nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: panhandle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan + handle. Pronunciation: /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ 1. The handle of a pan. 2. An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient. Labels: US 3. The handle that activates an ejector seat. Example: The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand.
Word: panhandle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probable back-formation from panhandler. Pronunciation: /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ 1. To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person. Labels: US, intransitive Example: I had a white cane, but I never used it. Once, alone and lost in downtown Washington, I unfolded it, immediately sweating as I felt hundreds of eyes shift onto me. A man who was panhandling grabbed me and showed me the way home. 2. To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer. Labels: figuratively, transitive, uncommon
Word: biblicist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated 1830–40 from Medieval Latin biblicus (Biblical) + -ist. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of biblicism.
Word: biblicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1830–40 from Medieval Latin biblicus (Biblical) + -ist. 1. A Biblical scholar or expert (Bible scholar or expert). 2. One who interprets the Bible literally.
Word: panhandler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Obscure. Speculative. Panhandling always seems to involve a container for receiving loose change, so perhaps the term refers to a small handled pan, or to the container as the pan and the arm(s) holding it as the handle. Alternatively, possibly from the notion that the shape of one's outstretched arm in relation to a seated or squatting beggar brings to mind the image of a panhandle. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.hænd.lə(ɹ)/ 1. One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.
Word: pantyliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panty + liner. Pronunciation: /ˌpæntiˈlaɪnə/ 1. A pad worn on the inner surface of women's underpants, up against the vulva, during a low-flow day of the menstrual period, designed to absorb small, spotty quantities of menstrual fluid, in contrast to a tampon or sanitary napkin, worn on heavy-flow days. 2. A similar product designed to absorb urine for women with light bladder leakage.
Word: clarion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English clarion, clarioun (“trumpet with a narrow tube and a shrill sound, clarion; clarion player”) [and other forms], from Old French claron, clarïon (“clarion”) [and other forms], from Medieval Latin clāriōn, clario, clārōn (“clarion; trumpet”), from Latin clārus (“audible; clear, distinct, loud; (visually) bright, clear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, summon; to cry”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/, /ˈklæ.ɹi.ən/, /ˈklɛ-/ 1. A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound. Labels: historical, poetic Example: The clarion’s call to action has been heard. Example: Then ſtrait commands that at the warlike ſound / Of Trumpets loud and Clarions be upreard / His mighty Standard; […] 2. The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. Labels: broadly, poetic Example: Others [i.e., other birds] on ground / Walk'd firm; the creſted Cock whoſe clarion ſounds / The ſilent hours, and th' other whoſe gay Traine / Adorns him, colour'd with the Florid hue / Of Rainbows and Starrie Eyes. Example: And his this Drum, vvhoſe hoarſe heroic baſe / Drovvns the loud Clarion of the braying Aſs. 3. An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). Labels: broadly 4. The middle register of the clarinet. Labels: broadly 5. A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.
Word: clarion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English clarion, clarioun (“trumpet with a narrow tube and a shrill sound, clarion; clarion player”) [and other forms], from Old French claron, clarïon (“clarion”) [and other forms], from Medieval Latin clāriōn, clario, clārōn (“clarion; trumpet”), from Latin clārus (“audible; clear, distinct, loud; (visually) bright, clear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, summon; to cry”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/, /ˈklæ.ɹi.ən/, /ˈklɛ-/ 1. Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. Labels: not-comparable Example: her clarion top notes Example: And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior!
Word: clarion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clariounen (“of a horn or trumpet: to blow, sound”), from clarioun (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs). Later uses may also be derived directly from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/, /ˈklæ.ɹi.ən/, /ˈklɛ-/ 1. To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). Labels: rare, transitive 2. To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). Labels: figuratively, rare, transitive Example: His deep voice clarioned the words and he paused, hearing them whisper away into their last faint echoes in the organ loft. Example: He [Martin Luther King Jr.] clarioned a call to action that was heard wherever Afro-Christians could be found (and beyond, if one recalls Pentecostalism). 3. Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. Labels: also, figuratively, rare, transitive Example: Sir Knight, thy glory clarioneth the heavens. 4. To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: [T]hou, young-bodied morn, / In-ushered by the puffed winds clarioning, / No bond can bind. Example: We dogs are all a-mourning; but thou [a rooster] clappest thy wings and clarionest thy loudest and treadest hen after hen.
