nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Disciple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A proprialization of disciple. 1. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ. 2. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles. 3. Ellipsis of Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: dead donkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the saying that no one ever sees a dead donkey, hence a rarity. This then became a stock example of a slow-news-day story, which was popularized by the title of the British sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey. 1. A rarity. Example: A dead bore is as rare a phenomenon as a dead donkey or a dead attorney. Example: “No,” rejoined Sam, triumphantly. “Nor never vill; and there's another thing that no man never see, and that’s a dead donkey—no man never see a dead donkey, ’cept the gen’l’m’n in the black silk smalls as know’d the young ’ooman as kept a goat; and that wos a French donkey, so wery likely he warn’t vun o’ the reg’lar breed.” 2. A news item of no real significance, usually of whimsical or sentimental nature, placed at the end of a news bulletin or in a newspaper as filler. A dead donkey can often be removed from the programme or publication if a more significant story needs extra time or space. Example: Swap these ages around to produce a 59-year-old father and a 45-year-old mother and what was previously a hot news story becomes a dead donkey. Example: Those are the people who should have some protection from media excesses, even if only to gain some form of compensation for the damage sustained once the media has left and they, like the proverbial dead donkey, are dropped, their lives in tatters, because they were used by the media in an unsavoury ciruclation or viewing war. 3. Something useless on which time or effort is wasted. Example: What, if you like, could be more sensational than the fact that the ancient island of Cythera, " sacred," as Lemrière says, "to the Goddess Venus, who rose, as some suppose, from the sea, near its coasts," has been quite happily governed for three months by an assembly of islanders under the presidency of a local lawyer ? But the papers prefer to go on flogging the same old dead donkeys. Example: Happily he cannot effect this object for Haldane has a backbone and will go straight on regardless of all the old boys and professors who beat your "dead donkeys of pedantic professionalism".
Word: grumpily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grumpy Middle English -ly English -ly English grumpily From grumpy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌmpɪli/ 1. In a grumpy manner; in a cranky manner. Example: A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, "Have to get something better this trip, Edmund."
Word: grumpiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of grumpy: most grumpy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: grumpier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of grumpy: more grumpy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: eavesdropper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eavesdrop + -er (“person or thing which does”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒpə(ɹ)/ 1. One who eavesdrops. 2. A surveillance aircraft. Labels: slang Example: […] the Japanese Ministry of Defence rang the bell and informed the world's press about the Tokyo Express — the ironic Japanese nickname for the constant flow of Soviet flying eavesdroppers in Japanese airspace.
Word: bot herd Part of Speech: noun 1. A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes. Labels: Internet Example: So-called bot herds - networks of compromised PCs under the control of a malicious hacker - continue to be used as launch pads for other types of attack
Word: lithium fluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt that may be prepared by the action of hydrofluoric acid on many lithium compounds, occurring naturally as griceite; its crystals are used in optical instruments, and in radiation dosimetry (based on its radiothermoluminescence). Labels: uncountable
Word: griceite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Joel D. Grice, a Canadian mineralogist. 1. A mineral, lithium fluoride, that occurs as white aggregates in other minerals, such as fluorite.
Word: fluorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite From fluor + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/, /ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/ 1. A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: calcium fluoride Example: Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.
Word: dosimetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The measurement of doses, especially of ionizing radiation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radiophotoluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + photoluminescence. 1. the luminescence observed when some minerals or glasses, having been exposed to ionizing radiation, are subsequently exposed to ultraviolet light; exploited in some dosimeters
Word: luminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-s- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥ Proto-Italic *louksmən Latin lumen Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English luminescence From Latin lumen + English -escence. Pronunciation: /ˌluː.məˈnɛs.əns/ 1. Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: horsefly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English horse fliȝe, equivalent to horse + fly. Pronunciation: /ˈhoɹsˌflaɪ/ 1. Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly). Example: It was not a horsefly and it was not a deerfly; it was bigger than either.
