nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: paresthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραίσθησις (paraísthēsis, “misperception”). By surface analysis, para- + -esthesis. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹiːsθɪsɪs/ 1. Paresthesia. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: concordancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either concordance + -y or Borrowed from Late Latin concordāntia Pronunciation: /kənˈkɔːrdənsi/ 1. agreement Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: concordable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin concordabilis 1. Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious
Word: concordant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French concordant, from Latin concordans, present participle of concordare. See concord. Pronunciation: /kəŋˈkɔː(ɹ)dənt/ 1. Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with). Example: Even in the case of direct effect, different factors, such as light, temperature, turgor, and so on, are undergoing independent variations; it may thus happen that their reactions may sometimes be concordant and at other times discordant. Example: Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. 2. Intruding parallel to the bedding. Example: Other forms of concordant intrusions, some of which will be commented upon in this chapter are shown in Fig. 3. 1(6). 3. Preserving the sign.
Word: concordantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English concordant Middle English -ly English -ly English concordantly From concordant + -ly. 1. In a concordant manner. Example: Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
Word: acontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the plural of New Latin acontium, from Ancient Greek ἀκόντιον (akóntion, “little dart”). 1. Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
Word: adjuvant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin adiuvant-, adjuvant- + English -ant (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘exhibiting a condition or process’; and forming agent nouns). Adiuvant-, adjuvant- are oblique stems of adiuvāns, adjuvāns (“assisting, helping”), the present active participle of adiuvō (“to assist, help; to be useful; etc.”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to; toward’”) + iuvō (“to aid, help; to save”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewH- (“to assist, help; to save”)). Adjective sense 3 (“of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary”) and noun sense 1.4 (“additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug”) are possibly derived from French adjuvant (adjective, noun). Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒʊv(ə)nt/, /ˈæd͡ʒəv(ə)nt/ 1. Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful. Labels: formal 2. Enhancing the immune response to an antigen; also, containing a substance having such an effect. 3. Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; specifically (oncology), of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour. Example: Adjuvant chemotherapy, [Paul] Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper. It would eradicate microscopic deposits of cancer left behind after surgery, thus extirpating any remnant reservoirs of malignancy in the body in early breast cancer— […]
Word: adjuvant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin adiuvant-, adjuvant- + English -ant (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘exhibiting a condition or process’; and forming agent nouns). Adiuvant-, adjuvant- are oblique stems of adiuvāns, adjuvāns (“assisting, helping”), the present active participle of adiuvō (“to assist, help; to be useful; etc.”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to; toward’”) + iuvō (“to aid, help; to save”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewH- (“to assist, help; to save”)). Adjective sense 3 (“of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary”) and noun sense 1.4 (“additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug”) are possibly derived from French adjuvant (adjective, noun). Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒʊv(ə)nt/, /ˈæd͡ʒəv(ə)nt/ 1. Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. Labels: formal 2. Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. Labels: formal Example: The well-known tropic action of immune serum as an adjuvant to phagocytosis suggested early in our studies that we might here be dealing with a similar phenomenon. 3. Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. Labels: formal 4. Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. Labels: archaic, formal
Word: sissy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sis (“clipping of sister”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. An effeminate boy or man. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes 2. A timid, unassertive or cowardly person. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes Example: This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines. 3. A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours. Example: I realised I still held my normal male clothes and dropped them to the floor under the desk, out of the way. […] Would it hurt? Yes, I knew it would from watching videos of sissies being spanked by their dominant mistresses. 4. Sister; often used as a term of address Labels: colloquial, dated Example: "I so glad - so glad the wicked thing not hurt my sissy!" and in that moment of thankful joy the two children embraced each other with fond affection. Example: Her seven-year-old brother Justin sat on my lap beside her casket. I explained to him why we were staying with his sissy. He wouldn't leave; he stayed, too. He kissed her, touched her hand, told her he would miss her.
