nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: comments Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmɛnts/, /ˈkɒmɛnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of comment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: corpus juris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin corpus, body + juris genitive of jus, law Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːpəs ˈdʒɜːrəs/, /ˈjɜː-/, /ˈkɔɹpəs ˈdʒɜrəs/, /ˈjɜr-/ 1. The entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.
Word: esquire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English esquier, from Old French escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer (compare modern French écuyer (“shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman”)), from Late Latin scūtārius (“shieldmaker, shield-bearer”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”); probably akin to English hide (“to cover”). The term squire is the result of apheresis. Compare equerry, escutcheon. Pronunciation: /ɪˈskwaɪə/, /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/ 1. A lawyer. Labels: US, usually 2. A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight. Example: I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace. Example: Esquires and gentlemen are confounded together by Sir Edward Coke, who observes that every esquire is a gentleman, and a gentleman is defined to be one qui arma gerit, who bears coat-armour, the grant of which was thought to add gentility to a man's family. It is indeed a matter somewhat unsettled what constitutes the distinction, or who is a real esquire; for no estate, however large, per se confers this rank upon its owner. 3. An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name. 4. A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public. 5. A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight Labels: archaic 6. A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants. Labels: obsolete Example: The office of the esquire consisted of several departments; the esquire for the body, the esquire of the chamber, the esquire of the stable, and the carving esquire; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests.
Word: esquire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English esquier, from Old French escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer (compare modern French écuyer (“shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman”)), from Late Latin scūtārius (“shieldmaker, shield-bearer”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”); probably akin to English hide (“to cover”). The term squire is the result of apheresis. Compare equerry, escutcheon. Pronunciation: /ɪˈskwaɪə/, /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/ 1. To attend, wait on, escort. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: esquire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French esquiere, esquierre, esquarre (“a square”) (whence modern French équerre), perhaps via a form like based esquire from bas d'esquire ("bottom of a square"), whence attested forms base (e)squire, e(s)quire bast. Pronunciation: /ɪˈskwaɪə/, /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/ 1. The lower of the halves into which a square is divided diagonally, a single gyron, but potentially larger (extending across the shield) or smaller (for example, on Mortimer's arms). Labels: rare Example: Thre pallets between ij Esquires bast dexter and sinister of the second. Example: Mortimer, Barry of 6, or & az. an inescutcheon arg. on a chief of the first 2 pallets between as many base esquires of the second.
Word: relearnt Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈləːnt/, /ɹiˈlɝnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of relearn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mario Andretti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mario+Andretti. Named after American racing driver Mario Andretti. From Italian Mario+Andretti 1. Someone who drives fast or recklessly, as if driving a race car. Labels: figuratively 2. A reckless or daring speed maneuver in a vehicle. Labels: figuratively
Word: requital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From requite + -al, 1570-1580. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/ 1. Compensation for damage or loss; amends. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love. Example: My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.
Word: ghost word Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Walter William Skeat in 1886; from ghost + word. 1. A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error. Example: Here such cases as ghost words & misglosses, secondary semantics, different etymologies for one etymon or one etymology for different etyma, and finally semantic overpermissiveness are discussed. Example: Anglo-Indian English was recognised in colonial days as having unique features, but it was never called Hobson-Jobson at that time. Therefore, this is really a ghost word, or, rather, a ghost meaning.
Word: gibbet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/ 1. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display. Example: Near-synonym: gallows Example: Thy Friends without the help of Prophecie, / Read Goals^([sic – meaning Gaols]) and Gibbets in thy Deſtiny; […] 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended. 3. A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
Word: gibbet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/ 1. To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet. Labels: transitive Example: The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part, and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town. Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if both are at dinner on the same ox or calf, but in the seasoning, the dressing, the garnishing, and the setting forth? 2. To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn. Labels: transitive
Word: benight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night. Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪt/, /bə-/ 1. To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: How far might I have been on my way by this time! I am made to tread thoſe ſteps thrice over, which I needed not to have trod but once: Yea now alſo I am like to be benighted, for the day is almost ſpent. Example: [H]e struck off the common road, to take the benefit of a nearer cut; and finding himself benighted near a village, took up his lodging at the first inn to which his horse directed him. 2. To darken; to shroud or obscure. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning; / Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air. 3. To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Can we whose souls are lighted With Wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?
