nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: elastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English elastically From elastic + -ally. 1. In an elastic manner
Word: elatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English elated Middle English -ly English -ly English elatedly From elated + -ly. 1. In an elated manner
Word: elusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English elusive Middle English -ly English -ly English elusively From elusive + -ly. 1. In an elusive manner
Word: embarrassingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English embarrassing Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English embarrassingly From embarrassing + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/, /ɛm-/, /əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli/ 1. In an embarrassing manner. Example: He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor. 2. To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree. Example: He soon became not merely tipsy, but embarrassingly drunk. Example: He was presented with an embarrassingly long list of options. 3. Causing embarrassment. Example: Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.
Word: enchantingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English enchanting Middle English -ly English -ly English enchantingly From enchanting + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋli/, /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋliː/ 1. In an enchanting manner Example: And Music;—hast thou felt that howsoe’er / Her mastering preludes march upon the air,— / With whatso gladness her full stream she flings / Tumultuous thro’ the swirl of terrene things,— / Though she awhile, when the airy notes have flown, / Encompass all men’s passion in her own, / Till ‘ye who know what thing Love is’ can see / His wings in the air vibrate enchantingly[…] Example: Across a black-and-white Spain combining the modern (car dumps, shopping streets) with the historical (castles, windmills medieval hilltop towns), Quixote and Sancha trek and tilt and chatter and grandiloquise, enchantingly incarnated by Francisco Rigueira and Akim Tamiroff and dubbed, in both cases, by Welles himself (!)
Word: encouragingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English encouraging Middle English -ly English -ly English encouragingly From encouraging + -ly. 1. In an encouraging manner.
Word: endearingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English endearing Middle English -ly English -ly English endearingly From endearing + -ly. 1. In an endearing manner
Word: endemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English endemic 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 endemically From endemic + -ally. 1. In an endemic manner. Example: Malaria occurs endemically, epidemically, pandemically, or sporadically. Example: [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change.
Word: endogenously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English endogenous Middle English -ly English -ly English endogenously From endogenous + -ly. 1. In an endogenous manner.
Word: energetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English energetic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English energetically From energetic + -ally. 1. In an energetic manner; with great energy. Example: With a stride, the doctor reached the bed, and seizing her arms worked them energetically, applying what I knew to be artificial respiration. 2. By means of energy. Example: Reiki attempts to heal the body energetically.
Word: engagingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English engaging Middle English -ly English -ly English engagingly From engaging + -ly. 1. In an engaging manner. Example: Carrados smiled engagingly. He knew exactly what constituted the great attraction of his services.
Word: enjoyably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English enjoy Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enjoyable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English enjoyably From enjoyable + -ly. 1. In an enjoyable manner
Word: enterprisingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English enterprising Middle English -ly English -ly English enterprisingly From enterprising + -ly. 1. In an enterprising manner
Word: entertainingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English entertaining Middle English -ly English -ly English entertainingly From entertaining + -ly. 1. In an entertaining manner
Word: enticingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English enticing Middle English -ly English -ly English enticingly From enticing + -ly. 1. In an enticing manner
Word: entrancingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English entrancing Middle English -ly English -ly English entrancingly From entrancing + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹɑːnsɪŋli/ 1. In an entrancing manner. Example: Maisie, quitting Sir Claude, went over to them and, clasped in a still tenderer embrace, felt entrancingly the extension of the field of happiness.
Word: entreatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English entreating Middle English -ly English -ly English entreatingly From entreating + -ly. 1. In an entreating manner. Example: "Master," she said, in a low voice, with her eyes attentively and entreatingly fixed upon him. "Don't!"
Word: enviably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enviable Middle English -ly English -ly English enviably From enviable + -ly. 1. In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree Example: The tea-planters’ houses of Ceylon […] were often surrounded by admirable lawns of coarse mountain grass, upon which the planters’ ladies enviably sat Example: Body count, for those readers who have enjoyed an enviably sheltered life, is the contemporary term for the number of men with whom she has shared physical intimacy. These women seem to experience considerable discomfort when asked about their "body count."
