nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tardy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːdi/, /ˈtɑɹdi/ 1. A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. Labels: US Example: The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell. 2. An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. Labels: US
Word: tardy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːdi/, /ˈtɑɹdi/ 1. To make tardy. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command 2. To dawdle. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Sitting there on the rock behind the school, I heard nothing but the occasional raised voice of some youngster tardying on his way home, and the joints in the schoolhouse squeaking from the frost.
Word: womaniser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From womanise + -er. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: iron hoof Part of Speech: noun 1. A poof (a male homosexual). Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: khyber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Khyber Pass. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ 1. Ellipsis of Khyber Pass (“the arse”). Labels: Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.
Word: nelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life. Pronunciation: /nɛli/ 1. A person's life. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: nelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the woman's name Nelly. Pronunciation: /nɛli/ 1. An effeminate homosexual man. Labels: derogatory, slang 2. A silly person. Labels: UK, slang 3. A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
Word: nelly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the woman's name Nelly. Pronunciation: /nɛli/ 1. Unmanly; effeminate. Labels: slang Example: From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer. Example: Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.
Word: not on your nelly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nelly, Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for puff (of breath = life). 1. Absolutely not; under no circumstances. Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: pork pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A shortcrust pie containing chopped pork. 2. Ellipsis of pork pie hat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. A lie. Labels: Cockney, humorous, slang
Word: porky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork English -y English porky From pork + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of pork. Example: It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats. 2. Rather fat; chubby. Labels: slang Example: In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls.
Word: porky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork English -y English porky From pork + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ 1. singulative of pork (“law enforcement”) Labels: Multicultural-London-English, form-of, singulative, slang
Word: porky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of pork pie. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ 1. A lie. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright porkies. 2. An eye. Labels: Cockney, in-plural, slang Example: Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before.
Word: porky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of porcupine. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ 1. A porcupine. Labels: childish, informal Example: The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all. Example: Although porcupines lack the ability to throw their quills, they do have the capacity to raise and lower them at will. When threatened, a porky elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines.
Word: raspberry ripple Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of vanilla ice cream containing streaks of raspberry-flavoured syrup. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I shall have tons of cream in silver buckets and raspberry ripples.
Word: Rosy Lee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rosy (“female name”) + Lee (“surname, or female or male given name”), a variant of Rosie Lee. 1. Alternative spelling of Rosie Lee (“tea”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 'Sit in here a minute,' he says to them. 'I'll go and make the Rosy Lee.' When he had made the tea he brings it in, gets out the cards, and they start to play, carrying on until it is about half past three. Example: Seated at our map-covered dining table, Vicks and I drank umpteen cups of Rosy Lee as we worked out the best route to take me across seven provinces in Canada and through twenty-six US states, following the coastline as much as possible.
Word: Ruby Murray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Ruby Murray (1935–1996), popular singer. 1. A (meal of) curry. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: taters Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of tater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taters Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from taters in the mould. 1. Cold. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Blimey, it's a bit taters this morning, innit?
Word: titfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for tit for tat. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtfə/, /ˈtɪtfɚ/ 1. A hat. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: And one of the greatest exponents of rhyming slang I ever knew once addressed this question to me: "Tell me, is my titfer on solicitor's fee?" Now I got "titfer" immediately, of course. The question had something to do with his hat. But after trying for fifteen minutes to work out what "solicitor's fee" meant, I had to give up. Almost compassionately the expert explained. A solicitor (attorney) usually charges six shillings and eightpence, or colloquially speaking, six and eight. Six and eight is rhyming slang for straight. So all he wanted to know was if his hat were on straight. Example: "Thee's a right rotten skinflint, Barnaby," Victoria hissed at her husband. "Mabel and me're going to have new folderols if it costs thee thy whole company by God! And we wants titfers like her's by God!" / "Wot?" / "Yes wot! Titfers—hats!"
Word: two and eight Part of Speech: noun 1. A state (of upset, worry). Labels: Cockney, slang Example: I didn't get home until two in the morning, and me missus got herself into a right two and eight over it! Example: Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight.
Word: notion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nōtiō (“a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation, a conception, idea, notion”), from nōscō (“to know”). Compare French notion. See know. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊʃən/, /ˈnoʊʃən/ 1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. Example: What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles. Example: 1705-1715, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed there are few that agree in their Notions about them:. 2. A sentiment; an opinion. Example: The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves. Example: December 2, 1832, John Henry Newman, Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity. 3. Sense; mind. Labels: obsolete Example: Who wrought with them, and all things else that might / To half a soul and to a notion crazed / Say, 'Thus did Banquo.' 4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack. Labels: colloquial Example: Yankee notions 5. Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble. 6. Inclination; intention; predisposition; disposition. Labels: colloquial Example: I have a notion to do it. 7. Pretentiousness or overambition. Labels: Ireland, colloquial, in-plural
Word: Tater Tots Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of tater tots. Labels: alt-of Example: What would a school lunch be without Tater Tots?
Word: barrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹ.ək/, /ˈbɛɹ.ək/, /ˈbeɹ.ək/ 1. A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings. Labels: in-plural Example: Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy. Example: 1919, House Committee on Military Affairs, Army Reorganization: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 8287, H.R. 8068, H.R. 7925, H.R. 8870, Sept. 3, 1919-Nov. 12, 1919, Parts 23-43, page 1956, How do you distinguish between the disciplinary barracks and the penitentiary? Where are the disciplinary barracks ? 2. A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes. Labels: in-plural 3. Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building. Labels: broadly, in-plural 4. A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. Labels: US 5. A police station. Labels: Ireland, colloquial, plural-normally
Word: barrack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹ.ək/, /ˈbɛɹ.ək/, /ˈbeɹ.ək/ 1. To house military personnel; to quarter. Labels: transitive Example: Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel. 2. To live in barracks. Labels: intransitive
Word: barrack Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹ.ək/, /ˈbɛɹ.ək/, /ˈbeɹ.ək/ 1. To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means. Labels: UK, transitive Example: I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive. Example: Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another. 2. To cheer for or support a team. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive Example: The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved. Example: I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen.
Word: baaing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baa + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːɪŋ/ 1. The bleating of a sheep.
Word: baaing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From baa + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of baa Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Baal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל (báʿal)bor. Ancient Greek Βᾰ́ᾰλ (Bắăl)bor. Late Latin Baalder. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)der. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu)der. English Baal From Late Latin Baal (as in the Vulgate) and Ancient Greek Βάαλ (Báal); from Hebrew בַּעַל (bá`al, “lord, husband, owner”), Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl, “lord, master, owner”) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu, “lord, owner”), all from Proto-Semitic *baʿl- (“owner, lord, husband”). Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪəl/, /ˈbeɪl/, /ˈbɑːl/, /ˈbɑl/, /bɑˈɑl/ 1. A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 25 And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you one bullocke for your selues, and dresse it first, for yee are many: and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder. 26 And they took the bullocke which was giuen them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning, euen vntil noone, saying, O Baal, heare vs. But there was no voyce, nor any that answered: And they leapt vpon the altar which was made. 2. Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal. Labels: countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable 3. One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Baalism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל (báʿal)bor. Ancient Greek Βᾰ́ᾰλ (Bắăl)bor. Late Latin Baalder. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)der. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu)der. English Baal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Baalism From Baal + -ism. 1. A pagan religion centred on the worship of Baal.
Word: Baalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל (báʿal)bor. Ancient Greek Βᾰ́ᾰλ (Bắăl)bor. Late Latin Baalder. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)der. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu)der. English Baal 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 Baalist From Baal + -ist. 1. A worshiper of Baal; a member of the pagan religion of Baalism.
Word: babble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), from Proto-West Germanic *bablōn, *wablōn, variants of *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoeic/mimicry of infantile sounds (compare babe, baby). Cognate with Saterland Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), West Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble, chat”), German Low German babbeln (“to babble”), German babbeln (“to babble”), Danish bable, bavle (“to babble”), Swedish babbla (“to babble”), Icelandic babla (“to babble”). Unrelated to Babel. Pronunciation: /ˈbæb.(ə)l/ 1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds Labels: intransitive Example: The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything. 2. To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words. Labels: intransitive 3. To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle. Labels: intransitive Example: She babbled on for hours about the importance of some new gadget. Example: Radical rather than rhetorical, babble like an oracle 4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones. Labels: intransitive Example: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. Example: In every babbling brook he finds a friend. 5. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding. Labels: transitive Example: All this vvhile John had conn'd over ſuch a Catalogue of hard VVords, as vvere enough to conjure up the Devil; theſe he uſed to babble indifferently in all Companies, eſpecially at Coffee-houſes; ſo that his Neighbour Tradeſmen began to ſhun his Company as a Man that vvas crack'd. 6. To reveal; to give away (a secret). Labels: transitive
Word: babble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), from Proto-West Germanic *bablōn, *wablōn, variants of *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoeic/mimicry of infantile sounds (compare babe, baby). Cognate with Saterland Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), West Frisian babbelje (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble, chat”), German Low German babbeln (“to babble”), German babbeln (“to babble”), Danish bable, bavle (“to babble”), Swedish babbla (“to babble”), Icelandic babla (“to babble”). Unrelated to Babel. Pronunciation: /ˈbæb.(ə)l/ 1. Idle talk; senseless prattle. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This is mere moral babble. Example: Assassin's Creed gets described as "more than a game" and "a platform for meaningful exploration and reflection wrapped in the excitement of unforgettable gameplay"—which is executive babble, let's be honest. 2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [M]an has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children; whilst no child has an instinctive tendency to brew, bake, or write. 3. A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [T]he babble of the stream / Fell, and without the steady glare / Shrank the sick olive sere and small.
Word: babbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er. Pronunciation: [ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)] 1. Someone who babbles. Example: Great babblers, or talkers, are[…] not fit […]for trust. 2. Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia). 3. A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent. Labels: dated
Word: babblery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English babble 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 babblery From babble + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈbæb.əl.ɹi/, /ˈbæb.lə.ɹi/ 1. Babble Labels: obsolete Example: They have also certain papers, wherin is painted some babblerie or other of imagery woork
Word: babblement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English babble Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English babblement From babble + -ment. 1. babble Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: babery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps originally for baboonery. Compare baboon, and also babe. 1. Finery of a kind to please a child. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: So have I seen trim books in velvet dight, / With golden leaves, and painted babery / Of silly boys, please unacquainted sight.
Word: babillard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French babillard (“a babbler”). 1. The lesser whitethroat of Europe
Word: babingtonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Dr. Babington 1. A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
Word: babiroussa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”). 1. Alternative form of babirusa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: babish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe English babe Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English babish From babe + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪb.ɪʃ/ 1. Like a babe; childish; babyish. Example: Spoons, you know, are to feed us with weak and thin food, even with that which best suiteth with weak stomachs, or with a babish temper. Example: For, if a young gentleman be demure and still of mature, they say he is simple and lacketh wit; if he be bashful, and will soon blush, they call him a babish and ill brought up thing;
Word: babish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe English babe Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English babish From babe + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪb.ɪʃ/ 1. To make or treat as babish. Labels: obsolete Example: The Pharisees had babished the simple people with fained and colde religion, and had tangled theyr consciences with. Example: The truth is, what with passing those hard years of Mary's reign in obscurity, without all conference or such manner of study as now might do me service, and what with my natural viciosity of overmuch shamefastness, I am so babished in myself, that I cannot raise up my heart and stomach to utter in talk with other, which (as I may say) with my pen I can express indifferently, without great difficulty.
Word: Babism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bábism. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Babist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bábist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bablah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Persian ببول (babul, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”), Sanskrit बब्बुल (babbula), बब्बूल (babbūla, “species of acacia used for tanning”). 1. The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: baboonery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English babwynrie (“grotesque”). Equivalent to baboon + -ery. 1. Baboonish behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You smiled with satisfaction when you saw how great the improvement was that baboonery had made toward manhood.
Word: baboonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English baboon Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English baboonish From baboon + -ish. 1. Like a baboon.
Word: babyhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English babyhood From baby + -hood. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪbihʊd/ 1. The state or period of infancy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Radulph hid his face in his hands and for the first time since babyhood, prayed […]
Word: baby-house Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baby + house. 1. A doll's house. Labels: dated
Word: babyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English babyish From baby + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/ 1. Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish Example: For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard. Example: Clothes like these are too babyish for a child his age.
Word: babyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English babyism From baby + -ism. 1. The state of being a baby. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A babyish manner of acting or speaking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baby jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.
Word: Babylonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) + -an. By surface analysis, Babylon + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Babelian. Pronunciation: /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/, /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. Labels: historical, not-comparable 2. Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18). Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, obsolete Example: [W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits. 3. Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. . Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike,
Word: Babylonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) + -an. By surface analysis, Babylon + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Babelian. Pronunciation: /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/, /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of the city of Babylon. 2. An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean. 3. An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
Word: Babylonian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) + -an. By surface analysis, Babylon + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Babelian. Pronunciation: /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/, /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/ 1. A later form of the Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia from 1950 BCE to 100 CE.
Word: Babylonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Babylōnicus. Pronunciation: /ˌbæbɪˈlɒnɪk/ 1. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there. Example: Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings 2. Tumultuous; disorderly. Labels: figuratively Example: Pipes of port, hogsheads of claret, cases of champagne, gallons of spirituous liquors, are unaccountably added up, subtracted, and divided, by the rule of three and the rule of contrary, into Babylonic confusion, such as worse confounds the confusion of the proprietor of all this intolerable quantity of sack. Example: From confusion and subsequent descent into Babylonic chaos and alterity, God's spirit — his saving, incarnate Word—prepares to enter man's heart and to transform the utter alienation and otherness of nature and society into blessed unity.
Word: Babylonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Babylon + -ish. Compare Old English Babilōnisċ. Piecewise doublet of Babelish. 1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. Example: I ſawe amõge yͤ ſpoiles a coſtly Babiloniſh garment, and two hũdꝛeth Sycles of ſyluer and a tunge of golde, woꝛth fiftye Sycles in weight, […] 2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8. 3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. Labels: obsolete Example: the […] injurious nickname of Babylonish 4. Confused; Babel-like.
Word: babyroussa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of babiroussa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: babyship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English babyship From baby + -ship. 1. The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
Word: bac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bac. 1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope. 2. A vat or cistern.
Word: bac Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of baccalaureate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: baccalaureate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1625; borrowed from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, an alteration made to baccalārius (“young man aspiring to knighthood, apprentice, bachelor”) for it to resemble bacca lauri (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory). See bachelor and -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Pronunciation: /bækəˈlɔːɹɪət/ 1. A bachelor's degree. 2. A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to pursue higher education. 3. A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class. Labels: US 4. The International Baccalaureate.
Word: baccara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French baccara. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.əˌɹɑː/, /ˈbɑːk-/ 1. Alternative form of baccarat (“French card game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: baccare Part of Speech: intj Etymology: back and Latin -āre. A cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. 1. Stand back! give place! Labels: obsolete Example: Baccare! you are marvelous forward.
Word: bacchanal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia. Pronunciation: /ˈbækənəl/ 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. Example: Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […] 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Word: bacchanal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia. Pronunciation: /ˈbækənəl/ 1. A devotee of Bacchus. 2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated. Example: The riot of the tipsie Bachanals 3. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. Labels: in-plural 4. Drunken revelry; an orgy. 5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. 6. drama, ruckus, fiasco Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal
Word: Bacchanalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos). Pronunciation: /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/ 1. A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. Labels: Greek 2. Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. Labels: alt-of, broadly
Word: Bacchanalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Bacchanalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bacchanalian From Bacchanalia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Labels: Greek, Roman, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian Example: Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms. 2. Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.
Word: Bacchanalian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Bacchanalia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bacchanalian From Bacchanalia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/ 1. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. Example: With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
Word: bacchanalianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bacchanalian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English bacchanalianism From bacchanalian + -ism. 1. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unlimited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unlimit + -ed or un- + limited. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/ 1. Limitless or without bounds; unrestricted. Example: The Scottish Region is issuing a Day Rail-Rover Ticket, available at 12 hours' notice, permitting unlimited travel in an area bounded by Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Dundee, Perth, Comrie, Callander, Stirling and Falkirk for 25s. (children, 12s. 6d.). . . .
Word: additament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin additāmentum, from the past participle stem of addere (“to add”). 1. An addition; something added. Labels: archaic Example: Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barely help to separate the principle obtained by it... Example: Nature has furnish'd his foot with another additament much more curious and admirable, and that is, with a couple of Palms, Patterns or Soles […]
Word: additionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin addō Latin additiōder. Old French aditionder. Middle English addicioun English addition Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English additionary From addition + -ary. Pronunciation: /əˈdɪʃənəɹi/, /əˈdɪʃənɹi/, /əˈdɪʃənɛɹi/ 1. Synonym of additional. Example: The countrey parson […] stands fast in 'the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free' [Galatians v. 1]. This liberty he compasseth by one distinction, and that is of what is necessary and what is additionary.
Word: addititious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin addititius, from addere. 1. Additive; Increasing. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: This force is called the addititious part of the disturbing force.
Word: periwinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of Middle English perwinke, from Old English perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌwɪŋ.kəl/ 1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers. Example: The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose if some of the leaves be chewed. Example: He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats. 2. Similar plants of genus Catharanthus. 3. A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light. Example: And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
Word: periwinkle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Diminutive of Middle English perwinke, from Old English perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌwɪŋ.kəl/ 1. Of pale bluish purple colour.
Word: periwinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], alteration of *pinewinkle (compare English dialectal pennywinkle), from Old English pīnewincle, compound of Latin pīna (“kind of mussel”), itself from Ancient Greek πίνη (pínē), variant of πίννα (pínna, “mussel”)) and Old English wincel (“corner”) (compare dialectal Danish vinkel (“snail shell”)). More at winch and wink. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌwɪŋ.kəl/ 1. A mollusk of family Littorinidae. Example: He was working a pin into a periwinkle shell, turning it to extract the toothsome morsel of meat. 2. A caddisfly larva.
Word: adducent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin adducens, present participle of adducere. 1. Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
Word: adduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English adducen, from Latin addūcere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + dūcere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct. Pronunciation: /əˈd(j)uːs/, /əˈdjuːs/, /əˈdʒuːs/ 1. To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) advance, allege, assign, aver, cite, instance, mention, name, point out, plead, present, put forward, quote, urge Example: Reasons […] were adduced on both sides. 2. To produce as proof. Labels: transitive Example: At this juncture, he sought to establish the awareness of the activity; to that end, he then adduced the receipts from the transactions of June 30th.
Word: mini- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.i/ 1. Smaller version of an item than usual. Labels: diminutive, morpheme 2. Smaller version of an item than usual. Labels: diminutive, morpheme
Word: miniskirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English miniskirt From mini- + skirt. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/ 1. A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level. Example: People who are “switched-on” and can twitch to prove it. And now–the latest—the chest toupee and the mini-skirt. […] For the benefit of those who are neither switched-on nor gear, the mini-skirt is actually a semi-skirt. Example: The stewardess in a miniskirt, a hippie in a leather shirt
Word: miniature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃə/, /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/, /mɪnɪjetʃɜ(r)/ 1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. 2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. Example: There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece. Example: The twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany are conceived as a miniature of the whole year, the character of each particular day answering to the character of a particular month. 3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature. Example: The miniature was a picture of Leo's Greek mother - a lovely, dark-eyed creature. 4. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works. 5. An illustration in an illuminated manuscript. 6. A musical composition which is short in duration. Example: Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory. 7. A chess game which is concluded with very few moves. 8. A token in a game representing a unit or character. Example: Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames. 9. Lettering in red; rubric distinction. 10. A particular feature or trait. Example: There's no miniature / In her fair face, but is a copious theme / Which would, discoursed at large of, make a volume.
Word: miniature Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃə/, /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/, /mɪnɪjetʃɜ(r)/ 1. Smaller than normal. Example: I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs. Example: Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a "tool" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the "cerebral organoids" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.
Word: miniature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃə/, /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/, /mɪnɪjetʃɜ(r)/ 1. To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature. Labels: transitive Example: If it be ever so little removed, or seen thro’ the miniaturing End of the Perspective Glass, it either wholly escapes their Sight, or appears to them a mere Minutity. Example: The smile of the babe was in my eye, and in my heart. I saw miniatur’d forth, the features of the murdered Edward.
Word: minicomputer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus ▲ Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer English minicomputer From mini- + computer. 1. A computer smaller than a mainframe, but larger than a microcomputer.
Word: adelocodonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “invisible”) + κώδων (kṓdōn, “bell”). 1. Applied to hydroids' sexual zooids that have a saclike form and do not become free. Labels: not-comparable
Word: adelopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “invisible”) + English -pod. Pronunciation: /əˈdɛləpɒd/ 1. An animal having feet that are not apparent. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: […] adelopods, such as clams, quahaugs, and shell-skids. Example: Maiden, gliding o'er the sod, / As by the Graces' sandal shod, / Art thou an adelopod?
Word: adelphia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Adelphia. 1. Any plant of the genus Adelphia, of Latin America.
Word: adempt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ademptum, past participle of adimo (“to take away”). 1. To take away. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: without any sinister suspicion of any thing in the same being added or adempt