nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: antigenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English antigenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English antigenicity From antigenic + -ity. 1. The ability, or degree of ability, to react with the products of an immune response.
Word: antiphonal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪfənəl/ 1. A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner. 2. An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
Word: antiphonal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪfənəl/ 1. Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts. Labels: not-comparable Example: The antiphonal hymn was sung regularly at church. Example: […] in the lengthened antiphonal dirge at the end […]
Word: paleography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses. Pronunciation: /ˌpalɪˈɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌpeɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌpeɪliˈɑɡɹəfi/ 1. The study of old or ancient forms of writing. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Paleography might teach men to read documents, diplomatics to date them and to test their authenticity; but the full significance of an ancient deed might easily escape the most exact paleographer and the most accomplished diplomatist, for the want of that finished sense for legal technicality which is the natural fruit of a conveyancing practice. Example: This book is the culmination of a six-year detective hunt among local records, archives, and private collections in England and in Massachusetts. I do not recommend a similar study to any student who has a faint heart, lack of patience, inability to travel, or poor eyesight. Such a study demands the development of various specialized skills. A knowledge of the mysteries of genealogy is essential, and these can be both complex and frustrating. One must also learn about paleography and know how to decipher the different court hands, the shorthand Latin used by clerks, and seventeenth-century handwriting in general. A note of warning: many of the church documents make the formal manorial court rolls look like works of art, as they are. Single pages, or paragraphs of entries, in Church Court Deposition Books or Churchwardens’ Accounts have cost me many hours of exasperation, to say nothing of long weeks at the typewriter. Another important ability which must be cultivated is the use of a portable photostat machine, such as the Contura, under every kind of difficulty, including the differences in types of electric current in foreign countries and the caution of archivists who fear any damage to their documents. In addition to the skill of handling a photostat machine, one should know about photographic processes in general and a certain amount about cartography, particularly for the period studied. Naturally, the technical legal language used by court clerks must be mastered. 2. Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. Paleogeography. Labels: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: up the wall Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. crazy, mad Labels: idiomatic Example: Those noisy children are driving me up the wall. Example: You really are a pain in the arse, aren't you (laugh track)? The PM is going up the wall! Hitting the roof! You can't go around making speeches like that.
Word: Confucius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Cōnfucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, honorific title, literally “Master Kong”) + Latin -ius. Pronunciation: /kənˈfju.ʃəs/, /kənˈfjuː.ʃəs/ 1. An influential Chinese philosopher who lived c. 551 BCE – c. 479 BCE; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘). Example: Theſe Books mention only three Sects to have been in vogue in the World ; for of other Sects there is not the leaſt mention made. The firſt is the Sect of the Learned : The ſecond is called Sciequia : And the third Lancu. The firſt of theſe three is followed by all the Chineſes, and the adjacent People, which uſe the Chineſe Characters, as the Iſlanders of Japan, Corea, and Couchinchina : this Sect, which is that of the Learned, is taught to, and followed by none, but only thoſe and the Chineſes themſelves, and is the Antienteſt of all the Sects that were ever heard of in China : Out of this, about which a very great number of Books are writ, generally are choſen perſons fit for the Government of the Empire ; and therefore it is honoured and eſteemed above all others. The Doctrine of this Sect is not taught all at once, but they ſuck it in by degrees when they learn to Read or Write. The firſt Founder of this Sect was Confutius, the Prince of Chineſe Philoſophers, who is to this day honoured by all the Learned, with the Title of the The moſt Wiſe. Example: The thirty eighth Year of the Cycle Confucius was preferr’d for his great Merit to be Prime Miniſter of the Kingdom of Lû, his native Country. Thro’ his wiſe Counſel the Face of Affairs was ſoon chang'd throughout the Land ; he reform’d the Abuſes that had crept into it, and reſtor’d Honeſty in dealing ; he taught young Men to reſpect the old, and honour their Parents, even after their Deceaſe ; he inſpir’d the fair Sex with Mildneſs and Chaſtity ; and caus’d Sincerity, Uprightneſs, and all other civil Virtues to prevail among the People. 2. A male given name from Latin. Labels: rare
Word: power station Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊə.steɪʃən/ 1. Synonym of power plant. Example: All the bigger towns in this vast area are to have new power stations. Yinchuan and Bayenhot in Ningsia province, Sining in Chinghai, Tienshui, Tunhchuan and Paochi in Shensi, and Tihua in Sinkiang have all been mentioned in Press reports. Example: The Underground would eventually be powered by two giant power stations, as we will see, before plugging itself directly into the National Grid.
