nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gaum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a variant of gum. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. To smear. Labels: Appalachia, Midlands, Southern-US, UK, US, dialectal Example: No, bubby, couldn't hev the wax. Gaum him all up so 't mammy 'd hafter nigh abaout skin him tu git him clean ag'in; […] Example: Isn't it horrible, mamma! One fly produces fifty-two billions of descendants in 60 days in June and July, and they go and crawl over sick people and wade through pus, and sputa, and foul matter exuding from sores, and gaum themselves with every kind of disease-germ, then they go to everybody's dinner-table and wipe themselves off on the butter […]
Word: gaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to gaum (“smear”, verb). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. Grime. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: "douse your head under the pump and wash some of the gaum off your hands and we'll see what your Aunt Debbie can do for that empty feelin'." Example: Said 'Black Bill' Walker, of Walker's Valley, in speaking of the forge: 'I never heerd sech a rackity-rack! Ye'd think the heavens was fallin' down! Them fellers aworkin' thar in the sweat an' gaum reminded me more of the gate to the bad place!'
Word: gaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. A bit, a small amount. Labels: dialectal, rare Example: When he had let what he deemed was a sufficiency of blood out of the incised vein, he called to Elvira to bring a spoon of "sut" from off the back of the fireplace and a "gaum" of spiderwebs from somewhere or other. Example: The Rockwellian palette was what Arkansans would call a "gaum" of sentiment— sentimentality, the cynical would say. His paintings were what these same cynics would probably call "representational," […]
Word: gaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a variant of gom (an Irish English slang term for a foolish person), but possibly related to or influenced by gorming, gawming (“clumsy, stupid”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. A useless person. Labels: colloquial, dialectal, rare Example: He's a scrawny gaum of a lad named Tony Regan, the tailor's eldest son. Example: I saw standing up out of the grass a murderous length of sharp steel. Some gaum of a farm boy had abandoned this scythe while cutting bundles of sourgrass for cattle-breeding.
Word: gaum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of gorm (“to make a mess of”), which see for more. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "She'll get plum bereft 'n worried, even git the all'overs, if n the place's all gaumed up." Example: Some gaumed up their whole lives by a-hasteing in this or that thing, taking out their impatience on this or the other body.
Word: gaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. A village. Labels: India, archaic
Word: glutei maximi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gluteus maximus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ulu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐅᓗ (olo, “woman's knife”). 1. An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
Word: ulu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻulu. 1. Breadfruit Labels: Hawaii
Word: ulu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Malay ulu. Pronunciation: /ˈuːluː/ 1. Remote; deserted Labels: Singlish, colloquial Example: Sembawang Park is considered to be one of the country's most ulu spots because of its comparative isolation, and it was almost empty. Example: Just pretend you're walking in a more ulu part of Botanic Gardens.
Word: kamik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmɪk/, /ˈkæmɪk/ 1. A mukluk. Example: Regional differences affect kamik styles. Example: The old man in old grayish kamiks still had very good vision […]
Word: qamutiik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of komatik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: megatsunami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English tsunami English megatsunami From mega- + tsunami. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡətsuːˈnɑːmi/, /ˌmɛɡəsuːˈnɑːmi/ 1. An extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly. 2. A very large tsunami. Labels: broadly
Word: Saku Part of Speech: name 1. A town and city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Word: credulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated in 1576, borrowed from Latin crēdulus (“that easily believes a thing, credulous”), from crēdō (“to believe”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/, /ˈkɹɛdjələs/ 1. Excessively ready to believe things; gullible. Example: […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment. Example: The doctor was a small, black, plump man with fuzzy hair and round, credulous eyes. 2. Believed too readily. Example: 'Twas he possess'd me with your credulous death Example: In the beginning of the ſixteenth century, John Major and Hector Boethius publiſhed their hiſtories of Scotland, the former a ſuccinct and dry vvriter, the latter a copious and florid one, and both equally credulous.
Word: nuna Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of noona. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypersensitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + sensitive. Doublet of supersensitive. 1. Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen. 2. Excessively sensitive; easily offended.
