nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: manchineel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish manzanillo, from manzana (“apple”), from Latin malum Matianum (“a kind of apple”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæntʃɪˈniːl/ 1. A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin. Example: […] outside the block was lined with manchineel, and the palm trees crackled like ice[…]
Word: bigotry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/ 1. The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The remarkable resilience of the Ku Klux Klan is a sad reminder of the persistence of racial and religious bigotry in the United States. No terrorist organization can match the Klan's mystique or long history, and few can match its success. Example: For boys like Battuta, white women — never mind fat, Jewish, non-deferential white women — were for fucking and throwing over. What one hates in whites — love of brown sugar — one must also hate when it turns up, inverted, in black. Bigotry is not only a function of power. 2. Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: bigot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of disputed origin. It is most often believed to have derived from the identical Old French derogatory term bigot applied to the overly religious Normans, said to be known for frequently swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”) (compare Old English bī god, Middle High German bī got, Middle Dutch bi gode), which is also thought to be the origin of the surname Bigott, Bygott. (Compare the French use of "godons" and "goddamns" to refer to the English in Joan of Arc's time, and les sommobiches (see son of a bitch) during World War I). From meaning "someone overly religious" it came to mean "someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion", and then to its current sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic origin theory above. Liberman however opines that this has "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and prefers Grammont et al.'s theory that it derives from Albigot (“inhabitant of Albi”), named after the commune in southern France where Catharism (also known as Albigensianism) is thought to have originated. However, neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor Online Etymology Dictionary list Grammont and Liberman's theory among their possible origins. Compare typologically Russian ханжа́ (xanžá) (< Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı, “Kaaba pilgrim”)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡət/ 1. One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc. Example: A former senior minister from Boris Johnson’s government told the Guardian they believed Braverman was a “real racist bigot”. 2. One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so. Labels: obsolete Example: He is no bigot or hypocrite, he is not torn and divided betwixt reality and appearance, no wretch of a rugged and peevish disposition, but honest, jovial, resolute, and a good fellow. Example: Thus one part of their Church becomes Sotts and Bigots; and the other that behold this Scene of things, though they profess themselves of their Church, become a company of profane Atheists and clancular Deriders of all Religion. […] Nay it is a question whether those that do more superstitiously cleave to them, doe it not rather in a kind of confusion and obstupefaction of mind out of fear and suspicion, then any determinate assurance or firm belief of the things they outwardly profess.
Word: on the bench Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, bench. 2. Presiding over a court. 3. Not playing in an ongoing game, either waiting to replace an active player or removed from competition by injury, penalty, etc. 4. Waiting to command his first vessel and assume the position of post-captain, ensuring further promotion will remain a matter of seniority rather than merit or ability. Labels: UK, historical
Word: RTP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of rapid thermal processing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Real-time Transport Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of ribavirin triphosphate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 4. Initialism of Research Triangle Park (and metonymically referring to the Research Triangle region). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Royal Thai Police. Labels: Thailand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: dictionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dictionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dictionaries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dictionary Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Hawai'i Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hawaii: a state of the United States. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The evidence from Hawai’i, Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and Old World Bronze Age cultures indicates that transient celestial events were not only recognized and categorized, but formed a critical component of mythology, cosmology, politics, religion, and formative science. Example: Greg Asner and colleagues are using remote sensing and high-altitude aircraft combined with field studies to understand the changing ecology in Hawai'i. Their field site on the island of Kauai is shown here.[…] Using a different approach to map invasives, Greg used satellite data from Tahiti to develop a signature for Miconia calvescens, a destructive invasive plant on both Tahiti and Hawai’i.
Word: radiator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radiate + -or. Doublet of radiatori. Pronunciation: /ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/, /ˈrɛjdɪjɛjtə/, /ˈreːdijeː(j)tɐ/, /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/, [ˈɹadieːtɚ(ɹ)] 1. Anything which radiates or emits rays. 2. A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins. Example: The car overheated because of a broken radiator. 3. A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room. Example: The radiator kept the apartment warm during winter. Example: Steam hissed from the old iron radiator. 4. A type of antenna.
Word: Bett Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from personal names based on pet forms of Beatrice or Elizabeth, also masculine pet forms of Bertram and Bartholomew. * As a German surname from the noun Bett. 1. A surname.
Word: suns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sʌnz/ 1. plural of sun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sʌnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sun Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: buz Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʌz/ 1. Obsolete form of buzz (“humming sound”). Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: As soon as a general buz gave him shelter, he added, in a low voice directed at Fanny, […] Example: The buz of flies has been found no less difficult to explain than the hum of bees. 2. Obsolete form of buzz (“counting game, fizz-buzz”). Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] and finally, laughing and all tired out, they stopped to rest and to think of some other game. They played “Buz” till they were rested, and then “Genteel Lady,” where every time a little girl made a mistake she had to have a lamplighter stuck in her hair.
Word: buz Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌz/ 1. Obsolete form of buzz. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The bee […] began to stretch his wings and to clean himself, and to buz a little upon the flower.
Word: rakija Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian rakija/ракија, from Ottoman Turkish راقی (rakı), assumed from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat; wine”) (as rakija or wine vapor drops are similar to drops of sweat). Doublet of raki. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːki.ə/ 1. A strong distilled alcoholic beverage made from various fruits, varieties of which (such as slivovitz) are found across the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As in most Balkan countries rakija (pronounced 'RAK-eeyah') is the national drink of Macedonia. While rakija in the surrounding countries is made mainly from fruits such as plums (slivovice) or pears (viljemovka), Macedonian rakija is exclusively made from grapes.
Word: nef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau. Pronunciation: /nɛf/ 1. An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.
Word: nef Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid. Pronunciation: /nɛf/ 1. Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] this condition is the numerical consequence of the condition that for some mgt;0, the linear system #124;mD#124; is effective and free; thus nef = "numerically (effective and free)".
Word: Hausa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa Hausa. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsə/ 1. A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Hausa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa Hausa. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsə/ 1. The Chadic language spoken by these people. Example: She tells me she’s been intensively studying Hausa these past weeks, that it’s such a unique and precise language, one that you write the way you speak it, very historical and more Arabian than she’d thought.
Word: koru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori koru. 1. A spiral shape that symbolizes growth, strength and peace, used in Māori art.
Word: tennis player Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who plays tennis. (This entry is a translation hub.) Example: By way of analogy, let us consider what it takes to be a good or bad tennis player. An extremely good tennis player must possess a mastery of the many different activities that are part of the game—serving, returning, and running around the court […]
Word: surma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soorma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tennis elbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: tennis + elbow, from the classic/archetypal source of such injury, tennis. 1. A painful inflammation of the extensor tendon of the humerus caused by overuse of the muscles of the lower arm. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tennis racket Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of bat used to strike the ball in tennis; it has an oval frame with a taut interlaced network of strings
Word: surra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marathi [script needed] (sūra, “air breathed through the nostrils”), imitative of heavy breathing through the nostrils. 1. A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy. Labels: uncountable Example: Whether the disease caused was Surra or Ngana time would not permit me to judge[…]
Word: alus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnət/ 1. Forming a pair. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: paired, doubled, twinned 2. Pronounced longer and considered as being doubled. Labels: not-comparable Example: For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).
Word: geminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛmɪneɪt/ 1. To arrange in pairs. 2. To occur in pairs.
Word: geminate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1589; borrowed from Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“to double”), see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3). 1. A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound. Example: The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate. We can thus reconstruct *leppVr-.
Word: pseudo-anglicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + anglicism. Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.dəʊ̯ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.sɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuː.dəʊ̯ˈaŋ.ɡlɪ.sɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsu.doʊ̯ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.sɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsʉː.dəʉ̯ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.sɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsʉː.dɐʉ̯ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.sɪz(ə)m/ 1. A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.
Word: -ton Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ton, -tone, -tune, from Old English -tūn, derived from Old English tūn (“town”). Doublet of town. Pronunciation: /tən/, [tn̩] 1. Place-name suffix, originally denoting a town or enclosure of buildings. Labels: morpheme Example: Washington 2. A set of specific objects or persons. Labels: morpheme Example: singleton
Word: bote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word). Pronunciation: /bəʊt/, /boʊt/ 1. Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. A right to take wood from property not one's own. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: gemma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma. 1. An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud. Example: I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae. Example: Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape. According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.
Word: frustum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frustum (“morsel”). 1. A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base. Example: In a parabolic conoid this difference vaniſhes, the fruſtum being always equal to a cylinder of the ſame height upon the ſection of the conoid that biſects the altitude of the fruſtum and is parallel to its baſes. Example: This theorem holds good for complete solids as well as frustums, whether right or oblique, and not only of the solids generated from the conic sections, but also of all pyramids, cones, and in short of any solid, whose parallel sections are similar figures. 2. A portion of a sphere, or in general any solid, delimited by two parallel planes. Example: In some women it^([the os uteri]) is flat, in many more tuberose, and forming, as it were, a frustum of a sphere;[…]. Example: Problem 22. Determine the volume of a frustum of a sphere of diameter 49.74 cm if the diameter^([sic]) of the ends of the frustum are 24.0 and 40.0 cm, and the height of the frustum is 7.00 cm.
Word: rasorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rasores, the obsolete taxonomic order of birds including chickens and other poultry, and + -ial. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈsɔːɹɪəl/ 1. Scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds. 2. Pertaining to the now obsolete order Rasores. Labels: historical
Word: trooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper (“member of an acting troupe”) but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːpə(ɹ)/ 1. A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor. 2. A cavalry horse; a charger. 3. A soldier. 4. A troopship. Labels: UK Example: She was built by William Denny & Bros. Ltd., and launched in 1939, but went immediately on active service as a trooper. 5. Ellipsis of state trooper. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. A mounted policeman. Labels: Australia 7. Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) . Labels: alt-of, colloquial, figuratively, misspelling Example: He was a real trooper about taking care of the kids for the weekend. Example: Because his father and brothers were in the department, he had to be. She knew he was never really comfortable with the job but still he did it like a trooper.
Word: trooper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper (“member of an acting troupe”) but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːpə(ɹ)/ 1. To work as a trooper. Example: Maybe I should quit troopering and hire on with Global Harvest. 2. To work steadily at an unpleasant job without complaint. Example: Carrie handed out tools, helped hold a measuring tape, and troopered on where she could, Example: But she troopered on, plastering a smile on her face and giving her a warm greeting and inwardly reminded herself that Ms. Madeleine was of no threat to her, as if she had a fear of Jack-in-the-boxes.
Word: nacreous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nacre Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English nacreous From nacre + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.kɹi.əs/ 1. Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl). Example: They are covered with a smooth, safe, nacreous layer to let them slip, pearllike, from our souls without real pain. 2. Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.
Word: necromantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin necromanticus. 1. Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: necromantic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin necromanticus. 1. conjuration Example: With all the necromantics of their art.
Word: English Channel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From being a channel separating England (“English”) from the continent of Europe. 1. The arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the British Isles from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
Word: blockhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1532, block (noun) + -head. 1. A stupid person. Labels: colloquial Example: [S]o I think, blockheads, ſaid Manfred; what is it has ſcared you thus? Example: […]like a conceited mechanic in a village ale-house, you would set down every one who differs from you as an ignorant blockhead[…] 2. Short for human blockhead Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Waldo was sent that from an elderly blockhead named Fuzzy in Gibtown, Florida. That's the town to which most freaks retire. Example: He is a classic sideshow performer, entertaining crowds with feats such as sword swallowing, fire-eating, and chainsaw juggling. His specialty, however, is the human blockhead act, hammering six-inch nails up his nostrils.
Word: blockhead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1532, block (noun) + -head. 1. To perform as a human blockhead. Example: Like an old-time sideshow, the acts included lying on a bed of nails, blockheading and, of course, fire-eating. 2. To behave in a stupid manner. Labels: rare Example: Two years' blockading made fair Malta ours: A noble struggle! -- yet 't is thought (at Rading) That Britain's island shews superior pow'rs, To bear, and to survive, two years blockheading ! Example: I have blockheading and boxing enough at Master Lovell's, I won't have it repeated here; and in a great passion, I threw the Virgil at his head, hit him in the face, and bruised his lip, and ran away.
Word: wordiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wordy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wordiness From wordy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪnəs/ 1. The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: borer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English borer From bore + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːɹə/, /ˈboːɹɐ/, /ˈbɔːɹɚ/ 1. A tool used for drilling. 2. A knife fit for a stabbing. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang 3. A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes. 4. A tedious person, who bores others; a bore. Example: The boree has been heard from frequently since the Renaissance, and his sentiments have undergone little change. The borer hasn't had much to say for himself. Example: Rennie was an expert on boredom, having done a piece on it for Pandora's “Relationships” column in which she claimed that there were two people involved in boredom, not just one: the borer and the boree. 5. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood. 6. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock. 7. A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh. 8. The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
Word: borscht Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1884 or 1808. Borrowed from Yiddish באָרשט (borsht), from Russian or Ukrainian борщ (boršč). Doublet of barszcz. Pronunciation: /bɔːʃt/, /bɔɹʃt/ 1. A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bothersome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bother + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔðəsəm/, /ˈbɒðəsəm/, /ˈbɑðɚsəm/ 1. Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity. Example: bothersome detail Example: The mosquito bites were bothersome.
Word: bourgeoisification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bourgeois + -ification (“becoming”). 1. The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; embourgeoisement. Labels: humorous, uncountable, usually Example: A general 'bourgeoisification', a deliberate destruction of the equalitarian spirit of the first few months of the revolution, was taking place. Example: 2001, Mark Seymour, "Pasolini, Pier Paolo" in Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon (eds.), Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History, from World War II to the Present Day, London and New York: Routledge, p. 316, In early 1975 he declared himself against abortion, claiming that the so-called sexual revolution was part of the bourgeoisification of the masses.
Word: boyhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English boyhood From boy + -hood. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/ 1. The state or condition of being a boy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […] Example: It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick's great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination! 2. The childhood of a boy. Labels: countable
Word: brahman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇ) / Urdu براہمن (brāhman). 1. Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diarist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English diary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English diarist From diary + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəɹɪst/ 1. Someone who keeps a diary. Example: Two typical weeks (selected at random and separated by a long interval) are set out in the accompanying tables, and indicate the clear and concise method adopted by the diarist throughout his 42 working years.
Word: rappee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French (tabac) râpé (“grated (tobacco)”), past participle of râper (“to grate”), from Old French rasper "to scrape"; of Germanic origin. 1. A dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff. Labels: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable Example: Thou art like my rappee here, [takes out his box.] a moſt ridiculous ſuperfluity, but a pinch of thee novv and then is a moſt delicious treat. Example: The fellow wears a solitaire, uses paint, and takes rappee with all the grimace of a French marquis.
Word: nullah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali নালা (nala), Hindi नाला (nālā), from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī). 1. A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater. Labels: South-Asia Example: About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them. Example: It was just after the exit from a bridge; the animal had probably come up out of the nullah. 2. An open-air, concrete-lined channel for draining rain or wastewater; a storm drain. Labels: Hong-Kong Example: On all sides, wild mountains rise precipitously above wooded nullahs, and we have a clear view, to the right, of the famous Amah Rock, with its singular resemblance to a Chinese woman carrying her baby on her back in the traditional fashion.
Word: obsequy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obseque, from Old French obseque, osseque, from Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/ 1. The last office for the dead. 2. A funeral rite or service. Labels: in-plural Example: And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe. Example: It was a rather ghastly ceremony, but it was the only means in our power of showing our respect to the faithful dead and of celebrating his obsequies.
Word: unisonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unison + -al. 1. being in unison
Word: puffery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English puff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English puffery From puff + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌfəɹi/ 1. An act of puffing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Excessive or false public praise. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Harvest was promptly pegged as a "lite" group, a purveyor of pop puffery. Example: Cigarheads even have a new magazine, a lavish, glossy two-pound package of pride and puffery called Cigar Aficionado.
Word: incrassation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incrassate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English incrassation From incrassate + -ion. 1. The process of thickening. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A thickening or swelling. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dabster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from dab + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈdæbstə/ 1. An expert; one who is master of their profession. 2. A handy person. 3. A dabbler or bungler.
Word: Celticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Celtic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Celticist From Celtic + -ist. 1. An authority on Celtic languages and literature.
Word: frivol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”). 1. To behave frivolously. Labels: intransitive Example: “I will act, dance, ride, frivol, talk scandal, dine out, and appropriate the legitimate captives of any woman I choose, until I d-r-r-rop, or a better woman than I puts me to shame before all Simla, — and it's dust and ashes in my mouth while I'm doing it!” 2. To trifle. Labels: intransitive
Word: frivol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French frivole, from Latin frīvolus (“trifling, worthless”). 1. An unserious person; a shallow person. 2. An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity.
Word: mizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English misellen (“to drizzle”), cognate with Low German miseln, musseln (“to mizzle”), Dutch miezelen (“to drizzle, rain gently”). Of obscure origin, possibly a frequentative related to the base of mist; or, related to Middle Low German mes (“urine”), Middle Dutch mes, mis (“urine”), both from Old Saxon mehs (“urine”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz, *mihstaz, *mihsk- (“urine”), from *mīganą (“to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ-, *omeiǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Compare also English micturate (“to urinate”), Old Frisian mese (“urine”), Low German miegen (“to urinate”), Dutch mijgen (“to urinate”), Danish mige (“to urinate”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzl/, /ˈmɪzəl/ 1. To rain in very fine drops. Labels: Canada, UK, US, dialectal, intransitive
Word: mizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English misellen (“to drizzle”), cognate with Low German miseln, musseln (“to mizzle”), Dutch miezelen (“to drizzle, rain gently”). Of obscure origin, possibly a frequentative related to the base of mist; or, related to Middle Low German mes (“urine”), Middle Dutch mes, mis (“urine”), both from Old Saxon mehs (“urine”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz, *mihstaz, *mihsk- (“urine”), from *mīganą (“to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ-, *omeiǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Compare also English micturate (“to urinate”), Old Frisian mese (“urine”), Low German miegen (“to urinate”), Dutch mijgen (“to urinate”), Danish mige (“to urinate”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzl/, /ˈmɪzəl/ 1. Misty rain; drizzle. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable 2. A mist; a fine spray; a spattering. Labels: uncountable Example: But he knows he need never be in dread of your blade making a mizzle of his blood or of vengeance arriving ever from this quarter[.] Example: When a gawping Byzantine head bounced past his feet, and a mizzle of blood settled upon him, something changed.
Word: mizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from Shelta mi(e)sli (“go”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzl/, /ˈmɪzəl/ 1. To abscond, scram, flee. Labels: UK Example: As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled. Example: “Now you may mizzle, Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.” 2. To yield. Labels: intransitive 3. To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.) Labels: transitive
Word: hurcheon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of urchin, from Middle English hirchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French heriçon (“hedgehog”). Compare Scots hurcheon. 1. A hedgehog. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: I saw the hurcheon and the hare In hidlings hirpling here and there,
Word: entotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós)der. English ent- English otic English entotic From ent- + otic. 1. Relating to the interior of the ear Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to entosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: rebill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English bill English rebill From re- + bill. 1. To bill again. Labels: transitive
Word: shovel-nosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a flattened beak or snout.
Word: horsehair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hors her, horshere, hors-here, hors heer (also hors-hore), equivalent to horse + hair. Compare Old Norse hross-hár (“horsehair”). 1. The hair of a horse, especially from the mane and tail, used for upholstery. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fabric made from this. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: malison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malisoun, from Old French maleison, from Latin maledictiō, from the past participle stem of maledīcō (“to speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of malediction. Pronunciation: /ˈmælɪzən/, /ˈmælɪsən/ 1. A curse, a malediction. Labels: obsolete Example: A hide of land I give to thee in my steads of Walbrugham, from me and mine to thee and thine aye and for ever; and God’s malison on his head who this gainsays! Example: Rascality male and female is prowling in view of him. His fasting stomach is, with good cause, sour; he perhaps cannot forbear a passing malison on them; least of all can he forbear answering such.
Word: ginner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Latin iūniperus Vulgar Latin ziniperus Old French genevreder. Middle Dutch jenever Dutch jeneverder. English genevaclip. English gin English -er English ginner From gin + -er. 1. A person who operates a cotton gin. Example: Cotton cloth was currency in Mongol China; in such a market, a gin that could be operated by one ginner replaced the productive but labor-intensive two-person model. 2. A cotton ginning plant.
Word: stepdame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stepdame; equivalent to step- + dame. 1. A stepmother. Labels: archaic Example: 'To be sure, Maud; maybe you are right; a stepdame is a risk, and I ought to have asked you first what you thought of it; and upon my honour,' she continued merrily but kindly, observing that my eyes, I know not exactly from what feeling, filled with tears, 'I'll never again advise your papa to marry, unless you first tell me you wish it.'