Word: power stations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of power station Labels: form-of, plural
Word: historiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English historio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English historiography From historio- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /hɪˌstɒɹiˈɒɡɹəfi/, /hɪˌstɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/, /hɪˌstɔɾeˈɔɡɾəfe/ 1. The writing of history; a written history. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As was mentioned on p.31, value-judgments are generally considered the most conspicuous source of subjectivity in historiography. Example: We limited the discussion to historiographies examining the development of the modern Middle East from World War I onward. 2. The study of the discipline and practice of history and the writings of past historians. Labels: uncountable Example: In its broadest sense, historiography has to do with the process of historical writing, the identification and use of source material, and the techniques and methods applied to the analysis of these data. Example: Consistently the most underestimated and neglected debate in recent British historiography is that between Perry Anderson and Edward Thompson conducted in the mid-1960s in the pages of the New Left Review and the Socialist Register.
Word: historiographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From historiography + -er. Pronunciation: /hɪˌstɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfəɹ/ 1. A scholar who studies historiography. Example: May Your Majeſty be pleaſed to accept theſe remains of a noble Author, as they vvere collected by the care of Your late Hiſtoriographer; […] Example: "That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.
Word: histologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English histology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English histologist From histology + -ist. Pronunciation: /hɪˈstɑlədʒɪst/ 1. One who studies histology.
Word: hit-and-miss Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hit-or-miss. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: But garbage, ashes, tin cans, rubbish, paper, packing, stable refuse, things which go so far to make a community less lovely and less livable are gotten rid of in the most hit and miss fashion, if at all. Example: The upgrade from Channel 4 cult hit to Netflix blockbuster gave Charlie Brooker’s hit-and-miss dystopia anthology Black Mirror bigger stars, a bigger budget and, most notably, a far bigger audience.
Word: hobbyhorse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hobby horse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hobby-horse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hobby horse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: WHEN a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,—or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows headstrong,——farewell cool reason and fair discretion! Example: The discordant minstrelsy of every kind renewed its din; the boys shrieked and howled, and the men laughed and halloed, and the women giggled and screamed, and the beasts roared, and the dragon wallopp’d and hissed, and the hobby-horse neighed, pranced, and capered, and the rest frisked and frolicked, clashing their hob-nailed shoes against the pavement, till it sparkled with the marks of their energetic caprioles.
Word: hobbyist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hobby + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪst/, /ˈhɑb.i.ɪst/ 1. A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby. Example: This computer magazine is targeted at both professionals and hobbyists. Example: [Letters will not be answered if addressed] to a lady who is so busy with his own verses, or a scholar with a Greek scholium, or a hobbyist with his hobby, or any many with his own schemes and projects however good and important they may be, that he feels no interest in the concerns of others. 2. A client in a girlfriend experience. Labels: slang Example: In other words, a hobbyist wants to feel special, like he is the provider's boyfriend. This interest in extra-sexual experiences by men who frequent prostitutes is well known (Stein 41; Bernstein 126).
Word: honoraria Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɑnəˈɹɛɹi.ə/ 1. plural of honorarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-intellectual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + intellectual. 1. Hostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideas. Example: Near-synonym: philistine
Word: anti-intellectual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + intellectual. 1. A person who scorns intellectuals and their views and methods. Example: Near-synonym: philistine
Word: hotelier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French hôtelierbor. English hotelier Borrowed from French hôtelier. Pronunciation: /həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/, /həʊˈtɛl.iˌeɪ/, /hoʊˈtɛl.i.əɹ/, /ˌoʊ.tɛlˈjeɪ/, /ˌhoʊ-/ 1. Someone who owns or runs a hotel. Example: Mumbai: Hotelier Gaurav Arya arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Mumbai on Tuesday to record his statement in a money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Example: Jim managed to secure employment in a hotel on the lake shore, but even then I could see that his interest in being a hotelier was waning.
