nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: omnibus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibus Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒmnɪbəs/, /ˈɑmnɪbəs/ 1. Containing multiple items. Labels: not-comparable Example: The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill. Example: The inventors face a similar uphill battle in their fight against the omnibus bill. 2. Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local. Labels: not-comparable
Word: omnibus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibus Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒmnɪbəs/, /ˈɑmnɪbəs/ 1. To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package. Labels: transitive Example: In the tax levy measure were omnibused all appropriations for the maintenance of government for the fiscal year. 2. To drive an omnibus. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: I'm two shillings short of usual rainy-day fares, and not a passenger is out, I'm certain—least ways can I see him, if there was. It's nice business, omnibusing is—in summer time! 3. To travel or be transported by omnibus. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: [W]hat would not be the effect on the goods, and even on the passenger traffic, of the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham lines, if two miles of the rails were to-morrow taken up through the town of Birmingham, so that the first (good) had all to be carted, and the second (passengers) had all to be omnibused, over the breach! Yet, such is the present state of the communication at Manchester! Example: […] Sharon Springs are five hours from Albany, three by railroad, and two by stage-coach. Passengers arrive in time to dress comfortably for dinner. The drive up is not particularly picturesque, but it is through woods and fields, and this, as a change from omnibusing between sidewalks and brick walls, is, at least, refreshing.
Word: SO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of significant other. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of shut out. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of shootout. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of strike out. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of second-order logic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of symphony orchestra. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Abbreviation of singlet oxygen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 8. Abbreviation of standing order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: SO Part of Speech: pron 1. Initialism of someone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Stack Overflow. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Imagine that you were creating an application similar to SO but were writing it using web forms. Example: SO threads are mapped back into QuestionSheets. Information collected from SO includes the answer itself, the contributor’s reputation, and the number of votes (if any) (see Fig. 5).
Word: LI Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of love interest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: omega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊmɪɡə/, /ˈəʊmiːɡə/, /ˌoʊˈmeɪɡə/, /oʊˈmɛɡə/, /ɵˈmeɡɑ/ 1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω. Example: The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega. 2. The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence. Labels: capitalized, often Example: alpha and omega Example: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 3. Angular velocity; symbol: ω. Example: The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained. 4. A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set. 5. An omega male. Labels: slang 6. The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price. 7. In omegaverse fiction, a person of a submissive secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an alpha, with males of this type often being able to get pregnant. Labels: slang Example: Often omegas go into heat and release pheromones that drive alphas wild. Example: By writing a male character as an omega, experiences of being treated as other in female-coded ways are imagined to be experienced by a character who represents the male norm.
Word: omega Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊmɪɡə/, /ˈəʊmiːɡə/, /ˌoʊˈmeɪɡə/, /oʊˈmɛɡə/, /ɵˈmeɡɑ/ 1. Ultimate; of the highest degree. Massive, ineffable. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Omega props, dude.
Word: omega Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊmɪɡə/, /ˈəʊmiːɡə/, /ˌoʊˈmeɪɡə/, /oʊˈmɛɡə/, /ɵˈmeɡɑ/ 1. Ultimately, most, supremely. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Whatever your plan is, I just think this idea's omega stupid. Ain't you got something better?
Word: brook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”), Swedish bruka (“to use”), Icelandic brúka (“to use”). Pronunciation: /bɹʊk/, /bɹɵk/, /bɾʊk/, /bɾʉk/, /bɹʉk/ 1. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate. Labels: formal, transitive Example: brook no refusal Example: I will not brook any disobedience. 2. To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold. Labels: transitive Example: Yea, my Lord: how brooks your Grace the ayre, / After your late toſſing on the breaking Seas? Example: The girl’s spirit would brook a husband under no such conditions: she was not minded to run forward because Pen chose to hold out the handkerchief, and her tone, in reply to Arthur, showed her determination to be independent. 3. To earn; deserve. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: brook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brook, from Old English brōc (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk (“stream”). Pronunciation: /bɹʊk/, /bɹɵk/, /bɾʊk/, /bɾʉk/, /bɹʉk/ 1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. Labels: Northeastern, US Example: empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of waters Example: The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. 2. A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground. Labels: Kent
Word: alb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alba. Pronunciation: /ˈælb/, /ˈɑːlb/ 1. A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments. Example: ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.
