nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ware Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. To be ware or mindful of something. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee. Example: c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true. 2. To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary. Labels: obsolete Example: Ware thee.
Word: ware Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Wary; cautious. Labels: obsolete Example: He is ware inough; he is wilye, and circumſpect for ſtirring vp any ſedition. Example: Of whom be thou ware also.
Word: ware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wor (in sewor) from Old English wār (“seaweed”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire. Cognate with Scots wair (“seaweed”), Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Seaweed; drift seaweed; seawrack. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: On many of the farms in East Lothian, from 100 to 120 Imperial acres are annually manured with sea-ware; and when I mention that 30 double-cart loads are spread on 1 acre, you may conceive the labour incurred in carting from 3000 to 3600 loads during a short season; for it is only in winter that the ware is cast ashore by storms,[…] Example: The said farm, having been possessed […] in the deed of 12th July 1794, with the privilege of taking ware from the sea-shore for the use of the farm, and having been let by them to a tenant in 1804, with "liberty of the droven sea-ware, along with the other tenants of the Elie barony, for manuring the farm," […]
Word: ware Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Alternative form of wear (“to veer or bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern”) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Ship wares bravely, steddy, steddy; she is before it. […] The Ship wares round, so right the Helm; hard up. Example: […] [page 67:] He then stood off to windward, and opening his lower parts, wore round under her stern, […] [pages 365-372:] I have previously to observe, that the first part of this question implies that two distinct significations appertain to the signal for waring a fleet in the manner proposed; viz . to ware the sternmost first; and secondly, to ware the sternmost and leewardmost first. […] If to form on the opposite tack, the division L D ware together, and keep away […] [page xxi, glossary:] To Ware (or Veer), is to do the reverse [of Turning in or out or up, tacking to reach an object to windward]; or to turn round by going from the wind and hauling to it gradually; or, as it is termed, coming to the wind upon the other tack. To veer is more properly applied to paying-out or giving out more cable, or hawser; […]
Word: ware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ware, from Old Norse vár (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wazrą. Cognate with Icelandic vor (“spring”), Swedish vår (“spring”), Danish vår (“spring”), Scots ware, wair (“spring”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Spring, springtime. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: ware Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Old eye dialect spelling of were. Example: Againſt this ther ware many objections made by the creditors, viz., that quoad the 9000 lƀ. a year contained in his contract of marriage, they ware præferable, being præferable and prior creditors, and ſo he was ſucceſſor titulo lucrativo poſt contractum debitum; and as to the 6000 lƀ. per annum added, 1^(o.) before that letter they had a jus quæſitum by the ſignitor; 2^(do.) They had rights præferable. Example: c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise A larg concors ware standing round
Word: ware Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. simple past of wear Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: greenery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English greenery From green + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːnəɹi/ 1. Green foliage or verdure. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Foliage used as decoration. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: foliage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. The more recent form is influenced by Latin folium (“leaf”). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/, /ˈfoʊliɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The leaves of plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines. 2. Fall foliage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. An architectural ornament representing foliage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kummer Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Kummer (“distress, grief”). * Also as a German and Swiss German surname, from a derivative of the medieval personal name Kunemar, from Old High German kuoni (“bold”) + mari (“fame”). * As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Upper Sorbian Komor, Komar, from komor (“mosquito, gnat”), see Kommer. Also sometimes Germanized from Kumer. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Zorn Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: whitefly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + fly. 1. Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
Word: wilding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing. 1. A wild apple or apple tree. Example: These were ‘wildings’, wild crab apples (Malus sylvestris), a miniature of today's, native to the British Isles. 2. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc. Example: Oft from the forrest wildings he did bring, / Whose sides empurpled were with smiling red […] Example: Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found.
Word: wilding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing. 1. A form of youth violence characterized by a group of young people committing violent acts randomly and without specific targets. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: wilding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wild + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of wild Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Those boys are bad enough, and soon they'll start their wilding.
