nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: synapse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnæps/, /ˈsaɪnæps/, /sɪˈnæps/ 1. To form a synapse. Labels: intransitive 2. To undergo synapsis. Labels: intransitive
Word: go away Part of Speech: intj 1. A command demanding someone to leave. Example: Go away! Stop annoying me!
Word: go away Part of Speech: verb 1. To depart or leave a place. Example: I'm not going to buy it. Please go away and don't come back. Example: Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away 2. To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation. Example: Will you be going away at the weekend? Example: Are you going away this year? 3. To go to prison to be incarcerated. Labels: euphemistic Example: If you get caught, you're going away for a long time. 4. To vanish or disappear. Example: As you get closer the haze goes away. Example: This cold just won't go away.
Word: stay put Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain in one fixed place Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm not moving there; I'd rather stay put. Example: I keep adjusting the focus, but it won't stay put.
Word: bibliobibuli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term was coined in 1957 by H. L. Mencken, from the Greek "biblio-", meaning books, and the Latin "bibulous", from "bibere" (to drink). 1. The kind of people who read excessively. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: "There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing." - Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
Word: schwag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to shag (“shredded tobacco”). The "marijuana" noun sense is attested since the 1980s in the United States, the adjective since the 1990s. The "trinkets or items given away" sense is a variant of swag from 19th century thieves' cant. Pronunciation: /ʃwæɡ/ 1. Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The stuff tasted good, better than the usual shwag. I handed him his pipe back, then pulled out my wallet. "Is twenty good?" 2. Alternative form of swag (“trinkets or promotional items given away at an event”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable Example: National pride deserves something more than a fistful of freebies from a governmental schwag bag or the wearing of any one of the staggering array of commercially available pins.
Word: schwag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to shag (“shredded tobacco”). The "marijuana" noun sense is attested since the 1980s in the United States, the adjective since the 1990s. The "trinkets or items given away" sense is a variant of swag from 19th century thieves' cant. Pronunciation: /ʃwæɡ/ 1. inferior; low-grade Labels: US, not-comparable, slang
Word: synapsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῠ́νᾰψῐς (sŭ́năpsĭs, “contact”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈnæpsɪs/ 1. The association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of synapse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: milliard Part of Speech: num Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French million Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Frankish *-hardbor. Old French -art Middle French [Term?] French -ard French milliardbor. English milliard Borrowed from French milliard. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/, /ˈmɪliɑɹd/ 1. 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.) Labels: archaic Example: For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].
Word: chipotle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chipotle, from Classical Nahuatl chīlpōctli, compound of chīlli (“pepper”) + pōctli (“smoke”). Pronunciation: /tʃɪˈpɒt.leɪ/, /tʃɪˈpəʊt.leɪ/, /t͡ʃɪˈpoʊt.leɪ/, /t͡ʃɪˈpɑt.leɪ/, /t͡ʃɪˈpɔt.leɪ/ 1. A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking. Example: Sweet corn on the cob comes to vibrant life with a caramelized glaze of smoky chipotle peppers, tangy lime juice, sea salt, and agave nectar.
Word: constipated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstəpeɪtəd/ 1. Unable to defecate; costive. 2. Failing to make a point or reach a conclusion; stifled. Labels: figuratively Example: But there is no place for grand gestures but there's a basic contempt for women in this puny, constipated drama. Example: Currently, the way we help people die (and sometimes help them get through the weeks leading up to death) is to stultify or intoxicate them with opiates so that they can't think or feel. They may be pain-free but their body is constipated, their brain is numbed and they often don't have the ability to speak cogently before they die.
