nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: judgment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/, /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/ 1. The act of judging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times. 2. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a man of judgment / a man of good judgment Example: a politician without judgment 3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She in my judgment was as fair as you. Example: Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […] 4. The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own Example: Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. 5. The final award; the last sentence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: catoptrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of mirrors. Labels: uncountable Example: I wondered what was at the root of Shingo's catoptrophobia - his irrational dread of mirrors. Example: Pundit Bill O'Reilly grapples with "panophobia" (the fear of everything) while, strangely, Rush Limbaugh battles both "catoptrophobia," the fear of mirrors and "Walloonphobia," the fear of the Walloons.
Word: temperate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpəɹət/ 1. Moderate; not excessive. Example: temperate heat Example: He has a temperate demeanour 2. Moderate; not excessive. Example: These trees can only grow in temperate climates. Example: Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all. 3. Moderate; not excessive. Example: temperate in eating and drinking. Example: August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. 4. Proceeding from temperance. Example: The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. 5. Dependent on life in a temperate climate. Example: temperate fishes
Word: temperate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpəɹət/ 1. To render temperate; to moderate Labels: obsolete Example: It inflames temperance, and temp'rates wrath.
Word: profound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfaʊnd/ 1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep. Example: A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog 2. Very deep; very serious. 3. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough. Example: a profound investigation Example: a profound scholar 4. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading. Example: How now! which of your hips has the most profound sciatica? Example: Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt. 5. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive. Example: And with this, and a profound bow to his patrons, the Manager retires, and the curtain rises. Example: What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Word: profound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfaʊnd/ 1. The deep; the sea; the ocean. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: God, in the fathomlesse profound / Hath all his choice Commanders drown'd. 2. An abyss. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […]if some other place, / From your dominion won, th' Ethereal King / Possesses lately, thither to arrive / travel this profound. Direct my course[…]
Word: profound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfaʊnd/ 1. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. Labels: obsolete 2. To dive deeply; to penetrate. Labels: obsolete Example: But no man is likely to profound tbe Ocean of that Doctrine
Word: perfection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes. Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ 1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: near-perfection Example: total perfection 2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No tongue can her perfections tell 3. The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: perfection Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes. Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ 1. To perfect. Labels: nonstandard, transitive, uncommon Example: My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language. Example: Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]
Word: instruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ 1. The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. Labels: uncountable Example: Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences. Example: Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers. 2. An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished. Labels: countable Example: If my instructions may be your guide. 3. An order or command. Labels: countable Example: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well. 4. A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 5. The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: I cannot act until I have taken instructions from my client. 6. A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: department Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/, /dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/, /dɪˈpɐːtm(ə)nt/, /dəˈpɐːtm(ə)nt/ 1. A part, portion, or subdivision. 2. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like. Example: Technical things are not his department; he's a people person. Example: Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department. 3. A specified aspect or quality. Example: The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit. Example: While the Chiefs superstar trails legendary quarterback Tom Brady in the Super Bowl wins department – the former Patriot and Tampa Bay Buccaneer has seven to Mahomes’ three – the chatter will only get louder and louder as to whether or not the 2023 Super Bowl MVP is the greatest of all time or not as he continues his career. 4. A subdivision of an organization. Example: the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department 5. A subdivision of an organization. Example: the physics department; the history department; the math department 6. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons. Example: The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed. 7. A military subdivision of a country Labels: historical Example: the Department of the Potomac 8. Act of departing; departure. Labels: obsolete Example: For though Contraria iuxta ſe poſita magis illuceſcunt [opposites placed next to each other shine more brightly] (by an olde Rule) yet it hath beene ſubtilly, and indeede truely noted that our Sight, is not vvell contented, vvith thoſe ſudden departments, from one extreame to another; Therefore let them haue, rather a Duskiſh Tincture, then an abſolute blacke.
Word: erinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ērināceus (“hedgehog”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɛ.ɹəˈneɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
Word: bomber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bomb 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 bomber From bomb + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɑmɚ/ 1. A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs. Example: As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night. Example: B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each. 2. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism. Example: The nail bomber who killed three people and injured dozens of others in a terrifying campaign last spring told police he was a homophobic Nazi, and that he hoped the explosions would "set fire to the country and stir up a racial war", the Old Bailey heard yesterday. 3. Ellipsis of bomber jacket. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: A few years ago, the leather bomber was a gold mine for retailers and a gravy train for vendors. Consumers were crazy for them. Example: First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt.[…] 4. A 22-ounce beer bottle. Labels: US, slang 5. Ellipsis of graffiti bomber. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […] 6. A large cannabis cigarette. Labels: slang Example: In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber." Example: That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.
Word: bomber Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A shortened form of bombproof. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɑmɚ/ 1. Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear. Labels: slang
Word: Commonwealth of Australia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmənˌwelθ əv ɒˈstreɪljə/ 1. Official name of Australia: a country in Oceania.
Word: ekmek Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of ekmek kadayif (“bread pudding dessert”). Labels: uncountable
Word: fundraising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fund + raising. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndˌɹeɪzɪŋ/ 1. The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fundraising Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fund + raising. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndˌɹeɪzɪŋ/ 1. Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: LMJV staff have been supporting the hospital for years through fundraising events that have raised a total of £10,000, gaining the contractor recognition as a Charity Champion for the hospital.
Word: siren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəɹən/, /ˈsaɪɹən/ 1. One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks. Labels: Greek Example: Now give ear to what I'm about to say to you, / and a god himself will bring it before your mind. / First, you will come to the Sirens. / These beings enthrall all men who arrive before them. […] 2. One who sings sweetly and charms. 3. A dangerously seductive woman. 4. A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals. 5. A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae. 6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina. 7. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device. Example: My attention was diverted from this sight by a furious yelling, like that of the thing called a siren in our manufacturing towns. Example: 1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack. 8. A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895). 9. An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones. 10. An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
Word: siren Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəɹən/, /ˈsaɪɹən/ 1. To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren. Labels: intransitive 2. To drive with a siren on. Labels: intransitive
Word: siren Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəɹən/, /ˈsaɪɹən/ 1. Relating to or like a siren.
Word: Gurage Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of peoples of southern Ethiopia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Gurage Part of Speech: name 1. Any of the Semitic languages of these people.
Word: makes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /meɪks/, /mɛks/, /mæks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of make Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Green traffic lights look white to me, which makes them hard to distinguish from streetlights from far away.
Word: makes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /meɪks/, /mɛks/, /mæks/ 1. plural of make Labels: form-of, plural Example: I would vote against a net.auto.bmw. Problems/comments regarding all makes are of interest, to me anyway.
Word: tinsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“cloth containing gold or silver thread”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then: * from Old French estincelle, estencele (“a spark”) (modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shimmer, shine”); and * from Old French estincelé, the past participle of estinceler, estenceler (“to produce sparks”) (modern French étinceler (“to sparkle, twinkle; (archaic) to produce sparks”)), from Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, a metathesis of Latin scintillāre, the present active infinitive of scintillō (“to scintillate, sparkle”), from scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”) (see above) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪns(ə)l/, /ˈtɪnsəl/ 1. A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos. 2. A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: I know in that more ſubtil Air of yours Tinſel ſometimes paſſes for Tiſſue, Venice Beads for Pearl, and Demicaſters for Bevers; But I know you have ſo diſcerning a Judgment, that you will not ſuffer your ſelf to be ſo cheated, […] 3. A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […] Example: A tawdry scarf of yellow silk, trimmed with tinsel and spangles, which had seen as hard service, and boasted as honourable a transmission, was next flung over one shoulder, and fell across her person in the manner of a shoulder-belt or baldrick. 4. Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her ſteed with tinſell trappings ſhone, / Which fledd ſo faſt, that nothing mote him hold, / And ſcarſe them leaſure gaue, her paſſing to behold. Example: Yet ſcatter'd here and there I ſome behold, / Who can diſcern the Tinſel from the Gold: […]
Word: tinsel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“cloth containing gold or silver thread”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then: * from Old French estincelle, estencele (“a spark”) (modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shimmer, shine”); and * from Old French estincelé, the past participle of estinceler, estenceler (“to produce sparks”) (modern French étinceler (“to sparkle, twinkle; (archaic) to produce sparks”)), from Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, a metathesis of Latin scintillāre, the present active infinitive of scintillō (“to scintillate, sparkle”), from scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”) (see above) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪns(ə)l/, /ˈtɪnsəl/ 1. Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Liſten and appeare to us / In the name of great Oceanus, / […] / By Leucothea’s lovely hands, / And her ſon that rules the ſtrands, / By Thetis tinſel-ſlipper’d feet; […] 2. Glittering. Labels: broadly, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Baſes and tinſel Trappings, gorgious Knights / At Jouſt and Touneament; then marſhal'd Feaſt / Serv'd up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneſhals; […] 3. Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry. Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable Example: Went to that magnificent Temple of Thalia, the New Olympic, and saw the bewitchingest Pauline, in the person of Winifred Emery, that ever I saw in the shammiest, stagiest, tawdriest, tinsellest, transparentest, most diaphanously theatrical comedy I ever saw in the absolute period of my Thespian existence. Example: Sensing plenty of room for such displays of conspicuous consumption, no less than three other knockoffs—The Good Life ("the most luxurious half-hour on television"), The Robb Report (a spinoff of the ultra high-end auto magazine), and Eye on Hollywood (the tinselest side of Tinseltown)—were soon on the air, each also a tour de force of hedonism and exhibition.
Word: tinsel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“cloth containing gold or silver thread”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then: * from Old French estincelle, estencele (“a spark”) (modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shimmer, shine”); and * from Old French estincelé, the past participle of estinceler, estenceler (“to produce sparks”) (modern French étinceler (“to sparkle, twinkle; (archaic) to produce sparks”)), from Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, a metathesis of Latin scintillāre, the present active infinitive of scintillō (“to scintillate, sparkle”), from scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”) (see above) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪns(ə)l/, /ˈtɪnsəl/ 1. To adorn (something) with tinsel. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: Hir daintie lims tinſill hir ſilke ſoft ſheets, / Hir roſe-crownd cheekes eclipſe my dazeled ſight, […] Example: And all the ſhrubs, vvith ſparkling ſpangles, ſhevv / Like Morning-Sun-ſhine tinsilling the devv. 2. To adorn (something) with tinsel. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: She, tinſel'd o'er in robes of varying hues, / With ſelf-applauſe her wild creation views, / Sees momentary monſters riſe and fall, / And with her own fools-colours gilds them all. Example: […] and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind. 3. To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I could tell them vague tales of their poetry, and cruel wars: but it seemed distant and tinselled an age.
Word: tinsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“destruction, loss; damnation, spiritual loss; state of damnation”) [and other forms], probably from Old Norse *týnsla (modern Norwegian tynsla (“damage, destruction”)), from týna (“to destroy; to lose; to perish”) (whence Middle English tinen (“to be deprived of, lose; to fail to maintain; to forfeit; to lose track of; to mislay; to be separated from; to escape; to be defeated or forced to withdraw; to waste; to consume, use up; to be destroyed, perish; to damn; to remove, take”)) + -sla (suffix forming nouns from verbs, either denoting the action of the verb or the medium or product of the action). Týna is derived from tjón (“damage; loss”), from Proto-Germanic *teuną (“damage; destruction, ruin; lack”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duH- (“to torment, vex”) or *deh₂w- (“to burn”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪns(ə)l/, /ˈtɪnsəl/ 1. Damage, detriment; loss. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, transitive, uncountable 2. Deprivation; forfeiture. Labels: Scotland, archaic, transitive, uncountable
Word: tinsel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“destruction, loss; damnation, spiritual loss; state of damnation”) [and other forms], probably from Old Norse *týnsla (modern Norwegian tynsla (“damage, destruction”)), from týna (“to destroy; to lose; to perish”) (whence Middle English tinen (“to be deprived of, lose; to fail to maintain; to forfeit; to lose track of; to mislay; to be separated from; to escape; to be defeated or forced to withdraw; to waste; to consume, use up; to be destroyed, perish; to damn; to remove, take”)) + -sla (suffix forming nouns from verbs, either denoting the action of the verb or the medium or product of the action). Týna is derived from tjón (“damage; loss”), from Proto-Germanic *teuną (“damage; destruction, ruin; lack”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duH- (“to torment, vex”) or *deh₂w- (“to burn”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪns(ə)l/, /ˈtɪnsəl/ 1. To cause (someone) damage or loss; also, to impose a fine on (someone); to mulct. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, rare, transitive
Word: giving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, give + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of give Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: 1981, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.
Word: giving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, give + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ 1. Having the tendency to give; generous. Example: To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them. 2. Awesome, outstanding, radiating, stunning; exceeding expectations. (Probably derived from earlier transitive use of give (“give off [a certain vibe or appearance]”), as in this outfit gives ‘college girl’, that one is giving ‘old Hollywood’.) Labels: slang Example: Your outfit is giving! Example: There were lots of statement nail moments at the 2022 MTV VMA‘s, and Latto‘s metallic french tip manicure was one of them. [see title]
Word: giving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, give + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/ 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. 2. A gift; a benefaction. Example: his gains were sure, His givings rare 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. Example: [U]pon the first giving of the weather.
Word: making Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English macung Middle English making English making From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/, /ˈmɛkɪn/, /ˈmækɪn/ 1. The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Process of growth or development. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
Word: making Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From make + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/, /ˈmɛkɪn/, /ˈmækɪn/ 1. present participle and gerund of make Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: 1981, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat.
