nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Cambridge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From late Middle English Cambrigge, Caumbrigge, from earlier Cantebrigge, Cauntebrigge, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ (“Granta bridge”). The river name Granta is probably of Celtic origin. The modern pronunciation with /eɪ/ develops from Middle English /aː/, which develops from earlier /au̯/ before /m/ (as in Middle English chambre for earlier chaumbre). By Middle English when the name of the settlement had changed to "Cantebrigge" and eventually "Cambridge", the lower stretches of the River Granta were renamed Cam by back-formation from Cambridge. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkɛm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university. 2. Ellipsis of University of Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: He went to Cambridge, you know. 3. A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403). 4. A city in Washington County, Idaho, United States. 5. A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States. 6. A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. 7. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats. Example: Scientists believe that the sex ratio is equal at conception, explained Steven Orzack, president and senior research scientist of the Fresh Pond Research Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 8. A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. 9. A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. 10. A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. 11. A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 12. A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia. 13. A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 14. A town in Waikato, New Zealand. 15. A royal dukedom.
Word: vendor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.də/, /ˈvɛn.dɚ/ 1. A person or a company that vends or sells. Example: […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow. Example: Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors. 2. A vending machine. Example: She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn.
Word: vendor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.də/, /ˈvɛn.dɚ/ 1. To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program. Labels: transitive Example: I distributed my application with a vendored copy of Perl so that it wouldn't use the system copies of Perl where it is installed. 2. As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program. Labels: transitive Example: Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.
Word: nymphes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nymphe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nymphae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmfiː/ 1. plural of nymph Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of nympha Labels: form-of, plural 3. plural of nymphe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nympha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Doublet of nymph. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmfə/ 1. A nymph. 2. Each of the labia minora. Labels: archaic 3. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.
Word: nymph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē)der. Latin nymphader. Old French nimphebor. Middle English nimphe English nymph From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmf/ 1. Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind, etc. Labels: Greek, Roman 2. A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. 3. The larva of certain insects. 4. Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
Word: nymph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē)der. Latin nymphader. Old French nimphebor. Middle English nimphe English nymph From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmf/ 1. To fish using a nymph larva as bait. Example: Kuster meanwhile nymphed the middle of the Snag. When I joined him, I threw my streamer between the main channel's flow and the skinnier side-channel flow, […]
Word: snare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer. Pronunciation: /snɛ(ə)ɹ/, /snɛə/, /sneː/, /sneə/, /sniə/ 1. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). Example: He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare. Example: He felt a snare tightening around his throat; he gasped and threw a leg out of the bed, where it jerked for a second or two, thumping the steel frame, and died. 2. A mental or psychological trap. Example: If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee: Example: […] if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. 3. A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal. 4. A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc. 5. A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound. 6. A snare drum.
Word: snare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer. Pronunciation: /snɛ(ə)ɹ/, /snɛə/, /sneː/, /sneə/, /sniə/ 1. To catch or hold, especially with a loop. Labels: transitive Example: The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers. Example: Lest that too heavenly form […] snare them. 2. To ensnare. Labels: figuratively, transitive 3. To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum). Labels: intransitive, transitive, uncommon Example: […] the slightest recollection of hearing the wind whistling through the cracks in the old house or the rain snaring its tat-a-tat on the rusty tin roof. Example: […] T-Ray snared the drum in the background.
Word: kleptomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *klépťō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klep-) + -maniac. Pronunciation: /ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniæk/ 1. One who steals compulsively. Example: “A kleptomaniac,” I said. “Which means, if the term is not familiar to you, a chap who flits hither and thither pinching everything he can lay his hands on. [...] And if ever a man needed to be constantly under an eye, it's the above kleptomaniac. [...] He pinches things. Everything that isn't nailed down is grist to his mill.” Example: The dear old room was just as I'd left it, nothing changed, and my first move, of course, was to procure another chair and give the top of the armoire the once-over. It was a set-back to find that the cow-creamer wasn't there. I suppose these kleptomaniacs know a thing or two and don't hide the loot in the obvious place.
Word: maniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek μανίᾱ (maníā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós)bor. Late Latin maniacuslbor. French maniaquebor. English maniac From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Compare manic. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.niˌæk/ 1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. Example: She was driving like a maniac. Example: In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate. 2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession. Labels: figuratively Example: He's a manga maniac. Example: She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she's never danced before 3. Ellipsis of sex maniac. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: long for Part of Speech: adj 1. likely to remain for a long time Labels: not-comparable Example: I asked the doctor if I was long for this world Example: But it doesn't matter, because Roxie's not long for this town. As soon as her mother's better, she'll be on her way to Paris.
Word: long for Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a desire for (a thing or an event). Labels: transitive Example: He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me. Example: Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again. 2. To miss (someone). Labels: transitive Example: “I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.” Example: For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.
Word: connect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛkt/ 1. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. Labels: intransitive Example: I think this piece connects to that piece over there. 2. To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other. Labels: intransitive Example: Both roads have the same name, but they don't connect: they're on opposite sides of the river, and there's no bridge there. 3. To arrive at an intended target; to land. Labels: intransitive Example: When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room. 4. To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other. Labels: transitive Example: The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. 5. To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another. Labels: transitive Example: I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work. 6. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network. Example: When the technician connects my house, I'll be able to access the internet. Example: Later on, when he had loosened up considerably, he told an amusing story that he said took place during a Sino-Soviet border flare-up in 1969. "We had a hot line between the Soviet Union and ourselves then," he said, "but it had already become cold because the Kremlin never used it. At the time of the Chen Pao border incident, however, Kosygin picked it up and called us. When our operator answered, he said, 'This is Premier Kosygin. I would like to speak to Chairman Mao.' The operator, completely on his own, said, 'You are a revisionist, and therefore I will not connect you.' So Kosygin said, 'Well, if you will not try to reach the Chairman, will you please connect me with Prime Minister Chou.' But the operator gave the same unauthorized reply and broke the connection." 7. To associate; to establish a relation between. Example: I didn't connect my lost jewelry with the news of an area cat burglar until the police contacted me. 8. To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip. Example: I'm flying to London where I connect with a flight heading to Hungary.
Word: connect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛkt/ 1. Clipping of connection. Labels: slang Example: My connects in Chicago are telling me all kinds of things. Nobody knows anything for sure except that Griffith is missing and money is missing. Example: The affidavit says the source wore a recording device during one conversation with the drug dealer, who said the officer "was doing this for big money and does runs for several connects in Bmore. Not just weed, but heroin as well, a few times coke." 2. Clipping of connection. Labels: slang Example: Even though I did not have a lot of connects in Silicon Valley, I was not concerned because I knew that Silicon Valley was not going to solve this problem. Example: Now that you look the part, hopefully, you have some connects because nothing looks worse than paying to get into a club!
Word: seize the day Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of Latin carpe diem, originally meaning "enjoy the day", literally "pluck (or harvest) the day", from a poem by the ancient poet Horace. In Latin, it was common to use carpo (“to pluck something, pick off”) metaphorically to express enjoying a period of time. The use of seize is a traditional mistranslation originating from a confusion with cape, singular imperative of capio (“to seize something, grab”). 1. To enjoy the present and not worry about the future; to live for the moment. Labels: idiomatic 2. To make the most of today by achieving fulfillment in a philosophical or spiritual sense. Labels: idiomatic 3. To attack the day's efforts with vigor and purpose. Labels: idiomatic Example: IN toasting the beginning of a new relationship between China and the United States in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing twenty years ago, I quoted from a poem in which Mao Zedong exhorted his followers to work for the victory of communism: "So many deeds cry out to be done always urgently. The world rolls on. Time passes. Seize the day. Seize the hour." Today, as we celebrate the defeat of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the defeat of aggression in the Persian Gulf, many deeds remain to be done abroad and at home. We must seize the moment to win victory for peace and freedom in the world.
Word: calque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation. Pronunciation: /kælk/ 1. A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language. Example: David S. Powers, professor of Islamic history and law at Cornell, says he thinks that the word as used today is in the nature of what linguists call a calque, a borrowing from another language in literal translation […] Example: Those phrases, translated from Spanish, are known as calques. […] The three young Miamians in the video also use “super” as an adverb, one of the calques from Spanish mentioned in Dr. Carter’s research. (“Ay, I’m super bloated.”)
Word: calque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation. Pronunciation: /kælk/ 1. To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts. Labels: transitive Example: Terms like "cloud computing" have been calqued into multiple languages, making it easier for global audiences to grasp complex technological concepts. […] For example, translating Shakespeare's works into other languages often involves calquing phrases to maintain the rhythm and metaphorical richness of the original.
Word: Isle of Man Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Isle + of + Man. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪl ə(v)ˈmæn/ 1. An island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom. 2. A rural locality east of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NY0075).
Word: bd Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of boulevard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of bed (“bedroom”), used in apartment listings. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: 1 bd, 1 ba
Word: zloty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-tom Proto-Balto-Slavic *źálˀtader. Proto-Slavic *zoltъ Old Polish złoty Polish złotybor. English zloty Borrowed from Polish złoty. Pronunciation: /zlɒti/, /zlɑti/ 1. The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
Word: Gotland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish Gotland. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒt.lənd/, /ˈɡɑt.lənd/ 1. The largest island of Sweden, situated in the Baltic Sea. 2. A municipality and county on the island of Gotland, Sweden; the only municipality there, so it, the county and island all have the same area.
Word: Öland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Öland. Doublet of Åland and island. 1. The second-largest island of Sweden. 2. a province (landskap) in Sweden
Word: złoty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-tom Proto-Balto-Slavic *źálˀtader. Proto-Slavic *zoltъ Old Polish złoty Polish złotybor. English złoty Borrowed from Polish złoty. 1. Alternative form of zloty. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The lower house of the Diet stood fast upon the Senate's slashing of the budget by 500,000 złoties and its opposition to two members of the Cabinet, twice thrust upon it. Example: The Polish Government has decided to levy an export duty of 15 złoty per 100 kilos on rye, as a result of the poor crops in 1923 and the high prices which have prevailed during the last few months.
Word: Wahhabite Part of Speech: noun 1. A follower of Wahhabism, a fundamentalist movement of Islam.
Word: theology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek θεολογία (theología), from θεολόγος (theológos, adjective), from θεός (theós) + λόγος (lógos). By surface analysis, theo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /θiˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Synonym of religious studies. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Theology is a study, but religion is an experience. Theology is the study of religion, and when we study theology we are studying religion. Example: On the other hand, theology is the study of religion. The word itself refers to the interpretation of the doctrines of God. But modern theology includes the study of various religions and such topics as church history, sacred writings, and the relationship between religion and human needs. 3. An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form. Labels: countable, usually 4. A particular belief within a religion. Labels: countable, usually Example: In this context, one could conceivably hold onto the theology that baptism is essential for salvation. Example: Most Muslims reject the theology that Jesus died on a cross and was resurrected from the dead (though there is some ambiguity in the Qur'an on the matter), but they do hold that he ascended to heaven and will return again. 5. Subjective marginal details. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: While those folks are caught up in theological arguments about LISP versus PROLOG, […]
Word: theologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin theologista. 1. One who is skilled in, professes or practices that which relates or pertains to God. Labels: uncommon Example: 1763 August 6, Elizabeth Carter, personal correspondence, in Montagu Pennington, Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter […], Volume I, F. C. and J. Rivington (1808), page 319, She told me with great joy and simplicity, that an English lady had told her, that our religion was very much alike. I think it is very possible that she fancied us to be Heathens or Turks, before this profound theologist set her right. Example: 1884, William Chatterton Coupland, Translator's Preface to Eduard von Hartmann, Philosophy of the Unconscious: Speculative Results According to the Inductive Method of Physical Science, Volume I, MacMillan and Co., page viii, What would you have, says the scientist, but an ever-widening view of Nature's operations?—is it not enough, cries the theologist, to be sure that there is a God, although "His ways are past finding out?"
Word: chickadee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparent onomatopoeia from these birds' calls having a distinctive “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” sound, possibly influenced by chick or chicken. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪk.əˌdi/ 1. Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae. Labels: Canada, US Example: In Walden wood the chickadee / Runs round the pine and maple tree 2. Affectionate term of address. Example: I got a date with a cute little chickadee in just a few, an' I don't wanna be late!
Word: ixnay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words. Pronunciation: /ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/ 1. No. Labels: slang
Word: ixnay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words. Pronunciation: /ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/ 1. Nothing; nix; often in the phrase "ixnay on ...", indicating something that must not be mentioned, often in Pig Latin Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Ixnay on the "W-A-L-K" while the dogs can hear you. Example: Homer Simpson: Being a cop husband is one mighty sweet deal. This police radio entertains me with other people's miseries, we get a free funeral for Marge (god forbid), and I can run background checks on whomever I want . . . Mohammar. Moe Szyslak: Homer, please, please! Ixnay on the ohammar-May!
Word: ixnay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words. Pronunciation: /ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/ 1. To reject or cancel something; nix. Labels: slang, transitive Example: If I wasn't so bored out of my mind, I would have ixnayed that idea. Example: Personally, I'd rather feel momentarily bummed when my agent ixnays a two-paragraph idea than totally crushed when she ixnays a 110-page screenplay it took six months to perfect.
Word: expectorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/ 1. To cough up fluid from the lungs. Labels: ambitransitive Example: These rules are equally applicable to pneumonia and perhaps also to bronchitis. It will, therefore, be best to call them, not rules for consumptives, but for all persons who cough and expectorate . Example: …the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way. 2. To spit. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: soul Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information). Cognates Cognate with Scots saul, sowel (“soul”), Saterland Frisian Seele (“soul”), West Frisian siel (“soul”), Alemannic German Seel (“soul”), Central Franconian Siel (“soul”), Dutch ziel (“soul”), German Seele (“soul”), German Low German Seel (“soul”), Luxembourgish Séil (“soul, spirit”), Vilamovian zejł, zəjł, zyił (“soul”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala, “soul”). Scandinavian homonyms seem to have been borrowed from Old Saxon sēola. Modern Danish sjæl (“soul”), Icelandic sál (“soul”), Norwegian Bokmål sjel (“soul”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjel, sål (“soul”), Swedish själ (“soul”), Finnish sielu (“soul”) may have come from Old English sāwol. Pronunciation: /səʊl/, [sɔʊɫ], [sɒʊɫ], /soʊl/, [so̞ːɫ] 1. Characteristic of or pertaining to African American culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: soul music Example: soul food
Word: soul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information). Cognates Cognate with Scots saul, sowel (“soul”), Saterland Frisian Seele (“soul”), West Frisian siel (“soul”), Alemannic German Seel (“soul”), Central Franconian Siel (“soul”), Dutch ziel (“soul”), German Seele (“soul”), German Low German Seel (“soul”), Luxembourgish Séil (“soul, spirit”), Vilamovian zejł, zəjł, zyił (“soul”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala, “soul”). Scandinavian homonyms seem to have been borrowed from Old Saxon sēola. Modern Danish sjæl (“soul”), Icelandic sál (“soul”), Norwegian Bokmål sjel (“soul”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjel, sål (“soul”), Swedish själ (“soul”), Finnish sielu (“soul”) may have come from Old English sāwol. Pronunciation: /səʊl/, [sɔʊɫ], [sɒʊɫ], /soʊl/, [so̞ːɫ] 1. To endow with a soul or mind. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To beg on All Soul's Day. Example: All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake — a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.
