nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: absquatulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin abs- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin condō Latin abscondōder. Middle French abscondrebor. ▲ Latin abscondōbor. English abscond English squat Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Latin perambulō Latin perambulātusbor. English perambulate blend English absquatulate Attested since the 1830s in American English, a jocular mock-Latin word. Blend of abscond + squat + perambulate, as ab- (“away (from)”) (as in abscond) + squat + *-ulate (as in perambulate, properly -ate), hence meaning “get up (from a squat) and depart (quickly)”. The middle portion was perhaps influenced by -le (“(frequentative)”) and the dialectal term squattle (“depart”); compare contemporary skedaddle. Pronunciation: /æbˈskwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪt/, /æbzˈkwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪt/, /æbzˈkwɑt͡ʃ.ə.leɪt/ 1. To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Even within the past year, several Land Officers and keepers of public monies--the Collector of New Orleans and Plattsburg--the Post Masters of Mobile and Worcester have made serious and prominent additions to the long catalogue of absquatulating defaulters. Example: Why, I expect in a year or two to see coffins introduced into the parlors of the Fifth Avenue, and to find them, when their owners fail or absquatulate, advertised for sale at auction, with the rest of the household furniture, at a great sacrifice on the original cost.
Word: absque hoc Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin absque hoc (literally “without this”). 1. The technical words of denial used in denying what has been alleged.
Word: abstain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested around 1380. From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + teneō (“to hold”). See also tenable. Pronunciation: /əbˈsteɪn/, /æbˈsteɪn/ 1. Keep or withhold oneself. Labels: obsolete, reflexive, transitive 2. Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. Labels: intransitive Example: In order to improve his health, Rob decided to abstain from smoking. Example: Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? 3. Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. Labels: intransitive Example: … she had made Bunting abstain very early in their acquaintance. … Glad she was now that he had taken the pledge as a younger man; but for that nothing would have kept him from the drink during the bad times they had gone through. 4. Fast (not eat for a period). Labels: intransitive, obsolete 5. Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present. Labels: intransitive Example: I abstain from this vote, as I have no particular preference. Example: […]forcing a small portion of the population to abstain from voting 6. Hinder; keep back; withhold. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Whether he abstain men from marying [sic].
Word: abstainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English absteyner, equivalent to abstain + -er. Pronunciation: /æbˈsteɪ.nɚ/ 1. One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. Example: To one of my very nervous patients, who was an abstainer, whose fancy was fixed on his mother, and who repeatedly dreamed of climbing stairs accompanied by his mother, I once remarked that moderate masturbation would be less harmful to him than enforced abstinence. Example: He was a total abstainer and a nonsmoker, had no recreations except a daily hour in the gymnasium, and had taken a vow of celibacy, believing marriage and the care of a family to be incompatible with a twenty-four-hour-a-day devotion to duty.
Word: abstemious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin abstēmius (“abstaining from wine”); from ab, abs (“from”) + tēmus, a root of tēmētum (“intoxicating drink, especially strong mead or wine”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark (referring to the colour of wine)”)) + -ous. Pronunciation: /æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/, /æbˈsti.mi.əs/, /əb-/ 1. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. Example: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation. Example: Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies. 2. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. Example: The Ms had an abstemious sex life; in fourteen years of marriage, they had had sex exactly six times. Mrs. M desired sex and more children, but her husband refused. 3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation. Example: If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck. 4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence. Example: an abstemious life Example: If yet Achilles have a Friend, whoſe Care / Is bent to pleaſe him; this Requeſt forbear: / Till yonder Sun deſcend, ah let me pay / To Grief and Anguiſh one abſtemious Day. 5. Promotive of abstemiousness. Labels: rare Example: But ſtranger Virtues yet in Streams we find, / Some change not only Bodies, but the Mind: / […] Clytorian Streams the love of Wine expel, / (Such is the virtue of th' abſtemious Well;) […]
Word: abstemiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstemious 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 abstemiousness From abstemious + -ness. Pronunciation: /æbˈsti.mi.əs.nəs/, /əbˈsti.mi.əs.nəs/ 1. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks. Labels: uncountable Example: He was temperate in his meals and diversions, but always kept a little on this side of abstemiousness. Only in the use of the Indian weed he might be thought a little excessive.
Word: abstentious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English abstention Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English abstentious From abstention + -ous. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɛn.ʃəs/, /əbˈstɛn.ʃəs/ 1. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.
Word: absterge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French and Middle French absterger or from Medieval Latin abstergēre (“wipe off or away”); formed from Latin abs- + tergeō (“to wipe off”). Pronunciation: /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/, /æbˈstɝd͡ʒ/, /əbˈstɝd͡ʒ/ 1. To make clean by wiping; to wipe away. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: absterse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English absterse, from Latin abstersus, perfect passive participle of abstergeō (“wipe off, wipe away”); formed from abs- + tergeō (“wipe”). Pronunciation: /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)s/, /æbˈstɝs/, /əbˈstɝs/ 1. To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] nor will we affirme that Iron ingeſted, receiveth in the ſtomack of the Oeſtridge no alteration whatſoever; but if any ſuch there be, we ſuſpect this effect rather from ſome way of corroſion, then any of digeſtion; not any liquid reduction or tendance to chilification by the power of naturall heate, but rather ſome attrition from an acide and vitriolous humidity in the ſtomack, which may abſterſe, and ſhave the ſcorious parts thereof; […]
Word: abstersion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abstersioun, from either Old French or Medieval Latin abstertion, from Latin abstersus, past participle of abstergēo (“to wipe off or away”). Pronunciation: /æbˈstɜː.ʒn̩/, /æbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/, /əbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/, /æbˈstɝ.ʃn̩/, /əbˈstɝ.ʃn̩/ 1. Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Waverley ... was offered the patriarchal refreshment of a bath for the feet ... He was not, indeed, so luxuriously attended upon this occasion as the heroic travellers in the Odyssey; the task of ablution and abstersion being performed, not by a beautiful damsel, trained To chafe the limb, and pour the fragrant oil, but by a smoke-dried skinny old Highland woman, who did not seem to think herself much honoured by the duty imposed upon her...
Word: abstersive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/, /æbˈstɝ.sɪv/, /əbˈstɝ.sɪv/ 1. Cleansing; purging; abstergent. Example: If he cannot digeſt a ſtrong and abſterſive drugge, for to remove his evill, let him at leaſt take a lenitive pill to eaſe the ſame. Example: Therefore it is good, after Purging, to vſe Apozumes, and Broths, not ſo much Opening as thoſe vſed before Purging, but Abſterſiue and Mundifying Cliſters alſo are good to conclude with, to draw away the Reliques of the Humours, that may haue deſcended to the Lower Region of the Body.
Word: abstersive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/, /æbˈstɝ.sɪv/, /əbˈstɝ.sɪv/ 1. Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. Labels: archaic Example: […]the ſtrong abſterſive of ſom heroick magiſtrat[…]
Word: abstersiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstersive 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 abstersiveness From abstersive + -ness. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɝː(ɹ).sɪv.nəs/, /æbˈstɝ.sɪv.nəs/, /əbˈstɝ.sɪv.nəs/ 1. The quality of being abstersive. Labels: uncountable
Word: abstinency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Latin abstinentia; compare -y (suffix forming abstract nouns) and earlier abstinence, a doublet. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.stɪ.nən.si/ 1. Synonym of abstinence. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: abstinent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the late 14th century as Middle English abstinent, abstynent, from Old French abstinent, from Latin abstinēns, present participle of abstineō. See abstain. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.stɪ.nn̩t/, /ˈæb.stə.nn̩t/ 1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. Example: Be abstinent; shew not the corruption of thy generation: he that feeds shall die
Word: abstinent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abstinent (adjective form). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.stɪ.nn̩t/, /ˈæb.stə.nn̩t/ 1. One who abstains; a faster. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Abstinent. Labels: alt-of
Word: abstinently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abstinent Middle English -ly English -ly English abstinently From abstinent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.stɪ.nn̩t.li/, /ˈæb.stə.nn̩t.li/ 1. With abstinence.