Word: antipollution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * anti- + pollution Pronunciation: /æn.taɪ.pəˈluː.ʃən/ 1. Anything that helps the environment by reducing pollution. Labels: uncountable
Word: antipollution Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * anti- + pollution Pronunciation: /æn.taɪ.pəˈluː.ʃən/ 1. Reducing or opposing pollution. Example: He also proposed putting more air purifiers in schools and to explore additional anti-pollution efforts with China.
Word: antipoverty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + poverty. 1. That serves to alleviate poverty. Labels: not-comparable Example: This initiative gave birth to an urban movement, the […] SAPE: a way of expressing an identity that was antipoverty, antidepression, and antipower (because it opposed the abas-cost, the uniform imposed by Mobutu) for thousands of young Kinshasans, as well as for Brazzavillians on the other side of the Congo River.
Word: antiseptically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English antiseptic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English antiseptically From antiseptic + -ally. 1. In an antiseptic manner. Example: The agents, particularly a woman named Betty (Lynne Cormack), gush idiotically about what great potential Robin has, and dream of revamping his act so antiseptically that they can bill him as "Canada's Comic Illusionist," instead of the specialty performer that he clearly is. 2. Regarding antisepsis.
Word: antithetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English antithetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English antithetically From antithetic + -ally. 1. In an antithetic manner. 2. Using antithesis.
Word: antithetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antitheticus. 1. Diametrically opposed. 2. Synonym of antithetical.
Word: antithetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antitheticus. 1. Ellipsis of antithetic variate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Unlike antithetics, a control variable can be used for any attribute of the random variable Y that is being simulated […]
Word: aphoristically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English aphoristic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English aphoristically From aphoristic + -ally. 1. In an aphoristic manner. 2. Using or regarding aphorisms.
Word: apocryphally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apocryphal Middle English -ly English -ly English apocryphally From apocryphal + -ly. 1. In an apocryphal manner. Example: Isaac Newton apocryphally discovered his second law – the one about gravity – after an apple fell on his head. 2. In an apocryphal manner. Example: "And are you an artist, too?" inquired Bunson's companion, prepared to let a little surplus enthusiasm loose on the MacQuibble. "MacQuibble's an impressionist," remarked Cripps a trifle apocryphally. "I'm nothing of the sort," exclaimed the MacQuibble, hurling down the gage of battle at once. 3. Regarding apocrypha.
Word: apostleship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apostle Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English apostleship From apostle + -ship. 1. The position, post, or duty of being an apostle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hooked up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hook up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: apostle spoon Part of Speech: noun 1. A spoon (usually silver) with an image of an apostle or other Christian religious figure as the termination of the handle. Example: Apostle spoons were a common baptismal gift in the 16th and 17th centuries. Example: He had picked up a small apostle spoon from the sideboard and by sheer violence broke off the small figure at the top.
Word: apostle spoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apostle spoon, usually as a set of twelve representing the different apostles. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nolle prosequi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nolle prosequi (“to not want to pursue”). Cf. prosecute. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒlɪ ˈpɹɒsɪkwaɪ/, /ˌnəʊlɪ ˈpɹɒsɪkwaɪ/, /ˌnoʊli ˈpɹoʊsɪkwaɪ/, /ˌnoʊli ˈpɹoʊsɪkwi/, /ˌnɑli ˈpɹɑsɪkwaɪ/ 1. A declaration from the attorney general ending a criminal prosecution. Labels: UK 2. A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit. 3. A refusal, a denial, a rejection. Labels: figuratively Example: [...] where the ordinary man would have met the suggestion they had made with a firm nolle prosequi, I was barred from doing this by the code of the Woosters, which, as is pretty generally known, renders it impossible for me to let a pal down. [...] “I do wish you wouldn't always be so difficult, Bertie. Your aunt tells me it was just the same when you were a child. She'd want you to eat your cereal, and you would stick your ears back and be stubborn and non-co-operative, like Jonah's ass in the Bible.” I could not let this go uncorrected. It's pretty generally known that when at school I won a prize for Scripture Knowledge. “Balaam's ass. Jonah was the chap who had the whale. Jeeves!” “Sir?” “To settle a bet, wasn't it Balaam's ass that entered the nolle prosequi?” “Yes, sir.”
