nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chuppah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew חופה \ חֻפָּה (ḥuppâ). Pronunciation: /ˈxʊpə/, /ˈhʊpə/ 1. The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony. Labels: Judaism Example: The dveykut that accompanied the groom as he walked down the aisle to the chupah was truly inspirational. Example: Everyone was standing under a kind of thatched chuppa. Parts of the concrete structure still stained wet from the day before. 2. A marriage ceremony, wedding. Labels: Judaism, figuratively
Word: pagan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pagan (adjective and noun), from Latin pāgānus (“rural, rustic; civilian”), replaced Middle English payen from the same root. The meaning “not Christian” arose in Vulgar Latin, probably from the 4th century, owing to the Roman countryside being largely non-Christian, or potentially from the “civilian” meaning—denoting those not in the “army of Christ”. As a self-designation of neopagans, attested since 1990. Partly displaced native heathen, from Old English hǣþen. Note the opposition: pagan, peasant (related via pāgus), rustic, savage (<< Latin silvāticus), villain (<< Latin vīllānus), boorish vs. urbane, civil, courteous (akin to court). Also note Ancient Greek ἄγροικος (ágroikos) vs. ἀστεῖος (asteîos). Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪɡən/ 1. Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Under Christianization, many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints. Example: Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that typically takes on anti-Christian, satanic and pagan themes. 2. Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild. Labels: broadly, derogatory, not-comparable
Word: pagan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pagan (adjective and noun), from Latin pāgānus (“rural, rustic; civilian”), replaced Middle English payen from the same root. The meaning “not Christian” arose in Vulgar Latin, probably from the 4th century, owing to the Roman countryside being largely non-Christian, or potentially from the “civilian” meaning—denoting those not in the “army of Christ”. As a self-designation of neopagans, attested since 1990. Partly displaced native heathen, from Old English hǣþen. Note the opposition: pagan, peasant (related via pāgus), rustic, savage (<< Latin silvāticus), villain (<< Latin vīllānus), boorish vs. urbane, civil, courteous (akin to court). Also note Ancient Greek ἄγροικος (ágroikos) vs. ἀστεῖος (asteîos). Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪɡən/ 1. A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion. Example: This community has a surprising number of pagans. 2. An uncivilized or unsocialized person. Labels: broadly, derogatory 3. An unruly, badly educated child. Labels: broadly, derogatory 4. An outlaw biker who is a member of the Pagans MC. 5. Alternative form of paigon Labels: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative
Word: paganism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pāgānismus (“heathenism”), from pāgānus (“peasant, rural, rustic”). The term was used pejoratively by local Orthodox Christian Demonyms to belittle what remained of alternative native ideas and ideals. By surface analysis, pagan + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/ 1. Any indigenous polytheistic religion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism. 2. Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.
Word: tag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack. Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡ/, [ˈtʰæɡ], /ˈteɪɡ/, [ˈtʰeɪɡ] 1. Physical appendage. Example: He has a tag hung on his bag. 2. Physical appendage. 3. Physical appendage. 4. Physical appendage. 5. Physical appendage. 6. Physical appendage. 7. Physical appendage. 8. Physical appendage. Example: For upon the like Proclamation there, they all came in, both tag and rag 9. Last nonphysical appendage. 10. Last nonphysical appendage. Example: Often, the tag punctuates the "we're all in this together" theme and is topped with a laugh. 11. Last nonphysical appendage. 12. Nonphysical label. Labels: informal Example: Seems here like Russ would be speaking. You could use a tag here. Example: If you want to start with talk, stick a tag in right away 13. Nonphysical label. Example: The <title> tag provides a title for the Web page. Example: The <sarcasm> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang. 14. Nonphysical label. Example: I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection. 15. Identity. Labels: US Example: The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can. 16. Identity. Labels: slang Example: What’s your tag? 17. Involving being tagged physically. Labels: uncountable 18. Involving being tagged physically. Example: The tag was applied at second for the final out. 19. Signature. 20. Signature. Labels: slang Example: There is a hierarchy of sorts: a throw-up can go over a tag, a piece over a throw-up, and a burner over a piece. 21. A type of cardboard. 22. A sheep in its first year. Example: After being weaned, the ram or wedder lamb is sometimes termed hog, hoggit, or tag, during the whole of the first year
