nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sustainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sustainable From sustain + -able. Pronunciation: /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ 1. Able to be sustained. 2. Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable. Example: sustainable economy Example: In addition to the resources listed in the organic and local food sections earlier, a good source of sustainable meat is Heritage Foods USA (heritagefoodsusa.com).
Word: sustainable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sustainable From sustain + -able. Pronunciation: /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ 1. A renewable energy source. Example: It has only been in the last 20 years that the long-term trend away from fossil fuels and toward nuclear energy and sustainables has intensified.
Word: Tamil Tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a guerrilla organization seeking the establishment of an independent state (Tamil Eelam) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the Tamil community.
Word: bash the bishop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain or disputed. Goldman (1950) suggests that beat the bishop comes from a resemblance of the penis to a bishop’s miter; Partridge (7th ed., 1970) likewise derives bash the bishop from a resemblance to the Staunton bishop chess piece. Other sources, such as Green, suggest that assonance of bishop with bash, beat, bop etc. may have given rise to the phrase as a type of word play. 1. To masturbate by stimulating one's penis. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: “Hello, Gladys,” I said, shaking her by the hand. “Joffy here used to bash the bishop so much when he was a boy we all thought he would go blind.”
Word: flog the dolphin Part of Speech: verb 1. To masturbate by stimulating one's penis. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: Spiegel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Spiegel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: predatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praedātōrius, equivalent to predator + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛdət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈpɹɛdəˌtɔɹi/ 1. Of, or relating to a predator. Example: Harry Kane was back to his predatory best after struggling in the group stage, following up his goal against Germany by poking home a superb pass from Raheem Sterling after only four minutes. Example: And while there are plenty of benches, there's little shelter from the wind (or predatory seagulls the size of dogs) out on the platforms. 2. Living by preying on other living animals. Example: The mark of his father’s early life was strong upon him and enhanced by months of association with beasts, from whom the imitative faculty of youth had absorbed a countless number of little mannerisms of the predatory creatures of the wild. 3. Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain. Labels: figuratively Example: predatory lending Example: predatory inclusion
Word: interchange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French entrechange, by surface analysis, inter- + change. Pronunciation: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/, /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. to switch (each of two things) Labels: transitive Example: to interchange places 2. to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange Labels: transitive Example: I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown. 3. to swap or change places Labels: intransitive Example: The poem is written in an alef-lamed, bet-nun acrostic form. This is a formula of permutation of letters wherein the first interchanges with the twelfth, the second with the thirteenth, etc. 4. to alternate; to intermingle or vary Labels: transitive Example: to interchange cares with pleasures 5. To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3). Example: But those 13 miles go through central London, and where the Underground interchanges with Crossrail, its own stations will be boosted and glamorised, especially at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road. Example: The expectation is that about one-third of passengers will choose to interchange at Old Oak, while two-thirds will prefer to travel on to Euston.
Word: interchange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French entrechange, by surface analysis, inter- + change. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntə(ɹ).tʃeɪndʒ/, /ˈɪntɚt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. An act of interchanging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero. 2. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic. Labels: countable 3. A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway. Labels: countable 4. A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made. Labels: countable Example: Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines. Example: Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line. Our first stop is at one of the newest stations on the network - Worcestershire Parkway, which opened on February 23. It's a four-platform (actually three-platform) split-level interchange with the line from Birmingham to Bristol. 5. A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself.
Word: polar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.lə/, /ˈpoʊlɚ/, [ˈpɔːlɝ], /ˈpəʉl.ə/, /ˈpɔul.ə/ 1. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Labels: not-comparable Example: After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition. 2. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Labels: not-comparable 5. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Labels: not-comparable 6. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Labels: not-comparable Example: polar viewpoints
Word: polar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.lə/, /ˈpoʊlɚ/, [ˈpɔːlɝ], /ˈpəʉl.ə/, /ˈpɔul.ə/ 1. The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
Word: niggaz Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nigga Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: nigon Part of Speech: noun 1. Niggard, miser. Labels: obsolete
Word: hypnotized Part of Speech: adj 1. Under hypnosis
Word: hypnotized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hypnotize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: e-nose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- (“electronic”) + nose. 1. An electronic device able to detect specific combinations of chemicals in gaseous form. Example: 2005, E-nose to 'sniff out' superbugs, BBC Online, 22 September. The e-nose created by surgeon David Morgan and engineer Ritaban Dutta and colleagues can sit on a doctor's desk and analyse gasses given off by swabs from patients for signs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other strains of Staph aureus.
Word: technology transfer Part of Speech: noun 1. The movement of (especially new) technology from one field or region to another, especially from a research institution to the marketplace in order to allow commercialization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: University licensing offices have at their disposal a number of contractual arrangements to facilitate technology transfer, including secrecy agreements, options, licenses, material transfer agreements, and equity investments. Example: Technology transfer from the space program has fueled many inventions and innovations, but it was also the excitement of this human accomplishment that drove many young minds (including that of your author) to enter STEM careers. 2. The use of a concept or product from one technology to solve a problem in an unrelated one. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: get off at Haymarket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Haymarket railway station is the last station shortly before arrival into Edinburgh Waverley station when travelling from Glasgow. 1. To practise coitus interruptus, the withdrawal method of contraception. Labels: Scotland, euphemistic Example: John looked at a woman standing further down the carriage in bridal headdress surrounded by her hen party acolytes. ‘She's got the wrong aisle. At least she chose Virgin Trains. All train guards can marry folk you know. But the vows are only valid for the duration of the journey. You can always get off at Haymarket, know what I mean?’ The women shrieked as the inflatable male doll her friends had stowed in the overhead luggage rack idly dangled a leg. Example: The thought that Lizzie and her man knew about getting off at Haymarket and other ways of delaying pregnancy occurred to Peggy for the first time. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, off, at, Haymarket.
Word: three-peat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of three + repeat. 1. To win something three times consecutively. Labels: US, slang
Word: three-peat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of three + repeat. 1. A third successive win. Labels: US, slang Example: Jokić is going for a historic three-peat of MVPs and you would be hard pressed to bet against the Serbian winning the trophy for a third successive year.
Word: through-ticketing Part of Speech: noun 1. a system in which a traveller using multiple transport networks can purchase a single ticket for the entire journey Labels: uncountable
Word: ticketing Part of Speech: noun 1. The issuing or selling of tickets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Other approaches, which apply to bus as well, are to upgrade existing facilities, improve ticketing, ensure fares are affordable and longer operating hours. Example: Quizzed on simplifying fares, Heaton-Harris said the Government had inherited a "mix of ticketing and unbelievable, interesting fares up and down the system, and we do want to simplify them". 2. A periodic sale of ore in the mining districts, in which buyers wrote their bids upon tickets. Labels: UK, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: ticketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ticket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tone dialing Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: towelhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From towel + head. 1. A Muslim or Sikh. Labels: offensive, slang, slur 2. A person from the Middle East and North Africa. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: eligible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ 1. Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something. 2. Worthy of being chosen (for marriage). Example: an eligible bachelor
Word: eligible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ 1. One who is eligible. Example: Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.
Word: headcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English hēafodclāþ, equivalent to head + cloth. 1. Any form of headwear consisting of a piece of material either tied or held in place with a band.
Word: headwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + -wear. Piecewise doublet of chefwear. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌweə(ɹ)/ 1. Clothing worn on the head (e.g. hats, helmets, headdresses, headscarves). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: traffic calming Part of Speech: noun 1. The deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by the installation of obstacles to progress Labels: uncountable
Word: trainspotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From train + spotter. 1. A person whose hobby is train spotting. Example: `So are you like one of those anorak wearing trainspotter types?' Example: Above all, I remember the noise and smell of the steam locomotives, and it was those journeys that turned me into a trainspotter, which meant that soon a pencil, notebook and the Ian Allan locospotter's guide became essential items for the trip. 2. An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby. Labels: broadly
Word: tree hugger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + hugger. Popularized after the Chipko movement in India of the 1970s, who resorted to actual group hugging of trees in order to prevent deforestation. Tommy James claims that his song "Draggin' the Line" (1971) popularized the phrase. 1. An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging and especially one who uses dramatic, attention-grabbing methods of obstruction. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Animal liberationists like Rosmarino resented the tree huggers' insensitivity to animals and reluctance to risk jail time, while more mainstream environmentalists like AFR's Jeff Berman disagreed with the bunny huggers' wacky morality and in-your-face tactics. The two groups' differences were in full view as they teamed up to parade through Vail last winter. 2. A hippie. Labels: slang Example: The idea of naturopathic doctors had always formed an image in my mind of old, bearded, tree-huggers who boiled roots and made poultices out of gross things to treat weird people who believed in that "natural" stuff. Example: She'd heard the term from American soldiers about these 'free love' people. 'Tree huggers' who reveled in sex, drink and drugs.
Word: trophy wife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularized by Julie Connelly in a Fortune magazine cover story in 1989, by analogy with a real estate trophy building. 1. A wife, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for her husband, usually older and affluent. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Example: […] while Mrs. Scott-Baxter, his fourth (and trophy) wife, blonde and young and bored, glowered at the Baxter spawn like a mother mink in a mink farm, just waiting for a jet to strafe the facility, affording her an excuse to feign terror and eat her young. Example: But don't expect this one to break up. Arnold [Schwarzenegger] got his trophy wife—a real-life Kennedy, his entreé to the top social echelons in the country—and he's not about to let her go.
Word: 'tude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic form of attitude. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃuːd/, /tjuːd/, /tud/ 1. Attitude, especially one of arrogance or hostility; swagger. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Hey. No reason for you to cop a ’tude on me just because she dumped you.
Word: Rita Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romance (Italian Rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century. 1. A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish. Example: Born Margarita Carmen Cansino to Eduardo and Volga Haworth Cansino on October 17, 1918, in New York City, Rita Hayworth was no stranger to show business.
Word: Rita Part of Speech: name Etymology: From South Asian languages, from Sanskrit रीता (rītā). 1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
Word: pre-stressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English stressed English pre-stressed From pre- + stressed. 1. Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use. Example: pre-stressed concrete 2. Standing before a stressed syllable.
Word: eminent domain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of New Latin dominium ēminēns (literally “supreme ownership”). 1. The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway. Labels: Philippines, US, uncountable Example: The city council used eminent domain to make me sell my store. 2. In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: trebuchet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/, /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/, /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/, /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/, /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ 1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end. Example: Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters. Example: With counterweight trebuchets at its disposal, a besieging force at last had the advantage in sieges, and it was probably the appearance of the trebuchet which prompted the changes in castle design from the mid-twelfth century onwards which were described in the previous chapter: the move from rectangular to round or multiform towers […] 2. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
Word: trebuchet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/, /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/, /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/, /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/, /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/ 1. To shoot with a trebuchet.
Word: suck rocks Part of Speech: verb 1. Term of general disparagement, an emphatic version of suck/sucks Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: The copier on this floor sucks rocks.
Word: siege engine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From siege + engine (“large construction used in warfare”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːd͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈsid͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/ 1. A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult. Labels: historical Example: Opposite this hill Bohemund's men now began to dig in a definite direction. For the besiegers had devised this new mischief against the city and invented a new knavish siege-engine to apply to the town. For as they dug, they went along under the ground like moles boring holes in the soil and in places protecting themselves by sheds with high roofs against the stones and arrows which were thrown from above, and in others propping up the earth above them with poles, and thus they went on in a straight line. Example: The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.
Word: Kanzler Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kanzler. 1. A surname from German.
Word: extravasation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extravasate (“let out or force out (blood or fluid)”) + -ion; further etymology at extravasate. Attested from the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɹævəˈseɪʃən/ 1. The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The right forearm and elbow show heavy bruises, with considerable extravasation from the surface vessels, showing they were inflicted some time before death. 2. The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: get across Part of Speech: verb 1. To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: In heavy rain, the cavalry couldn't get across the river. Example: It's impossible to get across with all checkpoints closed. 2. To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over. Labels: transitive Example: I couldn't get across to the board this simple economic fact. Example: Better organized writing helps to get the point across. 3. To succeed; to do well. Labels: dated, intransitive, slang 4. To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: synonymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From synonym + -ic, after French synonymique. 1. Of, relating to, or being a synonym. Labels: not-comparable Example: He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.
Word: assimilate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“to become similar; to make like”), from assimilat(e) (“assimilated”, also used as the past participal of assimilaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad + simulō (“to imitate, copy”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assemble. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/ 1. To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. Labels: transitive Example: Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue. Example: Hence also it may be, that the Parts of Animals and Vegetables preserve their several Forms, and assimilate their Nourishment; [...] 2. To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind. Labels: transitive Example: The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said. Example: His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. 3. To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture. Labels: transitive Example: The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race. 4. To liken, compare to something similar. Labels: rare, transitive Example: The use of an animal to kill, wound or threaten is assimilated to the use of a weapon. 5. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. Labels: transitive Example: March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland Example: Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects. 6. To become similar. Labels: intransitive 7. To be incorporated or absorbed into something. Labels: intransitive
Word: assimilate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. 1. Assimilated. Labels: obsolete 2. Similar, like, the same as. Labels: obsolete
Word: assimilate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. 1. Something that is or has been assimilated. Labels: obsolete Example: At low light intensity, high temperature delays the first flower initiation, as assimilate supply is limiting and high temperature reduces the amount of assimilate available in the plant[.] Example: the growing root and ectomycorrhizas both act as assimilate sinks 2. Something that is like, similar to another. Labels: obsolete
Word: gird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”). Pronunciation: /ɡɜːd/, /ɡɝd/ 1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord. Labels: transitive Example: The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large. Example: We heere create thee the firſt Duke of Suffolke, / And girt thee with the Sword. Coſin of Yorke 2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt. Labels: transitive Example: a castle girded with a moat Example: The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear. 3. To prepare (oneself) for an action. Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: Associate your selues, O ye people, and yee shalbe broken in pieces; and giue eare all ye of farre countreys: gird your selues, and ye shalbe broken in pieces; gird your selues, and ye shalbe broken in pieces. Example: The poet is not trying to conform to any of the old standards of behavior. She is instead focusing her rage and girding herself for battle. 4. (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing. Labels: intransitive Example: On 19 July 2009, the tug North Arm Venture was towing the barge North Arm Express, loaded with fuel and deck cargo, from Toba Inlet to Sechelt Inlet. The tug girded and capsized at approximately 1250 Pacific Daylight Time while making a turn to port at the entrance to Sechelt Rapids .... Girding is defined as a situation where a vessel experiences athwartship forces from its towline. This situation can lead to a capsizing or foundering.
Word: gird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan. Pronunciation: /ɡɜːd/, /ɡɝd/ 1. A sarcastic remark. Example: I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio. 2. A stroke with a rod or switch. 3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang. Example: Conscience […] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
Word: gird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan. Pronunciation: /ɡɜːd/, /ɡɝd/ 1. To jeer at. Labels: transitive Example: Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods. 2. To jeer. Labels: intransitive Example: Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
Word: anthropocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English anthropocentric From anthropo- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ˌænθ.rə.pəˈsɛn.trɪk/ 1. Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations. Example: But just as we recognize that nature doesn't provide a very good guide for human social conduct, isn't it anthropocentric of us to assume that our moral system offers an adequate guide for what should happen in nature?
Word: smexy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of smart + sexy. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛk.si/ 1. Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: "Does Spencer Ridgely think I'm smexy?" Example: "I've felt attracted to both of you guys too. I think our whole group, really. I just have some smexy friends, you know."
Word: smexily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English smexy Middle English -ly English -ly English smexily From smexy + -ly. 1. sexily; in a sexy way Labels: Internet, colloquial
Word: haruspex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin haruspex. Pronunciation: /həˈrʌspɛks/ 1. A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails. Example: If it be lawfull for Panæcius to maintaine his judgement about Aruspices, Dreames, Oracles and Prophecies[…]: Wherfore shall not a wise-man dare that in all things, which this man dareth in such as he hath learned of his Masters? Example: All of this is nonsense, but so are all attempts to look at a few successes and a few failures and make fatuous generalizations based on coincidence. Etruscan and Roman haruspices did the same thing with the entrails of chickens.
Word: milquetoast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after Caspar Milquetoast, a character from the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by American cartoonist Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and first published in 1924; the character was named after the American dish milk toast (“a food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlktəʊst/, /ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst/ 1. Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: The truth is that we are cursed with a "milquetoast" Government operating under "milquetoast" policies. Fear has become a national policy. Example: If Bach had any guts, he wouldn't take that. He's too much of a Milquetoast guy.
