nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: possibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The quality of being possible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.' 2. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 3. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange. 4. Capability, power or capacity to act. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke.
Word: excrete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“separate”). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈskɹiːt/, /ɪkˈskɹiːt/ 1. To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.
Word: oo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representation of a long-o sound. 1. (Ω, ω) The Greek letter omega. Labels: obsolete Example: Then came ther downe goodly ladyes tweyne […] And seyde, the gret Alpha & Oo most souereyne […] had hem thedyr sent.
Word: oo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, resembling its call. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.əʊ/, /ˈoʊ.oʊ/ 1. Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct. Example: On this visit I made careful inquiries as to the success of Mr. Gay's efforts to raise the "Oo" bird on this island. Example: Several years earlier, she had arranged to bring three pairs of the rapidly vanishing ʻōʻō bird from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i, hoping they would form a new colony.
Word: oo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See ooh. Pronunciation: /uː/ 1. Alternative form of ooh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: privy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”). Doublet of private. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪvi/ 1. Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. Labels: historical Example: The king retreated to his privy chamber. Example: the privy purse 2. Secret, hidden, concealed. Labels: archaic Example: Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts. 3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on. Example: He was privy to the discussions. Example: William understood Diana more but idealized her less. He was privy to her volatile love life. He knew the tabloids made her life hell, but he also knew she colluded with them.
Word: privy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”). Doublet of private. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪvi/ 1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse). 2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet. Example: To counteract these degrading effects he advised that the privy should be in every house the room nearest to heaven, […]. 3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. Example: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean... 4. A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
Word: insurgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“to rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“to rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/, /ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt/ 1. Rebellious, opposing authority. Labels: not-comparable Example: The insurgent provinces. Example: Afghan National Police, backed by U.S.-led coalition forces, detained an insurgent leader during a raid in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, a U.S. military statement said. 2. Of water: surging or rushing in. Labels: not-comparable Example: Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves.
Word: insurgent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“to rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“to rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/, /ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt/ 1. One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
Word: silver screen Part of Speech: noun 1. An early type of cinema screen which had a coating of silver or another shiny metal. Labels: historical Example: The smooth silver screen is well suited to color reproduction for its metallic particles emphasize colors and increase brightness above the level of the matte white screen. Example: The Leonard H. Goldenson Theater at the Academy of Television Arts and Science (ATAS) was converted to a contemporary 8/70 venue, utilizing a projection system from MegaSystems and a silver screen from Harkness Hall. 2. Any cinema screen onto which films are projected. 3. Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Stars of the stage and the silver screen gathered for the awards ceremony. Example: Andy Warhol, silver screen / Can't tell them apart at all
Word: artificial language Part of Speech: noun 1. A constructed language. 2. A formal language. Example: It is theoretically possible that structural ambiguity could be filtered out of natural languages. In (3)-(8) unambiguous paraphrases in English were given; perhaps structurally unambiguous paraphrases in English are always available. But it is unclear whether precise rules could be given which would effect this filtering. One can see why logicians might prefer artificial languages: they are constructed from the ground up in such a way that structural ambiguity is impossible. Example: The question remains open whether such a result could be achieved merely by tinkering with a natural language, or whether it requires starting from scratch. The idea of starting from scratch, constructing an artificial language constrained only by the demands of logic, has inspired a philosophical tradition (though one whose merits are nowadays being questioned). Russell, for example, coined the expression "philosophical logic" to represent his view that the workings of natural language, and of our thought, could be adequately represented only by an artificial language, the language of his Principia Mathematica. 3. A computer language.