Word: pied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka. Pronunciation: /paɪd/ 1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white. 2. Decorated or colored in blotches. Example: pied coats Example: Meadows trim with Daiſies pide,
Word: pied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /paɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pi Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /paɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pie Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Philistine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English Philistyne, Philisten [and other forms], from Old English Filistina (genitive plural), from Old French Philistin (modern French Philistin) and Late Latin Philistinus, from Koine Greek Φυλιστῖνοι (Phulistînoi), a variant of Φυλιστιίμ (Phulistiím), Φυλιστιείμ (Phulistieím) (compare Koine Greek Παλαιστῖνοι (Palaistînoi)), from Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים (p'lishtím, plural noun), from פְּלִשְׁתִּי (p'lishtí, “Philistine”, adjective), from פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia”). An Anatolian origin should be considered, compare Hittite 𒁄𒄭𒅖 (pal-ḫi-iš /⁠palḫis⁠/, “wide, broad”), nominalized as lowland, plain + 𒊭𒀀𒆠𒄑𒍣 (ša-a-ki-ez-zi /⁠šākizzi⁠/, “seeks out”), nominalized as explorer, colonist, which would yield something like palḫis-sak or palḫis-sku. In light of the Philistines’ likely Aegean origins, several scholars have proposed Greek etymologies for the ethnonym: * Thomas Schneider proposes that it is derived from an archaic Greek term πλωϝιστοι (plōwistoi, “sailors,seafarers”) (cf. Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀫𐀹𐀵 (po-ro-wi-to /⁠plōwistos⁠/)). * Jan Driessen connects the Philistines with the people of the settlement of Pyla, yielding the term Πυλαϝαστοι (Pulawastoi, “inhabitants of Pyla”). Furthermore, Driessen suggests a link between the Philistine migration to the Levant and the abandonment of Pyla which occurred within the timespan described in the Medinet Habu reliefs. The English word is cognate with Akkadian 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫 (ᴷᵁᴿpi-lis-ta, “Pilistu”), 𒆳𒉺𒆷𒊍𒌓 (ᴷᵁᴿpa-la-as-tu₂ /⁠Palastu⁠/), 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫𒀀𒀀 (ᴷᵁᴿpi-liš-ta-a-a /⁠Pilištayu⁠/, “(people) of the Pilištu lands”), and is a doublet of Palestine. The archaic noun plural form Philistim is from Middle English Philistiim [and other forms], from Late Latin Philisthiim, from Koine Greek Φυλιστιίμ (Phulistiím), Φυλιστιείμ (Phulistieím); see further above. The adjective is derived from the noun. For the etymology of the "ignorant person" sense, see philistine. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/, /ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn/, /-lə-/, /-stin/, /fɪˈlɪstin/ 1. Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines. Labels: historical 2. Alternative letter-case form of philistine (“ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes”). Labels: alt-of Example: [Robert] Walpole, moreover, left England not only more corrupt than he found it, but crasser and more Philistine. Example: Visitors to the area are strongly recommended to have a look around the castle, for even the most Philistine of wild water canoeists cannot fail to be impressed by the enormous armoury, fine paintings and wonderful furnishings that seem to outclass all other museums and castles in the North East.
