nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: frivolous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin frīvolus (“silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless”), with the ending modified to match -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪv.ə.ləs/ 1. Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a caprice or whim. Example: trifling ((literary) 2. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial. 3. Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this. Example: There is no easy definition for the phrase 'frivolous lawsuit,' but I imagine any claim for damages where the injuries are minimal or where the basis for the defendant's liability is hard to believe, might qualify as frivolous. Example: One of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk and frivolous lawsuits.
Word: inappropriate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English appropriate English inappropriate From in- + appropriate. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət/, /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/ 1. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. Example: It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner. Example: The violent movie is inappropriate for school. 2. Improper; adult; sexual. Labels: informal Example: kids saying inappropriate things 3. (of an action or thing) vile or unpleasant; repulsive. Labels: informal Example: Discrimination and abuse are examples of inappropriate actions. 4. Too vile. Labels: informal
Word: upper arm Part of Speech: noun 1. The section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.
Word: unfit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fit English unfit From un- + fit. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɪt/ 1. Not fit; not having the correct requirements. Example: Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team. Example: The latter engine was found unfit to take its return working at 5.35 p.m. from Luton, and No. 45616, Malta G.C., was provided by Kentish Town as substitute. 2. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor. Example: I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town. 3. Unsuitable for a particular purpose. Labels: often Example: Sadly, the station that proves to be the busiest - Blackpool Pleasure Beach - is unfit for purpose. It possesses a tiny canopy back from the platform that offers little in the way of shelter or amenities, other than a couple of benches.
Word: unfit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fit English unfit From un- + fit. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɪt/ 1. To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify. Example: He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him. Example: These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east.
Word: catalogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/, /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/, /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/ 1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. Example: [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd. Example: He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure. 2. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. 3. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. 4. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery. 5. A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc. Labels: US 6. A directory listing. Labels: dated Example: The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated. Example: BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files. 7. A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs. 8. A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar. Labels: figuratively, singular Example: The accident followed a catalogue of errors. Example: Near-synonym: litany
Word: catalogue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/, /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/, /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/ 1. To put into a catalogue. 2. To make a catalogue of. Example: The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases. 3. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue. 4. to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
Word: catalog Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of catalogue. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: catalog Part of Speech: verb 1. US standard spelling of catalogue. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: And the exclusions are a statement about life itself: the words that were left out haven’t been co-opted; by not yet being cataloged, they still belong to us.
Word: psilosopher Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /psɪˈlɒsəfə/, /psɪˈlɑsəfɚ/ 1. A false philosopher. 2. One who professes to have knowledge or education which they, in fact, lack.
Word: polyhistor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin polyhistor (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɒliˈhɪstɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar. Example: A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man. Example: [Carlfriedrich] Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor, a species rarely found today.
Word: chitterlings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/, [ˈt͡ʃɪɾɚlɪŋz], /ˈt͡ʃɪt.lɪnz/, [ˈtʃɪt.lɪnz], [tʃɪːlɪnz] 1. Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: How fare I? troth for ſixpence a meale, wench, as well as heart can wiſh, with Calves chaldrons and chitterlings […]
Word: chitterlings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/, [ˈt͡ʃɪɾɚlɪŋz], /ˈt͡ʃɪt.lɪnz/, [ˈtʃɪt.lɪnz], [tʃɪːlɪnz] 1. plural of chitterling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hog maws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hog maw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masculin Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of masculine. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: reckless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan Old English rēċan Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English rēċelēas Middle English rekles English reckless From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English rēcelēas (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck + -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkləs/, [ˈɹʷɛkləs] ~ [ˈɹʷɛkls̩] 1. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash. 2. Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof. Example: Escalation is the film’s nuclear energy source. It’s there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by [Tom] Cruise, again defying good sense and his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment.
Word: wild cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat. 1. An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions. 2. A feral cat. 3. Alternative form of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon 4. Alternative form of wildcat in its other extended senses. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: US survey acre Part of Speech: noun 1. Unit of measure for areas, defined as 43,560 square feet,https://web.archive.org/web/20041204052555/http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/appxc/appxc.htm or 4,046.8564224 square meters. A square mile has 640 acres.
Word: Odinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Odin 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 Odinist From Odin + -ist. 1. A practitioner of Odinism.
Word: Columbusing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Columbus Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discernable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French discernable, equivalent to discern + -able. 1. Alternative spelling of discernible. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: These marks produce the corduroy sort of stripes discernable in the tappa in its finished state.