Word: constipated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstəpeɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of constipate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dog days Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin diēs caniculārēs (“puppy days”), a calque of Ancient Greek κυνάδες ἡμέραι (kunádes hēmérai, “dog days”), from κυνάς (kunás, “of or related to dogs”), from Κῠ́ων (Kŭ́ōn, “the Dog”) in reference to the star Sirius, which appears in Homeric Greek as "Orion's dog". The return of Sirius to the night sky (its heliacal rising), occurring in antiquity around July 25 (Athens) or 29 (Rome), was considered by the Greeks and Romans to herald what were considered the hottest, least healthy, and least lucky days of summer. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ deɪz/, /ˈdɔɡ deɪz/ 1. The days following the heliacal rising of Sirius, now in early August (Gregorian) at dates varying by latitude. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-normally Example: ... a sterre, wherof canicular or dogge days be named Dies caniculares. Example: Dog days bright and clear Indicate a good year; But when accompanied by rain, We hope for better times in vain. 2. The unpleasantly hot days of late summer. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: Why ſhould thoſe Eteſian and Eaſterne winds blow cōtinually in ſome places, at ſet times, one way ſtill, in the dog dayes only: heere perpetuall drought, there dropping ſhowres; [...] Example: The dog days of August have often spelled trouble for the world economy. 3. Any similar period of inactivity, laziness, or stagnation. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: The two-cassette miniseries, produced by Oliver Stone, arrives in early August, in time to stir the dog days of summer rentals.
Word: Northern Hemisphere Part of Speech: name 1. The hemisphere in Earth to the north of the Equator, in which 90% of the total land area on Earth is located.
Word: irrefutable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from ir- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”), from refūtō (“to refute”) + -bilis (“-able”), equivalent to ir- + refutable. Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/, /ˌɪɹəˈfjuːtəbəl/, /ɪˈɹɛf(j)ətəbəl/, /ɪˈɹɛfjuːtəbəl/ 1. undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted Example: […]clear and irrefutable evidence of the Cause I have undertaken Example: True, there had been nothing, in his lifetime, viler than this man. She knew it, there was no other fact within her consciousness that she felt to be so certain; and yet, because her persecutor found himself safe and irrefutable in death, he frowned upon his victim, and threw back the blame on her!
Word: UE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of User Equipment (in UMTS). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of User Experience. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Unreal Engine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of the East. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ignoramus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright George Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are unacquainted with, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of ignōrō (“to not know, to be unacquainted with, to be ignorant of”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/, /ˌəɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹe.məs/ 1. A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool. Example: The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be. Example: “The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
Word: ignoramus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/, /ˌəɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹe.məs/ 1. A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial. Labels: dated
Word: ignoramus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/, /ˌəɡ.nəˈɹæɪ.məs/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹe.məs/ 1. To make such a ruling against (an indictment). Labels: transitive
Word: Southern Hemisphere Part of Speech: name 1. The hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth.
Word: Western Hemisphere Part of Speech: name 1. The hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia. 2. The Americas. Labels: US, metonymically
Word: Eastern Hemisphere Part of Speech: name 1. The hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia.
Word: longitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/, /ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd/, /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtjuːd/, /ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/, /ˈlɔnd͡ʒəˌtud/ 1. Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. 2. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Length. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: His shoulders are remarkably sloping, giving an appearance of great longitude to his neck. Example: The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.
Word: stellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stēllāris. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛl.ə/, /ˈstɛl.əɹ/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars. Labels: not-comparable 2. Heavenly. 3. Exceptional, exceptionally good. Labels: broadly Example: The actress gave a stellar performance. Example: Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.
Word: enema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ə.mə/ 1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes. Example: To the distensile enema of simple tepid water, no valid objection can be urged. Example: […] It is further neglected by a mental dependence upon cathartics or enemata to produce the stimulation. Defecalgesiophobia is a common cause for neglecting the act. 2. The fluid so injected. 3. A device for administering such an injection.
Word: enema Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ə.mə/ 1. To administer an enema. Example: It's common to enema before anal sex. Example: It would take simpler souls with little or no training to do the yeoman work of enemaing and puking the sick people of the community.
Word: International Date Line Part of Speech: name 1. An imaginary line on the Earth's surface at 180° longitude, mostly through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west. Example: After 119 years to the east of the International Date Line, they are shifting to the west so they can be on the same calendar day as their main economic partners, Australia and New Zealand.
Word: prime meridian Part of Speech: noun 1. The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured. Example: Other prime meridians were presented as candidates for the world's baseline: Jerusalem; Ferro; Kamchatka; the mid-Atlantic; the Bering Strait; and Greenwich's antimeridian.