Word: tag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack. Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡ/, [ˈtʰæɡ], /ˈteɪɡ/, [ˈtʰeɪɡ] 1. To label (something). Labels: transitive 2. To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag. Labels: transitive 3. To remove dung tags from a sheep. Labels: transitive Example: Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep. 4. To hit the ball hard. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: He really tagged that ball. 5. to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman) Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: Steve is dying to tag Angie from chemistry class. 6. To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand. Labels: transitive Example: He tagged the runner for the out. 7. To mark with a tag (metadata for classification). Labels: transitive Example: I am tagging my music files by artist and genre. 8. To attach the name of (a user) to a posted message so that they are linked from the post and possibly sent a notification. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: One side wants to demonstrate a higher level of street knowledge and openly denounces the distorting lens of Instagram dissings; the other embraces the medium's branding affordances by sending “clout” to a third-party ally, while at the same time avoiding tagging the opponent. 9. To follow closely, accompany, tag along. Example: A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case. 10. To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag). Labels: transitive 11. To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags. Labels: transitive Example: He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. Example: His courteous host […] / Tags every sentence with some fawning word. 12. To fasten; to attach. Labels: transitive Example: a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay they began to tag their law with the scraps of philofophy 13. To make contact with an enemy, usually by attacking it before other players do, to establish exclusive or partial eligibility for loot, experience points achievements, etc. Labels: Internet, slang, transitive Example: He keeps tagging my mobs and I miss out on all the drops. Example: I can fight her for you, but you have to tag her if you want the achievement. 14. To repeat (the ending of a song); to play a tag Labels: transitive
Word: tag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic תגא (taga, “crown”). Doublet of taj. 1. A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls, especially in Stam style.
Word: sportswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English sportswoman From sports + -woman. 1. A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete. Labels: UK
Word: also-ran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the world of horse race betting, where lists of winners would be published with non-paying positions printed in a block under the heading “Also Ran”. 1. A person or animal who competed in a race, or other competition, but did not win. 2. A loser; a person or thing soon to be forgotten. Labels: figuratively Example: It also turned Palmer from an also-ran into a challenger. Example: I have 37 actors and actresses I would supply for television and radio work and then I have maybe 150 to 200 also-rans who get extra work and television commercials.
Word: hype man Part of Speech: noun 1. A hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants. Example: Hammer and the Posse, a group consisting of four dancers, two DJs and one hype man (“He’s the guy who pumps the crowd up,” Hammer explained), hope to win over rap fans. Example: Puff is up on stage with Biggie rappin’ almost as much as Biggie. He’s not just the hype man on stage goin’ Yea Yea, he’s rappin’ whole verses.
Word: dose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊ̯s/, /ˈdɵ̞ʊ̯s/, /ˈdoʊ̯s/, /ˈdɔʊ̯s/, [ˈdeʊ̯s] 1. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. Example: Why did he give you only a single 500 mg dose? The correct dosage of this antibiotic is one 500 mg tablet twice a day for 10 days. 2. The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time. Example: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare. 3. Anything disagreeable that must be taken. Labels: dated, figuratively 4. A good measure or lengthy experience of something. Labels: figuratively Example: a healthy dose of skepticism. Example: “I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work and invading your homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilise you.” 5. A venereal infection. Labels: dated Example: Don't give a dose to the one you love most. / Give her some marmalade... give her some toast. Example: It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful. 6. A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever. Labels: Ireland, colloquial Example: There's a dose going round.
Word: dose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊ̯s/, /ˈdɵ̞ʊ̯s/, /ˈdoʊ̯s/, /ˈdɔʊ̯s/, [ˈdeʊ̯s] 1. To administer a dose (of medicine) to. Labels: transitive Example: "She thought herself broad awake, and I have dosed her with an opiate." 2. To prescribe a dose. 3. To surreptitiously administer a dose of an incapacitating drug (to an unwilling subject); to roofie. Labels: transitive Example: The defense never conceded that their clients had administered chloral [hydrate], but Death and Campbell said initially—during their contested station house confessions—that McAlister had dosed [Jennie Bosschieter's] drink. 4. To transmit a venereal disease to. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Sometime back, one of your scarlet sisters dosed me proper.
Word: dose Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of doze. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Just at the dawning of the day, I fell into a dose more like sleep than any I had during the whole night, in which I dreamed that I saw a river as clear as crystal […]
Word: dose Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of doze. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: It was to me a marvellous experience; to be here, propped up with pillows in a dimly-lighted room, the night-nurse idly dosing by the fire; the sound of the everlasting wind in my ears, howling outside […]
Word: vum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of vow. Pronunciation: /vʌm/ 1. To vow, swear. Labels: US, colloquial Example: I vum it's Sunday—you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere—come along then; do come; won't ye come?
Word: vum Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of vow. Pronunciation: /vʌm/ 1. An exclamation of surprise. Labels: US
Word: prosit Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from German prosit. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊzɪt/, /ˈpɹoʊzɪt/ 1. Toast to indicate one is drinking to someone's, or to each other's, health.
Word: functionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English -al English functional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English functionality From functional + -ity. 1. The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform. Labels: uncountable Example: Glu Mobile, who realigned its workforce towards centralized GaaS functions last year, announced earlier this month that it will shut down GameSpy Technology on May 31. The service provides multiplayer functionality for dozens of games on consoles, computers and mobile devices. 2. In trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than the identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark. Labels: US, uncountable 3. The presence of a functional group. Labels: countable Example: To appreciate the tasks and problems arising in the synthesis of the monomers it is of fundamental importance to understand that the process used must be capable of yielding organosilanes with different functionalities, since all functionalities are required for synthesis of silicones.
Word: amphibious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Pronunciation: /æmˈfɪbi.əs/, /amˈfɪbɪjəs/, /ɛmˈfəbi.əs/, /amˈfɪbe.əs/ 1. Capable of functioning on land or in water. Labels: not-comparable Example: an amphibious vehicle Example: Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in. 2. Occurring on both land and water. Labels: not-comparable Example: an amphibious attack Example: Taiwan’s navy has taken delivery of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands, part of a push by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to achieve defence self-sufficiency. 3. Ambidextrous. Labels: humorous, not-comparable
Word: affinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English affinite, from Old French affinité. Ostensibly equivalent to affine + -ity. See also af-. Pronunciation: /əˈfɪnɪti/ 1. A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The fact of and manner in which something is related to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other. Example: A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating. 5. Any romantic relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A love interest; a paramour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Cut it short, sis, cut it short," he would growl at her if she started to murmur sweet "coo-coos" to her affinity stationed on the other end of the wire. 7. Any passionate love for something. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The attraction between an antibody and an antigen Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. An automorphism of affine space. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: juglandaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Translingual Juglandaceae Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English juglandaceous From Translingual Juglandaceae + English -ous. 1. Of or relating to Juglandaceae. Labels: relational Example: The fossil was evidently juglandaceous. 2. Of or relating to walnuts. Example: This cabernet has slight juglandaceous overtones.
Word: 𐑐 Part of Speech: character 1. a letter of the Shavian alphabet, representing the English phoneme /p/. Labels: letter
Word: 𐑿 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑘⟩ /j/ and ⟨𐑵⟩ /uː/. 1. the sound /juː/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: 𐑾 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑦⟩ /ɪ/ and ⟨𐑩⟩ /ə/. 1. the sound /ɪə/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: 𐑽 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑦⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨𐑩⟩ /ə/, and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. the sound /ɪər/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: 𐑼 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑩⟩ /ə/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. the sound /ər/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: 𐑻 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑧⟩ /ɛ/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. the sound /ɜːr/. Labels: Shavian, letter 2. the sound /ɛər/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: 𐑺 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑱⟩ /eɪ/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. the sound /ɛər/. Labels: Shavian, letter 2. the sound /ɜːr/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: 𐑹 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑷⟩ /ɔː/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. a ligature of Shavian alphabet letters 𐑷 and 𐑮, representing English /ɔːr/. Labels: letter
Word: 𐑹 Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑷⟩ /ɔː/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. Shavian spelling of or.
Word: 𐑸 Part of Speech: character Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑭⟩ /ɑː/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. a ligature of Shavian alphabet letters 𐑭 and 𐑮, representing English /ɑːr/. Labels: letter
Word: 𐑸 Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑭⟩ /ɑː/ and ⟨𐑮⟩ /r/. 1. Shavian spelling of are.
Word: 𐑷 Part of Speech: character Etymology: A reflected letter ⟨𐑭⟩ /ɑː/. 1. the sound /ɔː/. Labels: Shavian, letter
Word: übermensch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Übermensch. Labels: alt-of
Word: octopi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed on a common assumption that the -us of Latin octopus was a second-declension case ending. Pronunciation: /ˈɒktəpaɪ/, /ˈɒktəpiː/, /ˈɑktəpaɪ/, /ˈɑktəpiː/ 1. plural of octopus Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, nonstandard, plural Example: (see more in main entry) Example: Cuddling is what an epidemic of lovers are doing all around us on this nippy, dazzling day. Entangled in each other like doting octopi, sweethearts are seizing the day, the hour, the magic minute.
Word: contractor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/ 1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures. Example: Two days later, walking beyond the usual limit of the conventional promenade, Carrados reached a rough wooden hut such as contractors erect during the progress of their work. 2. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects. 3. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc. 4. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee. Example: It looks like you're off to a three-hour staff meeting that doesn't apply to me. I'm glad I'm a highly-paid contractor. I'll be increasing my skills while you fight to get oxygen to your brains.
Word: obey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboediō (also obēdiō (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, near”) + audiō (“to hear”). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *obūdiō (compare in + claudō becoming inclūdō), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archaism from ū to oe, to oboediō (compare Old Latin oinos → Classical Latin ūnus). Pronunciation: /əʊˈbeɪ/, /əˈbeɪ/, /oʊˈbeɪ/, /ɵˈbe(j)/ 1. To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. Labels: transitive Example: obey the rules Example: obey your boss 2. To do as one is told. Labels: intransitive Example: Soldiers are trained to obey. 3. To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].
Word: five thousand Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪv ˈθaʊzənd/ 1. cardinal number between four thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and five thousand and one
Word: ten thousand Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number 10,000. Example: And Seamen, will live and increaſe, as in other Ages of the World they uſed to do in times of War, altho Thouſands were kill’d: And of the moſt fighting War the Seamen ever ſaw in England this 100 Years, it can only be ſaid, the Sword or Guns kill’d Thouſands. But this War, without fighting, hath been the Death of ſeveral Ten Thouſands. Example: China chose resistance. This resistance brought suffering that affected each individual. It gave even the young children national consciousness. It put the marching song of the soldiers upon their lips. The children cry the fulfillment of a prediction when they sing "Chi-lai, chi-lai . . ."—"Arise, arise . . . ten thousand with one heart."
Word: stupid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stup(eō) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop. Pronunciation: /ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/, /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)yː.pɪd/, /ˈstjuː.pɪd/, /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/, /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/ 1. Without intelligence. Example: It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish! Example: And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned 2. Without intelligence. Example: So I have to pay first, and then wait in line? That's a stupid rule! Example: He made the stupid decision of standing in a half-hour queue for a hamburger, instead of calling ahead. 3. Without intelligence. Example: The stupid rusty wire cut my thumb when I grabbed it. Example: Stupid sexy Flanders! 4. Without intelligence. Labels: euphemistic Example: I fall for every stupid trick every stupid day in this whole stupid world! Example: Mom: Oh you stupid car! What's wrong with you now?!? Calvin: That's it, Mom! Go ahead and swear! We don't mind! 5. To the point of stupor. Example: Neurobiology bores me stupid. Example: I am not sure if he is stupid with tiredness or inebriety. 6. To the point of stupor. Labels: archaic Example: No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe. 7. To the point of stupor. Labels: archaic Example: Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass. 8. To the point of stupor. Example: She had never seen Frank Churchill so silent and stupid. He said nothing worth hearing—looked without seeing—admired without intelligence—listened without knowing what she said. 9. Amazing. Labels: slang Example: That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
Word: stupid Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stup(eō) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop. Pronunciation: /ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/, /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)yː.pɪd/, /ˈstjuː.pɪd/, /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/, /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/ 1. Extremely. Labels: slang Example: My gear is stupid fly. Example: Richard DeLongpre: Aw, we did, didn't we? I'm sorry. I'm so stupid in love with you.