Word: constructed language Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹʌktəd ˈlaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language. Example: So if the constructed language is machine code, that is very fine, because the syntax (the grammar) is very simple and the meaning of each instruction can be verified [...] Example: Considering the versatility of natural language, it is indeed astonishing that constructed languages like algebra and programming languages were introduced and became successful. 2. A human language that has been consciously devised by an individual or a group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as part of a culture like a natural language. Example: The first practical constructed language was the south-west German Pastor Schleyer's Volapük from 1879; its complicated grammar and irregular vocabulary made learning difficult, however. The most successful has been Esperanto, devised by the Warsaw ophthalmologist Ludwig Zamenhof in 1887, that today can count some one million speakers. Example: [...] Unas Language from the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 is a simplistic constructed language that lends itself to quick, sharp sentences. 3. Any language used by people, as opposed to less civilized means of communication, such as the socialization between animals. Labels: archaic Example: It has been said that— when I made the observation, that if they were not married they ought to be—I endeavoured to stab their reputation. Now, I'll prove that I endeavoured to do nothing of the sort. [...] I'll prove it by logic, and I defy all the mathematicians in the habitable globe to known it down. I'll prove it by the regular mathematical construction of the English language, and will any man tell me there's any constructed language in the universe more mathematically regular than that? Example: Who does not understand, as single parts of speech, all the common combinations which serve to connect and carry on construction, such as in-consequence-of, on-this-account, [...], and the like? Indeed, we are entitled to say of ordinary common-place speakers, that as they scarcely use constructed language except in forms already existing, so, with them, each thought finds an immediate sign in some familiar sentence; but then, be it observed, the parts which compose the sign have ceased to be separately significant: the sentences so used have been brought back to the condition of original or natural language, that of exclamations, — they have ceased to be logical, by having become purely rhetorical.
Word: Yahudi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy). 1. A Jew. Labels: derogatory, often, rare
Word: Sindarin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Developed by J. R. R. Tolkien as a language in his fantasy works, in which the word Sindarin itself is not of Sindarin origin: it is a term in Quenya (another of Tolkien's constructed languages), derived from Sindar, the Quenya name for the people who spoke it, which in turn is derived from sinda (“grey”). 1. A constructed language, partly inspired by Welsh, spoken by certain elves and others in J. R. R. Tolkien's works.
Word: verbatim Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/, /vəɹˈbeɪ.tɪm/ 1. Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word. Example: […] in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.¹²⁰ 2. Orally; verbally. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: I […]am not able Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen
Word: verbatim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/, /vəɹˈbeɪ.tɪm/ 1. Corresponding with the original word for word. Example: Date unknown: Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States, General Statement of Procedure for Verbatim Reporting of Proceedings in Senate Chamber, page five: 2. Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand. Example: Some States require voice writers to pass a test and to earn State licensure. As a substitute for State licensure, the National Verbatim Reporters Association offers three national certifications to voice writers: Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), the Certificate of Merit (CM), and Real-Time Verbatim Reporter (RVR). Earning these certifications is sufficient to be licensed in States where the voice method of court reporting is permitted.
Word: verbatim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/, /vəɹˈbeɪ.tɪm/ 1. A word-for-word report of a speech.
Word: Gandalf Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse mythology Gandalfr (“elf familiar”). It may be reinforced by various similar names in Medieval Latin, like a few saints and clergymen. Pronunciation: /ˈɡændɑlf/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages known in history, and in the books of Tolkien, but not usually bestowed on children.
Word: Gimli Part of Speech: name Etymology: A name from Old Norse. 1. A male given name. 2. A town in Manitoba, Canada.
Word: triage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French trier Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French triagebor. English triage Borrowed from French triage, from trier (“to sort”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/, /ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/, /tɹiˈɑʒ/ 1. Assessment or sorting according to quality, need, etc., especially to determine how resources will be allocated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let us think of triage, and remember the word's origins. It began with French wool growers in the eighteenth century, but its most illuminating use comes from eighteenth century coffee bean growers, who sorted their beans into best, middling, and broken. The last category came to be known as 'triage coffee.' In war we attend to the most seriously wounded first, which is how most of [us] understand the word today. […] Therefore to protect the best and the middling, we must sell off our 'triage coffee.' Example: [Mike Davis] notes that the 'late capitalist triage of humanity' has 'already taken place'. 2. The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A facility within a hospital that screens walk-in patients and determines which department or clinic to send them to. (See also triage center.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I knew where most of the medical supplies were kept. I went to triage. The room was chaos. Example: Triage was busy and noisy, and suddenly I had no energy. 4. The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 5. That which is picked out, especially broken coffee beans. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A marshalling yard, classification yard. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Similarly, any group of sidings is known to army railway personnel as a "triage". This word is derived from the French verb trier, which means literally "to sort," and hence "triage" has become the common army expression for a marshalling yard.