Word: wilding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wild + -ing. 1. Not cultivated or tame; wild. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: The wilding bee hums merrily by. Example: And here had fall'n a great part of a tower, / Whole, like a crag that tumbles from the cliff, / And like a crag was gay with wilding flowers: […]
Word: winceyette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wincey + -ette. 1. A soft cotton flannelette material with a raised brushed surface (a nap), on both sides. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: wintry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹi/, [ˈwɪɾ̃(ə)ɹi] 1. Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. Example: wintry weather Example: A faded, and an ancient dragon he was; and many a wintry storm of rain, snow, sleet, and hail, had changed his colour from a gaudy blue to a faint lack-lustre shade of gray. 2. Containing sleet or snow. Example: It will be cloudy overnight, with outbreaks of heavy rain at times. The rain may turn wintry over higher ground. 3. Aged, white-haired. 4. Chilling, cheerless. Example: a wintry remark Example: He reached the old ruins at last, dim masses of moss-grown masonry in the glimmer of the wintry starlight.
Word: wired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wire + -ed. Pronunciation: /waɪəd/, /waɪɹd/ 1. Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires. 2. Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices. 3. Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire. 4. Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung. Labels: slang Example: After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep. Example: I drank a jar of coffee / And then I took some of these / And I'm totally wired 5. Having wiry feathers. 6. All worked out; completely understood. Labels: slang Example: You find out where the rocks are, how the waves are breaking over the rocks or reef. Find out if there's any funny little fish who might be mad - things like that. What we call "getting a place wired." After you get it wired, it's just like... riding waves back in the U.S.A., except you aren't. You're in Africa. 7. Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down. Labels: slang 8. Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud. Labels: slang Example: I was dealt three of a kind, wired. 9. Connected to the Internet; online. Labels: informal Example: In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly. Example: Coffee drinkers now have yet another way to get wired. Laptop and Tablet PC users can have their double grande mocha lattes and surf the Web simultaneously at STARBUCKS[…]
Word: wired Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wire + -ed. Pronunciation: /waɪəd/, /waɪɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of wire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wiring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wire + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of wire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wiring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wire + -ing. 1. A set of electric wires. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They had to replace most of the wiring after the fire. 2. The act or process of installing such a set of wires. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The plumbing is done, and the wiring comes next. Example: The wiring of the American farm put power for countless tasks available at the flip of a switch.
Word: wither away Part of Speech: verb 1. To atrophy, or waste away. Labels: intransitive
Word: viceroyalty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté. Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/ 1. The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The place governed by a viceroy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.
Word: Witzelsucht Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Witzelsucht, a compound of witzeln (“to joke”) + Sucht (“obsession, addiction”). 1. A tendency to tell inappropriate or pointless stories and poor jokes; excessive facetiousness, especially when due to some medical condition. Labels: uncountable
Word: writer's block Part of Speech: noun 1. The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Laymen speak of ‘a writer’s block’ as if it were singular and are often encouraged in this fallacy by authors who are understandably reluctant to discuss something as personal as mental impotence. There are many kinds of writers’ blocks and probably as many reasons for blocks as there are reasons for writing, […]
Word: variance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English variance, variaunce, equivalent to vary + -ance, from Old French variance or directly from Anglo-Latin variaunce, veriaunce, wariaunce; all from Latin variantia. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛə.ɹi.əns/, /ˈvɛː.ɹi.əns/, /ˈvæɹ.i.əns/, /ˈvɛɹ.i.əns/, /ˈveː.ɹi.əns/ 1. The act of varying or the state of being variable. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Certain other factors were considered to explain the variance from expected figures. All seven aviators smoked. Each considered himself to be in good physical condition, though none found the time to exercise regularly. No aviator was obese. Example: This remains an important tool and relies on simple subtraction to evaluate the difference ( variance ) between a planned result and an actual measurement. 3. The state of differing or being in conflict. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But here, again, is the old variance between nature and fortune: each seems to delight in marring the work of the other. 4. An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A discrepancy between two legal documents. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The number of degrees of freedom in a system. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Covariance and contravariance generally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types.
Word: largess Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of largesse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: [T]here vvas good hope that the ſouldiers ſhould have a largeſs dealt amongſt them out of the Kings Treaſure, and be under the command of Captains of better quality, […] Example: But vvhere the Plea of the Receivers is equal, and yet the Diſpenſation of the Benefits vaſtly unequal, there Men are taught that the thing received is Grace; and that they have no claim to it, but the courteſy of the Diſpenſer, and the largeſs of Heaven; vvhich cannot be queſtion'd, […]
Word: cirri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cirrī, the nominative or vocative plural of cirrus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹaɪ/ 1. plural of cirrus. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logic board Part of Speech: noun 1. A motherboard.
Word: matter of fact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 16th century. 1. An issue concerning the factual circumstances of a cause of action that is to be tried or proved; an allegation forming the basis of a claim or defense, as opposed to a matter of law. Example: Whether he left his house on the night of the murder is a matter of fact. Example: Matters of fact are issues for a jury, while matters of law are for the court. 2. A point of fact; a claim or statement about (empirical) facts, as opposed to conjecture or opinion. Labels: broadly Example: It’s a matter of fact that I came into work yesterday. Example: And all that I pretend to in this ensueing Treatise, is only to poynt with the finger from the Text unto the mater of fact, shewing how here & there, these & those words of the Text were fulfilled.
Word: matter of fact Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: First attested in the 16th century. 1. Ellipsis of as a matter of fact. Labels: abbreviation, adverbial, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Example: “Are you familiar with the Trade Mart building?” ¶ “Yes,” I replied. “Matter of fact, I had drinks up at the top of the Mart only a few nights ago.” Example: Matter of fact, I vaguely recall interviewing him at a public appearance at The New York Times Building on Wednesday evening.
Word: snuba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of snorkel + scuba 1. A combination of snorkeling and scuba diving where the swimmer uses the fins, mask, and breathing apparatus commonly used in scuba diving, but the oxygen tanks usually strapped to the back are instead attached to floating rafts that remain on the water's surface. Labels: uncountable Example: This isn’t scuba, or even snuba, but simply underwater walking! Example: One raft will support two snuba-divers. ¶ […] Orientation for the snuba activity is usually about 30 min, followed by a 30-min undersea experience.
Word: theorem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French théorème, from Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see, look”). See also theory, and theater. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.ə.ɹəm/, /ˈθɪːɹ(ə)m/, /ˈθɪjəɹ(ə)m/, /ˈθiərəm/, /ˈθɪrəm/ 1. A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas. 2. A mathematical statement that is expected to be true. Labels: colloquial, nonstandard Example: Fermat's Last Theorem was known thus long before it was proved in the 1990s. 3. A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
Word: theorem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French théorème, from Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see, look”). See also theory, and theater. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.ə.ɹəm/, /ˈθɪːɹ(ə)m/, /ˈθɪjəɹ(ə)m/, /ˈθiərəm/, /ˈθɪrəm/ 1. To formulate into a theorem. Labels: transitive
Word: unforeseen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + foreseen. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn/, /ˌʌnfɔɹˈsin/, /ˌɐnfoːˈsiːn/, /ˌanfɔːˈsiːn/ 1. Not foreseen. Labels: not-comparable Example: unforeseen catastrophe Example: unforeseen consequences 2. Not expected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unforeseen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + foreseen. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn/, /ˌʌnfɔɹˈsin/, /ˌɐnfoːˈsiːn/, /ˌanfɔːˈsiːn/ 1. An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen. Example: Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.
Word: unproven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + proven. 1. Not proved. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: unconfirmed; see also Thesaurus:baseless Example: Furthermore, the system is not entirely unproven.
Word: manifesto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare + -o, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”), from Latin manus + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifest. Pronunciation: /ˌmæn.ɪˈfɛs.təʊ/, /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.təʊ/, /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.toʊ/ 1. A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party. Example: the Communist Manifesto Example: A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs.
Word: manifesto Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare + -o, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”), from Latin manus + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifest. Pronunciation: /ˌmæn.ɪˈfɛs.təʊ/, /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.təʊ/, /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.toʊ/ 1. To issue a manifesto. Labels: intransitive
Word: legged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡɪd/, /ˈlɛɡd/, /ˈlɛɡəd/ 1. Having legs of a certain specified type or number. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged. Example: Giraffes are the longest-legged animals. 2. Having legs; provided with legs. Labels: not-comparable Example: A robot which runs at a speed of over 29mph has set a new land-speed record for legged robots. Example: Farther west in the Carabobo-Aragua region Kidder has been able to establish some culture succession and he reports several legged vessels. 3. Wounded in the leg, especially as part of a hunt. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spring guns and man traps have been set for me, and I am legged!
Word: legged Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed. 1. Someone or something having a certain number or type of legs Example: Humans are not the only two-leggeds in the world.
