nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: phenomenologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English phenomenology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic 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 -ical English -ical English phenomenological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English phenomenologically From phenomenological + -ly. 1. In a manner characteristic of phenomenology or of phenomenological philosophy. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is no question that, phenomenologically considered, the experience of perceiving and the experience of having a hallucination are sufficiently similar that, on the strength of what proves to be a hallucination, one may sincerely claim to have (veridically) perceived something. 2. In a manner which places primary or undue reliance upon subjective criteria such as signs, symptoms and behaviors, while ignoring objective etiologies in the formulation of diagnoses and in the compilation of a formal nosologies. Labels: not-comparable Example: The DSM may be viewed as a behavioristically, phenomenologically oriented nosology which often groups unlike disease states together into categories, and in its behaviorist approach, can ignore distinctions between pathophysiological processes within the brain and normal human response to stressors. Because of this and the modern access, via the techniques of molecular biology, to molecular processes in the human brain and other bodily systems, there is growing call in the psychiatric community to reformulate the mental health nosology, basing it rather upon the pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie problematic behavioral phenomena.
Word: dishtowel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dish + towel. 1. A towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes. Example: A child of the Great Depression, Grandma would never throw away a dishtowel until it had more holes than thread.
Word: dishtowels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dishtowel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dizzying Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to make one (actually or metaphorically) dizzy or confused, as of great speed or height. Example: The salesman presented me with a dizzying array of choices, and I was hard pressed to choose between them. Example: The organisation fills many gaps left by the state, operating a dizzying array of services, including homes for victims of domestic violence, food banks and a shelter for stray animals.
Word: dizzying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dizzy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: airdate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + date. 1. The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast.
Word: cotylosaurian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cotylosaur Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English cotylosaurian From cotylosaur + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to cotylosaurs. 2. Having characteristics of a cotylosaur.
Word: cotylosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Cotylosauria, a synonym of the family †Captorhinidae, the earliest group of true reptiles from the Carboniferous through the Permian. Labels: dated
Word: cotylosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cotylosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rescale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English rescale From re- + scale. 1. To alter the scale of a drawing or project; to change the physical proportions. 2. To change the scope of a business or project to meet a change in demands. 3. To scale again
Word: drive-through Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from drive through. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/ 1. Of an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while they are in their still-running vehicle, especially when the vehicle does not park in a parking space and the goods received are not consumed until the vehicle vacates the lane. Labels: not-comparable Example: I switched banks so that I could use a drive-through branch near my home. 2. Of a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service. Labels: not-comparable Example: The restaurant’s drive-through window had a turntable of bulletproof glass designed to allow transactions while preventing robberies.
Word: drive-through Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from drive through. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/ 1. An establishment, especially a restaurant, providing drive-through service. Example: Since I was pressed for time, I picked up burgers at a drive-through on the way home. 2. The window of such an establishment adapted for such purpose. Example: “Please pull forward and pay at the drive-through,” said the attendant upon taking my order.
Word: baby step Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the small, awkward movements of a young child learning to walk. 1. A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task. Labels: idiomatic, in-plural Example: Learning a new language is difficult, so we'll learn by taking baby steps. Example: “From a news operation standpoint, we’re going to start out with baby steps, but, eventually, this is going to be what you would expect it to be: a 24-hour operating network that covers a sport soup to nuts.”
Word: boxed set Part of Speech: noun 1. A collection of recordings sold together in a single package.
Word: princessy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English princess Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English princessy From princess + -y. 1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for a princess. Labels: informal Example: Such extravagance has seen the rise of “Bridezilla” – the woman who wants everything just so and whom it is death to cross. And, in a nice neat circle of pink commercial fairy dust, the glamour model, Jordan – she of the pinkest, princessiest wedding of all time – has launched her own series of children’s books under her real name, Katie Price. Example: ‘You know, Cinderella would always turn up in a big white dress for the last scene. That was nice.’ / Cerise’s eyes lit up. ‘Yes! I was obsessed with those too! The bigger and princessier the better.[…]’
Word: war hammer Part of Speech: noun 1. A medieval hammerlike weapon used in close combat.
Word: Prince Valiant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This was the hairstyle of the protagonist of the US comic strip Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur. 1. A hairstyle similar to a longer pageboy Labels: US
Word: air ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A thrown ball that misses the basket, and completely fails to touch the net or supporting hoop. 2. Any ball-like object that widely misses its intended target when thrown. Labels: broadly
Word: incontrovertibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or characteristic of being incontrovertible, of not being debatable; incontestability. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It seems that in general the more nearly a theory approximates incontrovertibility, the more nearly does it approximate triviality.
Word: print-on-demand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of print on demand. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: semi-works Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English works English semi-works From semi- + works. 1. A manufacturing plant large enough to produce market development quantities, but smaller than a full-scale commercial plant.
Word: print on demand Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of printing very small runs of a document as required, especially by using computer technology. Labels: uncountable Example: This list omits print-on-demand books run off from electronic copies of the 1903 edition available on the Internet.
Word: pilot plant Part of Speech: noun 1. A small-scale chemical engineering facility designed to research the full-scale production of a product.
Word: prison-bound Part of Speech: adj 1. Destined for prison, by leading a life of crime. 2. Incarcerated.
Word: priss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923. Pronunciation: /pɹɪs/ 1. A prissy person Labels: informal Example: Robin: Have you ever been in love? / Steve: Yep. Nancy Wheeler. First semester, senior year. / Robin: Oh my God. She's such a priss.
Word: priss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923. Pronunciation: /pɹɪs/ 1. To dress or behave in a prissy manner
Word: private key Part of Speech: noun 1. The unpublished key in asymmetric cryptography.
Word: overpopulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + population. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃn̩/, /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈoʊvɚ-/ 1. An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I hope for another end, though not, indeed, from any of the three remedies for over-population commonly suggested by economists. These three are, in brief—Colonization; Bringing in of waste lands; or Discouragement of Marriage. Example: Over the whole extent of the South Seas, from one tropic to another, we find traces of a bygone state of over-population, when the resources of even a tropical soil were taxed, and even the improvident Polynesian trembled for the future.
Word: overripe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English ripe English overripe From over- + ripe. 1. Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.
Word: go bad Part of Speech: verb 1. To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions. 2. to cease to be reputable and instead become delinquent, criminal, immoral, corrupt or poorly behaved. 3. To become unsafe.
Word: goes bad Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go bad Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: going bad Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go bad Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went bad Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go bad Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone bad Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go bad Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gone bad Part of Speech: adj 1. Of foods and commodities, having become spoiled, rotten, or otherwise unusable due to age or storage conditions. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a person or entity, having ceased to be reputable and having instead become delinquent, criminal, or poorly behaved. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a region or area, having become unsafe. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of a delinquent or criminal act, having unexpectedly become more violent than is typical for that act—having resulted in an attack on a victim leading to serious injury or death. Labels: not-comparable Example: a drug deal gone bad, a robbery gone bad
Word: privatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of privatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: privatizing Part of Speech: noun 1. privatization Labels: uncountable
Word: circinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin circinatus, past participle of circinō (“to make round”). 1. Of a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base. Labels: not-comparable 2. Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prize-taking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prize + taking. 1. The capturing of an enemy ship at sea; this results in a payment to all hands from the Admiralty. Labels: dated, uncountable 2. The winning of a prize in a competition. Labels: uncountable
Word: prize-taking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prize + taking. 1. That wins prizes (used especially of livestock).
Word: basilisks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basilisk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intimations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intimation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: probeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English probe 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 probeable From probe + -able. 1. Able to be probed.
Word: problemed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From problem + -ed. 1. Having (a specified form of) problems. Labels: in-compounds
Word: problemed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From problem + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of problem Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: problemo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From problem + humorous -o suffix to imitate Spanish, the intended word being problema (still masculine, as it is derived from Greek). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒbˈleɪmoʊ/, /ˌpɹoʊˈbleɪmoʊ/ 1. problem Labels: informal
Word: problem-solve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from problem solving. 1. To solve problems. Labels: transitive
Word: glid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of glide Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The boat glid across the lake gracefully.
Word: probole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek προβολή (probolḗ). 1. A bony projection, especially the occipital protuberance of the skull. 2. A conceptual projection of the Son or Holy Spirit from the Father in the Trinity.
Word: probosciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English proboscis English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English probosciform From proboscis + -iform. 1. Having the form of a proboscis.
Word: proceduralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English procedural 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 proceduralism From procedural + -ism. 1. A belief in the importance of using agreed procedures. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A rigid adherence to established procedures. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: proceduralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English procedural 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 proceduralist From procedural + -ist. 1. An advocate of proceduralism 2. An expert in legal procedures
Word: precognitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cognitive English precognitive From pre- + cognitive. Pronunciation: /pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/ 1. Pertaining to the ability to see or predict future events.
Word: precognitive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cognitive English precognitive From pre- + cognitive. Pronunciation: /pɹiˈkɑɡ.nə.tɪv/ 1. A precognitive person, a seer.
Word: pro-celeb Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + celeb. 1. pro-celebrity Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: pro-celebrity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro + celebrity. 1. In which professionals and celebrities participate together Labels: not-comparable
Word: precolonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial English precolonial From pre- + colonial. 1. Of or pertaining to a historical period before colonization. Labels: not-comparable
Word: precolonial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial English precolonial From pre- + colonial. 1. An inhabitant of an area before colonists first arrived. Example: After 1970 one no longer expected to find Tio whose parents had experienced the precolonial period, except for a few very old persons. Most people now were grandchildren of the precolonials. Example: However, archaeological evidence also points to the likelihood of “direct jumps” by Saladoid migrants from South America to the northern Caribbean. It is easy to understand why these early precolonials were engaged in island-hopping.
Word: preconceived Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːkənˈsiːvd/ 1. Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preconceived Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːkənˈsiːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of preconceive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: precursory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praecursor. 1. Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow. Labels: not-comparable Example: precursory symptoms of a fever
Word: precursory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praecursor. 1. A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.
Word: predesignate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + designate. Adjective coined by Sir William Hamilton. 1. Designated in advance. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having its quantity indicated by a verbal sign, as with "all", "none", etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: predesignate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + designate. Adjective coined by Sir William Hamilton. 1. To designate in advance. Labels: transitive Example: The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover.
Word: predigest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English digest English predigest From pre- + digest. 1. To digest food in advance of eating it Example: Spiders predigest their food by injecting enzymes into their victims. 2. To preprocess in order to deliver the most important parts in a simplified form. Labels: broadly Example: If what's happened is what Jenny secretly suspects—that the neighbor has run the cat over in his driveway—they would like to predigest the news and tell Philip themselves. Example: Recycling Americana through predigested pop culture makes Monster Trucks seem indebted to Amblin movies of the ’80s, by way of the boy-and-his-car riff on those same movies Michael Bay half-assedly performed in the first Transformers.
Word: predetermination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English determination English predetermination From pre- + determination. 1. The act of determining beforehand. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that has been decided in advance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: predeterminer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English determiner English predeterminer From pre- + determiner. 1. The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun.
Word: kufr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic كُفْر (kufr), from the root ك ف ر (k f r). 1. Denial or rejection of Islam. Labels: uncountable
Word: gares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gare. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prearrangement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- French arrangementbor. English arrangement English prearrangement From pre- + arrangement. 1. An arrangement or plan made beforehand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: preassigned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English assigned English preassigned From pre- + assigned. 1. assigned or allotted in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the first day of school, the students went to their preassigned rooms.
Word: precariousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English precarious 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 precariousness From precarious + -ness. 1. A state of being uncertain or unstable. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: instability, jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger Example: The precariousness of political relations between the two countries could lead to war.
Word: dead tree edition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A dysphemism, referring to the raw materials from trees used in the manufacture of paper. 1. The physical, printed version of a publication. Labels: derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang Example: dead-tree edition Derogatory cyberspeak for the paper version of a periodical.... Example: The city's major daily newspaper, the Oregonian, is losing subscribers to the dead-tree edition but has a large online following.
