nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laughable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *klek- Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan Old English hliehhander. Old English hlæhhan Middle English laughen, laghen English laugh Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English laughable From laugh + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈlaːfəbl̩/, /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/, /ˈlæfəbl̩/ 1. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. Labels: archaic Example: At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred. 2. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision. Example: It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody. Example: “Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he wrote.
Word: lauder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laud Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lauder From laud + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔː.də/, /ˈlɑ.dəɹ/ 1. One who lauds (communicates high praises) 2. A follower of Archbishop William Laud
Word: laudatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laudatōrius: compare Old French laudatoire. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːdətɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise. Example: laudatory verses Example: The comparison of these two passages will probably have suggested to you the fact of the immense superiority of the satirical over the laudatory powers of Dryden.
Word: laudator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin laus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laudō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin laudatorbor. English laudator Borrowed from Latin laudator. 1. One who lauds. Example: As in most speeches, exaggeration and embellishment were standard devices by which the laudator amplified his subject's virtues or vices. Example: To the extent that he is visible at all, the poet fulfils the role of laudator, not commentator on or representative of a world view.
Word: laudative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laudativus (“laudatory”): compare French laudatif. 1. laudatory
Word: laudative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laudativus (“laudatory”): compare French laudatif. 1. A panegyric; a eulogy. Labels: obsolete Example: men have entered into a purpose to enter into a laudative of learning
Word: laudation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laudatio; compare Old English taudation. See laud. Pronunciation: /lɔːˈdeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of lauding; high praise or commendation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […] Example: We know that the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians had already used the responsive form, notably form A (refrain), in their laudations and supplications.
Word: laudanum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from lādanum (“a gum resin”), from Ancient Greek λᾱ́δανον (lā́danon). Originally the same word as ladanum, labdanum, compare French laudanum, Italian laudano, ladano. Perhaps influenced by Latin laudō (“to praise”). See ladanum. Used by Paracelsus to refer to ladanum gum, and to a compound recipe containing pearls, but apparently not to any preparation of opium; this modern sense was introduced by his followers (Sigerist 1941:540–1). Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːdənəm/, /ˈlɔːdnəm/, /ˈlɒdənəm/, /ˈlɒdnəm/ 1. Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ever since my recovery from the fever I had been in the custom of taking every night a small quantity of laudanum; for it was by means of this drug only that I was enabled to gain the rest necessary for the preservation of life. Example: Whatever else was wanting to a wise man's happiness, —of laudanum I would have given him as much as he wished, and in a golden cup.
Word: laudanum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin, from lādanum (“a gum resin”), from Ancient Greek λᾱ́δανον (lā́danon). Originally the same word as ladanum, labdanum, compare French laudanum, Italian laudano, ladano. Perhaps influenced by Latin laudō (“to praise”). See ladanum. Used by Paracelsus to refer to ladanum gum, and to a compound recipe containing pearls, but apparently not to any preparation of opium; this modern sense was introduced by his followers (Sigerist 1941:540–1). Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːdənəm/, /ˈlɔːdnəm/, /ˈlɒdənəm/, /ˈlɒdnəm/ 1. To add laudanum to (a drink or the like). Labels: transitive 2. To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum. Labels: rare
Word: laudanine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laudanum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English laudanine From laudanum + -ine. Pronunciation: /lɔː.də.niːn/ 1. A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium. Labels: uncountable
Word: laudably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English laudable Middle English -ly English -ly English laudably From laudable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔː.dɪb.li/ 1. In a laudable manner. Example: Near-synonym: admirably
Word: laudableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laudable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English laudableness From laudable + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːdəbəlnɪs/ 1. The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: laughing falcon Part of Speech: noun 1. A South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans), so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing.
Word: laughing gas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its euphoric effects. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1799. 1. Nitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic. Labels: uncountable Example: "You know how matters stand, dear," said he. "I have explained it also to our friends here. You're not afraid are you?" "It won't be painful, George?" "No more than laughing-gas at the dentist's." Example: ETSC’s Belgian member VIAS institute is calling for the development of a breath test to detect when a driver has consumed nitrous oxide, known as ‘laughing gas’. Call for breath tests to detect drivers under the influence of nitrous oxide, ETSC, 20 February 2024
Word: laughing goose Part of Speech: noun 1. The European white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
Word: laughing gull Part of Speech: noun 1. A common European gull (Xema ridibundus). 2. An American gull (Leucophaeus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.
