nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: encrypt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹɪpt/ 1. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher. Example: All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security. 2. To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode. Example: The data was encrypted in transit using AES-GCM.
Word: OCR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Office for Civil Rights. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads. 3. Initialism of Office of the Chief Rabbi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OCR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of optical character recognition (the technology or principle). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of optical character reader (the scanning device). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of obstacle course racing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of obstacle course race. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of one coat render. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: OCR Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform optical character recognition upon. Labels: transitive Example: Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, OCRs, and stores in its digital database.
Word: ASAP Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the 1950s. First known use in a book of Captain Annis G Thompson, who was involved in the Korean War, The Greatest Airlift (1954). Originally used in the meaning "as soon as militarily possible" by military forces. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.sæp/ 1. Initialism of as soon as possible. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Susan, please check those figures ASAP!
Word: mann Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Mann (“man”). Doublet of man and Manu. 1. A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece. Example: The mann moves like a king but is not royal; he cannot castle and he’s allowed to be captured. The mann is most popular for chess theorists who wish to discuss the king as an attacking piece, or for chess puzzles that wish to use a non-royal king.
Word: pseudo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). Pronunciation: /ˈsjuː.doʊ/, /ˈsuː.doʊ/ 1. False; not genuine; fake. Labels: morpheme 2. Quasi-; almost. Labels: morpheme, proscribed
Word: pseudo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/, /ˈsuːdoʊ/ 1. An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. Labels: derogatory 2. A poseur; one who is fake. 3. pseudo-city code Labels: informal 4. A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. Labels: Internet, clipping Example: Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in spite of pseudos and avatars) and traceability are at stake[…] 5. Short for pseudoelement. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of 6. Clipping of pseudoephedrine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: pseudo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/, /ˈsuːdoʊ/ 1. Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. Labels: not-comparable Example: Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment. 2. Insincere. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sub rosa Part of Speech: adv Etymology: PIE word *upó The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier. The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/, /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/ 1. Covertly or in secret; confidentially, privately, secretly. Example: They held the meeting sub rosa. Example: By the by, I wonder some of you lawyers (sub rosa, of course) have not quoted the pithy lines in Mandeville […]
Word: sub rosa Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *upó The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier. The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/, /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/ 1. Carried out confidentially or secretly. Example: He began a sub rosa campaign of obstruction, terror and depredation along the Thurn and Taxis mail routes. 2. Not formally stated; implicit, tacit, unspoken.
Word: sub rosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *upó The adverb and adjective are an unadapted borrowing from Late Latin sub rosā (literally “under the rose”), from Latin sub (“beneath, under”) + rosa (“rose”) (possibly from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wardah (“flower; rose”) and Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-, possibly a metathesis of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; to rise”)). The reason for the reference to a rose is uncertain, though it has been suggested that it derives from the Ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (the goddess of love) gave a rose to her son Eros (the god of love and sex), who in turn gave it to Harpocrates (the god of silence, confidentiality, and secrets) to ensure that Aphrodite’s sexual indiscretions were not revealed. Roses thus became a symbol of secrecy—they were, for example, used at meetings to pledge the participants not to disclose what had been discussed. Compare under the rose which is attested earlier. The noun is derived from the adverb and adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzə/, /ˌsʌb ˈɹoʊzə/ 1. Covert surveillance video used as evidence against applicants for workers' compensation to show they are not in fact (seriously) injured. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: Questions about Esparza's surveillance practices were exacerbated by an incident in December 2003, in which another subject of a sub-rosa complained of being followed by Esparza wielding a video camera.
Word: FAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Forward Air Control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of forward air controller. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of flow-accelerated corrosion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of flow-assisted corrosion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Fellow of the Atlantic Council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Fatal accident control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of fast attack craft Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: trade union Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues. Example: When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble. Example: , labour union (Canada), labor union (Canada, US)
Word: enterprise union Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather than having the same trade.
Word: umbrella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/, /ˈʌm.bɹɛl.ə/ 1. A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun. Example: Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on! Example: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. 2. Anything that provides similar protection. Labels: figuratively Example: The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group. 3. Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program. 4. A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net. 5. The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles. Example: Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material. 6. An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light. Example: Using umbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.
Word: umbrella Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ombrella (“parasol, sunshade”), from Late Latin umbrella (influenced by umbra (“shadow, shade”)), from Latin umbella, from umbra + -la (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/, /ˈʌm.bɹɛl.ə/ 1. To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella. Labels: transitive Example: Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts. Example: Huge pine and eucalyptus umbrellaed the grounds, airconditioning the morning. 2. To form the dome shape of an open umbrella. Labels: intransitive Example: Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees. 3. To move like a jellyfish. Labels: intransitive Example: The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.
Word: full whack Part of Speech: noun 1. The entire amount. Labels: slang Example: We had to pay the full whack.
Word: full whack Part of Speech: adv 1. To the maximum extent. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: white-collar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers. Pronunciation: /ˌwaɪt ˈkɑlər/ 1. Of or pertaining to office work and workers. Example: This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either.
Word: chairman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English chairman From chair + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛːmən/, /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ 1. A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.) 2. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity. Example: When I got ready to leave, why, Chairman Mao came down to the plane. Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China. Example: Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961. 3. Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance. Labels: historical Example: Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire […] Example: Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.
Word: chairman Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English chairman From chair + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛːmən/, /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/ 1. To serve as chairman.
Word: bit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). More at bite. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt/, /ˈbɪ̝t/, /ˈbɘt/ 1. To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse). Labels: transitive
Word: bit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. See bite. Replaced a former strong past tense, seen in Middle English bot and Old English bāt. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt/, /ˈbɪ̝t/, /ˈbɘt/ 1. simple past of bite Labels: form-of, past Example: Your dog bit me! 2. past participle of bite, bitten Labels: archaic, form-of, informal, participle, past Example: I've been bit by your dog!
Word: bit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. See bite. Replaced a former strong past tense, seen in Middle English bot and Old English bāt. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt/, /ˈbɪ̝t/, /ˈbɘt/ 1. Having been bitten. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him. Example: Fortunately, someone who gets skeeter-bit this much may develop an immunity to the skeeter's saliva
Word: bit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”. First used in print 1948 by Claude Shannon. Compare byte and nybble, with similar food associations. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt/, /ˈbɪ̝t/, /ˈbɘt/ 1. A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. 2. The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit. 3. Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values. Example: status bits on IRC Example: permission bits in a file system 4. A unit of measure for information entropy. Example: The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure. But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word. 5. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Word: steganography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ˌstɛɡ.ənˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, /ˌstɛ.ɡəˈnɔ.ɡɹə.fi/ 1. The art and science of concealing a secret message, data, or file within another innocuous message, image, audio file, or physical object in a way that hides the very existence of the hidden information from casual observation. Labels: uncountable Example: She shewed me a short manuscript in French, where the great work was clearly explained. She told me that she did not keep it under lock and key, because it was written in a cypher, the secret of which was known only to herself. "You do not believe, then, in steganography." 2. The use of small computer files to communicate secret information. Labels: uncountable Example: Using the steganography tools available today, suspects can even hide data inside JPEGs and audio files.
Word: mondegreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American journalist and editor Sylvia Wright in 1954 in Harper's Magazine from mishearing a line in the Scottish ballad The Bonnie Earl o' Moray: “They have slain the Earl o' Moray, / And laid him on the green”, the second line being misheard as, “And Lady Mondegreen”. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒndəɡɹiːn/, /ˈmɑndəɡɹiːn/ 1. A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language. Example: Our report of a relative who, as a child, thought the classic version of the Lord's Prayer began "Our father, a chart in heaven, Harold be thy name" stated that this type of mistake is known as an eggcorn. A number of readers have suggested that instances like this in which a whole phrase rather than just a word is misheard, should be called mondegreens rather than eggcorns. Example: The title lyric ["Bei Mir Bistu Shein"], the only part of the original Yiddish preserved by Cahn, was a mondegreen waiting to happen—“My Mere Bits of Shame” and “My Beer, Mr. Shane” were among the earliest recorded mishearings—but the language barrier didn't […] 2. A misunderstanding of a written or spoken phrase as a result of multiple definitions. Labels: rare
Word: BCE Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE. Example: We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment.
Word: BC Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau. Pronunciation: /ˌbiːˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of Before Christ. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220. Example: [...]Hi vang, King of Yen and of Corea, was defeated, taken and killed in the Year 259 before the Birth of Chriſt, according to the Chineſe Hiſtory, and Tſin vang was acknowledged for Emperor of all China by the Name of Tſin chi hoang ti.
