nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: teakettle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tea + kettle. Pronunciation: /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/ 1. To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me. Example: They'd been running hard and the only thing he could hear was his own heart pounding and his breath teakettling in and out of his lungs.
Word: ass over teakettle Part of Speech: adv 1. Tumbling upside down. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: When the top step gave way, he went ass over teakettle back down to the bottom. 2. Frantically. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: We've been scrambling ass over teakettle to get this thing done on time.
Word: ass over teakettle Part of Speech: adj 1. In complete disarray. Labels: US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: After all that hard work cleaning up, along comes one big storm and we're ass over teakettle again.
Word: tea kettle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of teakettle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hawberk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hauberk. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The hawberk and haubergeon long continued almost the sole defensive armour of this country...
Word: plate armour Part of Speech: noun 1. Metallic armour made of large pieces or plates. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Plate armour was, however, completely introduced both here and in France about the middle of the fourteenth century.
Word: limit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪm.ɪt/, /ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/, /lɪmʈ/ 1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed. Example: There are several existing limits to executive power. Example: Two drinks is my limit tonight. 2. A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). Example: The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit. 3. Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. Example: Category theory defines a very general concept of limit. 4. The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 5. Fixed limit. 6. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. Example: the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country Example: As eager of the chase, the maid / Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. 7. The space or thing defined by limits. Labels: obsolete Example: The archdeacon hath divided it / Into three limits very equally. 8. That terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. Labels: obsolete Example: the dateless limit of thy dear exile Example: The limit of your lives is out. 9. A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance. Labels: obsolete Example: I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. 10. A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 11. The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 12. A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. Labels: colloquial Example: Englehorn looked at his employer in incredulous admiration. ‘You’re the limit,’ he declared. 13. Ellipsis of harmonic limit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: limit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪm.ɪt/, /ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/, /lɪmʈ/ 1. Being a fixed limit game. Labels: not-comparable
Word: limit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪm.ɪt/, /ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/, /lɪmʈ/ 1. To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. Labels: transitive Example: We need to limit the power of the executive. Example: I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight. 2. To have a limit in a particular set. Labels: intransitive Example: The sequence limits on the point a. 3. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. Labels: obsolete Example: a limiting friar
Word: quisset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French quisse (“thigh”), perhaps via Middle English quishete; compare cuisset (extended form of cuisse), and quish (variant form of cuisse). 1. Synonym of cuisse or cuissette. Example: Quissets for the thighs.
Word: lituus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtju.əs/ 1. A military trumpet. Example: 1786: Fig. 3. A Roman Lituus, or military trumpet, such as is mentioned by Horace in his first ode. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page vi. 2. An augur's staff with a recurved top. 3. A curve with polar equation r²θ=a², where a is a constant.
Word: big figure Part of Speech: noun 1. In a money market, the part of a monetary value before the decimal point.
Word: champfrein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chamfron (“protective armor for a horse's head”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Consists of chanfrons, champfrein, or shaffrons for barded horses.
Word: mixed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix. In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix. Pronunciation: /mɪkst/ 1. simple past and past participle of mix Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mixed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix. In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix. Pronunciation: /mɪkst/ 1. Having two or more separate aspects. Example: I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting. Example: The various studies produced mixed results. 2. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated. Example: My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility. 3. Including both male(s) and female(s). Example: The tennis match was mixed, with a boy and a girl on each side. Example: My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school. 4. Stemming from two or more races or breeds. Example: The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions. Example: Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed 5. Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback. Example: The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.
Word: battle-ax Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of battle axe. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: pertuisan Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of halberd or pike. Labels: historical Example: An ancient pertuisan, in the possession of Mr. Miller. 2. A truncheon; a staff. Labels: historical
Word: mix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪks/ 1. To stir together. Labels: transitive Example: Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth. 2. To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). Labels: transitive Example: to mix business with pleasure Example: Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes. 3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Yellow and blue paint mix to make green. Example: Hast thou no poison mixed? 4. To blend by the use of a mixer (machine). Labels: transitive Example: Mix the egg whites until they are stiff. 5. To combine (several tracks). Labels: transitive Example: I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track. 6. To produce a finished version of (a recording). Labels: transitive Example: I'm almost done mixing this song. 7. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Example: The mention of the six knots of elderwood is curious, for that tree mixes largely in folk lore.