Word: hectored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of hector Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of hector Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burrito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). A possible origin is due to its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹiː.təʊ/, /bʊˈriːtəʊ/, /bəˈɹi.toʊ/ 1. A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.
Word: burrito Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). A possible origin is due to its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹiː.təʊ/, /bʊˈriːtəʊ/, /bəˈɹi.toʊ/ 1. To wrap someone or something up like a burrito. Labels: slang Example: “You're stealing the blankets,” Zack complained, tugging at the duvet that, somehow, Aaron had completely burritoed himself in.
Word: brainwash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brain + wash, a calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally to wash the brain. Usage via U.S. military during the Korean War. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ 1. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
Word: brainwash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From brain + wash, a calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally to wash the brain. Usage via U.S. military during the Korean War. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ 1. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis) Labels: transitive 2. To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960) Labels: dated, figuratively, transitive 3. To persuade completely and forcibly. Labels: transitive Example: The news media brainwashed many people.
Word: trimmings Part of Speech: noun 1. Accompaniments to a meal. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Domestic decorations for a room, especially Christmas decorations. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only Example: Don't forget to take the trimmings down by twelfth night.
Word: trimmings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trimming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trim up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put up trimmings, especially at Christmas. Labels: UK, informal Example: "Have you trimmed up yet?"
Word: allotrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from allotropy, as allo- + -trope, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), and τρόπος (trópos, “way, manner”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.lə.tɹəʊp/ 1. Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties. 2. An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit. 3. An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
Word: allotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek άλλοτροπἱα (állotrophia), from allo- + -tropy, coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius. 1. A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: allotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + -tropic, compare French allotropique. Pronunciation: /ˌæləˈtɹɒpɪk/, /ˌæləˈtɹɑpɪk/, /ˌæləˈtɹoʊpɪk/ 1. Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Graphite and diamond are allotropic forms of carbon. Example: A symphony and a poem may be allotropic forms of the same matter: to use a common simile, there is red phosphorus and there is yellow, but both are phosphorus. Likewise there are different forms of art, but there is only one art.
Word: babbittry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Babbitt + -ry, after the character in Sinclair Lewis' novel Babbitt. 1. Narrow-minded materialism. Labels: uncountable Example: For most of this century, writers on the left have portrayed small cities as stifling enclaves of Babbittry and reaction, but today they are seen as refreshing oases from commercialized mass society—potential centers of community and local activism.
Word: Old Greek Part of Speech: name 1. A form of the Greek language intermediate between Ancient Greek and Modern Greek; spoken roughly between the 1st and 16th centuries. Example: (narrower terms)
Word: woody Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdi/ 1. Covered in woods; wooded. Example: She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […]. 2. Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture. 3. Belonging to the woods; sylvan. Labels: obsolete Example: with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace. 4. Non-herbaceous. Example: Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants. 5. Lignified. Example: the woody parts of a plant
Word: woody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English woody From wood + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdi/ 1. Alternative form of woodie. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing. Labels: slang Example: And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016. 3. An erect penis. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: schlong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלאַנג (shlang, “snake”; by extension, “a penis”) or German Schlange. Pronunciation: /ʃlɒŋ/, /ʃlɔŋ/, /ʃlɑŋ/ 1. A penis, especially a long one. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: schlong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלאַנג (shlang, “snake”; by extension, “a penis”) or German Schlange. Pronunciation: /ʃlɒŋ/, /ʃlɔŋ/, /ʃlɑŋ/ 1. To engage in sexual intercourse (with); to fuck. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: And, Dr. Lover Boy, what do you think April's going to think when I tell her you were schlonging Molly — hey maybe that's why April didn't care for Molly, she stole all her boy friends — probably while you were involved with April. Example: Look at Sam, eight years ago, in a band, number one, awesome at Glastonbury. Then they break up. He's thirty-two, wasted. Just chasin' pussy, boning, and schlonging — lovely woman back home. 2. To beat, whack, or attack. Labels: broadly Example: He stole your words, calling them expert, schlonging himself on the head with labels, diving into categories. Example: He would talk about “schlonging this and schlonging that. ” When Reich and the other writers were working on a script for a New Year's episode Reich kept referring to "schlonging in the New Year" and using "schlong" in every other sentence. 3. To defeat or humiliate. Labels: broadly Example: How about if we recruit a few guys from the crew, I’ll go on stage and make an announcement about how we’re gonna get schlonged by lettin’ everybody in ahead of time, and these guys can pass a basket around the audience for contributions. Example: he went bust on 7th Avenue, and the Party took a shlonging.