Word: abstorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abstort Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: by adopting a pure normal regimen, which strikes at the root of all quackery and causes it to die a sudden and abstorted death. Example: [I]f coming years have in store for me any such affliction as time seems to have left on the abstorted brain of the Republican council[…]
Word: abstracted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract English -ed English abstracted From abstract + -ed. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/, /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ 1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. Example: the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…] 2. Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. Labels: archaic Example: I am not sure, that the best way of discussing any subject, except those, that concern the abstracted sciences, is not somewhat in the way of dialogue. 3. Abstract; abstruse; difficult. Labels: archaic Example: The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point. 4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. Example: an abstracted scholar Example: I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
Word: abstracted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract English -ed English abstracted From abstract + -ed. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/, /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abstract Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abstractedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abstracted Middle English -ly English -ly English abstractedly From abstracted + -ly. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd.li/, /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd.li/ 1. In an abstracted manner; separately; in the abstract. Example: Doubtlesse, in the Idaea, or mentall shape before it come as it were into act, by beeing painted, cut, or carued, those terminating, and truly Mathematical lines, abstractedly considered, are manifest, adhering (or inhering rather) without any possibility of separation from the conceaued Image. Example: [I]t is abundant ſatisfaction to them if they ſee their children do vvell; their chief delight and contentment is in their childrens good abſolutely and abſtractedly, vvithout indirect regards to their ovvn advantage. 2. With absence of mind . Example: Leaning abstractedly over a hogshead of tallow, her dark dishevelled tresses waved in opposite directions, and a Muse (as she was) appeared to vulgar eyes, a Fury! Example: He is a man of the meditative claſs:—he walks the ſtreets abſtractedly:—as he goes he digeſts enterpriſes, fraught with world-wide benefits.
Word: abstractedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstracted 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 abstractedness From abstracted + -ness. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd.nəs/, /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd.nəs/ 1. The state of being abstracted; abstract character. Labels: uncountable
Word: abstracter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract English -er English abstracter From abstract + -er. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.tɚ/ 1. One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. Example: an abstractor of title Example: a title abstractor 2. Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work. 3. An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.
Word: abstracter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.tɚ/ 1. comparative form of abstract: more abstract Labels: comparative, form-of, rare Example: Absurdity, which perhaps may signifie more with some Apprehensions, than an abstracter way of reasoning : It is this, That upon this Supposition it would follow, chat if God himself should impose any Command upon a Creature, […] Example: […] bleaching, which nicely captures the partial effacement of a morpheme's semantic features, the stripping away of some of its precise content so it can be used in an abstracter, grammatical-hardware-like way.
Word: abstractional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English abstraction Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English abstractional From abstraction + -al. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.ʃnl̩/, /æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩.l̩/ 1. Pertaining to abstraction.
Word: abstractionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English abstraction 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 abstractionist From abstraction + -ist. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.ʃən.əst/ 1. Related or tending to abstractionism, particularly art.
Word: abstractionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstraction 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 abstractionist From abstraction + -ist. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.ʃən.əst/ 1. An idealist. Example: She punishes abstractionists, and will only forgive an induction which is rare and casual. Example: If you come near them and see what conceits they entertain,—they are abstractionists, and spend their days and nights in dreaming some dream; in expecting the homage of society to some precious scheme, built on a truth, but destitute of proportion in its presentment, of justness in its application, and of all energy of will in the schemer to embody and vitalize it. 2. Someone who supports or creates abstract art.
Word: abstractitious Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌæbstɹækˈtɪʃəs/ 1. Obtained from plants by distillation. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: ABSTRACTITIOUS spirit is that which is drawn by distillation from vegetables, without fermentation
Word: abstractive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus (“drawn away”) + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abstract + -ive. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/, /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ 1. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. Example: The researcher proposed an abstractive model for text summarization. Example: Unlike extractive methods, abstractive summarization generates new phrasing. 2. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Word: abstractively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abstractive Middle English -ly English -ly English abstractively From abstractive + -ly. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.li/ 1. In an abstract manner; in the abstract. Labels: archaic
Word: abstractiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstractive 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 abstractiveness From abstractive + -ness. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.nəs/, /əbˈstɹæk.tɪv.nəs/ 1. The property of being abstractive. Labels: uncountable
Word: abstractly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English abstractly; equivalent to abstract + -ly. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹækt.li/ 1. In an abstract way or manner Example: Bernard Clark and Ethel were seated side by side on a costly sofa gazing abstractly at the parting guest. 2. separately; absolutely Example: matter abstractly considered
Word: abstractness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract 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 abstractness From abstract + -ness. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.nəs/, /æbˈstɹækt.nəs/ 1. The quality of being abstract. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The abstractness of the ideas.
Word: abstringe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin abstringō, from ab- (“away”) + stringō (“to bind, to tie”). Pronunciation: /əb.stɹɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To unbind; to loosen. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abstringe.
Word: abstrude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin abstrūdō (“push away, hide”). See abstruse. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹuːd/ 1. To thrust away. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thus it is with regard to the elementary substance of fire; dispensed, perhaps, to every thing corporeal, but hid deepest in those substances which are most densely compacted. It is intimately abstruded in what poetical licence terms the Veins of Flint; […] Example: .[…] the Greeks, while they retained the purity of their language, did not, any more than the Latins, rhyme their verse, but on the contrary (Mr. Swift's very words) 'abstruded the rhyme from it by metre and quantity.'
Word: abstruse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₂epó Learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus (“concealed, hidden; having been concealed”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abstrūdō (“to conceal, hide; to push or thrust away”), from abs- (from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; away from’)) + trūdō (“to push, shove; to thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”)). Cognates * Catalan abstrús * German abstrus (“abstruse”) * Italian astruso (“abstruse”) * Middle French abstruse (modern French abstrus, abstruse (“(derogatory, literary) abstruse”) * Portuguese abstruso (“abstruse”) * Spanish abstruso (“abstruse”) Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹuːs/, /əbˈstɹus/, /æb-/, /əbˈstɹʉs/ 1. Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. Labels: formal Example: Some time the good makithe an ile end⸝ ãd the ile a godd. In this opiniõ⸝ and in ſcrutable miſterie be werithe all his wittes⸝ and at the end of his cogitacions⸝ fyndithe more abſtruſe⸝ and doutfull obiections thẽ at the beginning⸝ […] Example: Be leſs abſtruſe, my riddling days are paſt. 2. Concealed or hidden; secret. Labels: formal, obsolete Example: O vvho is he that could carrie nevves to our olde father, that thou vvert but aliue, although thou vvert hidden in the moſt abſtruſe dungeons of Barbarie; for his riches, my brothers and mine vvould fetch thee from thence. Example: [T]he abſtruſeſt Things / VVhich in the Mindes dark Temper neſtling ly, / By you expoſed are to every Eye.
Word: abstrusely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abstruse Middle English -ly English -ly English abstrusely From abstruse + -ly. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹuːs.li/, /æbˈstɹus.li/, /əbˈstɹus.li/ 1. In an abstruse manner.
Word: abstruseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstruse 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 abstruseness From abstruse + -ness. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹuːs.nəs/, /æbˈstɹus.nəs/, /əbˈstɹus.nəs/ 1. The property of being abstruse; abstrusity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abstrusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin abstrusio. See abstruse. 1. The act of thrusting away. Labels: rare
Word: abstrusity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abstruse Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English abstrusity From abstruse + -ity. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹuː.sə.ti/, /æbˈstɹu.sə.ti/, /əbˈstɹu.sə.ti/ 1. Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: absume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin absūmō (“diminish”); formed from ab (“from, away from”) + sūmō (“take”). Pronunciation: /əbˈsuːm/, /æbˈsum/, /əbˈsum/ 1. To consume gradually; to waste away. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: absumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin absumptionem. Compare absume. 1. Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Chriſtians abhorred this way of obſequies, and though they ſtickt not to give their bodies to be burnt in their lives, deteſted that mode after death; affecting rather a depoſiture than abſumption, […]
Word: absurdity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested around 1472. From Middle English absurdite, then from either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas (“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus + -itas (“quality, state, degree”). Equivalent to absurd + -ity. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd.ɪ.ti/, /æbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/, /æbˈzɝd.ɪ.ti/, /əbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/, /əbˈzɝd.ɪ.ti/ 1. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. Labels: countable Example: And it is a fact that in these two days the boy had almost talked over his mother, too; had parried all her objections one after another with that indignant good sense which is often the perfection of absurdity … 2. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. Labels: uncountable Example: The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number Example: Neither [Jones][…] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority." 3. Dissonance. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: absurdly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English absurd Middle English -ly English -ly English absurdly From absurd + -ly. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd.li/, /æbˈsɝd.li/, /æbˈzɝd.li/, /əbˈsɝd.li/, /əbˈzɝd.li/ 1. In an absurd fashion. Example: He orated absurdly. Example: Absurdly, he concluded his oration with a song. 2. To an extreme degree. Example: The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise. Example: By the year 1765, Richard `Dickie' Tattersall, the absurdly romantic self-styled soldier of fortune and indulged son of an obscenely well-off Yorkshire squire, was brimming with gratitude[.]
Word: absurdness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English absurd 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 absurdness From absurd + -ness. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd.nəs/, /æbˈsɝd.nəs/, /æbˈzɝd.nəs/, /əbˈsɝd.nəs/, /əbˈzɝd.nəs/ 1. The quality of being absurd; absurdity. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: abuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic አቡነ (ʾäbunä), Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Pronunciation: /əˈbuːnə/ 1. The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. Example: Around these leaders are still numerous hereditary dynasties of non-monastic clergy who, over the centuries, might swarm in their thousands to seek ordination on the abun’s rare visits to their area.
Word: abundantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English abundantly, abundauntli, habundantly, habundauntliche, equivalent to abundant + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩t.li/ 1. In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. Example: And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen. Example: When strata are so unsymmetrically and abundantly folded that it becomes difficult or impossible to trace out the individual flexures and crumplings — the whole forming an irregular complex of folds — they are said to be contorted […] 2. Extremely. Example: The explosion, in other words, was unexpected, powerful, and politically diffuse; it vented sharp African frustrations with the colonial situation, but had no readily visible leadership or political goals; it made abundantly obvious the need to speed the pace of self-government
Word: aburst Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English burst English aburst From a- + burst. Pronunciation: /əˈbɜːst/, /əˈbɝst/ 1. In a bursting condition. Labels: not-comparable Example: Never was lovers’ ecstasy like theirs. They had not killed Love with kisses. They had quickened him by denial. And by denial they drove him on till he was all aburst with desire. Example: Despite the somber mood prevailing in most of the city, Carnegie Hall last night was aburst with sound, light and color as a rock ’n’ roll “circus” attracted about 2,000 listeners.
Word: abusable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English abuse 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 abusable From abuse + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuː.zə.bl̩/, /əˈbju.zə.bl̩/ 1. Capable of being abused.
Word: abusage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abuse + -age. First appeared in Middle English, c. 1450–1475, meaning “sexual misconduct”: cf. abuse (“forcing of undesired sexual activity”). Later in the 16th century, a general synonym of abuse. The word was partly repopularized after the appearance of a grammar titled Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English in 1942. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːsɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Synonym of abuse. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: We will trace the history of the term’s usage and abusage. Example: The usage and abusage of land originally covered with southern temperate grassland has led in all four regions to profound changes in floristic composition of the modified vegetation. Invasions of pest animals and introduced weeds have followed, often with disastrous consequences […]
Word: abuseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abuse + -ful. Pronunciation: /əˈbjusfʊl/ 1. Full of abuse; abusive. Labels: rare Example: He scurrilously reviles the King and Parliament by the abuseful names of Hereticks and Schiamaticks
Word: abuser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abuse 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 abuser From abuse + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuː.zə/, /əˈbju.zɚ/ 1. One who abuses someone or something. Example: drug abuser Example: cocaine abuser 2. One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. Labels: obsolete
Word: abusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abusioun, from Old French abusion, from Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), from abūtor (“misuse”). Doublet of abusio. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuː.ʒn̩/, /əˈbju.ʒn̩/ 1. Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse. Labels: Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Deceit; abuse of the truth. Labels: Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion In realmes, in cities, by ſuche fals abuſion; Of fals fickil tunges ſuche cloked colluſion Example: […] by those vgly formes weren pourtrayd, / Foolish delights and fond abusions, / Which do that sence besiege with light illusions. 3. Catachresis. Labels: Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: abusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuː.sɪv/, /əˈbju.sɪv/, /əˈbju.zɪv/ 1. Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. Example: All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me. Example: "Zero Tolerance. Aggressive and abusive behavior will not be tolerated. Our team are here to help, not hurt," the signs read. 2. Tending to deceive; fraudulent. Labels: obsolete Example: an abusive treaty 3. Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse. Labels: archaic Example: […] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times. Example: the abusive prerogatives of his see 4. Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse. 5. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. Example: I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. 6. Catachrestic. Labels: archaic
Word: abusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abusive Middle English -ly English -ly English abusively From abusive + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuː.sɪv.li/, /əˈbju.sɪv.li/ 1. In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language. Example: Christ therfore mentions not here what Moses and the Law intended: for good men might know that by many other rules: and the scornfull Pharises were not fit to be told, untill they could imploy that knowledge they had, lesse abusively. Example: Whatever signs, shows, or gestures we shall make, or whatever our behaviour, carriage, or demeanour shall happen to be in their view and presence, they will interpret the whole in reference to the act of androgynation and the culbutizing exercise, by which means we shall be abusively disappointed of our designs, in regard that she will take all our signs for nothing else but tokens and representations of our desire to entice her unto the lists of a Cyprian combat or catsenconny skirmish.
Word: abusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abusive 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 abusiveness From abusive + -ness. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuː.sɪv.nəs/, /əˈbju.sɪv.nəs/ 1. The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Labels: uncountable Example: Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness
Word: abut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) + butt (“boundary mark”). Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt/, /əˈbʊt/ 1. To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) Labels: intransitive Example: It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia. Example: His land abuts on the road. 2. To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. Labels: transitive Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.
Word: abut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English abutten, from Old French aboter (“to touch at one end, border on”), abouter (“to join end to end”), abuter (“to buttress, to put an end to”), from a- (“towards”) + bout (“end”), boter, bouter (“to strike”), buter (“to strike, finish”). Equivalent to a- (“towards, change to”) + butt (“push”) Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt/, /əˈbʊt/ 1. To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. Labels: intransitive
Word: abuttal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abut Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English abuttal From abut + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt.l̩/ 1. The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals. Labels: plural, plural-only, rare Example: The land is set forth by bounds and abuttals. 2. An abutment. 3. The act of abutting.
Word: abuttal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English abut Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English abuttal From abut + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt.l̩/ 1. To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals. Labels: transitive
Word: abutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abut + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌ.tɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate. Example: the abutters on a street or a river Example: But said corporation shall not acquire title to any land, nor enter upon any street, until all damages to the owners of land and abutters on any part of a street occupied, or to be occupied, by its structure have been paid or secured[…]
Word: abuzz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- (prefix indicating a condition or manner) + buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement; major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes”) or buzz (“to show a high level of activity and haste; to communicate in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly; to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice”). Pronunciation: /əˈbʌz/, /əˈbʊz/ 1. Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing. Labels: postpositional Example: The court was all astir and a-buzz, when the black sheep—whom many fell away from in dread—pressed him into an obscure corner among the crowd. Example: There's too many women in the house for me: I hate the sound of women's voices; they're always either a-buzz or a-squeak, always either a-buzz or a-squeak.
Word: aby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ābyċġan (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjaną, equivalent to a- + buy. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbugjan). Not related to abide. Pronunciation: /əˈbaɪ/ 1. To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Foole-hardy Knight, full soone thou shalt aby / This fond reproach, thy body will I hang, [Hee takes down / his pole.] / And loe vpon that string thy teeth shall hang: Prepare thy selfe, for dead soone shalt thou bee 2. To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something). Labels: archaic, figuratively, transitive Example: Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity. Example: We doubt thee not; / Thy tale seems true, nor dost thou glorify / Thyself herein—certes thou wouldst abye / A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein— […] 3. To endure or tolerate (something); to experience. Labels: transitive Example: The muckle black deil was father to the Frasers, a'body kens that; and as for the Gregara, I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet. 4. To pay for (something); to buy. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To pay the penalty; to atone. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 6. To endure; to remain. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: So long as breath, and hable puiſſaunce / Did natiue corage vnto him ſupply, / His pace he freſhly forward did aduaunce, / And carried her beyond all ieopardy, / But nought that wanteth reſt, can long aby.
Word: abysmal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abysm + -al. Compare abyssal. Pronunciation: /əˈbɪz.məl/, [əˈbɪz.ml̩] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. Labels: archaic Example: The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19ᵗʰ century.] 2. Extremely bad; terrible. Labels: figuratively Example: Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.
Word: abysmally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abysmal Middle English -ly English -ly English abysmally From abysmal + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈbɪz.ml̩.i/ 1. Very; incredibly; profoundly; to an extreme degree; dreadfully. Example: Abysmally ignorant Example: Am I alone in feeling smug (if slatternly) about the news that super-clean homes are a breeding ground for infection? Apparently, all that bleach is bad not just for germs but for children's immune systems, too, and paradoxically causes more disease than it prevents. Not round my gaff. Oh no. My standards of housekeeping are so abysmally low that my eldest daughter was three years old before she even developed a temperature.
Word: abyssal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the 1690s. From Medieval Latin abyssalis, from Latin abyssus (“abyss”) + -alis (“-al”). Equivalent to abyss + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈbɪs.l̩/ 1. Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone. Labels: not-comparable Example: This "abyssal" life, typically in the form of strange tube-worms and microbes, is almost completely unknown to science. Example: "Ea", the beneficent god of earth and life, who dwelt in the abyssal waters, was shown with two streams running from his hands or shoulders[.] 3. Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic. Labels: not-comparable 4. In the utter depths of despair; gloomy. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: In an attempt to avoid sliding into incorrigible despair, I abandon such abyssal and existential pondering and investigate the artist behind the work.
Word: Abyssinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Abyssinia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ən/, /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants; Ethiopian. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Our men are frightened of these Abyssinian women. 2. Of or pertaining to the Abyssinian Church. Labels: not-comparable Example: This king [Fasilides] immediately restored the Abyssinian doctrines, and hunted out the Jesuit missionaries. Example: The Abyssinian rite has fourteen different eucharistic prayers for use on different liturgical days; […]
Word: Abyssinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abyssinia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ən/, /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jən/ 1. A short-haired domestic cat descended from the cats of ancient Egypt, making it one of the oldest breeds in the world. 2. A member of the Abyssinian Church. 3. A native of Ethiopia. Labels: dated Example: A group of Abyssinians are astride horses in brightly colored saddles at the top of the hill across the valley.
Word: Abyssinian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Abyssinia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ən/, /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ən/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jən/ 1. The Amharic language.
Word: acacin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian kkw Demotic Egyptian kky Coptic ⲭⲁⲕⲓ (khaki)bor. Ancient Greek ἀκᾰκίᾱ (akăkíā)der. Latin acāciabor. English acacia English -in English acacin From acacia + -in. 1. Gum arabic. Labels: uncountable
Word: academe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. New Latin acadēmī̆abor. English academe From New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía); Doublet of academia, academy, and Akademeia. Academe (frequently capitalized) is a poetic name for the garden or grove near ancient Athens where Plato taught, supposedly named for its former owner, the hero Ἀκάδημος (Akademos; Ἑκάδημος, Hekademos). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ə.diːm/, /ˈæk.əˌdim/ 1. The garden in Athens where the academics met. Labels: historical 2. An academy; a place of learning. Labels: poetic Example: Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; / Our court shall be a little Academe,/ Still and contemplative in living art. 3. The scholarly life, environment, or community. Labels: poetic Example: If it did nothing else, Homosexuality: Social, Psychological, and Biological Issues shows that the basic tenet of gay liberation—that is, viewing gayness as having an intrinsic validity—has finally entered and taken root in the groves of academe. Example: His father expected him to enter the government or a major corporation upon graduation from the university, but Noboru Wataya chose to remain in academe and become a scholar. 4. A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
Word: academial Part of Speech: adj 1. academic Labels: rare
Word: academian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. New Latin acadēmī̆abor. English academia Middle English -n English -n English academian From academia + -n (“belonging to”). Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mi.n̩/, /ˌæk.əˈdi.mi.n̩/ 1. A follower of Plato. Labels: historical, obsolete 2. A member of an academy, university, or college. Labels: obsolete Example: A Young Academian having run himſelfe into deepe Arerages, inſomuch that his credit began to be queſtioned, and knowing his Father to be cloſe fiſted, had long deviſed with himſelfe, which way to fetch over the old man for money, and having caſt many projects in his head and finding that none of them would take, at the length he very learnedly concluded upon one, which was this, he wrote unto his father a very lamentable letter, to certifie him that he was dead, and earneſtly deſired him, to ſend him up money to defray the charges of the buriall.
Word: academically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Latin acadēmicus English -al English academical 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 ▲ Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? 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 academically From academical + -ly or academic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk.ə.li/, /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk.li/ 1. In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective. Example: academically disadvantaged demographic group Example: Academically, the football team is counter-productive.