Word: paperweight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + weight. 1. A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight. 2. Any object used for this purpose. Example: John used his coffee mug as a paperweight. 3. A useless piece of equipment. Labels: slang Example: On Windows, the card has a working driver. On Linux right now, it's a paperweight.
Word: sawhorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saw Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English sawhorse From saw + horse. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.hɔːs/, /ˈsɔ.hɔɹs/, /ˈsɑ.hɔɹs/, /ˈsɒ.hɔɹs/ 1. A structure with a crosspiece used to support timber or other material for working. Example: The sit-in Monday began around 9 a.m. after a spirited march through the financial district […] Though police had set up sawhorses at all five entrances to the Stock Exchange, women sat down in the pathways left open by police and attempted to talk with stock traders and others as they stepped over, or pushed through, blockaders.
Word: papier-mâché Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, related to the English words paper and masticate, respectively. Pronunciation: /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/, /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ 1. A composite material created by pulping paper or layering paper strips with an adhesive such as glue, starch or paste, which dries to form a durable, lightweight and moldable substance. Labels: uncountable Example: She sat completely alone at the very back of the sea-themed restaurant, amid papier-mâché starfish and plastic shrimp.
Word: papier-mâché Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, related to the English words paper and masticate, respectively. Pronunciation: /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/, /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ 1. Of a material of such type or admixture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: papier-mâché Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, related to the English words paper and masticate, respectively. Pronunciation: /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/, /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ 1. To apply papier-mâché to. Labels: transitive Example: I have had it rebuilt, papier-mâchéd inside and otherwise repaired through the years. Example: When the bodies of the fish were finished, fins were cut from cardboard to the desired shapes, pinned with straight pins to the fish, and papier-mâchéd in place.
Word: papilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin papilla (“a nipple, teat”). Pronunciation: /pəˈpɪl.ə/ 1. A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. 2. A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. 3. A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. 4. A small fleshy projection on a plant.
Word: parathion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English -thion English parathion From para- (“p-”) + -thion. Pronunciation: /pæɹəˈθaɪɒn/ 1. An organophosphorus insecticide acaricide, [O,O-diethyl-O-4-nitro-phenylthiophosphate], a powerful, dangerously toxic insecticide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parliamentarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parliament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English parliamentarian From parliament + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/, /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛːɹiən/, /ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/, /ˌpɐːləmənˈteːɹiən/ 1. A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name. Labels: Commonwealth 2. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure. 3. An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules. Labels: US
Word: parliamentarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English parliament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English parliamentarian From parliament + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/, /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛːɹiən/, /ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/, /ˌpɐːləmənˈteːɹiən/ 1. Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament. Example: a parliamentarian democracy; the parliamentarian movement Example: 1946, Office of United States Chief Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Washington, Volume 1, citing Wilhelm Frick, Our participation in the parliament does not indicate a support, but rather an undermining of the parliamentarian system. 2. Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)). Labels: historical Example: [...] Deputies were sent with Commissions into all the Counties; and the Parliamentarian Rebels by force and their own authority, invade the Militia, which they could not obtain from the King by petitioning. Example: But while he continued there, he shew’d himself a Dunce, a Tale-bearer to the Parliamentarian Visitors that then acted in the University, and a factious person.