Word: benighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From benight + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪtɪd/, /bə-/, [-ɾɪd] 1. Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: The Porter anſwered, This Man is in a Journey from the City of Deſtruction to Mount Zion, but being weary, and benighted, he asked me if he might lodge here to night; ſo I told him I would call for thee, who after diſcourſe had with him, mayeſt do as ſeemeth thee good, even according to the Law of the Houſe. Example: The Moon (that roves like thee) ſhou'd fail, / The Stars benighted prove, / The Sun (that burns like me) ſhou'd ceaſe / To ſhine, ere thou to love? 2. Plunged into darkness. Labels: obsolete Example: Rob the Spheare of lines vnited, / Make a ſuddaine voide in nature: / Force the day to be benighted, / Reaue the cauſe of time and creature. Example: Still we wait for thine Appearing, / Life and Joy thy Beams impart, / Chaſing all our Fears, and chearing / Ev'ry poor benighted Heart: […] 3. Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous. Labels: figuratively Example: [I]t would be difficult to name any writers who have contributed so much to promote the progress of civilization as "these illustrious authors—these friends of human nature—these kind instructers of human errors and frailties—these benevolent spirits, who held up the torch of science to a benighted world." Example: Where art thou, poor benighted Traveller! / The Stars will light thee; tho' the Moon ſhould fail. / Where art Thou, more benighted! more aſtray! / In Ways immoral? The Stars call thee back; / And, if obey'd their Counſel, ſet thee right. 4. Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: [O]thers, held very good men, are at a dead ſtand, not knovving vvhat to doe or ſay; and are therefore called Seekers, looking for nevv Nuntio's from Chriſt, to aſſoil theſe benighted queſtions, and to give nevv Orders for nevv Churches.
Word: benighted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From benight + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪtɪd/, /bə-/, [-ɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of benight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntəʊ/, /ˈbɛnˌtoʊ/ 1. A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design. Labels: also, attributive 2. Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”). 3. A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box. Labels: Singapore, broadly Example: Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes 4. A menu icon of nine squares in a grid. 5. A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.
Word: bento box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bento + box. Bento is borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō, “food to be eaten on the go; takeaway lunch served in a box”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntəʊ ˌbɒks/, /ˈbɛnˌtoʊ ˌbɑks/ 1. A partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a bento (“Japanese takeaway lunch”) is served. Example: My heart was filled with covetousness as I saw the fine old lacquer bento boxes which they produced after carefully removing many silk wrappings. Example: At every important station, boys walk along the platform carrying large trays and shouting "Bento," (prolong the o). The hungry traveler opens the window and buys a neat parcel, consisting of two wooden boxes and a long narrow envelope [containing chopsticks]. […] One of the wooden boxes is full of cold boiled rice. The other contains an assortment of things, usually including fish and pickles. To name the contents of a bento''' box and tell what each thing is made of requires an extensive knowledge of Japanese cookery. 2. Synonym of bento (“a Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box”). Example: [M]arvelous vegetable sushi—slivers of cucumber and carrot and threads of ginger rolled in cooked rice, then in leaves of seaweed and dusted with roasted white sesame seeds—which I ate one evening at Anzu, a restaurant that serves, to Dallas's satisfaction, its bento''' boxes with a Texas twang. Example: NAGANO […] Bento boxes are a great value, and there is a full sushi bar as well.