Word: horse-fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horsefly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: correlative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From correlate + -ive or cor- + relative. 1. Mutually related; corresponding. Example: If we reinterpret these phenomena in terms of a consistently game-playing model of behavior, the need to distinguish between primary and secondary gains disappears. The correlative necessity to estimate the relative significance of physiological needs and dammed-up impulses on the one hand, and of social and interpersonal factors on the other, also vanishes. Since needs and impulses cannot be said to exist in human social life without specified rules for dealing with them, instinctual needs cannot be considered solely in terms of biological rules, but must also be viewed in terms of their psychosocial significance—that is, as parts of the game.
Word: correlative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From correlate + -ive or cor- + relative. 1. Either of two correlative things. Labels: formal Example: The actual motivation for this separation was a curious mixture of arrogance and respect: the new arrogance of the administrators abroad who faced 'backward populations' or 'lower breeds' found its correlative in the respect of old-fashioned statesmen at home who felt that no nation had the right to impose its law upon a foreign people. 2. A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
Word: Verulam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latin Verulamia, being the name of the Roman settlement on the same site. 1. Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. Labels: UK 2. Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. Labels: UK Example: Plato the wise, and large-brow'd Verulam, / The first of those who know. 3. a placename Labels: UK 4. a placename 5. a placename
Word: papal supremacy Part of Speech: noun 1. the supreme and universal power of the Pope, which he can always exercise unhindered, over the Roman Catholic Church Labels: uncountable
Word: slore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slut + whore. 1. A very sexually promiscuous person. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: 1997, Mr. Luvseoul, in alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.feet, alt.sex.fetish.feet, and alt.barefoothttp://groups.google.com/group/alt.sex.fetish.feet/msg/0227f655d685a427?dmode=source&hl=en Gorgeous Bare Slore ~ALERT Example: 2001, Maevele S.A. Straw, in alt.music.tool http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.tool/msg/70cf69ed135da328?dmode=source&hl=en I believe I did hear something to that effect on tv a year or so ago, when I hardly knew who this christina slore was.
Word: Mephistopheles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain. The two-time occurrence of -ph- which is the Roman transliteration for Ancient Greek φ and of the termination -es which transliterates Ancient Greek -ης as in Aristoteles (Ἀριστοτέλης) along with the resemblance -phel-/-phil- bears to φιλεῖν (phileîn, “to love”) has led many to believe that this must originally be a Greek compound word. Based on this assumption, the first two letters have been identified with μή (mḗ, “not”), while -phisto-/-phosto- has been interpreted as a corruption of φωτο- (phōto-), the compositional form of φῶς (phôs, “light”). The name would thus mean "not loving light" which seems fitting for a devil. However, there are two major problems with this theory. Firstly, phōto- is a common and clearly recognizable morpheme in Greek, making it an unlikely candidate for corruption. Secondly, μή (mḗ) is not typically used in Ancient Greek name formation. A more credible explanation has been proposed by Julius Goebel. He focuses on the alternative form Mephistophiel, which appears in the Praxis Cabulae nigrae Doctoris Johannis Fausti magi celeberrimi (1612). He interprets mephist- as a disguised form of megist-, transliterating μέγιστος (mégistos, “greatest”), an epithet of Hermes in the title of Ἑρμῆς Τρισμέγιστος (Hermês Trismégistos, “thrice-greatest Hermes”) who was the guardian-god of the magicians, astrologers and alchemists. The second part, -ophiel, is interpreted as the proper name Ophiel, composed of ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) and -ήλ (-ḗl), which is the Hebrew אֵל (“god, deity”). The derivation of demon names in -el from non-Hebrew bases was common in magic-books of the 16th and 17th century; other examples include Kyniel from Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) and Ariel from ariēs (“ram”). Ophiel thus means "serpent-god" and refers to Hermes, who wields the κηρύκειον (kērúkeion), a staff entwined with two serpents. The appearance of Ophiel in the Wagnerbook and the Arbatel, where it is listed as another name for Mercury, supports this interpretation. Goebel therefore identifies Mephistopheles with Hermes Trismegistos and the planetary figure of Mercury. Wilhelm Roscher proposed a similar explanation for the name in his Ephialtes-monography about demons, where he states the name to be traceable back to *Μεγιστωφέλης (*Megistōphélēs), from μέγιστος (mégistos), as stated above, and ὠφελέω (ōpheléō, “to help”).https://archive.org/details/ephialteseinepa00roscgoog/page/n102/mode/1up Pronunciation: /ˌmɛ.fɪˈstɒ.fɪ.liːz/ 1. The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend. Example: I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe. Example: When I'm at the pearly gates / This'll be on my videotape, my videotape / When Mephistopheles is just beneath / And he's reaching up to grab me