Word: preciosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English preciosite, from Middle French preciosité, from Latin pretiōsitās (“great value; high price”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛʃiˈɒsəti/, /ˌpɹɛʃiˈɑsəti/ 1. The quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress). Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually Example: 1902, R. Langton Douglas, A History of Siena, New York: E.P. Dutton, Chapter 18, p. 385, [Italian renaissance painter Neroccio] had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. Example: It is […] a section of society where everybody talks and poses, where pedantry masquerades as knowledge, sentimentality as sentiment, and preciosity as delicacy and refinement; 2. An instance of preciosity; something that is overly refined in an affected way. Labels: countable, derogatory, usually Example: “O Father Master, is it possible! (exclaimed the Beneficiary ready to roll about the floor with laughing) is it possible that such preciosities are printed! […]” Example: 1913, John Hay Beith (as Ian Hay), Happy-Go-Lucky, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Book 3, Chapter 12, p. 151, “Yes, mother mine,” she replied. (Sylvia was rather addicted to little preciosities of this kind.) 3. The quality of being precious (of high value or worth). Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: I must be forc’d to say somewhat of Margarites [i.e. pearls] themselves, and I am affraid I shall rather be struck with the deepest amazement and confusion, than be able to expresse their unspeakable worth and preciosity. Example: [The figurehead] was covered up with tow and sacking and so hidden under pretence of safety that none might discover the secret of its intrinsic preciosity. 4. Something of high value or worth. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: That which is rare (we know) is with all Nations precious, and what is precious they love to appropriate and transferr upon themselves as near as they can […]. So if there be any thing more costly then another, they will hang it on their Bodies […], such as their Ear-rings and Jewells. But these Barbarians seem to exceed them in the curiositie of their application of these Preciosities, they fully implanting them into their very Flesh, as if they were part of their natural Body. Example: 1754, uncredited translator, The History of the Moravians by Heinrich Rimius, London: J. Robinson, Section 14, p. 90, An honest Man that sits in our common Court of Justice, to decide there instead of the Sovereign according to the common Law and our Statutes, is an inestimable Preciosity for us […]
Word: outboast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English boast English outboast From out- + boast. 1. To boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make. Labels: transitive
Word: outboasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outboast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outboasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outboast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outboasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outboast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Islamo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- From Islam + -o-. 1. Pertaining to Islam or Muslims. Labels: morpheme
Word: relinquishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English relinquishment From relinquish + -ment. 1. The act of relinquishing something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: relinquishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relinquishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-disciplined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English disciplined English self-disciplined From self- + disciplined. 1. Having self-discipline; in control of oneself and one's actions.
Word: self-discipline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English discipline English self-discipline From self- + discipline. 1. Control of oneself. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: willpower Example: Personal reinventions fail partly for the obvious reasons: you set your goals too high; or your existing obligations at work or home get in the way; or you find (who could have imagined it?) that the unimpressive level of self-discipline you’ve demonstrated for your entire life until this moment can’t magically be tripled overnight.
Word: kmet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian kmȅt. Doublet of count and comes. Pronunciation: /kmɛt/ 1. A serf in Southeastern Europe, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary. Labels: historical Example: Suffering from this double disability, social and religious, the Christian ‘kmet,’ or tiller of the soil, is worse off than many a serf in our darkest ages, and lies as completely at the mercy of the Mahometan owner of the soil as if he were a slave. Example: The authorities repeatedly emphasized that the kmet was not bound to his master, to counter allegations equating kmet tenure with servile status.
Word: coloration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō. 1. The act or art of coloring. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being colored. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Political tendency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Numerous studies of family imprint upon offspring party attachment have shown that, when the father and mother agree politically, the children are likely to adopt the political coloration of their parents. Example: The party was not organized as an Irish political vehicle, but from the first it had a decidedly Gaelic coloration. 6. This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: psychedelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English psychedelic Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English psychedelia From psychedelic + -ia. 1. The subculture associated with those who take psychedelic drugs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Recess’s website features the charms of vaporwave internet art and Lisa Frank-style nostalgia, while their Instagram account evokes the combined look of “Endless Summer” with “Floridian retiree” and the summer-camp psychedelia that has replaced “Lifestyle Lumberjack” as the default millennial style choice.
Word: proception Part of Speech: noun 1. according to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment. Labels: uncountable 2. Sexual behaviour that leads to conception. The term “proceptivity” was introduced into general sexological use by Frank A. Beach in 1976 Labels: uncountable
Word: proceptive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to proception 2. Leading to conception
Word: proceptivity Part of Speech: noun 1. Behaviour that leads to copulation and thus conception Labels: uncountable
Word: procerus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prōcērus (“high, tall, long”), clipping of mūsculus prōcērus (“tall muscle”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈsɛə.ɹəs/, /pɹoʊˈsɪɹ.əs/ 1. A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.
Word: process art Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of art, especially sculpture, which emphasises the process by which it was made, rather than its form. Labels: uncountable
Word: processualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English processual 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 processualism From processual + -ism. 1. A methodological analysis of processes in the social sciences Labels: uncountable 2. The application of processual methods in archaeology and anthropology Labels: uncountable
Word: processual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From process + -ual. 1. Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science. Example: In order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social activity. 2. Of or relating to the methodological study of cultural change and variability in archaeology.
Word: processualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English processual 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 processualist From processual + -ist. 1. An advocate of processualism
Word: funis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin fūnis. 1. A cord or a cord-like structure. 2. Umbilical cord. Labels: specifically
Word: pallidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pallidus English pallid Middle English -ly English -ly English pallidly From pallid + -ly. 1. In a pallid manner.
Word: parasitically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English parasitic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English parasitically From parasitic + -ally. 1. In a parasitic manner. Example: Similarly, plants and mycorrhizal fungi are no longer thought of as behaving either mutualistically or parasitically.
Word: pardonably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pardonable Middle English -ly English -ly English pardonably From pardonable + -ly. 1. In a pardonable manner. Example: Both men were astonished (and I imagine, pardonably proud) when I told them that our Canadian National road over the Rocky Mountain Summit through Yellowhead Pass above Jasper, is almost exactly only one-third as steep as Shap Bank!
Word: parochially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English parochial Middle English -ly English -ly English parochially From parochial + -ly. 1. In a parochial manner.
Word: parsimoniously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English parsimonious Middle English -ly English -ly English parsimoniously From parsimonious + -ly. 1. In a parsimonious manner.
Word: passingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English passing Middle English -ly English -ly English passingly From passing + -ly. 1. Synonym of in passing. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm only passingly familiar with Schopenhauer: I haven't read many of his works.
Word: patchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English patchy Middle English -ly English -ly English patchily From patchy + -ly. 1. In a patchy manner. Example: Hawkins, Lewis and Hankin are placed in the Diachronic category due to their attempt at a historical perspective, even though that is very patchily executed.
Word: paternally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English paternal Middle English -ly English -ly English paternally From paternal + -ly. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɝnəli/ 1. In a paternal manner; fatherly. Example: Why they selected Boudicca […]to lead them into battle, rather than either of Prasutagus' daughters, or any number of eligible paternally related kin, is lost in the mists of time. Example: […] in Little Women everyone's favourite tomboy Jo March is eventually tamed into a 'good wife' by the paternally mansplainy Professor Bhaer […]
Word: pathologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic 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 -ical English -ical English pathological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English pathologically From pathological + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/, /ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/ 1. In a pathological manner. Example: The early days of the epidemic had been a time of ebullition or ebullience, pathologically speaking, full of movements and tics, impulsions and impetuosities, manias and crises, ardencies and appetencies. Example: Based on palpatory findings, tissue samples were taken from myogelotic areas of 11 unfixed human cadavers (6 female, 5 male). In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative purposes.
Word: patronizingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English patronizing Middle English -ly English -ly English patronizingly From patronizing + -ly. 1. In a patronizing manner. Example: `Anyway, Bob's on a good wicket!' said Cummings patronisingly. `I wouldn't mind taking on the job myself.'
Word: patronymically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English patronymic 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 patronymically From patronymic + -ally. 1. In the form of a patronymic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pedantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pedantic + -ally and/or pedantical + -ly. 1. In a pedantic manner. Example: ‘I think you might have warned me,’ returned the other with a touch of sullenness. ‘But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it. The fellow had a key; and what’s more, he has it still. I saw him use it, not a week ago.’
Word: penetratingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English penetrating Middle English -ly English -ly English penetratingly From penetrating + -ly. 1. In a penetrating manner.
Word: penitently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English penitent Middle English -ly English -ly English penitently From penitent + -ly. 1. In a penitent manner.
Word: penuriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English penurious Middle English -ly English -ly English penuriously From penurious + -ly. 1. In a penurious manner.
Word: perceptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perceptive Middle English -ly English -ly English perceptively From perceptive + -ly. 1. In a perceptive manner. Example: She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'.
Word: perceptually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin perceptus English -al English perceptual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perceptually From perceptual + -ly. 1. In a perceptual manner. 2. Regarding perception.
Word: perfidiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perfidious Middle English -ly English -ly English perfidiously From perfidious + -ly. 1. In a perfidious manner.
Word: perilously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English perilously; equivalent to perilous + -ly. 1. In a perilous manner. Example: A rather interesting and notable convenience, however, is that of ice water bags, which are hung on to the outside of the coaches at certain stops. These can be reached by leaning out of the window rather perilously, to unhook them, and paper cups are stocked in the compartments. Example: A door flopped open, wobbling perilously on its one remaining hinge.
Word: peripherally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English peripheral Middle English -ly English -ly English peripherally From peripheral + -ly. 1. In a peripheral manner. 2. At or towards a periphery.
Word: permissibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English permissible Middle English -ly English -ly English permissibly From permissible + -ly. 1. In a permissible manner.
Word: permissively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English permissive Middle English -ly English -ly English permissively From permissive + -ly. 1. In a permissive manner.
Word: perniciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pernicious Middle English -ly English -ly English perniciously From pernicious + -ly. 1. In a pernicious manner.
Word: peskily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pesky Middle English -ly English -ly English peskily From pesky + -ly. 1. In a pesky manner.
Word: pessimistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pessimistic 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 pessimistically From pessimistic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪkli/ 1. In a pessimistic manner.
Word: pettily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English petty Middle English -ly English -ly English pettily From petty + -ly. 1. In a petty manner.
Word: pictorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pictorial Middle English -ly English -ly English pictorially From pictorial + -ly. 1. In a pictorial manner.
Word: picturesquely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English picturesque Middle English -ly English -ly English picturesquely From picturesque + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪktjʊəˈɹɛskli/, /ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛskli/ 1. In a picturesque manner. Example: The red-painted farm-houses, peculiar to Norway, lay picturesquely scattered on the higher points of the undulating valley, where men and women were busy hay-making. Example: An athlete might picturesquely lament that his ankle had betrayed him or that his wrist had gone on strike; and if such modes of speech acquired a wide vogue, we might now and then fall into the trap of supposing that we and our limbs are related in the way in which employers are related to their employees. We might start to talk seriously of cricketers being well advised to dismiss their limbs and to try to get on without them.
Word: piercingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English piercing Middle English -ly English -ly English piercingly From piercing + -ly. 1. In a piercing manner.
Word: piggishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English piggish Middle English -ly English -ly English piggishly From piggish + -ly. 1. In a piggish manner.
Word: pigheadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pigheaded Middle English -ly English -ly English pigheadedly From pigheaded + -ly. 1. In a pigheaded manner.
Word: piously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Italic *pīosder. Latin piusbor. English pious Middle English -ly English -ly English piously From pious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪəsli/ 1. in a pious manner Example: it is a marvel that any man, virtuously and piously disposed, should be so partially and zealously affected in a cause that has neither truth nor any honest usefulness in it. Example: ...Balgruntie was bent on makin' the attempt, especially after he heard that the castle was well vittled, an' indeed he was meritoriously joined by his men, who piously licked their lips on hearin' of such glad tidin's.
Word: pitiably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pitiable Middle English -ly English -ly English pitiably From pitiable + -ly. 1. In a pitiable manner.
Word: pitifully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English petefully, petifullie, pyttyfully, pytyffully; equivalent to pitiful + -ly. 1. In a pitiful manner. Example: The coral faded even from her lips, till they were as white as Leo's face, and quivered pitifully.
Word: pitilessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pitiless Middle English -ly English -ly English pitilessly From pitiless + -ly. 1. In a pitiless manner. Example: The simple questions of the tattered man had been knife thrusts to him. They asserted a society that probes pitilessly at secrets until all is apparent. Example: They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.
Word: placidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French placide English placid Middle English -ly English -ly English placidly From placid + -ly. 1. In a placid manner. Example: We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal. Example: He was a big chubby man, in his middle thirties, the muscle of his rugger days now settling placidly to reminiscent fat.
Word: plaintively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English plaintive Middle English -ly English -ly English plaintively From plaintive + -ly. 1. In a plaintive manner.
Word: practicably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English practicable Middle English -ly English -ly English practicably From practicable + -ly. 1. In a practicable manner.