Word: nolle prosequi Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin nolle prosequi (“to not want to pursue”). Cf. prosecute. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒlɪ ˈpɹɒsɪkwaɪ/, /ˌnəʊlɪ ˈpɹɒsɪkwaɪ/, /ˌnoʊli ˈpɹoʊsɪkwaɪ/, /ˌnoʊli ˈpɹoʊsɪkwi/, /ˌnɑli ˈpɹɑsɪkwaɪ/ 1. To issue a nolle prosequi. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: dewy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dewy, deuhy, from Old English dēawiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwag, *dauwīg, equivalent to dew + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdjuː.i/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.i/, /ˈduː.i/ 1. Covered by dew. Example: His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle. Example: The dewy grass was too slick for football. 2. Having the quality of bearing droplets of water. Example: In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp. Example: At midnight, in the month of June, / I stand beneath the mystic moon. / An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, / Exhales from out her golden rim 3. Resembling or characteristic of dew. 4. Fresh and innocent. Example: 1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face Thy dewy looks sink in my breast Thy gentle words stir poison there; Example: It was unusually early for him; his whole person exhaled the charm of almost dewy freshness; […]
Word: BSD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Berkeley Software Distribution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Ellipsis of BSD license. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: BSD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of big swinging dick. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, vulgar 2. Initialism of bead seat diameter, the diameter of the wheelrim where the tire bead sits when mounted. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pinching Part of Speech: adj 1. That pinches, or causes such a sensation Example: It was one January morning, very early — a pinching, frosty morning — the cove all gray with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.
Word: pinching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pinch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pinching Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who or that which pinches. Example: Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush. 2. The act of pinching off new growth. Example: Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10. 3. theft Example: As "Kings of the Covers," they re-recorded happening disks by Elvis ("Heartbreak Hotel") […] and, for their most publicly-known pinching, THE JAYHAWKS ("Stranded In The Jungle").
Word: chubb Part of Speech: noun 1. An erection of the penis. Labels: slang Example: Would you girls be offended if I got a chubb? Example: Howard, great question and one that I often ponder while masturbating....as I use the soles of my feet to get a chubb going on my anaconda-like flesh taxi, I have considerable time to ponder deep, thought-provoking issues of precisely this nature.
Word: poisons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poison Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poisons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of poison Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: poisonings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poisoning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mousery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mouse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English mousery From mouse + -ery. 1. A place where mice are kept and bred. Labels: rare Example: There was indeed a mousery of vast proportions, far from general view on an upper floor. . . . A member of the Institute's research staff, unaware of its existence and unexpectedly admitted, found himself in a city of mice, thousands of them, elaborately housed and cared for.
Word: cattery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English cattery From cat + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəɹi/ 1. A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday. 2. A place where cats are bred.
Word: rattery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English rattery From rat + -ery. Pronunciation: /ɹætəɹi/ 1. A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding Labels: countable 2. apostasy; traitorousness Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. the rattery and scoundrelism of public life
Word: kunya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya). 1. An epithet in Arabic names, typically deriving from the name of the bearer's first-born son.
Word: SCAP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of supreme commander of the Allied powers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sprucing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spruce up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Coulomb gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A mathematical construct used in the theory of electromagnetic radiation.
