nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: abounding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/ 1. An abundance. Example: Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]
Word: abra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven. Pronunciation: /ˈæbɹə/, /ˈɑːbɹə/ 1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass
Word: abra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra). Pronunciation: /ˈæbɹə/, /ˈɑːbɹə/ 1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai
Word: abolitionists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.bə.lɪʃn̩.ɪsts/ 1. plural of abolitionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aborn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English born English aborn From a- + born. 1. born, begotten, created, developed Labels: not-comparable Example: After all, the author of "Portnoy's Complaint" and "Sabbath's Theater" has made a literary career out of fudging the line between his life and his fiction, writing endlessly aborn misogynistic protagonists teasingly named Philip. Example: ... or (B) explain it away as something caused by the circumstances of his birth: "Aye, we often see these moles on babes aborn on escape wessels under Romulan attack ... "
Word: aborn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English born English aborn From a- + born. 1. past participle of abear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: absurdist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English absurd 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 absurdist From absurd + -ist. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/, /æbˈsɝd.əst/, /əbˈsɝd.əst/ 1. An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. Example: The basic assumptions of our way of life as we traditionally justified it are being questioned by that revolt of the young absurdists. Example: But Mr. Albert was a leader of the Yippies, inasmuch as there were leaders, from before the formal hatching of the self-styled gang of political absurdists in January 1968 until they faded away after Vietnam.
Word: absurdist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English absurd 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 absurdist From absurd + -ist. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/, /æbˈsɝd.əst/, /əbˈsɝd.əst/ 1. Of, or relating to absurdism. Labels: not-comparable Example: The tragically backward, sometimes absurdist hallmarks of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and in particular its leader, Kim Jong Il, are well known. There's Kim's Elton John eyeglasses and cotton-candy hairdo, for instance.
Word: accessed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæksɛst/, /əkˈsɛst/, /ˈækˌsɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of access Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accessing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæksɛsɪŋ/, /əkˈsɛsɪŋ/, /ˈækˌsɛsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of access Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accessorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From accessory + -ize. First attested in 1939 in American English. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛsəɹaɪz/ 1. To furnish with accessories. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To wear or to choose accessories. Labels: intransitive
Word: accessorized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accessorize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accessorized Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing or equipped with accessories. Example: He was tastefully accessorized in matching scarf and gloves.
Word: accidently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English accidently, accidentli (“by chance; temporarily; artificially”), equivalent to accident + -ly. 1. Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally. Labels: nonstandard Example: [T]he exceptions remind me of an ingenious conjecture respecting Newton: that he was probably a being of a superior order, accidently caged in a human body. Example: As I arrived at the foot of the hill I overtook two ladies, whom I passed. As I did so, I brushed one of them accidently on the arm.
Word: acclaimed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈkleɪmd/ 1. Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected. Example: Many critically acclaimed novels are not commercially successful. Example: She’s an acclaimed writer; her books are bestsellers before they are published.
Word: acclaimed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkleɪmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of acclaim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: acclimated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæk.lɪm.eɪt.əd/ 1. Accustomed, adapted, or hardened to some environment or circumstance. Example: Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans
Word: acclimated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæk.lɪm.eɪt.əd/ 1. simple past and past participle of acclimate Labels: US, form-of, participle, past
Word: accommodated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accommodate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accommodated.