Word: embrown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). Cognates * French embrunir * Italian imbrunire Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹaʊn/, /ɛm-/, /əmˈbɹaʊn/ 1. To make (something) brown; to brown. Labels: also, figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive Example: For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away. Example: For blight of the season embrowneth the bloom, / And time winnows falshood, like chaff, as it flies: […] 2. To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken. Labels: also, figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive Example: […] Nature boon / Powrd forth profuſe on Hill and Dale and Plaine, / Both where the morning Sun firſt warmly ſmote / The open field, and where the unpierc't ſhade / Imbround the noontide Bowrs: […] Example: And thy dark Pencil, Midnight! darker ſtill / In Melancholy dipt, embrovvns the vvhole. 3. To become or make brown; to brown. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive, literary, poetic Example: [O]n the board diſplay'd / The ready meal before Ulyſſes lay'd. / (VVith flour imbrovvn'd) next mingled vvine yet nevv, / And luſcious as the Bee's nectareous devv: […] Example: A greater opening ofttimes hedges up / With but a little forkful of his thorns / The villager, what time the grape imbrowns, […] 4. To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive, literary, poetic Example: Under theſe Auſpices, Jamblicus compoſed the Book juſt before mentioned, Of the Mytſeries; meaning the profound and recondite Doctrines of the Egyptian Philoſophy: VVhich, at Bottom, is nothing elſe but the genuine Greek Philoſophy, imbrovvned vvith the Fanaticiſm of Eatſern Cant. Example: Now was the day departing, and the air, / Imbrown'd with shadows, from their toils releas'd / All animals on earth; […]
Word: hardheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + headed. First appears c. mid-15th century in the writings of Osbern Bokenam. 1. Stubborn; wilful. 2. Realistic; pragmatic.
Word: tricerion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρικήριον (trikḗrion) from τρι- (tri-) + κηρός (kērós) + -ιον (-ion). 1. A candlestick with three lights, signifying the trinity. Example: Answers from page 22 […] TRICERION (c) A three-branched candlestick used in the Greek Orthodox Church, from the Greek keros wax: “The little acolyte appeared again from the side chapel, grinning lasciviously at the congregation, and carrying two large tricerions, dripping wax.” Example: Further more, the same religious dogmas show that three bishops or three hierarchs and two deacons carrying tricerions with torches are present at the Saint’s consecration.
Word: gweilo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 鬼佬 (gwai² lou²), from 鬼 (gwai², “ghost”) + 佬 (lou², “guy, man”). 1. A white person in China, (particularly) a man; a ‘foreign devil’. Labels: colloquial, ethnic, slur Example: She had ruffled the bed and laid a frilly nightdress on the floor because so far as the block was concerned Phoebe was the half-kwailo bastard who whored with the fat foreign devil.
Word: tit for tat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; conjectured to be ultimately from Dutch dit voor dat (“this for that”) or French tant pour tant (“equal for equal”). Compare earlier tip for tap (“(a) blow for (a) blow”), from tip + tap; compare also dialectal tint for tant and tit (“a light blow or hit”). The vowel sequence follows a typical ablaut reduplication pattern. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪt fə(ɹ)ˈtæt/, /ˈtɪt fɚ ˈtæt/ 1. Equivalent retribution; an act of returning exactly what one gets; an eye for an eye. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: If you hit me, I’ll hit you back; tit for tat. Example: Could it but for a longer Space / Lengthen the Bliſs it let's us taſte, / Who would not doat on't? But alas! / The Joy's too exquiſite to laſt. / Two white Herculean Pillars prop / The tufted Gin, the tempting Snare; / When they divide, then in we pop, / Before we well know where we are. / Then that for this, and tit for tat; / But when the pleaſing Minute's flown, / As uſeleſs it returns the Bait, / And both look fooliſh when 'tis done.
Word: tit for tat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Tit for tat is a rhyme for hat. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪt fə(ɹ)ˈtæt/, /ˈtɪt fɚ ˈtæt/ 1. A hat. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Fred came from Cheapside in London – an official Cockney, born within earshot of the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow – and he taught her Cockney rhyming slang. She loved its lighthearted logic: the last word in a common phrase rhymed with the word it was to replace. So "tit for tat" was "hat", and "trouble and strife" was "wife". But the best part was that you usually dropped the rhyming words and used only the first words, so "your wife's hat" became "your trouble's titfer". Example: Tit for tat hat / The phrase ‘tit for tat’ […] emerged as a rhyme for ‘hat’ in the late nineteenth century and was subsequently condensed to ‘titfer’ around 1930, in which form it enjoyed unparalleled success at a time when virtually everyone wore a hat.