Word: triage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French trier Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French triagebor. English triage Borrowed from French triage, from trier (“to sort”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/, /ˈtɹi.ɑʒ/, /tɹiˈɑʒ/ 1. To subject to triage; to prioritize. Example: Then, over 2001 and '02, he laid off 150 employees at MGI Software, a company he'd first "triaged" as a consultant for NPV Associates with his partner and fellow UCC alumnus Henry Eaton, before stepping in as CEO. Firing 30 per cent of the work force was necessary to save the company, insists NPV principal partner Eaton. Example: With the ambulance service the calls are triaged, so your response time can be anything from six minutes for a life-threatening call to an hour and a half for a broken limb.
Word: xerophthalmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xero- + ophthalmia. 1. A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Disneyfication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Disney + -ification, referring to the American mass media and entertainment conglomerate Disney. Compare earlier Disneyfied and later Disneyfy. 1. The act or process whereby something is Disneyfied. Labels: uncountable Example: He may even be having his first doubts about the neon chrome artyfake Disneyfication of America. Example: Cultural diversity mirrors the biological and geographical diversity of our planet. ’Disneyfication’, like economic globalization, tends to ride roughshod over local variety. So baseball hats, blue jeans and running shoes become the uniform of teenagers in both Budapest and Bangalore while Western TV shows promote the illusion of limitless wealth.
Word: guardian angel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: guardian + angel 1. A tutelary angel watching over a particular person (and sometimes rescuing them) in monotheistic contexts. Example: I think your guardian angel was working overtime this week. You're lucky to be unscathed. Example: "We may call them 'guardian angels' as the Catholics do, or 'guides' or 'controls', but whatever you call them, they really do exist and they guard us from evil on the spiritual plane." 2. A person who benevolently watches over another or rescues them. Labels: figuratively Example: The guy who came upon the accident scene was my guardian angel. He doused the flames and called the paramedics. Example: I don't know when you appointed yourself my guardian angel, but I can take care of my own self, thank you very much!
Word: anagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/ 1. A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. Example: As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.
Word: anagram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/ 1. To form anagrams.
Word: grimoire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French grimoire, a variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar; grimoire; conjurer, magician”), from Latin grammatica (“grammar; philology”), from grammaticus (“relating to grammar, grammatical”), from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grămmătĭkós, “knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism”), from γράμμα (grámma, “that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives). γράμμα is derived from γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to cut into, scratch; to draw, paint; to write”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix added to verbal stems forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grammar. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪmwɑː/, /ˈɡɹɪmˌwɑːɹ/ 1. A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons. Example: There is something exceedingly unpleasant in being obliged to answer "No," to a traveller's "Pray, Sir, were you ever abroad?" and to sit mum-chance all the time that he is running over the "grimoire" of outlandish technicalities. For my own part, I am convinced that man is, par excellence, a travelling animal; [...] Example: One day, a curate of the neighbourhood of Bayeux, who kept up a constant intercourse with the devil, left his grimoire thoughtlessly on the table. His domestic, a lad who was very curious, had long sought an opportunity to open the mysterious book. [...] Scarcely had he pronounced a certain word, which presented itself accidentally to his eyes, when the devil suddenly made his appearance in the form of a great black man, with red eyes, and a terrible mouth. [...] The poor man was nearly dead with fright, and promised readily that he would never again read in the grimoire.
Word: anyways Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ 1. In any way or respect, at all. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: it behoves them[…]to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […]. Example: ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government 2. Anyway, anyhow, in any case. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, conjunctive, informal, not-comparable Example: "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."
Word: devilish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian düvelsk, düüwelsk (“devilish”), West Frisian duvelsk (“devilish”), Dutch duivels (“devilish”), German Low German düvelsk (“devilish”), German teuflisch (“devilish”), Danish djævelsk (“devilish”), Swedish djävulsk (“devilish”), Norwegian djevelsk (“devilish”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/, /ˈdɛvɪlɪʃ/ 1. Resembling a devil. Example: Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, / And in deteſting ſuch a diueliſh Thiefe, / In loue of honor and defence of right / Be arm’d againſt the hate of ſuch a foe, / Whether from earth, or hell, or heauen he grow. Example: [C]urrently incarcerated Stinc Team members Ketchy the Great, SaySoTheMac, and Bambino; the devilish and gravelly Almighty Suspect; red-clad Inglewooder and headband connoisseur FreeAckrite; baby-faced Martin Luther King Park loiterer Johnny Rose; […] 2. Evil, wicked. Example: For I abhore to smatter / Of one so deuyllysshe a matter. Example: [S]ome turne agayne by grace frõ their deadly hereſies into yͤ life of faith, ⁊ ſome be ſo ſore nowſeled in the falſe hereſies, ⁊ in their obſtinate frowardneſſe take ſuch a deueliſhe delight, yͭ finally thei die therin as did Baifield, Bainã, ⁊ Tewkeſbury. 3. Roguish or mischievous. Example: a devilish grin Example: [S]he gave me that lovely devilish smile that said: I like liberty, and not necessarily accountability. 4. Excessive, extreme. Labels: informal Example: A devilish effort yielded a devilish success. Example: I had a devilish time moving the wardrobe downstairs.
Word: devilish Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English develissh, develyssh, equivalent to devil + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian düvelsk, düüwelsk (“devilish”), West Frisian duvelsk (“devilish”), Dutch duivels (“devilish”), German Low German düvelsk (“devilish”), German teuflisch (“devilish”), Danish djævelsk (“devilish”), Swedish djävulsk (“devilish”), Norwegian djevelsk (“devilish”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛvəlɪʃ/, /ˈdɛvɪlɪʃ/ 1. Devilishly; very; exceedingly. Labels: dated, informal Example: It was devilish hot outside today. Example: Only I wish it had gone the other way for it's devilish awkward for me as it happens.
Word: gut-wrenching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gut + wrenching. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌt ˌɹɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Sickening. Labels: idiomatic 2. Difficult to tolerate. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Bukhara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian بخارا (buxārā), ultimately from Sogdian. Pronunciation: /buˈkɑːɹə/ 1. The regional capital of the Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century BCE. 2. A region of Uzbekistan.
Word: minotaur Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Minotaure, Mynataur, mynatour, Mynotaur, Mynotawre; see Minotaur. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Minotaur. Labels: Greek, alt-of
Word: minotaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Minotaure, Mynataur, mynatour, Mynotaur, Mynotawre; see Minotaur. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/ 1. Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.
Word: 'twill Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of "(i)t will". Pronunciation: /twɪl/ 1. Contraction of it + will. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic Example: Mercutio:No: 'tis not so deepe as a well, nor so wide as a Church doore, but 'tis inough, ’twill serue: aske for me to morrow, and you shall find me a graue man. Example: “You get the Red Room, Kipper.” “Right-ho.” “I had it last year. ’Tis not as deep as a well nor as wide as a church door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve,” I said, recalling a gag of Jeeves’s.
