nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hame, from Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Frankish *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet, collar for a horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom- (“part of a harness”). Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame (“collar, fishnet”), Old High German hamo (“sack-like fishnet”) (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen (“hand fishnet”), Ham (“horse collar”)). 1. Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
Word: hame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ham, from Old English hām (“home”). More at home. 1. Scottish and Northern English form of home Labels: Northern-English, Scottish, alt-of
Word: hame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier haum, haume. 1. Alternative form of haulm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: condusive Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of conducive. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dumbledore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of dumble (similar to bumble) + dor (“a buzzing flying insect”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔː/, /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔːɹ/ 1. A bumblebee. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Those slopes of fresh turf, embroidered with every minute blossom of the moor — thyme, birdsfoot, eyebright, and dwarf purple thistle, buzzed and hummed over by busy, black-tailed, yellow-banded dumbledores. Example: A shaded lamp and a waving blind, / And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: / On this scene enter – winged, horned, and spined – / A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore — 2. A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle. Labels: dialectal Example: others may need to be informd that a blastnashun straddlebob is a dumbledore, that is to say, a polyonymous lamellicorn coleopter, cald also a dorbeetle, a dorbug, a maybeetle, a maybug, a cockchafer, a Melolontha vulgaris. 3. A dandelion. Labels: dialectal Example: The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledore, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds. 4. A blundering person. Labels: slang Example: “Miserable dumbledores!” / “Right, William, and so they be—miserable dumbledores!” said the choir with unanimity.
Word: brewer's rice Part of Speech: noun 1. Broken pieces of food-grade rice used typically in the manufacture of food and beverages, as well as in animal feed. Labels: uncountable Example: Let's use brewer's rice because it's cheaper.
Word: botty burp Part of Speech: noun 1. Flatulence. Labels: childish, slang
Word: lead out Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈliːd ˌaʊt/ 1. Alternative form of lead-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lead out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌliːd ˈaʊt/ 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, out. 2. To bet into a pot postflop from the first betting position. Labels: slang
Word: lead out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌlɛd ˈaʊt/ 1. To pad out (text) by inserting lead slugs between words. Labels: historical, transitive
Word: dingleberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dingleberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IND Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Investigational New Drug application. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IND Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Indiana. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of The Independent Subway (System), part of the New York City subway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IND Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of independent, especially where the alternatives are initialisms (e.g., for television networks). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: jai alai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish, from Basque jai (“festival”) + alai (“merry”), coined by 19th century writer Serafín Baroja in order to replace the non-native name pilota. However, although jai alai is composed of Basque words, it is not the name actually used in Basque. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪlaɪ/, /ˈhaɪəlaɪ/, /haɪəˈlaɪ/ 1. a Basque ball game in which the players propel the ball using a long basket attached to the wrist
Word: Pterelas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πτερέλαος (Pterélaos). Pronunciation: /tɛˈɹɛləz/ 1. King of the Teleboans in Plautus' Amphitruo. Labels: Greek
Word: loudness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loudnesse, lowdenesse, from Old English hlūdnes, equivalent to loud + -ness. 1. Strength of sound: how loud it is. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Strength of sound: how loud it is. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: raniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin rāna Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis New Latin rānifōrmisbor. English raniform Borrowed from New Latin rānifōrmis. 1. Shaped like a frog; resembling a frog. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: macaronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”). Pronunciation: /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ 1. Jumbled, mixed. Labels: archaic 2. Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several. 3. Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected. Labels: dated
Word: macaronic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”). Pronunciation: /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ 1. A work of macaronic character. 2. A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages. 3. A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
Word: hodge-podge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hodgepodge. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: thanatophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thanato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English thanatophobia From thanato- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌθæn.ə.təˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ 1. A fear of death. Labels: uncountable
Word: persimmon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin. Pronunciation: /pɜːˈsɪmən/, /pəɹˈsɪmən/, /ˈpɜːsəmən/ 1. The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature. Example: I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch. 2. The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
Word: Karst Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Karst. Pronunciation: /kɑɹst/ 1. A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau.
Word: valetudinarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English valetudinarian 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 valetudinarianism From valetudinarian + -ism. 1. The state, condition or habits of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity. Labels: uncountable
Word: suck off Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform oral sex on. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: You might think your boyfriend's straight, but he sucked me off last night. Example: I been goin’ up to Old Rowlandson’s two nights a week. He sucks me off. Gives me a quid.’
Word: copulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parsonage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parson Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English parsonage From parson + -age. 1. The residence of the minister of a parish. 2. The house, lands, tithes, etc. set apart for the support of the minister of a parish. Labels: obsolete
Word: Muzak Part of Speech: name Etymology: The noun is a blend of music + the letters ak from Kodak, a well-known brand in 1934 when the word was coined by the American inventor, scientist, and soldier George Owen Squier (1865–1934), who developed the original technical basis for the service. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzæk/, /ˈmjuzæk/ 1. Recorded background music characterized by soft, soothing instrumental sounds which is transmitted by wire, radio, or recorded media (originally on a subscription basis) to doctors' offices, shops, and other business premises. Labels: uncountable Example: It dawned on her that he was talking about the Muzak. It had been seeping in, in its subliminal, unidentifiable way since they'd entered the place, all strings, reeds, muted brass. Example: There's no way I can change internal body functions. Only yogis can do that. Muzak, for example, can't change you. Aaron Copeland [i.e., Aaron Copland] calls Muzak 'the obsequious.' We're super-saturated with shitty music. [Originally published in New Times.]
Word: Muzak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a blend of music + the letters ak from Kodak, a well-known brand in 1934 when the word was coined by the American inventor, scientist, and soldier George Owen Squier (1865–1934), who developed the original technical basis for the service. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzæk/, /ˈmjuzæk/ 1. Easy listening music, whether played live or recorded, especially if regarded as uninteresting. Labels: derogatory, often, uncountable Example: The sound you make is muzak to my ears / You must have learned something in all those years Example: [T]he supermarket is very crowded, because of course it's the time of day when all other people with jobs also try to squeeze in some grocery shopping, and the store is hideously, fluorescently lit, and infused with soul-killing Muzak or corporate pop, and it's pretty much the last place you want to be, but you can't just get in and quickly out. 2. Something (such as speech) regarded as droning on and often boring, or soothing but undemanding. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, often, uncountable
Word: Muzak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a blend of music + the letters ak from Kodak, a well-known brand in 1934 when the word was coined by the American inventor, scientist, and soldier George Owen Squier (1865–1934), who developed the original technical basis for the service. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzæk/, /ˈmjuzæk/ 1. To provide (premises, etc.) with Muzak. Labels: derogatory, often, transitive 2. To adapt or reduce (a piece of music, etc.) to the status of Muzak. Labels: derogatory, often, transitive Example: Willington had seen disco for what it was – the great Muzaking of rock and roll via a chintzy chorus, chintzy rotating mirror balls, and chintzy Arthur Murray twirling.
Word: midnite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of midnight. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nuch Part of Speech: adv Etymology: aphetic form of not much Pronunciation: /nʌt͡ʃ/ 1. Not much, hardly, barely, to an insignificant degree. Labels: dated, not-comparable, slang
Word: nuch Part of Speech: intj Etymology: aphetic form of not much Pronunciation: /nʌt͡ʃ/ 1. A response to the greeting/question What's up? Labels: dated, slang Example: Dude! Sup? - Nuch.
Word: cataleptic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy. Example: Methought I was immersed in a cataleptic trance of more than usual duration and profundity. Example: She keeps still, feigning cataleptic exhaustion.
Word: cataleptic Part of Speech: noun 1. A person experiencing catalepsy.
Word: rt Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of right. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: rt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of route. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of retweet. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of right Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: stupider Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of stupid: more stupid Labels: comparative, form-of Example: You people aren't stupider than anyone else. Not naturally stupider. Example: Freud's disciples have been even more stupid about "creative writing". At least Freud had the good sense to know when to shut up, as he did in Dostoevski's case. But stupider still is the more recent Hemingway machismo number.
Word: idiocy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry. Equivalent to idiot + -cy. By surface analysis, idio- + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈɪdiəsi/, [ˈɪɾiəsi] 1. The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average. Labels: countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable 2. Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour. Labels: uncountable Example: The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place. 3. An idiotic act or utterance. Labels: countable Example: The list of his idiocies is seemingly interminable. Example: “Well, Atticus, I was just sayin‘ to Mr. Cunningham that entailments are bad an’ all that, but you said not to worry, it takes a long time sometimes… that you all’d ride it out together…” I was slowly drying up, wondering what idiocy I had committed.
Word: common law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English comun lawe, comune lawe (“general law, common law”), from comun (“shared, universal”) + lawe (“law”), referring to the law's uniform nature throughout a jurisdiction. Compare Medieval Latin lex commūne, iūs commūne and Anglo-Norman commune lei. 1. Law developed by judges, courts, and agency adjudicatory tribunals, through their decisions and opinions (also called case law) (as opposed to statutes promulgated by legislatures, and regulations promulgated by the executive branch). Labels: uncountable 2. Legal system mainly in England and its former colonies with a heavy emphasis on judge-made law, doctrines deduced by casuistry rather than from general principles, and law distributed among judicial decisions rather than codified statutes (as opposed to civil law). Labels: uncountable 3. Body of law and procedure administered in certain courts (known as law courts) in England and its former colonies characterized by a rigid system of writs, with a limited set of remedies (as opposed to equity or admiralty). Labels: historical, uncountable 4. Law of general application throughout a country, province, or state as opposed to law having only a special or local application Labels: uncountable
Word: common-law Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to common law. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to common-law marriage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phantastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of fantastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: With this we affirm the important fact that man in his phantastic thinking has kept a condensation of the psychic history of his development. An extraordinarily important task, which even today is hardly possible, is to give a systematic description of phantastic thinking.
Word: phantastic Part of Speech: noun 1. Any hallucinogenic drug. Labels: obsolete
Word: common-law marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of marriage, or legal recognition similar to that of marriage, enjoyed by a couple who have not undergone an official marriage ceremony, but instead based on the duration of cohabitation or other practical characteristics of the relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: braza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish braza (“Spanish brace”), from Old Spanish braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“arm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). 1. Synonym of estado, a traditional Spanish unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m. Labels: historical
Word: sleuthing Part of Speech: noun 1. Detective work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Wotcher, me old cock sparrow, how's the sleuthing business?” bellowed Sandy, pausing and balancing his saddle on one knee while he looped up the girth. Example: Keane's speeches have not reduced the number of Amerasian births, but a decade of sleuthing has helped nearly 600 Amerasian orphans find new homes in the United States.
Word: sleuthing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sleuth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Slavonic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia. Pronunciation: /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/, /sləˈvɑ.nɪk/ 1. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches Labels: dated Example: South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.) Example: East Slavonic (including Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and 2. The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed. Labels: dated
Word: Slavonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia. Pronunciation: /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/, /sləˈvɑ.nɪk/ 1. Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages, their languages, or cultures. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […]. 2. Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mu-meson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mu + meson. 1. A muon (kind of subatomic particle). Labels: dated Example: One instance of an unexpected result is the mu meson and its neutrino, which was not guessed by anybody at all before it was discovered, and even today nobody yet has any method of guessing by which this would be a natural result.
Word: Sclavonic Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Slavonic. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Sclavonic Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of Slavonic. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: This solar goddess the people call Kolyada, although no such being appears in the recognized list old Sclavonic deities; […]
Word: POJO Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.d͡ʒəʊ/, /ˈpoʊ.d͡ʒoʊ/ 1. Acronym of plain old Java object. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Because of this, immutable POJOs are common and may have value semantics. Mutable POJOs still seem to be the default though, so much so that many people consider that object-oriented programming in Java is synonymous with mutable objects.
Word: chironomid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Chironomidae. 1. Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera. Example: Fossil chironomids have proven useful as indicators of climatic change. Example: Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
Word: non-imitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + imitation. 1. Something or someone that is unique and individual. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A state where a product or idea cannot be copied, usually because of copyright rules. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hellen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlən/ 1. the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus Labels: Greek
Word: Hellen Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Swedish surname, from häll (“flat rock”) + adjectival suffix -en. Also found in Finland. * As an English surname, variant of Ellen, sometimes confused with Helen. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from the placename Helléan in France, from Middle French Helien, named after Hellean, a Brythonic/Celtic figure of ancient Britain, which could ultimately be related to the source of Ellis. 1. A surname.
Word: hapa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English half English halfbor. Hawaiian hapabor. English hapa Borrowed from Hawaiian hapa, from English half. Doublet of half. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑpə/, /ˈhæpə/ 1. A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander and half White. Labels: California, Hawaii Example: It's what my fiancé and I call ourselves, and how we think of the children we might have: second-generation hapas. But as the term grows in popularity, so does debate over how it should be used. Some people argue that hapa is a slur and should be retired.
Word: hapa Part of Speech: noun 1. A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish. Example: Usually one female is placed into a hapa with two males to insure that fertilization occurs.
Word: mu-metal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mu + metal; the Greek letter mu (μ) is a symbol for permeability. 1. An alloy with high magnetic permeability, consisting of nickel (77%) and iron (15%) with traces of copper and molybdenum. Labels: uncountable
Word: Karachi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu کراچی (karācī) and Borrowed from Sindhi ڪراچي (karācī) / कराची, from earlier ڪولاچي (kolācī) / कोलाची, named after Mai Kolachi. Pronunciation: /kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/ 1. The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province. Example: Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947. Example: Karachi, colourful buses, colourless buildings, graffitied walls, billboards advertising mobile phones and soft drinks and ice cream, birds circling in the white-hot sky.
Word: Sindh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu)slbor. Urdu سِنْدھ (sindh)bor. English Sindh Borrowed from Urdu سِنْدھ (sindh), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “river”). Doublet of Sindhu and Indus. Pronunciation: /sɪnd̪ʱ/, /sɪnd/ 1. A populated province in southeastern Pakistan, notably the region in which the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation flourished. Capital: Karachi.
Word: Connel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Conall. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔnəl/ 1. A village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM9134). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin, anglicized form of Ó Conaill. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sludgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sludge + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌd͡ʒi/ 1. Characteristic of sludge; slimy or mucky
Word: replaced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpleɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of replace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: workers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɝ.kɚz/, /ˈwɜː.kəz/ 1. plural of worker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: star fruit Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant of the species Damasonium alisma. 2. The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.
Word: sickly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English seekly, sekely, siklich, sekeliche, equivalent to sick + -ly. Possibly a modification of Old English sīcle (“sickly”) and/or derived from Old Norse sjúkligr (“sickly”). Cognate with Dutch ziekelijk, Middle High German siechlich, Danish sygelig, Swedish sjuklig, Icelandic sjúklegur. The verb is from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkli/ 1. To make (something) sickly. Labels: archaic, literary, transitive Example: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, Example: Thy Drudge contrives, and in our full career Sicklies our hopes with the pale hue of Fear; 2. To become sickly. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: 1889, Samuel Cox, An Expositor’s Notebook, London: Richard D. Dickinson, 7th edition, Chapter 26, p. 364, But the seven most prominent Apostles […] still hang together, their hearts tormented with eager yet sad questionings, their hopes fast sicklying over with the pale hues of doubt.
Word: sickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sick + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkli/ 1. In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness. Example: sickly pale; to cough sickly Example: […] he sickly guess’d How lone he was once more, and sadly press’d His empty arms together […]
Word: shutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shut + -er. Compare shuttle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌtəː/, [ˈʃʰʌ̹tʰəː], /ˈʃʌtɚ/, [ˈʃʰʌ̈tʰɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʌ̈tʰɹ̩], /ˈʃʌɾɚ/ 1. One who shuts or closes something. Example: the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind Example: The volunteers consisted of a ringmaster, two experienced young cattlemen to grade the cattle, gate-openers and shutters[…] 2. Each of a series of protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light. Labels: plural-normally 3. A similar screen used as an improvised stretcher to carry someone wounded or sick. Example: [T]he other fiddler had been carried home, exhausted, on a shutter. Example: ‘I can remember his body coming home, on a shutter I suppose, just as I was going down to tea […].’ 4. The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture. 5. Any other opening and closing device. Example: A service hatch with sliding shutter is situated at the end of the kitchen next to the dining compartment. […] A shutter, in three parts, is fitted, which when lowered completely encloses the bar. 6. A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens. Example: The vertical wall was poured in two lifts, using two pairs of steel shutters which were bolted tightly onto 9-in. long wooden spacers.
Word: shutter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shut + -er. Compare shuttle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌtəː/, [ˈʃʰʌ̹tʰəː], /ˈʃʌtɚ/, [ˈʃʰʌ̈tʰɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʌ̈tʰɹ̩], /ˈʃʌɾɚ/ 1. To close shutters covering. Labels: transitive Example: Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming! 2. To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended. 3. To cancel or terminate. Labels: transitive Example: The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program. Example: This company was shuttered in 2002. 4. To rain heavily. Example: Mollie Wilson was a teenager living with her parents in Donaghmore in Tyrone, Northern Ireland [and said this]: 3rd September [1939] When Chamberlain made his declaration of war, there was violent thunder and lightning and rain shuttered down. I had always trusted rain too. Example: It's a bastard of a day, shuttering rain, but I can still shape up the hills off in the distance.
Word: sentences Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntənsɪz/ 1. plural of sentence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sentences Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntənsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sentence Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rheumatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός (rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈmætɪk/ 1. Resembling or relating to rheumatism. 2. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
Word: rheumatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός (rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈmætɪk/ 1. A person suffering from rheumatism Labels: rare Example: It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation. Example: It must, be confessed, however, that the majority of rheumatics are not able to stand such treatment.
Word: rheumatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rheumatology 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 rheumatologist From rheumatology + -ist. 1. A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
Word: rheumatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (whence also English rheum) + -ology. 1. The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints. Labels: uncountable
Word: op-ed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial). Pronunciation: /ˈɒpˌɛd/ 1. A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page. Example: The purpose of an op-ed is to offer an opinion. It is not a news analysis or a weighing up of alternative views. It requires a clear thesis, backed by rigorously marshaled evidence, in the service of a persuasive argument.
Word: op-ed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial). Pronunciation: /ˈɒpˌɛd/ 1. Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints. Example: The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations. 2. Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed. Example: For a more ‘op ed’ approach to the current state of the Hong Kong art scene see my recent article "Doer's Droop," South China Morning Post, August 23, 2005, C6. 3. Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds. Example: Descriptions of him vary from "aggressively intelligent," "inventive," "articulate," "the most ‘op-ed’ academic in the field of education" to "arrogant" "combative," "hostile," and "dismissive" of ideas not his own.
Word: op-ed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial). Pronunciation: /ˈɒpˌɛd/ 1. To write an op-ed article. Labels: ambitransitive, rare Example: Getting either or both of the Cubs and Red Sox into the World Series on their hallowed home fields had been a happy possibility nationally discussed and op-edded since July, and when the two teams were again dispatched winless into winter their fans were left with a last gnawing weirdness: […]
Word: organum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and orgue. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɡə.nəm/, /ˈɔɹ.ɡə.nəm/ 1. A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: He [Francis Bacon] has given us an organum of a different origin and construction from that of Aristotle[…] Example: Another important circumstance respecting our transcendental esthetics is, that it does not insinuate itself merely as a plausible hypothesis, but is as certain and indubitable as we can require any theory to be in order to serve as an organum.
Word: Kölsch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kölsch. Pronunciation: /kəʊlʃ/, /kɜːlʃ/, /koʊlʃ/, /kɝlʃ/ 1. The Germanic/German dialect spoken in and around Cologne, Germany, part of the Ripuarian language area
Word: Kölsch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kölsch. Pronunciation: /kəʊlʃ/, /kɜːlʃ/, /koʊlʃ/, /kɝlʃ/ 1. A type of lager-conditioned ale traditionally brewed in and around Cologne, Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We are starting to see more Kölschs, more Pilseners, and a renaissance of so-called “pre-Prohibition-style” lagers. This is a positive trend. Compared to pale ales, amber ales and “amber” lagers, true Kölschs and Pilseners have been underrepresented in the mix of brands produced by microbrewers, regional brewers and brewpubs in the U.S. today. Example: Looking at the industry as a whole, I see a rich and diverse beer culture in America that offers everything from lightly flavored summer Kölsches to unbelievably assertive imperial IPAs.
Word: prophesy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prophecien; partly from prophecie, and partly from Middle French prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie (“prophecy”). Doublet of prophecy. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒfɪsaɪ/, /ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ/ 1. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. Example: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: Example: No, but when the Spirit fils The fantastick Pannicles: Full of fier; then I write 2. To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). Example: Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy ‘If once he come to be a cardinal, He’ll make his cap co-equal with the crown.’ Example: My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...] 3. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. Example: Methought thy very gait did prophesy A royal nobleness. I must embrace thee. 4. To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. Labels: intransitive Example: 1646, Jeremy Taylor, Of the Liberty of Prophesying, Section 4, in Treatises of 1. The liberty of prophesying, 2. Prayer ex tempore, 3. Episcopacie: together with a sermon, London: R. Royston, 1648, p. 73, […] if we consider that we have no certain wayes of determining places of difficulty and Question, infallibly and certainly […] we shall see a very great necessity in allowing a liberty in Prophesying without prescribing authoritatively to other mens consciences, and becomming Lords and Masters of their Faith.
Word: prophesy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English prophecie. 1. Obsolete spelling of prophecy; now a misspelling. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I take it néedles, and booteles to make ouer déepe, or ſcrupulous enquiry into euery moſt auncient, and obſolete antiquitie: I preſuppoſe it ſufficient to peruſe, and examine the moſt famous, and moſt autentique ſuppoſed propheſies, that haue curranteſt paſſage, and repaſſage in moſt mouthes, and bookes: conſidering how eaſily euerie indifferent man may proportionably make eſtimation of the woorſe, by the better, and ratably value the one by the other. Example: This was the fullneſs of Time, in which all the Propheſies (concerning the Meſſias) were exactly fulfilled. Nothing was ever foretold of Jeſus Chriſt, which was not exactly performed in the fullneſs of Time.
Word: tacitly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tacit Middle English -ly English -ly English tacitly From tacit + -ly. 1. In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied. Example: Your failure to object to the request resulted in you tacitly approving the change. Example: The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
Word: primordial soup Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history, during the early development of multicellular organisms. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 2. A collection of ideas or objects that become refined over time. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: While the number of ideas floating in this primordial soup is quite large , only a few ever receive serious consideration. Example: Freud would place in this primordial soup Eros and Thanatos, the tensions between life and death instincts; Jung would stress identification with universal archetypes.
Word: back beat Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats
Word: quangos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quango Labels: form-of, plural
Word: camping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of camp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: camping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/ 1. The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation. Labels: uncountable Example: Camping is a favorite summer activity. Example: to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat. 2. The act of setting up a camp. Labels: countable Example: In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.
Word: cal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /kæl/ 1. Clipping of calorie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal 2. Clipping of caliber. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal 3. Clipping of calendar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: “I set an hour on my cal every day for a home workout. Then I’d be on calls for three hours, then I’d make a homemade breakfast, take a walk at lunchtime, work on something non-screen-related in the evening, cook dinner and go on a run,” she said. 4. Clipping of calibration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 5. Clipping of calculator. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: cal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæl/ 1. wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Labels: Cornwall, UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Word: cal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of calcium hydroxide. Pronunciation: /kæl/ 1. Calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). Labels: uncountable
Word: multimillionaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French million Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French millionnairebor. English millionaire English multimillionaire From multi- + millionaire. 1. A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.
Word: multi-millionaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of multimillionaire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prime numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prime number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fly-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fly in. 1. An informal gathering of private pilots and their aircraft at a prearranged airfield. 2. The bringing of a people to a place by air travel. Example: IBM […] has staged to "fly-ins" of company executives to appeal to lawmakers. 3. A method of application for roll materials by which the dry sheet is set into the bitumen or adhesive applied to the roof surface.
Word: rebellious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel + -ious. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈbɛliəs/, /ɹəˈbɛljəs/ 1. Showing rebellion. Example: "Tedd's feeling a bit rebellious." "I'm not rebelling! I'm self actualizing! By rebelling."
Word: centerfold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From center + fold. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/, /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/ 1. The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread. Labels: US 2. A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man. Labels: US 3. The person appearing in such a photograph. Labels: US Example: My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold 4. Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph. Labels: US, broadly
Word: fulgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/, /ˈfʊld͡ʒənt/ 1. Shining brilliantly; radiant. Example: And univerſally, the greateſt and moſt fulgent tails always ariſe from Comets, immediately after their paſſing by the neighbourhood of the Sun. Example: Shirley takes life easily: is not that fact written in her eye? In her good-tempered moments, is it not as full of lazy softness as in her brief fits of anger it is fulgent with quick-flashing fire?
Word: nebbish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Yiddish נעביש (nebish), from נעבעך (nebekh, “poor, unfortunate”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛ.bɪʃ/ 1. One who is fearful, indecisive and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility. Example: Actor Rick Moranis often plays a nebbish. Example: “I don't consider myself a nebbish,” Woody told interviewers early in his career, “but everyone else does.”
Word: backscatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from backscattering. 1. The deflection of particles or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The particles or radiation deflected in this manner. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: backscatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from backscattering. 1. To scatter particles or radiation back to the direction from which they originate. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: numbers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnʌmbɚz/, /ˈnʌmbəz/ 1. plural of number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: numbers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnʌmbɚz/, /ˈnʌmbəz/ 1. Many individuals as a group. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Numbers of people have visited the fair. Example: Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic. 2. Ellipsis of numbers game. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.
Word: numbers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnʌmbɚz/, /ˈnʌmbəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of number Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decalitre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French décalitre, equivalent to deca- + litre. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəlɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. Ten litres. Symbol: daL
Word: deke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Canadian English, a contraction of decoy. Pronunciation: /diːk/ 1. A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman. Example: Puck carriers will often use the blade of the hockey stick in timing a deke or fake (if one is used) to get around an opponent. 2. As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team. Example: Simmons casually leaned back as if he was going to let the throw go to third. That momentary hesitation made Correa think he could take off for second. Only problem? Simmons was simply laying in wait. He grabbed the ball and threw to first.... Even though Simmons was never the focal point of the play, one deke, one cutoff, and two throws later, he had tricked the Astros out of an inning. 3. A quick detour. Labels: Canada, slang
Word: deke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Canadian English, a contraction of decoy. Pronunciation: /diːk/ 1. To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery. Labels: Canada, slang 2. To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports. Example: The advantage is with the shooter from fifteen to twenty feet, but if you notice a weakness, you may want to fake a shot and "deke" to goalie. Example: "Deke!" Joe would shout hoarsely. "You deke with your shoulder. Drop it like you were going that way!"
Word: decoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy). Pronunciation: /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ 1. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. 2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game. 3. Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target. Example: 2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye. 4. An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
Word: decoy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy). Pronunciation: /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ 1. To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. Labels: transitive Example: to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net Example: E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. 2. To act as, or use, a decoy. Labels: intransitive Example: As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.
Word: urs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عرس (ʕurs). 1. The anniversary of the death of a Sufi saint, celebrated with music and ritual.
Word: urs Part of Speech: pron 1. yours Labels: Internet
Word: draconitic month Part of Speech: noun 1. the interval between the moon's successive passing of the same moving node.
Word: litoral Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of littoral. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: litoral Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of littoral. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nicotine. Pronunciation: /nɪk/ 1. nicotine Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I prefer vaping with nic-free juice.