Word: legged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of leg Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trivet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/ 1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire. Example: They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil. 2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster. 3. A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.
Word: tablet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæblət/ 1. A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription. Example: Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools." 2. A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith. 3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form. Example: Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement. 4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper. Example: Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps. 5. A graphics tablet. 6. A tablet computer, a type of portable computer. 7. A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge. Labels: Scotland 8. A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line. Example: The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.
Word: tablet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæblət/ 1. To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets. Labels: transitive
Word: dormer-window Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dormer. 1. An upright window built from a sloping roof. Example: He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.
Word: dormer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɹmɚ/, /ˈdɔːmə(ɹ)/ 1. A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof. Example: Then we came to a high white wall that surrounded a large garden, and within it was a long, massive building of some beauty and pretension, with a high, latticed belfry and heavy walls and with arched dormers in the sloping roof. 2. Ellipsis of dormer-window. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: dormer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dorm 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 dormer From dorm + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɹmɚ/, /ˈdɔːmə(ɹ)/ 1. A resident of a dormitory. Labels: Philippines Example: My dorm mates and I had a little get-together in our room on the second floor. We were just talking and weren't making much noise when we heard a knock on our door. It was a dormer from the room directly below us. She asked if we were cleaning and we told her that we weren't. She left but came back a little while later and asked the same question again. We asked her if our matron wants us to clean up. The dormer said no and left. But after a few minutes, she came up again and again asked if we were cleaning our room because she could hear the noise down in her room.
Word: sock puppet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sock + puppet. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkˌpʌpɪt/, /ˈsɑkˌpʌpɪt/, /ˈsɔkˌpɐpɪt/, /ˈsɒkˌpɐpət/, [ˈsɔ̟kˌpɐpət] 1. A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand. 2. Synonym of puppet (“a person completely controlled by another”) 3. An alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: Trying to prove that a new user is simply a previous user in a new sock puppet is quite hard for the ordinary user and even administrators. Example: The Internet has created many opportunities for online voting. Unscrupulous people will create sock puppets in order to stuff online ballot boxes. In other cases, a sock puppeteer may create multiple identities to support arguments, voice opinions, or otherwise create the online illusion that may people support the sock puppeteer. This practice is called a "Sybil attack" […]
Word: sock puppet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sock + puppet. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkˌpʌpɪt/, /ˈsɑkˌpʌpɪt/, /ˈsɔkˌpɐpɪt/, /ˈsɒkˌpɐpət/, [ˈsɔ̟kˌpɐpət] 1. To create or use a sock puppet (alternative user account). Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: morning-after pill Part of Speech: noun 1. A contraceptive in the form of a pill taken shortly after sexual intercourse. Example: Dr. Morris and his colleagues have reported on one experimental compound designed specifically to be a morning-after pill. Example: These policy efforts confuse the public into thinking that the morning-after pill, which is simply a super-dose of the regular pill, is the same as mifepristone, the abortion pill.
Word: natant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin natāntem, accusative of natāns. Doublet of naiant. 1. Floating or swimming (in water). 2. In a horizontal position, as if swimming.
Word: tackle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take. Pronunciation: /ˈtækəl/, [ˈtʰækɫ̩] 1. A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A block and tackle. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Clothing. Labels: slang, uncountable 4. Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. Labels: uncountable 5. Equipment, gear, gadgetry. Labels: broadly, informal, uncountable Example: 2004 June 24–30, "Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 193, ... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. "That there's a real nice piece of tackle. ..." 6. A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football. Labels: countable 7. A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground. Labels: countable 8. Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground. Labels: countable 9. An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The penis. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: tackle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take. Pronunciation: /ˈtækəl/, [ˈtʰækɫ̩] 1. To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them. 2. To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down. Example: The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient. Example: Have you tackled them about paying for it? 3. To attempt to take away a ball. 4. To bring a ball carrier to the ground. 5. To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in. Labels: Singapore, colloquial Example: "Singing is the oldest, most effective and productive way to tackle girls," asserted the 37-year-old, affectionately known as Ah Guan at Tan Chang Ren Music Station. Example: It takes the form of a beautiful lady and tackles young and handsome men.
Word: radix complement Part of Speech: noun 1. The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ. In binary (r=2), this is the two's complement. Example: The radix complement of 01100101_2 is 10011011_2. Example: The radix complement of 138053_10 is 861947_10.
Word: diminished radix complement Part of Speech: noun 1. The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ-1. In binary (r=2), this is the ones' complement; in decimal (r=10), this is the nines' complement. Example: The diminished radix complement of 01100101_2 is 10011010_2. Example: The diminished radix complement of 138053_10 is 861946_10.
Word: Clark Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk. Pronunciation: /klɑː(ɹ)k/, /ˈklaɹk/ 1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 6. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 7. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 8. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 9. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 10. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 11. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 12. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 13. A locale in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 14. A locale in the Philippines. Labels: uncountable, usually 15. A locale in the Philippines. Labels: uncountable, usually 16. A locale in the Philippines. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gradually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gradual Middle English -ly English -ly English gradually From gradual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/ 1. In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly. Example: The most likely conclusion, the researchers say, is that the Levallois method was not taken to Eurasia by African migrants, but evolved there gradually and independently. Example: The instrument of this dumbing down in Nineteen Eighty-Four was Newspeak, the official language of the English Socialist Party (Ingsoc). Newspeak was a sort of Totalitarian Esperanto that sought gradually to diminish the range of what was thinkable by eliminating, contracting and manufacturing words. 2. by degrees Labels: obsolete Example: Horns, upon the due accession of Moisture, doth gradually become Soft.
Word: gulf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”). Pronunciation: /ɡʌlf/, /ɡɒlf/ 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. Example: He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between. Example: Of course, there was no arguing against this, but one thing was clear, we could not attempt that leap in the dark; the only thing to do was to wait for the ray of light which pierced through the gulf at sunset. 2. That which swallows; the gullet. Labels: obsolete Example: Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark, 3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Example: [T]here is no such mine, / None; but a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold, not making. 4. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea Example: the Gulf of Mexico Example: the Persian Gulf 5. A large deposit of ore in a lode. 6. A wide interval or gap; a separating space. Labels: figuratively Example: Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. Example: `Behold now, let the Dead and Living meet! Across the gulf of Time they still are one.' 7. A difference, especially a large difference, between groups. Labels: figuratively Example: Only the gulf between them was widened still further by the Negro cops in the precinct, bad-mouthing among themselves about their fellow white cops unnecessarily throwing their authority around and singling out Sullivan as a prime example. Example: England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco. 8. The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed. Example: Some ten or fifteen men just on the line, not enough to be plucked or good enough to be placed, are put into the "gulf," as it is popularly called (the Examiners' phrase is "Degrees allowed"), and have their degrees given to them but are not printed in the calendar, nor were they at this time allowed to try for the Classical Tripos.
Word: gulf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”). Pronunciation: /ɡʌlf/, /ɡɒlf/ 1. To engulf. Labels: transitive Example: […] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells. 2. To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently. Labels: transitive Example: The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself. Example: The good Professor scolded, predicted that they would all be either gulfed or ploughed.
Word: Lawrence Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Laurence. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/, /ˈlɔɹəns/, /ˈlɑɹəns/ 1. A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?" 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "My name is Richard Lawrence." Candice thought he had a storybook name. Like Lawrence of Arabia, she said, but what she always called him was Ricky. Just a jump away from Tricky Dicky. 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A couple of broad ideas they determined included converting Indianapolis into a single, countywide government led by a strong mayor, and, for political purposes, omitting the school districts and the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway from any consolidation efforts. 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two Lawrence men were indicted in June in connection with an extensive fentanyl and heroin distribution operation involving more than $1 million in drugs. 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. Ellipsis of Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex sexual relations; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Word: gradual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒəl/, /ˈɡɹadjuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒəl/ 1. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees Example: a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline Example: Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.
Word: gradual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒəl/, /ˈɡɹadjuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒəl/ 1. An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. 2. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
Word: devoted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From devote + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvəʊtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of devote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devoted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From devote + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvəʊtəd/ 1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated. Example: He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure." 2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something. Example: Bob and Sara are devoted to their children. 3. Zealous; characterized by devotion. 4. Cursed; doomed. Labels: obsolete Example: The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […] Example: The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.
Word: devoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹmɪŋ/, /ˈfɔːmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of form Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹmɪŋ/, /ˈfɔːmɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is formed; formation. Example: […] a creative person, whose specific formings of behavior are not easily predictable […]
Word: losing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈluːzɪŋ/, /ˈluzɪŋ/, /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/, /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: losing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈluːzɪŋ/, /ˈluzɪŋ/, /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/, /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ 1. That loses or has lost. Labels: not-comparable Example: Being on the losing team is disappointing.
Word: losing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈluːzɪŋ/, /ˈluzɪŋ/, /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/, /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ 1. The process by which something is lost; a loss. Example: We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.
Word: losing Part of Speech: noun 1. Early Modern form of lozenge. Labels: Early, Modern, alt-of
Word: historian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history. Pronunciation: /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/, /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/, /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/, /hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/ 1. A writer of history. 2. One who studies or researches history. Example: If this is what real people and societies are like, then it may be appropriate for historians to represent their subjects' lives in storylike form. Example: history does not consult the convenience of historians, though some of them are not always aware of it. 3. One who recounts their own medical history. Example: The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.
Word: annalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French annaliste, equivalent to annal + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈænəlɪst/ 1. A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian. Example: The monks […] were the only annalists during those ages.
Word: deja vu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French déjà vu. 1. Alternative spelling of déjà vu. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I felt deja vu as I recalled a video in which a Tesla owner slammed on the brakes after his car appeared set on crashing headlong into a construction site.
Word: marron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of maroon (“chestnut”), later reinforced by French marron. 1. A sweet chestnut. Example: ‘I mean, shit, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron, I would have killed the pig up there.’
Word: marron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nyunga marran. 1. Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
Word: lapidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lapidātus, perfect passive participle of lapidō (“to throw stones at”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lapis (“stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæpɪˌdeɪt/ 1. To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death. Labels: transitive Example: the host (in tailcoat, grey cravat, purple vest) is lapidated by his wife while he loudly cries: "Maggie—please save a cup fer coffee in the morning." Example: On August 27, 2002, a Nigerian court ordered the mother of a newborn child, Amina Lawal, to be publicly lapidated for adultery. 2. To hurl insults at. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The hour-long (and far too slow-paced) show: Malice in Wonderland, by lampooning, lapidating S. J. Perelman, veteran of movie-writing stints
Word: expiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin expiātus, past participle of expiō (“atone for”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/ 1. To atone or make reparation for. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Example: At laſt, he diſtinctly pronounced theſe three words, LET THIS EXPIATE! And then, his head ſinking on his pillow, he expired; […] 2. To make amends or pay the penalty for. Labels: transitive Example: He had only to live and expiate in solitude the crimes which he had committed. Example: And when it was required of him by the rigid laws of a haphazard justice, which in retrospect seems like every night of the week, he pressed his limp forelock into a filthy washbasin, clutched a tap in each throbbing hand, and expiated a string of crimes he didn't know he had committed until they were thoughtfully explained to him between each stroke by Mr. Willow or his representatives. 3. To relieve or cleanse of guilt. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] and Epimenides was brought from Crete to expiate the city. 4. To purify with sacred rites. Labels: transitive Example: Neither let there be found in thee any that shal expiate his ſonne, or daughter, making them to paſſe through the fyre: or that demandeth of ſouthſayers, and obſerueth dreames and diuinations, neither let there be a ſorcerer, 5. To wind up, bring to an end. Labels: transitive Example: But when in thee times forrwes I behould, / Then look I death my daies ſhould expiate.
Word: extirpate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1538, the adjective in 1541; borrowed from Latin exstirpātus perfect passive participle of exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Doublet of extirp. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstəpeɪt/, /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/ 1. To clear an area of roots and stumps. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To pull up by the roots; uproot. Labels: transitive 3. To destroy completely; to annihilate. Labels: transitive Example: But you are not Hercules; nor able to extirpate the Evils of others: nor even Theſeus, to extirpate the Evils of Attica. Extirpate your own then. Example: The simple object was to expel the natives, and to extirpate the Catholic religion. 4. To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies. Example: The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization. 5. To surgically remove. Labels: transitive
Word: extirpate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1538, the adjective in 1541; borrowed from Latin exstirpātus perfect passive participle of exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Doublet of extirp. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. 1. Extirpated Labels: obsolete Example: It is profitable […] to haue all occasions of sedicion […] to be extirpate. 2. Rooted out, extinct, utterly destroyed. Labels: obsolete