Word: sissy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sis (“clipping of sister”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. Effeminate. Labels: derogatory Example: Frontiersmen were never afraid of poetry. It was Big Business with its fear of femininity, it was the eunuchoid clergy capitulating to vulgar masculinity that made religion and art sissy things. Example: […] she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers. 2. Cowardly. Labels: derogatory
Word: sissy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to French pipi (“urine”). Compare piss; wee-wee. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. Urination; urine. Labels: childish, colloquial, uncountable Example: She has to make. She has to make sissy.
Word: sissy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to French pipi (“urine”). Compare piss; wee-wee. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. To urinate. Labels: childish, colloquial Example: Joan recognized her as the girl whose son had sissied on her pants. She was still dabbing at her pantleg with a damp paper towel.
Word: sissy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of sissygasm. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. To sissygasm (reach orgasm solely by penetration of the anus). Labels: intransitive, rare, slang, vulgar
Word: Tupi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Tupi tupi. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːpi/, /ˈtuːpɪ/, /tuːˈpiː/ 1. Several related indigenous nations of coastal Brazil. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Tupi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Tupi tupi. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːpi/, /ˈtuːpɪ/, /tuːˈpiː/ 1. Any of the Tupian languages, especially Old Tupi or Nheengatu.
Word: melissa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”), because the plant attracts bees. Pronunciation: /məˈlɪsə/ 1. A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally. Example: Meliſſa, Bawme, hath an excellent vertue to alter Melancholy, bee it ſteeped in our ordinary drinke, extracted, or otherwise taken.
Word: cloze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From closure in Gestalt therapy, 1950s. Pronunciation: /kləʊz/, /kloʊz/ 1. A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text. Example: The clozes, at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text[…] Example: this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives
Word: beth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta. Pronunciation: /bɛθ/, /bɛt/ 1. The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁 2. The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁 3. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב 4. The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
Word: Gimel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ʒiˈmɛl/ 1. A Swiss commune.
Word: daleth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dalet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hebrew וי״ו (vav). Doublet of wau. 1. The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
Word: vav Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vaav (“stepwell”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wawen, waȝien, from Old English wagian (“to move, shake, swing, totter”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with German wagen (“to venture, dare, risk”), Dutch wagen (“to venture, dare, also to move, stir”), Swedish våga (“to dare”). Pronunciation: /wɔː/ 1. To stir; move; wave. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: waw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wawe, waȝe, waghe, from Old English wǣg (“motion, water, wave, billow, flood, sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāg, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian waag (“wave”), West Frisian weach (“wave”), Dutch waag (“wave”), German Woge, Wooge (“wave”), Danish vove, våg (“wave”), Faroese vágur (“bay”), Icelandic vogur (“bay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish våg (“wave”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Old Norse vágr (“ocean, sea; wave”)). See also wave. Pronunciation: /wɔː/ 1. A wave. Labels: obsolete Example: […] nigh it drawes All passengers, that none from it can shift: For whiles they fly that Gulfes deuouring iawes, They on this rock are rent, and sunck in helplesse wawes.
Word: waw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wawe, wowe, waugh, wough, from Old English wāh, wāg (“a wall, partition”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Scots wauch, vauch, Saterland Frisian Wooge (“indoor wall, partition”). Pronunciation: /wɔː/ 1. A wall. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Example: She hath been at London to call a strea a straw, and a waw a wall. Example: T'ootside waws was whitewesh't.
Word: waw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic وَاو (wāw). Doublet of wau. Pronunciation: /wɑːw/, /waʊ/ 1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و. 2. Alternative spelling of vav. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Rather, the waws of both fragments are demonstrably similar. What Cryer and Becking fail to note is that the style of waw used in Fragment B is also used in Fragment A.