Word: appaloosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a + Palouse + -a. From the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans. The river is named for the Palouse region. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.pəˈluː.sə/, /ˌæ.pəˈlu.sə/ 1. A horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern. Labels: US, uncountable 2. A horse of this breed. Labels: US, countable
Word: appaloosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of Appaloosa cat, itself an ellipsis of Apaloosa catfish, after the Appalousa people of Louisiana. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.pəˈluː.sə/, /ˌæ.pəˈlu.sə/ 1. A catfish. Labels: Southern-US, US Example: A big fish wends its way towards the shape the light makes, stops and sucks at air. Mottled brown and black, with a pink, appaloosa mouth. Example: On a two-day camp out at Red Bluff on the Angelina River in East Texas, we had out twelve trotlines, fishing for mud, appaloosa, blue and channel catfish.
Word: applier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply English -er English applier From apply + -er. 1. A person or device that applies something.
Word: appointive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English appoint Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English appointive From appoint + -ive. 1. Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment. Example: The constitution adopted at Oakmulgee provides for […] the machinery of government in which the governor and legislature are elective by the people. The judges are appointive by the governor […] Example: It will be kind of nice, a year before your time, to be standing in the way of any appointive plums that may happen to fall; […]
Word: apportionment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apportion Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English apportionment From apportion + -ment. 1. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment. Example: The names of the prayers are given above the tunes, but there is no indication of apportionment of the text to the phrases and notes of the melody. 2. The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. Labels: US 3. The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. Labels: US
Word: appositely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apposite Middle English -ly English -ly English appositely From apposite + -ly. 1. In an apposite manner.
Word: apprehensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apprehensive Middle English -ly English -ly English apprehensively From apprehensive + -ly. 1. in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
Word: archaeologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) 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 -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology 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 archaeological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English archaeologically From archaeological + -ly. 1. In an archaeological manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. Regarding archaeology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: architecturally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English architectural Middle English -ly English -ly English architecturally From architectural + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɑː.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃə.ɹə.li/, /ɑɹ.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃɚ.ə.li/ 1. In an architectural manner. Example: The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones. 2. Regarding architecture. Example: an architecturally important work Example: Architecturally the stations of the Tonbridge-Hastings line are of great interest. Wadhurst, Robertsbridge and Stonegate are of simple Italinate^([sic]) style, unspoiled by that necessary evil of a platform awning.
Word: argumentatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin argūmentor Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin argūmentātīvusder. Middle English argumentatif English argumentative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English argumentatively From argumentative + -ly. 1. In an argumentative manner.
Word: aristocratically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English aristocratic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English aristocratically From aristocratic + -ally. 1. in an aristocratic manner 2. regarding aristocracy
Word: appositeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apposite Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English appositeness From apposite + -ness. 1. the state of being apposite Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is a want of appositeness and accuracy in the first sentence of this extract, which renders it somewhat difficult to determine whether the author designed it as a single proposition, or as a series of independent propositions. Example: For two years more he lingered, sinking slowly into unconsciousness and imbecility. Sometimes, propped up in his chair, he would be heard to murmur, with unexpected appositeness, the words of Samson [...]
Word: apprehensiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apprehensive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English apprehensiveness From apprehensive + -ness. 1. the state of being apprehensive Labels: uncountable
Word: arbitrariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin arbiter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arbitrāriusder. Middle English arbitrarie English arbitrary Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English arbitrariness From arbitrary + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Passion, providence, and imitation are conventionally the respective ruling forces of these three processes. Yet to take them at face value, as an innocent reading of the poem might advise, would be to betray Garcilaso’s own efforts, in this sonnet and elsewhere, to expose the arbitrariness of grandiose idealist concepts such as Platonic love and providential history.
Word: archness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arch Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English archness From arch (“principal; primary; mischievous”, adjective) + -ness. 1. The state of being arch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Marianne was surprised and confused, yet she could not help smiling at the quiet archness of his manner Example: Meanwhile the farce was going on very successfully, and Mrs. Leary, in a hussar jacket and braided pantaloons, was enchanting the audience with her archness, her lovely figure, and her delightful ballads.
Word: arduousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin arduus English arduous Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English arduousness From arduous + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdjuːəsnəs/ 1. The state of being arduous. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As it happens, the duo that made Triple Frontier boasts an impressive pedigree in cinematic arduousness.)