Word: BC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌbiːˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Boston College. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Baguio City. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbiːˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of birth control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of benzalkonium chloride. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of battlecruiser. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of backward compatibility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: This would be a BC-breaking change. 5. Initialism of border collie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of borough council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, often, uncountable
Word: BC Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌbiːˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of board-certified. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: CE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 1066 CE. Example: Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E. 2. Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan"). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Initialism of Common Entrance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of civil engineer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of computer engineer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of continuing education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of capillary electrophoresis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of close encounter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: point Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, punch”); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle), all from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to sting, prick”). Mostly displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto. Pronunciation: /pɔɪnt/ 1. point taken; understood; got it
Word: point Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pointen, poynten, by apheresis of apointen, appointen, appoynten. See appoint. Pronunciation: /pɔɪnt/ 1. To appoint. Labels: obsolete Example: And he, that points the Centinel his room, Doth license him depart at sound of morning Droom.
Word: sun Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der. Proto-Germanic *sunnô Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ Proto-West Germanic *sunnā Old English sunne Middle English sonne English sun From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne, zunne, from Old English sunna, sunne, sunnu (“sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognates Cognate with Scots sun (“sun”), Yola zin (“sun”), North Frisian san, Sen (“sun”), Saterland Frisian Sunne (“sun”), West Frisian sinne (“sun”), Alemannic German ŝchunna, ŝchunnà, sònnò, sunna, sunnu, Sunnä (“sun”), Bavarian Sun, suna, sune, Sunn, sunne (“sun”), Cimbrian sonde, sunn, zunna (“sun”), Dutch zon, zonne (“sun”), German Sonne (“sun”), Limburgish Ṣon, Sonn, zón (“sun”), Low German Sünn, Sünne (“sun”), Luxembourgish Sonn (“sun”), Mòcheno sunn (“sun”), Vilamovian zun, zunn (“sun”), West Flemish zunne (“sun”), Yiddish זון (zun, “sun”), Icelandic sunna (“sun”), Crimean Gothic sune (“sun”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”); outside of Germanic, Cornish howl (“sun”), Irish súil (“eye; expectation, hope”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye; vision; glance, look; expectation, hope”), Welsh haul, huan (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Greek ήλιος (ílios, “sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Latgalian and Latvian saule (“sun”), Lithuanian saulė (“sun”), Belarusian со́нца (sónca, “sun”), Bulgarian слъ́нце (slǎ́nce, “sun”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Macedonian солнце (solnce), сонце (sonce, “sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian со́лнце (sólnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian су̑нце, sȗnce (“sun”), Slovak slnce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Ukrainian со́нце (sónce, “sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Central Kurdish خۆر (xor, “sun”), Gurani وەر (wer, “sun; front”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Persian هور (hur), خور (xor / xwar, “sun”), Shughni хӣр (xīr, “sun”), Yaghnobi хур (xur, “sun”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray, sunbeam”), Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), Sanskrit स्वर् (svar, “sun”). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar. Pronunciation: /sʌn/, /sʊn/ 1. The star that is closest to the Earth. Example: And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit. Example: "I suppose I may have leave to do that!" Yes, she could do that, he said, but there was no road to that place; it lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and she could never find her way there.
Word: sun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der. Proto-Germanic *sunnô Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ Proto-West Germanic *sunnā Old English sunne Middle English sonne English sun From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne, zunne, from Old English sunna, sunne, sunnu (“sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognates Cognate with Scots sun (“sun”), Yola zin (“sun”), North Frisian san, Sen (“sun”), Saterland Frisian Sunne (“sun”), West Frisian sinne (“sun”), Alemannic German ŝchunna, ŝchunnà, sònnò, sunna, sunnu, Sunnä (“sun”), Bavarian Sun, suna, sune, Sunn, sunne (“sun”), Cimbrian sonde, sunn, zunna (“sun”), Dutch zon, zonne (“sun”), German Sonne (“sun”), Limburgish Ṣon, Sonn, zón (“sun”), Low German Sünn, Sünne (“sun”), Luxembourgish Sonn (“sun”), Mòcheno sunn (“sun”), Vilamovian zun, zunn (“sun”), West Flemish zunne (“sun”), Yiddish זון (zun, “sun”), Icelandic sunna (“sun”), Crimean Gothic sune (“sun”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”); outside of Germanic, Cornish howl (“sun”), Irish súil (“eye; expectation, hope”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye; vision; glance, look; expectation, hope”), Welsh haul, huan (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Greek ήλιος (ílios, “sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Latgalian and Latvian saule (“sun”), Lithuanian saulė (“sun”), Belarusian со́нца (sónca, “sun”), Bulgarian слъ́нце (slǎ́nce, “sun”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Macedonian солнце (solnce), сонце (sonce, “sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian со́лнце (sólnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian су̑нце, sȗnce (“sun”), Slovak slnce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Ukrainian со́нце (sónce, “sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Central Kurdish خۆر (xor, “sun”), Gurani وەر (wer, “sun; front”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Persian هور (hur), خور (xor / xwar, “sun”), Shughni хӣр (xīr, “sun”), Yaghnobi хур (xur, “sun”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray, sunbeam”), Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), Sanskrit स्वर् (svar, “sun”). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar. Pronunciation: /sʌn/, /sʊn/ 1. To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun. Labels: transitive Example: Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs. Example: There were lots of zany antics and we tried not to stare too obviously at the beautiful women toplessly sunning themselves... 2. To warm or dry in the sunshine. Labels: transitive 3. To be exposed to the sun. Labels: intransitive 4. To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method. Labels: intransitive
Word: sun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 寸 (sun). Doublet of cun. Pronunciation: /sʌn/, /sʊn/ 1. A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
Word: sun Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sʌn/, /sʊn/ 1. Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: man Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of mann and Manu. Cognates This word has many cognates, in every Germanic language (whether extant or extinct), with similarities in form and meaning. Virtually all the words below mean “man” and “husband”, with some specific cases noted. In Ingvaeonic (the languages closest to English): :* Low German Mann :* North Frisian maan, man, moon, muon :* Saterland Frisian Mon :* Scots man :* West Frisian man :* Yola man In the remainder of West Germanic: :* Alemannic German ma, Maa, Mann, mo, mà, Mànn :* Bavarian Mo, mon, moon, Må, mònn :* Cimbrian man, mann, månn :* Dutch, Limburgish, and Zealandic man :* German and Luxembourgish Mann :* Mòcheno mònn :* Vilamovian maon, mon, mōn :* Yiddish מאַן (man) In East Germanic: :* Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna), which meant “man”, “human“ and “person”, but likely also “husband” In North Germanic: :* Danish mand :* Faroese and Icelandic maður, both additionally meaning “human” and “person”, as in Old Norse :* Gutnish and Swedish man :* Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk mann :* Norwegian Nynorsk mainnj :* Old Norse maðr Outside Germanic: : Indo-Iranian: ::* Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱 (manuš, “human”) ::* Sanskrit मनुस् (manus, “human”), मनु (manu, “human; humanity; thought”; “thinking; wise; intelligent”) ::* Also Sanskrit म॒नु॒ष्य॑ (manuṣyà, “human; man; huband”, whence English manusya) : Slavic (all of these mean “man” and “husband”, though in some cases the former is no longer part of the modern standard): ::* Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian муж (muž) ::* Bulgarian мъж (mǎž) ::* Czech and Slovak muž ::* Macedonian маж (maž) ::* Polish mąż (“husband”; the meaning “man” is obsolete, akin to English wife) ::* Serbo-Croatian му̑ж, mȗž ::* Slovene mož Pronunciation: /ˈmæn/, [ˈmɛə̯n], [ˈmeə̯n], /ˈman/, /ˈmaːn/ 1. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man. Example: Man, that was a great catch! Example: "What happened to your eye?" she says. "Ice pick, Bayonne, 1985," he says. "Any other questions?" "Sorry, man, I was just asking."
Word: man Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of mann and Manu. Cognates This word has many cognates, in every Germanic language (whether extant or extinct), with similarities in form and meaning. Virtually all the words below mean “man” and “husband”, with some specific cases noted. In Ingvaeonic (the languages closest to English): :* Low German Mann :* North Frisian maan, man, moon, muon :* Saterland Frisian Mon :* Scots man :* West Frisian man :* Yola man In the remainder of West Germanic: :* Alemannic German ma, Maa, Mann, mo, mà, Mànn :* Bavarian Mo, mon, moon, Må, mònn :* Cimbrian man, mann, månn :* Dutch, Limburgish, and Zealandic man :* German and Luxembourgish Mann :* Mòcheno mònn :* Vilamovian maon, mon, mōn :* Yiddish מאַן (man) In East Germanic: :* Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna), which meant “man”, “human“ and “person”, but likely also “husband” In North Germanic: :* Danish mand :* Faroese and Icelandic maður, both additionally meaning “human” and “person”, as in Old Norse :* Gutnish and Swedish man :* Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk mann :* Norwegian Nynorsk mainnj :* Old Norse maðr Outside Germanic: : Indo-Iranian: ::* Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱 (manuš, “human”) ::* Sanskrit मनुस् (manus, “human”), मनु (manu, “human; humanity; thought”; “thinking; wise; intelligent”) ::* Also Sanskrit म॒नु॒ष्य॑ (manuṣyà, “human; man; huband”, whence English manusya) : Slavic (all of these mean “man” and “husband”, though in some cases the former is no longer part of the modern standard): ::* Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian муж (muž) ::* Bulgarian мъж (mǎž) ::* Czech and Slovak muž ::* Macedonian маж (maž) ::* Polish mąż (“husband”; the meaning “man” is obsolete, akin to English wife) ::* Serbo-Croatian му̑ж, mȗž ::* Slovene mož Pronunciation: /ˈmæn/, [ˈmɛə̯n], [ˈmeə̯n], /ˈman/, /ˈmaːn/ 1. Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang Example: Man's got some new creps. Example: [Sully:] If it weren’t for that snake […] Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now. 2. You; construed in the third person. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, personal, pronoun, slang Example: Man thinks I was born yesterday. Example: Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up. 3. Any person, one Labels: Multicultural-London-English, indefinite, personal, pronoun, slang Example: Man don't care. Example: He was of all colours Þat man may se of flours Be-twene Mydsomer and May.
Word: man Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mannen, from Old English mannian, ġemannian (“to man, supply with men, populate, garrison”), from mann (“human being, man”). Cognates * Dutch bemannen (“to man”) * German bemannen (“to man”) * Danish bemande (“to man”) * Swedish bemanna (“to man”) * Icelandic manna (“to supply with men, to man”) Pronunciation: /ˈmæn/, [ˈmɛə̯n], [ˈmeə̯n], /ˈman/, /ˈmaːn/ 1. To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex). Labels: transitive Example: The ship was manned with a small crew. Example: In Britain, nearly 2,500 steam locomotives were built, 999 to new designs. Although the latter were modern, they were still labour-intensive to man and maintain, during a period of full employment when working for poor pay in the dirty railway environment was unattractive. 2. To take up position in order to operate (something). Labels: transitive Example: Man the machine guns! Example: “Avast!” roared Ahab, dashing him against the bulwarks—“Man the boat! Which way heading?” 3. To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.) Labels: dated, possibly, reflexive Example: “To stay open, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Forward said he needed people to cover security,” Duncan wrote. “Personnel Recovery Task Force (PRTF) Pilots, maintainers and support personnel donned their vests, helmets and M-4 rifles and manned defensive fighting positions.” Example: he manned himself heroically 4. To wait on, attend to or escort. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: man Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of manual. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn/, [ˈmɛə̯n], [ˈmeə̯n], /ˈman/, /ˈmaːn/ 1. A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
Word: vivify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ 1. To bring to life; to enliven. Labels: transitive Example: She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset. Example: Persephone, the life force which vivifies all in the spring time, producing the manifold harvests of earth, descends with Plouton to the under world in autumn. 2. To impart vitality to. Labels: transitive
Word: monotheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A learned 17th-century coinage, mono- + theism, from (μονός (monós, “one”)) and (θεός (theós, “god, deity”) + -ισμός (-ismós)) The term parallels the earlier polytheism, atheism (the simplex theism being slightly later). The term was coined by Henry More, ca. 1660, in explicit juxtaposition with both atheism and polytheism. It was redefined through etymological fallacy by Daniel Webster ca. 1828. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈθiɪzm̩/ 1. Belief in the One True God, defined by More as personal, immaterial and trinitarian. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The belief that God is one person (Judaism, Unitarian Christianity, Islam), not three persons (Trinitarian Christianity, Hinduism) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: resile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzaɪl/, /ɹəˈzaɪl/, /ɹiˈzaɪl/ 1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. Example: I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that. Example: If a legitimate expectation is established, it must be unfair for the public authority to resile from giving effect to that expectation, unless the wider interests of the public require that the public authority resiles in order properly to protect those wider interests. 2. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
Word: be Part of Speech: prep Etymology: A variant of by which goes back to Middle English be (variant of Middle English bi). Pronunciation: /bi/, /bə/, /bɪ/ 1. Alternative form of by. Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, dialectal, possibly Example: O ful tru un pertikler akeawnt o... th' greyt Eggshibishun. Be o felley fro Rachde. Example: Go thy way vorth be tha vootsteps uv tha vlock.
Word: be Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian бэ (bɛ). Pronunciation: /beɪ/ 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б
Word: is Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning. Pronunciation: /ɪz/, /ɘz/, /ɪdʒ/, /ɪs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of be Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He is a doctor. Example: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." 2. Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural. Labels: colloquial Example: There is three of them there. Example: Ber. There is five in the firſt ſhew, / Ken. You are deceiued, tis not so. 3. present indicative of be; am, are, is. Labels: dialectal, form-of, indicative, present Example: Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip Example: "Them niggas shot my girl, yo! And I ain't gonna sleep until all of them niggas is dead!" RJ hissed.
Word: is Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Alternative pronunciation of us. 1. Alternative spelling of us (“me”). Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: is Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Alternative form of i's. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: are Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *arun? Old English earon Middle English aren English are From Middle English aren, from Old English (Anglian) earun, earon (“are”, plural). Possibly reinforced by the Old Norse plural forms in er-, this displaced the alternative forms Old English sind and bēoþ. In the second person singular it displaced archaic art. Further etymology controversial: * The English forms, as well as the Old Swedish forms in ær-, could reflect Proto-Germanic preterite-present *ōr ~ *arum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃e-h₃ór-h₂e (“I have risen”, perfect). * Since they are not the expected outcomes of the Proto-Germanic forms of *wesaną (“to be”) in *iz-, they would have to be irregular alterations. For Seebold this explanation is still preferable as similar variants in other verbs are not uncommon. Pronunciation: /ə/, /ɑː/, /aː/, /ɐː/, /ɚ/ 1. second-person singular simple present of be Labels: form-of, present, second-person, singular Example: Mary, where are you going? 2. first-person plural simple present of be Labels: first-person, form-of, plural, present Example: We are not coming. Example: Here we are! 3. second-person plural simple present of be Labels: form-of, plural, present, second-person Example: Mary and John, are you listening? 4. third-person plural simple present of be Labels: form-of, plural, present, third-person Example: They are here somewhere. Example: BEloued, beleeue not euery ſpirit, but trie the ſpirits, whether they are of God: becauſe many falſe prophets are gone out into the woꝛld. 5. present of be Labels: East, Midlands, Yorkshire, form-of, present
Word: are Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French are. Pronunciation: /ɛə/, /ɛː/, /ɛəɹ/, /ɛɹ/, /ə/ 1. An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a. Labels: rare
Word: are Part of Speech: det Etymology: From the phonetic similarity between our and are in many English dialects (both /ɑː(ɹ)/). Pronunciation: /ə/, /ɑː/, /aː/, /ɐː/, /ɚ/ 1. Misspelling of our. Labels: UK, US, alt-of, misspelling
Word: metric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the metric system of measurement. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the red planet has been a graveyard for Russian, European and American missions, including an embarrassing 1999 NASA fail caused when a computer, running on metric numbers, and engineers, dealing in nonmetric numbers, got their signals crossed. 2. Of or relating to measurement by meters or by metrics. Labels: not-comparable Example: This model is a basic framework for organizations to assess their current state and plan improvements in their Organizational resilience metric capabilities. Each level builds on the capabilities established in previous levels, aiming for continuous improvement and integration of resilience metrics into broader organizational practices. The intention of this model is to keep it aligned with Organizational Resilience Maturity Models while focusing on metric maturity. 3. Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or relating to distance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ 1. A way to measure something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering). Example: What metric should be used for performance evaluation? Example: What are the most important metrics to track for your business? 2. Ellipsis of metric system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality. Example: As we shall see, these metrics are constructed from a Green function. 4. A metric tensor.
Word: metric Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ 1. To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process. Labels: transitive Example: We need to metric the status of software documentation. Example: We need to metric the verification of requirements.
Word: Thanatos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos). Pronunciation: /ˈθænəˌtɒs/, /ˈθænəˌtɑs/ 1. The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors. Labels: Greek
Word: Thanatos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos). Pronunciation: /ˈθænəˌtɒs/, /ˈθænəˌtɑs/ 1. The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Lethean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē). Pronunciation: /liːˈθi.ən/, /ˈliθi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the river Lethe, one of the four rivers of Hades. Those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. Labels: Greek, poetic Example: They ferry over this Lethean sound. Example: The cup which was offered to you when you departed from Elysium was to be the Lethean draught, which would make you forget the joys you had experienced[.]