Word: gams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mosaicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon) Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon)der. Late Latin mūsīvum Medieval Latin musaicumbor. Italian mosaicoder. Middle French mosaïqueder. English mosaic 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 mosaicist From mosaic + -ist. 1. a person who designs or builds mosaics
Word: qallunaaq Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Qallunaaq. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chemical cell Part of Speech: noun 1. a voltaic cell consisting of two metal electrodes connected by an electrolyte
Word: self-absorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English self-absorption From self- + absorption. 1. Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else. Labels: uncountable
Word: prescriptivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prescriptive 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 prescriptivist From prescriptive + -ist. 1. Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional norms of language usage should be upheld. Example: The plutocratic tone and styptic wit of Safire and Newman and the best of the Prescriptivists is often modeled after the mandarin-Brit personas of Eric Partridge and H. W. Fowler, the same Twin Towers of scholarly Prescriptivism whom Garner talks about revering as a kid.
Word: prescriptivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English prescriptive 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 prescriptivist From prescriptive + -ist. 1. Having a tendency to prescribe. Example: In short, they tend to present Indian English as nothing more than "standard" English with a select collection of lexical peculiarities tacked on, as it were, many of which would be regarded as "errors" by prescriptivist language scholars.
Word: ages Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of age Labels: form-of, plural 2. A long time. Labels: excessive Example: haven't seen them in ages Example: haven't seen them for ages 3. History (past events): Astronomic and geologic history; human history. Example: Trees have continually evolved throughout the ages. Example: Humans have warred with one another throughout the ages.
Word: ages Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of age Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: psoriasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin psōriasis (“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”), from Koine Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “-sis: forming nouns of action & medical disorders”). Cognate with psora. Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪ.əsɪs/ 1. A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He suffers from a skin complaint, psoriasis, which has rendered his hands scaly, hard and red.
Word: larynx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/, /ˈlɛɹ.ɪŋks/, /ˈlæɹ.ɪŋks/ 1. A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production. Example: There is one thing, among abundance of others, in Anatomy, which has always much affected me with Admiration, [...] It is the Situation and Elaſticity of the Epiglottis, a ſoft Cartilaginous Cover to the Larynx, or Orifice of the Wind-pipe; that this Epiglottis ſhould, all a Man's life, be drawn up, for the Benefit of Reſpiration, and fall down and ſhut, whilſt every bit we eat, and every drop we drink, paſſes over it into the Gullet and Stomach; and that we ſhould ſo ſeldom have Occaſion to cough up a crum, or drop, that may accidentaly ſlip into the Larynx; [...] Example: The larynx is the instrument of the voice, of which the rima glottidis is the immediate organ. [...] The change of the voice from acute to grave at the time of puberty, when the larynx undergoes a remarkable development, as well as its acuteness in females, whose glottis is less by one third than that of man, shew that the size of the aperture has a great influence.
Word: enfilade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French enfilade. Pronunciation: /ˌɛnfəlˈeɪd/, /ˈɛnfəlˌeɪd/ 1. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line. Example: In his Booker Prize-winning novel The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst wrote about people who know their world history as being able to look back through the millennia as an enfilade of rooms: Greece yields to Rome; Rome to the Byzantine Empire ... the Renaissance ... the British Empire ... America ... China. The same goes for people who can recite their kings and queens. British history clicks into a long enfilade of discrete, identifiable periods. 2. Gunfire directed along the length of a target. Example: Uncle Charles, a truly unparalleled slinger of shit, is laying down an enfilade of same, trying to mollify men who seem way more in need of a good brow-mopping than I. Example: In minutes they had gained the top, fell prone, and began to pour deadly repeater-fire into the enemy below while their compatriots raked the top of the coulee with an enfilade. 3. A series of doors that provide a vista when open.