Word: laughing hyena Part of Speech: noun 1. The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta); so called because of the resemblance of its call to human laughter. Labels: informal
Word: laughing jackass Part of Speech: noun 1. The laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae. Labels: Australia, obsolete
Word: laughing owl Part of Speech: noun 1. An owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, now probably extinct, named for its cry. Example: Other birds, such as the emblematically distinctive huia and the laughing owl, followed soon after.
Word: simulacrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/, /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/ 1. A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing. Example: a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment Example: [H]e crossed the haunted Almo, renowned of yore for its healing virtues, and whose stream the far-famed simulacrum, the image of Cybele,) which fell from heaven, was wont to be laved with every coming spring; […] 2. A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance. Example: One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us forevermore! It were well for us to live not as fools and simulacra, but as wise and realities. Example: He is become a mere enchanted simulacrum of a Duke; bewitched under worse than Thessalian spells; without faculty of willing, except as she wills; his People and he the plaything of this Circe or Hecate, that has got hold of him.
Word: simulacra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin simulācra. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪmjʊəˈleɪkɹə/, /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹə/ 1. plural of simulacrum. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accurse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, from Old English acursian; equivalent to a- + curse. Pronunciation: /əˈkɜːs/, /əˈkɝs/ 1. To damn; to wish misery or evil upon Example: And the city shall be accursed. Example: Thro' you, my life will be accurst.
Word: accursed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā- + cursian, from curs (“curse”). First attested in the 13th century. Pronunciation: /əˈkɜː.sɪd/, /əˈkɝ.sɪd/ 1. Hateful; detestable, loathsome. Example: Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons. Example: Lo! they are charged with studying the accursed cabalistical secrets of the Jews, and the magic of the Paynim Saracens. 2. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized. Example: Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war Example: […]—if any one, be he who he may, attempt to alter the faith once for all delivered, let him be accursed.
Word: accursed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā- + cursian, from curs (“curse”). First attested in the 13th century. Pronunciation: /əˈkɜː.sɪd/, /əˈkɝ.sɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of accurse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accurst Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /æˈkɜːst/, /əˈkɜːst/ 1. Archaic spelling of accursed. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: accurst Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æˈkɜːst/, /əˈkɜːst/ 1. past participle of accurse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accusable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin accūsābilisbor. English accusable Borrowed from Latin accūsābilis (“accusable”), corresponding to accuse + -able; compare French accusable. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzəbl/ 1. Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable Example: If you publish that article, you are accusable of libel.
Word: accusal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsārelbor. Old French acuserbor. Middle English acusen English accuse English -al English accusal From accuse + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuː.zəl/, /əˈkju.zəl/ 1. An accusation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: accusant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin accusans, present participle of accusare. Compare French accusant. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzənt/ 1. An accuser. Labels: obsolete
Word: accusatio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin. Doublet of accusation. 1. Categoria. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: Berlinese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Berlinbor. English Berlin Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Berlinese From Berlin + -ese. Pronunciation: /bɜː(ɹ).lɪn.iːz/ 1. The regiolect spoken in the city of Berlin, Germany, and surrounding areas in Brandenburg.
Word: Berlinese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Berlinbor. English Berlin Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Berlinese From Berlin + -ese. Pronunciation: /bɜː(ɹ).lɪn.iːz/ 1. An inhabitant or a resident of the city of Berlin, Germany.
Word: arachnophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arachno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English arachnophobia From arachno- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Piecewise doublet of araneophobia. Pronunciation: /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/ 1. An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: (Editor’s note: Those who suffer from claustrophobia, kabourophobia, arachnophobia or thalassophobia are advised to skip the above trailer.)
Word: dice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Latin -os Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Latin -es Old French -s Old French desbor. Middle English dys English dice From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation. Pronunciation: /daɪs/ 1. Gaming with one or more dice. Labels: uncountable Example: Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes. Example: On the other hand, evolution is not a matter of chance, even in the sense in which a game of dice is a game of chance. 2. A die. Labels: countable Example: 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice Example: A white house set like a dice on a rock already venerable with the scars of wind and water. 3. That which has been diced. Labels: uncountable Example: Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice. Example: If your worship is inclined to take a small draught of good wine, though not very cool, I have here a calabash full of the best, and some dices of Tronchon cheese
Word: dice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Latin -os Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Latin -es Old French -s Old French desbor. Middle English dys English dice From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation. Pronunciation: /daɪs/ 1. plural of die Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Latin -os Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Latin -es Old French -s Old French desbor. Middle English dys English dice From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation. Pronunciation: /daɪs/ 1. To play dice. Labels: intransitive Example: Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week Example: For Corinius, who gave not a fig for music or dirges, but liked well of carding and dicing, had brought forth his dice box to play with the son of Corund. 2. To cut into small cubes. Labels: transitive Example: And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan.... Example: Dice the vegetables and heat in the double boiler with butter, pepper and salt. 3. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. Labels: transitive
Word: slogan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier sloggorne, slughorne, slughorn (“battle cry”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (“battle cry”), from Old Irish slóg (“army; (by extension) assembly, crowd”) + gairm (“a call, cry”). Slóg is derived from Proto-Celtic *slougos (“army, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰos, *slowgos (“entourage”); and gairm from Proto-Celtic *garsman (“a call, shout”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, shout”). The English word is cognate with Latin garriō (“to chatter, prattle”), Old English caru (“anxiety, care, worry; grief, sorrow”). Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊɡ(ə)n/, /ˈsloʊɡən/ 1. A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto. Example: "Right-ho," I [Bertie Wooster] said, not much liking the assignment, but liking less the idea of endeavouring to thwart this incandescent aunt in her current frame of mind. Safety first, is the Wooster slogan. 2. A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised. 3. A battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland. Labels: obsolete Example: His bugle Wat of Harden blew; / Pensils and pennons wide were flung, / To heaven the Border slogan rung, / "St Mary for the young Buccleuch!"
Word: safety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English savete, from Old French sauveté, from earlier salvetet, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem, from Latin salvus. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪfti/ 1. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed. Example: He managed to reach the border and escape to safety. 2. A safety lock or safety catch: a mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing or operation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] imprison him, […] / Deliver him to safety; and return, 4. An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety. 5. Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers. 6. A safety squeeze. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Boy wondered about that bunt. He had a notion Fowler would commit himself soon because time was on the go. But Fowler didn’t, making it another sweep of three Pirates. He had thus far given up only two safeties. 7. A safety shot or sequence of such shots. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That was a poor safety from Higgins. Example: After thirty minutes of safety, Selby finally potted a red, to ironic cheers. 8. A safety bicycle. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Many wheelmen and wheelwomen, riding safeties, tandems and tricycles, stopped there during the evening and we had good opportunity for comparing American and English bicycles […] Example: There are cyclists, like Mr. F. T. Bidlake, who prefer a tricycle to a safety, and to such men a long ride on a tricycle is no more fatiguing than a safety bicycle ride of the same distance.
Word: safety Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English savete, from Old French sauveté, from earlier salvetet, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem, from Latin salvus. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪfti/ 1. To secure (a mechanical component, as in aviation) to keep it from becoming detached even under vibration. Labels: transitive 2. to secure a firing pin, as in guns, to keep the gun from firing Example: Time went back to normal for him; he safetied his own weapon and dropped it, jumping forward. Example: Osborne lay propped up on one elbow, his pistol cocked, his aim wavering in the general direction the man had gone. Finally he safetied it, stuffed it in the holster on his right hip, and reached for his cell phone in his jacket pocket. But it was gone.