Word: preferred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈfɜːd/, /pɹɪˈfɝd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prefer Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of preferre Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preferred Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈfɜːd/, /pɹɪˈfɝd/ 1. favoured
Word: preferred Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈfɜːd/, /pɹɪˈfɝd/ 1. Preferred stock. Example: Naturally, closed-end funds’ common shareholders love the juice that auction-rate preferreds provide.
Word: pounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pounded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having undergone pounding. 2. Inebriated. Labels: slang
Word: dusting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdʌstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dusting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌstɪŋ/ 1. A light snowfall. Labels: countable Example: The rooves are covered with a dusting of snow. 2. A light covering of something. Labels: countable Example: Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar. 3. The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting. Example: Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered. 4. A beating. Labels: colloquial, countable 5. A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dustbathing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rusted Part of Speech: adj 1. Corroded; having been oxidized or covered in rust.
Word: rusted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pepperoni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”). Pronunciation: /pɛpəˈɹəʊni/, /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/ 1. A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage. Example: She and her two best friends are choreographing a number for the talent show; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.) 2. Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke. Example: There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.
Word: barn door Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barn + door. 1. The large door of a barn. 2. Something large enough that a miss ought to be impossible. Labels: humorous Example: Buying a barn door won't help your tennis game. 3. A player who blocks every ball. 4. The groin area of a pair of pants, especially in reference to a fly. Labels: euphemistic, humorous Example: Somebody forgot to close his barn door again! 5. An off-balance pivot on two points of contact.
Word: barn door Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From barn + door. 1. To apply or adjust the barn doors as part of lighting. Labels: transitive Example: Which might mean shaping it, gelling it, snooting it, barn dooring it, and putting it on a stand or a clamp. Maybe taking the dome diffuser off. Perhaps zooming it. Oh my. And you thought you were just taking a picture. Example: These backlights are placed in the ideal position, directly in line with each cross camera lens, barn doored to light only the back of the participants.
Word: political science Part of Speech: noun 1. The systematic study of government and politics. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms. 2. The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obscure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro. Pronunciation: /əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/, /əbˈskjɔː(ɹ)/, /əbˈskjʊɹ/, /əbˈskjɝ/ 1. Dark, faint or indistinct. Example: I found myself in an obscure wood. Example: His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous. Example: The obscure bird / Clamoured the livelong night. Example: the obscure corners of the earth 3. Difficult to understand; abstruse. Example: an obscure passage or inscription; The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works. Example: The lock was of a kind that Watt could not pick. Watt could pick simple locks, but he could not pick obscure locks. 4. Not well-known. Example: Of all the medical monsters Peter Hotez could have set out to slay, the Yale University researcher could not have chosen a more wily and obscure villain than the hookworm. Example: i need to be REALLY careful to not use any obscure words. otherwise my tweets might end up on a wiktionary page 5. Unknown or uncertain; unclear. Example: The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate.
Word: obscure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro. Pronunciation: /əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/, /əbˈskjɔː(ɹ)/, /əbˈskjʊɹ/, /əbˈskjɝ/ 1. To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. Labels: transitive Example: They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. Example: c. 1688', William Wake, Preparation for Death There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured in the writings of learned men as this. 2. To hide, put out of sight etc. Labels: transitive Example: It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall. Example: But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either. 3. To conceal oneself; to hide. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: How! There's bad news. / I must obscure, and hear it.
Word: stranger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ 1. comparative form of strange: more strange Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Truth is stranger than fiction.
Word: stranger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin extrāneusder. Old French estrange Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Old French estrangierbor. Middle English straunger English stranger From Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrange, from Latin extraneus (“foreign, external”) (whence also English estrange), from extra (“outside of”). Cognate with French étranger (“foreigner, stranger”) and Spanish extranjero (“foreigner”). Displaced native Old English fremde (literally “strange or unfamiliar person”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ 1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. Example: That gentleman is a stranger to me. Example: Children are taught not to talk to strangers. 2. An outsider or foreigner. Example: I am a most poor woman and a stranger, / Born out of your dominions. Example: Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, / And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. 3. One not admitted to communion or fellowship. 4. A newcomer. Example: […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. Example: The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage. 5. Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows. Labels: humorous Example: Hello, stranger! 6. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. Labels: obsolete Example: To honour and receive / Our heavenly stranger. 7. One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right. Example: Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title. Example: [Judge Beverly] Davis then granted the adoption to the new wife of the boy's father; this action designated the boy's natural mother a "legal stranger," terminating all rights the mother had to visit her child. 8. A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc. Labels: obsolete 9. A moth, Lacanobia blenna Labels: sometimes, with-definite-article