Word: psychosomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós)der. English somatic English psychosomatic From psycho- + somatic. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk/, /ˌsaɪkoʊsəˈmædɪk/ 1. Pertaining to both the mind and the body. Labels: archaic 2. Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes. Example: Even the “unconscious” frequently prefers physical problems to psychological ones as suggested by the prevalence of psychosomatic ailments: physical symptoms--for example, stomach aches--caused by an emotional problem. It has been estimated that more than 50% of a physicians’ practice involves the treatment of psychosomatic complaints.
Word: chromic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3 Labels: not-comparable
Word: chromous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chromo- + -ous. 1. of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 2 Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxidation state Part of Speech: noun 1. the state of an atom having a particular oxidation number
Word: alpenglow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A partial calque of German Alpenglühen (literally “glow of the Alps”), with the second element replaced by the English equivalent glow. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.pən.ɡloʊ/, /ˈal.pən.ɡləʊ/ 1. A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But Jim was all smiles and, as if in added welcome, alpenglow suddenly flared to flood the summit hot pink and lit up the cabin.
Word: diadem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌdɛm/ 1. An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty. Example: The Apollon wing of the Louvre has a set of historic crowns, diadems and sovereign jewellery. 2. A crown. Example: And vvhen the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouervveigh his vvearie vvitleſſe head, / And fall like mellovved fruit, vvith ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: Example: I am his firſt borne ſonne, that vvas the laſt / That vvare the Imperiall Diademe of Rome, […] 3. Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown. 4. An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.
Word: diadem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌdɛm/ 1. To adorn with a diadem; to crown. Example: The star of her destiny is the morning star of the new-born century. O’er the Golden Gate it glitters, diademming this youthful Queen of the Pacific in her robes of freedom gorgeously inlaid with gold. Example: Paul cites as an example the Macedonian churches and mentions specifically several things about their liberality which adorn their grace and crown it with beauty as the lily work diademmed the pillars of the Temple.
Word: midbrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English midbrain From mid- + brain. 1. A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion). Example: When the instinctive and subconscious world of the snake is confronted in initiation, the vital force of the snake rises and floods the second brain, the midbrain, the limbic ring.
Word: Xtianity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1634, from Christianity, replacing Christ with the abbreviation Xt (from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, the letter chi), the first letter of Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + t, the last letter of "Christ"). Compare the more common Xmas. By surface analysis, Xtian + -ity. 1. Alternative form of Xianity (“abbreviation of Christianity”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: I believe Buddhism to be a simplification of Hinduism and Islam to be a simplification of Xtianity.
Word: trees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹiːz/ 1. plural of tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trees Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tree Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: parfait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of parfit, perfect, perfecto, and perfectus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːfeɪ/, /pɑːˈfeɪ/, /ˈpɑɹfeɪ/, /pɑɹˈfeɪ/ 1. A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait. 2. An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was a parfait of puréed avocados, whipped cream, sugar and vanilla, which had been molded into a rectangle atop a peanut-butter crust and then bedecked with tiny wild strawberries. […] We were utterly transfixed, and we were quickly out of parfait. 3. A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: thixotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek θίξις (thíxis) Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor. English -tropic English thixotropic From Ancient Greek θίξις (thíxis, “touch”) + English -tropic. 1. Becoming a fluid when agitated but solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.
Word: aerial camera Part of Speech: noun 1. A camera that is placed on an aircraft or anything else that goes into the sky, used to get a bird's-eye view of locations.
Word: posited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of posit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crimen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin crīmen (“verdict; adultery; crime”). Doublet of crime. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪmən/ 1. An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1884, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 3rd Series, Volume V, page 416, Such presumptions are common in connection with crimen and affinity. Example: 2006, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, Volumes 29-30, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, page 7, Third, some might think that Michael avoids the impediment of crimen because a civil court approved his petition to deprive Terri of nutrition and hydration.
Word: pokes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəʊks/, /poʊks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of poke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pokes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəʊks/, /poʊks/ 1. plural of poke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism. Pronunciation: /pɹɒd/, /pɹɔd/, /pɹɑd/ 1. To poke, to push, to touch. Labels: transitive 2. To encourage, to prompt. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories. 3. To prick with a goad. Labels: transitive
Word: prod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism. Pronunciation: /pɹɒd/, /pɹɔd/, /pɹɑd/ 1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving. 2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument. 3. A poke. Example: "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder. 4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd. Example: The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.
Word: prod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from production. 1. Clipping of production (“the live environment”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable Example: We've hit ten million users in prod today. 2. A production; a created work. Labels: countable, slang Example: Check our BBS for the latest prods.
Word: prod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”). Labels: Ireland, UK, alt-of, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: prods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thixotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θίξις (thíxis, “touching”) + Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ, “turning”, from τρέπω (trépō, “turn, change”)) + -y. 1. The reduction of viscosity with increased shear Labels: uncountable 2. The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand. Labels: uncountable
Word: DIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Defense Intelligence Agency. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: It is still early for the US to have a comprehensive picture of the impact of the strikes, and none of the sources described how the DIA assessment compares to the view of other agencies in the intelligence community. 2. Initialism of Department of Indian Affairs. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Initialism of Denver International Airport. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DIA Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of diastolic blood pressure, found on blood pressure monitors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: scienter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”). Pronunciation: /saɪˈɛntə(ɹ)/, /saɪˈɛntɚ/ 1. deliberately, knowingly Labels: not-comparable
Word: scienter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”). Pronunciation: /saɪˈɛntə(ɹ)/, /saɪˈɛntɚ/ 1. knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent Labels: uncountable
Word: Llanelli Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Llanelli. Pronunciation: /ɬəˈnɛɬi/, /hlænˈɛθli/, /hləˈnɛθli/ 1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5000). 2. Alternative form of Llanelly: a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: charnel house Part of Speech: noun 1. A vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored. Example: It's words cast long - long shadows From the doorway of the Charnel House The ghosts of the Charnel House They were born to deathless guilt The ghosts of the Charnel House They were born to shameful night
Word: anthropodermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- English dermic English anthropodermic From anthropo- + dermic. 1. Of a book: bound in human skin. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Necronomicon is a fictional anthropodermic book.
Word: -gram Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From γράμμα (grámma, “written character, letter, that which is drawn”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæm/, /ˈɡɹeə̯m/, /ˈɡrɛə̯m/ 1. Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded. Labels: morpheme 2. A star polygon, with the number of points indicated by the numeral prefix. Labels: morpheme Example: nonagram
Word: -ide Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs. 1. Archaic form of -id. Labels: alt-of, archaic, morpheme
Word: -ide Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is. 1. Archaic form of -id. Labels: alt-of, archaic, morpheme
Word: -ide Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide Generalized in the early 19th c. from oxide (which has its ending from French acide, itself from Latin -idus in acidus), and gradually displaced earlier -uret, both introduced in the English translation of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique. Pronunciation: /aɪd/ 1. Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside. Labels: morpheme 2. A binary compound - bromide, arsenide, palladide. Labels: morpheme 3. Any of a group of several elements - lanthanide. Labels: morpheme
Word: sarabande Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda. 1. A 16th-century Spanish dance. 2. A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time. 3. The music for either of these dances.
Word: Nicole Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”). Pronunciation: /nɪˈkəʊl/, /nɪˈkoʊl/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Nicole. They were all named Ashley or Nicole or Ashley Nicole. A sultry temptress of thirteen was after poor innocent Bob who was still a child, although lately his voice had been getting deeper […] Example: She was joined at the New York City fete by fellow Trump throne-sniffer Lee Zeldin, the Long Island congressman who, like Boebert and Staten Island Representative Nicole Malliotakis, were among the cohort of coup supporters who did not vote to certify the 2020 election results—and are now fundraising off a presumptive “Trump’s Majority” in advance of next year’s midterms.
Word: hayrick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + rick. Compare Middle English heyrek (from related Old English hrēac). 1. A haystack. Example: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
Word: hayride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + ride. 1. A recreational ride in a vehicle full of hay. Labels: US
Word: hawser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hauser, haucer, from Anglo-Norman haucer, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre (“to raise”), derived from Latin altus (“high”). Altered in English by mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul. Compare French aussière, haussière. Pronunciation: /hɔːzə/, /hɔzɚ/ 1. A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship. Example: Near-synonym: mooring line Example: The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All around the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like a little mountain stream.
Word: BFPO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of British Forces Post Office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bewitched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/ 1. Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft. Example: "I have heard my grandmother tell that story, and she used also to tell another about a mill-goblin somewhere up in the country, where no one could get anything ground at the mill, it was so bewitched." 2. entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Word: bewitched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bewitch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: biomanipulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English manipulation English biomanipulation From bio- + manipulation. 1. the deliberate alteration of an ecosystem by adding or removing species, especially predators Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: air-conditioning Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of air conditioning. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: With the energy shortage bringing the need for energy conservation, buildings and air-conditionings systems must be designed to be more energy efficient, together. Example: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.
Word: air-conditioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of air-condition Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: loci Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of locie (“locomotive”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: loci Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈləʊsaɪ/, /ˈləʊkaɪ/, /ˈloʊsaɪ/, /ˈloʊkaɪ/ 1. plural of locus Labels: form-of, plural Example: Next generation sequencing or a range of nuclear loci for Sanger sequencing will be used for higher level phylogenetic questions.
Word: air conditioning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + conditioning. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹ kənˈdɪː.ʃəˌnɪŋ/ 1. The state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a consequence, the improved evaporation temperature cycle is not only applicable to a variety of air conditionings using lithium bromide absorption chillers, but also provides a way to improve energy efficiency of solar-driven absorption chiller utilizing low quality heat sources [11]. 2. An air conditioner or system of air conditioners. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This car has air conditioning.
Word: air conditioning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹ kənˈdɪː.ʃəˌnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of air condition Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: editorials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of editorial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: editors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪtɚz/, /ˈɛdɪtəz/ 1. plural of editor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ENSA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Entertainments National Services Association. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cougar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːɡə/, /ˈkuɡɚ/, [ˈkʰuɡɚ] 1. A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas. Labels: Canada, US Example: They are found in Brasil, Paraguay, and in the country of the Amazons; and there is reason to believe that the animal, described by some travellers, under the name of the Ocorome, in Peru, is the same as the cougar, as well as that in the country of the Iroquois, which has been considered as a tiger, thought it is neither striped like that animal, nor spotted like the panther. Example: The Cougar has entirely disappeared, or is very rarely met with. This animal was about the size of the wolf, of a gray color, strong, active, fierce and untameable. 2. An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang Example: A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance. Example: I am 26 years old and in a respectful but super-sexual relationship with a recent divorcée in her 40s. (A "cougar," in local slang.)
Word: succor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of succour. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: His hand, that oft the enemy did lame, / He reach't to thoſe whoſe ſuccors were diſmayde; [...]
Word: succor Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of succour. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: Say to the true believers, Sufficeth it not, that God succoreth you with three thousand of his angels? Truly, if you have patience, and fear God, he will come to succor you at need, and your Lord will assist you with five thousand of his angels sent from heaven; [...] Example: Not him alone, who seeks thy clemency, / Thou succorest, but oftentimes in sooth, / Outrunnest prayer with liberality.
Word: diets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turd Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: any time Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of anytime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: any time Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of anytime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: injurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔː.ɹɪ.əs/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɝ.i.əs/ 1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful. 2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous. Example: This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely.
Word: tenebrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: ] From Middle English tenebrose, from Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus), from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.ɪ.bɹəs/, /ˈtɛn.ə.bɹəs/ 1. Dark and gloomy; obscure. Labels: also, figuratively, literary Example: Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch,[…] Example: […]and it is inevitable that her murdered spirit become a denizen of Jerusalem's tenebrous woods.
