nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bucks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʌks/ 1. Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bucks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Wilts Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Wiltshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Worcs Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Worcestershire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Yorks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of York. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yorks Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Yorkshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pubic lice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pubic louse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Notts Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Nottinghamshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of 2. Clipping of Nottingham. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: Shrops Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Shropshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Salop Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Salopia Salopesberia (“Shrewsbury”) or Salopescira (“Shropshire”), the former a corruption of Old French Slopesberie (“Shrewsbury”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæləp/ 1. An old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.
Word: Northants Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː(ɹ)θ.hænts/ 1. Abbreviation of Northamptonshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Lancs Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋkəʃə/, /ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə/ 1. Abbreviation of Lancashire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Lincs Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Lincolnshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Leics Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Leicestershire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Hunts Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Huntingdonshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Hunts Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Hunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Berks Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Berkshire. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: IOW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Isle of Wight. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IOW Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of in other words. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: Soton Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Southampton (seen on road signs). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Sotonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Soton + -ian, itself an abbreviation of Southampton. Alternatively, an abbreviation of Southamptonian. Pronunciation: /səʊˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /soʊˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Someone from Southampton.
Word: Cardiffian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Cardiff Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Cardiffian From Cardiff + -ian. 1. Someone from Cardiff.
Word: Geordie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive of George + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒoə̯di/, /ˈdʒɔːdi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name George. 2. A diminutive of the female given names Georgia, Georgiana, Georgette, or Georgina.
Word: Geordie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of George + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒoə̯di/, /ˈdʒɔːdi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdi/ 1. Regional form of English spoken by Geordies, people from Tyneside. Labels: form-of, regional, uncountable 2. A guinea. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Someone from Tyneside. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A Geordie lamp. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. A pitman who works in a coal mine. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. A collier boat. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Geordie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Diminutive of George + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒoə̯di/, /ˈdʒɔːdi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdi/ 1. Related to or characteristic of Geordies, Tyneside or Newcastle upon Tyne. Labels: not-comparable
Word: head louse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”). 1. A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
Word: Leodensian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Loidēnsis (“of or from Leeds”), *Lādenses + -i- + -an, from Old English Loidis (“Leeds”). 1. Someone from Leeds in northern England. 2. A pupil or alumnus of Leeds Grammar School. Example: This never would have happened to Smeeton/Or an old Leodensian
Word: cartesian coordinates Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Cartesian coordinates. Labels: US, alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: Brummie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brum + -ie, from Brummagem, a dialectal variant of Birmingham. Pronunciation: [bɹʌm.i] 1. A person from Birmingham, United Kingdom. Labels: UK, informal Example: They are in Worcestershire [...] about a mile from the rather comically named Lickey Hills, so called, I suspect, because at week-ends they attract thousands of young Brummies licking either ice-creams or each other. Example: John figured that people who said Ciao were asking to be damaged, especially Brummies with dreary accents who sounded even more absurd than other non-Italian Ciao users. 2. The accented variety of English spoken in Birmingham. Labels: UK, informal, uncountable Example: An easy mistake to make though, you'll hear more Brummie in Welshpool in August than Welsh that's for sure. Example: Brummie is the accent spoken in the city of Birmingham in the area of the West Midlands. Despite its being widely discussed in the media, Brummie has not received too much attention from linguists.
Word: Brummie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brum + -ie, from Brummagem, a dialectal variant of Birmingham. Pronunciation: [bɹʌm.i] 1. Of or relating to Birmingham, United Kingdom. Labels: UK, informal Example: "Jump on that bus?" he shouted in an even Brummier accent. "Yow must be jokin'. The bleedin' thing hasn't moved in this traffic for near on an hour." Example: Hayley Jordan is played by an actress who's^([sic]) name I can't remember, but who is actually Jasper Carrott's daughter, and apart from Nigel Mansell, you can't get more Brummie than that.
Word: body louse Part of Speech: noun 1. A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.
Word: crab louse Part of Speech: noun 1. A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
Word: Dubliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dublin + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌblɪnə/, /ˈdʌblɪnɚ/ 1. Someone from Dublin, Ireland
Word: pubic louse Part of Speech: noun 1. crab louse, Pthirus pubis.
Word: sheep-shagger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sheepshagger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Green Party Part of Speech: name 1. The particular green party of a country or region.
Word: Boulonnais Part of Speech: noun 1. A draft horse of a large, elegant breed, usually gray.
Word: relaxation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌriː.lækˈseɪ.ʃən/, /rᵻˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/, /rɪˈlækˌse.ʃən/ 1. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: relaxation of the soft palate 3. Remission or abatement of rigor. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Remission of attention or application. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: relaxation of efforts Example: It may seem as though the safer sex message gets overplayed, stressed too much; it may have even become tired. Nonetheless, it has become evident that to abandon that message now would create complacency among people at risk for HIV infection. The end result would be a relaxation of life-saving techniques. We would be faced with a new generation of individuals testing antibody positive. 5. Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The release following musical tension. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: visible spectrum Part of Speech: noun 1. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which is visible to the human eye (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet).
Word: letter of relaxation Part of Speech: noun 1. A letter passing the signet, whereby a debtor is relieved from personal diligence, or whereby an outlaw is reponed against sentence of outlawry. Example: Do you think that the state of the exchanges is that which ought to guide the discretion of the Government, with reference to the issue of a similar letter of relaxation?
Word: dental caries Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease of the teeth resulting in damage to tooth structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: fossick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from dialectal fossick (“to ferret out”), fossuck (“troublesome person”), fussick (“to potter over one's work”), fussock (“to bustle about”), further origin uncertain. Compare fuss. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒsɪk/, /ˈfɑsɪk/ 1. To search for something; to rummage. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive Example: I dined alone and sat after dinner in the smoking-room, for Odell never suggested the library, though I would have given a lot to fossick about that place. Example: I could have built a better fire myself but I was too cold when we arrived to fossick around for twigs. I went back to the warm car and let Neil and Henry fossick. Playing the dumb broad is profitable too. 2. To search for something; to rummage. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, specifically Example: [T]he honorable member went to the Railway department, and fossicked about for information, and he found, forsooth, that there had been a little rise in the salary of a son of a member of the House. 3. To search for something; to rummage. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, specifically Example: The "fossicker" is one who wanders about old diggings, armed with a knife and pan, and who seldom sinks or drives, but "fossicks" or searches about the old heaps of dirt, or in the bottoms of deserted shafts and drives, keen-eyed after unobserved gold. Example: In New South Wales the bureau has been able to dispose of a large contingent of the workless by sending them to fossick for gold on old or deserted goldfields. 4. To be troublesome. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: caprine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Caprinae. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/, /ˈkæpˌɹin/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪn/ 1. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives). 2. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives). Labels: often, specifically 3. Goatlike: goatish; goaty.
Word: caprine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Caprinae. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/, /ˈkæpˌɹin/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪn/ 1. A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae). Example: 2008, Charles R. Peters, et al., 3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics, page 77, By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines, while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980). Example: For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly. 2. A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae). Labels: often, specifically
Word: caprine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/, /ˈkæpˌɹin/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪn/ 1. Alternative form of caprin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: busybodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of busybody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: busybodies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of busybody Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: landscaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From landscape + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlænd.skeɪp.ə/, /ˈlænd.skeɪp.ɚ/ 1. One who does landscaping.
Word: larcenist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English larceny Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English larcenist From larceny + -ist. 1. One who commits larceny, a thief.
Word: golden hello Part of Speech: noun 1. A payment offered to an employee as an inducement to join, especially if currently working for a competitor. Labels: idiomatic
Word: besotted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English besot Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English besotted From besot + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɒtɪd/, /bɪˈsɑtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of besot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: besotted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English besot Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English besotted From besot + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɒtɪd/, /bɪˈsɑtɪd/ 1. Infatuated. Example: Paris, you ſpeake / Like one be-ſotted on your ſweet delights; Example: Much did I wonder that so good a knight as Brian de Bois-Guilbert seemed so fondly besotted on the charms of this female, whom I received into this house merely to place a bar betwixt their growing intimacy, which else might have been cemented at the expense of the fall of our valiant and religious brother. 2. Intellectually or morally blinded. 3. Intoxicated, drunk. Labels: archaic Example: There are thousands who were begotten when both parents were besotted with drink, whose mothers saturated themselves with alcohol every day of their pregnancy, who may be said to have sucked in a taste for strong drink with their mothers' milk, and who were surrounded from childhood with opportunities and incitements to drink.
Word: smørrebrød Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Danish smørrebrød. 1. An open-faced sandwich that usually consists of a piece of buttered rye bread, topped with commercial or homemade cold cuts, pieces of meat or fish, cheese or spreads, and garnishes. Example: Danish cities are full of shops with colorful smørrebrøds where you can inexpensively buy an assortment to eat in the park on a nice day. Example: Two or three smørrebrøds are commonly served as breakfast in Denmark and other Scandinavian countries.
Word: fuckmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + mate. 1. A fuckbuddy; a friend with whom one has casual sex without commitments. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: But nah. We were pretending. We were only fuckmates. Trial mates.
Word: weighted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/, [ˈweɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈwæɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of weight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weighted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/, [ˈweɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈwæɪ.tɪd/ 1. Having weights on it. Example: She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind. 2. Biased, so as to favour one party. Example: The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win. 3. having values assigned to its edges 4. With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance. 5. Containing a large proportion (of something). Example: Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
Word: tais Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional woven cloth produced by women in East Timor.
Word: strobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of stroboscope. Pronunciation: /stɹəʊb/, /stɹoʊb/ 1. A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light. Example: White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject. 2. An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read. Example: a memory strobe; a data strobe
Word: strobe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of stroboscope. Pronunciation: /stɹəʊb/, /stɹoʊb/ 1. To flash like a stroboscopic lamp. Example: ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes... Example: Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o'-the-walk.
Word: scuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove. Pronunciation: /skʌf/, /skɐf/, /skʊf/ 1. To scrape the feet while walking. 2. To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.) 3. To hit lightly, to brush against. Example: The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away. Example: Wallace threw himself at it to connect with a flying header. He looked a certain scorer but his effort scuffed the inside of Fraser Forster’s post. 4. To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball. Example: The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker.
Word: scuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove. Pronunciation: /skʌf/, /skɐf/, /skʊf/ 1. A mark left by scuffing or scraping. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: Someone left scuff marks in the sand. Example: He flung his shoes across the room, their soles leaving black scuffs on the dingy wall. 2. The sound of a scuff or scrape. Example: All you could hear was the rhythmic scuff of Mr. Stink’s battered brogues as he walked slowly along the road 3. A slipper. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand 4. A (sudden) shower of rain or mist. Labels: Scotland, uncommon Example: It was a dark, gloomy day, with black clouds driven by the wind, and scuffs of grey showers scudding among the hilltops. Presently lying couched amid the heather we saw the dragoons come marching loosely two and two,[…] Example: and when I got [to] the shoulder of the Craig yonder, cold scuffs of mist were reaching down from higher up, that told me how my view was to be spoiled, and warned me to mind my path. But I knew the heights; many a time have I been caught in the descending clouds, and a mist was like an old friend.
Word: scuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See scuft Pronunciation: /skʌf/, /skɐf/, /skʊf/ 1. A scurf; a scale. Labels: slang 2. The back part of the neck; the scruff. Example: One of the biggest and most redoubted of the Black Family was now in that seat of dignity, and, refusing surlily to yield it at Jasper's rude summons, was seized by the scuff of the neck, and literally hurled on the table in front.
Word: prerequisite 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 requisite English prerequisite From pre- + requisite. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/, /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/, /pɹiˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ 1. Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable. Labels: not-comparable Example: The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored. Example: A good command of Spanish is prerequisite for enrolling in this course.