Word: soul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French souler (“to satiate”). 1. To feed or nourish. Labels: obsolete Example: During my Stay here, I was going to take Pot-Luck with Colonel Ingram, and accidentally meeting him in the Way, I told him I deſigned to ſoul a Plate with him, [...]
Word: alma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “a singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning learned, knowledgeable, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.mə/ 1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
Word: santo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Italic *-iō Proto-Italic *sankiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *sanktos Latin sānctus Old Spanish sancto Old Spanish santo Spanish santobor. English santo Borrowed from Spanish santo. 1. A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies. Example: A santo may get a new coat of paint on its feast day or at Christmas. Or sometimes, when a prayer has been granted, a Puerto Rican repays his santo with a fresh coat of paint.
Word: Santa Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsæntə/ 1. Ellipsis of Santa Claus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: In this sense, there is something truly ideal about our civic Santa religion. One can add to this : who wouldn’t want a boss like Santa? Who doesn’t wish that Americans could produce goods like Santa again? Example: Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969. For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa. "I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China. "It's a real Christmas now in Santa village, where we can see the real Santa Claus ... It was really worth the trip."
Word: Santa Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæntə/ 1. An instance of someone dressed up as Santa. Example: They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk. 2. An instance of any likeness of Santa. Example: a plastic Santa waving in time to some music Example: They get some pretty nice chocolate Santas and chocolate Easter Bunnies in this mall. The ones in the food court right now are making me hungry just looking at them.
Word: Santa Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsæntə/ 1. A female given name from Italian.
Word: Santa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæntə/ 1. A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
Word: Holy Ghost Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Holi Gost, from Old English Hāliġ Gāst, a calque of Latin Spīritus Sānctus, which in turn is a calque of Ancient Greek Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον (Pneûma tò Hágion), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath, vital force, soul”) + ἅγιος (hágios, “holy”)), a calque of Hebrew רוּחַ הָקֹדֶשׁ (rûaḥ hā-qōḏeš), from רוּחַ (rûaḥ, “wind, breath, spirit”) + קֹדֶשׁ (qōḏeš, “holiness”), from earlier רוּחַ יְהֹוָה/יַהְוֶה (rûaḥ Yəhōwā/Yahəweh, “wind of Jehovah/Yahweh”). 1. The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence, which becomes present in and among the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and is considered to proceed either (Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son. Example: Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost. Example: O God the Holy Ghost, Perfecter of the Elect, Have Mercy on us.
Word: Holy Ghost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Holi Gost, from Old English Hāliġ Gāst, a calque of Latin Spīritus Sānctus, which in turn is a calque of Ancient Greek Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον (Pneûma tò Hágion), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath, vital force, soul”) + ἅγιος (hágios, “holy”)), a calque of Hebrew רוּחַ הָקֹדֶשׁ (rûaḥ hā-qōḏeš), from רוּחַ (rûaḥ, “wind, breath, spirit”) + קֹדֶשׁ (qōḏeš, “holiness”), from earlier רוּחַ יְהֹוָה/יַהְוֶה (rûaḥ Yəhōwā/Yahəweh, “wind of Jehovah/Yahweh”). 1. The plant Angelica archangelica. Labels: uncountable
Word: Holy Ghost Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Convent of the Holy Ghost Sisters, which was present in the area. Currently, the land of the convent is owned by the Iglesia ni Cristo within Holy Ghost Hill Proper. 1. A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Word: Holy Spirit Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Middle English Holy Speryte, holy spiriet, holy spyryt, an alteration of earlier Middle English Holygost, Haliȝ Gast, holy goost (see Holy Ghost), equivalent to holy + Spirit. 1. The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son. Example: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Example: The Holy Spirit is now the Spirit of Christ as it was once known by the title of the Spirit of God. 2. The spirit of God, especially the gifts of wisdom and prophecy. Labels: Judaism 3. The spirit of God who delivers messages to humanity in the form of Manifestations of God.