Word: enfilade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French enfilade. Pronunciation: /ˌɛnfəlˈeɪd/, /ˈɛnfəlˌeɪd/ 1. To rake (something) with gunfire. Labels: transitive Example: A great quantity of artillery was placed upon the eminence, so as to batter and enfilade the left of their intrenchments. Example: As they scrambled up a narrow path they every where found holes dug to cover the defenders of the mountain, and sticks crossed for resting their guns, with which they enfiladed every angle, that from the steepness it was necessary to make in ascending. 2. To be directed toward (something) like enfilading gunfire. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Together they saw the market thicken, and in course of time thin away with the slow decline of the sun towards the upper end of town, its rays taking the street endways and enfilading the long thoroughfare from top to bottom. Example: From her rocking chair in the parlour, Mrs. Zell’s scrutiny enfiladed the entire block. 3. To arrange (rooms or other structures) in a row. Labels: transitive Example: […] the house had been boldly planned with a ball-room, so that, instead of squeezing through a narrow passage to get to it (as at the Chiverses’) one marched solemnly down a vista of enfiladed drawing-rooms (the sea-green, the crimson and the bouton d’or), seeing from afar the many-candled lustres reflected in the polished parquetry […]
Word: monotony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”). Pronunciation: /məˈnɒtəni/, /məˈnɑtəni/, /məˈnɑtni/, /məˈnɔtəni/, [məˈnɔ̟təni] 1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety. Example: It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,... Example: Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race. 2. The property of a monotonic function. 3. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
Word: rush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”). Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite, accelerate”), Old English horsċ (“quick, quick-witted, clever”), Old Frisian rosk, rosch (“quick, rapid, sudden”). etymology note An alternative etymology traces rush via Middle English ruschen (“to rush”) from Old English *rūscian (“to rush”) from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (“to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”), a variant (with formative k) of Proto-Germanic *rūsōną (“to be cruel, storm, rush”) from Proto-Indo-European *(o)rewə- (“to drive, move, agitate”), making it akin to Old High German rosc, rosci (“quick”), Middle Low German rûschen (“to rush”), Middle High German rūschen, riuschen (“to rush”) (German rauschen (“to rush”)), North Frisian ruse (“to rush”), Middle Dutch ruuscen (“to make haste”), Middle Dutch rūsen (“to rush”) (Dutch ruisen (“to rush”)), Danish ruse (“to rush”), Swedish rusa (“to rush”). Compare Middle High German rūsch (“a charge, rush”). Influenced by Middle English russhen (“to force back”) from Anglo-Norman russher, russer from Old French ruser, rëuser. Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of Anglo-Norman russher, russer (“to force back, down, out of place, by violent impact", "to pull out or drag off violently or hastily”), from Old French re(h)usser, ruser (although the connection of the forms with single -s- and double -ss- is dubious; also adopted in English ruse; French ruser (“to retreat, drive back”)), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *refūsāre and Latin refundō (“I cause to flow back”), although connection to the same Germanic root is also possible. More at rouse. Pronunciation: /ɹʌʃ/, /ɹʊʃ/ 1. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly. Labels: not-comparable Example: a rush job
Word: rush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā, possibly borrowed from Latin rūscum (“butcher's broom”), of unknown origin + *-jā (animal and plant suffix). Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”). Further cognates include Russian ро́зга (rózga). Pronunciation: /ɹʌʃ/, /ɹʊʃ/ 1. Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water. 2. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc. 3. The merest trifle; a straw. Example: [W]hat occaſion haſt thou to give up Eccleſdoun-Caſtle to John Bull? his Friendſhip is not vvorth a Ruſh, give it me and I'll make it vvorth the vvhile. 4. A wick.
Word: clamour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). Pronunciation: /ˈklæm.ə/, /ˈklæm.ɚ/ 1. UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones. Example: For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]
Word: clamour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). Pronunciation: /ˈklæm.ə/, /ˈklæm.ɚ/ 1. UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor. Example: The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers 2. To salute loudly. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe, 3. To stun with noise. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them. 4. To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: rushes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃɪz/ 1. plural of rush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rushes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃɪz/ 1. Unedited footage; film material as recorded to tape etc. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: rushes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rush Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: larynges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ləɹˈɪn.d͡ʒiːz/ 1. plural of larynx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pairwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pair Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English pairwise From pair + -wise. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛə.waɪz/, /ˈpɛɹ.waɪz/, /ˈpeː.wɑez/, /ˈpeə.wɑez/, /ˈpiə.wɑez/ 1. Occurring in pairs; two at a time. Labels: not-comparable Example: They proceeded to make pairwise comparisons.
Word: pairwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pair Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English pairwise From pair + -wise. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛə.waɪz/, /ˈpɛɹ.waɪz/, /ˈpeː.wɑez/, /ˈpeə.wɑez/, /ˈpiə.wɑez/ 1. In or by pairs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte. Pronunciation: /fɔɹt/, /fɔːt/, /fo(ː)ɹt/, /foət/ 1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. 2. Any permanent army post. 3. An outlying trading-station, as in British North America. Labels: historical 4. A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games. Example: The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.