Word: Mephistophelean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mephistopheles + -ean. 1. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
Word: machete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace. Pronunciation: /məˈʃɛ.ti/, /məˈt͡ʃɛ.ti/, /məˈt͡ʃɛ.teɪ/ 1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon. Example: Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang Example: It breaks loose one rope at a time, haphazardly, tossing the Filipinos up into the air. A boy with a machete cuts the one remaining line, which pops up and lashes him across the face. 2. A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
Word: machete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace. Pronunciation: /məˈʃɛ.ti/, /məˈt͡ʃɛ.ti/, /məˈt͡ʃɛ.teɪ/ 1. To cut or chop with a machete. Labels: transitive Example: After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
Word: i' Part of Speech: prep 1. Contraction of in. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction, poetic Example: Thou speak'st with all thy wit; / And yet, i' faith, with wit enough for thee.
Word: i' Part of Speech: pron 1. Contraction of it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: Amuzgo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Amuzgo. 1. One of an indigenous people of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico.
Word: Amuzgo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Amuzgo. 1. The language of the Amuzgo people.
Word: Amuzgo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Amuzgo. 1. Relating to the Amuzgos. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the Amuzgo language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ayyavazhi Part of Speech: name 1. A henotheistic religion that originated in South India in the mid-nineteenth century.
Word: bilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + lateral. Pronunciation: /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ 1. Having two sides. Example: General Wego W.K. Chiang, secretary general of the National Security Council, said that the visit of El Salvador Vice President Merino to Taipei on behalf of President Alfredo Cristiani was in response to an invitation of the ROC [Republic of China] Government which hopes to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. 2. Involving both sides equally. 3. Binding on both of the two parties involved. 4. Having bilateral symmetry. 5. Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family (bilateral linearity).
Word: bilateral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + lateral. Pronunciation: /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ 1. A meeting between two people or groups.
Word: knowledge map Part of Speech: noun 1. a user interface element similar to a graphical organizer, which visualizes connections between data by a series of shapes (or images) representing ideas and arrows representing relations between them.
Word: Leslie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzli/, /ˈlɛsli/ 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. Example: 'Leslie with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if Leslie herself was a spelling mistake. 4. A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924). 5. A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401). 6. A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada. 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Word: bilateral symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane Labels: uncountable, usually 2. the characteristic, in animals, of being symmetric about a plane running from head to tail Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: exhaust valve Part of Speech: noun 1. A valve through which the products of combustion escape from the cylinder to the manifold. Example: Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber. 2. A valve that allows steam to escape from a cylinder after use.
Word: linear pair Part of Speech: noun 1. The two supplementary adjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines
Word: Verulamium Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Verulamium, the name of the Roman settlement on the same site. 1. A town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK. Labels: historical Example: The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban. He lived in the town called Verulamium.
Word: lyrebird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyre + bird. 1. Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of the male of one species, the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), which can be erected to look like a lyre, and notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment. Example: A lyrebird strolled past me on its large feet, among the granite boulders.
Word: prevalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praevalēns. By surface analysis, pre- + -valent. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛvələnt/, /pɹɪˈveɪlənt/, /ˈpɹevələnt/ 1. Widespread or preferred. Example: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent. 2. Superior in frequency or dominant. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
Word: prevalent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praevalēns. By surface analysis, pre- + -valent. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛvələnt/, /pɹɪˈveɪlənt/, /ˈpɹevələnt/ 1. A species that is prevalent in a certain area. Example: The species I found to be most prevalent on the Spring Green study site were compared with lists of prevalents in compositionally related communities of Wisconsin developed by Curtis (1959).
Word: aspersions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aspersion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supplementary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supplement + -ary; compare French supplémentaire. 1. Additional; added to supply what is wanted. Example: Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.
Word: supplementary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supplement + -ary; compare French supplémentaire. 1. Something additional; an extra.
Word: res judicata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rēs (“thing, matter, affair”) and jūdicata, feminine nominative singular form of jūdicatus, past participle of jūdico (“judge”). 1. A legal claim that has already been decided in another lawsuit or proceeding, and therefore must be dismissed. 2. The legal doctrine that claims that a case already decided in a proceeding may not be brought in any later proceeding.
Word: deductible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English deduct Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English deductible From deduct + -ible. Pronunciation: [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ], [dɪˈdʊktəbəɫ] 1. Eligible to be deducted. Example: (Normally forgiven debt is taxable and only business expenses paid for with company income are deductible.)
Word: deductible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deduct Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English deductible From deduct + -ible. Pronunciation: [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ], [dɪˈdʊktəbəɫ] 1. An amount of expenses that must be paid out of pocket before an insurer will pay further expenses. Labels: US Example: In a tweet, [Donald Trump] said that the deductibles are in many cases way over $7,000, which makes the coverage worthless or unusable. […] Family bronze plans have an average deductible of just under $12,200 and an average out-of-pocket maximum of nearly $14,000.
Word: elegantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English elegant Middle English -ly English -ly English elegantly From elegant + -ly. 1. Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style. Example: Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas. Example: Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
Word: deductable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English deduct Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English deductable From deduct + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ], [dɪˈdʊktəbəɫ] 1. Alternative spelling of deductible. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The two amounts of tax so found would give the total tax deductable from a yearly payment falling due at 15th May 1902. Example: 1980, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), Jun 19 - Nov 13, page 421, One very important point which has arisen is the whole question of the credits; the allowances; marriage allowance and child allowance which are deductable from income before one is taxed.
Word: to the death Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. That will continue until one of the contestants dies. Example: The two gladiators fought to the death. Example: Within the independent government of the East Turkestan Republic, while Sabid-da-Mulla insisted upon defending the Old City of Kashgar to the death, Mahum and Nias wanted to quit the Old City for the time being, withdraw to Ying-chi-sha, and plan a second uprising. 2. To the utmost degree. Labels: idiomatic Example: Then, alluding with a toss of the head to the tumult in the station-yard, ‘When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages - hate them to the death.’ He remained thoughtful for a moment.
Word: epigonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English epigone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English epigonism From epigone + -ism. 1. An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Such a form of epigonism seems explicable only in that the authors, having no poetic sensibilities of their own, appropriate a poetry with which, presumably, they grew up. An even less excusable form of epigonism is the fairly frequent […] 2. The product of an epigone. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Schwalbe Part of Speech: name 1. The World War II Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter.
Word: tropical cyclone Part of Speech: noun 1. A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes. Labels: broadly 2. A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes. Labels: broadly
Word: spring gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed. Example: A prevalent custom is the "pomali," exactly equivalent to the "taboo" of the Pacific islanders, and equally respected. It is used on the commonest occasions, and a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the "pomali" will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps, spring guns, or a savage dog would do with us.