Word: dissolutionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dissolution 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 dissolutionism From dissolution + -ism. 1. Anarchist and nihilist social theory, taken as a whole or type. Labels: uncountable
Word: derivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English derive Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English derivable From derive + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈɹaɪvəbəɫ] 1. able to be derived; deducible. Labels: not-comparable 2. Differentiable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of haoma (“sacred plant”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: enunciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēnuntiātus, past participle of ēnuntiō (“to report, declare”), from ē- + nūntiō (“to report”). Doublet of enounce. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/ 1. To make a definite or systematic statement of. Labels: transitive 2. To announce, proclaim. Example: the terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel 3. To articulate, pronounce. Labels: transitive Example: You must enunciate all the syllables. 4. To make sounds clearly. Labels: intransitive Example: Enunciate when you speak.
Word: trailer trash Part of Speech: noun 1. Poorly-educated, usually white, individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park. Labels: US, derogatory, idiomatic, slang, uncountable
Word: pronounciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By confusion of pronounce with pronunciation. 1. To pronounce. Labels: humorous, nonstandard
Word: immaculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, im- + macule + -ate. Cognates * Catalan immaculat * Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete) * Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé) * Portuguese imaculado * Spanish inmaculado Pronunciation: /ɪˈmækjʊlət/, /ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/, /ᵻˈmæk.jə.lət/ 1. Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy. Example: O loyall Father, of a treacherous Sonne, / Thou ſheere immaculate and ſiluer Fountaine, / From vvhence this ſtreame, through muddy paſſages, / Hath held his current, and defild himſelfe. Example: So in immaculate clothes, and Symetrie / Perfect as circles, vvith ſuch nicetie / As a young Preacher at his firſt time goes / To preach, he enters, […] 2. Containing no mistakes; free from fault. Labels: figuratively 3. Containing no mistakes; free from fault. Labels: figuratively, specifically 4. Free from sin; morally pure; sinless. Labels: archaic, figuratively Example: Take not thy flight ſo ſoone immaculate ſpirit. Example: Were but my ſoul as pure / From other guilts as that, Heaven did not hold / One more immaculate. 5. Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled. Labels: figuratively 6. Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings. Labels: especially
Word: impeccable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French impeccable, from Latin impeccabilis (“not liable to sin”), from im- (“not”) + peccare (“to err, to sin”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/ 1. Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors Example: He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English. Example: The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote. 2. Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate Example: It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.
Word: shirty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɝ.ti/, /ˈʃɜː.ti/ 1. Ill-tempered or annoyed. Labels: Australia, UK, informal Example: "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?" "I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer." Example: "Well, so help me Bob, you are a shirty old cow, Mudgy."
Word: Geelong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Wathaurong Djilang, Djalang. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈlɒŋ/ 1. A port city in Victoria, Australia, 75 km south-west of Melbourne. Gateway to the surfcoast of Victoria, and Great Ocean Road.
Word: nostalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin nostalgia, coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”), calquing German Heimweh. Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested. Transferred sense probably influenced by French nostalgie, especially in literature. Compare Italian nostalgia, Spanish nostalgia, Portuguese nostalgia and French nostalgie. Pronunciation: /nɒˈstæld͡ʒə/, /nɑˈstæld͡ʒə/, /nəˈstæld͡ʒə/, /nɔˈstæld͡ʒə/, /nəˈstæɫd͡ʒə/ 1. A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Seeing food at camp similar to his mother's cooking sent a wave of nostalgia through him. Example: I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place. Accident has cast them amid certain surroundings, but they have always a nostalgia for a home they know not. 2. A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an alumnus' feelings of nostalgia for his/her years in high school Example: I can't have been the only person, last week, to feel a rush of nostalgia upon learning that Thames Water had removed a bus-sized, 15-tonne lump of food fat ("mixed with wet wipes") from the sewers under London. The fatberg was an August news story redolent of the old-fashioned silly season.
Word: sensual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnsjuːəl/, /ˈsɛnʃuːəl/, /ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/ 1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations. Example: That massage was a very sensual experience! 2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory. Example: Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm. 3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.
Word: sensuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sensus (“sense”) + English -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnʃuəs/ 1. Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification. Example: Although we rarely see Casanova himself on our tour of his sensuous world, we feel his presence as we look at paintings, sculpture, snuff boxes, embroidered vests, silk dresses, silver candy dishes, etc. 2. Of or relating to the senses; sensory. Labels: not-comparable Example: The antithetical features of atomist doctrine are no longer seen as undetermining the principle of the atom, or negating sensuous appearance, but rather as intrinsic to both. Nature is full of contradictions […] 3. Appreciative of stimulation Example: I consider myself a sensuous lover.
Word: parchment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English parchemyn, parchement, from Old French parchemin, via Latin pergamīna, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós, “of Pergamon”), which is named for the ancient city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) in Asia Minor, where it was invented as an expensive alternative for papyrus. Cognate with Danish pergament, Dutch perkament, French parchemin, German Pergament, Greek περγαμηνή (pergaminí), Italian pergamena, Norwegian pergament, Portuguese pergaminho, Galician pergameo, Romanian pergament, Russian пергамент (pergament), Spanish pergamino, and Swedish pergament. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtʃmənt/, /ˈpʰɑɹt͡ʃmənt/ 1. Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs. Example: Never found Hattie and they never found the shack Never made the trip back in There was a parchment note they found tacked to a stump Said: Don't come lookin' again. 2. A document made on such material. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Stiff paper imitating that material. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The creamy to tanned color of parchment. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: squatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squat + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒ.tə/, /ˈskwɑ.təɹ/ 1. One who squats; one who sits down idly. Example: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!" 2. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. Labels: Australia, historical Example: While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land. 3. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. Labels: Philippines 4. A large-scale grazier and landowner. Labels: Australia, historical Example: Down came the squatter, a'riding his thoroughbred, / Down came policemen, one, two and three. /'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag? / You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.' Example: Boldrewood was a squatter, a magistrate and a commissioner of goldfields and knew thoroughly the life he described in Robbery Under Arms (1888), the story of the bushranger Captain Starlight—first serialised in The Sydney Mail in 1881—and in his numerous other novels, which included The Squatter′s Dream (1890). 5. A squat toilet. Labels: informal Example: All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.
Word: squatter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squat + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒ.tə/, /ˈskwɑ.təɹ/ 1. comparative form of squat: more squat Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Nearer at hand, to the left of a huge block (a telephone exchange) and over the top of another, lower, survivor of the blitz, rises the pinnacled tower of St. Alban's Church, and just to the left a glimpse can be obtained of the top of the squatter tower of St. Mary's Aldermanbury.
Word: gaduin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Gadus (“cod genus”) + -in 1. a yellowish cod-liver oil derivative Labels: uncountable
Word: module Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French module, from Latin modulus (“a small measure, a measure, mode, meter”), diminutive of modus (“measure”) (whence mode). Doublet of modulus and mold. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdjuːl/, /ˈmɒd͡ʒuːl/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒul/, /ˈmɒd͡ʒul/, /ˈmɔd͡ʒʉːl/ 1. A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. Example: A friend who’s spent decades as an auto mechanic recently confided that he’s grateful to be nearing retirement. “These Teslas,” he told me, “they’re not even cars anymore – they’re computers on wheels. When something goes wrong, you don’t fix it; you just replace entire modules.” What was once a craft that any dedicated person could learn has become an exercise in supervised dependency. 2. A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building. 3. A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines. Example: Class modules are similar to form modules except they do not have a visible interface (GUI). Example: When there is more than one protected module in memory, the rules for accessing the code and data sections of a given module treat all the other modules as if they were unprotected memory. 4. A unit of education covering a single topic. Example: Which modules are you studying next year? 5. A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game. Example: Dragonborn […] first appeared in the Dragons of Despair module (1984) for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as “dragonmen.” 6. An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication. Example: Modules over a ring are a generalization of abelian groups (which are modules over #92;textstyle#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;). Example: Approximately forty-five years ago K. Morita presented the first major results on equivalences and dualities between categories of modules over a pair of rings. 7. A fractal element. 8. A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker. Example: I composed a number of techno and rave modules back in the 1990s. 9. A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel. 10. An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.
Word: spic and span Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of spick-and-span. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Lady Thatcher received a spic and span welcome yesterday from Tory bigwigs. Before she walked on stage yesterday, an official was sent out to hoover the blue carpet.
Word: glomp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An emphatic form of glom. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒmp/, /ɡlɔmp/ 1. Alternative form of glom. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. To embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start. Labels: slang, transitive Example: You glomp onto her, and she punts you through the wall....but you don't care! Example: 2000, KATHYNEW, Re: Ranma Fanfiction Cliches (draft), rec.arts.anime.fandom, http://groups.google.com./group/rec.arts.anime.fandom/msg/f1d35cbb99146224?dmode=source Nope. Every instance he's near her he tries to glomp her. If she shows affection to Ranma, he attacks Ranma.
Word: glomp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An emphatic form of glom. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒmp/, /ɡlɔmp/ 1. An embrace of this kind. Labels: slang Example: 1996 Mar 23, RpM-acct2/5, Surreal World pt 3 [fanfic][Ranma/UY/Nuku/Tenchi/SM/A!MG/KOR], rec.arts.anime.stories, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.creative/msg/4be30a5c086f64af?dmode=source Ryoko zoomed in for the glomp when suddenly she got glomped herself.
Word: wiener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst (“Vienna sausage”), from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) + Wurst (“sausage”), because these sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria. In Germany today this sausage is known as Wiener Würstchen (“small sausage from Vienna”), but in Vienna and the Netherlands it is called a Frankfurter or Frankfurter Würstchen (“small sausage from Frankfurt”). Pronunciation: /ˈwiːnəː/, [ˈwɪi̯nəː], /ˈwiːnɚ/, [ˈwɪi̯nɚ] ~ [ˈwɪi̯nɹ̩] 1. A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork. Labels: Canada, US 2. A hot dog or frankfurter. Labels: Canada, UK, US Example: Two figures crossing the windy park. Miss Martin taking Smith's arm over the street. And inside where wieners were being turned on a hot skillet behind the steamed glass. Always wanted to have the constitution to eat these fearlessly, perhaps with a glass of orange. 3. The penis. Labels: Canada, US, colloquial 4. A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities. Labels: US, colloquial 5. An irritating or disliked person. Labels: UK, US, colloquial
Word: breast milk Part of Speech: noun 1. Milk produced by the human mammary glands. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: middle name Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835. 1. A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name. Example: I go by David but it's my middle name; my full name is William David Mason. Example: María is a common middle name in Spanish, as in José María García. 2. A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person. Labels: figuratively Example: Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name. Example: I won't tell anyone. "Discretion" is my middle name.
Word: middle name Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Historically in the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines, the Spanish naming customs traditionally displayed the full name as: : first name + second name + father's surname + Spanish y (“and”) + mother's surname During the US colonial era of the Philippines, the US naming custom took effect where the mother's maiden name is used as a middle + name, which displayed the full name as: : first name + second name + middle name (“mother's surname before marriage”) + last name (“father's surname”) 1. One's mother's maiden name. Labels: Philippines Example: Juan Rico Martinez dela Cruz III is my full name, where Martinez is my middle name, but people just call me "JR". Example: Maria Clara Teresita Reyes dela Cruz is my full name, where Reyes is my middle name, but you can call me Tessie or Tess.
Word: aunty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English aunty From aunt + -y. 1. Alternative spelling of auntie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: homeorhesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homeo- + Ancient Greek ῥεῦσις (rheûsis, “flow”), the dropped u probably resulting from analogy with ῥέω (rhéō) or its derivatives. 1. A dynamical system which returns to a trajectory, as opposed to a system which returns to a particular state, which is termed homeostasis Labels: uncountable
Word: diaphane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French diaphane, from Medieval Latin diaphanus (“diaphanous”), from Ancient Greek διαφανής (diaphanḗs), from δια- (dia-, “through”) and φαίνω (phaínō, “show”); by surface analysis, dia- + -phane. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəfeɪn/ 1. Something transparent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The corporal nature is deuided into bright and ſhining bodies, as earth and metalles: Eyther into Diaphane or tranſparent bodyes, as ayre and water. Example: And for man's life as the clear sparkling wine, Gladding the heart and lifting up the soul From its frail diaphane of petulant flesh, Yet whence doth flow this liquor of delight? 2. A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Essence or nature as encapsulated in a mental construct. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The figure of the diaphane, "this clear crystal nature," is a person so perfect that his simple presence would do more for the world than others manage to do through their actions. Example: Thus dreams and daydreams, stray thoughts, and all the other products of imagination are not simply inside one human brain; some are created by the diaphane of the person who experiences them, others come form outside, but all are projected onto the astral light.
Word: stinkbush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stink + bush. 1. star anise (plant) Labels: Southern-US
Word: langer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Suggestions include: * from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India * from languor * from lang, variant of long * from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam * from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon. Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɚ/ 1. Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male). Labels: Ireland, derogatory, slang 2. An annoying person. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, offensive, slang Example: "Give it up will ya! get a job, ja langer!" Example: And central to it all is wind-up, making a langer out of people, to use that now unfortunate word that can still only be used correctly and said correctly by Cork people, even though the rest of the country has taken to it with gusto, embarrassing themselves like white people trying to talk black slang to be "street". 3. Penis. Labels: Ireland, slang, vulgar Example: Mike opened his knees wide, so that his langer would be framed by the gap between his legs. For first impressions a boner would have been good, but not likely. Example: He showed me a photograph. There was a woman and a man doing something, but I wasn't sure what. The man was standing over the woman holding his langer (the Cork word) and she was looking up at him smiling. I felt ill and started to walk backwards.
Word: holistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hol- + -istic. See holism. Pronunciation: /həˈlɪs.tɪk/, /həʊˈlɪs.tɪk/, /hoʊˈlɪs.tɪk/ 1. Related to holism. 2. Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts. Example: Our holistic study of these modern-day traces suggests it to be a complex trace arising from domichnial, fodinichnial and possibly pascichnial behavior of polychaetes. Example: “Melania’s strong theatrical performance is a critical first moment that validates our holistic distribution strategy, building awareness, engagement and provides momentum ahead of the film’s eventual debut on Prime Video,” said Amazon MGM distribution chief Kevin Wilson.
Word: jungle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) / Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region, desert”), from a substrate language. First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ 1. A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As Tarzan walked down the wild cañon beneath the brilliant African moon, the call of the jungle was strong upon him. The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes—every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle enemy—yet treading lightly and with head erect, in proud consciousness of his might. 2. Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat. Labels: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka, countable, uncountable 3. A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: It’s a jungle out there. Example: 'How do you like this corner of the jungle?' He leant forward. 'Just listen in to the couple behind you. From what I've heard they're straight out of "Nigger Heaven".' 4. A tangled mess. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […] 5. An area where hobos camp together. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass. Labels: uncountable Example: Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media. Example: In large part, happycore was the result of an exodus of white ravers from the jungle scene, in reaction to the influx of black youth and the attendant mood change from bonhomie to surliness. 7. Dense rough. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Hitting from the Jungle. The rough at some courses is just weeds and sparse grass, as often as not giving a player a decent lie to shoot from. But grass above four inches is nasty. It will grab your club and alter your shots. 8. A dense mass of pubic hair. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: jungle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) / Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region, desert”), from a substrate language. First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ 1. resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: She gave her first performance at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles, offering festival dances, Moro tribal rituals, primitive jungle rhythms and rice harvest ceremonials. Example: Somewhere further up the valley a bunch of hippies were getting back to nature by loading up on mind altering chemicals and overwhelming their senses with five million decibels of digital bass and jungle beats.
Word: SUV Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.juːˈviː/, /suv/, /ˌɛs.juˈvi/ 1. Initialism of sport utility vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle. Example: As SUVs are higher and heavier, they are more likely to kill the people they hit. Driving an SUV in an urban area is an antisocial act.
Word: harakiri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hara-kiri. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: feline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”). Pronunciation: /ˈfiːlaɪn/ 1. Of or pertaining to cats. Example: feline behaviour Example: feline expert 2. catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning. Example: feline character Example: feline movement
Word: feline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːlaɪn/ 1. A cat: member of the cat family Felidae. 2. A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.
Word: pessary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pessarie, from Old French pessaire, from Latin pessarium. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛsəɹi/ 1. A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary. 2. A diaphragm or cervical cap. 3. A vaginal suppository.
Word: fishing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ 1. The act of catching fish. Labels: uncountable Example: We had a good day's fishing at the weekend. Example: Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall. 2. The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish. Labels: informal, uncountable 3. Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale. Labels: uncountable Example: This is good news for the fishing industry. 4. A fishery, a place for catching fish. Labels: countable Example: the rent of the fishings Example: Generally speaking, the only fishings which appear separately in Valuation Rolls as having a lettable value in their actual state from year to year are salmon-fishings.
Word: fishing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fish + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ailurophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in 1905. From ailuro- (“cat”) + -phobia (“fear, hatred”), both from Ancient Greek. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪljʊəɹəˈfəʊbɪ.ə/, /aɪˌlʊɹəˈfoʊbi.ə/, /eɪˌlʊɹəˈfoʊbi.ə/ 1. An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ailourophobia†, (Katiphobia, or Gatophobia,) is a typical monomania. The fear of cats in certain monopsychoneurotic and psychopathic persons dates back to the beginning of the life of the feline. Example: Whatever the cause there are many recorded instances of persons suffering from ailurophobia exhibiting symptoms of distress in rooms which apparently contained no cats; later cats would be discovered, hidden behind curtains or in closets.
Word: ailurophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ailuro- (“cat”) + -philia (“love”), from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”) + φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”). Pronunciation: /ˌaɪljʊəɹəˈfɪlɪ.ə/, /aɪˌlʊɹəˈfɪli.ə/, /eɪˌlʊɹəˈfɪli.ə/ 1. A fondness or love for cats or other felines. Labels: uncountable
Word: aelurophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aeluro- + -phobia. 1. Alternative spelling of ailurophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: advertize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Modelled on advertise, with the -ize suffix. 1. Alternative spelling of advertise. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes
Word: confetti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed (possibly via French) from Italian confetti (literally “confections”), used to describe sugar-coated almonds, and by extension things imitating them (like pellets of plaster), which were thrown in Italy during festivities like Carnival and weddings. (This practice is mentioned in English since at least the 1810s.) The French and the English adopted the practice of celebrating weddings and other festivities by throwing such candies, or (by the late 1800s) tiny pieces of colored paper symbolizing them, partially displacing their earlier practice of throwing rice. Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛ.ti/ 1. Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations. Labels: uncountable 2. Edible Italian sugarcoated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: … a pale and fair devotee of fashion who has left off eating confetti, and recovered her bloom. Example: "Why, if you and Teresa, our own best man and maid of honor . . . oh, how wonderful that would be, to eat confetti at your wedding!"
Word: confetti Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed (possibly via French) from Italian confetti (literally “confections”), used to describe sugar-coated almonds, and by extension things imitating them (like pellets of plaster), which were thrown in Italy during festivities like Carnival and weddings. (This practice is mentioned in English since at least the 1810s.) The French and the English adopted the practice of celebrating weddings and other festivities by throwing such candies, or (by the late 1800s) tiny pieces of colored paper symbolizing them, partially displacing their earlier practice of throwing rice. Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛ.ti/ 1. To scatter with confetti. Labels: transitive
Word: weakness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wayknesse, weykenesse, replacing earlier Middle English wocnesse, wakenes, wacnesse (“weakness”), from Old English wācnes (“weakness”). Equivalent to weak + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːk.nɪs/, /ˈwiːk.nəs/, /ˈwik.nɪs/, /ˈwik.nəs/, [ˈwɪiːk.nɪs] 1. The condition of being weak. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility Example: In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis. 2. An inadequate quality; fault. Labels: countable Example: His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness. Example: The only weakness in her plan was its reliance on the electricity being up and running. 3. A special fondness or obsessing desire. Labels: countable Example: She is an athlete who has a weakness for chocolate.
Word: Higgins Part of Speech: name Etymology: An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡɪnz/ 1. A surname from Irish, from County Sligo. Example: In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for offensive remarks he made on social media after he called Haiti "the nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and referred to Haitians as "eating pets" and "slapstick gangsters". 2. A place name, which could be of either etymology: 3. A place name, which could be of either etymology: 4. A place name, which could be of either etymology: 5. A place name, which could be of either etymology:
Word: Higgins Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Middle English patronymic surname derived from a diminutive of Hick (Richard). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡɪnz/ 1. An English surname transferred from the given name.
Word: placemat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of place mat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: place mat Part of Speech: noun 1. A protective mat, usually heat-resistant, placed under a single person's tableware (including cutlery) at the dining table.
Word: sleepover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleep + over. 1. The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children. Example: Since it would be too late to notify the many people whom we hope are coming, we are really working hard to find other facilities — probably to rent a hall for the meetings; perhaps arrange sleep-overs at Israeli members' homes. 2. An overnight guest.
Word: reify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/, /ˈɹeɪ.ə.faɪ/ 1. To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing. Labels: transitive Example: What I've always appreciated about this concept of coincidence ... is how it reifies our search for causality, our need to establish logical connections among disparate events.
Word: mammary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈmæməɹi/ 1. Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal). Labels: not-comparable Example: mammary arteries and veins Example: It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]
Word: mammary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈmæməɹi/ 1. Synonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).
Word: Baum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bagmaz? Proto-West Germanic *baum Old High German boum Middle High German boum German Baumbor. English Baum Borrowed from German Baum. 1. A surname.
Word: diagnostics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English diagnostics From diagnostic + -ics. 1. plural of diagnostic Labels: form-of, plural