Word: argumentativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin argūmentor Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin argūmentātīvusder. Middle English argumentatif English argumentative Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English argumentativeness From argumentative + -ness. 1. the state of being argumentative Labels: uncountable
Word: artlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English artless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English artlessness From artless + -ness. 1. the state or quality of being artless Labels: uncountable, usually 2. the state or quality of being innocent; naïveté Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: appropriator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appropriate + -or. 1. A person who appropriates something. Example: […] God is Love, and Christ is the Saviour of the World, and the Pharisaical Appropriators of Mercy and Salvation, do seldom know what spirit they are of. Example: He knew very well that he was the proprietor or appropriator of the money, which, according to all proper calculation, ought to have fallen to his younger brother, and he had, we may be sure, some secret pangs of remorse within him, which warned him that he ought to perform some act of justice, or, let us say, compensation, towards these disappointed relations. 2. The religious organization that owns the income of a benefice. Example: And as for those Churches where all the Tythes both great & small are taken by the Appropriator, Wee ordaine that the Bishop of the Diocesse according to the Lawes of the Church shall allot out of the said appropriation, such maintenance to a sufficient Curate, as in equitie in his discretion shall seeme meete and competent.
Word: appurtenant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English appurtenaunt, from Old French apurtenant. Pronunciation: /əˈpɜːtɪnənt/ 1. Of or pertaining to an appurtenance. Example: a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings 2. Ancillary or subsidiary.
Word: appurtenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English appurtenaunt, from Old French apurtenant. Pronunciation: /əˈpɜːtɪnənt/ 1. An appendage or attachment. 2. An appurtenance. Labels: informal, noun-from-verb
Word: arbitrament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arbitrament, from Old French arbitrement. By surface analysis, arbiter + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈbɪtɹəmənt/ 1. The judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be taken severally in respect of the severalty of the causes. Example: They assert that the right may be given by the Fourteenth Amendment but the remedy can be refused by the public, and as we understand Hall and DeCuir, the courts of civil jurisdiction have only the office of affirming their discretionary arbitrament, as the Supreme Court did in that celebrated cause.
Word: arborvitae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arbor (“tree”) + vitae (“of life”), literally “tree of life”, probably referring to the evergreen leaves. The anatomical sense from the branched, tree-like appearance of the tissue. Pronunciation: /ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪti/, [ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪɾi], [ˌɑɹbɚˈvəɪɾi], /ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪtə/ 1. Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament. Example: She was at that moment just outside the door, and from the position of the Colonel, framed between the pillars at the other end of the piazza and against the dark green foliage of an arborvitae standing beyond. 2. The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
Word: archaist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either archaic + -ist or archaism + -ist. 1. A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary 2. A person who uses archaisms in language
Word: archly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English arch Middle English -ly English -ly English archly From arch + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.li/ 1. In an arch manner; slyly. Example: Phoebe lay down by me, and ask'd me archly if, now that I had seen the enemy, and fully considered him, I was still afraid of him? Example: Though he intends it destructively, Rothbard is right that there are relations between the millennial hope for justice he archly calls KGE—Kingdom of God on Earth—and communism.
Word: archly Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.li/ 1. In the form of an arch. Labels: not-comparable Example: My eyebrows recently plucked archly.
Word: argyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Argyll branch of the Scottish Campbell clan, named after their tartan. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɡaɪl/, /ˈɑɹ.ɡaɪl/ 1. a pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear 2. a sock having this pattern 3. A type of gravy warmer. Labels: historical
Word: phenacetins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenacetin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: school-age Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of school age. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: One of the gloomy features of village-life is the absence of young men and young women from the scene. So soon as children have passed school-age, they are drafted off in large numbers into the towns for service or other employment.
Word: Argyle Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈɡaɪl/ 1. Alternative spelling of Argyll. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic 2. A surname. 3. A rural locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. 4. A number of places in Canada: 5. A number of places in Canada: 6. A number of places in Canada: 7. A number of places in Canada: 8. A number of places in Canada: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A 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 number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Argyle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈɡaɪl/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of argyle. Labels: alt-of Example: This foot was covered with a blue and gray Argyle sock, and Mrs. Whatsit sat there, wriggling her toes, contentedly finishing her sandwich before scrambling to her feet.
