nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: holy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ali, aly, hale, halege, hali, halȝe, hayly, holi, holia, holie, holiȝ, holy, hooly, oli, oly, wholy, woly, from Old English hāleġ, hāliġ (“holy, sacred; healthy, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, sacred”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy; whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“intact, whole; complete; hale, healthy, sound”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly. Cognates Cognate with Scots halie, haly (“holy”), Yola holly, holy (“holy”), Saterland Frisian helig (“holy”), Alemannic German, Dutch, and German heilig (“holy, sacred”), Cimbrian hòolig (“holy”), Luxembourgish helleg (“holy”), Vilamovian haeliḱ, haliky, hȧlikjy, hǡliḱ (“holy”), Yiddish הייליק (heylik, “holy”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hellig (“holy”), Faroese heilagur (“holy”), Icelandic heilagur, helgur (“holy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heilag, heilag’u (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags, “holy”); also Latin cael, caelus, caelum, coelus, coelum (“heaven; sky; climate, weather”), Belarusian цэ́лы (cély, “entire, whole”), Bulgarian цял (cjal, “entire, full, intact, whole; real, regular, veritable”), Czech and Slovak celý (“whole”), Macedonian цел (cel, “entire, whole”), Polish cały (“entire, whole”), Russian це́лый (célyj, “entire, whole”), Serbo-Croatian це̏о, ци̏јел, ци̏о, cȅo, cȉjel, cȉo (“entire, whole”), Slovene cel (“whole”), Ukrainian ці́лий (cílyj, “entire, whole”). More at whole. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊli/, /ˈhoʊli/ 1. A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies. Labels: archaic Example: The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.
Word: divine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪn/ 1. Of or pertaining to a god. Example: a divine being Example: divine existence 2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike. Example: divine power 3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence. Example: divine skill Example: Divine decadence darling! 4. Beautiful, heavenly. 5. Foreboding; prescient. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him. 6. immortal; elect or saved after death Labels: obsolete Example: Now Thomas Mowbray do I turne to thee, And marke my greeting well: for what I ſpeake, My body ſhall make good vpon this earth, Or my diuine ſoule anſwer it in heauen. Example: (Of that at leaſure) but the bloody ſtage On which to act, Generall this night is thine, Thou lyeſt downe mortall, who muſt riſe diuine. 7. Relating to divinity or theology. Example: church history and other divine learning
Word: divine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪn/ 1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. Example: Poets were the first divines. 2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. Example: December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. 3. God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept. Labels: capitalized, often
Word: divine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪn/ 1. To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination. Labels: transitive Example: a sagacity which divined the evil designs Example: Darest thou […] divine his downfall? 2. To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight. Labels: transitive Example: no secret can be told To any who divined it not before Example: If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish. 3. To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod. Labels: transitive 4. To render divine; to deify. Example: Living on earth like angel new divined.
Word: unholy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unholi, unhaliȝ, from Old English unhāliġ, from Proto-Germanic *unhailagaz, equivalent to un- + holy. Cognate with Scots unhaly, Dutch onheilig, German Low German unhillig, German unheilig, Danish uhellig, Swedish ohelig. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhəʊli/ 1. Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. Example: The priest's unholy behaviour brought the church into disrepute. Example: Presently, however, this pleasing piece was interrupted. Suddenly there was a slight commotion, and a large powerful woman, whom I had noted as one of the most vigorous of the dancers, came, made mad and drunken with unholy excitement, bounding and staggering towards us, shrieking out as she came: - `I want a Black Goat, I must have a Black Goat, bring me a Black Goat!' and down she fell upon the rocky floor foaming and writhing, and shrieking for a Black Goat, about as hideous a spectacle as can well be conceived. 2. Dreadful, terrible, excessive, or otherwise atrocious. Example: What an unholy mess your room is in! Example: I've been spending an unholy amount of time trying to write a novel!
Word: secular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkjʊlə/, /ˈsɛkjələɹ/ 1. Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical. 2. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless. 3. Not bound by the vows of a religious order. Example: Near-synonym: nonmonastic Example: secular clergy in Catholicism 4. Happening once in an age or century. Example: Near-synonyms: centurial, centennial Example: The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next. 5. Continuing over a long period of time. Example: The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena. Example: on a secular basis 6. Centuries-old, ancient. Labels: literary Example: The long reaches that were like one and the same reach, monotonous bends that were exactly alike, slipped past the steamer with their multitude of secular trees looking patiently after this grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings. 7. Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field. Example: Laplace (1749–1827) "saved the world" by using probability theory to estimate the parameters accurately enough to show that the drift of Jupiter was not secular after all; the observations at hand had covered only a fraction of a cycle of an oscillation with a period of about 880 years. 8. Unperturbed over time. Example: The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ν_α and ν_β are derived from eqn.(21) by ...
Word: secular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkjʊlə/, /ˈsɛkjələɹ/ 1. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. Example: On further examination, I found the clergy, in general, persons of moderate minds and decorous manners : I include the seculars, and the regulars of both sexes 2. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir. 3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Word: worldly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English worldly, worldlich, wordly (adjective), from Old English woruldlīċ, worldlīċ, weoroldlīċ (“worldly; earthly; temporal; mundane; secular”), from Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to world + -ly. Cognate with Dutch wereldlijk (“worldly; secular”), German Low German weltlik (“worldly”), German weltlich (“worldly”), Danish verdslig (“worldly”), Swedish världslig (“worldly”), Icelandic veraldlegur (“worldly; secular”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/ 1. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. Example: 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Part Two, Chapter Twenty-four: Gossip, These attributes, in spite of poverty and the strict integrity which shut him out from the more worldly successes, attracted to him many admirable persons, as naturally as sweet herbs draw bees, and as naturally he gave them the honey into which fifty years of hard experience had distilled no bitter drop. Example: c. 1883-1896, Vyasa, Kisari Mohan Ganguli (translator), The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva, Section LXXXV, Thirst of enjoyment, therefore, should be given up. Indeed, true happiness belongeth to them that have cast off their thirst for worldly objects--a thirst which is difficult to be thrown off by the wicked and the sinful, which faileth not with the failing life, and which is truly the fatal disease of man. 2. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters. 3. Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. Example: Homer and Marge have to try to explain things to children who are too worldly to fall for most excuses, the explanation trails off, and what could be a pleasant family outing to solve it all turns out to be yet another excuse for self-involvement when one public humiliation doesn’t outweigh the joys of getting busy in a windmill.
Word: worldly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English worldly, worldliche, wordly (adverb), from Old English woroldlīċe, weoroldlīċe; equivalent to world + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/ 1. In a worldly manner.
Word: eternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe. Pronunciation: /ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/, /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/, /iˈtɝ.nl̩/ 1. Lasting forever; unending. Example: But here again it is another question, quite different from our having an idea of eternity, to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Example: Thy smoking altar shall be fat with food / Of incense and the grateful steam of blood; / Burnt-offerings morn and evening shall be thine, / And fires eternal in thy temple shine. 2. Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly. 3. Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present. Labels: excessive Example: Beneath him you might have seen the three of us - myself, sunburnt, young, and vigorous after our open-air tramp; Summerlee, solemn but still critical, behind his eternal pipe; Lord John, as keen as a razor-edge, with his supple, alert figure leaning upon his rifle, and his eager eyes fixed eagerly upon the speaker. 4. Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier. Labels: dated Example: some eternal villain
Word: eternal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe. Pronunciation: /ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/, /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/, /iˈtɝ.nl̩/ 1. One who lives forever; an immortal. Example: Yes, I want that raw power that is only offered to the eternals or creators
Word: supernatural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English supernatural, supernaturel, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supernātūrālis, from super (“above”) + nātūra (“nature; that which we are born with”), from nātus (“born”), perfect passive participle of nāscī (“to be born”) + adjective suffix -ālis. By surface analysis, super- + natural. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, /-tʃɹəl/, /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, /ˌs(j)ʉː.pəˈnɛ.tʃɹəl/ 1. Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born. Example: Near-synonym: paranatural Example: In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature. 2. Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all. Example: Near-synonym: paranatural Example: The house is haunted by supernatural forces.
Word: supernatural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English supernatural, supernaturel, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supernātūrālis, from super (“above”) + nātūra (“nature; that which we are born with”), from nātus (“born”), perfect passive participle of nāscī (“to be born”) + adjective suffix -ālis. By surface analysis, super- + natural. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, /-tʃɹəl/, /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, /ˌs(j)ʉː.pəˈnɛ.tʃɹəl/ 1. A supernatural being Labels: countable 2. Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural") Labels: uncountable Example: Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."
Word: unnatural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unnatural, unnaturel, equivalent to un- + natural. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/ 1. Not natural. 2. Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere 3. Going against nature; perverse. Example: Time wore heavily on with Winnie Santon, after Natalie had left them. Left as she was, much in her unnatural mother's society, who seemed to be never more pleased than when she might thwart her designs, or, in some manner act so as to make those about her uncomfortable, it was not to be wondered at, if she did sigh for other days, and a confidant, to whom she might unburden her heart. Example: One mother, when she heard that her daughter intended to take up medicine, retired to her room and wept, bewailing the fact that she had given birth to an "unnatural daughter."
Word: unnatural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unnatural, unnaturel, equivalent to un- + natural. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/ 1. One who is unnatural, against nature, perverse. Labels: derogatory Example: In the so-called "golden era" of science fiction, gay/lesbian characters were treated as misfits, sociopaths, villains and "unnaturals" to be pitied and scorned. Gay characters were virtually all weak, effeminate snivelers out to harm the heroes of the story. Lesbians were invariably portrayed as massive, muscular Amazons with sadistic tendencies. Example: Deviants, heretics, pinks, false prophets and other unnaturals will not be spared the rod nor the stark fist of removal.
Word: ordinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/, /ˈɔːdənɹi/, /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, /ˈɔɹdɪnɛ(ə)ɹi/ 1. A person with authority; authority, ordinance. 2. A person with authority; authority, ordinance. Labels: obsolete Example: I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary. 3. A person with authority; authority, ordinance. 4. A person with authority; authority, ordinance. Labels: historical Example: He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him. 5. Something ordinary or regular. Labels: obsolete 6. Something ordinary or regular. Labels: historical Example: In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […]. Example: Here he recommended me to fix my board, there being an excellent ordinary daily at two o'clock, at which I might dine or not as I pleased. 7. Something ordinary or regular. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Vpon feſtiuall daies he goes to Court, and ſalutes vvithout re-ſaluting: at night in an Ordinarie he confeſſeth the buſineſſe in hand, and ſeemes as converſant vvith all intents and plots, as if he begot them. Example: We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad? […] as at an ordinary with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop. 8. Something ordinary or regular. 9. Something ordinary or regular. Example: Spain had no other wars save those of the Low Countries, which were grown into an ordinary Example: water-buckets, waggons, cart-wheels, plough-socks, shuttles, candlesticks, and other ordinaries 10. Something ordinary or regular. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: I ſee no more in you than in the ordinary / Of nature's ſalework. 11. Something ordinary or regular. Labels: historical 12. Something ordinary or regular. 13. Something ordinary or regular. Labels: alt-of 14. A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct. Labels: obsolete 15. A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct. Labels: especially
Word: ordinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/, /ˈɔːdənɹi/, /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, /ˈɔɹdɪnɛ(ə)ɹi/ 1. Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases. 2. Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine. Example: On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym. Example: Method is not leſs requiſite in ordinary converſation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himſelf underſtood. 3. Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory. Example: I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica. Example: He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder. 4. Bad or undesirable. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, informal Example: 1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480, It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed. Example: 1961, Joanna White, quoted in 2005, A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, Ten Pound Poms: Australia′s Invisible Migrants, page 80, For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I′d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn′t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities.
Word: extraordinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”). By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire. Pronunciation: /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ˌɛkstɹəˈɔːɹdɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ɪks.tɹɑːˈɔː.dɪn.nə.ɹiː/ 1. Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual. Example: Except in extraordinary circumstances, […] Example: Everybody knew I was an extraordinary person. When I was born my beard was three feet long. 2. Remarkably good. Example: an extraordinary poet 3. Special or supernumerary. Example: the physician extraordinary in a royal household Example: an extraordinary professor in a German university
Word: extraordinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”). By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire. Pronunciation: /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ˌɛkstɹəˈɔːɹdɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ɪks.tɹɑːˈɔː.dɪn.nə.ɹiː/ 1. Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary. Example: […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.
Word: pure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə̯/, [ˈpʰjʊə̯], /ˈpjɔː/, [ˈpʰjɔː], /ˈpjɜː/ 1. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. Example: Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. 2. Free of foreign material or pollutants. Example: A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. Example: As for the rest, the air here is said to be purer than elsewhere in Ireland; the water of the Nore is beautifully transparent; and the bogless state of the land helps out the rhyme. 3. Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. Example: Laye hondes sodenly on no man nether be part taker of wother mens synnes. Kepe thy silfe pure. 4. Mere; that and that only. Example: That idea is pure madness! 5. Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science. Example: The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy. 6. Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. 7. Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant. 8. Having no side effects. Example: a pure method 9. A lot of. Labels: slang Example: Well when ah's youngah, ah'd just light a candle rahn de dinna table play pure crazy 8s and spades vif my brotha til we lot dozed off...
Word: pure Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə̯/, [ˈpʰjʊə̯], /ˈpjɔː/, [ˈpʰjɔː], /ˈpjɜː/ 1. to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly. Labels: Scotland, not-comparable Example: You’re pure busy. Example: I just get pure shy with the interview cats.
Word: pure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə̯/, [ˈpʰjʊə̯], /ˈpjɔː/, [ˈpʰjɔː], /ˈpjɜː/ 1. To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately. Example: Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway. 2. To cleanse; to refine. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: pure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə̯/, [ˈpʰjʊə̯], /ˈpjɔː/, [ˈpʰjɔː], /ˈpjɜː/ 1. One who, or that which, is pure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ... the establishment of an inferior College, and the consequent connexion of the many thousands of British practitioners in medicine and surgery with a subordinate institution, and one that should be subservient to the government of the pures. Example: Took a drop of the pure, to keep my spirits from sinking, […]
Word: pure Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pjʊə/, /pjʊɹ/ 1. Alternative form of puer (“dung (e.g. of dogs)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: […] Dogs'-dung is called ‘Pure’, from its cleansing and purifying properties. Example: Mary smelled the rancid odor of the tannery on the right side of the road.[…] "What is that, Mary?" Jake asked. "'Tis a bag for collecting pure. That is going to be your job, Jake. You are to collect pure." "Pure? What is pure?" "Pure is another word for dung," Mary answered.
Word: impure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. Not pure Example: The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out. 2. Not pure 3. Not pure Example: He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school. Example: “No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.” 4. Not pure Example: an impure method
Word: impure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. to defile; to pollute Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: tainted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English taint Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English tainted From taint + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪntɪd/ 1. Corrupted or filled with imperfections. Example: Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money. Example: A statement from the official Lao News Agency (KPL) Friday reported that “the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages” was the suspected cause of the deaths. 2. Originating from an untrusted source. Example: Near-synonyms: imperfect, faulty Example: Do not use tainted values in SQL queries.
Word: tainted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English taint Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English tainted From taint + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of taint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bless Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blessen, from Old English bletsian (“to consecrate (with blood)”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“to bless”) (whence Icelandic blessa), Old English blēdan (“to bleed”). More at bleed. Pronunciation: /blɛs/ 1. To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. 2. To invoke divine favor upon. Example: In some countries, priests bless farm animals on St. Anthony's Day. Example: In many families, a grace is said before dinner to give thanks for and bless the food. 3. To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence. Example: A Pſalme of Dauid. Bleſſe the Lord, O my ſoule: and all that is within me, bleſſe his holy Name. 4. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. Example: And thou ſhalt ſweare, The Lord liueth, in Trueth, in Iudgement, and in Righteouſnes, and the nations ſhall bleſſe themſelues in him, and in him ſhall they glorie. 5. To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify. Example: the archbishop vsing certeine praiers, blessed the king 6. To wave; to brandish. Labels: obsolete Example: And burning blades about their heads do blesse. Example: Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. 7. To turn (a reference) into an object. Labels: transitive 8. To secure, defend, or prevent from. Labels: archaic Example: Bless me from marrying a usurer. Example: To bleſs the dores from nightly harm 9. To give or send. Labels: slang Example: Could you bless me the link for the original post? Example: I'm actually marved right now, can you bless me some cash? 10. To approve of or assent to. Labels: transitive Example: After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan. 11. To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect) Labels: Philippines Example: You should bless your relatives, because they arrived here already.
Word: bless Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An ellipsis for an expression such as bless your heart. Pronunciation: /blɛs/ 1. Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement. Labels: Canada, UK, informal Example: Ah bless! You must be the welcoming committee for anyone who dares express ignorance. Example: oh bless. *hug* that is not true. nobody here bears a grudge against 13 year old dear or against you.
Word: blessed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈblɛsɪd/, /blɛst/ 1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing. Example: Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Example: You're pushing my love / A little bit too far / I don't think you know, I don't think you know how blessed you are / And your friend Annie Mae / Tell you all she see / Have you ever thought she was trying to get close to me? 2. A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs. 3. Held in veneration; revered. Example: ‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’ 4. Worthy of worship; holy. 5. Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead. Example: I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […] 6. damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial) Labels: euphemistic, informal Example: Not one blessed person offered to help me out. Example: I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.
Word: blessed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of bless Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cursed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːsɪd/, /kɜːst/, /ˈkɝsɪd/, /kɝst/, [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d] 1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse. 2. Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women). Labels: obsolete Example: Leonato By my troth neece thou wilt neuer get thee a huſband, if thou be ſo ſhrewd of thy tongue. / brother Infaith ſhees too curſt. / Beatrice Too curſt is more then curſt, I ſhall leſſen Gods ſending that way, for it is ſaide, God ſends a curſt cow ſhort hornes, but to a cow too curſt, he ſends none. 3. hateful; damnable; accursed Example: That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk! 4. Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such. Labels: colloquial Example: “Cursed images, to me, leave you with a general uneasy feeling,” the account’s [@cursedimages] anonymous author told Gizmodo. “There could be certain qualities, like someone looking directly at the camera or an orb floating in the background.”
Word: cursed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed. Pronunciation: /kɜːst/, /kɝst/, [kʰɝst] 1. simple past and past participle of curse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cursed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed. 1. Damnably; awfully. Labels: dated, not-comparable, slang Example: I intended handing you the crown, but when I got here and realized how cursed unpleasant it might be I funked it. I decided to send the damned thing back by post without a word.
Word: condemned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈdɛmd/ 1. Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having been sharply scolded. Labels: not-comparable Example: Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea. 3. Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have written 'was' because it seems that Great British Railways, which has already survived a near-death experience when Harper took over as Transport Secretary in the autumn, may well be back in the condemned cell. 4. Officially marked uninhabitable. Labels: not-comparable Example: And she also faces the risk and the probability that her home will be condemned
Word: condemned Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈdɛmd/ 1. A person sentenced to death.
Word: condemned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈdɛmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of condemn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: curse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English curse, kors, cors, curs, from Old English cors, curs (“curse”), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /kɜːs/, /kɝs/ 1. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. Example: If ye will not heare, and if yee will not lay it to heart, to giue glory vnto my name, saith the Lord of hostes; I will euen send a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them already, because yee doe not lay it to heart. Example: Oh Portius, is there not some choſen Curſe, Some hidden Thunder in the Stores of Heav’n, Red with uncommon Wrath, to blaſt the Man Who owes his Greatneſs to his Country’s Ruin? 2. A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. 3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. Example: The common curſe of mankinde, Folly and Ignorance[…] 4. A vulgar epithet. Example: Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself. 5. A woman's menses. Labels: dated, derogatory, slang, usually, with-definite-article
Word: curse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cursen, corsen, coursen, from Old English corsian, cursian (“to curse”), from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /kɜːs/, /kɝs/ 1. To place a curse upon (a person or object). Labels: transitive Example: And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. Example: Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard. 2. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. Example: Thou ſhalt not[…]curſe the ruler of thy people. 3. To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet. Labels: transitive 4. To use offensive or morally inappropriate language. Labels: intransitive Example: Then beganne hee to curſe and to ſweare[…] Example: […]his Spirits heare me, / And yet I needes muſt curſe. 5. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. Example: On Impious Realms, and barb’rous Kings, impoſe / Thy Plagues, and curſe 'em with ſuch Sons as thoſe.
Word: doomed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /duːmd/ 1. Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome. Example: Dinosaurs were doomed to extinction. Example: Moments later, Courageous sheers out of line, smoke and steam venting through a massive hole in her side, the shells having blasted right through whatever excuse for armor was present and detonated amidst the boiler rooms. She is doomed. 2. Assured of any outcome, whether positive or negative; fated. Labels: archaic Example: Bonny Mary Burnet was lost. She left her father's house at nine o'clock on a Wednesday morning, 17th of September, neatly dressed in a white jerkin and green bonnet, with her hay-raik over her shoulder; and that was the last sight she was doomed ever to see of her native cottage.
Word: doomed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /duːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of doom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem. Pronunciation: /duːm/ 1. To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn. Labels: transitive Example: a criminal doomed to death Example: Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. 2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of. Example: A man of genius […] doomed to struggle with difficulties. 3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. Labels: obsolete Example: And while we know not that the King of heaven hath not doomed this place our safe retreat 4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. Labels: obsolete Example: Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? 5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. Labels: New-England, archaic 6. To be extremely pessimistic about something. Labels: Internet, intransitive Example: Every time I see people dooming over North America I just assume its because they've never seen the parts of it that look like this Example: You can tell why Democrats were dooming like two months ago
Word: doom Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /duːm/ 1. Initialism of didn't organize, only moved; used in compounds designating a miscellaneous collection of items which one has failed to properly organize. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I tried to organize my stuff but just ended up making a big doom pile. Example: One day in April of 2021, Lindsey Bee decided it was time to deal with the laundry "doom piles" that had formed around her house. So she did what many people do when faced with a boring task. She turned to TikTok.
Word: blessing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ 1. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. Example: Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home. 2. A pronouncement invoking divine aid. Example: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer. 3. Good fortune. Example: He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam. 4. A modern pagan ceremony. 5. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval. Example: We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing. Example: Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler. 6. Something someone is glad of. Example: After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing. 7. A prayer before a meal; grace. 8. A group of unicorns. Example: And since we’re laying out our wishes, we’d also like a blessing of unicorns and one million dollars. Example: Then a blessing of unicorns charged into the studio, and I was carried away to be re-educated.
Word: blessing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bless Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: condemn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem. Pronunciation: /kənˈdɛm/, /kənˈdɪm/, /kənˈdem/ 1. To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate. Labels: transitive Example: The president condemned the terrorists. Example: Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are. 2. To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty. Labels: transitive 3. To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence Labels: transitive Example: The judge condemned him to death. Example: She was condemned to life in prison. 4. To confer eternal divine punishment upon. Labels: transitive 5. To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty. 6. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. Labels: transitive Example: There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned. 7. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. Labels: transitive Example: The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire. 8. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. Labels: transitive 9. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. Labels: transitive 10. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. Labels: transitive 11. To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain. Labels: transitive 12. To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize. Labels: transitive
Word: evangelism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English evangel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English evangelism From evangel + -ism. 1. The process of evangelizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: evangelist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French evangeliste, equivalent to evangel + -ist, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”), from εὐαγγελίζεσθαι (euangelízesthai, “to evangelize”), from εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein, “to announce”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/ 1. An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised. 2. A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist). 3. A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region. 4. A patriarch. 5. A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion. Labels: broadly Example: Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience. Example: Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders. 6. A person hired to promote a particular technology. Example: developer evangelist Example: […] and has worked in multiple roles, including as the C# Product Manager and as a Developer Evangelist in the Mid-Atlantic district.
Word: evangelize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French évangéliser, equivalent to evangel + -ize, from Late Latin evangelizare, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō). Displaced native Old English godspellian (literally “to gospel”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəlaɪz/ 1. To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to. Example: his Apoſtles, whom he ſends To evangelize the Nations 2. To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it. Example: […] nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world. 3. To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote.
Word: Christ Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Middle English Crist English Christ From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee. Pronunciation: /kɹaɪst/ 1. The anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament. Example: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 2. A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy. Example: "But I have seen the Christ. Oh, He was glorious, glorious! Now, good-bye - good-bye!" She backed towards the cabinet and sank into the shadows. Example: Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. 3. A surname.