Word: produce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce From Middle English produce, from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead forth”), from prō- (“forth, forward”) + dūcō (“to lead, bring”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/, /pɹəˈdjuːs/, /pɹəˈdus/ 1. To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate. Labels: transitive Example: [chapter XIII, page 264:] […] the greatest jurist that his country had produced. […] [chapter XVI, page 644:] At Rome the news from Ireland produced a sensation of a very different kind. Example: Many of these caterpillars have special glands that produce secretions which are very attractive to these ants. 2. To make or yield something. Labels: intransitive Example: Now it is also my understanding, I believe I am correct in this, that either one or two other manufacturers did not produce this year, which also created a certain shortage. 3. To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection. Labels: transitive Example: It was necessary for the prisoner to produce a witness to prove his innocency. Example: The bottom of the barrel was scraped on August 22 when Shrewsbury had to produce Taunton 2-6-0 No. 6312 to work the 8.10 p.m. from Paddington between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury; the stranger was in trouble in the early hours of the next morning at Hollinswood, but managed to reach Shrewsbury. 4. To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public. Labels: transitive Example: David Tickle flew in to Melbourne to produce the quad-platinum (in Australia) LP “True Colors” and the triple gold single “I Got You”— both of which shot the band to international prominence. Example: I was just talking with someone in Bowling Green, Ohio who might produce us. 5. To extend an area, or lengthen a line. Example: to produce a side of a triangle 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong. Labels: obsolete Example: And truely there goes a great deale of providence to produce a mans life unto threeſcore; […] 7. To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing. Example: highly produced sound
Word: produce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒuːs/, /ˈpɹɒdjuːs/, /ˈpɹoʊ.dus/, /ˈpɹɑ.dus/ 1. That which is produced. Labels: uncountable 2. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms. Labels: uncountable Example: All fruits, vegetables, and dairy and poultry-yard produce are, in the Australian capitals, dear, and of very easy sale. Example: Taking a retrospect, then, of fourteen years preceding 1860, and making two periods of seven years each, the value of the exports of the produce or manufactures of this country to Australia has been, for the annual average of the first seven years, 1846-52, 2½ millions sterling; while for the second period, 1856-59, the annual average has been 11 millions. 3. Offspring. Labels: uncountable Example: With regard to the mare that has proved herself of the first class during her racing career, let us contrast the probable success of her produce […] 4. Livestock and pet food supplies. Labels: Australia, uncountable
Word: problem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”). Doublet of problema. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləm/, /ˈpɹɒblɪm/, /ˈpɹɑbləm/, /-bəm/, [-bm̩] 1. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. Example: She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism. Example: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 2. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. Example: I think he has a gambling problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse. Example: I think he has a nose candy problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse. 3. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise. Example: Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve. 4. A puzzling circumstance. 5. Objection. Example: You got a problem with that? 6. Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand. Example: You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours. 7. A set of moves required to complete a climb.
Word: problem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”). Doublet of problema. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləm/, /ˈpɹɒblɪm/, /ˈpɹɑbləm/, /-bəm/, [-bm̩] 1. Of a person or an animal, difficult to train or guide; unruly. 2. Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome. Example: It is more problem to my family than to me.
Word: problem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”). Doublet of problema. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləm/, /ˈpɹɒblɪm/, /ˈpɹɑbləm/, /-bəm/, [-bm̩] 1. To problematize. Labels: nonstandard, transitive, uncommon Example: Now, if I thought he was there, it was that at some point in time he told me that's where he would be. If that's probleming you, it's not probleming me.
Word: own Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aȝen, owen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to have, possess”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ain, awin, awn, ayn (“own”), Saterland Frisian oain (“own”), West Frisian, Dutch, and German eigen (“own”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish egen (“own”), Faroese egin (“own”), Icelandic eigin, eiginn (“own”), Norwegian Nynorsk eigen (“own”); also Ossetian исын (isyn, “to take”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B aik- (“to know, recognize”), Sanskrit ईश (īśa, “owning, possessing”). Originally past participle of the verb at hand in English owe. Pronunciation: /əʊn/, /ɑːn/, /aʊn/, /oʊn/, /uŋ/ 1. Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fathers shall not bee put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: euery man shall be put to death for his owne sinne. Example: Prospero: Fairely ſpoke ; / Sit then, and talke with her, ſhe is thine owne ; 2. Not shared. Labels: not-comparable Example: When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom. 3. Peculiar, domestic. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 4. Not foreign. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: own Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A back-formation from owner, owning and own (adjective). Compare Old English āgnian, Dutch eigenen, German eignen, Swedish ägna. Pronunciation: /əʊn/, /ɑːn/, /aʊn/, /oʊn/, /uŋ/ 1. To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset. Labels: transitive Example: I own this car. 2. To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. Labels: transitive Example: The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon. 3. To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I will own my enemies. Example: If he wins, he will own you. 4. To virtually or figuratively enslave. Labels: transitive 5. To defeat, dominate, or be above. Labels: Internet, slang 6. To illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables). Labels: slang, transitive Example: "TH15 5Y5T3M 15 0WN3D" 7. To be very good. Labels: intransitive, slang 8. To admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny. Labels: intransitive Example: I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me. Example: For instance, when I flung the cat out of an upper window (though I did it from no ill-feeling, and it didn't hurt the cat), I was ready, after a moment's reflection, to own I was wrong, as a gentleman should. 9. To acknowledge. Labels: transitive Example: I must own that I have been at fault all this time. Example: Two of those fellows you must know and own. 10. To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of. Labels: transitive Example: "Well, I'm not hiding anymore! I'm owning my girly looks with cute short pink hair!" 11. To take responsibility for. Labels: transitive Example: Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, told reporters that Democrats “own” the assassination of Mr. Kirk. When a reporter questioned her about attacks on Democrats, she cut him off. “Democrats own this,” she said. “We’re talking about Charlie Kirk right now.” 12. To recognise. Labels: transitive Example: I own him as a son of my own. 13. To claim as one's own. Labels: transitive 14. To confess. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: own Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A back-formation from owner, owning and own (adjective). Compare Old English āgnian, Dutch eigenen, German eignen, Swedish ägna. Pronunciation: /əʊn/, /ɑːn/, /aʊn/, /oʊn/, /uŋ/ 1. A crushing insult. Labels: Internet Example: the amount of bigots that just screenshot my profile thinking it's the biggest own is insane.
Word: secure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/, /sɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/, /səˈkjʊɹ/, /səˈkjɝ/, /səˈkjɔɹ/ 1. Free from attack or danger; protected. Example: The vast majority of American Jews not only greatly dislike President Trump but also believe he has made them less safe: according to a May 2019 poll, nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters believe American Jews are less secure under Trump than they were before, 71 percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and nearly 60 percent believe that he bears at least some responsibility for the synagogue shootings carried out by white nationalists in Pittsburgh and Poway. 2. Free from the danger of theft; safe. 3. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret. 4. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid. Example: But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. Example: No sooner were we up there, than the old woman dragged the ladder, by which we had ascended, away with a chuckle, as if she was now secure that we could do no mischief, and sat herself down again once more, to doze and await her master's return. 5. Firm and not likely to fail; stable. 6. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable. 7. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of. Example: secure of a welcome Example: Confidence then bore thee on, secure / Either to meet no danger, or to find / Matter of glorious trial. 8. Overconfident; incautious; careless. Labels: obsolete Example: They were secure where they ought to have been wary, and timorous where they might well have been secure. 9. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured. Example: Just when victory seemed secure, they let it slip from their grasp.
Word: secure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/, /sɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/, /səˈkjʊɹ/, /səˈkjɝ/, /səˈkjɔɹ/ 1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect. Example: I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, / Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight. 2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of. Example: to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage Example: It secures its possessor of eternal happiness. 3. To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping. Example: to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship Example: All springs for the engine and tender are of the laminated type with plates of carbon steel, which are secured in the spring buckles by a vertical centre rivet. 4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly. Example: to secure an estate Example: With the Argentinian secured United will step up their attempt to sign a midfielder and, possibly, a defender in the closing days of the transfer window. Juventus’s Arturo Vidal, Milan’s Nigel de Jong and Ajax’s Daley Blind, who is also a left-sided defensive player, are potential targets. 5. To plight or pledge. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: buffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfəl/ 1. A buffalo. Labels: obsolete Example: [the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi
Word: buffle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfəl/ 1. To puzzle; to baffle. Labels: intransitive
Word: mazard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet. Pronunciation: /ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/ 1. Head; skull. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Why ee'n ſo: and now my Lady Wormes, / Chapleſſe, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade; Example: This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]
Word: mazard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French merise (“wild cherry”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/ 1. A kind of small black cherry.
Word: loggets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɑɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɒɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɒɡəts/ 1. plural of logget Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loggets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɑɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɒɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɒɡəts/ 1. A game involving throwing pieces of wood at a stake. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggets with them?
Word: vague Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Pronunciation: /veɪɡ/, /væɡ/ 1. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms. Example: It follows from what has been said that a vague thought has more likelihood of being true than a precise one. To try and hit an object with a vague thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a lump of putty: when the putty reaches the target, it flattens out all over it, and probably covers the bull's eye along with the rest. To try and hit an object with a precise thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a bullet. The advantage of the precise thought is that it distinguishes between the bull's eye and the rest of the target. Example: Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were vague and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts. 2. Not having a precise meaning. Example: a vague term of abuse 3. Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight. Example: only a vague notion of what’s needed Example: a vague hint of a thickening waistline 4. Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious. Example: a vague longing Example: ⁠For though my nature rarely yields ⁠To that vague fear implied in death; ⁠Nor shudders at the gulfs beneath, The howlings from forgotten fields; […] 5. Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely. Example: Waxed-fleshed out-patients / Still vague from accidents, / And characters in long coats / Deep in the litter-baskets […] 6. Lacking expression; vacant. 7. Not sharply outlined; hazy. Example: He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps. 8. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. Example: The Lord Gray incourag'd his men to set sharply upon the vague villains Example: She danced along with vague, regardless eyes, / Anxious her lips, her breathing quick and short: [...]
Word: vague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Pronunciation: /veɪɡ/, /væɡ/ 1. An indefinite expanse. Example: The gray vague of unsympathizing sea / That dragged his fancy from her moorings back / To shores inhospitable of eldest time. 2. A wandering; a vagary. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]he Scots had some leasure to plaie their vagues
Word: vague Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Pronunciation: /veɪɡ/, /væɡ/ 1. to wander; to roam; to stray. Labels: archaic Example: [The soul] doth vague and wander. 2. To become vague or act in a vague manner. Example: Vaguely, yes. I've vagued all my life; that's been my curse. Example: A man's mind vagued up a little, for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? 3. To make vague negative comments publicly; to make highly veiled complaints or insults. Labels: Internet, intransitive
Word: accusatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accūsātor Latin -ius Latin accūsātōriusder. Middle French accusatoriebor. ▲ Latin accūsātōriusbor. Middle English accusatorie English accusatory From Middle English accusatorie, from Middle French accusatorie and its etymon Latin accūsātōrius. By surface analysis, accuse + -atory. Pronunciation: /əˈkju.zəˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation. Example: This conclusion will certainly be strengthened by reading the accusatory speech composed by Deinarchus […] Example: Had she heard the same Bob Dylan singing “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” his accusatory song about the fatal caning of a 51-year-old black barmaid by a young white patrician, “The Help” might have ventured outside its harsh yet still comfortable, reader-friendly world.
Word: accuser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accūsātorbor. Old French accusourbor. Middle English acuser English accuser Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre. Equivalent to accuse + -er. Doublet of accusator. Pronunciation: /əˈkju.zɚ/, /əˈkjuː.zə/ 1. One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Word: Muscovite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/ 1. An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow. 2. A Russian. Labels: archaic, broadly
Word: Muscovite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/ 1. Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places. Labels: not-comparable 2. Russian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pop culture Part of Speech: noun 1. Popular culture. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A sequel of this magnitude has the ability to reach higher, though, with more creative worldbuilding balancing out the dime-a-dozen pop culture references and cheap gags.
Word: pop Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal. Pronunciation: /pɒp/, /pɑp/ 1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle. Example: Pop, would go one of the eight-inch guns; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech - and nothing happened. Example: So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged and then he scrooged again and scrabbled and scratched and scraped, working busily with his little paws and muttering to himself, 'Up we go! Up we go!' till at last, pop! his snout came out into the sunlight, and he found himself rolling in the warm grass of a great meadow.
Word: pop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From papa or poppa. Pronunciation: /pɒp/, /pɑp/ 1. One's father or sometimes one's grandfather. Labels: colloquial, endearing Example: My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.
Word: pop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of popular. Pronunciation: /pɒp/, /pɑp/ 1. Popular. Labels: attributive, not-comparable
Word: pop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of popular. Pronunciation: /pɒp/, /pɑp/ 1. Pop music. Labels: uncountable
Word: pop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of population. Pronunciation: /pɒp/, /pɑp/ 1. Population. Labels: uncountable Example: GUNNISON 35.5m. (153 alt., 484 pop.), is larger than the usual plantation town, having several stores instead of one.
Word: pop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope. Pronunciation: /pɒp/, /pɑp/ 1. A Russian Orthodox parish priest. Labels: uncommon Example: There was at that time in the house of the Consul a Pop (or Russian Priest) named Iwan Afanassich. Example: The contemporary priest's... own children are ashamed and some abusers are openly "transmitting the pop" (a gesture of mocking the priest on the street, where a man would touch his private parts while smiling at other passers-by)
Word: POP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of persistent organic pollutant. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable Example: One commonly used POP (persistent organic pollutant), organochlorine, may be responsible for contaminating the world's seafood supply, since pesticides can run off the land into streams, lakes, and reservoirs. 2. Acronym of picture outside of picture. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of point of presence. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable 4. Acronym of Point of Purchase. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable 5. Acronym of probability of precipitation. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 6. Acronym of progestogen-only pill or progestin-only pill. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable
Word: POP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Pacific Ocean Park. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day / And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A 2. Acronym of Post Office Protocol. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: POP Part of Speech: adj 1. Acronym of post office preferred, denoting a standard envelope size. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: culdesac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cul-de-sac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: telluric current Part of Speech: noun 1. An extremely low frequency electrical current that occurs naturally over large underground areas at or near the surface of the Earth.