Word: fort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte. Pronunciation: /fɔɹt/, /fɔːt/, /fo(ː)ɹt/, /foət/ 1. To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
Word: boustrophedon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ) Ancient Greek -ηδόν (-ēdón) Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón)lbor. English boustrophedon Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) + -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field. Pronunciation: /ˌbuːstɹəˈfiːdən/ 1. Text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The number of Attic boustrophedon texts is fairly small; most of those just cited have been brought down by the experts to a date close to 550 B.C., a date to which several texts of more than one line inscribed left to right may also be assigned (cf. pp.56—57 infra), besides the four-line retrograde sep. mon. of Pediarchus cited in the previous section (cf. p.52 supra). Stone texts only really become numerous in Attica about 550, and by this time it is clear that left-to-right writing is just as common as boustrophedon, and may have been so even earlier.[…]After 540 boustrophedon was certainly unusual. Example: (Venetic apparently had both kinds of boustrophedon, either flipping the face of the characters when switching direction or else inverting them (Lejeune, 1974, pages 180-181).)
Word: boustrophedon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ) Ancient Greek -ηδόν (-ēdón) Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón)lbor. English boustrophedon Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) + -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field. Pronunciation: /ˌbuːstɹəˈfiːdən/ 1. Synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”). Labels: not-comparable, uncommon
Word: boustrophedon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ) Ancient Greek -ηδόν (-ēdón) Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón)lbor. English boustrophedon Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) + -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field. Pronunciation: /ˌbuːstɹəˈfiːdən/ 1. Synonym of boustrophedonically (“as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”). Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: hold the fort Part of Speech: verb 1. To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence. 2. To maintain a secure position.
Word: specify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English specifien, from Old French specifier, especefier, or directly from Medieval Latin specificō, from specificus (“specific”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɛs.ɪ.faɪ/, /ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪ/ 1. To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition. Labels: transitive Example: I was nevere somouned, ne never hadde tydynges of this matier but by seyd lettres and other fleying tales that I heve herd sithen, ne nevere hadde to do more with the seyd John Wortes than is specified in the seyd instruccion. Example: Thanne after came A riall ordenaunce, / Too myghty princes with a grete pusaunce, / ffro Masedeyn and owt of Arkadye, / Ther cowde no man the nowmber specifie. 2. To include in a specification. Labels: transitive Example: It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days has taken leave of their senses and opted for cheapness over comfort. 3. To bring about a specific result. Labels: transitive 4. To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Forthermar o þis lecheri / Agh i þe noght to specifie[…]
Word: appositive Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/, /-ɾɪv/, /əˈpɒzɪtɪv/ 1. of or being in apposition Labels: not-comparable
Word: appositive Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/, /-ɾɪv/, /əˈpɒzɪtɪv/ 1. a word or phrase that is in apposition
Word: apposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/ 1. A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The apposition in the title has been read as indicating that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is equivalent to ‘colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases’. 2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The growth of successive layers of a cell wall. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 7. A public disputation by scholars. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: au courant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French au courant (literally “to the current”). Pronunciation: /əʊ kʊˈɹɒn(t)/, /ˌoʊ kʊˈɹɑnt/ 1. Up to date; informed about the latest developments; abreast. Example: Doctor Portman and Smirke were both cautious of informing the widow of the constant outbreak of calumny which was pursuing poor Pen, though Glanders, who was a friend of the house, kept him au courant. Example: As Hemingway once noted, Paris is an old city—and so even a 1946 film looks au courant: part of the aesthetic air.
Word: avowed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From avow + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈvaʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of avow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: avowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From avow + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈvaʊd/ 1. openly acknowledged Labels: not-comparable 2. positively stated Labels: not-comparable Example: There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade. Example: An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains. 3. asserted under oath, or vow Labels: not-comparable Example: His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see
Word: backpack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack From back + pack. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.pæk/ 1. A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books. Example: Rachel discovered that she could also keep things in her backpack that were important to her, nobody would know about them because they would be hidden. These important things included a small round rock that she had found […] Example: Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases. 2. A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life support equipment.