Word: prerequisite Part of Speech: noun 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 requisite English prerequisite From pre- + requisite. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/, /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/, /pɹiˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ 1. Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else. Example: A degree is a prerequisite for entry into this profession. Example: Only a full-scale analysis of the origin and development of our sensations and ideas can provide this knowledge; so Hartley's associationist psychology becomes the prerequisite for moral knowledge. 2. A course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. Example: Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.
Word: poindexter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Poindexter. Labels: alt-of
Word: paella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”). Doublet of patella and possibly pail. Pronunciation: /paɪˈ(j)ɛl(j)ə/, /pɑːˈɛ.(l)(j)ə/, /pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/, /paɪˈ(j)eɪ.(j)ə/ 1. A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overgrown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English grown English overgrown From over- + grown. 1. Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden. 2. Having grown bigger without developing maturity or changing character. Labels: attributive, derogatory, mildly Example: He spends so much money on new technology: he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.
Word: overgrown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English grown English overgrown From over- + grown. 1. past participle of overgrow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcrowded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of overcrowd Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcrowded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English crowded English overcrowded From over- + crowded. 1. Containing too many occupants for an area of its size. Example: I've spent hours on overcrowded trains, and time on ones which were almost empty, because the recovery [from COVID] has been uneven.
Word: notepad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From note + pad. 1. A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.
Word: nightlife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + life. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf/ 1. Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rio de Janeiro boasts the best nightlife in South America. Example: Dunn was charged in connection with tossing a sandwich at Customs and Border Protection Officer Greg Lairmore on on ^([sic]) Aug. 10 along the U Street nightlife corridor in Washington.
Word: mucous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Naturalized from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. By surface analysis, muc(us) + -ous = muco- + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːkəs/ 1. Pertaining to mucus. 2. Having the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus.
Word: moneybags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moneybag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moneybags Part of Speech: noun 1. A wealthy person. Labels: informal
Word: strontium-90 Part of Speech: noun 1. The radioactive isotope of strontium, 9038Sr, that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosions and, being chemically similar to calcium, accumulates in the bones Labels: uncountable
Word: mignon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minna (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnia (“love”). More at mind. Compare Dutch minnen (“to love”). Doublet of minion. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnjɒn/, /ˈmɪnjɑ̃/, /mɪnˈjɑn/ 1. Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty. Example: "Will you not wear these to-morrow?" said the King, offering one pair to Madame de Merœur; then, turning to her sister, he added, "I only hope yours are small enough for those mignon hands." Example: It was the deep-blue, dreaming, haughty eyes of "Miladi" that he was bringing back to memory, not the brown mignon face that had been so late close to his in the light of the moon.
Word: mignon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minna (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnia (“love”). More at mind. Compare Dutch minnen (“to love”). Doublet of minion. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnjɒn/, /ˈmɪnjɑ̃/, /mɪnˈjɑn/ 1. A cute or pretty person; a dandy; a pretty child. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: “I wish the blow he dealt to that fine essenced mignon had beat his brains out.” 2. One of the court favourites of Henry III of France. Labels: historical Example: When the mignons, barefoot and clad in sacks with holes for their heads and feet, marched with Henry in a penitential procession, lashing their backs, one wit opined that they should have aimed their blows lower. Example: Many commentators claimed hyperbolically that, because of their outrageous fashions, it was difficult to tell whether the mignons were male or female.
Word: lin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”). Pronunciation: /lɪn/ 1. To desist, to stop, to cease. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...]. Example: Till all war deaun I knaw thou wad not lin.
Word: lin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See English linn. Pronunciation: /lɪn/ 1. Alternative spelling of linn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: a roaring lin Example: And therefore, to recount her Rivers, from their Lins (marginal gloss) Meeres or Pooles, from whence Rivers spring
Word: lin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint. Pronunciation: /lɪn/, /laɪn/ 1. Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”). Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, especially, in-compounds Example: a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel Example: […] to Sowerby-bridge, about twenty-four measured miles, wheel carriages would go in one day; and on that account they concluded that the manufacture of that place, Warrington, &c. would be much readier and cheaper supplied with lin-yarn, flax, &c. from the east, […] 1641.—14 yards of femble cloth, 12s. ; 8 yards of linen, 6s. 8d. ; 20 yards of harden, 10s. ; 5 linen sheets, 1l. ; 7 linen pillow bears, 8s. ; 2 femble sheets and a line hard sheet, 10s. ; 3 linen towels, 4s. ; 6 lin curtains and a vallance, 12s. ; […]
Word: indie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndi/ 1. Independent; from outside the mainstream. Labels: not-comparable Example: an indie pop group Example: an indie video game
Word: indie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndi/ 1. An independent publisher. Labels: countable Example: He says Ninja Tune retains the master and publishing rights on most of its catalog, making it easy to license quickly. Yet as majors jump on the videogame bandwagon, he fears indies may lose that outlet. 2. A work released by an independent publisher. Labels: countable 3. A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic. Labels: uncountable 4. A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion. Labels: countable
Word: imperialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imperial + -ist, after French impérialiste. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪəɹiəlɪst/ 1. Of, or relating to imperialism. Example: On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'.
Word: imperialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imperial + -ist, after French impérialiste. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪəɹiəlɪst/ 1. An advocate of imperialism. Example: "The Japanese imperialists enforced the harshest colonial rule in history over Korea, bringing unspeakably horrible misfortune and sufferings and disasters to the Korean nation," said a spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
Word: Jubilee Part of Speech: name Etymology: See jubilee. The proper noun sense (“London Underground line”) was named after the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926–2022) in 1977. 1. A London Underground line which runs between Stratford in East London and Stanmore in northwest London, via the London Docklands, South Bank, and West End.
Word: Jubilee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See jubilee. The proper noun sense (“London Underground line”) was named after the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926–2022) in 1977. 1. Alternative letter-case form of jubilee (“(Jewish history) special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years; (Roman Catholicism) special year in which plenary indulgences and remission from sin can be granted”) Labels: alt-of Example: [T]hough it be in the povver of the vveakeſt arme to take avvay life, it is not in the ſtrongeſt to deprive us of death: […] the firſt day of our Jubilee is death; the Devill hath therefore failed of his deſires; vvee are happier vvith death than vve ſhould have been vvithout it: there is no miſery but in himſelfe vvhere there is no end of miſery: […] Example: "Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the Jubilee! / Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!" / So we sung the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, / While we were marching through Georgia.
Word: gunmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gunman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guff Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡʌf/, /ɡɐf/, /ɡʊf/ 1. Nonsensical talk or thinking. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: “… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.[…]If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love of the people, and that sort of guff.” 2. Superfluous information. Labels: informal, uncountable 3. Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: “Oh, my God. Did-did you guys kill him?” “No! No one murdered him” “No! What... He was just...” “We found him in there.” “(laughs) I'm just giving you guff. And, uh, just so you know, I am feeding on you guys right now.” 4. A fart; act of breaking wind. Labels: countable, slang
Word: guff Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡʌf/, /ɡɐf/, /ɡʊf/ 1. To fart. Labels: slang 2. To mislead. Labels: slang Example: "Let me see if I get you. You can't bear to help convict Ashe of murder because you doubt if he's guilty, so you're scooting. Right?" […]"That's close enough," Wolfe said. "Not close enough for me. If you expect me to[…] invite a stiff fine for running out on a subpoena[…], don't try to guff me. Say we doubt if Ashe is guilty, but we think he may get tagged because we know Mandelbaum wouldn't go to trial without a good case. Say also our bank account needs a shot in the arm, which is true. So we decide to see if we can[…]"
Word: erogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -genous English erogenous From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love”) + English -genous (“producing”). Pronunciation: /əˈɹɒd͡ʒɪnəs/ 1. Sensitive to sexual arousal. Example: His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones. 2. Causing sexual arousal; erotogenic. Example: give him an erogenous massage
Word: dumbasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumbass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dotty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See dote, or compare totty (“unsteady, dizzy”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒti/, /ˈdɑ.ti/, [ˈdɑ.ɾi] 1. Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile. Labels: Australia, UK, colloquial Example: My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty. Example: Knockers in this part of the world seem intended for ornament only, — nobody seems to pay any attention to them when they’re used. The old lady upstairs must be either deaf or dotty. 2. Having an unsteady gait. Labels: UK, dated
Word: dotty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dot Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dotty From dot + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒti/, /ˈdɑ.ti/, [ˈdɑ.ɾi] 1. Having many dots. Example: Look at the dotty pattern on that cheetah's fur.