Word: philtrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Latin philtrum (“a love potion”), from Ancient Greek φῐ́λτρον (phĭ́ltron, “a love charm; the dimple in the upper lip”). Doublet of philter. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.tɹəm/ 1. The shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip. Example: Oral intercommissural distance (mouth width) and philtrum length are useful measurements for diagnosis of wide or large mouth (macrostomia), small mouth (microstomia), long philtrum and short philtrum and form ‘good handles’ in syndromic delineation. Example: Upper lip reconstruction is more difficult than lower lip reconstruction because the upper lip has a central structure, the philtrum.[…]Wounds adjacent to the philtrum that are closed primarily may shift the philtrum to the affected side. However, with time, the philtrum will tend to return to its midline position. 2. The junction between the two halves of an animal's upper lip or nose.
Word: systolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English systole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English systolic From systole + -ic. 1. Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to a systolic array Labels: not-comparable Example: a systolic compiler 3. Relating to the mathematical concept of a systole Labels: not-comparable
Word: systolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English systole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English systolic From systole + -ic. 1. Ellipsis of systolic blood pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: diastole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈæstəli/ 1. The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence. Example: In patients with rapid rates, diastole may be sufficiently shortened that the third and fourth heart sounds become superimposed and form a summation gallop. 2. The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable, usually Example: 1815 March and June, On the Greek and Latin Accents, The Classical Journal, Volume XI, page 81, I have inserted diastole which is omitted in Putschius, an insertion which both the complement, and the subsequent text make necessary. Example: [A]ccording to prosody, this syllable has the diastole and the stress, whereas the second of “cujus” or of “animam” has not. 3. The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek. Labels: Greek, uncountable, usually
Word: diastolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English diastole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English diastolic From diastole + -ic. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈstɒlɪk/ 1. Pertaining to a diastole.
Word: diastolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English diastole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English diastolic From diastole + -ic. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈstɒlɪk/ 1. Ellipsis of diastolic blood pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: diastolic blood pressure Part of Speech: noun 1. The lowest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring between heart beats, because of a diastole. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: systolic blood pressure Part of Speech: noun 1. The highest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring during each heart beat, because of the systole. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: elo Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Elo rating.
Word: aie Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of ay: a cry of pain or distress. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Crash overhead! a window smashed aie! aie! clatter! clatter! screams of infantine rage and feminine remonstrance, feet pattering, and a general hullabaloo, cut the soft recital in two. Example: "Aie! Aie!" shouted the boy, his white face tossing from side to side and his eyes tightly closed.
Word: absolute magnitude Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌlut/, /ˌæb.səˈljut/, /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tjud/, /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tud/ 1. The intrinsic luminosity that a celestial body would have if viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs or about 32.6 light years. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apparent magnitude Part of Speech: noun 1. a numerical measure of the brightness of a star, planet etc.; a star with apparent magnitude 0 gives an illuminance of 2.54 microlux just outside the earth's atmosphere, or 82% of that (2.08 microlux) under clear skies, and every increase of 1 unit represents a decrease in the light received by a factor of 2.512. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: proplyd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of protoplanetary disc. 1. Synonym of protoplanetary disc.
Word: protoplanetary disc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of protoplanetary disk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: T Tauri star Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the prototype star of its class, T Tauri. 1. Any of a class of young visible stars having optical variability; they are often surrounded by a protoplanetary disc.
Word: HGV Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of heavy goods vehicle (“a lorry/truck weighing more than 3.5 tons”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The unnamed driver appeared before the South East Traffic Commissioner in late November, to receive a six-month HGV driving ban. It followed an earlier court appearance when he was fined a means-tested £715 and given six points on his driving licence for driving without due care and attention. Example: I'm a writer first, but I do have my HGV licence, and I use it every now and then. 2. Initialism of hypersonic glide vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of hepatitis G virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, rare
Word: planetary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English planet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English planetary From planet + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈplænɪtəri/, /ˈplænɪtri/, /ˈplænɪˌtɛəri/, /ˈplænəˌtɛri/ 1. Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets. Labels: not-comparable Example: erratical and planetary life 2. Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global. Labels: not-comparable 4. Epicyclic. Labels: not-comparable Example: a planetary mixer