Word: Argyll Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old Irish err Scottish Gaelic earra Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Celtic *weidus Proto-Celtic *weidelos Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðelbor. Old Irish Goídel Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal Scottish Gaelic Earra-Ghàidhealbor. English Argyll Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Earra-Ghàidheal (“land of the Gaels”). Pronunciation: /aɹˈɡʌɪl/, /ɑːˈɡaɪl/, /ɑɹˈɡaɪl/ 1. A former county of Scotland, now incorporated into Argyll and Bute. Labels: historical 2. A Scottish dukedom.
Word: arraignment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arraign Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English arraignment From arraign + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪnmənt/ 1. The formal charging of a defendant with an offense; in many jurisdictions it includes their response in the form of a plea, typically as guilty, not guilty, or no contest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This process, Mr. Rothfeld said, could be interrupted at any moment if prosecutors in Los Angeles successfully extradite him for an arraignment on the sexual assault charges there. Example: […]— the indictment will remain sealed until his expected arraignment on Tuesday, when the charges will be formally revealed.
Word: arpeggiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English arpeggio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English arpeggiate From arpeggio + -ate. 1. To play (a chord) as an arpeggio. Labels: transitive Example: […] Mr. Keezer arpeggiated chords a little flashily, but justifiably so; […]. 2. To represent separately on a score.
Word: barbiturates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barbiturate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphetamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphetamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sense of humor Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of sense of humour. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: sense of humour Part of Speech: noun 1. A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny. Example: I prefer to think that birds have a sufficiently developed sense of humour to enjoy the spectacle of a human being hunched beneath a bush kissing the back of their hand. Example: The man’s right leg had been completely crushed in the crash, and he was losing a lot of blood. “Mr Goodie,” began the doctor as soon as Dad had been rushed into the Accident and Emergency department at the hospital. “I have some very bad news. We have to amputate your leg.” “Which one?” replied Dad, not losing his sense of humour at this dark time. “The right one, of course. If we don’t operate straight away, there is a very real chance you will die.”
Word: humorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English humor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English humorist From humor + -ist. 1. Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist. Labels: archaic, historical 2. Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric. Labels: obsolete Example: She and the duke used to rally me upon my fondness for lord W—m, who was a sort of an humourist, and apt to be in a pet, in which case he would leave the company, and go to bed by seven o'clock in the evening. Example: I called on him and found him a contemporary of Beauclerk and Langton at Trinity College, Oxford, and a man of reading and animation, but a kind of humourist. 3. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance. Example: Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist. Example: Art Buchwald, who satirized the follies of the rich, the famous and the powerful for half a century as the most widely read newspaper humorist of his time, died Wednesday night in Washington. 4. One who studies or portrays the humours of people.
Word: dirks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dirk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dirks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dirk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: private limited liability company Part of Speech: noun 1. A limited liability company that is not a public corporation
Word: piece of eight Part of Speech: noun 1. The peso, a silver coin that was minted in Spain and its colonies from the end of 15th century, equal to eight reales (hence the name). Labels: historical Example: It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.
Word: Brooklynite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brooklyn + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʊklənʌɪt/, /ˈbɹʊkləˌnaɪt/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York. Example: They have learned that if the Brooklynite is not as well treated at home as he is in New York he will spend a few cents for car fare and take his amusement across the river. Example: One Brooklynite sought to mail an umbrella and was told that it could not be sent with a tag, but must be wrapped up in a parcel, which would have made a London postoffice man laugh. Another Brooklynite seeking to mail a wooden box of cigars was told that he must find some place where he could buy corrugated paper, and wrap the cedar box with that before it could be sent through the mails.
Word: bullectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bulla Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English bullectomy From bulla + -ectomy. 1. A procedure to remove one or more bullae, which are enlarged, damaged air sacs or air pockets in the lung parenchyma, typically larger than 1 cm in diameter.