Word: Vulcan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Vulcan, Vulcanus, Wlcan, from Old English Ulcanus (genitive), from Classical Latin Vulcānus, probably from Etruscan although very unclear, but unknown meaning and further origin (see more in Latin entry). Doublet of bolcane and volcano. Etymology 1, proper noun sense 2.5 (“hypothetical planet”) is a semantic loan from French Vulcan, coined by French physicist, mathematician and astronomer Jacques Babinet in 1846, who proposed this name after the god for a planet close to the Sun. Noun senses etymology 1 1 (“blacksmith; metalworker”), etymology 1 2 (“one who is lame”), and etymology 1 3 (“fire”) are allusions to Vulcan as the god of fire and metalworking and his lameness. Compare Middle French Vulcan (“blacksmith; metalworker”), also attested in early modern French meaning “fire” in apparently isolated use. Etymology 1, noun sense 4 (“volcano”) is from Middle English wlcane, originally after Middle French Vulcan, wlcan, and chiefly after Spanish volcán in subsequent use, ultimately arising from Latin Vulcānus and Italian Vulcano as a name for Mount Etna and one or more of the Aeolian Islands (with active volcanoes on the islands now called Vulcano and Stromboli), probably after Arabic بُرْكَان (burkān, “volcano”), ultimately reflecting the Latin and Italian place names. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlkən/ 1. The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus. Labels: Roman Example: The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan. Example: But I perceiue nowe that all red colloured stones are not Rubies, nether is euery one Alexander that hath a stare in his cheke, al lame men are not Vulcans, nor hooke nosed men Ciceroes, nether each professor a poet. 2. A placename. 3. A placename. 4. A placename. 5. A placename. 6. A placename. 7. A placename. 8. A placename. 9. A placename. 10. A placename. 11. A placename. 12. A placename. Labels: historical Example: When Mercury's orbit was discovered to deviate from the predictions from Isaac Newton's laws of gravity, astronomers hypothesized the existence of planet Vulcan, whose gravity could be used to affect Mercury in such a way that Newton's laws were obeyed. 13. A placename. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Vulcan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the Star Trek TV series of the 1960s. The adjective is by analogy with -an. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlkən/ 1. An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species. Example: Steve and I explained the new program to our children, who looked at us as if we had just announced that we were from the planet Vulcan. 2. A language constructed for the Star Trek franchise, spoken by the fictional Vulcan species.
Word: Vulcan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the Star Trek TV series of the 1960s. The adjective is by analogy with -an. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlkən/ 1. An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan; a species that values a personal emphasis on logic and strict personal emotional control. 2. A person who, like the fictional Vulcans, seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: It’s a personality thing more than anything else, as [Barack] Obama has a tendency to appear cold – unwilling or unable to act anything like a father figure.
Word: Vulcan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the Star Trek TV series of the 1960s. The adjective is by analogy with -an. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlkən/ 1. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of the fictional Vulcans. Example: On the other hand, any being with intellect, will and self-awareness is, by definition, human, whatever its outward appearance or solar system of origin. Captain Kirk is properly Terran, as Spock is Vulcan or Worf is Klingon. They are all human. Example: After her [Michael Burnham’s] human parents were killed by Klingons, she was raised by a Vulcan father and a human mother, along with the couple’s biological child, Spock. “Burnham was envisioned as a woman who must find the balance between two distinctly different ideologies,” said [Sonequa] Martin-Green. “Being human yet indoctrinated with a Vulcan way of life causes an inner conflict that is familiar to a lot of people.” 2. Lacking emotion or overly analytical and boring. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: The military has staffing down to a science (note that the top job is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). Even four-star generals can think like a staffer. [Colin] Powell’s natural human instinct as a principal might be to run for president, but his Vulcan-staffer side tells him it’s a crazy idea. Example: The same could be said of Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), a forensic anthropologist on “Bones” who is so driven and unfeeling that she has to have human emotions explained to her by an F.B.I. agent. (After six seasons, she has warmed up a little, but she hasn’t completely lost her Vulcan detachment.)
Word: Vulcan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vulcan (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlkən/ 1. The Avro Vulcan, a type of jet-powered British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Cold War.
Word: simoom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈmuːm/ 1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. Example: The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. Example: Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar.
Word: lief Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German leev, German lieb, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs), Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), Polish luby. For the adverb, compare German lieber, Dutch liever (“preferably, rather”). Pronunciation: /ˈliːf/, [ˈlɪi̯f] 1. Beloved, dear, agreeable. Labels: archaic 2. Ready, willing. Labels: archaic
Word: lief Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German leev, German lieb, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs), Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), Polish luby. For the adverb, compare German lieber, Dutch liever (“preferably, rather”). Pronunciation: /ˈliːf/, [ˈlɪi̯f] 1. Readily, willingly, rather. Labels: archaic Example: I'd as lief have one as t'other. Example: 1. Gent. And thou the Veluet; thou art good veluet; thou'rt a three pild-peece I warrant thee: I had as liefe be a Lyst of an English Kersey, as be pil'd, as thou art pil'd, for a French Veluet. [...]
Word: thank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc, þonc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk (“thanks”), West Frisian tanke (“thanks”), Cimbrian dånke (“thanks”), Dutch dank (“thanks”), German Dank (“thanks”), Vilamovian dank, daŋk, daonk (“thanks”), Yiddish דאַנק (dank, “thanks”), Danish tak (“thanks”), Elfdalian tokk (“thanks”), Faroese takk, tøkk (“thanks”), Icelandic takk, þökk (“thanks”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk takk (“thanks”), Swedish tack (“thanks”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks, “thanks”), Vandalic *þank- (“thanks”); also Latin tongeō (“to know”). For the think — thank relation, compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ). Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk/, [ˈθæŋk], /ˈθaŋk/, [ˈθaŋk], [ˈθäŋk] 1. singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”) Labels: form-of, obsolete, singular Example: If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. Example: What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?
Word: thank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thanken, thankien (“to express gratitude, give thanks; to congratulate, rejoice with, or wish joy to; to extol, praise; to hold responsible for”), from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank”), from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from *þankaz (see etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming infinitives of verbs from nouns). Cognates Cognate with Scots thank (“to thank”), Saterland Frisian tonkje (“to thank”), Cimbrian dånkan (“to thank”), Dutch, German, and Luxembourgish danken (“to thank”), Vilamovian danka, daŋka, daonka (“to thank”), Yiddish דאַנקען (danken, “to thank”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål takke (“to thank”), Faroese takka (“to thank”), Icelandic þakka (“to thank”), Swedish tacka (“to thank”). Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk/, [ˈθæŋk], /ˈθaŋk/, [ˈθaŋk], [ˈθäŋk] 1. To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: She thanked him for the lift. Example: [H]aſt thou no ſhame to deſpiſe that perſone, to whom onely and no man els, thou art bounde to thanke, euen for this veraie pointe, that thou ſetteſt ſo moche by thy peinted ſheathe? 2. In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something. Labels: transitive Example: I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house! Example: Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court. 3. To express appreciation or gratitude for (something). Labels: rare, transitive 4. To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I should summon my lord from the Queen's royal presence to do your business, should I?—I were like to be thanked with a horse-whip. 5. Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: We can thank global warming for this freak weather. 6. To express gratitude. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: Rhine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Rine, Ryne, from Old English Rīn (“the Rhine”), from Middle High German and Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Gaulish Rēnos, from a Pre-Celtic or Proto-Celtic *reinos; one of a class of river names built from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow, run”). Cognate with Old High German Rīn ("the Rhine"; > German Rhein), Old Norse Rín (“the Rhine”), Dutch Rijn (“the Rhine”). Related also to Latin rivus ("river"), in Celtic with an -n- suffix as in Old Irish rīan (“run”) (more at run). The spelling with Rh- is due to the influence of Ancient Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (via French Rhin). Pronunciation: /ɹaɪn/ 1. A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea. Example: Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.
Word: dreame Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of dream. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cannelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cannelle. 1. cinnamon Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The thing that the adepts seemed to enjoy most was the drink of Petro. That is a mixture of pig blood, fresh from the wound, white wine, red wine, a pinch of flour, cannelle and nutmeg. All of this is put in a bowl and whipped well. Example: Hypocras, a very sweet wine infused with cannelle.
Word: IX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Internet exchange. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IX Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: From index finger. 1. Used to indicate pointing in sign language glosses.
Word: maternal death Part of Speech: noun 1. The death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process; obstetric death. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: der Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Compare dur. Pronunciation: /dɜː/ 1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious. 2. Indication of stupidity. Example: 'Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 'Oh, der,' moaned Boardie sarcastically.
Word: der Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/ 1. Nonstandard form of there. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: der Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/ 1. Nonstandard form of there. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: der Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/ 1. Nonstandard form of there. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: der Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping. Pronunciation: /dɛː(ɹ)/ 1. Nonstandard form of there. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: das Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɑːz/ 1. plural of da (“father”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: das Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /dæs/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of that's, that is. Labels: alt-of, contraction, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
Word: French letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French + letter. Compare earlier French pox, French-sick (“syphilis”), or later French safe, French tickler (“condom”), or French kiss. Attested from the 19th century. 1. A condom. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, euphemistic Example: ‘So you’re fifteen – and you know the function of a “French letter”? You are familiar with its use?’ ‘I know what it’s for, sir, yes.’ Example: “I suppose it’s too much to hope that you have a question about gonorrhea. Those questions are so much easier to answer.”[…] “I was going to ask about what you said earlier. That you’d... that you’d... not used a French letter in eighteen months.”
Word: hallo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo. Pronunciation: /həˈləʊ/, /hæˈləʊ/ 1. Alternative form of hello (“greeting”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hallo father, here’s Pecksniff! 2. A cry of surprise. Labels: dated Example: It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the— But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
Word: hallo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo. Pronunciation: /həˈləʊ/, /hæˈləʊ/ 1. The cry "hallo!" 2. A shout of exultation.
Word: hallo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo. Pronunciation: /həˈləʊ/, /hæˈləʊ/ 1. To shout, or to call with a loud voice. Labels: intransitive Example: Tom was just hiding behind a wall, […] but the groom saw him, and halloed to him to know where Mr. Grimes, the chimney-sweep, lived. 2. To chase while shouting "hallo!" Labels: transitive 3. To cry "hallo" (to someone). Labels: transitive 4. To shout (something). Labels: transitive
Word: neurotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique. Pronunciation: /n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/, /n(j)əˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Affected with a neurosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: If there were such a thing as inspiration from a higher realm, it might well be that the neurotic temperament would furnish the chief condition of the requisite receptivity. 2. Overly anxious. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: He is getting neurotic about time-keeping. Example: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men,[…], the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!” 3. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique. Pronunciation: /n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/, /n(j)əˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. A person who has a neurosis. 2. A crazy person. Labels: informal Example: DYSART: ...Advanced neurotics can be dazzling at that game. They aim unswervingly at your area of maximum vulnerability... Example: Drag this neurotic to hysterics, leave him balked and unfulfilled; holding inside, outwardly patient 'til the time he'll call it.
Word: bill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. To advertise by a bill or public notice. Labels: transitive Example: [...] it will be recalled that in 1960 they were billed as the long-distance express multiple-units of the future, [...]. 2. To charge; to send a bill to. Labels: transitive Example: The physician explains that this is an option for her and that she can sign the facility's ABN so that if Medicare denies the claim, the facility can bill her for the scan.
Word: bill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bill, bil, bille, bile, from Old English bile (“beak (of a bird); trunk (of an elephant)”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a special use of Old English bil, bill (“hook; sword”) (see below). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal. Example: The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill, The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill[…] Example: […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew. 2. A beaklike projection, especially a promontory. Example: There is a lighthouse on Portland Bill. 3. Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
Word: bill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bill, bil, bille, bile, from Old English bile (“beak (of a bird); trunk (of an elephant)”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a special use of Old English bil, bill (“hook; sword”) (see below). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. to peck Labels: obsolete 2. to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness Example: As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.
Word: bill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bill, bille, bil, from Old English bil, bill (“a hooked point; curved weapon; two-edged sword”), from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe; sword; blade”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike; beat”). Cognate with West Frisian bile (“axe”), Dutch bijl (“axe”), German Bille (“axe”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. Example: At Floddon hyllys, / Our bowys, our byllys / Slew all the floure / Of theyr honoure. Example: In the British Museum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authorising him to impress smiths for making two thousand Welch bills or glaives. 2. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. 3. Somebody armed with a bill; a billman. 4. A pickaxe or mattock. 5. The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
Word: bill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bill, bille, bil, from Old English bil, bill (“a hooked point; curved weapon; two-edged sword”), from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe; sword; blade”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike; beat”). Cognate with West Frisian bile (“axe”), Dutch bijl (“axe”), German Bille (“axe”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. To dig, chop, etc., with a bill. Labels: transitive
Word: bill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. The bell, or boom, of the bittern. Example: The bittern's hollow bill was heard.
Word: bill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of build. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/, [ˈbɪɫ], /ˈbɪʊ̯/, [ˈbɪʊ̯] 1. To roll up a marijuana cigarette. Labels: UK, ambitransitive, slang Example: And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks
Word: roadster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from road + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdstə/, /ˈɹoʊdstəɹ/ 1. A horse for riding or driving on the road. Labels: archaic Example: a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster 2. A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction. 3. One who drives much; a coach driver. Labels: UK, dated 4. A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country. Labels: UK, dated, slang 5. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat. 6. A person who lives along the road. 7. a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay. 8. A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
Word: acclaimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acclaim + -er. 1. One who acclaims. Example: […] the voices of thousands of spectators pealing in thunder from the rocks on which their dark and crowded masses rested […] sent forth a shout of mingled triumph on their appearance and approbation of their cause; and its echoes continued to roll round the hills long after the lips of the acclaimers were closed […] Example: 1912, Henry James, letter to William Dean Howells to be read at a dinner in celebration of Howells’ seventy-fifth birthday, in The North American Review, Volume 195, No. 677, April 1912, p. 558, For I doubt, you see, whether any of your toasters and acclaimers have anything like my ground and title for being with you at such an hour. 2. One who acclaims. Labels: Early, Modern, Scotland, obsolete Example: All our Dispute, is, what Companie, of so manie Acclaimers, is the true Church of CHRIST. Example: And we wish heartily, that leaving these weak nots of Trueth, to the Papists, chief acclaimers of them, amongst christians, (that we speak nothing of aliens from christianity) ye would be pleased to adhere, with us into the holy Scriptures […]
Word: acclamatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acclaim + -atory. Pronunciation: /əˈklæm.ə.tɔɹ.i/ 1. Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation. Example: She looked as surprised by her honor as the rest of the crowd, which hesitated on the verge of the expected acclamatory cheering as if they weren’t certain of what had happened either.
Word: acclimatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French acclimaterbor. English acclimate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English acclimatable From acclimate + -able. 1. Capable of being acclimated.
Word: generative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin genero Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf Middle English generatyve English generative Inherited from Middle English generatyve. By surface analysis, generate + -ive. Compare French génératif. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/, /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/, [ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəɾɪv], [ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəɾɪv] 1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. Example: That generative particle. Example: Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other. 2. Reproductive. Labels: euphemistic Example: Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose. Example: This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ.
Word: generator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 2. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 3. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 4. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 5. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 6. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. Example: When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […] 7. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another. 8. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another. Example: In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services. Example: Heating in the passenger sections is by electricity obtained from the main generator. When heating is dictated by the operation of a thermostat in the roof of the motor coach, engine idling speed is 600 r.p.m. instead of the normal 450 r.p.m. in order to produce a high enough generator voltage output at rest.
Word: generatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin generātrīx. By surface analysis, generator + -trix. 1. A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
Word: generic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk/ 1. Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances. Example: Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants. Example: […] the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual. 2. Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise. 3. Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class. Example: The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien. 4. Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof. Example: Holonym: familial Example: Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific, specific 5. Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex. Labels: nonstandard Example: Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic. Example: This included criticism of the generic use of man to include men and women. 6. Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter. 7. Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field. 8. Relating to genre. Example: Both [films] test formal and generic boundaries. 9. Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal. Example: That movie was so generic; it was such a bore!
Word: generic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk/ 1. A product sold under a generic name. 2. A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties. 3. A term that specifies neither male nor female. Example: […]a male-centered perspective[…]has resulted in false generics in everyday life[…] 4. The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type. Example: Where the generic of an English-language place name has been translated into French, it is essential to restore it to its original English form when translating the French document into English.
Word: generical Part of Speech: adj 1. generic
Word: generically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English generic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English generically From generic + -ally. Pronunciation: /dʒəˈnɛɹɪkli/ 1. In a generic manner. Example: There is only inflation or deflation of scale (which we refer to generically as "flation") from whatever is designated as the standard. 2. With regard to a genus. Example: an animal generically distinct from another
Word: condom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Many speculations exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.dɒm/, /ˈkɒn.dəm/, /ˈkɑn.dəm/, /ˈkʌn.dəm/ 1. A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral. Example: buy a pack of condoms Example: flavoured condom 2. Any of various forms of flexible sleeve or barrier, variously shaped for either penetrative or receptive body parts, made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn (by anyone with) during sexual activity to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs. Labels: broadly
Word: steam engine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstiːˌmɛn.d͡ʒɪn/, /ˈstiːˌmɛn.d͡ʒən/ 1. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work. 2. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work. Labels: usually 3. A steam locomotive. Labels: UK, especially
Word: engine driver Part of Speech: noun 1. The person who drives the engine of a train. Labels: UK, dated Example: Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway. Example: In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding."
Word: fire engine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪə(ɹ).ɛn.dʒɪn/, /faɪɚ.ɛn.dʒɪn/ 1. A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply. Example: Near-synonyms: fire truck (usually synonymous in current usage); fire appliance; water engine (formerly synonymous) Example: Heading home from a party, two hipsters, completely stoned, pause to snuggle on a park bench. A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming. The boy flips. “Solid, doll,” he murmurs, “they’re playing our song!” 2. A steam engine. Labels: archaic Example: A plan somewhat similar to this was adopted by Smeaton in the boiler of his portable fire engine. Example: In the same year a very compact arrangement for a stationary fire engine was described by Mr. Wm. Baddeley, in which he proposed it should be worked like a capstan by means of handspikes, and it could be bolted down to a ship's deck, or fastened wherever wanted.
Word: jet engine Part of Speech: noun 1. An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle. Example: L.A. International Airport, where the big jet engines roar 2. Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.
Word: engine trouble Part of Speech: noun 1. problems occurring with an engine or motor, especially with that of a motor car Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cowardice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cowardise, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊədɪs/, /ˈkaʊɚdɪs/, /ˈkaʊə(ɹ)daɪs/ 1. Lack of courage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […] Example: Jem’s head at times was transparent: he had thought that up to make me understand he wasn’t afraid of Radleys in any shape or form, to contrast his own fearless heroism with my cowardice.
Word: shoulder blade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schuldre blad, from Old English *sċuldorblæd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad. 1. Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
Word: blade of grass Part of Speech: noun 1. A single long, narrow leaf of a plant described by the mass noun grass. 2. A very small amount of something. Labels: rare Example: "By the time I had walked much of the route of the Dartmoor Line with Christian, Matt and other Devon council staff, we knew what we wanted to achieve and the date we wanted to reopen the railway. There was not a blade of grass between us," says Davis.
Word: razor blade Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)ˈbleɪd/ 1. A thin piece of steel with a sharp edge that can be fitted into a razor. 2. A replaceable cartridge in which razor blades are set, fitted into a razor. 3. A thin interchangeable blade for a utility knife (especially, that of a Stanley knife) that is similar to a razor blade stricto sensu (in size, thinness, and sharpness). Labels: broadly