Word: Leier Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Leier. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Erica Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse. Example: But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer. Example: There are, of course, many ethical reasons to use nonviolent strategies. But compelling research by Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard University, confirms that civil disobedience is not only the moral choice; it is also the most powerful way of shaping world politics – by a long way. 2. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: basic training Part of Speech: noun 1. The standard training regimen for introducing new recruits to a military organization's discipline and basic operational skills. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: boot camp Example: Next thing I know, they were drafting me and sending me off to Fort Sill for basic training. Talk about whiplash. 2. A more or less analogous (albeit nonmartial) experience in the civilian world. Labels: broadly, figuratively, often, uncountable Example: There's no such thing as formal apprenticeship in this industry. The only preparation you get is some basic training where you sink or swim while trying to look alive.
Word: tutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːtəː/, [ˈtʰjʊu̯tʰəː], /ˈt͡ʃuːtəː/, [ˈt͡ʃʰʊu̯tʰəː], /ˈtutɚ/ 1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. Example: He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor. 2. A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall. Labels: UK 3. A homeroom. Labels: UK 4. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. Labels: Quebec, obsolete
Word: tutor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːtəː/, [ˈtʰjʊu̯tʰəː], /ˈt͡ʃuːtəː/, [ˈt͡ʃʰʊu̯tʰəː], /ˈtutɚ/ 1. To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group. Labels: transitive Example: To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics. 2. To treat with authority or sternness. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: tutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect. 1. A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards. Example: here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting.
Word: tutor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect. 1. To fetch a card from one's deck. Example: Any instant that you move to the board can *only* be tutored for with Cunning Wish.
Word: multi-tasking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of multitasking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: multi-tasking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of multi-task Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: motley Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old English mot (“speck”). Doublet of mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒtli/, /ˈmɑtli/ 1. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity. Example: I met a fool i' th' forest, / A motley' fool. Example: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either. 2. Having many colours; variegated.
Word: motley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old English mot (“speck”). Doublet of mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒtli/, /ˈmɑtli/ 1. An incongruous mixture. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A jester's multicoloured clothes. Labels: uncountable 3. A jester; a fool. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively Example: Wil you be married, Motley? Example: Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view, […]
Word: motley Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old English mot (“speck”). Doublet of mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒtli/, /ˈmɑtli/ 1. To give something a patchwork appearance. Labels: transitive 2. To make something multicolored, variegated, or diverse in character. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive
Word: south-south-east Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: south-south-east Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: south-south-east Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: fickle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪk.əl/ 1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. Example: O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe. Example: Still onward winds the dreary way; ⁠I with it; for I long to prove ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say. 2. Changeable. Labels: figuratively Example: fickle breeze Example: fickle stock market
Word: fickle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪk.əl/ 1. To deceive, flatter. Labels: transitive 2. To puzzle, perplex, nonplus. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: toque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya). Pronunciation: /təʊk/, /toʊk/ 1. A type of hat with no brim. Example: Toques are for the most part indented in the mural style, in two rows, between which are placed marabout feathers. Flowers, feathers, ears of corn, in gold or silver: such are the chief ornaments on the heads of young ladies, either as separate decorations or all blended together. Black velvet toques are ornamented with marabout feathers of a light grey, mingled with a few ears of gold corn. Example: "Because Esmé said she was going out this afternoon to choose a new toque, and she hoped I should like it, and I’m not quite sure what it is, or where she'll wear it. Do you mind explaining?" "Not at all. A toque is that which if it had strings would be a bonnet, and if it had brim, would be a hat. It is worn on the head." "Thanks, now I know where I am," said the vicar of St. Machars, with a sigh of relief. 2. A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs. Labels: specifically Example: Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque. Example: When I came to the back of a man's head, wearing a toque, I knew I'd spotted my quarry. "Chef Reynoso?" 3. A chef. Labels: broadly, informal Example: 2007—October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in Elle, page 360, Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town. 4. A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica. 5. An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries. Labels: historical
Word: toque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1871. Assimilated from Canadian French tuque. Likely to be a hypercorrection from the time that toque was already in the dictionaries when they did not yet list tuque as a kind of hat. The French word tuque for hat is itself not strictly a deformation of French toque: it is also related to other meanings of tuque and to its former name bonnet à la turque (literally “Turkish-style bunnet/cap”). Pronunciation: /tuːk/, /tjuːk/ 1. A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel. Labels: Canada Example: Such is the demented nature of the universe that I was too weak to properly respond to my being hit on by carloads of Betties and Veronicas—all except for the cheeky Cheryl Anderson who gave me ‘manual release’ the day I lost my eyebrows, followed by a flood of tears and the snapping of Polaroids in which I wear a knit toque. Gush gush. Example: It was like entering the Millennial id. Craft beer and cucumber water poured from kitchen taps. Laptoppers in jeans and toques clacked along to MGMT in the wood-paneled common area.
Word: toque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish tocardeverb. Spanish toquebor. English toque Borrowed from Spanish toque. 1. A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The guitar part of flamenco music. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circadian rhythm Part of Speech: noun 1. The internal body clock that regulates the roughly 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.
Word: gobbledygook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/, /ˈɡɑːb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/ 1. Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually 2. Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually
Word: VAR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of value-added reseller: A business that re-sells goods, especially with some additional service, such as selection assistance, installation, or support. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Alternative letter-case form of VaR; Value at Risk. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Acronym of vector autoregression. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of video assistant referee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties. Example: Another offside decision, confirmed by the VAR, also ruled out a French “goal” early in the second half, when Geyoro tucked in on the rebound from Berger’s close-range save from Marie-Antoinette Katoto; […].
Word: profuse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin profusus. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfjuːs/ 1. abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed. Example: She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins. Example: profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure
Word: profuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin profusus. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfjuːs/ 1. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. Labels: obsolete Example: Mercury, thy help hath been profused
Word: profusely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English profuse Middle English -ly English -ly English profusely From profuse + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfjusli/ 1. In great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner. Example: The run left him sweating profusely. Example: "Oh, I say! By Jove! What!" was his oration, after which he resumed his seat and perspired profusely.
Word: rework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English rework From re- + work. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most product returns to the top retailers in the USA (either direct from the consumer or through non-sales) will be taken back by the original suppliers for rework or disposal. 2. Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Something redone, corrected or rebuilt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They received the rework back from the shop. 4. Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework. 5. An instance of reworking. Labels: countable
Word: rework Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English rework From re- + work. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈwɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. To redo, correct, or rebuild. Example: You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.
Word: misgivings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misgiving Labels: form-of, plural Example: I had some misgivings about hiring someone so young, but it has worked out well.
Word: Tasmanian blue gum Part of Speech: noun 1. The Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus globulus.
Word: sweat bullets Part of Speech: verb 1. To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: He was sweating bullets about the exam all week. Example: Started sweating bullets when her dad asked, "How d'you really feel?" She said, "I've been feeling like something inside me wants to scream[…]"
Word: bullets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.ɪts/ 1. plural of bullet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.ɪts/ 1. A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em Labels: slang
Word: bullets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.ɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bullet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tutee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tutor + -ee. 1. A student of a tutor. Example: [Tutor and] tutee. English "pupil." I met this queer coinage in two academic publications. Example: 2007, Julie Winkelstein, "Libraries help everyone into Internet age," Contra Costa Times (Califoronia), 23 Nov., To make sure the pairings were good ones, both tutor and tutee filled out an application, indicating interests, computer proficiency, and even language.
Word: collate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin collātus, perfect passive participle of conferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of confer. See also infer, delate and defer (Etymology 2), relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Not related to collateral. Pronunciation: /kəˈleɪt/, /ˈkoʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈlæɪt/ 1. To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. Labels: transitive Example: The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy. Example: collate data 2. To assemble something in a logical sequence. Labels: transitive Example: Detest your own age. Build a better one. And to set that on foot read incredibly dull essays upon Marlowe to your friends. For which purpose one must collate editions in the British Museum. Example: "Once collated, all files are sent to an external printing business with a turnaround time of about seven days, and then most of the distribution is done in-house. 3. To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding. Labels: transitive Example: Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents. 4. To bestow or confer. Labels: obsolete Example: Becauſe thoſe hereticall Biſhops being depoſed and reduced into Lay-communion, could not therefore collate baptiſme for their want of holy Orders: […] 5. To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to. Labels: transitive
Word: kt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kt.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: BDSM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contracted initialism of B&D + D/s + S&M, meaning respectively bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism. Pronunciation: /ˌbiːˌdiːˌɛsˈɛm/, /ˌbiˌdiˌɛsˈɛm/ 1. A variety of often erotic practices involving bondage, discipline, sadomasochism, dominance and submission, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Labels: uncountable
Word: sox Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɑks/ 1. plural of sock (footwear) Labels: form-of, informal, plural, plural-only
Word: besot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɑt/, /bɪˈsɒt/ 1. To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation. Labels: transitive Example: You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ...
Word: -morphic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) + -ic, equivalent to -morph + -ic. 1. having a specific shape or form Labels: morpheme
Word: -morphism Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) + -ism, equivalent to -morph + -ism. 1. The state of having a specified shape or form. Labels: morpheme
Word: -morphous Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -morphous From -morph + -ous. 1. having a specified shape or form Labels: morpheme
Word: infatuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1533; from Middle English infatuate and/or borrowed from Latin infatuātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfætjuˌ(w)eɪt/, /ɪnˈfætʃuˌ(w)eɪt/ 1. To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm. Labels: transitive Example: If the mine was a “developed” one, and had no pay ore to show (and of course it hadn’t), we praised the tunnel; said it was one of the most infatuating tunnels in the land; driveled and driveled about the tunnel till we ran entirely out of ecstasies—but never said a word about the rock. Example: I declare the girl seems quite to infatuate the men, and see if trouble does not come of it. 2. To make foolish. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] wee beggard our selues by hearkning after false riches, and infatuated our selues by hearkning after false knowledge. Example: Heaven doubtless has infatuated these Infidels, and given them up to dote on the grossest Absurdities; other wise they could never swallow such open and notorious Impositions […]
Word: infatuate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, perfect passive participle of infatuō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfætju(w)ət/, /ɪnˈfætʃu(w)ət/ 1. Infatuated, foolishly attracted to someone. Labels: obsolete Example: He is infatuate about her. 2. Foolish, lacking good judgement. Labels: obsolete Example: Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne Example: 1623, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments (original title Contemplations vpon the Historie of the Old Testament), Edinburgh: Ja. Robertson et al., 1796, Volume 2, Book 18, Contemplation 4, p. 167, There was never wicked man that was not infatuate, and in nothing more than in those things wherein he hoped most to transcend the reach of others.
Word: infatuate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, perfect passive participle of infatuō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfætju(w)ət/, /ɪnˈfætʃu(w)ət/ 1. Infatuated person. Labels: obsolete Example: 1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume I, Letter 26, p. 183, […] she has a number of relations here, brothers and cousins, by the dozen; but they are all priests, and I am apprehensive that some of these infatuates may persuade her to quit me, and lock her up in a convent […] Example: The idol has come sliding down its pedestal to fawn and grovel with all the other infatuates in the dust about my feet.
Word: collator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From collate + -or. 1. A person who collates. 2. A program or algorithm that collates. 3. A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards. Labels: historical 4. A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.
Word: collation Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English collacioun, collation, from Old French collation, from Latin collatiō, from the participle stem of cōnferō (“to bring together”). Pronunciation: /kəˈleɪʃən/ 1. To partake of a collation, or light meal. Labels: obsolete Example: I […] collationed in Spring Garden.
Word: collating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/, /ˈkoʊ.leɪtɪŋ/, /kɑˈleɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of collate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present