Word: accoutrement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably partly from Middle French accoustrement, acoustrement, acoutrement (French accoutrement), from accoustrer, from Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”), and partly from accoutre + -ment. First attested in the 1540s. Pronunciation: /əˈku.tɚ.mənt/, /əˈku.t͡ʃɹə.mənt/ 1. A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform. Labels: in-plural Example: Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come Example: Three thousand six hundred of the best fighting men, with complete accoutrement; with cannoneers even, and cannon! 2. An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory. Labels: in-plural Example: To me ſhe's married, not vnto my cloathes: / Could I repaire what ſhe will weare in me, / As I can change theſe poore accoutrements, / 'Twere well for Kate, and better for my ſelfe. Example: While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, […] 3. An identifying yet superficial characteristic. Labels: broadly Example: By the summer of 1964 they had achieved the bigger house on the better street and the familiar accouterments of a family on its way up: the $30,000 a year, the three children for the Christmas card, the picture window, the family room, […] Example: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, […] 4. The act of accoutering; furnishing. Labels: archaic
Word: abt Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of all but thesis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: abt Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of about. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: abusers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbju.zɚz/ 1. plural of abuser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abuses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːsɪz/, /əˈbjuːzɪz/ 1. plural of abuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abuses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːsɪz/, /əˈbjuːzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abuse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abuts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbʌts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: academies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkædəmiz/ 1. plural of academy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nottingham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Notingeham, an alteration of Old English Snotingahām. The Normans found the consonant cluster /sn/ difficult to pronounce, so the initial S was dropped. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm/ 1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Nottinghamshire, England. 2. Ellipsis of University of Nottingham. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States:
Word: aahed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aah Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aahing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aah Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aahing Part of Speech: noun 1. An aah sound. Example: the oohings and aahings of the crowd
Word: aah Part of Speech: intj 1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm. Example: Aah! That's amazing! Example: 'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame. 2. Indication of joyful pleasure. Example: Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget? 3. Indication of sympathy. Example: Aah, I feel so bad for you... 4. Indication of mouth being opened wide. Example: Dentists would always instruct, say aah! 5. To express understanding. Example: Aah. Now I understand. 6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis). Example: AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me! Example: Aah! A rat!
Word: aah Part of Speech: noun 1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear. 2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure. 3. The exclamation aah.
Word: aah Part of Speech: verb 1. To say or exclaim aah. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance. Example: In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking. 2. To say or exclaim aah. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: aahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aahs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aah Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aardwolves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdwʊlvz/, /ˈɑɹdˌwʊlvz/ 1. plural of aardwolf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aargh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of argh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aarrghh Part of Speech: intj 1. Elongated form of argh.
Word: aba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa). Compare abaya. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑː/, /əˈbɑ/ 1. A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.' Example: Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba, staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer. 3. An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Such a garment that is specific to women. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonym: hijab
Word: aba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.bə/ 1. An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
Word: aba Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
Word: abac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A learned borrowing, after French abaque, from Classical Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax). Doublet of abacus and abaque. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪbæk/ 1. Synonym of nomogram.
Word: abacate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese abacate. Doublet of avocado. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.bəˈkɑt.i/ 1. Synonym of avocado.
Word: abacaxi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese abacaxi (“pineapple”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.bə.kəˌʃi/, /ˌæ.bə.kəˈʃi/ 1. A large Brazilian pineapple.
Word: abaci Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin abacī. Pronunciation: /ˈæbəkaɪ/, /-saɪ/, /ˈæbəˌkaɪ/, /-ˌsaɪ/ 1. plural of abacus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abacterial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria English -al English bacterial English abacterial From a- (“without”) + bacterial. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.bækˈtɪəɹ.i.əl/ 1. Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria. Example: an abacterial prostatitis model for studying immune cells
Word: abacuses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæbə.kəsɪz/ 1. plural of abacus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abbasid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin Abbasidēs, from Abbas + -idēs (patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Abbas + -id (dynastic suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈbæs.əd/, /ˈæb.ə.səd/, /əbˈɑ.səd/ 1. A member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Baghdad, from about 750 to 1250, claiming ancestry of Abbas.
Word: Abbasid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin Abbasidēs, from Abbas + -idēs (patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Abbas + -id (dynastic suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈbæs.əd/, /ˈæb.ə.səd/, /əbˈɑ.səd/ 1. Of or relating to the Abbasid caliphs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Abner Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אבנר (Abner, “father of light”). From אָב (av, “father”) + נור (nur, “light”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.nɚ/ 1. A cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament. Example: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 2. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: acardite Part of Speech: noun 1. n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer. Labels: uncountable
Word: acarology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acaro- + -logy, based on Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -λογία (-logía). Pronunciation: /æ.kəˈɹɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /æ.kəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of ticks and mites. Labels: uncountable Example: 1999, Rodger David Mitchell (editor), Acarology IX, Volume 2: Symposia, Ohio Biological Survey, page xvii, The students and faculty of the acarology course were Don's life, and his example pushed us all to higher levels of achievement. Example: General texts on acarology include works by Woolley (1987), Evans (1992), and Krantz and Walter (2009).
Word: acentrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English centre Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English acentrous From a- + centre + -ous. 1. lacking vertebral centra Example: 2001, "Axial Skeleton", David Cannatella, https://web.archive.org/web/20051222184337/http://www.lifesci.utexas.edu/courses/bio478L/LecturesPDF/bodyskeleton.pdf "Some bony fishes (Teleostei, Amia, Lepisosteus, and Brachiopterygii) have well-ossified centra and neural and hemal arches. Others (Dipnoi, Latimeria, and Chondrostei) lack centra (acentrous), and the notochord is unconstricted, and the bony neural and hemal arches simply rest on it."
Word: ackee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Akan akye. Pronunciation: /ˈækiː/, /əˈkiː/ 1. A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize. Example: Delano and I are sprawled out under the ackee tree watching the black ants march from one rotten ackee pod to the next. 2. The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ackee and saltfish is a traditional Jamaican dish. Example: The fleshy sacks that dangled down between his legs, like rotting ackees, wobbled.
Word: moot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun. Pronunciation: /muːt/ 1. Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. Labels: rare Example: […] :indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it was a moot point whether or not we could get out of: […] Example: [T]he uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish. 2. Being an exercise of thought; academic. Labels: Canada, US 3. Having no practical consequence or relevance. Labels: Canada, US, uncommon Example: That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot. Example: The question [whether certain poetry was present in the original Hebrew Psalms] in our own time is moot, since various considerations have made it certain that, of all the hazards presented by biblical translation, a dangerous excess of beauty is not one of them.
Word: moot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun. Pronunciation: /muːt/ 1. A moot court. Example: The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. 2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties. 3. A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks. 4. A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house. 5. An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality). Labels: historical 6. A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Word: moot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), a suffixed derivative of *mōtą (“meeting”). Related to etymology 1. See also mutter (which is a frequentative of moot). 1. To bring up as a subject for debate. Example: A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny. Example: The general idea was first mooted a couple of years ago by Philip Hammond, then Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, as a means of encouraging the EU to strike a friendly Brexit deal with the UK. 2. To discuss or debate. Example: a problem which hardly has been mentioned, far less mooted, in this country Example: First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. 3. To make or declare irrelevant. Labels: US 4. To argue or plead in a supposed case. Example: There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. 5. To talk or speak. Labels: obsolete, regional Example: In that mater now I will mute no moir. 6. To say, utter, also insinuate. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: moot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), a suffixed derivative of *mōtą (“meeting”). Related to etymology 1. See also mutter (which is a frequentative of moot). 1. A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable 2. Talk. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: moot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈmʊt/ 1. The vagina. Labels: Australia
Word: moot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch moot (“piece”). 1. The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree. Labels: West-Country Example: 'Ithin the woodlands, flow'ry gleäded, / By the woak tree's mossy moot
Word: moot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch moot (“piece”). 1. To take root and begin to grow. Labels: West-Country 2. To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout. Labels: West-Country Example: "Zarch tha whole worl', vrom Guenever / To Squier Mules' ta Muddever, / Moot iv'ry brack about un.
Word: moot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mutual with humorously altered pronunciation. 1. A mutual follower on a social media platform. Labels: Internet, endearing, plural-normally Example: Eid Mubarak to all my muslim moots out there Example: I just simply post them in my main Twitter account, then hoping that my moots will like and retweet them.
Word: ess Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛs/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s. Example: 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success Example: I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. 2. Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)
Word: ess Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛs/ 1. To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.