Word: Holy Spirit Part of Speech: name Etymology: A calque of Arabic رُوح الْقُدُس (rūḥ al-qudus, “Spirit of Holiness”), a calque of the Ancient Greek and Hebrew senses above. 1. The spirit of God, especially in its inspiration of prophets and quickening of fetuses. 2. The archangel Gabriel.
Word: mackerel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mackerell, macrell, macrelle, makarell, makerel, makerell, makerelle, makrel, makrell, makyrelle, from Old French maquerel. Further origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈmæk(ə)ɹəl/ 1. Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled, Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled, Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] you may buy land now as cheap as stinking mackerel. Example: I am living fast, to see the Time, when a Book that misses its Tide, shall be neglected, as the Moon by Day, or like Mackarel a Week after the Season. 3. A true mackerel, any fish of tribe Scombrini (Scomber spp., Rastrelliger spp.) Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Certain other similar small fish in families Carangidae, Gempylidae, and Hexagrammidae. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A regular pattern, similar to fish scales, of undulating small clouds with sky visible between them. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: a mackerel sky Example: MACKEREL CLOUDS.- Mackerel scales and mares' tails / Make lofty ships carry low sails.
Word: mackerel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English makerel, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, from Middle Dutch makelare, makelaer (“broker”) (> makelaar (“broker, peddler”)). See also French maquereau. Pronunciation: /ˈmæk(ə)ɹəl/ 1. A pimp; also, a bawd. Labels: obsolete Example: 1483, William Caxton, Magnus Cato, quoted in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century, vol. 2, publ. by John Russell Smith (1847), page 536. […] nyghe his hows dwellyd a maquerel or bawde […] Example: NETTING MACKEREL: THE PIMP DETAIL
Word: thumbshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thumb + shot. 1. A thumbnail snapshot of an electronic document.
Word: thumbshot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thumb + shot. 1. To take a snapshot of (an electronic document). Labels: transitive
Word: tape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”). Pronunciation: /teɪ̯p/, [tʰeɪ̯p] 1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper. Example: I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape. 2. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought. 3. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record. 4. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Did you get that on tape? Example: So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like! 5. Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Example: “It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs. 6. An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight. 7. The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Don’t fight the tape. 8. The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His pass was right on the tape. 9. A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 10. Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.) Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine) Example: Madam Gin has been christened by as many names as a German princess : every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue, and every night-cellar furnish you with Holland tape, three yards a penny. Nor can I see the difference […] 11. Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: [When dealing with the] Federal Government, "red tape" is unavoidable. Perseverance, good humor and thoroughness will almost invariably cut through the "tape” or lead to the proper official where courteous and attentive treatment will be received. Example: He was going to cut through the tape and ship this Army stuff straight to France.
Word: tape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”). Pronunciation: /teɪ̯p/, [tʰeɪ̯p] 1. To bind with adhesive tape. Example: Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it. Example: The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover. 2. To record, originally onto magnetic tape. Example: You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping. Example: The warmup guy — as I now know is common for live audiences in taped television performances — kept fluffing the crowd like they were preschoolers. “Now what are you going to do when we introduce the first comedian?” Wild cheers. “C'mon, that's not good enough! Let's try it again! What are you going to do???” 3. To understand, figure out. Labels: informal Example: I've finally got this thing taped.
Word: canard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French canard (“duck, hoax”). etymology note The primary English meaning of canard comes from the Medieval French expression “vendre un canard à moitié”, which literally means “to sell half a duck” or “to half-sell a duck”. This was perhaps the punch line to a joke. Eventually the punch line came to stand for the joke and then finally the word alone stood for the whole concept. The story may perhaps have gone like this: A duck seller is successful and content as the only duck seller on a street, selling his ducks for eight francs each. A new duck seller moves in across the street who steals all the business by offering his ducks for seven francs each. Then a price war ensues, back and forth, until the new duck seller is down to three francs for a duck. The original duck seller is beside himself with worry and frustration, but finally he puts up a big sign that says, “Two francs” and then in small print at the bottom “for half a duck.” In this way, to half-sell ducks may have come to mean tricking people with something that is literally true but misleading. It has this same metaphorical meaning in French. Now in English, it simply means anything that is deliberately misleading, a hoax. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɑɹd/, /kəˈnɑːd/ 1. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so. Example: It’s a cinch, now that Spurling has cleared away a century’s worth of misapprehensions and canards. Example: There is a notion gaining credence that the free market breaks down national barriers, and that corporate globalization's ultimate destination is a hippie paradise where the heart is the only passport and we all live together happily inside a John Lennon song (Imagine there's no country...). This is a canard. 2. A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing. 3. A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft. Labels: broadly 4. Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization. Labels: broadly
Word: squeegee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is probably derived from squeege (“(informal, dated) to squeeze”, verb) (an intensified form of squeeze (verb)) + -ee (suffix attached to verbs to form nouns meaning persons or things that are the subjects of the verbs). Compare earlier squilgee, squillgee (“tool in the form of a mop or swab, or a blade with a long handle, used for cleaning and/or drying a vessel’s deck”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈskwiːd͡ʒiː/, /skwiːˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈskwiˌd͡ʒi/ 1. Sometimes followed by down, out, together, etc.: to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee (noun sense); also, to use a squeegee on (something, such as a surface). Labels: transitive Example: Transparencies on glass, for use in the Stereoscope, the magic lantern, or for window decoration, may very easily be made by the Carbon process. […] The Carbon tissue, previously cut to the dimensions of the glass, is printed as previously directed, with a very narrow safe-edge: it is then "squeegeed" down on the glass and developed. Example: [T]he full quantity of gelatine is added, viz. 20 gr. per ounce, stirring well up from the bottom, and pouring into a dish to set. When cold, squeegee the emulsion (after being scraped up from the bottom of the dish with a card) through muslin into a solution of potash bichromate, stir it up with a strip of glass, and leave for ½ hour or more; […] 2. To use a squeegee. Labels: intransitive Example: Having regulated the temperature, the following articles will be required:– […] a rubber squeegee, and a piece of American cloth to protect the print while squeegeeing; […]
Word: holy mackerel Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Recorded from 1803 with uncertain origin, but possibly a euphemism for Holy Mary, with Mackerel being a nickname for Catholics because they ate the fish on Fridays. Another suggested explanation is the practice of selling mackerel on Sundays in the seventeenth century (because its quality deteriorates rapidly), so it was known as holy fish. 1. An expression of surprise. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Example: ‘Holy mackerel!’ he whispered. ‘Englehorn! Driscoll! Get a look at this thing.’ Example: Holy Mackerel! Here Comes the Bride!"
Word: confidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). By surface analysis, confide + ence. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/, /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/, /ˈkɔn.fɪ.dəns/, [ˈkɔ̟n.fə.dəns] 1. Self-assurance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He entered the ring with confidence. 2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had confidence it would soon end. Example: It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in man. / It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in Princes. 3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature - a piece of good fortune for the Company - a man you don’t get hold of every day. 4. Boldness; presumption. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: confident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/, [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt], [-dn̩t], /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/, [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] 1. Very sure of something; positive. Example: I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally. Example: He was confident of success. 2. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself. 3. Forward, impudent. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.
Word: confident Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/, [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt], [-dn̩t], /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/, [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] 1. Obsolete form of confidant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied Example: a certain Lawyer , a great Confident of the Rebels
Word: holy smoke Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of astonishment. Labels: dated, idiomatic, informal
Word: quatro Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cuatro. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: By the late 1940s Jules had invented a quatro pan after observing a family playing parang, a Venezuelan-derived Christmas music traditional to Trinidad which is generally performed by vocalists accompanied by guitars, quatros, mandolins, a one-string box bass, chac-chacs, and scrapers. 2. synonym of four-toed sloth
Word: holy cow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Minced oath for holy shit, possibly partially based on the fact that cows are sacred in some religions (e.g. Hinduism). 1. An exclamation of surprise or astonishment. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Holy cow I think he's gonna make it!