Word: stupid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-éh₁-ye-ti Latin stup(eō) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old High German stubarōn (“to be astonished, be stunned, be blocked”). Related also to Old English stoppian (“to block, stop”). More at stop. Pronunciation: /ˈst(j)yː.pɪd/, /ˈʃt͡ʃ(j)yː.pɪd/, /ˈstjuː.pɪd/, /ˈʃtjuː.pɪd/, /st͡ʃjuː.pɪd/ 1. A stupid person; a fool. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "You stupid!" screamed the girls, "we've got to guess the word. Now you'll have to go back and think of another." Example: "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance. 2. The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: His stupid knows no bounds. Example: As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.
Word: ill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)). Cognates Cognate with Scots and Yola ill, Danish ilde (“bad”), Faroese, Icelandic illur (“bad, ill, wicked”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk ille (“bad”), Swedish illa (“badly; poorly”). Pronunciation: /ɪl/ 1. Evil; wicked (of people). Labels: obsolete Example: St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it. Example: A man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him. 2. Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. Labels: archaic Example: ‘Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting.’ 3. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. Example: He suffered from ill treatment. 4. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard. Example: ill manners; ill will Example: […]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past. 5. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. Example: mentally ill people Example: I've been ill with the flu for the past few days. 6. Nauseated; having an urge to vomit. Example: Seeing those pictures made me ill. 7. Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. Labels: slang Example: This is the illest beat I've ever heard. Example: Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?" 8. Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be. Labels: slang Example: That band was ill. 9. Unwise; not a good idea. Labels: dated Example: Oh that when the devil and flesh entice the sinner to sport with and make a mock of sin, Prov. x. 23, he would but consider, it is ill jesting with edged tools, it is ill jesting with unquenchable burnings; […] Example: They arrested everybody—and it is ill to resist a drunken Tommy with a loaded rifle! 10. Bad-tempered. Labels: Appalachia
Word: ill Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)). Cognates Cognate with Scots and Yola ill, Danish ilde (“bad”), Faroese, Icelandic illur (“bad, ill, wicked”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk ille (“bad”), Swedish illa (“badly; poorly”). Pronunciation: /ɪl/ 1. Not well; imperfectly, badly Example: Such jealousy ill becomes her; she can ill afford another gaffe like that. Example: He would have conversed as usual; but his attempts were so ill seconded, that he was fain to take refuge in the letters that lay beside him.
Word: ill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)). Cognates Cognate with Scots and Yola ill, Danish ilde (“bad”), Faroese, Icelandic illur (“bad, ill, wicked”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk ille (“bad”), Swedish illa (“badly; poorly”). Pronunciation: /ɪl/ 1. Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear. Example: That makes us rather bear those ills we have / Than fly to others that we know not of. 2. Harm or injury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wouldn't want you to do me ill. Example: Loue worketh no ill to his neighbour, therefore loue is the fulfilling of the Law. 3. Evil; moral wrongfulness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still, / Exerts itself, and then throws off the ill. 4. A physical ailment; an illness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills. 5. PCP, phencyclidine. Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: ill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)). Cognates Cognate with Scots and Yola ill, Danish ilde (“bad”), Faroese, Icelandic illur (“bad, ill, wicked”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk ille (“bad”), Swedish illa (“badly; poorly”). Pronunciation: /ɪl/ 1. To behave aggressively. Labels: dated, intransitive, slang Example: D.M.C.: You been illin' lately. Run: So, I'm illin'. Am I illin'? Chillin'! You know what I'm sayin'? Chillin'.
Word: ubermensch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of übermensch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chillax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of chill out + relax. First use appears c. 1994. See cite below. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈlæks/ 1. To relax; to be laid back. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Chillax my friend. I agree with most of your sentiments about Tarantino and his use of violence as comedy. Example: “He wrote, ‘Hey, Laurbell! What’s up? How r u & ur roomie? Mom & I miss u x a zillion! We decided 2 turn ur room into storage 4 the antiques we r going 2 buy. Hope u r finding time 2 chillax. Give Wisp a hug. G2G. Write me back! Luv, Dad.’” 2. To calm down. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: “Chillax, familiar. We get it: you're a vampire-killer, with the stakes and the reflexes and all that-- great job.” 3. To behave. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: intellect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəlɛkt/, /ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/, /ˈɪntəlekt/ 1. The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty. Labels: uncountable Example: Intellect is one of man's greatest powers. 2. The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person). Labels: uncountable Example: They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect. Example: Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect 3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
Word: finagle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle. Pronunciation: /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/ 1. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. Labels: transitive Example: finagle a day off work Example: She finagled her way around so that her arms were now clasped around his neck. So as not to cause a scene, Jason began to sway with her as if they had intended to dance. “Where's your counterpart tonight, Mandy?” he asked with a sly smile. “I thought you and Carl Maycomb were seeing each other.” Mandy answered with a “humph,” indicating she didn't want to talk about Carl. 2. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. Labels: transitive Example: finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught Example: Down the third-floor hallway, she noticed that the police tape had been removed from George Vandercloop's door. Did that mean Sunrise Village was now free to rent it to a new tenant? She tried the door knob and found it locked. Not that she expected she'd find anything more in the apartment than she'd seen the one time she'd finagled her way inside. Murder by chloroform didn't leave much evidence behind. She U-turned, made her way to the door with “Helen Dorgan” printed on [it] ... 3. To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object) Labels: ambitransitive Example: shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.
Word: tater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“tomato”), and 'naner (“banana”). Pronunciation: /ˈteɪtə/, /ˈteɪtɚ/ 1. A potato. Labels: informal Example: We ate them taters up real good. Example: I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name writ on a card onto it; and I did walk into the beef and 'taters and things about east. 2. A home run. Labels: US, slang Example: Playing 14 seasons in the major leagues, the right-handed-batting Scott was a three-time All-Star and hit 271 home runs, or taters, as he called them.
Word: infidel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/, /ˈɪn.fəˌdɛl/ 1. Rejecting a specific religion. 2. Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief. Example: (...) how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we prefix so significant and infidel a word, and yet do not thus entitle him, if he but embarks for the remotest Indies of this living earth;(...) Example: But not only have the priests tried to make the very term Atheism odious, as if it would destroy all of good and beautiful in nature, but some of the reformers, not having the moral courage to avow their own sentiments, wishing to be popular, fearing lest their reforms would be considered Infidel, (as all reforms assuredly are), shield themselves from the stigma, by joining in the tirade against Atheism, and associate it with everything that is vile, with the crime of slavery, the corrup­tions of the Church, and all the vices imaginable.
Word: infidel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/, /ˈɪn.fəˌdɛl/ 1. One who does not believe in a certain religion. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: The infidel writer is a greater enemy to society. Example: Some Muslims are taught that non-Muslims are infidels and are to be shunned. 2. One who does not believe in a certain principle. Labels: derogatory, usually 3. One with no religious beliefs. Labels: derogatory, usually 4. An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: I am a proud infidel. I believe in Jesus Chirst, the Son of God who died on the cross for my sins. Example: Stripping out the obsolete debate, The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran focuses on the decrees toward Jews and Christians, how they were viewed by Muhammad, what “the infidels” have done wrong and what the Koran has in store for them.
Word: heal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːl/, [ˈhɪi̯l] 1. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. Labels: transitive Example: This bandage will help to heal your cut. Example: Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 2. To become better or healthy again. Labels: intransitive Example: Bandages allow cuts to heal. 3. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to heal dissensions Example: to heal a broken heart
Word: heal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːl/, [ˈhɪi̯l] 1. A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment. Labels: countable Example: Also, various interesting spells have been added—for instance, with the Orb spell, you can circle a character, firing offensive bolts or casting heals, and free up a mage-type to cast other spells or even melee. Example: The following macro checks whether our current target is friendly and casts a heal on it if so; otherwise it casts the heal on the target's target […] 2. Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Give me heals! I need healing! 3. health Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: heal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See hele. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːl/, [ˈhɪi̯l] 1. Alternative form of hele (“conceal”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: "Heal, conceal and keep secret." Example: 'I swear before God and all these witnesses that I will always heal, conceal and never reveal any art or part of this secret of horsemanry which is to be revealed to me at this time or any other time hereafter.'
Word: cure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal. Pronunciation: /kjɔː/, /kjʊə/, /kjɵː/, /kjoː/, /kjʉwə/ 1. A method, device or medication that restores good health. Example: 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. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. Example: 'Cause if there's a cure for this, I don't want it / I don't want it 2. An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury. Example: Past hope! past cure! Example: I do cures to-day and to-morrow. 3. A solution to a problem. Labels: figuratively Example: Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure. Example: the proper cure of such prejudices 4. A process of preservation, as by smoking. 5. Cured fish. Example: Well into the twentieth century, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia's Grand Banks fleet stayed with sail power. "The Lunenburg cure," heavily salted on the schooners and then dried on flakes along the rocky sheltered coastline, was traded in the Caribbean. 6. A process of solidification or gelling. 7. A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering. 8. Care, heed, or attention. Labels: obsolete Example: vicarages of great cure, but small value 9. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate. Example: This worke devysed is For suche as do amys, And specyally to controule Such as have cure of soule, […] No good priest to offende, But suche dawes to amend, […] Example: [T]he Appropriator was the incumbent Parſon, and had the Cure of the Souls of the Pariſhioners, and that upon the Preſentation of the Appropriation, or upon the Diſſolution of the Abbey, the Church became void, and preſentative, as other Churches upon Reſignation, or Death of the Incumbent. 10. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
Word: cure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced Old English ġehǣlan, whence Modern English heal. Pronunciation: /kjɔː/, /kjʊə/, /kjɵː/, /kjoː/, /kjʉwə/ 1. To restore to health. Labels: transitive Example: Unaided nature cured him. Example: “Enough, Yet not enough. A bullet through and through, High in the breast. Nothing but what good care And medicine and rest, and you a week, Can cure me of to go again.” The same Grim giving to do over for them both. 2. To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end. Labels: transitive Example: Unaided nature cured his ailments. Example: Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear, / Is able with the change to kill and cure. 3. To cause to be rid of (a defect). Labels: transitive Example: Experience will cure him of his naïveté. 4. To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use. Labels: transitive Example: The smoke and heat cures the meat. Example: Spanish ham is air-cured. 5. To preserve (food), typically by salting. 6. To bring about a cure of any kind. Labels: intransitive 7. To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use. Labels: intransitive Example: The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure. 8. To solidify or gel. Labels: intransitive Example: The parts were curing in the autoclave. 9. To become healed. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: One desperate grief cures with another's languish. 10. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. Labels: obsolete
Word: cure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curiosity. Pronunciation: /kjɔː/, /kjʊə/, /kjɵː/, /kjoː/, /kjʉwə/ 1. An eccentric person. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: The mud was thick — the crossing clean — / A well dressed man, genteel of mien — / Walked through the first (he might be poor), / The sweeper muttered, "He's a Cure." Example: He’s quite a nice gentleman, though, to be sure, he does look a cure.
Word: -oholic Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -holic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme