nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rock and roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll"). As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/, /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/ 1. A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics. Labels: uncountable 2. A style of vigorous dancing associated with this genre of music. Labels: uncountable 3. An intangible feeling, philosophy, belief or allegiance relating to rock music, characterized by unbridled enthusiasm, hedonism, and cynical regard for authoritarian bodies. Labels: attributive, especially, uncountable Example: rock and roll lifestyle 4. Dole, payment by the state to the unemployed. Labels: Cockney, slang, uncountable Example: I'm back on rock and roll 5. The full automatic fire capability selection on a selective fire weapon. Labels: US, slang, uncountable 6. The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing. Labels: uncountable Example: The dubbing theatre is a viewing theatre equipped for running the picture with a great many tracks interlocked to run synchronously. Once laced up, they can be run forwards or backwards remaining in synch; when it was first introduced this system was given the name 'rock and roll'. Example: It is very rare that an entire commentary is recorded in one take. If you need to stop for some reason — the performance isn't quite right, there's a rustle of papers, etc — you can always go back on the recording and pick it up from the point at which it went wrong. This is known as rock and roll.
Word: rock and roll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was a euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll"). As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/, /ˈɹɑk ən(d)ˈɹoʊl/ 1. To have sex. Labels: dated, euphemistic, slang 2. To play rock and roll music. 3. To start, commence, begin, get moving; move along with a rocking, rolling motion. Example: Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll! Example: He puts the brakes on here and there down the next four miles of curves, but then opens her out so that she rocks and rolls through Totnes at a mile a minute for a flying start on the worst bank of the whole trip, five steep miles up to Rattery Box and four not so steep past Brent up to Wrangaton.
Word: steric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ster(eo)- (“3D”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹɪk/ 1. Relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space. 2. of the repulsion of atoms due to closeness or arrangement
Word: neutrophils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neutrophil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kwanzaa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *kw- Common Bantu *-jànda Proto-Sabaki *-anzya Proto-Sabaki *-a kwanzya Swahili -a kwanzabor. English Kwanzaa Coined by Maulana Karenga from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza (“first fruits”). The additional “a” was added to “Kwanza” so that the word would have seven letters, one for each of the Seven Principles of Blackness. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑnzə/ 1. A week-long African-American cultural holiday held between December 26 and January 1. Example: On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83. Example: But now, WASP's want their place in the multicultural sun. Social rituals are social rituals. If there is Kwanzaa, why not cotillions?
Word: cordial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cordial, from Old French cordial, from Medieval Latin cordiālis (“of the heart”), from cor (“heart”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.di.əl/, /ˈkɔː.dʒəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.di.əl/, /ˈkɔɹ.d͡ʒəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.djəl/ 1. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. Example: I have a cordial dislike for arachnids. Example: He, on his side / Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured. 2. Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial. Example: The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity. Example: Since then, though, discussions have become more collaborative and cordial. 3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. Labels: rare Example: I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament. Example: And first behold this cordial julep here / That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, / With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mix'd. 4. Proceeding from the heart. Labels: obsolete Example: Who stooping op'n'd my left side, and took / From thence a Rib with cordial spirits warm, / And Life-blood streaming fresh;
Word: cordial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cordial, from Old French cordial, from Medieval Latin cordiālis (“of the heart”), from cor (“heart”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.di.əl/, /ˈkɔː.dʒəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.di.əl/, /ˈkɔɹ.d͡ʒəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.djəl/ 1. A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: Both supplement and taste-matched placebo were consumed in 70 ml of fruit cordial and 150 ml of water, which were drunk within a 5-min period. 2. An individual serving of such a diluted drink. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK 3. A pleasant-tasting medicine. 4. A liqueur prepared using the infusion process. Example: 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act III, Scene 1, in 1828, British Theatre, Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, 827, Lucy. But, miss Polly—in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ? Polly. Strong waters are apt to give me the headache.—I hope, madam, you will excuse me? Example: [Marilla] had put the bottle of raspberry cordial down in the cellar instead of in the closet [...]. 5. A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant. 6. Anything that revives or comforts, a stimulant. Example: Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. Never had she felt such a one as this letter contained.
Word: liqueur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor. Pronunciation: /lɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/, /lɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/, /lɪˈkɝ/, /lɪˈk(j)ʊɹ/ 1. A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: liqueur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor. Pronunciation: /lɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/, /lɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/, /lɪˈkɝ/, /lɪˈk(j)ʊɹ/ 1. to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur 2. to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution Example: Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.
Word: meld Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is probably derived: * from a blend of melt + weld; or * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare also melting pot. Pronunciation: /mɛld/ 1. To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. Labels: transitive Example: One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass. Example: Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like – we can all be proud of our young country. 2. To combine, to blend, to fuse. Labels: intransitive
Word: meld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is probably derived: * from a blend of melt + weld; or * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare also melting pot. Pronunciation: /mɛld/ 1. The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend.
Word: meld Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”)) Pronunciation: /mɛld/ 1. Especially in games of the rummy family: Labels: transitive 2. Especially in games of the rummy family: Labels: intransitive
Word: meld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”)) Pronunciation: /mɛld/ 1. Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. Example: The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]
Word: callow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English calwe (“(adjective) bald; (noun) bald person”), from Old English calu, caluw (“without hair, bald, callow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kalu, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bald; bare, naked”), and then either: * from Proto-Indo-European *gol(H)-wo- (“bald; bare, naked”), from *gelH- (“head; naked”); or * from Latin calvus (“bald”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H- (“bald; naked”). If not borrowed from Latin, Grimm’s law indicates that the Latin word is likely a false cognate, along with Persian کل (kal) and Sanskrit कुल्व (kulvá). cognates * Dutch kaal (“bald”) * German kahl (“bald”) * German Low German kahl (“bald”) * Russian го́лый (gólyj, “bare, naked, nude”) * Swedish kal, kalka (“bald”) * West Frisian keal (“bald”) Pronunciation: /ˈkæləʊ/, /ˈkæloʊ/ 1. Synonym of teneral (“an insect or other arthropod such as a spider which has just undergone ecdysis (“shedding of the exoskeleton”) and so lacks colour or firmness”). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An alluvial flat. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The upper layer of rubble in a quarry which has to be removed to reach the material to be mined. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, regional, uncountable 4. A young bird which has not developed feathers yet; a nestling. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A young bird which has not developed feathers yet; a nestling. Labels: countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable 6. Synonym of topsoil (“upper layer of soil”). Labels: East-Anglia, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: callow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Irish caladh (“meadow by a riverbank”), from Old Irish calad (“shore, landing, port”), probably a noun use of calad (“hard”, adjective), from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“cruel; hard; strong”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlH-eto- (“cold”) (in the sense of something frozen and thus hard), from an unclear root *ḱl(H)- or *kl(H)- (“hard”); or related to Proto-Germanic *halluz (“boulder, rock, stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to cut, hew”). Perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 in some manner. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləʊ/, /ˈkæloʊ/ 1. Of land: low-lying and near a river, and thus regularly submerged. Labels: Ireland Example: The Bogs that extend along the western part of this District do not lie close to the Shannon, as those on the east side do along the banks of the Inny; they are separated from the river by a long tract of high, dry, callow land, subject, immediately near the river, to being overflowed in winter, but affording meadow, pasture, and in some places good arable land.
Word: callow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish caladh (“meadow by a riverbank”), from Old Irish calad (“shore, landing, port”), probably a noun use of calad (“hard”, adjective), from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“cruel; hard; strong”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlH-eto- (“cold”) (in the sense of something frozen and thus hard), from an unclear root *ḱl(H)- or *kl(H)- (“hard”); or related to Proto-Germanic *halluz (“boulder, rock, stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to cut, hew”). Perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 in some manner. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləʊ/, /ˈkæloʊ/ 1. A low-lying meadow near a river which is regularly submerged. Labels: Ireland Example: Near-synonyms: bog, fen, marsh, swamp, mire, moor, slough Example: The crops of hay carried off by the floods, or rendered utterly valueless, were not the only losses sustained by the landholders. The extensive callows upon which they grazed their cattle during the autumn and early winter, were unavailable this season.
Word: missive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin missīvus, from mittō (“to send”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪv/ 1. A written message; a letter, note or memo. Labels: formal Example: [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience. Example: The juvenile missives from his unmistakably phallic Twitter avatar came days after one of his rockets launched NASA’s first antiasteroid planetary-defense test[…] 2. Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it. Labels: in-plural 3. One who is sent; a messenger. Labels: obsolete Example: Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the King, who all hailed me ‘Thane of Cawdor,’ by which title these Weird Sisters saluted me and referred me to the coming on of time with ‘Hail king that shalt be.’
Word: missive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin missīvus, from mittō (“to send”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪv/ 1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent. Labels: not-comparable Example: a letter missive Example: Delivery of the Letters Missive 2. Serving as a missile; intended to be thrown. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: In vain with Darts a diſtant War they try, / Short, and more ſhort the miſſive weapons fly.
Word: hornet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (whence Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”) and many others), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː.nɪt/, /ˈhɔɹ.nɪt/ 1. Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting. 2. A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.
Word: malum prohibitum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin directly. Literally translated as "wrong because prohibited", or "bad because against the law". 1. An action that is not inherently evil, but is nevertheless illegal only because prohibited, as opposed to malum in se. A malum prohibitum offense is something that is wrong only because a statute makes it so, or by consensus that society agrees to prohibit the act, and is typically regulatory in nature and often result in no direct injury or danger to the person, entity, or property but only merely create the danger or probability of it which the statute attempts to minimize. Used to develop consensual crimes.
Word: a posteriori Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā posteriōrī (“involving reasoning from effect to cause, from experience to theory”, literally “from what follows”). Popularized from the 19th century in reference to the work of Immanuel Kant. 1. Involving induction of theories from facts. Example: What Locke calls "knowledge" they have called "a priori knowledge"; what he calls "opinion" or "belief" they have called "a posteriori" or "empirical knowledge". 2. Of a constructed language, Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.
Word: a posteriori Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā posteriōrī (“involving reasoning from effect to cause, from experience to theory”, literally “from what follows”). Popularized from the 19th century in reference to the work of Immanuel Kant. 1. In a manner that deduces theories from facts. Example: FALLACIES of the modern worldview have to do with the conception of the world as substance or machinery, mistaking abstractions for reality, confusing origins and truth, failing to attribute feeling to things that feel, recognising ethics as exclusively anthropocentric, thinking a posteriori, objectifying facts as separated from values, reducing the complex to the simple and dividing knowledge into distinct disciplines that produce experts who are often wrong.
Word: first violin Part of Speech: noun 1. The lead or primary violin role in an orchestra or other ensemble, or in a musical composition, that typically contains the melody and is often more technically demanding than the second violin role. The first violin role is played by a first violinist, typically the best violinist in the orchestra. 2. The leader of the violin section of a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster. Labels: UK
Word: warlord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + lord. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔɹlɔɹd/, /ˈwɔːlɔːd/ 1. A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak. Example: Afghanistan's first major battle of the post-Taliban era ended tonight when the soldiers of the warlord besieging this strategic city south of Kabul ran out of ammunition and fled the battlefront in clouds of dust, cursing the warlord to his face for his callousness in committing them to a fight they were doomed to lose. Example: “I’m not a warlord … I’m a liberator of the people,” he said. That’s the problem: So are they all. More than four million people have died in Congo’s wars since 1998, making it the most lethal conflict since World War II.
Word: warrior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced earlier Old English cempa and many others. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒɹi.ə/, /ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/, /ˈwɑɹi.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑɹjə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. Example: [Link:] Gee, it sure is boring around here. [King Harkinian:] My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for. 2. A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics. Labels: figuratively
Word: KISS principle Part of Speech: name Etymology: KISS is an acronym for keep it simple, stupid. 1. The empirical principle that most systems will work best if they are kept simple rather than made complex.
Word: coco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/, /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ 1. Coconut palm. Example: I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees. 2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm. Example: They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber. Example: The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed; […]
Word: squishy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squish + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪʃi/ 1. Yielding easily to pressure; very soft. Labels: literally Example: The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze. Example: The mud was squishy underfoot after the rainstorm. 2. Yielding easily to pressure; very soft. Labels: especially, literally Example: Finished with head and hair, the women pulled her up the bank to wash her body, the soft squishy mud registering for the first time on the outer consciousness of Isabelle’s mind. 3. Subjective or vague. Labels: figuratively Example: How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less available for public participation; as an arena for duking out industry controversies ranging from #MeToo to opinions about opinion pages. 4. Politically moderate. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, figuratively 5. Vulnerable to physical damage; having low hit points or defense. Labels: figuratively Example: Yeah, I’m, like, freaking tissue paper here. Come get the mage, everyone. Pick on the poor squishy mage! Example: Telling your healers how well they kept people alive when a battle was difficult is important; or, what a great job your thief did in disarming the traps to get to the raid; clapping your warriors on their backs for maintaining aggro (i.e., keeping the monster targeting them rather than “squishy” mages) or applauding the sorcerers who unloaded incredible amounts of damage. 6. Making a squish sound. Example: Those darling, squishy little footsteps...Is that you, Punio?
Word: squishy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squish + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪʃi/ 1. A squeezable stress reliever, especially one made of foam. Labels: colloquial 2. A term of endearment. Labels: slang Example: “It’s going to be fine,” Mother said in her soothing motherly voice. “Is it?” I whispered. “Yes squishy Josh, it will,” she motherlily soothed me.
Word: anesthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁ Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor. Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. ▲ New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic English esthetic English anesthetic From an- + esthetic, or Latinized form of Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”) + -ic, from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”). Pronunciation: /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌænəsˈtɛtɪk/ 1. Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity. Labels: Canada, US 2. Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious. Labels: Canada, US Example: (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […]) Example: Though physically capable of attaining sex rewards, he is anesthetic; though capable of aggression, he is meek; though capable of affection, he is cold and unresponsive.
Word: anesthetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁ Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor. Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. ▲ New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic English esthetic English anesthetic From an- + esthetic, or Latinized form of Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”) + -ic, from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”). Pronunciation: /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌænəsˈtɛtɪk/ 1. A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious. Labels: Canada, US Example: After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns. Example: Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain. During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.
Word: when the cat's away the mice will play Part of Speech: proverb 1. In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.
Word: denim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛnɪm/, /ˈdɛnəm/ 1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States. Example: Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;
Word: mount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound. Pronunciation: /maʊnt/, [maʊnt], [maʊnʔ], [mãʊ̃(n)ʔ] 1. A hill or mountain. 2. Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies. Example: the mount of Jupiter 3. A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound. Labels: obsolete Example: ⸿ For thus hath the Lord of hoſtes said ; Hew yee downe trees and ‖ caſt a mount againſt Jeruſalem : this is the citie to be viſited, ſhe is wholly oppreſſion in the midſt of her. 4. A bank; a fund. Labels: obsolete 5. A green hillock in the base of a shield.
Word: mount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter. Pronunciation: /maʊnt/, [maʊnt], [maʊnʔ], [mãʊ̃(n)ʔ] 1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on. Example: The rider climbed onto his mount. 2. A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing. Labels: figuratively 3. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted. Example: The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed. 4. A rider in a cavalry unit or division. Labels: obsolete Example: The General said he has 2,000 mounts. 5. A step or block to assist in mounting a horse. 6. A signal for mounting a horse. 7. A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head. 8. The act of getting onto the apparatus.
Word: fondant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th century. Unadapted borrowing from French fondant (“melting”), from fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundere (“to melt”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɒndənt/, /fɒnˈdɒnt/, /fɒ̃ˈdɒ̃/, /fɔ̃ˈdɒ̃/ 1. A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here. 2. A candy or cake filled with such a preparation. Labels: countable Example: "Don't!" said Mrs. Mallowe, feebly. "You make my head ache. I'm miserable to-day. Stay me with fondants, comfort me with chocolates[.]" Example: At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given. 3. A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake. 4. Fondue. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: fondant chocolate Example: fondant cheese 5. The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: barbecue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of balbacua and barbacoa. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/, /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/, /ˈbɑɹbə-/ 1. A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We cooked our food on the barbecue. 2. A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited. Example: The difference here is that the protagonists in this collection are, for the most part, at the end of their lives, and so the news of familial drama and divorce and the cocktail parties, barbecues and casual wooings of quotidian life in suburbia is given retrospectively, wistfully, presented in the larger context as memories of lost moments and lost opportunities. 3. Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw. 4. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 5. A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Drying the coffee beans took place in a barbecue, basically a large, flat platform, where the pulped coffee beans could be laid out and turned as they dried. Barbecues were often walled around and raised above ground level. 6. A framework of sticks. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1705, William Dampier, Voyages and Descriptions, Volume 2, London: James Knapton, “A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World,” Chapter 5, p. 90, We found no Houses of Entertainment on the Road, yet at every Village we came we got Houseroom, and a Barbacue of split Bambooes to sleep on.
Word: barbecue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of balbacua and barbacoa. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/, /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/, /ˈbɑɹbə-/ 1. To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To grill. Labels: intransitive, transitive 3. To kill or destroy using high heat or fire; to cook; to burn. Labels: derogatory, slang, transitive Example: Then he picked up a flamethrower and he barbecued Blitzen And he took a big bite and said, "It tastes just like chicken"
Word: mitten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myteyne, from Old French mitaine (Modern French mitaine), of unclear origin; possibly from mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. Alternatively, mitaine may be from Old High German mittamo (“half”), superlative of mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, center”). Compare Catalan mitana, Medieval Latin mitta, mitana, and Occitan mitana. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪtən/, [ˈmɪtn̩], [ˈmɪʔn̩], /ˈmətən/, [ˈmətn̩] 1. A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered. 2. The paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body. 3. A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten 4. A boxing glove. Labels: in-plural, slang
Word: mitten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English myteyne, from Old French mitaine (Modern French mitaine), of unclear origin; possibly from mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. Alternatively, mitaine may be from Old High German mittamo (“half”), superlative of mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, center”). Compare Catalan mitana, Medieval Latin mitta, mitana, and Occitan mitana. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪtən/, [ˈmɪtn̩], [ˈmɪʔn̩], /ˈmətən/, [ˈmətn̩] 1. To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on. Labels: transitive Example: He mittened his hand and beat it violently for a minute before exposing it to the frost to strike a match.
Word: bicaudal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + caudal, from Latin cauda (“tail”). 1. Having two tails Labels: not-comparable
Word: mise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mise (“a putting, setting, expense”). Pronunciation: /miːz/ 1. The issue in a writ of right. 2. Expense; cost; disbursement. Labels: obsolete 3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the county palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom. Labels: obsolete
Word: mise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of might as well. Pronunciation: /maɪz/ 1. To make a risky move with no regard for the consequences when the alternative is certain defeat. Labels: slang
Word: magnitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/, /ˈmæɡnɪt͡ʃuːd/, /ˈmæɡnɪtuːd/ 1. The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'. 2. An order of magnitude. Labels: countable 3. A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Of a vector, the norm, most commonly, the two-norm. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100. Labels: uncountable 6. A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100. Labels: countable Example: Observations in the infrared domain allow one to penetrate the ~25-30 magnitudes of extinction present at visible wavelengths. 7. A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: two-norm Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of length given by "the square root of the squares." Denoted by ||·||₂, the two-norm of a vector ⃑v= is ||⃑v||₂=√. The two norm of an m×m matrix A is defined by max _(⃑v≠⃑0)(||A⃑v||₂)/(||⃑v||₂) where ⃑v is an m-dimensional vector that is not the zero vector.
Word: zero vector Part of Speech: noun 1. A vector 0 in a vector space V such that for any v∈V, 0+v=v; a vector whose value in every dimension is zero; i.e., ⃑0=<0,0,…,0>. Example: The zero vector of a given vector space is the space's additive identity.
Word: norm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma. Pronunciation: /nɔːm/, /noɹm/, /noːm/ 1. That which is normal or typical. Example: Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country. Example: […] the world needs a constitutional moment that will generate new institutions and actuate a new norm. 2. A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community. Example: Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms. Example: Peer pressure helps explain why people in Europe weigh less than Americans: They follow different social norms, like eating only at mealtimes instead of snacking throughout the day. 3. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition. 4. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties: 5. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties: 6. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties: 7. Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc. 8. Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc. Example: A quaternion algebra (a,b) over ksplits if and only if b is a norm from the field extension k(#92;sqrt#123;a#125;)#47;k, i.e. if and only if there is some x in k(#92;sqrt#123;a#125;) which has field norm exactly equal to b. 9. A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
Word: norm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from normed. Pronunciation: /nɔːm/, /noɹm/, /noːm/ 1. To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.
Word: if and only if Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ɪf ən(d)ˈəʊn.li ɪf/, /ɪf ən(d)ˈoʊn.li ɪf/ 1. Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as. Example: A rectangle is a square if and only if all four of its sides have the same length. Example: An integer is even if and only if its square is also even. 2. Synonym of if (with added intensity) Labels: broadly, informal Example: I'll let you go to the concert if and only if you clean your room.
Word: victor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/ 1. The winner in a fight or contest. Example: City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of
Word: winner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wynner, wynnere, equivalent to win + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Winner (“winner”), West Frisian winner (“winner”), Dutch winner and winnaar (“winner”), German Low German Winner, Gewinner (“winner”), German Gewinner (“winner”), Danish vinder (“winner”), Swedish vinnare (“winner”), Norwegian vinner (“winner”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnə/, /ˈwɪnɚ/ 1. One who has won or often wins. Example: Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. Example: Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade Born sinner, the opposite of a winner Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner 2. A point or goal that wins a competition. Example: It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.
Word: progression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/, /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/ 1. The act of moving from one thing to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Make a natural progression from player to coach 2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg. 3. A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Development, increase, evolution. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A chord progression. Labels: countable 6. The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interpolate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin interpolātus, perfect passive participle of interpolō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French interpoler. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.pəˌleɪt/, /ɪnˈtɝ.pəˌleɪt/, /ɪnˈtɜː.pəˌlæɪt/ 1. To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: in verse 74, the second line is clearly interpolated, probably by some unknown medieval scribe Example: When interpolating an explanatory gloss, please enclose it in square brackets to make clear that it is interpolated. 2. To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points. 3. During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data. Example: A macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .xx will interpolate the contents of macro xx.
Word: shiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/ 1. One who shines; a luminary. 2. One who causes things to shine; a polisher. 3. A black eye. Labels: colloquial 4. Raccoon eyes. Labels: colloquial 5. A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign. Labels: dated, slang Example: Has she the shiners, d'ye think? Example: She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent. 6. Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin. 7. Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish. 8. A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma. 9. A moonshiner. Labels: slang 10. A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games. Example: Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass. 11. A bottle of finished wine, without a label. Example: Shiners are a big part of the wine business. […] Shiners are finished, bottled wines that don’t have a label or typically any other identifying feature until a vintner purchases them and then places a label on the bottles. […] They’re called shiners because they are unlabeled and have a “shiny” appearance. 12. A brick that is laid on its tallest, thinnest side, with its largest face facing the outside of the wall (oriented so that this face is wider than it is tall).
Word: bibliography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Pronunciation: /bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/ 1. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work. Example: The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort. 2. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author. 3. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
Word: dim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”). Pronunciation: /dɪm/ 1. Not bright or colorful. Example: The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features. Example: that sustaining Love / Which, through the web of being blindly wove / By man and beast and earth and air and sea, / Burns bright or dim 2. Not smart or intelligent. Labels: colloquial Example: He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid. 3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear. Example: His vision grew dimmer as he aged. 4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
Word: dim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”). Pronunciation: /dɪm/ 1. Dimness. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: All about me the Red Weed clambered among the ruins, writhing to get above me in the dim. Night, the Mother of Fear and Mystery, was coming upon me.