Word: ess Part of Speech: particle Pronunciation: /ˈɛs/ 1. Yes. Labels: Cornwall, dialectal Example: 'Big chap, edn' 'a?' I thought he was the biggest chap I had ever seen. 'Ess,' said Corin. Example: Overheard in Cornwall: 'Oh, ess, diden' ee know I gived up keepin' ducks? They wus allus comin' 'ome lost'.
Word: emcee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛmˈsiː/ 1. Alternative form of MC in its senses as Example: "I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program." Example: The emcee of the event, Ed Bejarana, called Borrenpohl a "little girl," at the town hall, saying: "This little girl does not want to leave. She spoke up and now does not want to suffer the consequences." 2. Alternative form of MC in its senses as Example: […] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.
Word: emcee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛmˈsiː/ 1. To act as the master of ceremonies (for). Labels: ambitransitive Example: Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage. 2. To rap as part of a hip-hop performance. Labels: intransitive
Word: fad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise). Pronunciation: /fæd/ 1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. Example: You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back. Example: The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.
Word: flaunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”). Alternatively, it could be related to Swedish flankt (“loosely, flutteringly”) (compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”). See flack. Pronunciation: /flɔːnt/, /flɔnt/, /flɑnt/ 1. To wave or flutter smartly in the wind. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: The black, rich soil had fed itself with the decay of a long period of time; such as fallen leaves, the petals of flowers, and the stalks and seed-vessels of vagrant and lawless plants, more useful after their death than ever while flaunting in the sun. Example: Flaunt away, flags of all nations! be duly lower’d at sunset! 2. To parade, display with ostentation. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: vaunt Example: She’s always flaunting her designer clothes. 3. To show off, as with flashy clothing. Labels: archaic, intransitive, literary Example: You Sot, ſays ſhe, you loyter about Alehouſes and Taverns, ſpend your Time at Billiards, Nine-pins or Puppet-ſhovvs, or flaunt about the Streets in your nevv gilt Chariot, never minding me nor your numerous Family; […] Example: One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
Word: flaunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”). Alternatively, it could be related to Swedish flankt (“loosely, flutteringly”) (compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”). See flack. Pronunciation: /flɔːnt/, /flɔnt/, /flɑnt/ 1. Anything displayed for show. Labels: obsolete Example: Should I , in these my borrow'd flaunts, behold The sternness of his presence?
Word: flaunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By confusion with flout. Pronunciation: /flɔːnt/, /flɔnt/, /flɑnt/ 1. To flout. Labels: proscribed Example: By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past. Example: Wheeler said companies already are flaunting the rules by offering free or sponsored data services for some products.
Word: gator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of alligator. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ 1. Alligator. Labels: colloquial 2. A portion of a tire, such as one seen on the side of a highway. Labels: colloquial 3. A large bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Labels: colloquial
Word: jab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæb/ 1. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion. Example: He tore in for the ball, make a running jab for it and held it. 2. A short straight punch. Example: American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times. 3. A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation). Labels: UK Example: Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs. 4. A vaccination, whether or not delivered by means of a conventional injection. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Philippines, UK, sometimes Example: A 'painless' sticking plaster flu jab that delivers vaccine into the skin has passed important safety tests in the first trial in people. 5. A mild verbal insult. Labels: US, figuratively
Word: jab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæb/ 1. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion. Example: A barely audible groan welled up in the Captain's throat as the grinning Freedom Fighter circled around behind the helpless American Soldier. The groan sputtered into a strangled, "No… no… don't.... " as Randall felt the juicy tip of the man's tumescent cock jab against his hair-ringed, virgin asshole. 2. To deliver a quick punch. 3. To give someone an injection. Labels: UK, slang 4. To vaccinate or inoculate someone. Labels: slang 5. To make fun of, to mock. Example: While the book's lasting appeal is remarkable, the work is worth little scholarly attention insofar as Twain is merely jabbing at a long-dead set of social practices.
Word: nab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”). Pronunciation: /næb/ 1. To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). Labels: informal, transitive Example: As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he. Example: Their target: a drug kingpin who reportedly keeps millions of dollars in his fortress of a compound. Pope has been working for years to nab this baddie, and sincerely wants to stop his reign of terror,) 2. To grab or snatch something. Labels: informal, transitive 3. To steal or copy another user's post. Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: nab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare knap, knop, knob. Pronunciation: /næb/ 1. The summit of a hill. Example: At Clayton point and other nabs to the south of Scarborough. Example: ‘I thought I heard my father,’ he gasped, glancing up to the frowning nab above us. ‘You are sure nobody spoke?’ 2. The cock of a gunlock. Example: The Toe, or Nab of the Bolt, which rises[…]above the Straight on the Top of the Bolt: The Office of this Nab, is to receive the Bottom of the Bit of the Key, when in turning it about, it shoots the Bolt backward or forwards. 3. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. Example: the Bottom of the Bit may fall almost to the Bottom of the Nab , and shoot the Bolt back
Word: Keb Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kɛb/ 1. Alternative form of Geb. Labels: Egyptian, alt-of, alternative
Word: spiral staircase Part of Speech: noun 1. A staircase in the form of a helix, in any of several forms with or without a central pole (a newel).
Word: vociferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vōcifer + -ous. Pronunciation: /vəʊˈsɪfəɹəs/, /vəˈsɪfəɹəs/, /voʊˈsɪfəɹəs/ 1. Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous. Example: They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers. Example: No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one. 2. Vocally and forcefully opinionated. Example: Not even the most vociferous advocates of reform were willing to go to such lengths. Example: Lesbians Rising […] is known as one of the most vociferous groups working against social oppression of minority interests on campus.
Word: bloviate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1845, US, Ohio, from blow (“speak idly, boast”) + -i- + -ate, by analogy with deviate. Pronunciation: /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/ 1. To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Labels: US, intransitive Example: Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation. Example: His passion when bloviating was furious and terrible to look upon; but there was nothing to it more than sound and pretense.
Word: ROFLMAO Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Blend of ROFL + LMAO. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɒf.əlˈmaʊ/, /ˌɹɒf.əlˈmeɪ.əʊ/ 1. Initialism of rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off; used to indicate great amusement. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, mildly, vulgar
Word: brand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; brew”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹænd/, [ˈbɹʷænd] ~ [bɹʷand], /ˈbɹand/, [bɹʷand], [bɹʷand] ~ [bɹʷänd] 1. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound. Labels: transitive Example: When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up. Example: Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere! 2. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound. Labels: transitive Example: The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime. Example: A maverick is an unbranded calf that has been weaned and shifts for itself. The maverick then belongs to the man who finds it and brands it. 3. To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses. Labels: transitive Example: Her face is branded upon my memory. 4. To stigmatize, label (someone). Labels: transitive Example: He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story. Example: I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer. 5. To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images. Labels: transitive Example: They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box. 6. To be very hot, to burn. Labels: intransitive Example: O, not for thee the glow, the bloom, ⁠Who changest not in any gale, ⁠Nor branding summer suns avail To touch thy thousand years of gloom: […]
Word: flexion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈflɛk.ʃən/ 1. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being bent or flexed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Deviation from straightness. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: mac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mackintosh. Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said / You've got to go back / You know they didn't even give us a chance 2. A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses). Labels: Australia, Canada, UK, US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: mac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of macaroni. Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. Clipping of macaroni. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable Example: Is there any mac and cheese left? Example: Who wrote "kick me" on my back? Who put a spider in my mac?
Word: lez Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɛz/ 1. Alternative form of les. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: lez Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛz/ 1. Alternative form of les. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: les Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of let's Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling
Word: les Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɛz/ 1. Clipping of lesbian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: Her posts would frequently feature her as a half-naked giantess, complete with her deliciously soft belly and bare breasts. Some of her photos would have her feminine penis in view, nonchalantly exposed against her thighs. It was beautiful, unquestionably les, and an incredibly rare opportunity for me (then pre-transition) to see how hormone replacement therapy feminized trans women’s bodies.
Word: les Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛz/ 1. Clipping of lesbian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: Jeep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From GP, standing for "general purpose". Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːp/ 1. A vehicle (of a particular brand) suitable for rough terrain.
Word: refute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfjuːt/, /ɹəˈfjuːt/, /ɹɪˈfjut/, /ɹəˈfjut/, /ɹɪˈfjʉːt/ 1. To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. Labels: transitive Example: After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus." 2. To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation. Labels: proscribed, transitive Example: A spokesperson for VARS Technology said: “We completely refute the suggestion that our market-leading ANPR system is unreliable".
Word: staircase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English case English staircase From stair + case. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/ 1. A flight of stairs; a stairway. Example: I was on the staircase by the bell / Blinded by the black magician's spell 2. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell. Example: Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear. Example: When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. 3. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
Word: staircase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English case English staircase From stair + case. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/ 1. To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps. Labels: transitive Example: This leads to much smoother reconstructions in regions of moderate gradient and thus prevents staircasing. 2. To increase one's share in a co-ownership. Example: It is a good idea to make plans for staircasing when you first buy your shared ownership home.
Word: perfervid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- + fervidus. By surface analysis, per- + fervid; compare pellucid. Pronunciation: /pəːˈfəːvɪd/ 1. Extremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous. Example: Manders — perfervid — 'hell'-ing excitedly (was there no one left on earth to convert but me?), quoting over a century from Marx and Nietzsche to Lenin, Lloyd George, and Eden, and on to Vessant and Mundaine and himself... Example: In this case he saw himself sitting beside the breathing slender figure of Pia like someone in an old engraving – a beastly old Rembrandt exhaling the perfervid gloom of Protestantism and a diet of turnips.
Word: permute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English permuten, from Old French permuter, from Latin permūtāre. Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈmjuːt/ 1. To change the order of. Labels: transitive Example: to permute the data 2. To make a permutation of. Labels: transitive
Word: transcend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend. Pronunciation: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/ 1. To pass beyond the limits of something. Labels: transitive Example: We cannot transcend what we refuse to face. Example: such personal popes, emperors, or elective kings, as shall transcend their limits 2. To surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel. Labels: transitive Example: How much her worth transcended all her kind. 3. To climb; to mount. Labels: obsolete Example: lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds Example: your Muse soars up to the upper, and transcending that too, takes her fight among the Celestial bodies
Word: koppa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόππα (kóppa), originally ϙόππα (qóppa). 1. An Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by the Classical Greek period. 2. The Greek numeral Ϟ (lowercase ϟ), descended from the ancient letter and having the numerical value of 90. 3. The archaic Cyrillic numeral Ҁ (lowercase ҁ), descended from the ancient Greek letter and having the numerical value of 90.
Word: galaxias Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the fish of the genus Galaxias.
Word: chilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chilia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːpə/, /ˈkiːpɐ/, /ˈkiːpɚ/ 1. One who keeps (retains) something. Example: Finders keepers; losers weepers. 2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position. Example: discreet; chaste; keepers at home Example: I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives[…] 3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling. Example: Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper. Example: And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable. 4. A person or thing worth keeping. Labels: informal Example: "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat. Example: When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper. 5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper. Example: And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? Example: The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected. 6. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper. Example: England should have capitalised on their growing momentum to win, but Darren Bent failed to reproduce the finishing touches that have brought him goals in three successive appearances. He was blocked by Diego Benaglio when he was played in by Wilshere then blazed over the top of an open goal late on after Young's shot was saved by Switzerland's keeper. 7. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama. 8. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt. 9. A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip. Example: The all-whalebone crop, braided with gut, pigskin handle, single brown stitched leather keeper, and close[…] Example: “When we catch you—” A brief but vivid fantasy of the nose-ringed girl trailing a riding crop's cool leather keeper over her clenched and trembling ass shoved its way eagerly into Fran's imagination. “—we're gonna[…]” 10. An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped. 11. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”). Example: The continuous lines indicate the moments, when the magnet and keeper of equal diameter (10.5mm) act upon each other […]
Word: macintosh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mackintosh (“a raincoat”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: He is sausaged into several overcoats and wears a brown macintosh under which he holds a roll of parchment.