Word: passenger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger). Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒə/, /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ 1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. Example: It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Example: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. 2. Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work. Labels: UK, informal 3. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year. 4. A migratory bird, a bird of passage. Labels: obsolete Example: Meander, thou my faithfull Counſellor, Declare the cauſe of my conceiued griefe, Which is (God knowes) about that Tamburlaine: That like a Foxe in midſt of harueſt time, Dooth pray vppon my flockes of Passengers: […] 5. A passer-by; a wayfarer. Labels: obsolete Example: These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase. Example: [The boys] have taken possession of the turnpike road to play the before-mentioned games, to the serious inconvenience of the passengers, one of whom, a woman, was yesterday knocked down by a nurr which struck her in the head. 6. A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat. Labels: obsolete 7. A moth, Dysgonia algira 8. Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.
Word: passenger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger). Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒə/, /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ 1. To ride as a passenger in a vehicle. Labels: intransitive
Word: u's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of u (“the letter u”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wif Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Alteration of with. Pronunciation: /wɪf/ 1. with Labels: dialectal, informal, nonstandard Example: That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes. Example: I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps.
Word: wid Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Variant of with. Pronunciation: /wɪd/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of with. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, regional Example: “An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?” Example: 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Z2ZgNkU5r18C&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&sig=_ZQWa7a1p_C4jGCG0woMSdujZhw Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.
Word: 've Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of have. Pronunciation: /v/, /əv/, /ə/ 1. Have (in its sense marking the perfect or retrospective aspect). Labels: clitic Example: Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011). 2. Have (in its other uses). Labels: clitic Example: Do n’t tell me you ‘have n’t got time,’ / That other things claim your attention; / There ’s not the least reason or rhyme / In the wisest excuse you can mention: / Do n’t tell me about ‘other fish,’ / Your duty is done when you buy ’em; / And you never will relish the dish, / Unless you ’ve a woman to ‘fry ’em.’ Example: "...Where's the ladies' in this joint? I've to powder me nose."
Word: coronary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin corōnārius, from corōna (“crown”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹənɛɹi/, /ˈkɒɹən(ə)ɹi/ 1. Pertaining to a crown or garland. Labels: obsolete Example: The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations. Example: The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. 2. Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.
Word: coronary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin corōnārius, from corōna (“crown”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹənɛɹi/, /ˈkɒɹən(ə)ɹi/ 1. Any of the coronary vessels; a coronary artery or coronary vein. 2. Ellipsis of coronary thrombosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass. Example: Before each crisis I mentioned, we first experienced what could be called a “mild” heart attack, alerting us that we had gone to extremes and stripped away buffers that had protected us from catastrophic failure. In each case, though, we did not take that warning seriously enough — and in each case the result was a full global coronary. 3. A small bone in the foot of a horse.
Word: spiritual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. Example: Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice. 2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit. Example: Brethren, if a man bee ouertaken in a fault: yee which are spirituall, restore such a one in the spirit of meeknesse, considering thy selfe least thou also be tempted. Example: I suppose that’s not surprising, given the spiritual milieu in which I grew up. My mother gasped in sorrow at any news of a bombing in Israel and appropriately “oy veyed” when a Jew was accused of a crime, but she couldn’t tell you what the Shabbat blessing meant. 3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural. Example: Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film. 4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal. Example: a spiritual substance or being Example: It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual. 6. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical. Example: the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
Word: spiritual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/ 1. A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song. 2. Any spiritual function, office, or affair. Example: He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.
Word: 'd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of would or had. Pronunciation: /d/, [d], [d̚] 1. Contraction of had, as an auxiliary verb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Example: He’d done his best, but it hadn't been enough. Example: You’d seen it before anyone else had. 2. Contraction of had, as a main verb, but not a phrasal verb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Example: I'd no reason to doubt him. Example: “He’s a dear little man,” said Cynthia. “I’d no idea you knew him.” 3. Contraction of would or should. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, contraction Example: I’d like to help, but I have no time. Example: John’d prefer not to go out tonight. 4. Contraction of did. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clitic, colloquial, contraction Example: Hey, where’d everybody go? Why’d they take off? Example: Why the hell'd you do that?
Word: what's Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wɒts/, /wʌts/, /wɑts/, /ʍʌts/, /ʍɑts/ 1. What is. Labels: contraction Example: What’s going on? 2. What has. Labels: contraction Example: What’s that got to do with it? 3. What does. Labels: contraction Example: What’s that mean?
Word: when's Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wɛnz/ 1. Contraction of when + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: When's the next train? 2. Contraction of when + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: When's he said he's coming? 3. Contraction of when + does. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: When's the next train arrive? 4. Contraction of when + was. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: When's the last time you went snorkeling?
Word: iffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From if + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɪfi/ 1. Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. Labels: slang Example: He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me. 2. Uncertain or chancy; risky. Example: The weather is still iffy for Saturday's rocket launch. Example: That potato salad smells a bit iffy. Don't chance it — it's not worth salmonellosis.
Word: explain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō (“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex- (“out”) + planō (“to flatten, make level”), from planus (“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced Old English reċċan. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspleɪn/, /ɛkˈspleɪn/, /ɛksˈplen/, /ɛksˈplɛjn/ 1. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. Labels: transitive Example: The issue was explained to the governor in detail. Example: The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained. 2. To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of. Labels: transitive Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]. 3. To make flat, smooth out. Labels: obsolete 4. To unfold or make visible. Labels: obsolete Example: April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter The horse-chestnut is […] ready to explain its leaf. 5. To make something plain or intelligible. Labels: intransitive Example: She tried to explain but he wouldn’t listen. Example: It is easy to modify the account to take this into account, by explaining not just in terms of a set of reasons but in terms of a set of reason–weight pairs.
Word: niffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From niff + -y. 1. Having a bad smell. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: The gym locker room always smells niffy after a workout. Example: There was a niffy smell coming from the old boots in the corner.
Word: whiffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whiff + -y. 1. Having a bad smell. Labels: colloquial Example: The whiffy smell of the compost pile made me turn away. Example: The clothes smelled whiffy after being left in the damp laundry room.
Word: stiffy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stiff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪfi/ 1. An erection of the penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Fred's got a bulge in his pants — you can tell that he's got a stiffy. 2. A computer floppy disk of the kind supplied in a stiff plastic outer shell. Labels: South-Africa Example: Never leave home without a spare stiffy disc in your bag. 3. An extended magazine of a gun. Labels: slang Example: Oh you know I like to mac When they don’t talk back I'll be there in a jiffy with a stiffy Example: Niggas iffy, uh, blicky got the stiffy, uh 4. A rigidly conformative person; a square or goody-goody.
Word: explanation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain. Morphologically explain + -ation. Displaced native Old English racu. Pronunciation: /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, /ˌekspləˈnæɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of explaining. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The explanation was long and drawn-out. 2. Something that explains or makes understandable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found. Example: The socialist will, of course, see in this merely a proof that the more intelligent person is today bound to become a socialist. But this is far from being the necessary or even the most likely explanation. 3. A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This little explanation with Mr. Knightley gave Emma considerable pleasure.
Word: biggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English big Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English biggy From big + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡi/ 1. Something large in size in comparison to similar things. Labels: colloquial Example: The wardrobe is the biggy – we'd better move that first. Example: There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies. 2. Something impressive in comparison to similar things. Labels: colloquial Example: Here's the biggy: she's only getting divorced! 3. Big deal. Labels: colloquial Example: - Dude, I forgot to return your book! - No biggie: I don't need it for another week. 4. A person of importance or power, especially in the entertainment industry. Labels: colloquial
Word: gobshite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒbˌʃaɪt/ 1. One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation. Labels: Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: What’s that gobshite talking about now? Example: That whereas for anie time this foure and twentie yeare they haue plaid the fantasticall gub-shites and goose-giblets in Print, […] 2. A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character. Labels: Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: LaTisha […] left school a head-banging argumentative gobshite with no qualifications who wouldnʼt take no orders from no one. Example: “Water Lily of the Nile. That is what they call it. It’s a medicinal flower. It’s a narcotic that the Egyptians used to bury with their dead in order to help ease the sufferings of the afterlife. And according to the Compendium Narcoticum, it is the only drug that helps with the pain of being a wraith. Very hard to come by. And it is said that those little gobshites will do anything for it.” 3. Nonsense; speech or writing that is untrue, meaningless, or otherwise unwelcome. Labels: Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: “You do work on the brick when you raise it. The Earth doesn’t do work on the brick as it falls.” With all due respect, that’s a load of gobshite, John. Example: Aw they were always talking gobshite as far as I was concerned, but for most bods, if it was in black and white it was true.
Word: figgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fig + -y. However, figgy pudding has a different origin; see Figgy pudding#Etymology on Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡi/ 1. Of or like figs. Example: This cake has a figgy taste. 2. Containing figs.
Word: ciggy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡi/ 1. A cigarette. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: “Open early and close up late, get people before work and get people after work, not just the dear bloody housewifes going out for a packet of ciggies and a chit-chat.”
Word: get jiggy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the up-and-down movement made during sexual intercourse. 1. To have sexual intercourse. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: The two of them are getting jiggy in the bedroom. Example: He told that girl he wants to get jiggy with her. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, jiggy. Example: When da beat drops Jus keep swingin' it Get jiggy, get crunked up
Word: piggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pig + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡi/ 1. A pig (the animal). Labels: childish Example: This little piggy went to market. Example: "Where might you come from?" When she had got a satisfactory answer to this, she continued, while she repeatedly addressed herself to the young pigs: "Ah, so! you are at school at the parson's, eh! - hush, hush! little piggies then!" 2. A guinea pig. Labels: childish Example: If you're dead-set on breeding your piggies, here are some things to remember and purchase[…] 3. A toe. Labels: childish, slang Example: He has such cute piggies! 4. A pig (greedy person). Labels: derogatory, endearing Example: Can't you finish your dinner? You've been a piggy, haven't you? 5. A member of the police. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang 6. Paypig. Labels: endearing
Word: piggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pig + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡi/ 1. Resembling a pig. 2. Resembling a pig. Example: He himself, who had always tried to be gentle and good (whatever “good” meant in this crazy world), had married Lina, who had developed into a silent, piggy woman, and had gotten Seth by her. 3. Resembling a pig. Example: Finding quality flms of a sexual nature is difficult. Many of the films we have investigated for this program are down-right piggy. I wanted films of a sensual interest that also had some political sensibilities, especially in regards to women.
Word: frenuloplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English frenul(um) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -plasty English frenuloplasty From frenul(um) + -o- + -plasty. 1. Plastic surgery of the frenulum.
Word: brickie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪki/ 1. A bricklayer. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang
Word: Dickie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dick English -ie English Dickie From Dick + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪki/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Dick, a short form of the male given name Richard. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: gob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒb/, /ɡɑb/ 1. A lump of soft or sticky material. Labels: countable Example: 1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309, These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell. 2. Saliva or phlegm. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement. 3. A whoopie pie. Labels: US, countable, regional 4. A large amount. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: gobs of money Example: The story of “Strangers” is a cliché of well-to-do Manhattan: Husband makes gobs of money. Wife, despite her august educational pedigree, stays at home to raise the kids, relinquishing career and otherwise idling in the make-work realm of school boards and volunteering.
Word: gob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒb/, /ɡɑb/ 1. To gather into a lump. Example: 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60, I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water. 2. To spit, especially to spit phlegm. Labels: ambitransitive, slang
Word: gob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Irish gob, Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, mouth”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒb/, /ɡɑb/ 1. The mouth. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food. Example: Oi, you, shut your gob!
Word: gob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /ɡɒb/, /ɡɑb/ 1. Waste material in old mine workings, goaf. Labels: uncountable Example: This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof.
Word: gob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /ɡɒb/, /ɡɑb/ 1. To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine. Labels: intransitive