Word: Mutt and Jeff Part of Speech: name Etymology: From characters in a comic strip by U.S. cartoonist Harry Conway ("Bud") Fisher, first published in 1908. 1. Names given to a pair of companions, usually male, of whom one is tall and the other short. Labels: US, plural, plural-only, slang Example: 1962, "Facial Farceur" (film review of A Matter of WHO), Time, 10 Aug., The bowler-hatted Terry-Thomas and Cooper's gangling American business partner (Alex Nicol) team up, Mutt-and-Jeff fashion.
Word: Mutt and Jeff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From characters in a comic strip by U.S. cartoonist Harry Conway ("Bud") Fisher, first published in 1908. 1. Synonym of good cop bad cop.
Word: Mutt and Jeff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From characters in a comic strip by U.S. cartoonist Harry Conway ("Bud") Fisher, first published in 1908. 1. Deaf. Labels: Cockney, comparable, slang
Word: sybarite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīta + English -ite (suffix forming demonyms). Sybarīta is derived from Ancient Greek Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Sŭbărī́tēs, “(noun) inhabitant of Sybaris; (adjective) decadent; self-indulgent”), from Σῠ́βᾰρῐς (Sŭ́bărĭs, “Sybaris”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming demonyms)). Sybaris, a city of Magna Graecia (the coastal parts of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers), was known for its wealth and the excesses and hedonism of its inhabitants. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪbəɹaɪt/, /ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/ 1. A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist. Example: Although the proud lord clothed himself // In purple robes and gem-stones white, // Yet Nero grew to all men’s hate // A wild and cruel sybarite. Example: Lisa (Sian Breckin), the blondest and wildest of the women; Kim (Jamie Winstone), who is ready and willing; and Tammi (Nichola Burley), the most reluctant sybarite, are from Leeds.
Word: sybarite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is a learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīta + English -ite (suffix forming demonyms). Sybarīta is derived from Ancient Greek Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Sŭbărī́tēs, “(noun) inhabitant of Sybaris; (adjective) decadent; self-indulgent”), from Σῠ́βᾰρῐς (Sŭ́bărĭs, “Sybaris”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming demonyms)). Sybaris, a city of Magna Graecia (the coastal parts of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers), was known for its wealth and the excesses and hedonism of its inhabitants. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪbəɹaɪt/, /ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/ 1. Synonym of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).
Word: huggermugger Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hugger-mugger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: huggermugger Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hugger-mugger Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Middle English swale (“a shady place, a shadow”), perhaps of North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse svalr (“cool, fresh”), Icelandic svalir (“a balcony running along a wall”). Pronunciation: /sweɪl/ 1. A low tract of moist or marshy land. 2. A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline. 3. A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch. 4. Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil. Example: The stored water creates an underground reservoir that aids plant growth for tens of feet below the swale. Swales also prevent gullies from forming by intercepting rainwater, slowing it, spreading it, and storing it in the soil. 5. A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop. Example: Jane climbed a few more paces behind him and then peeped over the ridge. Just beyond began a shallow swale that deepened and widened into a valley, and then swung to the left.
Word: swale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See sweal. Pronunciation: /sweɪl/ 1. A gutter in a candle. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: swale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See sweal. Pronunciation: /sweɪl/ 1. Alternative form of sweal (“melt and waste away, or singe”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypnagogic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French hypnagogique, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɒdʒɪk/, /-ɡɪk/, /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/, /-ˈɡoʊ-/ 1. That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous. 2. That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep. Example: But if we are in the right mood, a second of such lethargy is enough to make a hypnagogic [translating hypnagogische] hallucination appear, after which perhaps we reawaken, until the oft-repeated performance is brought to an end by sleep. Example: Very quickly it would come to seem to Lionel Hoffmann that the remainder of his life, all that was not Siri, was of little more substance than those hypnagogic images that flash against our eyelids when, in a state of exhaustion, we begin to sink into sleep.
Word: dead duck Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is in serious danger or trouble. Labels: idiomatic Example: She's a dead duck if she starts flirting with my boyfriend! 2. A project that is doomed to failure from the start. Labels: idiomatic Example: The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was a dead duck. Example: The "most important suburban line—to Clifton Down, Avonmouth Dock and Severn Beach" has, I fear, been a dead duck for years. (It still exists in 2021)
Word: egg on one's face Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested by 1948. 1. Embarrassment or humiliation; damage to one's reputation. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He really has egg on his face after that gaffe. Example: I hope the bishop of Hereford comes out of this with a great deal of egg on his face.
Word: ludology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin ludus (“game”) + -ology. By surface analysis, ludo- + -logy, although the prefix ludo- apparently derives from this word. 1. The study of games and other forms of play. Labels: uncountable Example: It also included Gonzalo Frasca's paper, “Ludologists Love Stories Too: Notes from a Debate that Never Took Place”, in which he comes out in defence of ludology and rejects the most extreme critiques by arguing that ludology's raison d'être is not at all to reject stories, but to focus on games.
Word: narratology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narrate + -ology, after French narratologie. 1. The study of narrative structure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: root kit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rootkit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: social Darwinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From social (adjective) + Darwinism (noun). Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊʃl̩ ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈdɑɹwənˌɪzəm/ 1. The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures. Labels: uncountable Example: Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fast-forward button.
Word: social butterfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to a butterfly's habit of flitting from one flower to the next. 1. A gregarious person who likes to attend parties and other social gatherings; a people person. Labels: figuratively
Word: socialise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English -ise English socialise From social + -ise. 1. Alternative form of socialize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bow tie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bowtie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bowtie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow + tie. Pronunciation: /bəʊˈtaɪ/, /ˈboʊˌtaɪ/, /boʊˈtaɪ/ 1. A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat. 2. A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road). Labels: US
Word: bowtie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bow + tie. Pronunciation: /bəʊˈtaɪ/, /ˈboʊˌtaɪ/, /boʊˈtaɪ/ 1. Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied. Labels: not-comparable Example: The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.
Word: merciless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English merciles, mercyles, equivalent to mercy + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːsɪləs/, /ˈmɝsɪləs/ 1. Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless. Example: The sun is merciless today, so please take care of yourself. Example: But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.
Word: rate tart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: rate + tart i.e., rate, as in "rate of interest", and tart, UK slang for a prostitute, referring to the promiscuity (in the sense of indiscriminate choice) of such a person. 1. A holder of a credit card or bank account who frequently and intentionally changes providers to take advantage of an offer of a low interest rate established to attract new customers. Labels: UK, derogatory, informal
Word: card tart Part of Speech: noun 1. A rate tart. Labels: UK, informal
Word: credit card tart Part of Speech: noun 1. A rate tart. Labels: UK, informal
Word: bow shock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊʃɑk/ 1. A shock wave formed by the bow of an object travelling at supersonic speed. 2. The region of the magnetosphere in which the solar wind slows from supersonic to subsonic. 3. A bow wave.
Word: bromo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bromo- Representing the base of bromine 1. containing bromine Labels: morpheme
Word: iodo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor. Proto-Hellenic *wion Ancient Greek ἴον (íon) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)der. English iodo- Derived from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”). 1. Containing iodine. Labels: morpheme
Word: fish bowl Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium. Example: We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl / Year after year 2. Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized. Labels: broadly, figuratively 3. A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. Labels: figuratively Example: John Hinkle, Outreach Consultant, observing a fishbowl conversation. Example: The fishbowl can assume several configurations. Its most common form is simply an inner ring (Group A), which is the discussion group, surrounded by an outer ring (Group B), which is the observation group 4. The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion. Labels: figuratively
Word: Friedel-Crafts reaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Charles Friedel and James Crafts. 1. a substitution reaction in which an alkyl or acyl functional group replaces a hydrogen atom of an aromatic nucleus; it is catalyzed by aluminium chloride
Word: catalyzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of catalyze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: catalyzed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having undergone catalysis.