Word: meridian Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Italic *djous Latin diēs Latin medīdiēs Latin merīdiēs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin merīdiānusder. Middle English meridian English meridian The noun is derived from Late Middle English meridian, meridien (“midday, noon; position of the sun at noon; the south; longitude of a place; (astronomy) celestial meridian”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman meridien (“midday”), Middle French meridien (“midday; the south; terrestrial meridian; (astronomy) celestial meridian”) (modern French méridien), and Old French meridiane, meridiiene, and from their etymon Latin merīdiānum (“midday; position of the sun at noon; the south”), a noun use of the neuter form of merīdiānus (“relating to midday; southern”); see further at etymology 1. Sense 1.1 (“celestial meridian”) is ultimately modelled after Latin merīdiāna līnea (“meridian line”). Sense 5.2 (“midday rest; siesta”) is modelled after Late Latin meridiana (“midday; midday rest”), probably short for Latin merīdiāna hōra (“midday time”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/, /mɪ-/, /məˈɹɪ.di.ən/ 1. To cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something). Labels: also, figuratively, rare, transitive Example: Simultaneously with the coming of the mist over earth and sea, where both seem merged into one, slowly and exactly at the same time on each side to the right and left rise and form gorgeous rainbows, that move gently up the sky. They ascend in pairs of the most brilliant color and hue. Upward they move until all the sky is meridianed with bows, which meet in a grand symphony of color in the zenith. Example: At the foot of the promontory on which stands Peng Lai Temple is the little Christian Church of Water City, a suburb of Teng-chou. In the church are hung these words: "One volume, Old and New Testaments, circling earth, meridianing Heaven. One seven-roomed Worship Hall, backing the sea, facing the City." 2. Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive, rare Example: At the opposition of 1892 [James Edward] Keeler […] found, on comparing his drawings meridianed by Marth ephemeris with photographs of a globe made by him from [Giovanni] Schiaparelli's chart and set to the longitude and latitude of the time of observation: […] Example: By the time the moon meridianed, the weather had decidedly improved and the sea had gone down.
Word: meridian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *médʰyos From Late Middle English meridian, meridien (“relating to midday or noon; southern; (astronomy) relating to the celestial meridian”) [and other forms], from Middle French meridien, Old French meridiane (“relating to midday; southern”) (whence Anglo-Norman meridien; modern French méridien), and from their etymon Latin merīdiānus (“relating to midday; southern”), from merīdiēs (“midday, noon; the south (due to the southward orientation of the sun at noon in the Northern Hemisphere)”) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Merīdiēs is a dissimilated form of Old Latin medīdiēs (with the -d- sound shifted to -r-), from medius (“middle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”)) + diēs (“day”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to be bright”)). Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/, /mɪ-/, /məˈɹɪ.di.ən/ 1. Relating to a meridian (in various senses); meridional. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable, rare Example: [T]he Tuſcanes have devided the Heaven into 16 parts. The firſt, is from the North to the Sunnes riſing in the Equinoctiall line: the ſecond, to the Meridian line, or the South: the third, to the Sunne ſetting in the Equinoctiall: and the fourth, taketh up all the reſt from the ſaid VVest to the North ſtarre. Example: The Reliques of many lie like the ruines of Pompeys, in all parts of the earth; And vvhen they arrive at your hands, theſe may ſeem to have vvandred far, vvho in a direct and Meridian Travell, have but few miles of knovvn Earth betvveen your ſelf and the Pole 2. Relating to midday or noon. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable, rare Example: At the meridian hour he [Philippikos Bardanes] withdrew to his chamber, intoxicated with flattery and wine, and forgetful that his example had made every ſubject ambitious, and that every ambitious ſubject was his ſecret enemy. Example: [It may be] that two glasses of alcoholic mixture in the middle of the day shall seem, when imputed to him, to convey a charge of downright inebriety. But the writer has perhaps learned to regard two glasses of meridian wine as but a moderate amount of sustentation. 3. Relating to the culmination or highest point. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: This obvious difference marked the two portions of the empire with a diſtinction of colours, which, though it was in ſome degree concealed during the meridian ſplendor of proſperity, became gradually more viſible, as the ſhades of night deſcended upon the Roman world. Example: [I]n the meridian times of stage-coach travelling [the Buck's Head inn] had been the place where many coaches changed and kept their relays of horses. 4. Relating to the south; meridional, southern. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: A stranger loves the lady of the land, / Born far beyond the mountains, but his blood / Is all meridian, as if never fann'd / By the black wind that chills the polar flood.
Word: meridian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French méridien or German Meridian (“pathway on the body along which life force is thought to flow”), from Latin merīdiānum (“midday; position of the sun at noon; the south”) (see further at etymology 2); the French and German words are calques of Mandarin 經 /经, 经 (jīng, “pathway on the body along which life force is thought to flow; longitude; warp of woven fabric; to go or pass through”). Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/, /mɪ-/, /məˈɹɪ.di.ən/ 1. Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body. Labels: Chinese, also, figuratively, rare, traditional
Word: great circle Part of Speech: noun 1. A circle defined as the intersection of the surface of a sphere and a plane which passes through the centre of the sphere. 2. A segment of such circle representing the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere. Example: Wherever a navigator may be, it certainly would be to his advantage to be able to find the great circle, or shortest course, and the distance, to his port of destination, [....] Example: The shortest distance between two points on an ocean Mercator chart is not a straight line - it is a curve known as a 'great circle'.
Word: great circle route Part of Speech: noun 1. A route, taken by intercontinental aircraft for instance, which is the shortest distance between two destinations on the surface of the Earth; an arc of a great circle.
Word: intercontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English continent English -al English continental English intercontinental From inter- + continental. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/, /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/ 1. Taking place between two or more continents. Labels: not-comparable Example: Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs. 2. Having the ability to travel between continents. Labels: not-comparable
Word: SSTH Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of super slender twin hull (“a catamaran with very slender hulls which are designed to reduce wake wash and increase passenger comfort, generally intended for use as fast-moving ferries, both ocean-going and operating close to shore”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: peruse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹuːz/ 1. To examine or consider with care. Labels: transitive Example: Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features. 2. To read completely. Labels: transitive Example: This survey may be made by perusing al Books and taking notice of all Mechanicall Inventions. Example: We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia […] 3. To look over casually; to skim. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge. Example: She asked Denise for the court file, which she fussed from her handbag. The woman perused it briefly and then beamed up at me. 4. To go from place to place; to wander. Labels: intransitive, regional Example: I loved to straggle off in the mornings […], just perusing around for firewood.
Word: peruse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹuːz/ 1. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing. Example: A peruse of the website looked promising […]
Word: dialectic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French dialectique, from Late Latin dialectica, from Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “relating to dialogue”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “through, across”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/ 1. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This situation created the inner dialectic of American history. 3. development by way of overcoming internal contradictions Labels: Marxism, countable, uncountable
Word: dialectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dialecticus, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκός (dĭălektĭkós). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/ 1. Dialectical (of or relating to dialectic)
Word: dialectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dialect + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/ 1. Dialectal (of or relating to a dialect). Example: Is it [prodezza] a mere dialectic variation of prudenza,[…]? Example: […] if any one has, in common discourse, an indistinct, hesitating, dialectic, or otherwise faulty, delivery, his Natural manner certainly is not what he should adopt in public speaking; […]
Word: diary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/, /ˈdaɪ.ɹi/ 1. A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. Example: They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer's hard drive. Example: No, I’m just going over the stuff Tara wrote in my diary. She’s writing your diary? Could you be any lazier? 2. A personal organizer or appointment diary. Labels: Canada, UK Example: It is recommended that teachers and pupils are issued with homework diaries to help implement and monitor the homework timetable.
Word: diary Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/, /ˈdaɪ.ɹi/ 1. To keep a diary or journal. Labels: intransitive Example: As part of her mindful movement practise, diarying is important to Sarah. "It gives me a chance to see what is going on, to reflect on my experience."
Word: diary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin diārius. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/, /ˈdaɪ.ɹi/ 1. Lasting for one day. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: the offer of a usurpation, though it were but as a diary ague
Word: verdict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/, /ˈvɝ.dɪkt/, /ˈvøː.dəkt/, /ˈvɜɹ.dɪt/ 1. A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. Example: The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Example: I hope the court overturns his verdict. 2. An opinion or judgement. Example: a “not out” verdict from the umpire Example: We've reached a verdict on your proposal.
Word: vegetation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem. Pronunciation: /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/ 1. Plants, taken collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest. Example: Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat. 2. An abnormal mass on an endocardial surface, especially a heart valve, composed chiefly of fibrin and platelets and often containing microorganisms. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An excrescent, verrucous or fibrinous growth on a mucosal or epithelial surface. Labels: countable, dated 4. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vegetate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vegetātus, perfect passive participle of vegetō (“to enliven, to arouse”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛd͡ʒɪteɪt/ 1. To grow or sprout. 2. To spread abnormally. 3. To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. Labels: informal Example: Nor indeed is it likely I shall now ever be able to do more than vegetate, for my few remaining years or months in this or some other solitude. It is literally vegetating, for I have very little locomotive powers beyond those that appertain to a cauliflower. Example: I am amazed to see a young man of your appearance and talents—though, after I have been thus depreciating the latter, it is almost an affront to say any thing about those you possess—I am amazed to see you vegetating among your own oaks, as if, like them, growth were your only value."
Word: veneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish. Pronunciation: /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/, /vəˈnɪɹ/ 1. A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration. Example: A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…]. 2. An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”
Word: veneer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish. Pronunciation: /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/, /vəˈnɪɹ/ 1. To apply veneer to. Labels: transitive Example: to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany Example: The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut. 2. To disguise with apparent goodness. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: [O]ne / Discuss'd his tutor, rough to common men / But honeying at the whisper of a lord; / And one the Master, as a rogue in grain / Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory. Example: The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric.
Word: KKK Part of Speech: name Etymology: The Philippine sense is from Tagalog KKK. 1. Initialism of Ku Klux Klan. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: […] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S. Example: The “over” and “under” prefixes, however, seem only to be applied to things that we, as a culture or collective, determine to be tolerable in the first place. Each prefix transmits a deviation in what is or can be tolerated. For example, when was the last time you heard a KKK member described as “overracist?” Why don’t we speak of law-abiding citizens as “undercriminal?” When was the last time you spoke of “underviolence” or “overcomfortable?” The “over” and “under” is only applied to those things we already understand as manageable or expected. 2. Initialism of Katipunan. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: pantomime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “to mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.təˌmʌɪm/, /ˈpæn.təˌmaɪm/ 1. A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone. 2. The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. Labels: Ancient-Rome, countable, uncountable 3. A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances. Example: Wilson is no stranger to pantoland: “I have fun memories of seeing pantomimes in Australia when I was a kid. They were on at our local Returned and Services League club – my relatives fought in the wars. My mum also said that when I was two, she took me to my first pantomime in Sydney. 4. The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. Example: In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.
Word: pantomime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “to mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.təˌmʌɪm/, /ˈpæn.təˌmaɪm/ 1. To make (a gesture) without speaking. Labels: transitive Example: I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me. 2. To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. Labels: transitive
Word: pallid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin palleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pallidus English pallid From Latin pallidus. Doublet of pale. Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪd/ 1. Appearing weak, pale, or wan. Example: The patient left the hospital but was very pallid. Example: A Sephardic romance, composed before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, fills the Lost Chord Music Store on the northwest corner of Spinoza Square and Sixth Avenue. The well-dressed man on the telephone, pallid for this tanned city, repeats the inquiry: “Cloud Atlas Sextet . . . Robert Frobisher . . . As a matter of fact I have heard of it, though I’ve never laid my sticky paws on an actual pressing.”
Word: palsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːlzi/ 1. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen Example: "Young lady, there is no hope; one side of the Duchesse is struck with palsy; she retains her senses, and will, most probably, to the last; but she cannot live through the night."
Word: palsy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːlzi/ 1. To paralyse, either completely or partially. Example: 1831, William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, To The Public http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928t.html In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference. Example: Its streets were blocked up with snow - the few passengers seemed palsied with snow, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter.
Word: palsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pal + -sy. Pronunciation: /ˈpælzi/ 1. Chummy, friendly. Labels: colloquial
Word: palsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pal + -sy. Pronunciation: /ˈpælzi/ 1. Mate, chum. Labels: slang Example: Listen, palsy, you're not the boss.
Word: neophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos, “newly planted”), from νέος (néos, “new”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant, child”). By surface analysis, neo- + -phyte. Pronunciation: /ˈniː.əˌfaɪt/, /ˈniː.oʊˌfaɪt/ 1. A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. Example: A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it. Vegetarianism was then a new cult in England, and likewise for me, because, as we have seen, I had gone there a convinced meat-eater, and was intellectually converted to vegetarianism later. Full of the neophyte's zeal for vegetarianism, I decided to start a vegetarian club in my locality, Bayswater. Example: In this scene Lupita, the neophyte, is counselled by more weathered professionals about the rules and regulations of whoring. 2. A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk. Example: The neophyte was given a new name in place of the baptismal one, usually of an evil and revolting character, and this was written in blood in the Devil's book, the covers of which were bound in the skin of unbaptised infants. 3. Among the early Christians, and still among the Roman Catholics, one who has recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism. 4. A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).
Word: farcical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From farce + -ical, after comical etc. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/ 1. Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd. Example: A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. Example: In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.
Word: farcical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English farcy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English farcical From farcy + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/ 1. Pertaining to farcy. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Word: cats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæts/ 1. plural of cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cats Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kæts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: truly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːli/ 1. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately. Example: He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory. 2. Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really. Labels: modal Example: That is truly all I know. Example: Truly, that is all I know. 3. Very. Example: You are truly silly. Example: I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.
Word: know-how Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from know how. American English, 1838. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ.haʊ/, /ˈnaː.huː/, /ˈnoʊ.haʊ/ 1. The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly). Labels: uncountable Example: Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer. Example: Today this situation has — at least in theory — been reversed in a startling way because the main source of wealth is no longer natural resources but scientific knowledge and technological know-how that has been accumulated incrementally since the advent of civilization.
Word: birthweight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From birth + weight. 1. The amount that a baby weighs at the time of birth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Premature infants often have a very low birthweight.
Word: glottochronology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glotto- Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English chronology English glottochronology From glotto- + chronology. Pronunciation: /ˌɡlɒtəʊkɹəˈnɒlədʒi/, /ˌɡlɑːtoʊkɹəˈnɑːləd͡ʒi/ 1. The method or study in estimating the time at which a related language diverged from its common ancestor. Labels: uncountable
Word: founded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of found Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of find Labels: childish, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: founded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊndɪd/ 1. Having a basis. Example: She offered a well-founded hypothesis.
Word: outfit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of earlier out-fit, from fit out. Equivalent to out- + fit. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtfɪt/ 1. A set of clothing (with accessories). Example: She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes. Example: Don't call what you're wearing an outfit. 2. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. 3. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company. Example: But I won't have it any longer with George and his shirty bit—there's no room for a—madonna in the outfit. Example: The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared […] Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League. 4. A business or firm. Labels: informal Example: Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal? 5. A sports team. Example: With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities. 6. An outlier-sensitive fit. 7. A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period. Labels: Canada, historical Example: […] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.
Word: outfit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of earlier out-fit, from fit out. Equivalent to out- + fit. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtfɪt/ 1. To provide with, usually for a specific purpose. Labels: transitive Example: The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.
Word: Nijubashi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 二重橋 (nijūbashi, literally “double bridge”). 1. The iron bridge to the Kokyo.
Word: Tennou Part of Speech: name Etymology: Romanization of Japanese 天皇 (てんのう, ten’nou). 1. Alternative form of tenno. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: st Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Compare hist. 1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
Word: st Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Alternative form of st. and St.; abbreviation of street. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Abbreviation of state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of stone; not capitalized or usually spaced. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit. 4. Abbreviation of store. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of stitch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted Example: Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
Word: Greenwich Mean Time Part of Speech: name 1. The apparent time at the Greenwich meridian.
Word: Greenwich Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɡɹɪn-/, /-ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 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: Example: [I]t was the old New Netherland hamlet of Groenwijck—its erratic country roads absorbed into the expanding city and renamed “Greenwich Village”—that became the federation’s first and foremost bohemian district. 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. 20. A community in Nova Scotia. 21. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. 22. The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian. Labels: metonymically Example: Are we east or west of Greenwich?