Word: backpack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack From back + pack. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.pæk/ 1. To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. Labels: intransitive Example: I spent a month backpacking in the Rockies. 2. To engage in low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodation. Labels: intransitive 3. To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Astronauts backpack oxygen during spacewalks. Example: I planned to go to jungle today and backpacked my things which contained^([sic]) food and a note book.
Word: baddie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bad + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbædi/ 1. A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction. Labels: informal Example: In a western, the baddie typically wears a black hat. Example: All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know are the goodies and who are the baddies. 2. An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer. Labels: neologism, slang Example: Aside from all of the abstract aspects (things we cannot see), you do not have to be an Instagram model/baddie to be a bad bitch. Example: All day long, she can immerse herself in the world of crop tops and contour and IG “baddies” that do not look like any Indian girl she knows. 3. An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer. Labels: broadly, neologism, slang Example: I didn't realize my professor was dating an absolute baddie; I didn't know he had motion like that.
Word: blithering Part of Speech: adj 1. Talking incoherently; jabbering. Example: This was just what he had been afraid of. These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men.
Word: blithering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blither Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blithering Part of Speech: noun 1. Incoherent or foolish talk. Example: the blitherings of a madman
Word: examine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ 1. To observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something. Labels: transitive Example: He examined the crime scene for clues. Example: She examined the hair sample under a microscope. 2. To check the health or condition of something or someone. Labels: transitive Example: The doctor examined the patient. 3. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination. Labels: transitive 4. To interrogate. Labels: transitive Example: The witness was examined under oath.
Word: examine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ 1. An act of examining. Labels: informal Example: Soutar scratched the back of his neck then had a quick examine of his nails. Deep-ingrained purple they were.
Word: grey area Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because grey is a blend of black and white. 1. An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined. Labels: idiomatic Example: It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal. 2. A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation. Labels: idiomatic Example: Fame is a grey area[.]
Word: posterior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *posteros Latin posterus Latin posteriorbor. English posterior Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”). Pronunciation: /pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/, /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɒsˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɔsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/ 1. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. 2. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. 3. Following in order or in time. Labels: formal
Word: posterior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *posteros Latin posterus Latin posteriorbor. English posterior Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”). Pronunciation: /pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/, /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɒsˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɔsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/ 1. The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, sometimes Example: Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne. 2. The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
Word: fall between two stools Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an old proverb, "Between two stools, one falls to the ground", which dates from 1390. This, in turn, is most likely a translation of the medieval Latin proverb labitur enitens sellis herere duabus ("he falls trying to sit on two seats"). 1. To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail. Labels: idiomatic Example: Unfortunately, it fell between two stools: it was not good enough to be a competition car and those who wanted a roadburner preferred the Iso Grifo, which was better equipped. Example: Even Henry's will embodies that suspension between two poles, or falling between two stools, which characterises so much of his church's history from the point. 2. To attempt two roles and fail at both, when either could have been accomplished singly. Labels: idiomatic Example: “[…] She Dido] could not bear to lose the land she had got by a swindle; and then she could not bear the loss of her lover. So she fell between two stools. […]” Example: Failing to get rid of the old love Medea] before taking on the new—in other words, wasting his strength over a new and untried method before having fully established the old—he Jason] fell between two stools.
Word: neither Part of Speech: det Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/, /ˈniː.ðə/, /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/, /ˈni.ðɚ/, /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Not one of two; not either; not one or the other. Example: Neither definition seems correct. Example: She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].
Word: neither Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/, /ˈniː.ðə/, /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/, /ˈni.ðɚ/, /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Not either (used with nor). Example: Neither you nor I likes it. Example: For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]
Word: neither Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/, /ˈniː.ðə/, /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/, /ˈni.ðɚ/, /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Not either one of two. Example: I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly. Example: Her words of advice will help neither of us.
Word: neither Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/, /ˈniː.ðə/, /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/, /ˈni.ðɚ/, /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Similarly not. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just as you would not correct it, neither would I. Example: Neither can she stop him, nor can he stop her.
Word: neither Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/, /ˈniː.ðə/, /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/, /ˈni.ðɚ/, /ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Nor. Labels: archaic Example: But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse.