Word: dotty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dot Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dotty From dot + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒti/, /ˈdɑ.ti/, [ˈdɑ.ɾi] 1. A shotgun. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: Never bummy but I'm scummy fam, I used to burgle houses Then some OGs was consignin me them ounces Wet man round me had me feeling like I’m drownin Fam we really went there with a brownin Me and next man really went there with a dotty 05 murder squad nicked me for a [censored] Example: They dont know what I’ve been through Red dot on his head like a hindu Scrams, Face just stack for the Wesson Ca’ be the gunplay that we’re into It’s like them man chill with the singer Two dot dots there in the dinger Yard man’s got a dotty in the rave But he’s still tryna do the La Linga We’ve had guns and shanks without awareness We’ve had guns and shanks we’re so fearless
Word: hubble-bubble Part of Speech: noun 1. A bubbling sound. 2. A hookah. Example: In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from. Example: His favourite pipe is a huge hubble-bubble, which he will construct in a few minutes by inserting a small piece of Bamboo for a bowl obliquely into a large cylinder about six inches from the bottom containing water, through which the smoke passes to a long slender Bamboo tube.
Word: slyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slynesse. By surface analysis, sly + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sly. Labels: uncountable Example: With his natural slyness, he was able to talk his way out of trouble. 2. The result or product of being sly. Labels: countable
Word: langet Part of Speech: noun 1. A long thin strip of metal (usually either two or four) extending from the head of a staff weapon (such as a halberd) down a certain length of the wooden shaft, secured with nails or screws and designed to prevent splitting or breakage of the wood. 2. In some swords, an extension of the guard located on both flats of the blade, designed to fit tightly over the mouth of a scabbard and prevent accidental unsheathing.
Word: langet Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong lace used in Holland for women's clothing.
Word: sexual tension Part of Speech: noun 1. Libidinal unrest arising between individuals when exposed to one another. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: libidinal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ləˈbɪ.də.nəl/ 1. Relating or pertaining to the libido.
Word: pheresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In medicine, perhaps a back-formation from compounds such as plasmapheresis. The linguistics term may be a self-referential pun as with haplogy for haplology. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹisɪs/ 1. Synonym of apheresis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sexual fraternization Part of Speech: noun 1. Any kind of sexual relations between two or more individuals. Labels: uncountable Example: Similarly, in the industrial town of Lowell, where women also took on male jobs, Miller finds that fear of sexual fraternization led employers to enforce rigid, sometimes unpleasant rules about conduct between men and women. Example: A sixth reason cited against allowing women in combat is that the presence of women will lead to sexual fraternization and disruption of discipline.
Word: inserting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɝtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of insert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inserting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɝtɪŋ/ 1. Something inserted or set in, such as lace in garments. Example: Flax handkerchiefs composed in chief value of edgings and insertings of cotton lace made on the Lever or Gothrough machine are properly dutiable at the rate of 70 per cent […]
Word: booze bus Part of Speech: noun 1. A police vehicle used for administering blood-alcohol tests (to drivers), generally a mid-size bus converted or fitted out for the purpose. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: 1982 December 2, Police 'booze buses' gear up for the start of random breath tests, Sydney Morning Herald, page 16, quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, Sydney University Press, →ISBN.
Word: sexual relation Part of Speech: noun 1. The behavior of a sexual nature between one or more individuals. Labels: idiomatic, in-plural Example: It would be easy to prove by a long array of facts that the sexual relation is associated in the primitive mind with many serious perils; but the exact nature of the danger apprehended is still obscure.