Word: milquetoast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Caspar Milquetoast, a character from the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by American cartoonist Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and first published in 1924; the character was named after the American dish milk toast (“a food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlktəʊst/, /ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst/ 1. A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: We know that theology must be common to all believers, but again we also know that some enjoy only milquetoast (german milchspeise), while others can eat solid food, and that one and the same truth is apprehended in different ways, for it is not possible to accommodate all these ways to the grasp of all, while not depriving them of the truth itself. Example: The Milquetoasts of this world seldom wake up in time to get tough effectively, Mr. [Harold Tucker] Webster fears. [...] Webster considers him a worthy citizen—of the kind that had better begin to show a little more spunk before it is too late.
Word: phocine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin phōca (“seal”) (from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊsʌɪn/, /ˈfəʊsiːn/ 1. Pertaining to a seal (or similar pinnipeds); seallike. Example: The bargain was soon made, and Gioga equipped herself in her phocine garb, but when the Shetlander gazed on the stormy sea he was to ride through, his courage nearly failed him, and he begged of the old lady to hare the kindness to allow him to cut a few holes in her shoulders and flanks, that he might obtain a better fastening for his hands between the skin and the flesh. Example: He telegraphed to the whaling ports of New England, and sent messages to San Francisco and Alaska, to know if a group of sea lions and other specimens of the phocine tribe could be secured.
Word: phocine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin phōca (“seal”) (from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊsʌɪn/, /ˈfəʊsiːn/ 1. A member of the subfamily Phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals. Example: Phocines anchor their hands by flexing their fingers, digging them into the substrate, and then pulling their body forward by elbow and shoulder flexion.
Word: Constantine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Cōnstantīnus, the name of Roman emperors, notably that of Constantine the Great, Latin cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”). Doublet of Konstadinos. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒns.tənˌtaɪ̯n/, /ˈkɑns.tənˌtin/ 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: Helen, the mother of great Constantine Nor yet Saint Philip's daughters were like thee. 2. A place name: 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name:
Word: far-fetched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɑɹˈfɛt͡ʃt/ 1. Brought from far away. Labels: obsolete Example: it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […]. 2. Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe. Example: He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money. Example: When the honorable member chose to repeat a long list of grievances which he attempted to father upon the present Government, simply because some of the members of it belonged to the late administration, I think it was about the furthest fetched argument he could have got.
Word: one-track mind Part of Speech: noun 1. That said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing. Labels: idiomatic Example: He has a one-track mind. All he ever talks about is trains and railroads. Example: You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one-track mind
Word: back and forth Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːθ/, /ˈbæ.kəndˌfɔːθ/, /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːɹθ/, /ˈbæ.kəndˌfɔːɹθ/ 1. From one place to another and back again. Labels: not-comparable Example: One frigid November evening, the mood was buoyant as two dozen mostly older Chinatown residents poured into the center. One by one, they tossed their parkas on chairs and took turns at the karaoke machine. Soon, the room was alive with people dancing and singing under a haze of blue strobe lights. A projector flashed images of the Chinese countryside and women dancing in embroidered, silk costumes. Nearby, younger people darted back and forth at Ping-Pong tables.
Word: back and forth Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːθ/, /ˈbæ.kəndˌfɔːθ/, /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːɹθ/, /ˈbæ.kəndˌfɔːɹθ/ 1. Going from one place or position to another and back again. Labels: not-comparable Example: The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.
Word: back and forth Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːθ/, /ˈbæ.kəndˌfɔːθ/, /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːɹθ/, /ˈbæ.kəndˌfɔːɹθ/ 1. The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Roll the ball to your child, who then rolls it back to you. After a few back-and-forths, roll the ball to a nearby corner of the room or other hiding place. 2. Negotiations or discussions (not necessarily fruitful) between two or more parties; a dialog. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's some back and forth between Simpson and his CIA counterparts and, in essence, the CIA says that you must ship all of the quantities requested. Example: It was months and months of back and forth, ah-ah, ah-ah You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore
Word: chrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma)bor. French chromebor. English chrome Borrowed from French chrome. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊm/, /kɹoʊm/ 1. Chromium, when used to plate other metals. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: So, just as a car might have shiny chrome trimming, a bumper, and a grill that cover the vehicle, so the chrome of an OS window surrounds and complements the window itself. Examples of chrome include the title bar, the Minimize/Maximize/Restore buttons, menu bars, and toolbars. Example: Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data. 3. handguns Labels: US, collective, slang, uncountable, usually Example: Disrespect my nigga Boss and I'm flashin' the chrome Example: I ain't trippin' long 'cause I can reach the chrome / Heat your home like Southern California Gas, police pass
Word: chrome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma)bor. French chromebor. English chrome Borrowed from French chrome. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊm/, /kɹoʊm/ 1. To plate with chrome. Labels: transitive 2. To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing. Labels: transitive
Word: pantropical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- English tropic English -al English tropical English pantropical From pan- + tropical. 1. Occurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palaeotropical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English tropical English palaeotropical From palaeo- + tropical. 1. Occurring in tropical Africa and Asia, i.e. the tropics of the Old World.