Word: mix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪks/ 1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture. Example: Now add the raisins to the mix. Example: […] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles. 2. The result of combining items normally kept separate. Example: My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy. Example: The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix. 3. A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff. Example: Cake mix. Pancake mix. Hot chocolate mix. 4. The result of mixing several tracks. Example: The rhythm mix sounds muddy. 5. The finished version of a recording. Example: I've almost finished the mix for this song. 6. A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: Eventually I could taste different drugs and tell how much mix in it or if there’s too much mix in it or what have you.
Word: news Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports". Pronunciation: /njuːz/, /nuːz/, [nɪu̯z], /nuz/, /n(j)uz/ 1. New information of interest. Labels: uncountable Example: Is there any news about the storm? Example: That was not much news in the press release. 2. Information about current events disseminated by the media. Labels: uncountable Example: Did you hear/read/see the latest news? Example: The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month. 3. Messages posted on newsgroups. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: The Usenet news system brings people together from around the world and forms social groups on the basis of common interest. Usenet news is a domain that is suffering badly from information overload.
Word: news Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports". Pronunciation: /njuːz/, /nuːz/, [nɪu̯z], /nuz/, /n(j)uz/ 1. To report; to make known. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.
Word: news Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports". Pronunciation: /njuːz/, /nuːz/, [nɪu̯z], /nuz/, /n(j)uz/ 1. plural of new Labels: form-of, plural
Word: umbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin umbō (“a shield boss”). Doublet of umbone. Pronunciation: /ˈʌm.bəʊ/, /ˈʌm.boʊ/ 1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike. Labels: historical Example: It is thirteen inches diameter, made of wood covered with leather, and an iron plate decorated with nails and mouldings; the boss or umbo projects four inches. Example: serves as the umbo of the region’s so-called Silicon Shield 2. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane. 3. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane. 4. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane.
Word: owner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English own Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English owner From own + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊnɚ/, /ˈəʊnə/ 1. One who owns something. Example: The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner. Example: The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol. 2. The captain of a ship. Labels: slang
Word: ferril Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹil/ 1. A metal cap on the butt end of a weapon shaft, often having a sharp point. Example: Fig. 3. A battle ax, in the collection of Mr. Rawle. Fig. 4. Its butt end and iron ferril, the staff on which it is fixed is octagonal, and measures five feet four inches.
Word: pump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative. Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe; also Spanish bomba (“pump”). Pronunciation: /pʌmp/ 1. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. Example: This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute. 2. An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping. Example: It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights. 3. A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump. Example: This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one. Example: Trump thinks: If I can actually end this war and lift sanctions on Russia, Russian oil will swamp the global market, it’ll drive down the price of gasoline at the pump and I will win the midterms. 4. A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting. Example: Want a skin-stretching pump? Up the volume by using high-rep sets. A great pump is better than coming. 5. A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender. Labels: colloquial Example: She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike. 6. The heart. Labels: US, slang 7. The vagina. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, vulgar Example: Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why.
Word: pump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The etymology of the term is unclear and disputed. One possibility is that it comes from pomp (“ornamentation”). Another is that it refers to the sound made by the foot moving inside the shoe when dancing. The Oxford English Dictionary claims that it appeared in the 16th century, and lists its origin as "obscure". It has also been linked to the Dutch pampoesje, possibly borrowed from Javanese pampus, ultimately from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš), borrowed from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš). Pronunciation: /pʌmp/ 1. A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker. Labels: UK 2. A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel) Labels: Canada, US Example: She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps. 3. A dancing shoe. Example: Gabriel's pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel Example: So I laid down my knittin', an' got up, an' stole ovir to the banes, an' nivir believe me iv I didn't see, sittin' right forenint me, in the very middle of thim, a bit of an ould man, not a quarther so big as a new-born child, wid a little cocked hat an his head, an' a dudeen in his mouth, smokin' away; an' a plain, ould-fashioned, dhrab-coloured coat, wid big brass buttons upon it, an his back, an' a pair o' massy silver buckles in his shoes, that a'most covered his feet they war so big, an' he workin' away as hard as ivir he could, heelin' a little pair o' pumps. 4. A type of shoe without a heel.
Word: studio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian studio (“room for study”), from Latin studium. Doublet of study and etude. Pronunciation: /ˈstjuːdi.əʊ/, /ˈst͡ʃuːdi.əʊ/, /ˈst͡ʃʉwdɪjəw/, /ˈstudi.oʊ/, /ˈstjʉdio/ 1. An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works. Example: His studio was cramped when he began as an artist. Example: For artist Diana Al-Hadid, her studio is nothing less than "an extension of my mind." "I cannot really function unless I have a place to work," she says. 2. An establishment where an art is taught. Example: As he gained a reputation, he took larger space and took students into his studio, 3. A place where radio or television programs, records or films are made. Example: The recording studio had some slight echo, but was good enough to make a demo. Example: The studio was dark and cool, with thick cords running from one end to the other and huge cameras on either side, each primed to swivel and record what the lights from above illuminated. 4. A company or organization that makes films, records or other artistic works. Example: The studios still make films, but they rely on the strength of their distribution. 5. A studio apartment. Example: It’s a lovely little studio with almost a river view.
Word: shewn Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃəʊn/ 1. past participle of shew Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The handle shewn separately
Word: reward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reward, rewarde, from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard, whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below. Mostly displaced Old English mēd, whence Modern English meed. Displaced Old English lēan and edlēan. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈwɔːd/, /ɹəˈwɔːd/, /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/, /ɹəˈwɔɹd/, /ɹiˈwɔɹd/ 1. Something of value given in return for an act. Example: For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward. 2. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch Example: The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters. 3. one's place in heaven; God's judgment in the afterlife; death Example: And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with mee, to giue euery man according as his worke shall be. Example: Your daddy ever tell you how Uncle Mac come to his reward? 4. The result of an action, whether good or bad. Example: Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail? Example: Christian Benteke's first-half goal was just reward for Villa's undoubted superiority but Bradford managed to survive without further damage until half-time, before scoring the goal that takes them to Wembley for the first time since 1996.
Word: reward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rewarden, from Anglo-Norman rewarder (“to reward”), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”), from Old Northern French [Term?], from Frankish *wardōn (“to guard, keep”), from Proto-Germanic *wardōną (“to guard, defend”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, shelter, defend, guard, shut”). Cognate with Old Saxon wardōn (“to guard, provide for, protect”), Old English weardian (“to guard”), Old High German wartēn (“to watch, keep, look after”). More at ward. Piecewise doublet of regard. Displaced Old English lēanian. In this sense, displaced Old English ġieldan, whence Modern English yield. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈwɔːd/, /ɹəˈwɔːd/, /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/, /ɹəˈwɔɹd/, /ɹiˈwɔɹd/ 1. To give a reward to or for. Labels: transitive Example: Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving? Example: Why are you rewarding that bad behaviour? 2. To be a recompense for. Labels: transitive Example: Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services. Example: The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov. 3. To give (something) as a reward. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed […] And there syr Marhaus dyd so nobly that he was renomed & had somtyme doune fourty knyghtes and soo the serklet of gold was rewarded hym Example: Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Word: suggestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English suggestion, from Anglo-Norman suggestioun, sugestiun, from Latin suggestiō, from suggerō (“suggest”, verb), from Latin sub- (“from below, up”) + gerō (“to bring”). Equivalent to suggest + -ion. Related to English up-, cast. Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, [səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən], /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/, /səˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/ 1. Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) Labels: countable Example: make a suggestion Example: I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit. 2. The act of suggesting. Labels: uncountable Example: Suggestion often works better than explicit demand. 3. Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact. Labels: countable Example: He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts. 4. The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence. Labels: countable
Word: suggest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb). Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɛst/, /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst/ 1. To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something). Labels: transitive Example: Are you suggesting that I killed my wife? 2. To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something). Labels: transitive Example: The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg. Example: , Book II, Chapter III Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. 3. To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it. Labels: transitive Example: This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss. Example: He suggests that we celebrate with dinner at Bellissimo. He suggests our celebrating with dinner at Bellissimo. 4. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.
Word: dogsbody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + -s- + body. 1818, British navy slang (dog's body), originally derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast), as if it were made of mashed dog meat. In 20th century applied to low-ranked sailors, thence menial servants in wider usage. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ/, /ˈdɔɡz.bɑ.di/, /ˈdɑɡz.bɑ.di/ 1. A person who does menial work, a servant. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Who chose this face for me? This dogsbody to rid of vermin. Example: 'Cause I, I wanna be anarchy! / No dogsbody! 2. Alternative form of dog's body (“pease pudding”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dogsbody Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog + -s- + body. 1818, British navy slang (dog's body), originally derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast), as if it were made of mashed dog meat. In 20th century applied to low-ranked sailors, thence menial servants in wider usage. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ/, /ˈdɔɡz.bɑ.di/, /ˈdɑɡz.bɑ.di/ 1. To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work Example: Perhaps because, having been brought up in all those different countries and languages, and then studying economics of all things for just a year, followed by four years dogsbodying for a haulage company, he had never got any serious reading done.
Word: trick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪk/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk] 1. To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive. Labels: transitive Example: You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced. Example: I was once tricked into believing I had left my phone in the locker. 2. To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words). Example: The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms, / Black as his purpose, did the night resemble / When he lay couched in the ominous horse, / Hath now this dread and black complexion smear'd / With heraldry more dismal; head to foot / Now is he total gules; horridly trick'd / With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons […] Example: They forget that they are in the statutes: […] there they are trick'd, they and their pedigrees. 3. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out. Example: [T]his Pillar [the "Compounded Order"] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amaſſe of all the precedent Ornaments, making a nevv kinde, by ſtealth, and though the moſt richly tricked, yet the pooreſt in this, that he is a borrovver of all his Beautie. Example: Tricking up their children in fine clothes. 4. To engage in prostitution or casual sex. Example: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure […] and suddenly it was Maryellin, he & I in the bed. The guy was tall, lean & hard. Absolutely lovely body. For me, it was like my old tricking days. Example: You trick for other people, you cheat me out of money, and then when you need a favour, you come back to me.
Word: trick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪk/, [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk], [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪk] 1. Involving trickery or deception. Example: trick photography 2. Able to perform tricks. Example: A trick pony 3. Defective or unreliable. Example: a trick knee 4. Stylish or cool. Labels: US, slang Example: Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.
Word: serendipity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serendip (“variant of Serendib: Ceylon, Sri Lanka”) + -ity. Coined by English writer and politician Horace Walpole in 1754 based on the Persian story of the Three Princes of Serendip, who (Walpole wrote to a friend) were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/, /ˌsɛɹ.ɛnˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/, [ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ɾi], /ˌseɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/, [ˌseɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ɾi] 1. The phenomenon of making an unplanned, fortunate discovery through a combination of unexpected circumstances and insightful recognition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most random serendipity brought the two of us together, and now, we are happily married! If I was just 15 seconds slower, I'd have never met her! This discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word, which, as I have nothing better to tell you, I shall endeavour to explain to you: you will understand it better by the derivation than by the definition. I once read a silly fairy tale, called "The Three Princes of Serendip;" as their Highnesses travelled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of: for instance, one of them discovered that a mule blind of the right eye had travelled the same road lately, because the grass was eaten only on the left side, where it was worse than on the right – now do you understand Serendipity? One of the most remarkable instances of this accidental Sagacity, (for you must observe that no discovery of a thing you are looking for comes under this description,) was of my Lord Shaftsbury, who, happening to dine at Lord Chancellor Clarendon's, found out the marriage of the Duke of York and Mrs. Hyde, by the respect with which her mother treated her at table. Example: After I got here, in the first lockdown, my mum suddenly passed. It was the week of my final interview with the Mayor. It is serendipity that I am here when my dad really needs me. 2. An unsought, unintended or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery or learning experience that occurs by accident. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2007, Erin McKean, speech at TED Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damn difficult. 3. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: naissant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French naissant (literally “being born”). Doublet of nascent. 1. Having only its forepart shown, especially if because it is issuing from an ordinary or division of the field. (Compare issuant.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: flavid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flāvus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin flāveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flāvidusder. English flavid From Latin flāvidus, ultimately from flāvus. 1. yellow Labels: not-comparable
Word: luminance Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈluːmɪnəns/ 1. The quality of being luminous. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brightness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bryghtnes, brightnesse, from Old English beorhtnes (“brightness, splendor”), from Proto-West Germanic *berhtnassī, equivalent to bright + -ness. Cognate with Old High German berahtnessī, berahtnessi (“brightness”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪtnəs/ 1. The quality of being bright. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. 2. The perceived luminance of an object. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Intelligence, cleverness. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable, usually
Word: kiwifruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kiwi /kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”) + fruit; a trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand. 1. A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the gold kiwifruit, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The international threat isn't coming from New Zealand, whose growing season does not conflict with California's. New Zealand kiwifruit is marketed in the summer months; California's season is from November through May. Example: Unlike many plants, which are self-pollinating, kiwifruit is dioecious, meaning the plants come in sexes, and female plants must be fertilized with pollen from a male to bear fruit. When kiwifruit, known by the Chinese name of yang tao, was first sent from China to the U.S. in 1904, the USDA Plant Introduction Station at Chico, Calif., produced a viable combination of male and female vines.
Word: q.v. Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin quod videās, or quod vidē (literally “which see”), from quod (the neuter of quī (“what”)) + vidē the imperative of videō (“to see”), or videās, the second-person present subjunctive of the same verb. Pronunciation: /ˌkjuː ˈviː/, /wɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsiː/, /ʍɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsiː/, /wɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsi/, /ʍɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsi/ 1. quod vide; which see (advises the reader to look up a mentioned text for further information). Labels: not-comparable Example: This is described in more detail in Brown’s book on the subject (q.v.).
Word: q.v. Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin quantum vīs (literally “as much as you want”), from quantum (“as much as”) + vīs (“you want, you wish”), the second person singular active indicative form of volō (“to want, wish”). Pronunciation: /ˌkjuː ˈviː/, /wɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsiː/, /ʍɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsiː/, /wɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsi/, /ʍɪt͡ʃ‿ˈsi/ 1. as much as you wish Labels: not-comparable
Word: Enzedder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spelling out of NZ, the abbreviation of New Zealand, + -er, denoting a native of a place. Pronunciation: /ˌɛnˈzɛdə(ɹ)/ 1. A New Zealander. Labels: informal
Word: caste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish casta (“lineage, breed, race”), which the OED derives from Portuguese casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus (“chaste"; "chastity”), Coromines (1987) argues instead for a hypothetical Gothic form *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts, “group, collection of animals”), cognate with English cast, from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵ-es-. Pronunciation: /kɑːst/, /kast/, /kæst/ 1. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures. Example: Pakistan is a conservative, religious state. The Edhi Foundation is unusual in its ignoring of caste, creed, religion and sect. This strict stance has led to some criticism from religious groups. 2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other. Example: Ah! Can you give me all I've asked for — not now, nor a few months later, but when you begin to think of what you might have done if you had kept your own appointment and your caste here — when you begin to look upon me as a drag and a burden? Example: 'I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty - to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.' 3. The division of society into castes; the caste system. Labels: uncountable Example: It was an evidence of the peculiar nature of caste in country towns[.] 4. A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony. Example: In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.
Word: prana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath; life”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑːnə/ 1. Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force. Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable Example: He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward. Example: He who knows Aditi, who rises with Prana (the Life Principle), existent in all the Devas.
Word: manse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse. Pronunciation: /mæns/ 1. To excommunicate; curse. Labels: transitive
Word: manse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin mānsus (“dwelling”), from Latin manēre (“to remain”), whence also manor, mansion. Doublet of mas. Pronunciation: /mæns/ 1. A house inhabited by the minister of a parish. Example: He has caught a glint of steel in the manse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness. 2. A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house. Labels: archaic 3. A large house, a mansion.
Word: ass over teacups Part of Speech: adv 1. Synonym of ass over teakettle. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable
Word: ass over teacups Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of ass over teakettle. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable
Word: mortmain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman mortmayn, morte meyn, from Old French mortes meins, after Late Latin phrase mortua manus. See Latin mortuus (“dead”) + manus (“hand”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːt.meɪn/, /ˈmɔɹt.meɪn/ 1. The perpetual, inalienable possession of lands by a corporation or non-personal entity such as a church. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1824, Charter of Incorporation of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, [W]e do hereby grant our especial license and authority unto all and every person […] to grant sell alien and convey in mortmain unto and to the use of the said Society and their successors […] Example: Though in truth it was the law of mortmain […] which originally sent the founders of chantries to seek the king's licence […] 2. A strong and inalienable possession. Labels: literary, uncountable, usually Example: […]; and some part of that influence [of the government], which would otherwise have been possessed as in a sort of mortmain and unalienable domain, returned again to the great ocean from whence it arose, […]
Word: firecracker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + cracker. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəˌkɹækə/, /ˈfaɪəɹˌkɹækəɹ/ 1. A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang. Example: She said she was awakened abruptly Friday night by the kid next door setting off a firecracker. 2. A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie. Labels: slang 3. Someone or something that is exciting, energetic, or unpredictable. Labels: slang Example: Jude Bellingham became the nation’s second youngest World Cup scorer behind Michael Owen when he started the rout – the centrepiece of a performance of power, skill and precision – while Bukayo Saka deserved his two goals, the first a firecracker, as he radiated menace with his every involvement.
Word: fire drill Part of Speech: noun 1. An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire. Example: There was a fire drill this morning. We had to leave the building calmly and go to the birch tree, our meeting point. 2. Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Since they've changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to a fire drill. 3. A fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited. Example: Near-synonym: firestarter (synonymous in some versions) Example: There is no machine on earth so potent, yet so simple and elegant, as the two sticks of the Native American fire drill;
Word: electric fire Part of Speech: noun 1. A fire, stove or heater powered by electricity. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: [A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a true romance magazine. Example: An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander.
Word: tea caddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea + caddy. 1. A box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves. Example: Mrs. Hone would have owned all the equipage that most upper-middle-class households needed to hold a proper tea, including a tea table (or teapoy), a tray, a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl with tongs, cups, saucers, tea caddy, teaspoons, and likely a tea urn, slop bowl, strainer, and spoon tray. While availing herself of Carneses' tea and one of their tea caddies, she might also have purchased and utilized one of their teapoys.
Word: tea leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tea leaf Labels: form-of, plural 2. Anything, not necessarily tangible, that is used to make a prediction. Labels: figuratively Example: Read the tea leaves.
Word: lute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud, lavta, and laouto. Pronunciation: /l(j)uːt/, /lut/, /lɪu̯t/ 1. A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
Word: lute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud, lavta, and laouto. Pronunciation: /l(j)uːt/, /lut/, /lɪu̯t/ 1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. Example: Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Example: in the air , her new voice luting soft
Word: lute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”). Pronunciation: /l(j)uːt/, /lut/, /lɪu̯t/ 1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He employed a mixture of flour and white of egg spread upon a linen cloth to cement cracked glass vessels, and used other lutes for similar purposes. 2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French lut, ultimately from Latin lutum (“mud”). Pronunciation: /l(j)uːt/, /lut/, /lɪu̯t/ 1. To fix or fasten something with lute. Example: To protect everything till it dried, a man […] luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.
Word: hapax legomenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ λεγόμενον (hápax legómenon, “(something) said only once”), from ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō, “say”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæ.pæks ləˈɡɒ.məˌnɒn/, /ˌhæ.pæks ləˈɡɑ.məˌnɑn/ 1. A word occurring only once in a given corpus. Example: άγνως is a New Testament hapax legomenon. άγνός occurs two other times in Paul, both occurrences are in 2 Cor. Example: There is a lovely technical term for a word that appears once in a body of text: a hapax legomenon (plural: hapax legomena), Greek for “once said.” The term comes from philology, the study of old texts.
Word: loot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s. Pronunciation: /luːt/, /lut/, /ɫʉːt/ 1. Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat. Labels: uncountable Example: Loot, plunder, pillage. Example: He always found the talismanic gathering-word Loot (plunder), a sufficient bond of union in any part of India. 2. Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war. Labels: uncountable Example: He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command. 3. Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents. Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable Example: Free Loot for Children 4. Synonym of money. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I got my mink the hard way. I paid for it. It cost a lot of loot and it took a little while to do it, but it's all mine. Example: There was nothing to do except for Mom to go back slaving away as somebody's maid. In Baltimore she couldn't make half the loot she could up North.