Word: parterre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French parterre (“on the ground”), from par (“on”) + terre (“ground”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtɛə/, /pɑːɹˈtɛɚ/ 1. A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one. Example: The window opened towards a most lovely garden, whose smooth turf and gorgeous parterres swept down to the river. 2. A garden with paths between such flowerbeds. Example: Parham House, near Pulborough in West Sussex, has a four-acre walled garden that was restored in the Twenties and has been maintained at a high level ever since. It is divided into four areas, one of which is filled by the cut-flower borders and a box-enclosed parterre. […] It is traditional in a parterre to mix flowers and veg, but this relaxed jungle of productive plants, packed in tight together, is lusher and more beautiful than the more usual Villandry style, where single or pairs of plants are used. 3. A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra. Example: That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe. 4. A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra. 5. A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra. Labels: UK 6. That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class. Labels: broadly 7. An apartment balcony. Labels: New-York, US
Word: passbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pass + book. 1. A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute. 2. A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases. Labels: dated Example: Mr Campbell Swinston.—Supposing there were no stronger reason than that against the continuance of grocers' licences, could not that evil be very easily put an end to by making a single false entry in the passbook the ground for forfeiting the grocer's certificate? 3. A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas. Labels: South-Africa, historical
Word: pastern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), alteration of Late Latin pastōria after the suffix -ure. Pronunciation: /ˈpæstən/, /ˈpæstɜːn/, /ˈpæstəɹn/ 1. The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof. Example: It was quite impossible to ride over the deeply-ploughed field; the earth bore only where there was still a little ice, in the thawed furrows the horse's legs sank in above its pasterns. Example: Below me, somewhere in the horse-lines, stood Cockbird, picketed to a peg in the ground by a rope which was already giving him a sore pastern. 2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. Labels: obsolete 3. A patten. Labels: obsolete Example: Upright he walks, on pasterns firm and straight; His motions easy; prancing in his gait So straight she walk'd, and on her pasterns high.
Word: paternoster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English paternoster, pater noster, from Old English Paternoster, from Latin Pater noster (“our father”) (the first two words of the Oratio Dominica (“the Lord's prayer”)), from pater (“father”) + noster (“our”). The lift and the fishing equipment are named from their resemblance to a rosary. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtəˌnɒstə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑtəɹˌnɔstɚ/, /-ˌnɑstɚ/ 1. The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context. Example: The friar had said his paternosters duly 2. A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building. 3. A bead-like ornament in mouldings. 4. A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker. Example: A paternoster is any style of hook rig where the hook(s) are on droppers above a fixed sinker. One or two hooks are used on a paternoster rig. The droppers are tied using dropper loops tied directly in the line. The twisted dropper is an ideal knot as it stands out at right angles to the line. Example: In plain terms, the paternoster is a rig with the weight at the bottom and hook traces (sometimes called snoods by sea anglers) attached above in fixed positions. Besides a tidy presentation, this arrangement allows the sea angler to try more than one bait and you'll often find paternosters with two hooks (or even three or four). Effectively this allows us to hedge our bets and try more baits (which could be the same or different types), thereby increasing the scent and attraction. 5. A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said. Labels: archaic 6. Every eleventh bead in a rosary, at which, while counting the beads, the Lord's Prayer is to be repeated. Labels: archaic Example: Holonyms: rosary; prayer beads 7. A medieval artisan who crafted rosary beads or prayer nuts. Labels: archaic 8. A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it. Labels: archaic Example: Near-synonyms: nostrum, nostrum remedium
Word: paternoster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English paternoster, pater noster, from Old English Paternoster, from Latin Pater noster (“our father”) (the first two words of the Oratio Dominica (“the Lord's prayer”)), from pater (“father”) + noster (“our”). The lift and the fishing equipment are named from their resemblance to a rosary. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtəˌnɒstə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑtəɹˌnɔstɚ/, /-ˌnɑstɚ/ 1. To try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig. Labels: transitive
Word: patriarchate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it). Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːkət/, /ˈpætɹiɑːkət/, /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkət/, /ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹkeɪt/ 1. A patriarchal system or community. Example: The rise of the patriarchate saw the overpowering of the female goddess by the male god. The moon-god gave place to the sun-god. The tables were turned with a vengeance. Not only was the male granted a share in the phenomenon of generation; he was given the main share. 2. The term of office of a Christian patriarch. Example: The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years. 3. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. Example: The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world. 4. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. Example: The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.
