwin the Kings brother accuſed of ſome conſpiracie by him begun againſt the K. whervpõ he was baniſhed the land, and ſent out in an old rotten veſſell without rower or Marriner, onely accompanied with one Eſquire, ſo that beeing launched foorth from the ſhore, through very diſpaire Edwin lept into the Sea, and drowned himſelfe, but the Eſquire that was with him recouered his body, and broughte it to land at Withſand beſides Canterbury.
Word: besides Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bisides (also bisiden), extension of biside, equivalent to beside + -s (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /bɪˈsaɪdz/, /bəˈsaɪdz/, /biˈsaɪdz/ 1. Also; in addition. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: We've paid for your whole education and plenty more besides! Example: It is besides used as a food, either as a sallad^([sic]), raw, or boiled as greens. 2. Used to emphasize an additional point, especially an important or stronger reason; moreover; furthermore. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: I don't feel like going out tonight. Besides, I have to work tomorrow morning anyway. 3. Otherwise; else. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have been to Spain but nowhere besides. 4. On one side. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: You are so strongly in my purpose bred That all the world besides methinks are dead Example: Yet Teucer would another shaft, at Hectors life dispose; So faine, he such a marke would hit: but still besides it goes;
Word: rukh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of roc (large bird) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Eris Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρις (Éris), from ἔρις (éris, “strife”). See also Eris (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and Eris (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹɪs/, /ˈɛɹɪs/ 1. The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia; Labels: Greek Example: According to Homer, the Trojan war is, above all, an affair of the gods. It is about Eris, a sister of the god of war Ares, and about Eros, not directly named by Homer, but who in the figure of Aphrodite, the god of love, plays a central role on the side of the Trojans. Eris is the one who divides gods, mortals, and things from each other; Eros is the one who brings them together. Example: 1993, Herman Parret, The Aesthetics of Communication: Pragmatics and Beyond, Springer, Softcover reprint, page 18, Eris, "the Strife with the violent heart", one reads in Hesiod's Theogony, is a child of the Night, and "Hateful Struggle gave birth to painful Distress and Distraction and Famine and tearful Sorrow; also Wars and Battles and Murders and Slaughters; also Feuds and Lying Words and Angry Words". 2. The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia; (religion, Discordianism) the same figure as principal deity of Discordianism, regarded as the goddess of disorder. Labels: Greek 3. The celestial body 136199 Eris, the most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the largest known object in the scattered disk; formerly nicknamed Xena. Example: Today, Xena is no longer Xena but has been officially renamed Eris, after the Greek goddess of strife and discord—which hints at the climate in planetary science at the time. Its moon has a similarly appropriate name, Dysnomia (lawlessness) in Greek mythology, the daughter of Eris. Observations of Eris and Dysnomia have confirmed that Eris is 27 per cent more massive than Pluto, though of a similar diameter. 4. An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.
Word: Lauren Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latin clipping of Laurentius. Doublet of Laurence. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹən/, /ˈlɔɹɪn/, /ˈlɔɹən/, /ˈlɑɹən/ 1. A unisex given name. Example: "I don't like my name," said Delphine. "Nobody likes their own name." "I don't like mine." "Lauren's nice. They picked a nice name for you." Example: Prior to the House passing the legislation, only four Republicans had joined all Democrats in signing a petition to force a vote - Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene. 2. A unisex given name. 3. A surname. Example: For example, the new York designer Ralph Lifshitz chose to change his "unpleasant-sounding" name to Ralph Lauren, creating a multi-billion-dollar clothing enterprise as a result. 4. A surname.
Word: Lethe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē). Pronunciation: /ˈliːθi/ 1. The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris. Labels: Greek 2. The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth. Labels: Greek Example: No wonder these mortal Folks have so many Complaints, […] if they were dead now, and to be settled here for ever, they'd be damn'd before they'd make such a Rout come over—“But care, I suppose, is thirsty; and till they have drench’d themselves with Lethe, there will be no quiet among ’em” however, I’ll e’en to work; and so, friend Æsop, and brother Mercury, good bye to ye. Example: My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains / My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, / Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains / One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:
Word: touch cloth Part of Speech: verb 1. To be just on the point of soiling oneself. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, slang
Word: Metis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee. Pronunciation: /meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːs/ 1. One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English. Labels: Canada
Word: Metis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee. Pronunciation: /meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːs/ 1. A member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples. Labels: Canada, US Example: Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French. 2. A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Labels: Canada Example: He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs are a Negro and an Indian: […] Example: Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."
Word: Metis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μῆτις (Mêtis) from Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “wisdom”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtɪs/ 1. A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena Labels: Greek 2. A satellite of Jupiter. 3. 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.
Word: soil oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To lose control of one's bowels and accidentally defecate into one's clothing. Labels: euphemistic