Word: improve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːv/ 1. To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). Labels: transitive Example: Painting the woodwork will improve this house. Example: Buying more servers would improve performance. 2. To become better. Labels: intransitive Example: I have improved since taking the tablets. Example: The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible. 3. To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account. Labels: dated Example: to improve one's time; to improve his means Example: We shall especially honour God, by discharging faithfully those offices which God hath entrusted us with: by improving diligently those talents which God hath committed to us
Word: improve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin improbō (“disapprove, reject”). Doublet of improbate. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːv/ 1. To disprove or make void; to refute. Labels: obsolete Example: One ſayth this and a nother that / but can not agre. Nether can any of them make ſo ſtronge a reaſon vvhich a nother can not improve. 2. To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]hen he reherſed his preachinge and his doynges vnto the hye Apoſtles / they coulde improve no thinge […] Example: You would improve his negligence, too oft to ease retir’d: […]
Word: worsen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wursnen; equivalent to worse + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːsn̩/, /wɔːsn̩/, /ˈwɝsn̩/ 1. To make worse; to impair. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate; degrade, deteriorate; see also Thesaurus:aggravate Example: Global warming has worsened the weather. 2. To become worse; to get worse. Labels: intransitive Example: The weather has worsened. Example: During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast. 3. To get the better of; to worst. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: ageism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From age + -ism. Coined by American academic Robert N. Butler in 1969. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪzm̩/, /ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪz.əm/ 1. The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But a half-hour into this third Democratic debate, many Democrats had to be wondering: Can he [Joe Biden] go three hours? It’s our own collective ageism.
Word: ageist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Italic *aiwom Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Proto-Italic *aiwotāts Latin aetātem Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *aetāticum Old French eagebor. Middle English age English age 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 ageist From age + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/ 1. Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age. Example: Upon hearing that his employer would soon require yearly physical examinations and vision screening, my father exclaimed that the policy was ageist. Example: Even though she had succeeded in the phone interview, when the ageist employer learned that the candidate was only 18 years old, she became hesitant.
Word: ageist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Italic *aiwom Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Proto-Italic *aiwotāts Latin aetātem Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *aetāticum Old French eagebor. Middle English age English age 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 ageist From age + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/ 1. A person who behaves in an ageist manner. Example: He didn’t like to think of himself as an ageist, but he had to admit that he hadn’t considered the needs of some of the more elderly participants.
Word: for the nonce Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Middle English for þe nones, for þe nanes, a rebracketing of earlier for þen ānes (literally “for the once”). Pronunciation: /nɒn(t)s/, /nɑn(t)s/ 1. For the time being, for now, with the expectation that the situation may change. Labels: idiomatic Example: That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term. Example: 'Idiot!' exclaimed the doctor, who for the nonce was not capable of more than such spasmodic attempts at utterance.
Word: obeisaunce Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of obeisance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Chaldean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an. Pronunciation: /kælˈdi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general. Labels: not-comparable Example: Honour me! Chaldean priests / Bow to me in adoration
Word: Chaldean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an. Pronunciation: /kælˈdi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Chaldea. Example: The Chaldeans had great faith in Ea, their god of healing, to whom prayers were said in case of sickness, but herb remedies were also given the patient by the god's representative in the community. Example: The Chaldeans worshipped the seven planets. These seven planets were the "Seven Great Gods" of the ancients, and constituted a polytheism, the component members of which varied in importance, with the moon occupying the premier position. 2. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church. 3. A diviner or astrologer. Example: Older Babylonian astrology, which flourished in Kassite and Assyrian times (1400-700 B.C.) had a quite different character: it aimed at short-range predictions of general public events, such as wars and harvests, from striking phenomena such as eclipses, clouds, annual rising and setting of planets, whereas the Hellenistic "Chaldaeans" predicted individual fates from positions of planets and zodiacal signs at the date of birth or conception. [...] So the individual character of horoscopic astrology should not be stressed too much. The essential new feature is, that positions of planets and zodiacal signs are used for long-range predictions. Now these positions are by no means striking events: planets may be invisible, and signs are never visible. The data needed for a horoscope had, in most cases, to be calculated from tables. We ignore how, when and why this transformation took place. But it could only take place in Babylonia, where tables were available for calculating positions of planets at remote dates. Not without reason astrologers were called "Chaldaeans" throughout the Roman Empire!
Word: Chaldean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an. Pronunciation: /kælˈdi.ən/ 1. The West Semitic language of the ancient Chaldeans. 2. Synonym of Biblical Aramaic (now considered a misnomer). Labels: historical 3. Synonym of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic.