nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tabloid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from tabl(et) + -oid (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’), originally coined by the United Kingdom firm Burroughs, Wellcome & Company as a brand name for their medicines and other products such as tea in tablet form and registered as a trademark on 14 March 1884. Noun sense 2 (“compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature”) is influenced by noun sense 2.2 (“newspaper characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news”). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtæblɔɪd/, /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/ 1. To express (something) in a compact or condensed manner, especially in the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper (appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: This "tabloiding" of the latest fashions, we thought an excellent idea. Surely it's not the sole mission of a dry goods ad. to give news of bargains? Would not reliable information as to coming fashions be of equal interest to the average woman? Example: You won't have trouble recognizing some of the much-tabloided originals on whom characters are based—for example, the rather lonely figure of the Italian-American singer-actor-producer-and-great lover. 2. To convert (a newspaper) into a tabloid (noun sense 2.2) format. Labels: transitive Example: The ‘tabloiding’ of local newspapers has resulted in a ‘dumbing down’ of the local press. The publication of shorter, brighter, ‘frothier’ stories and the increasing reliance on stories about entertainment, consumer items and ‘human interest’ stories, are the infallible hallmarks of the tabloid genre. Example: The first key developments in the tabloiding of British newspapers are defined initially and literally by the shift of the Sun to a tabloid format in 1969 and the Daily Mail in 1971.
Word: broadsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad + sheet. 1. A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news. Example: He glanced across at Wani, who was screened above the knees by the raised pink broadsheet with its headlines about record share prices, record house prices.
Word: broadsheet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From broad + sheet. 1. In the format of a broadsheet. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to a broadsheet or broadsheets. Labels: not-comparable Example: broadsheet journalism
Word: brooch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of broach. Pronunciation: /bɹəʊtʃ/, /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/, /bɹut͡ʃ/ 1. A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body. 2. A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
Word: brooch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of broach. Pronunciation: /bɹəʊtʃ/, /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/, /bɹut͡ʃ/ 1. To adorn as with a brooch. Labels: transitive Example: Not the imperious show / Of the full-fortuned Caesar ever shall / Be brooch'd with me.
Word: forget-me-not Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht. Pronunciation: /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/, /fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/ 1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant. Example: Sending you forget-me-nots / To help you to remember / Baby, please forget me not / I want you to remember 2. Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum 3. A light tint of blue, the color of the flower. 4. Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.
Word: fox cub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + cub. 1. A young fox.
Word: leopardess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leopard + ess. 1. A female leopard. Example: It was the story of the wicked leopardess who wanted to eat the young lambs of her old friend the sheep.
Word: oeuf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Classical Latin ōvum Vulgar Latin *ŏvum Old French oef Middle French œuf French œufbor. English oeuf Borrowed from French œuf. Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and ovum. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːf/ 1. An egg. Labels: humorous
Word: nome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Doublet of nomos. Pronunciation: /nəʊm/, /noʊm/ 1. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece. Example: Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese. 2. A territorial division of ancient Egypt. Example: Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt.
Word: nome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Differs from Etymology 1 in the position of Ancient Greek accent, though from the same root. Doublet of nomos and namus. Pronunciation: /nəʊm/, /noʊm/ 1. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
Word: nome Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction. Pronunciation: /nəʊm/, /noʊm/ 1. Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, regional Example: Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.” “Nome.” Versh said.
Word: nome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek. Pronunciation: /nəʊm/, /noʊm/ 1. A term in an algebraic expression. Labels: obsolete 2. A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.
Word: Tripolitania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τριπολιτάνια (Tripolitánia), from Τριπολίτης (Tripolítēs, “Tripolitan”) + -ία (-ía, “forming abstract nouns”), from Τρίπολις (Trípolis, “Tripoli”) + -της (-tēs, “forming abstract nouns”), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/ 1. A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.
Word: kitsune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). Pronunciation: /kɪtˈsuː.neɪ/, /ˈkɪt.sʊ.neɪ/, /ˈkɪts.neɪ/, /kɪtˈsuː.ni/, /kɪtˈsuːn/ 1. A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails. Labels: Japanese Example: [A]ll personnel are to be hereby ordered to refer to her as a "Kumiho," and not a "Kitsune." Personnel asking what the difference is are to be reminded of the difference between a Cherokee Indian and a New Delhi Indian.
Word: tanuki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 狸(たぬき) (tanuki, “raccoon dog”). Pronunciation: /təˈnʊkɪ/, /tɑˈnuki/, /ˈtɑnuki/ 1. A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus. Example: At my onboarding, I was told that one of GitHub's employees identified as a tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog—this was fine. 2. A folkloric figure in the form of a tanuki, regarded as a shapeshifter and renowned for its enormous scrotum and testicles. Labels: Japanese 3. The joining of a living bonsai tree to a piece of dead wood for aesthetic effect.
Word: sac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)bor. Latin saccus Old French sac French sacbor. English sac Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos. Pronunciation: /sæk/ 1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
Word: sac Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of sacrifice. Pronunciation: /sæk/ 1. To sacrifice. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik. Example: I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
Word: sac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sacrifice. Pronunciation: /sæk/ 1. A sacrifice. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
Word: sac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See sake, soc. Pronunciation: /sæk/ 1. The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines; now used only in the phrase sac and soc or soc and sac. Labels: UK, historical Example: But it is really the court-baron which represents the ancient assembly of the mark, while the court-leet represents the lord's jurisdiction of sac and soc, whether granted before or since the coming of William. Example: In later times, if the lord had "sac and soc,” his court had the authority of the Court Leet; if he had the view of frankpledge the suitors at his court were free from attendance at the sheriff's tourn; his court was then in all points like the hundred court, but independent of the sheriff.
Word: girlfriends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girlfriend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: girlfriends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of girlfriend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nigh Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder. Proto-Germanic *nēhw Proto-West Germanic *nāhw Old English nēah Middle English neygh English nigh Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Pronunciation: /naɪ/ 1. Near, close by. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: The end is nigh! Example: Daybreak is drawing nigh. 2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. Example: Ye […] are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Word: nigh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder. Proto-Germanic *nēhw Proto-West Germanic *nāhw Old English nēah Middle English neygh English nigh Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Pronunciation: /naɪ/ 1. to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near Labels: ambitransitive Example: When the charnel-eyed Pale Horse has nighed
Word: nigh Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder. Proto-Germanic *nēhw Proto-West Germanic *nāhw Old English nēah Middle English neygh English nigh Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Pronunciation: /naɪ/ 1. Almost, nearly. Labels: not-comparable Example: So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.[…]It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone. Example: Hell of a surprise in the seventh season premiere of Game Of Thrones. Arya Stark, fresh off a nigh Cersei-level ambush of the Frey household, comes upon a small campfire surrounded by fresh-faced red cloaks.
Word: nigh Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder. Proto-Germanic *nēhw Proto-West Germanic *nāhw Old English nēah Middle English neygh English nigh Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Pronunciation: /naɪ/ 1. near; close to Example: When the Moon is horned […] is it not ever nigh the Sun? Example: The cottage stood nigh the burn, in a little garden, with lilyoaks and grosart bushes lining the pathway.
Word: archbishop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “to watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop. Pronunciation: /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/ 1. A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.) Example: Thereupon I declared that I was a heretic and a barbarian—“Je suis hérétique et barbare,” I said, “and that these archbishops and cardinals and monsignors, and the rest of them, meant nothing at all to me. Example: He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory. He also moved Augustine Tolton, who died in 1897 after becoming the first African American priest, one step closer to sainthood. 2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
Word: prolific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears c. 1635. From French prolifique and its etymon Latin prōlificus, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -ficus (“making”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/, /ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk/ 1. Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc. 2. Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance. Example: However appealing Antibes may be to migrant authors, indigenous ones are relatively scarce. A notable exception is Jacques Audiberti, Antibes-born novelist and prolific playwright who wrote in the turn-of-the-century surrealist style, with titles that translate as Slaughter, or In Favour of Infanticide. Example: The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years. 3. Of a flower: from which another flower is produced. 4. Copious; plentiful; abundant. Example: The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]
Word: North Carolina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England. Pronunciation: /ˌnɔɹθ kæɹəˈlaɪnə/, /ˌnɔɹθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/, [ˌnɔɹθ kæɹəˈlaːnə], [ˌnɔːθ kæɹəˈlaːnə], [ˌnɔːθ kæəˈlaːnə] 1. A state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh. Example: Holonyms: Carolinas < US < North America < Americas < Earth Example: The North Carolina legislature has passed a “Taiwan-Friendly Statement,” marking the second year in a row in which all six states in the southeastern US passed bills or statements in support of Taiwan.[…]Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co held a talent recruitment event at Duke University in North Carolina to promote cooperation with Taiwan in the high-tech and electric vehicle industries, one of the state’s major industries, the statement said.
Word: GNAA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Global Network of Arab Activists. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Great North Air Ambulance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Gridless Narrow-Angle Astrometry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Guilford Native American Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Gay Nigger Association of America. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA) was created in 2002, and typified this sort of extreme trolling. Their opening page featured the following invitation: “Are you GAY? Are you a NIGGER? Are you a GAY NIGGER? If you answered ‘Yes’ to all of the above questions, then GNAA might be exactly what you're looking for!” Example: Asked why GNAA is getting involved in the election now, Meepsheep demurred. “The media has created a lot of fertile soil for trolling and I’m sure you’ll start seeing a lot more out of the GNAA and others within the next few months,” he or she wrote.
Word: GNAA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gridless narrow-angle astrometry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: dossier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French dossier. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔs.jeɪ/, /ˈdɑs.jeɪ/, /ˈdɔ.si.eɪ/, /ˈdɑ.si.eɪ/, /-si.ɚ/ 1. A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content. Example: For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.
Word: turnkey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From turn + key. (jailer): Compare typologically Russian вертуха́й (vertuxáj) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/ 1. Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture). Example: They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure. Example: Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well.
Word: turnkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turn + key. (jailer): Compare typologically Russian вертуха́й (vertuxáj) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/ 1. A system that is supplied ready to switch on and operate. Example: The hardware-software costs are packaged together. Turnkeys are either special purpose (e.g., only for one function such as libraries) or general purpose […] 2. A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison. Labels: dated Example: He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition, / Which put him in mind of the long debate / On the Slave-trade abolition. Example: […]they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.
Word: turnkey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From turn + key. (jailer): Compare typologically Russian вертуха́й (vertuxáj) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/ 1. To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use. Labels: transitive Example: We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit.
Word: drill down Part of Speech: verb 1. To examine something on a more detailed level. Labels: intransitive, literally Example: The issue can be drilled down to a simple yes or no. 2. To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record. Labels: idiomatic Example: From the employee list, you can drill down to find addresses and pay history. 3. To replace data with more specific data. Labels: idiomatic Example: Clicking here lets you replace the annual sales data with monthly data, drilling down to help you track revenue. 4. To practice maneuvers in order to memorize them; to drill thoroughly (to practice). Labels: intransitive Example: We've drilled down on guarding players with his skillset. 5. To score points; to do well in a basketball game. Labels: transitive Example: They drilled down three pointers throughout the second half.
Word: drill down Part of Speech: noun 1. an internal competition used to practice marching commands, in which the last person caught improperly executing a command wins Example: We knew someone had lost when the last two people in the drill down ended up facing each other.
Word: hornswoggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːn.swɒɡ.əl/, /ˈhɔɹn.swɑ.ɡəl/ 1. To deceive or trick. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Don't let them hornswoggle you into buying anything you don't need.
Word: hornswoggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːn.swɒɡ.əl/, /ˈhɔɹn.swɑ.ɡəl/ 1. nonsense; humbug Labels: slang
Word: checkup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from check up. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkʌp/ 1. A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like. Example: The appointment was just for a checkup. 2. A routine inspection. Example: I took my car in for an annual checkup.
Word: blow off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove something by blowing on it. Labels: literally, transitive Example: She blew the dust off the cookbook, revealing its full title. Example: In order to deal with deposits of soot on boiler-tubes while running, especially if poor coal is in use, locomotives are often now provided with blowers on the firebox back-plate which can be made to discharge a jet of high pressure steam towards the firebox tubeplates; this has the effect of loosening and blowing off the soot deposits. 2. To vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container. Labels: transitive Example: The radioactivity was released when they blew off steam from the containment vessel. 3. To let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose. Labels: intransitive Example: The engine or steamer is blowing off. Example: From time to time in both directions the engine was blowing off, so there was no shortness of steam. 4. Synonym of fart. Labels: Australia, UK, intransitive, slang Example: I can't believe I blew off in church. 5. To shirk or disregard (a duty or person). Labels: idiomatic Example: I decided to blow off the meeting and leave early. Example: We've both been blowing off Peter all day: he's really boring. 6. To shirk or disregard (a duty or person). Labels: idiomatic, transitive 7. To shirk or disregard (a duty or person). Labels: idiomatic, transitive 8. To forcibly disconnect something by use of a firearm or explosive device. Labels: transitive Example: Her leg was blown off by a landmine. 9. To force to leave a course. Example: The storm blew the ship off course. Example: This occurred on September 11, 1880, when a mixed train was blown off the track during a severe gale, and three passengers were killed. 10. To perform oral sex on (someone); to give a blowjob to or suck off (someone). Labels: slang, transitive 11. To buy food or drink for (someone); to treat (someone). Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: I'll blow you off to dinner. Example: I guess the Duchess goes where it’s cheapest, unless she can get her meal paid for. If you offered to blow her off at the Terrasse she’d turn up fast enough. 12. To use up or spend (something). Labels: slang, transitive Example: He blew off his inheritance on partying. 13. To cause (a body part etc.) to detach by shooting it with a firearm. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The gangster blew off the sheriff's head.
Word: turncoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A compound of turn + coat, reportedly derived from the sometime military practice of wearing uniform coats that were lined in material of a contrasting color, and which could be worn inside out to present a different appearance. Pronunciation: /ˈtəːn.kəʊt/, /ˈtɝn.koʊt/ 1. A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance. Example: But some will cry Turncoat, and rip up old stories, / How I always pretended to be for the tories: […] Example: Federal prosecutors say that in addition to turncoat witnesses, they are armed with secretly recorded conversations made in the Camden, N.J., office of Mr. Stanfa's lawyer, Salvatore Avena, who has also been indicted on racketeering charges.
Word: turncoat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A compound of turn + coat, reportedly derived from the sometime military practice of wearing uniform coats that were lined in material of a contrasting color, and which could be worn inside out to present a different appearance. Pronunciation: /ˈtəːn.kəʊt/, /ˈtɝn.koʊt/ 1. To act as a turncoat; to betray
Word: ladybird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lady + bird. Lady here refers to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. Compare German Marienkäfer (literally “Mary beetle or bug”), Danish mariehøne, Latvian mārīte, Macedonian бубамара (bubamara) and Spanish mariquita. Also compare damselfly. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di.bəːd/, /ˈleɪ.di.bɝd/ 1. Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra. Labels: Commonwealth Example: 1914, Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 7, page 81, During this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird. Example: 1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993, Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan.
Word: sauna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.nə/, /ˈsaʊ.nə/, /ˈsɑː.nə/ 1. A room or a house designed for heat sessions. Example: The hotel has a sauna in the basement. Example: Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough. 2. The act of using a sauna. Example: John had a sauna after his swim. Example: Joanne went for a sauna after her swim. 3. In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour. Example: McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre. 4. A very hot place or room. Labels: figuratively, informal
Word: sauna Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.nə/, /ˈsaʊ.nə/, /ˈsɑː.nə/ 1. To use a sauna. Labels: intransitive Example: “I find it disgusting,” she said. “It would be a total no-no to go to a sauna in Austria with your bathing suit, and an insult to wear workout clothes.” She now saunas at home.
Word: siege Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”). Pronunciation: /siːd͡ʒ/, [sɪi̯d͡ʒ] 1. Military action. Example: The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy. Example: Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there. 2. Military action. Labels: US 3. Military action. Labels: figuratively Example: But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress. 4. A seat. Labels: obsolete Example: Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche knyȝtes[…]Thenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her syeges Example: To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay[…]. 5. A seat. Labels: obsolete 6. A seat. Labels: obsolete 7. A seat. 8. A seat. 9. A seat. Labels: obsolete 10. A seat. Labels: obsolete Example: Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them. 11. A seat. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos? 12. A seat. Labels: obsolete Example: I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege. 13. A seat. Labels: obsolete 14. A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory. Labels: obsolete
Word: siege Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”). Pronunciation: /siːd͡ʒ/, [sɪi̯d͡ʒ] 1. To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege. Labels: transitive, uncommon
Word: poof Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff. Pronunciation: /pʊf/, /puːf/, [puːɸ] 1. Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance. Example: Poof, he was gone. Example: Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'
Word: poof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff. Pronunciation: /pʊf/, /puːf/, [puːɸ] 1. To vanish or disappear. Example: He poofed into thin air. Example: He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out. 2. To break wind; to fart. Labels: intransitive
Word: poof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff. Pronunciation: /pʊf/, /puːf/, [puːɸ] 1. The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
Word: poof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. 1. A gay man; especially one who is irritating or contemptible. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, derogatory Example: He recalls how everybody got called a ‘poof’ at Forrester High School in the seventies. Back then, only ‘wanker’ possibly rivalled it as the most common term of abuse. But The Poof was the Poof.
Word: effeminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/ 1. Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine. Labels: derogatory, often Example: An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Example: The Comte d'Artois had neither the dignified nor the manly air of his brother—he rather appeared like a pretty-looking girl, so effeminate was he and fair. 2. Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring. Labels: obsolete Example: Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
Word: effeminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt/ 1. To make womanly; to unman. Labels: archaic, nonstandard, transitive Example: the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre. Example: It will not corrupt or effeminate their [children's] minds. 2. To become womanly. Labels: intransitive
Word: effeminate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”). 1. An effeminate person. Example: The effeminates are males with obviously recognizable traits and mannerisms; […]
Word: effeminacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From effeminate + -cy. 1. The quality of being effeminate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is an argument that cannot proceed but from a low Iudgment, or a ſpirit ſoothed with its owne Effeminaty, to ſay, He is Noble, he is a Courtier, he is a man of State, His quality tyeth him not to perfection, His vertue must be meaſured by the ell of the world, If he were ouer vertuous, the exceſſe of his Sanctity would be preiudiciall to his fortune. Example: Certainly, though I dare not antedate the ſorrowes of our Syon, or raiſe a feare or iealouſie without a ground; yet when I doe but ſeriouſly and cordially ſuruay, that intollerable pride; that aboundance of idleneſſe; that fulneſſe of bread; that luſting after ſtrange fleſh (the ſinnes that drew downe fire and brimſtone vpon Sodome long agoe;) thoſe monſtrous habites, faſhions and attires: that exceſſiue vanity, Atheiſme and prophaneneſſe: that execrable and frequent banning, ſwearing, curſing and blaſpheming: that greedie couetouſneſſe, extortion and oppreſſion; that fearefull murther and bloudſhed; that ſcurrility, effæminacie, wantonneſſe, fornication, whoredome, adulterie and vncleaneneſſe: that generall neglect, contempt and hatred of God, of grace, of goodneſſe, and the Goſpell: that ſtupified and ſenceleſſe ſecurity, and hardneſſe of heart, in the middeſt of feares and dangers: that degenerating and growing worſe and worſe, not withſtanding all Gods iudgements, which ſtill encreaſe vpon vs, becauſe our ſinnes encreaſe: that diſſoluteneſſe, that drunkenneſſe, deboiſtneſſe, and exceſſe of Healthes; together with thoſe other troopes of ſundry ſinnes, which walke ſo bold and thick among vs, in deſpite of all thoſe meanes which GOD hath vſed to reclaime vs from them: I cannot but conclude as others doe: that theſe abominations and ſinnes of ours (eſpecially in theſe times of feare and danger, which cry and call for true repentance) prognoſticate no victory, no good, no bleſſing, nor ſucceſſe: but vndoubted ruine and deſtruction to vs, vnleſſe we ſpeedily repent vs of them.
Word: rubescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, Latin rub(eō) + -escence. 1. a reddening.
Word: nigrescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid 19th century. From Latin nigrescens, present active participle of nigrescō. By surface analysis, Latin nigr(ēre) + -escence. Pronunciation: /naɪˈɡrɛsəns/, /nɪˈɡrɛsəns/ 1. The process of becoming black or dark; blackening. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A dark complexion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Blackishness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: albescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid 18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescō. By surface analysis, Latin alb(us) + -escence. Pronunciation: /ælˈbɛsəns/ 1. The act of becoming white; whitening. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Whitishness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: defective verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb with an incomplete conjugation; for example, one that can only be conjugated in certain persons and numbers. Example: The verb can is defective in most English dialects, as it lacks an infinitive.
Word: wroth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”). Akin to Saterland Frisian wreed (“haughty; proud”), Old Saxon wrēd (“evil”) (Dutch wreed (“cruel”)), Old High German reid (“cruel”), Old Norse reiðr (“angry”) (Danish vred, Swedish vred). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊθ/, /ɹɒθ/, /ɹɔθ/, /ɹɑθ/ 1. Full of anger; wrathful. Labels: archaic, formal Example: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Example: You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.
Word: skilful Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈskɪlfəl/ 1. Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful Example: More than once have I spoken to willing listeners because of some one who had come under skilful kindly treatment in the hospital at Taiwan-fu.
Word: motorcar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motor + car. 1. An enclosed passenger motor vehicle: a car (automobile). Labels: dated 2. A self-propelled railway vehicle. Labels: US
Word: val Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of Valium. 1. Valium. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: and i must be on that list of people that need to get knocked over with a hammer 'cause vicodin and val don't knock me out. Example: I would think though that whatever the reason for a panic attack valium would be great. I know that if my house was on fire and I was on 15mg of val It^([sic]) would take a lot more energy than I had, to panic. ;^)
Word: lycanthropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῠκᾰνθρωπῐ́ᾱ (lŭkănthrōpĭ́ā), from λῠκᾰ́νθρωπος (lŭkắnthrōpos, “wolfman”). By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -y (abstract noun suffix). Pronunciation: /laɪ̯ˈkæn.θɹə.piː/, /lʌɪ̯-/, /-ˈkan-/, /laɪ̯ˈkæn.θɹə.pi/, /lɑe̯ˈkæn.θɹə.piː/ 1. The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: On one hand, Jacques is quite glad that he doesn’t have classic lycanthropy. Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf. 3. A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”). 1. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).
Word: tra Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From tra-la-la. 1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.
Word: fra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Italian frate. See friar. Pronunciation: /fɹɑː/ 1. A title of a friar or monk: brother. Example: You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait. Example: The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]
Word: fra Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /fɹɑː/ 1. Archaic form of fro. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: superlatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superlative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hot rod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1945 in American English, specifically meaning ‘hunk of metal’. 1. Typically a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster. The term may be used generically to apply to any car, truck, or motorcycle (et al.) modified for increased speed and/or performance. It may also be used to specifically describe and refer to modified cars from the original (or traditional) era of "hot rods", post World War II and prior to 1960. Example: Miller famously tried to use as little CGI as possible in Fury Road. Instead, he got people to make the freaky, impossible cars he’d envisioned—the spike-covered scavenger-mobiles, the monster-truck hot rod, the enormous War Rig that really serves as a main character in itself—into functional vehicles. 2. The penis. Labels: slang
Word: hot rod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since 1945 in American English, specifically meaning ‘hunk of metal’. 1. To modify a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: Are you going to hot rod [the vehicle] or leave it stock?
Word: pig out Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: They watched the game and pigged out on chips and pizza.
Word: chauffeur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur. Pronunciation: /ʃɒˈfɜː/, /ˈʃəʊfə/, /ʃoʊˈfɝ/, /ˈʃoʊfɚ/ 1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine). Example: He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine. Example: Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur 2. The driver of a fire truck.
Word: chauffeur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur. Pronunciation: /ʃɒˈfɜː/, /ˈʃəʊfə/, /ʃoʊˈfɝ/, /ˈʃoʊfɚ/ 1. To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car). Labels: intransitive Example: "Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life." 2. To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle. Labels: transitive
Word: nutcracker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nut + cracker. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/ 1. An implement for cracking nuts. 2. An implement for cracking nuts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis 3. Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family. 4. A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices. Labels: New-York-City, US Example: The colorful bottles have popped up every summer in black and Hispanic communities — from the bodegas of Washington Heights to the stoops of Fort Greene — since the early 1990s. On beach boardwalks, at neighborhood basketball courts and block parties, New Yorkers are drinking nutcrackers, boozy homespun cocktails made from a blend of alcohol and fruit juices. 5. Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle. Labels: informal Example: I hadn't been to school for a while so the math was a real nutcracker
Word: zo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dzo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: camp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French). Cognate with Old High German champf (“battle, struggle”) (German Kampf), Old Norse kapp (“battle”), Old High German hamf (“paralysed, maimed, mutilated”). Doublet of campus and champ. The verb is from Middle English campen, from Old English campian, compian (“to fight, war against”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampōn (“to fight, do battle”), from *kamp (“field, battlefield, battle”), see above. Cognate with Dutch kampen, German kämpfen (“to struggle”), Danish kæmpe, Swedish kämpa. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp/, [ˈkʰæmp], /ˈkeə̯mp/, [ˈkʰeə̯mp], /ˈkɛə̯mp/ 1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. Example: We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday. Example: A few hours before sundown we camped at a small playa lake sunk beneath the level of the grass. 2. To set up a camp. 3. To afford rest or lodging for. Labels: transitive Example: Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together. 4. To stay in an advantageous location. Labels: intransitive Example: Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point. Example: ‘So things have gone all right with a little watchfulness and the help of old Cockeye here and her buck. They camp just there, right close to the hut, and have been real faithful these last two years.’ 5. To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage. Labels: transitive Example: The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage. Example: Go and camp the flag for the win. 6. Of stock animals, to assemble or rest temporarily at a particular place. Labels: Australia, intransitive Example: The bullocks camped in front on the big fire, with the black line of trees facing them. 7. Ellipsis of corpse camp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, transitive 8. To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: 1562, Leigh, The Accedens of Armory ː Aristotle affirmeth that Rauens will gather together on sides, and campe and fight for victorie. 9. To wrangle; argue. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: camp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp/, [ˈkʰæmp], /ˈkeə̯mp/, [ˈkʰeə̯mp], /ˈkɛə̯mp/ 1. An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: campness, campiness Example: We walk a fine line, just this side of camp. Careful calculations are made. We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.
Word: camp Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp/, [ˈkʰæmp], /ˈkeə̯mp/, [ˈkʰeə̯mp], /ˈkɛə̯mp/ 1. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. 2. Ostentatiously flamboyant or effeminate. Example: More recently the word has become colloquial English for either implying that someone is a homosexual (‘he's very camp’), or for describing rather outre behaviour[…] Example: And to be honest, in the illustration Mr Tumnus does look as camp as fuck with his little scarf tied jauntily around his neck. I suppose it isn't outside the realms of possibility that he'd just been off cottaging with some centaurs in the forest. God. 3. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying. Example: In Saturday Night Live, Madonna also unsurprisingly played Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, and a Joan Collins clone, all in a very camp way. As John Dean writes: “U.S. rock has a ruling camp queen with Madonna.” Example: Here is Eurovision from a time before anyone watched it for camp value – you can’t imagine any gay bar in 1974 clearing its schedules to screen this; a Eurovision that takes itself rather seriously, a brief appearance by the Wombles notwithstanding.