Word: vau Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vav. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: renege Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin renegō, from negō (“to deny”). Possibly influenced by renegotiate. Doublet of renay. See also renegade. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnɛɡ/, /ɹɪˈnɪɡ/, /ɹɪˈneɪɡ/, /ɹiː-/, /ɹɪˈniːɡ/ 1. To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word. Labels: intransitive Example: Previously I promised not to proselytize miserism, but now I want to renege a little on that promise. If your family income is anywhere near average, you can scrimp and save and cut back for maybe two to four years […] Example: Clattenburg awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he reneged after realising that the linesman had flagged Crouch offside in the build-up. 2. To break one's commitment to follow suit when capable. Labels: intransitive 3. To deny; to renounce Labels: archaic, transitive Example: His captaines heart, / Which in the ſcuffles of great fights hath burſt / The Buckles on his breaſt, reneages all temper, / And is become the bellowes and the Fan / To coole a Gypſies Luſt. Example: All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) / Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.
Word: zayin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew זַיִן (zayin). Pronunciation: /ˈzɑːjɪn/, /ˈzaɪ.ɪn/ 1. The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: heth Part of Speech: noun 1. The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: teth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth, “wheel”). 1. The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: yodh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew יו״ד (yo"d, “name of the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”). That letter is used also in other Semitic alphabets; it represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/. Doublet of iota, jot, and yod. Pronunciation: /jɒd/, /jəʊd/ 1. The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). 2. A tool used to read a Torah.
Word: kaph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew כָּף (kaf, “kaph”), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”) (Akkadian 𒀉 (kappu(m)), Hebrew כַּף (kaf, “hand/foot”), Arabic كَفّ (kaff), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎔 (kp)) Doublet of kappa. Pronunciation: /kɑːf/, /kæf/ 1. The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: koph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of qoph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaf Part of Speech: noun 1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k) 2. Alternative spelling of kaph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mersey sound Part of Speech: name 1. Merseybeat.
Word: lamedh Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːmɛd/ 1. Alternative spelling of lamed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”). Doublet of mu. Pronunciation: /mɛm/ 1. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: mem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of memory. Pronunciation: /mɛm/ 1. Clipping of memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖 Example: 6. Throw Away the Mems [section title] ¶ Now that you’ve got some theme music, it’s time to take that old teddy bear and V-Day card and toss ‘em in the dumpster. 2. A memory access as part of processing.
Word: mem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi मेम (mem, “wife of a colonial official; a white woman”), originally from English ma'am. Pronunciation: /mɛm/ 1. A white European woman, especially the wife of an official; a memsahib. Labels: South-Asia, historical Example: With their husbands out all day, the mems had almost nothing to do, unless they were among the few prepared to interest themselves in local charities or community work. 2. Alternative form of ma'am. Labels: India, alt-of, alternative
Word: mem Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛm/ 1. Clipping of member. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Make him footrace Dayne and then block Dayne. Wait, then we would get 1/2 the amt of quality recording and lose a mem of the community! Example: And that its^([sic]) not his cousin or grandma laying^([sic]) next to him (he said it was a family outing, I assume he meant other mems of his family and not just his imidiate^([sic]) family).
Word: samekh Part of Speech: noun 1. The 15th letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician. Aramaic. Hebrew. Syriac. And many others).
Word: ayin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”), particularly via Hebrew עַיִן (ʿáyin). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ɪn/ 1. The sixteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Example: Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.
Word: tsade Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈ(t)sɑːdi/, /ˈ(t)sɑːdeɪ/ 1. The eighteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: qoph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew קוֹף (qōf). Pronunciation: /kɒf/ 1. The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: resh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Doublet of ras (“Ethiopian king”) and ras (“headland”), and related to reis. Pronunciation: /ɹɛʃ/ 1. The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.
Word: tav Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of taw (Semitic letter) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English saden (“to weary, become weary or satisfied”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Doublet of sate, a later variant; also cognate with English sad. Pronunciation: /seɪd/ 1. To tire, weary. Labels: dialectal
Word: sade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sadhe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin. Pronunciation: /ʃɪn/ 1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Example: Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins. 2. A fishplate for a railway
Word: shin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin. Pronunciation: /ʃɪn/ 1. To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like. Example: to shin up a mast Example: "The minute the door is shut he shins down a water-pipe, hops on his motor-cycle, and is off at full speed." 2. To strike with the shin. Example: The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner. 3. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment. Labels: US, slang Example: The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.
Word: shin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɪn/ 1. The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Word: hang a left Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn left, to take a left turn. Labels: Canada, US, intransitive, slang Example: Hang a left at the next intersection.
Word: hang a right Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn right, to take a right turn. Labels: US, intransitive, slang Example: Hang a right at the next intersection.
Word: hereby Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From here + by. Pronunciation: /hɪəˈbʌɪ/, /hɪɹˈbaɪ/ 1. Near this place; nearby. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […]. 2. By this means, action or process. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: I hereby declare you husband and wife.
Word: thereby Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English therby, from Old English ðǣrbig, equivalent to there + by. Compare the parallel formation of German dabei. Pronunciation: /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/, /ðɛəˈbaɪ/ 1. By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: I enrolled in Old English classes and thereby learned much about Germanic languages. Example: Thirdly, Whereas the Maintenance of an hundred thouſand Children, from two Years old, and upwards, cannot be computed at leſs than Ten Shillings a piece per Annum, the Nation's ſtock will be thereby encreaſed fifty thouſand pounds per Annum, beſides the profit of a new Diſh, introduced to the Tables of all Gentlemen of Fortune in the Kingdom, who have any refinement in Taſte, and the Money will circulate among our ſelves, the Goods being entirely of our own Growth and Manufacture.
Word: Merseybeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mersey + beat. 1. The characteristic style of music produced by pop groups from Merseyside between 1958 and 1964, typified by the Beatles. Labels: uncountable
Word: Liverpool sound Part of Speech: name 1. Merseybeat.
Word: chine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of shin. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaɪn/ 1. The top of a ridge. 2. The spine of an animal. Example: And chine with rising bristles roughly spread. Example: […] the captain aimed at the fugitive one last tremendous cut, which would certainly have split him to the chine had it not been intercepted by our big signboard […] 3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. 4. A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull. 5. A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body. 6. A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck. 7. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave. 8. The back of the blade on a scythe.
Word: chine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of shin. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaɪn/ 1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. Labels: transitive 2. To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine. Labels: transitive
Word: chine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chyne, chynne (“crack, fissure, chasm”), from Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaɪn/ 1. A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea. Labels: Southern-England, Vancouver Example: The cottage in a chine, we were not to behold it. Example: In the odorous stillness of the day I thought of the tracks that threaded Egdon Heath, and of benign, elderly Sandbourne, with its chines and sheltered beach-huts.
Word: chine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chynen (“to crack, fissure, split”), from Old English ċīnan (“to break into pieces, burst, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to split; crack; germinate; sprout”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaɪn/ 1. To crack, split, fissure, break. Labels: obsolete Example: The wayward son did chine his father's heart. Example: A drought had caused the earth to chine and cranny.
Word: laymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of layman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mid-October Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octō Latin Octōberlbor. Old French octobrebor. Middle English [Term?] English October English mid-October From mid- + October. 1. Any time in the middle of October. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-October Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octō Latin Octōberlbor. Old French octobrebor. Middle English [Term?] English October English mid-October From mid- + October. 1. Happening in the middle of October. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-October Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octō Latin Octōberlbor. Old French octobrebor. Middle English [Term?] English October English mid-October From mid- + October. 1. In the middle of October. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-December Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December English mid-December From mid- + December. 1. Any time in the middle of December. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Manchin has insisted that legislation to streamline the permitting of fossil fuel and energy infrastructure projects, including the West Virginia pipeline, be tied to the spending measure, which is expected to keep the government funded through mid-December. Example: Trump’s overall approval rating on immigration policy fell from 50% in March, before he launched crackdowns in several major U.S. cities, to 41% in mid-December, for what had been his strongest issue.
Word: mid-December Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December English mid-December From mid- + December. 1. Happening in the middle of December. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-December Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December English mid-December From mid- + December. 1. In the middle of December. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-September Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September English mid-September From mid- + September. 1. Happening in the middle of September. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-September Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September English mid-September From mid- + September. 1. In the middle of September. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-September Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September English mid-September From mid- + September. 1. Any time in the middle of September. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-January Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January English mid-January From mid- + January. 1. Any time in the middle of January. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-January Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January English mid-January From mid- + January. 1. Happening in the middle of January. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-January Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January English mid-January From mid- + January. 1. In the middle of January. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-February Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February English mid-February From mid- + February. 1. Any time in the middle of February. Labels: uncountable Example: Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February. Example: Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
Word: mid-February Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February English mid-February From mid- + February. 1. Happening in the middle of February. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-February Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February English mid-February From mid- + February. 1. In the middle of February. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-March Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Italic *Māwortis? Proto-Italic *Māmart-? Old Latin Māvors Latin Mārs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Mārtius Latin mārtius Old French mars Anglo-Norman marchebor. Middle English March English March English mid-March From mid- + March. 1. Any time in the middle of March. Labels: uncountable Example: US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Word: mid-March Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Italic *Māwortis? Proto-Italic *Māmart-? Old Latin Māvors Latin Mārs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Mārtius Latin mārtius Old French mars Anglo-Norman marchebor. Middle English March English March English mid-March From mid- + March. 1. Happening in the middle of March. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-March Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Italic *Māwortis? Proto-Italic *Māmart-? Old Latin Māvors Latin Mārs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Mārtius Latin mārtius Old French mars Anglo-Norman marchebor. Middle English March English March English mid-March From mid- + March. 1. In the middle of March. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-April Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April English mid-April From mid- + April. 1. Any time in the middle of April. Labels: uncountable Example: But it was Kirsche’s tweets in mid-April that drew her Gamer Supps partnership back into the public spotlight.
Word: mid-April Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April English mid-April From mid- + April. 1. Happening in the middle of April. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-April Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April English mid-April From mid- + April. 1. In the middle of April. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-May Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May English mid-May From mid- + May. 1. Any time in the middle of May. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-May Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May English mid-May From mid- + May. 1. Happening in the middle of May. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-May Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May English mid-May From mid- + May. 1. In the middle of May. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-June Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Iūnius Latin iūnius Old French juinbor. Middle English Juyn Middle English June English June English mid-June From mid- + June. 1. Any time in the middle of June. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-June Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Iūnius Latin iūnius Old French juinbor. Middle English Juyn Middle English June English June English mid-June From mid- + June. 1. Happening in the middle of June. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-June Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Iūnius Latin iūnius Old French juinbor. Middle English Juyn Middle English June English June English mid-June From mid- + June. 1. In the middle of the month of June. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-July Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin Iūlius Latin iūlius Old French jule Anglo-Norman juliebor. Middle English Julie English July English mid-July From mid- + July. 1. Any time in the middle of July. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-July Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin Iūlius Latin iūlius Old French jule Anglo-Norman juliebor. Middle English Julie English July English mid-July From mid- + July. 1. Happening in the middle of July. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-July Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin Iūlius Latin iūlius Old French jule Anglo-Norman juliebor. Middle English Julie English July English mid-July From mid- + July. 1. In the middle of July. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-August Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English August English mid-August From mid- + August. 1. Any time in the middle of August. Labels: uncountable
Word: mid-August Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English August English mid-August From mid- + August. 1. Happening in the middle of August. Labels: not-comparable Example: The bureau must now figure the next steps the reclamation bureau commissioner, Camille Touton, can take after the mid-August deadline has passed for the seven Colorado river states to reduce water use by 25%.
Word: mid-August Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English August English mid-August From mid- + August. 1. In the middle of August. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midsummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”). Pronunciation: /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌsʌmə(ɹ)/ 1. The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The first day of summer. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The middle of summer. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: midsummer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”). Pronunciation: /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌsʌmə(ɹ)/ 1. Of or occurring in the middle of summer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midwinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪdˈwɪntə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌwɪntə(ɹ)/ 1. The middle of winter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: IN midwinter the shadow that hung over John gathered into storm-cloud. 2. The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd. Labels: countable, uncountable