Word: neotropical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English tropic English -al English tropical English neotropical From neo- + tropical. 1. Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.
Word: arcus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹkəs/, /ˈɑːkəs/ 1. A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea 2. A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow 3. An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects 4. An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
Word: neotropics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English tropics English neotropics From neo- + tropics. 1. Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: second banana Part of Speech: noun 1. A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: He grew disenchanted with playing second banana and never getting credit for the laughter. 2. A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: The plumber left his second banana behind, to finish installing my new sink. Example: When you want to be the boss, but you can't, it's not a lot of fun to be second banana.
Word: muddleheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English muddleheaded Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English muddleheadedness From muddleheaded + -ness. 1. The state of being muddle-headed; mental confusion or foolishness. Labels: uncountable
Word: deman Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English deman From de- + man. 1. To sack employees from. Labels: transitive
Word: MW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of medium wave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of microwave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of morning wood. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable
Word: MW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […] MW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […] 2. MediaWiki.
Word: TEA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of training and employment agency. Labels: Northern-Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Acronym of triethylaluminium. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of triethylamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of triethanolamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: TEA Part of Speech: adj 1. Acronym of taxed enough already. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: TEA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of The Elm Architecture. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Tiny Encryption Algorithm Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of Texas Education Agency. Labels: Texas, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Hinojosa presented state budget data going back to 2016 that she said shows TEA has grown by about 50% over the last decade under Gov. Greg Abbott, while the percentage of students who pass the state’s assessment tests has declined.
Word: ignition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís Proto-Italic *engʷnis Latin ignis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ignio Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ignītiōlbor. English ignition Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnɪʃən/ 1. The act of igniting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The initiation of combustion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Put the key in the ignition and turn in right. 5. The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phoca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊkə/ 1. A seal. Labels: obsolete Example: His charet swift in haste he thither steard, Which with a teeme of scaly Phocas bound Was drawne vpon the waues, that fomed him around. Example: With tangled fins, behind, huge Phocæ glide, And Whales and Grampi swell the distant tide.
Word: suchlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌt͡ʃ.laɪk/ 1. Of the same or similar kind. Labels: not-comparable Example: If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […] Example: For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.
Word: suchlike Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌt͡ʃ.laɪk/ 1. Other things of the same kind or type. Example: That is, we use reading not just as a means to educate ourselves, or to “explore other worlds” and suchlike, but to literally keep our distance from others.
Word: suchlike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌt͡ʃ.laɪk/ 1. A thing of the same kind or type. Example: Entertainment is the name of the media game which may include your telling about why the book was written, fun stuff about completing the manuscript […] or suchlikes to liven the interview.
Word: businesslike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bisīg Old English bisiġ Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Old English bisiġnes Middle English bisynes English business Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English businesslike From business + -like. 1. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson. Example: The gunners stood by the guns waiting, and the ammunition waggons were at a business-like distance. Example: Further along, the road passes a low E-shape of red-brick estate buildings, obviously modern, yet all of a piece with this sensible, attractive and businesslike village. 2. Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic. Example: Then, with a businesslike rigor, he grasped the outstretched palm of Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady.
Word: catlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English catlike From cat + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈkætlaɪk/ 1. Resembling a cat; feline. 2. Nimble, quick, graceful. 3. Slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy. Example: With cat-like tread, Upon our prey we steal; In silence dread, Our cautious way we feel.
Word: Old Blighty Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally solely of Australian usage, from Blighty 1. Great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad Labels: slang Example: They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay. Bound for Old Blighty shore.