Word: patrolman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patrol + -man. 1. A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision. Example: On September 9, when a solitary Japanese patrolman tried to curtail the work of five Taiwanese who were cutting trees from a windbreak (in Anting settlement, Sinhua district), the accused responded "Taiwan is not Japan's land. Why are you stopping us?"
Word: patroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch patroon (“patron saint; boss”), from Middle Dutch patroon, from Latin patrōnus (“protector; patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and pattern. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɹuːn/ 1. One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York. Labels: US Example: Dr. Tucker accompanied us on our return; and we made a call on General Van Rensselaer. He is the Patroon, or Lord of the Manor here; and is considered the greatest landholder in the United States. Example: In the United States the labourer is a freeman, lives on good substance, and being an honest man, neither fears nor envies the richest patroon about him.
Word: reverb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of reverberation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːvɜːb/, /ɹɪˈvɜːb/, /ˈɹiˌvɝb/, /ɹɪˈvɝb/ 1. An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed. Labels: uncountable Example: The band is starting, something lonesome, off-key, and drowning in reverb.
Word: reverb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of reverberation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːvɜːb/, /ɹɪˈvɜːb/, /ˈɹiˌvɝb/, /ɹɪˈvɝb/ 1. To echo. Labels: obsolete Example: low sounds Reverb no hollowness 2. To apply a reverb (electronic echo effect) to. Labels: transitive Example: If the recording is misequalized, overmiked , or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.
Word: gay blade Part of Speech: noun 1. A dashing swordsman. Labels: obsolete 2. A dashing youth. Labels: dated Example: At college he was a gay blade who played the guitar or one of the instruments for the accompaniment of song. Example: He's feeling very low now because he was sixty years old the other day. And you know- you know how Bebe [is]- I said Bebe, you can't talk about being a young gay blade anymore.
Word: hieroglyphics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hieroglyphic Labels: form-of, plural Example: A change came o'er the spirit of Don Henriquez' dream; from political he turned scientific; and his superabundant activity found ample employment in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Word: hieroglyphic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/ 1. A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus. Labels: in-plural 2. Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. Example: I must say, that, at the coronation, there was little vestige left as possible "of the charms that pleased a king." "She looked," Lady Mary Wortley said, "like an Egyptian mummy, wrought with hieroglyphics of gold." Example: The hieroglyphics or symbols, however, were reversed, just as though they had been pressed on wax. 3. Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. Labels: broadly Example: Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Word: hieroglyphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or written with such a system of symbols. Example: the hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt Example: a hieroglyphic obelisk 2. Difficult to decipher.
Word: hindermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hintirmest, hyndermest, hyndermeste, hyndirmaste; equivalent to hinder + -most. 1. hindmost Example: Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Word: hindmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hindemest, from Old English hindemest, superlative of hindema; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (hindumists). By surface analysis, hind + -most. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪndmoʊst/ 1. superlative form of hind: most hind Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea! Example: The foremost chain-man goes forward and the hindmost one follows, and stands with his hand above the first pin, and moves the foremost assistant to the right or left, till he is exactly on the line; when he is ordered to stick in his second pin.
Word: hoik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology). Pronunciation: /hɔɪk/ 1. A wild hook shot played without style. Labels: countable 2. Sputum. Labels: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable 3. A contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hoik Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology). Pronunciation: /hɔɪk/ 1. To play such a shot. 2. To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist. Labels: informal, transitive 3. To throw something out. Labels: informal, transitive Example: “What are your plans now?” “I propose to hoik you out of that chair and seat myself in it and take that book, the early chapters of which I found most gripping, and start catching up with my reading and try to forget.” 4. To spit. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: kith and kine Part of Speech: noun 1. Misconstruction of kith and kin. Labels: alt-of, misconstruction
Word: hydroxybutyrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydroxy + butyrate. 1. any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
Word: insanitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sanitary English insanitary From in- + sanitary. 1. Of or pertaining to a lack of sanitation; unsanitary, dirty, unhealthy. Example: The important duty of getting rid of uninhabitable houses or insanitary property devolves on the sanitary authority, and requires to be carried out with discrimination. Example: The insanitary house displayed poor heating and plumbing, arsenical wallpaper and, in the basement area at the front of the house, 'a large wooden dustbin, placed as is frequently the case, where its malodorous and often dangerous contents must be a constant nuisance on the premises'.
Word: idoneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin idōneus. 1. appropriate; suitable Example: Hobbes tries to follow an 'idoneous principle of tractation' in moral philosophy, by beginning with an account of human nature and human motives.
Word: unsanitary 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 sanitary English unsanitary From un- + sanitary. 1. Not sanitary; unhealthy; dirty. Example: A. The exterior of the premises and all structures thereon shall be kept free of all nuisances, unsanitary conditions and fire or safety hazards in the public areas and any of the foregoing shall be removed and abated promptly by the owner or manager. B. Without limiting the generality of Subsection A, the maintenance includes: . . . (3) Keeping the premises free of conditions conducive to infestation by vermin or insects, such as rodent harborages or stagnant water, and other known sources of infestation.
Word: hydroxybutyric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydroxy- + butyric acid. 1. Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group Example: alphahydroxybutyric acid - 2-hydroxy-butanoic acid Example: betahydroxybutyric acid - 3-hydroxy-butanoic acid
Word: cercle Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of circle. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: D.C. Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of DC. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In other cases, masked agents are running checkpoints in the middle of Washington, D.C., and in L.A., and questioning people in their cars.
Word: Lexington Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Lexington, one of several predecessory forms of Laxton, A village in Laxton and Moorhouse parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (see Laxton for further etymology). Lexington, Massachusetts was the original municipality of that name in the United States. The town in Massachusetts may have been named either (1) after the eponymous village in Nottinghamshire, England, once called by Lexington and sundry other forms thereof, and today truncated to Laxton, or (2) after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the place in Nottinghamshire today known as Laxton). The other US cities and towns called Lexington, beginning with Lexington, Kentucky, were named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of an important Revolutionary War battle. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛk.sɪŋ.tən/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: Example: The mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, is taking action to remove two Confederate-era monuments from his city’s former courthouse after the deadly clashes in Virginia. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: Example: The Lexington Police Department “has created a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law” in one of the poorest counties in America, according to the Justice Department. 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. The battle of Lexington, one of the first battles in the American Revolutionary War, see Wikipedia:Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Word: Havre Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), q.v. 1. Alternative form of Le Havre, an important port of northern France. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Give me that paper, Hallemeier. [Reads]: "The first national Robot organization has been founded at Havre, and has issued an appeal to the Robots throughout the world." 2. A city, the county seat of Hill County, Montana, United States. Example: Ana Suda says what started as a late-night trip to buy eggs and milk took a surprising turn last week in Havre, Montana, about 35 miles from the US-Canada border.
Word: Le Havre Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), a 19th-century French clipping of Le Havre-de-Grâce (“The Harbor of Grace”), a combination of its earlier Norman name Hable (“Harbor”) and the short-lived name Ville-de-Grâce, which it bore following its 1517 refounding by Francis I, referencing the supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary acquired by Cambrai Cathedral in 1450 and known in French as Notre-Dame de Grâce. Nearby Honfleur had similarly named its cathedral (subsequently destroyed by a landslide) in its honor. Pronunciation: /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/, /lə ˈhɑː(ɹ)v/ 1. A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Example: Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said.
Word: NHG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New High German. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Huns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hʌnz/ 1. plural of Hun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bryan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪən/ 1. A male given name from Irish, a less common alternative spelling of Brian. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Doga instructors are not required to complete certification, though teacher training seminars do exist, like ones taught by Brenda Bryan, 43, a yoga and doga instructor in Seattle who has just written a book on the subject. […] Ms. Bryan said some of her earliest classes were a challenge. 3. A city, the county seat of Williams County, Ohio. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A city, the county seat of Brazos County, Texas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.
Word: Augustin Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name, variant of Augustine. Example: Mary Burke and Trevor Stoutt, Jefferson City, a boy, Peyton Augustin Tanner Example: I especially liked his account of Augustin Hamlin Jr. (Kanapima) who was chosen as a young boy in the 1830s to be educated at a Catholic seminary in Ohio and later in Rome.
Word: Augustin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Saint-Augustin (“14-point type”). 1. Synonym of English. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: Augustin Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Augustan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Witneſſe the diſputation at Berne in Anno 1527. betweene Conradus Treyerus an Auguſtin Frier, and Martin Bucer. Example: Hence aroſe a new ſedition, and of the ſame kinde; For Patrick an Augustin Frier, counterfeiting a new Earl of Warwick of one of his Scholars, ſtirred up the people to Rebellion in his Pulpit, but he and his Scholar were taken.
Word: Augustin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Augustan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At St. Rita I lodged in the houſe of the vicar-general, Father Luiz, an Auguſtin, who treated me with much hoſpitality, and from whom I received a great deal of information, both reſpecting the hiſtory of the country, and the ſtate of Chriſtianity in it. Example: This was a small detached fort that formed the apex of a triangle with the great bastilles of the Tournelles and Augustins, at a considerable distance, but near enough to annoy or cut off the communications in the rear of an attacking force. Orders had been given, in case of molestation, that the garrison should evacuate St. Jean-le-Blanc, and retire to the Augustins. This circumstance unhappily furnished the Lord Scales and the youthful chivalry who held the fortress of the Augustins with a pretence for disobeying the strict command they had received, by making a sally as if to cover the retreat of their countrymen.
Word: Angelica Part of Speech: name Etymology: Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516). 1. A female given name from Italian. Example: Look to the bak'd meats, good Angelica, / Spare not for cost. Example: Angelica Ferrara, lead author of the paper and postdoctoral scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, says her preliminary research suggests that some women may spend several hours a week managing the emotional and social well-being of the men in their lives.
Word: autoantonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + antonym. Coined or reported as autantonym by Joseph T. Shipley in 1960. 1. A word that has two opposing meanings. Labels: rare Example: Near-synonym: enantioseme
Word: Boyd Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland. Pronunciation: /bɔɪd/ 1. A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A short river in Gloucestershire, England, which joins the Bristol Avon near Bitton; in full, the River Boyd. 12. A river in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia; in full, the Boyd River. 13. A river in south-western Tasmania, Australia; in full, the Boyd River.
Word: inconciliable Part of Speech: adj 1. Not conciliable; irreconcilable. Labels: formal
Word: Elise Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Élise or German Elise, both variants of Elisabeth. Pronunciation: /ˈiːliːs/, /ɛliːs/, /əˈlis/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: "Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years."
Word: inconsiderable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inconsidérable. By surface analysis, in- + considerable. 1. Too unimportant to be worthy of attention. Example: [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide. Example: There will be inconsiderable rises in British Railways day return fares in the London Area; those priced at 2s. and over are unchanged, as are the ordinary single fares. 2. Impossible to consider as a possibility; inconceivable. Example: It is not inconsiderable to me that all the above can simultaneously exist.
Word: incurrence Part of Speech: noun 1. the act of incurring something Example: How couldſt thou by tranſgreſſion hazard the incurrence of his implacable diſpleaſure, as after this thou didſt, ſince he ſo bountifully brake vp all the treaſures and riches of his goodneſſe. Example: Cogitation is made by incurrence of images; ſo alſo are Dreams.
Word: indexation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French indexation. 1. The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: palabras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palabra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Indianisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French Inde Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Anglo-Norman indienbor. Middle English Indien English Indian English -ise 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 -isation English Indianisation From Indian + -isation. 1. The act, process or result of Indianising. Labels: uncountable 2. The practice, towards the end of the British Raj, of promoting Indian people to more senior positions in the civil service. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: Sacramento Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sacramento (“sacrament”). Pronunciation: /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ/, /ˌsækɹəˈmɛnoʊ/, /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntəʊ/ 1. The capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County. Example: Police on Monday said they have arrested one man who is a suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people and wounded 12 others. 2. A major river in northern California.
Word: New High German Part of Speech: name 1. The modern form of the German language, successor to Middle High German.