Word: enviously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English envious Middle English -ly English -ly English enviously From envious + -ly. 1. in an envious manner or to an envious degree Example: “We quarrelled long ago, did we not, and many years have passed since we met, but Time heals all wounds and—welcome, son of my father. I need not ask if you are well,” and he glanced enviously at the great-framed man who knelt before him. Example: Patricia Florca, wearing black market Levis and a dark blue, collarless shirt, snapped open a Ronson lighter and put flame to a black market Marlboro. Lidia Cozma looked enviously at the cigarette's glowing tip. "Want one?" Patricia whispered. Lidia nodded and Patricia offered the pack. Lidia removed a Marlboro, and moments later both women were sending exhaled smoke toward a cloudless sky.
Word: envyingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English envying Middle English -ly English -ly English envyingly From envying + -ly. 1. In an envying manner
Word: equably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English equable Middle English -ly English -ly English equably From equable + -ly. 1. In an equable manner. Example: "Don't be a fool, Nickle," replied Joolby, glancing equably over the top of the paper as he considered it.
Word: equidistantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin aequidistō Late Latin aequidistānsder. Middle French équidistantder. English equidistant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English equidistantly From equidistant + -ly. 1. In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree Labels: not-comparable
Word: equitably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English equitable Middle English -ly English -ly English equitably From equitable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bli/ 1. In an equitable manner Example: […] land titled, or equitably owned under color of title from the sovereignty of the state, evidence of the unappropriation of which is on the county records or in the general land-office, or when the appropriation is evidenced by the occupation of the owner, or of some person holding for him. Example: [E]ven if it were a fact that separate schools could only be equitably got rid of through the entire secularisation of our public school system, much as this end is to be desired, I could not consent to purchase it at such a cost.
Word: equivocally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English equivocal Middle English -ly English -ly English equivocally From equivocal + -ly. 1. With ambiguity; with uncertainty. Example: Wits is voyeur to the underbelly of the city; like a madam in a knock-shop, she watches equivocally the mess of city garbage tangled erotically with roadside gambling and sunglass-snatching
Word: erectly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English erect Middle English -ly English -ly English erectly From erect + -ly. 1. In an erect manner
Word: excitably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English excitable Middle English -ly English -ly English excitably From excitable + -ly. 1. In an excitable manner.
Word: excitingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English exciting Middle English -ly English -ly English excitingly From exciting + -ly. 1. In an exciting manner
Word: excruciatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English excruciating Middle English -ly English -ly English excruciatingly From excruciating + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/, /ɪkˈskɹuːsiːeɪtɪŋli/ 1. In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain. Example: The gunshot wound was excruciatingly painful. Example: My hunger was now tormenting me excruciatingly, and gave me no rest. 2. In a very intense or extreme manner.
Word: excusably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English excusable Middle English -ly English -ly English excusably From excusable + -ly. 1. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
Word: exhaustively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exhaustively From exhaustive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv.li/, /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv.li/ 1. In an exhaustive manner. Example: While dictionaries might aspire to be exhaustively comprehensive, or even completist, it is doubtful whether any dictionary ever truly attempts to cover the entirety of the flora and fauna of a living language due to the overwhelming number of entries this would necessitate.
Word: existentially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English existential Middle English -ly English -ly English existentially From existential + -ly. 1. In an existential manner. Example: In this case though, anachoresis, departure from the world into the desert originally in Egypt and Palestine and later throughout Christendom, was a form of protest against the world, an expression of a radical craving of living in a more existentially authentic way the Christian spiritual values. Example: Although I might have experienced being existentially out of place, the systems at work in my life have never sought to unhome me.
Word: exotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English exotic 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 exotically From exotic + -ally. 1. In an exotic manner.
Word: expansively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expansive Middle English -ly English -ly English expansively From expansive + -ly. 1. In an expansive manner. Example: 'Sad business, isn't it?' remarked the manager expansively. 'Patient any better today, sir?'
Word: expectantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expectant Middle English -ly English -ly English expectantly From expectant + -ly. 1. In an expectant manner. Example: The cat looked expectantly at the mouse. Example: Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[…]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[…]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor.
Word: expediently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expedient Middle English -ly English -ly English expediently From expedient + -ly. 1. In an expedient manner. Example: Call it expediently located irony, or convenient rationalization, but I was keeping the money.
Word: expeditiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expeditious Middle English -ly English -ly English expeditiously From expeditious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɛks.pəˈdɪʃ.əs.li/ 1. In an expeditious manner, quickly. Example: For the convenience of Charlotte and her child, they were to be more than two days on their journey, and Mr. Palmer, travelling more expeditiously with Colonel Brandon, was to join them at Cleveland soon after their arrival. Example: With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.
Word: expensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expensive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English expensively From expensive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspɛn.sɪv.li/ 1. In an expensive manner. Example: Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance; after that it costs them ten cents a time. I can work out expensively, particularly with the heightened tempo of war. Example: The room was expensively furnished.
Word: explosively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English explosive Middle English -ly English -ly English explosively From explosive + -ly. 1. In an explosive manner. Example: An unaspected planet bides its time and then emerges, often explosively and seemingly out of character. These potent loners are a hidden influence within the chart.
Word: expressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expressive Middle English -ly English -ly English expressively From expressive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/, /ɛkˈspɹɛ.sɪv.li/ 1. In an expressive manner. Example: You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively? Example: "I apprehend that my French is not equal to your letter, Monsieur," said Elizabeth, glancing her eye expressively at her companion; "will you favour us with its substance in English?"
Word: extortionately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English extortionate Middle English -ly English -ly English extortionately From extortionate + -ly. 1. In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
Word: extrinsically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English extrinsic 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 extrinsically From extrinsic + -ally. 1. In an extrinsic manner
Word: exuberantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English exuberant Middle English -ly English -ly English exuberantly From exuberant + -ly. 1. In an exuberant manner
Word: lienee Part of Speech: noun 1. One who has right of possession of goods but not right of property; the registered owner. Example: 1910, Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, North Carolina Supreme Court, South Carolina Supreme Court, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 65, page 443, The warrant failed to allege that the cotton was sold “without the written consent of the lienee.” Example: But the position is that lienees are still protected and will be under this Bill which will not apply until the harvest of 1941.
Word: entablature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian intavolatura, from in + tavola (“table”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtæ.blə.t͡ʃɚ/ 1. All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof. Example: In the midst was one immense cedar, worthy to have been a summer palace on Lebanon; beneath, sheltered by its huge boughs from the sun, was a well, whose square marble walls were covered with the entablatures of the Roman days,—oval compartments of figures, surrounded by a carved wreath of the palm. Example: Such a distinctive and pleasing feature did this become that it was widely adapted to brick construction, the outward projection of pilasters and engaged columns, often both, supporting pediments and entablatures which had the effect of increasing the depth of brick walls.
Word: Ivo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with modern French Yves. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪvəʊ/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: It was so farcically alien to be called 'Roger' and 'Furnivall' in a place where everybody had names like Ivo and Gito and Madog.
Word: jodel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of yodel Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They spun wildly on their heels, jodelling after the accepted manner of a 'gloat,' which is not unremotely allied to the primitive man's song of triumph […] Example: It was only "My Dear" that she said, but her voice went jodelling between Alpine passes.
Word: jubé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French jubé. 1. Synonym of rood screen. Example: At the N. corner of the first division is the Post Office; and at the end of the next division is La Madeleine, commenced in the 12th century, and remarkable for its magnificent jubé, or rood-loft, constructed by Jean de Gualde in 1508. Example: Behind are the church of St. Etienne du Mont the burial-place of Racine and Pascal, with its beautiful jubé, or choir screen, and the Lycée Henri IV., enclosing the tower of Clovis, all that remains of the fine old abbey church of St. Genevieve.
Word: Jugoslavia Part of Speech: name 1. Dated spelling of Yugoslavia: (historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Example: The recent Osimo settlement calls for the building of an industrial area on two-thirds of the Trieste Carso, in which the majority of labor should come from various parts of Jugoslavia, especially Macedonians.
Word: plimsolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plimsoll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undemocratically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English undemocratic 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 undemocratically From undemocratic + -ally. 1. In an undemocratic manner; not democratically. Example: Amnesty's International Executive Committee (IEC), an undemocratically elected half-a dozen individuals who have the power to make major decisions within the organisation.
Word: matzah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of matzo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: edginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English edgy 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 edginess From edgy + -ness. 1. The state of being edgy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fay Lie grabs Isaac Sachs’s elbow. “You’ll remember bumping into Luisa Rey the other day?” “I’m one lucky conscript. Hi, Luisa, again.” Luisa feels an edginess in his handshake.
Word: edibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English edible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English edibility From edible + -ity. 1. suitability for use as food Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: edibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English edible 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 edibleness From edible + -ness. 1. edibility Labels: uncountable
Word: edifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English edify 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 edifier From edify + -er. 1. A person who edifies. 2. A builder. Labels: obsolete
Word: educability Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being educable Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which someone is educable Labels: countable
Word: educable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin educabilis, from Latin ēducō (“to educate”) + -ābilis; see educate. Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊ.kəbl̩/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊ.kəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being educated.
Word: educable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin educabilis, from Latin ēducō (“to educate”) + -ābilis; see educate. Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊ.kəbl̩/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊ.kəb(ə)l/ 1. A person capable of being educated.
Word: deflagrant Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/ 1. That burns with intense light and heat. Example: Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.
Word: effacement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French esfacier French effacer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French effacementbor. English effacement Borrowed from French effacement. 1. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Among the many very baffling inconsistencies of Shakespeare's life the outstanding mystery is surely this: that of all his prolific work […] not a line of manuscript is known to exist today. Nothing approaching this complete effacement can be paralleled in literary history […] 2. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement. 3. A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: effortlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English effortless 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 effortlessness From effortless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɛf.ət.ləs.nəs/, /ˈɛf.ɚt.ləs.nəs/ 1. The state of being effortless; facility. Labels: uncountable
Word: effusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English effusive 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 effusiveness From effusive + -ness. 1. The state of being effusive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: go pear shaped Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of go pear-shaped. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: go pearshaped Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of go pear-shaped. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: elaborateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elaborate 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 elaborateness From elaborate + -ness. 1. The state of being elaborate Labels: uncountable Example: There has always been an affinity between musical comedy and the gay male sensibility. Maybe it is the elaborateness of the ambiance and the settings, a sort of triumph of form over content to express emotions which gay men have learned to keep quiet. 2. Something elaborate Labels: countable
Word: elbowroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elbow + room. 1. Alternative form of elbow room. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: electable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English elect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English electable From elect + -able. 1. Able to be elected to office. Example: Since he entered the race more than a week ago, Joe Biden has been citing his connection with middle-class, Rust Belt voters to cast himself as the most electable Democrat in the field — a theory that seems to have gotten some traction with voters. Example: So where are you supposed to find a comfortably electable, qualified candidate who won’t turn 80 while in office?
Word: electable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English electable From elect + -able. 1. A person who is able or fit to be elected to office.
Word: elfish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Germanic *albiz Proto-West Germanic *albi Old English ielf Middle English elf English elf Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English elfish From elf + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɛlfɪʃ/ 1. Characteristic of an elf; elfin, elven. Example: GWM, elfish, thin fem wants bad white street boy, black-haired, thick together eye brows, long chin, long boned, wide/long nose, hight ^([sic]) skin. 2. Mischievous.
Word: elocutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English elocution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English elocutionary From elocution + -ary. 1. Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
Word: elocutionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elocution 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 elocutionist From elocution + -ist. 1. Someone who practices or teaches elocution. Example: Melville Bell's father, Alexander Bell, had been a famous elocutionist and stage reciter. Example: Her ability as a recitalist or elocutionist, as she was sometimes called, indicated a possible career on the stage.
Word: elopement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elope Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English elopement From elope + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪˈloʊpmənt/ 1. The act of running away from home with a paramour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You may not have heard of the last blow—Julia's elopement; she is gone to Scotland with Yates. Example: […] Jo […] was already deep in the concoction of her story, being unable to decide whether the duel should come before the elopement or after the murder. 2. The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of running away from home (for any reason). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of a person with dementia or other mental illness wandering away from the area where they are safe. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: elusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elusive 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 elusiveness From elusive + -ness. 1. The state of being elusive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
Word: capacitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English capacitate 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 capacitation From capacitate + -ion. 1. Enablement; giving the capacity to do something. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of altering sperm to allow them to fertilize eggs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: knobhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knob + head. Compare dickhead, cockhead. 1. Synonym of glans penis. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, literally, slang, vulgar Example: Holonym: knob 2. A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: Luca was wary of Tav getting away with too much twattishness, because he had a lot of it floating around, and maybe some people liked that whole knobhead dominant guy thing, but not Luca.
Word: liming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The word is associated with sitting under a lime tree, or having nothing more demanding to do than squeezing limes. It is also thought to originate from "limey", a slang term meaning a British serviceman in Trinidad and Tobago during World War II (noted for hanging around bars and drinking). The term has since been adopted by other countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. 1. present participle and gerund of lime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: We're going to party, liming, Fiesta, forever Come on and sing along.
Word: liming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word is associated with sitting under a lime tree, or having nothing more demanding to do than squeezing limes. It is also thought to originate from "limey", a slang term meaning a British serviceman in Trinidad and Tobago during World War II (noted for hanging around bars and drinking). The term has since been adopted by other countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. 1. An application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide). Example: The land required frequent limings. 2. Hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene. Labels: Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago, slang Example: "No Liming or Loitering - No Shouting or Loud Noise" (written on a sign in Port of Spain shopping mall).
Word: pittance payment Part of Speech: noun 1. A meager monetary allowance, wage, or remuneration; a very small payment.
Word: unexperienced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English experience English -ed English experienced English unexperienced From un- (“not”) + experienced. 1. Synonym of inexperienced. Example: [A]s my coachman was but an unexperienced driver, I was obliged to make use of my own skill in that exercise, and direct his endeavours the whole way […]. Example: These are not always essential on a CV but in the case of an unexperienced candidate, they can help to give recruiters more insight into your capabilities. 2. Not known through experience. Example: Near-synonyms: unencountered, unprecedented, unrealized Example: The team performed well even in previously unexperienced situations.
Word: unexperienced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unexperience Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unexperimented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English experimented English unexperimented From un- + experimented. 1. Not experimented
Word: unexploited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + exploited. 1. Not exploited. Example: We've entered orbit around an unexploited gas giant and are using it as a shield. All feasible orbital solutions for leaving this system are blockaded.…
Word: unexplorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English explorable English unexplorable From un- + explorable. 1. Not explorable
Word: unexplosive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English explosive English unexplosive From un- + explosive. 1. Not explosive
Word: unexpressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + expressed. 1. Not expressed.
Word: unexpressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + expressive. 1. Not expressive
Word: unextinguished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English extinguished English unextinguished From un- + extinguished. 1. Not extinguished
Word: unextended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + extended. 1. Not extended. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unextracted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English extracted English unextracted From un- + extracted. 1. Not extracted Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English faded English unfaded From un- + faded. 1. Not faded.
Word: unfallowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fallowed English unfallowed From un- + fallowed. 1. Not fallowed
Word: unfanatical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fanatical. 1. Not fanatical.
Word: queep Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. 1. The sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep. Example: In flight they often made a close flock calling, queep, queep, queep, queep, queep, . . . Example: They followed her at a rapid tiny waddle, crying queep-queep-queep. 2. The sound a machine may make, similar to beep. See pocketa-queep.
Word: queep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To emit a "queep" sound. Example: She started to speak, but the peek queeped, and she studded it on. Example: The computer queeped softly and then said, “Ship's systems ....”
Word: queep Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: Why in the hell isn’t there someone else to do all this queep?! Example: It isn't how well you fly, it's who you know and how well you perform your queep ground job.
Word: queep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for "quad-sweep", a rowing boat/event. 1. A rowing event, with two scullers and two sweepers per shell. Labels: uncountable
Word: Quinne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from Doric Scots, quinne (young woman); though the name may also be a modern feminine version of Quinn. 1. A female given name.
Word: unfanciful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fanciful. 1. Not fanciful
Word: unfancied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fancied English unfancied From un- + fancied. 1. Not predicted to win or succeed. Example: One of the most memorable World Cup runs of the more recent television era was that by the unfancied North Koreans in 1966, well before Havelange's ascendancy. Example: Scotland were lucky to be level at half-time after their unfancied hosts missed a series of good chances.
Word: unfastenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fastenable English unfastenable From un- + fastenable. 1. Not fastenable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfastenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English unfasten Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unfastenable From unfasten + -able. 1. Able to be unfastened. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfastened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fastened English unfastened From un- + fastened. 1. Not fastened. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfastened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unfasten + -ed. 1. past participle of unfasten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: f--k Part of Speech: verb 1. Censored spelling of fuck.
Word: unfavoured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English favoured English unfavoured From un- + favoured. 1. Alternative form of unfavored. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ranger vest Part of Speech: noun 1. Any military or outdoor-themed vest commonly used by civilians.
Word: sook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: English from the 14th century, Scottish from the 19th century. From Old English sūcan (“to suck”). See suck. 1. Alternative spelling of suck. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ae hour's cauld will sook out seven years' heat. Example: Tibbie an' Andro bein' at that moment in the act o' whirlin' roond us were sooked into the vortex an' upset likewise, so that here were haill four o's sprawlin' i' the floor at ance.
Word: sook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from suck. Compare sukey (attested 1838), Sucky (1844), Suke (1850); sook from 1906. Pronunciation: /suːk/, /sʊk/, /sʉk/ 1. Familiar name for a calf. Labels: Scotland, rare 2. Familiar name for a cow. Labels: US, dialectal 3. A poddy calf. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: sook Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably from suck. Compare sukey (attested 1838), Sucky (1844), Suke (1850); sook from 1906. Pronunciation: /suːk/, /sʊk/, /sʉk/ 1. A call for calves. Labels: Scotland Example: Mother actually turned her back on that sheep and began dabbling her hand in the milk, saying, “Sook, calfy, sook, calfy!” seductively while the calf gave her the evil eue and walked backward. Example: Sook calf, sook calf, sook calfie, Sook calf, sook calf! […] 2. A call for cattle. Labels: US, dialectal 3. A call for cattle or sheep. Labels: Newfoundland
Word: sook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from dialectal suck as is Etymology 1 above. Compare 19th century British slang sock (“overgrown baby”), British dialect suckerel (“suckling foal, unweaned child”), Canadian suck (“crybaby”), Canadian suck (“sycophant”). From 1933. Pronunciation: /sʊk/ 1. A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward. Labels: Atlantic-Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang Example: Don't be such a sook. Example: You must think I'm a sook, hey? Here I am complaining about my dad's job and my curfew and your dad cheated on your mum. You put things into perspective for me. 2. A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking. Labels: Atlantic-Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: I was so upset that I went home and had a sook about it. Example: ‘Have a sook! Have a sook!’, they'd all yell. But that time I didn't go outside to cry.
Word: sook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). From 1926. See souq. Pronunciation: /suk/ 1. Alternative spelling of souq (“Arab market”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1964, Qantas Airways, Qantas Airways Australia, Volumes 30-31, page 11, Against these riches you may buy a cup of the bitter, herbed black final coffee from a street vendor for ten piasters — about 1½d. — and step through an arch into the next sook devoted to cheap shoes and vegetables and as full of the turbaned poor as an Arabian Nights reality.
Word: sook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown origin. From Chesapeake Bay, attested as early as 1948. Pronunciation: /sʊk/ 1. A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Labels: US Example: The life cycle of the crab in the bay causes a preponderance of adult males (jimmy crabs) to occur in the waters of the upper bay while conversely a concentration of adult females (sook crabs) occurs in the more saline waters near the mouth of the bay (table 2).
Word: sook Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of seek Labels: form-of, nonstandard, past
Word: unaesthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁ Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor. Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. ▲ New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic English unaesthetic From un- + aesthetic. 1. Not aesthetic.
Word: unalienable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English alien Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English alienable English unalienable From un- + alienable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈeɪljənəbəl/ 1. Not alienable. Example: 1776, July 4th, United States Declaration of Independence We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Word: unfeasible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + feasible. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfiː.zə.bəl/, [ʌnˈfiː.zə.bɫ̩], /ʌnˈfi.zə.bəl/, [ʌnˈfi.zə.bɫ̩], /anˈfiː.zə.bəl/ 1. Infeasible: not feasible.
Word: unrated Part of Speech: adj 1. Not rated; having no rating
Word: unrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unready Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd. 1. Not ready. Example: As for our apple supply, this year's crop is unready, and last year's stored crop is now exhausted, so we're temporarily embarrassed, I'm afraid. 2. Not ready. Example: The junior varsity team is unready for a serious competition; a lot of training remains to be done.
Word: Sunyavadi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit [Term?] (“void”). 1. A "worshipper of the void"; a name used for various religious groups. 2. A Buddhist, Taoist, or other impersonal worshipper. Labels: India, colloquial, derogatory, slur
Word: unrecorded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + recorded. 1. Not recorded. Labels: not-comparable Example: During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.