Word: kuru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fore kúru (literally “trembling, shivering”). Perhaps eventually from Proto-Gorokan *kút(V) (“dangling, shaking”) if cognate with the reduplicated element of Yagaria gúli gúli hu- (“be loose, rattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʉː.ɹʉː/, /ˈkʊ.ɹuː/ 1. A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism. Labels: uncountable Example: By the late 1950s, kuru was the leading cause of death among Fore women, and it had killed so many that men outnumbered women by three to one.
Word: rāmen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ramen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Ⓐ In Umsei Yatsura (TV tp. 2, ep. 5, st. 9) Ataru is eating rāmen in a restaurant while watching TV. • In Oh My Goddess! (OVA 1), Keiichi’s second takeout order attempt is for rāmen. • Rāmen and pot stickers are being eaten by Ken when Miyuki introduces herself at the station in You’re Under Arrest (OVA 1). Example: According to the discussion in online communities, rāmen shops are not conceived as places for the average woman. However, connoisseurs strive to overcome these stereotypes. One female member writes, “I love rāmen and go to rāmen shops by myself. At first I was not comfortable eating alone, but now I am used to it, and there are only a few particular shops where I still feel uncomfortable.”
Word: myriameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myria- + meter. 1. Alternative form of myriametre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mainstays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mainstay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flunk out Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail to finish school, or a given subject, program or course, due to academic shortcomings; i.e., to have too many flunking or failing grades (marks). Labels: idiomatic Example: He flunked out of high school as a youth, but finished school later in life. 2. (of an educator or institution) To impose failing grades on (a student), often requiring a retaking of the course or academic year. Labels: idiomatic Example: They could simply have replied, "No, we're way too square. And until you do come up with an answer, stick to the syllabus so that we don't have to flunk out your mixed-up students when we get them next quarter."
Word: diamond cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A lace knitting stitch pattern, multiple of 17 plus 2 stitches, 35 rows in pattern. Labels: uncountable
Word: crinkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪŋkəl/ 1. To fold, crease, crumple, or wad. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out. Example: The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile. 2. To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. Labels: intransitive Example: The green wheat crinkles like a lake. Example: All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.
Word: crinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪŋkəl/ 1. A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness. Example: He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old. 2. The act of crinkling. 3. Chocolate crinkle; a type of cookie made of primarily cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and water
Word: unevenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness. 1. The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity. Labels: uncountable Example: The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness. 2. The result or product of being uneven. Labels: countable 3. A rough or uneven thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.
Word: powerhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From power + house. 1. A power station; the building housing a power station Example: The new powerhouse comprised two tube turbines with a total capacity of 4,500 kW under 18.3 feet head. 2. Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration Labels: figuratively Example: The company has been a powerhouse in its industry for many years. Example: The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell. 3. A very good hand of cards, likely to win. Example: A hand like A-2-3-4 is a powerhouse in Omaha/8, because it can easily make the best low hand and capture half the pot.
Word: far cry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons. 1. A long distance, in terms of dissimilarity or difference. Labels: idiomatic Example: Life in the big city was a far cry from his upbringing on a quiet, small farm. Example: The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties.
Word: far cry Part of Speech: adv Etymology: In allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons. 1. Very much; to a great extent or degree; by far. Labels: not-comparable Example: a far cry taller
Word: lawbreaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lawbreker, lawe brekare; equivalent to law + breaker. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːbɹeɪkə/, /ˈlɔ.bɹeɪkɚ/, /ˈlɑ.bɹeɪkɚ/ 1. One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal. Example: I'm just a poor old man. I have no time for law-breakers. My legs are grey. My ears are gnarled. My eyes are old and bent. Example: People often assume that speedboarders are disrespectful lawbreakers.
Word: lethally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lethal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English lethally From lethal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈliːθəli/ 1. In a lethal manner, in manner which is or will be fatal. Example: He was lethally poisoned by the cobra and died a day later of it.
Word: lethargically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lethargic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English lethargically From lethargic + -ally. 1. In a lethargic manner, without energy, tiredly.