Word: New High German Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to New High German. Labels: not-comparable Example: The history of the New High German word Körper (corpus) starts with its Middle High German borrowing from the Latin word corpus, body flesh, corpse, shadow (of a dead person), trunk, belly, person, nature, and others, and leads over the years to the latest form.
Word: Lib Dem Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Liberal Democrat. Labels: Australian, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: The Tories are ideologically opposed to large state-run industries, and the Lib Dems can sniff an opportunity to score points in their freshly won commuting constituencies outside London.
Word: Indianization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Indianisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Early New High German Part of Speech: name 1. The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German. Example: … Middle High German c1050–1350 nëment … Transition period c1350–1500 nemen / nement … Early New High German c1500–1650 nemen … …
Word: indigenisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of indigenization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: quartier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French quartier. Doublet of quarter. Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)tiˈeɪ/ 1. A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.
Word: tristesse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trestesse, tristes, tristesce, tristesse, tristice, from Middle French tristesse. 1. sadness Labels: literary, uncountable Example: The robot let out a long heartfelt sigh of impassioned tristesse and sank reluctantly away from the ceiling. Example: “The peculiar resonance of his postcoital tristesse, for example.”
Word: indigenization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English indigenous Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize 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 -ization English indigenization From indigenous + -ization. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdɪdʒənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of making something or someone more indigenous; adaptation to native or local culture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An early attempt at what might now be called indigenization occurred in one of the first forts which the Portuguese built on the West African coast, Fort St George of Elmina, in what is now Ghana. Example: [A] reverse process of what we might call indigenisation also occurred, in which the freed convicts and their families and their descendants took on some of the values and mentality of Aboriginal people. 2. The capability to manufacture a product, or supply a service independently within a country instead of relying on foreign manufactures or suppliers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Vance Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”). Pronunciation: /ˈvæns/, /ˈveə̯ns/, /ˈvɛə̯ns/, /ˈvɑːns/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Springfield resident Denise Williams' phone began blowing up on Monday while she was spending time with her children and grandchildren, not long after Vance posted. Example: Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Mr. Vance, said the vice president had not been aware the request had been made to alter the water flow into the Little Miami River on Aug. 2. The Vances took the boat excursion on the vice president’s 41st birthday. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: indwelling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English indwelling, equivalent to in- + dwelling. 1. A dwelling within, especially lodgement or habitation in the mind or soul.
Word: indwelling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English dwelling English indwelling From in- + dwelling. 1. implanted within the body Labels: not-comparable 2. existing as an inner principle; inherent Labels: not-comparable
Word: Johanna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, Sheena, and Zhanna. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊˈænə/, /d͡ʒəʊˈhænə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. 2. The Comoros island of Anjouan. Labels: historical Example: The commanders agreed to continue together, and put into Johanna for supplies of water and fresh provisions. 3. A locality in the Shire of Colac Otway, south western Victoria, Australia
Word: ingratiation Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being ingratiating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: in-group Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ingroup. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In-group bias, sometimes called in-group favoritism or in-group preference, means someone favoring people who look like them or are like them in other ways: in-group versus out-group preferences.
Word: in-group Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ingroup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Monterey Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɒntəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈmɑnəˌɹeɪ/ 1. The place name of various cities and counties. Example: In Pacific Grove, a California coastal town close to Monterey but far from its many tourists, Monarchs migrate every year, as do people looking for a hometown hideaway. 2. The place name of various cities and counties. 3. The place name of various cities and counties. 4. The place name of various cities and counties. 5. Alternative spelling of Monterrey. Labels: alt-of, alternative 6. Obsolete spelling of Monterrei. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Monterey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɒntəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈmɑnəˌɹeɪ/ 1. Of a style reminiscent of the architecture of Alta California. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inhomogeneities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inhomogeneity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in hot pursuit Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: See hot pursuit. 1. Pursuing someone in order to apprehend them, especially across a border. Labels: idiomatic Example: PC Winters gunned the patrol car out of the side road where they'd been parked, bored and waiting for the end of their shift, and took off in hot pursuit.
Word: hot pursuit Part of Speech: noun 1. A close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines.