nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: representative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation. Displaced native Old English spala (“a representative”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/ 1. Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group. Example: THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. By O. S. Nock. Blandford Press. 18s. Mr. Nock, he remarks in his preface, was "incredulous" when the idea of this book of 192 colour gravure illustrations of a representative collection of British steam locomotives from Locomotion to BR's Evening Star was broached to him. Example: If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. 2. Representing, showing a likeness. Example: Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing? Example: the representative faculty of the human imagination
Word: representative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation. Displaced native Old English spala (“a representative”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/ 1. A delegate. Example: She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention. Example: Each vessel in the Fleet has the right to send representatives to the Conclave aboard the flagship. The number of representatives is based on crew size. Larger clans, with bigger ships and more votes, form the cores of political blocs. Opposition comes from the Outriders' Coalition, with delegates from thousands of smaller ships. 2. A delegate. Example: I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract. 3. A delegate. Example: This pathetic remonstrance had the desired effect upon his representative, who spared no pains to fulfill the request of the deceased […]. 4. A delegate. Labels: US Example: All representatives face re-election every two years. 5. A delegate. 6. Something standing for something else. Example: The furniture was the same when she married..[ ]..The only representatives of to-day, were two large and comfortable arm-chairs, and a few elegant-looking trifles, the work of the Misses Granard. 7. Something standing for something else. Example: The USS Manila Bay, in the next group south of Taffy 3, services aircraft from eleven different squadrons that aren't attached to her own flight group, and, at one point, has representatives from no less than four other carriers' airgroups on her flight deck at the same time. 8. Something standing for something else. 9. Something standing for something else. 10. Something standing for something else.
Word: sudden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌd.ən/, [ˈsʌd.n̩] 1. Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. Example: The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused. Example: From lightninges and tempeſtes, from plage, peſtilence, and famine, from battayle and murther, and from ſodayn death. / Good lord deliver us. 2. Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid. Labels: obsolete Example: Never was such a sudden scholar made. Example: Thus these pious flourishes and colours, examined thoroughly, are like the apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye; but look well upon them, or at least but touch them, and they turn into cinders. 3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. Labels: obsolete Example: I have no joy of this contract to-night: / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Word: sudden Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌd.ən/, [ˈsʌd.n̩] 1. Suddenly. Labels: poetic Example: Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered.
Word: sudden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌd.ən/, [ˈsʌd.n̩] 1. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. Labels: obsolete
Word: tray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trey, from Old English trēġ, trīġ (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier”), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”), Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “tub, vat”), Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “trough”). Related to trough and tree. Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. Example: I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs. Example: Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded. 2. The items on a full tray. Labels: broadly Example: Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another. 3. A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations. Example: The CD tray will not open. Example: The loader is responsible for placing the work on the trays for the plating machines. 4. A notification area used for icons and alerts. Labels: informal Example: […]some developers try to use it that way for some reason (some applications inexplicably minimize to the tray rather than to the taskbar as they should). 5. A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. 6. The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. Labels: Australia
Word: tray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trey, from Old English trēġ, trīġ (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier”), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”), Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “tub, vat”), Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “trough”). Related to trough and tree. Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. to place (items) on a tray Labels: transitive Example: Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up. 2. to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria. Labels: intransitive Example: Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.
Word: tray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English traye, treie, from Old English trega (“misfortune, misery, trouble, grief, pain”), from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“mourning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreǵʰ- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”). Cognate with Icelandic tregi (“sorrow, grief”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉 (trigō, “grief”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. trouble; annoyance; anger Labels: obsolete
Word: tray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trayen, treien, from Old English tregian (“to trouble, harass, vex”), from Proto-West Germanic *tregōn, from Proto-Germanic *tregōną (“to become tedious, become lazy, sadden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreǵʰ- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. to grieve; to annoy Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: tray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trayen, from Old French trair (“to betray”), from Latin tradō (“hand over, betray”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. to betray Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: tray Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of trans + gay. Pronunciation: /tɹeɪ/ 1. A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
Word: citri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin citrī, plural of citrus. 1. plural of citrus Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: The climate of the Bermudas appears to suit the Citri well, for the trees are remarkable for vigorous growth and the flavour of the several kinds of fruit is excellent. Example: The soil has a great influence upon the maturing and keeping qualities of the citri.
Word: fu'ivla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Lojban fu'ivla. 1. A Lojban word for a common noun which has been borrowed from another language. Labels: Lojban Example: The use of tanru or lujvo is not always appropriate for very concrete or specific terms (e.g. 'brie', or 'cobra'), or for jargon words specialized to a narrow field (e.g. 'quark', 'integral', or 'iambic pentameter'). These words are in effect 'names' for concepts, and the names were invented by speakers of another language. The vast majority of names for plants, animals, foods, and scientific terminology cannot be easily expressed as tanru. They thus must be 'borrowed' (actually 'taken') into Lojban from the original language, forming words called fu'ivla. The word must be Lojbanized into one of several permitted fu'ivla forms. A rafsi is then attached to the beginning of the Lojbanized form, usually using a vocalic consonant as 'glue' to ensure that the resulting word doesn't fall apart. The rafsi categorizes or limits the meaning of the fu'ivla; otherwise a word having several different jargon meanings in other languages (such as 'integral'), would require a choice made as to which meaning should be assigned to the fu'ivla. fu'ivla, like other brivla, are not permitted to have more than one definition.
Word: correlation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French corrélation. Morphologically correlate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑ.ɹəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: clear correlation Example: positive correlation 2. One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For example, scientists can use data from larger studies about the correlation between antibody levels and vaccine efficacy in adults to make a prediction about vaccine efficacy in children. Example: While there are physiological changes throughout the day that may influence how you handle things, there are bigger correlations between mental health and well-being and time of year, according to Rutledge. 3. An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maritime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌtaɪm/, /ˈmɛɹ.ɪˌtaɪm/, /ˈmɛɹ.əˌtaɪm/, /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌtɑem/, [ˈmɛɹ.əˌtɑe̯m] 1. Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.). Example: maritime law Example: maritime insurance 2. Bordering on the sea; living near the seacoast; coastal. Example: the maritime states; a maritime people 3. Inhabiting the seashore; living coastwise; littoral. (distinguished from marine) Example: a maritime bird or animal Example: On the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northernmost Florida, maritime forests are dominated by live oaks (Quercus virginiana), and occur as large contiguous patches of forest on barrier islands, the immediate mainland, and as small patches (oak hammocks) scattered among coastal marshes. 4. Of or relating to a sailor or seaman; nautical.
Word: Maritime Alps Part of Speech: name 1. A part of the Alps between France and Italy. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The city of Coni, from the nature of its ſituation, at the extremity of one of those three grand valleys, which I have heretofore claſſed as primitive, may be said to form a central point of union at the foot of the Cottian and Maritime Alps, to a number of ſecondary valleys which deſcend from theſe tremendous heights.
Word: Maritime provinces Part of Speech: name Etymology: So called because of their coastal location. 1. A geographic region of Canada comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Word: give head Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the giver's head; cf. give brain, give dome, give hat, give neck. 1. To perform oral sex on another person. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: But she never lost her head / Even when she was giving head Example: You were talking so brave and so sweet / Givin' me head on the unmade bed / While the limousines wait in the street
Word: concise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsaɪs/ 1. Brief, yet including all important information. 2. Physically short or truncated. Labels: obsolete Example: This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet.
Word: concise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsaɪs/ 1. To make concise; to abridge or summarize. Labels: India, transitive
Word: torsk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish torsk. Pronunciation: /tɔɹsk/ 1. An edible fish, Brosme brosme.
Word: yea Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, /jiː/, /jɛː/ 1. Yes, indeed. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […] Example: Let no man say that the Devil is not a cruel tyrant. He may give his folk some scrapings of unhallowed pleasure, but he will exact tithes, yea, of anise and cummin, in return, and there is aye the reckoning to pay at the hinder end. 2. Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement). Labels: Midwestern-US, dated, not-comparable Example: This kid... What'd he look like? / Well, he was about yea high. You know, tiny like. I didn't get a good look at him, though. He was back in the kitchen.
Word: yea Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, /jiː/, /jɛː/ 1. Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one. Labels: archaic, dated Example: [N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […] (with modern spelling) [N]ow such a life ungodly, without a care of doing the will of the Lord (though they profess him in their mouths, yea though they believe and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea have knowledge of the Scriptures) yet if they live ungodly, they deny God, and therefore shall be denied Example: O stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, yea, more than married are.
Word: yea Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, /jiː/, /jɛː/ 1. Yeah, right, yes. Labels: Southern-US, US, Western, dated
Word: yea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/, /jiː/, /jɛː/ 1. An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken Labels: dated Example: Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman.
Word: yea Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From yeah. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /ˈjæ(ə)/ 1. Alternative spelling of yeah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, nonstandard, proscribed
Word: yea Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See yay. Pronunciation: /jeɪ/ 1. Misspelling of yay. Labels: alt-of, dated, misspelling
Word: carder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English card 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 carder From card + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹ.dɚ/ 1. A person employed to card wool. 2. A carding machine. 3. A criminal who steals information from credit cards. 4. A person who distributes tart cards. Labels: slang
Word: hwy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From highway. 1. Abbreviation of highway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hwy Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From why. 1. Deliberate misspelling of why. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, not-comparable Example: ermmm hwy the skibidi did bro do that 2. Pronunciation spelling of why representing speech without the wine-whine merger. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: Now hwy would ya go and do that?
Word: yarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard (verb) + -er. 1. A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
Word: yarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yard 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 yarder From yard (noun) + -er. 1. Something that is a stated number of yards in some dimension. Labels: in-compounds Example: His 25-yarder was sandwiched by classy finishes from Hull’s debutants Abel Hernández and Mohamed Diamé before a howler from the goalkeeper Allan McGregor resulted in a Curtis Davies own goal.
Word: Cunarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cunard + -er. The company was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard (1787-1865). 1. A steamship operated by the Cunard Line. Example: Our Norseman found himself standing on the deck of a huge black-hulled Cunarder. Example: a gasping August, whose hot breath thickened round the Cunarder before she got half-way up the harbor.
Word: placarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From placard + -er. 1. a person who posts bills or puts up placards or posters
Word: suddenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌd.ən.li/, [sʌd.n̩.li] 1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner. Example: Suddenly, the heavens opened and we all got drenched. Example: They've suddenly decided to sell the house.
Word: regarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From regard + -er. 1. An official responsible for monitoring woodlands and forest areas and reporting to the court of regard. Labels: UK, archaic 2. A person who regards something or someone.
Word: TIM Part of Speech: name Etymology: The service was originally reached in major cities by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone. Pronunciation: /tɪm/ 1. A nickname for the speaking clock. Labels: UK
Word: TIM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. In the sense "trans-identified male", when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim. Pronunciation: /tɪm/ 1. Initialism of trans-identified male, referring to a trans woman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, initialism, offensive, uncountable 2. Initialism of time interval meter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of time-in-minutes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault. Example: Shame not these woods, / By putting on the cunning of a carper. Example: Come, let my carper to his life now look, And find there darker lines than in my book He findeth any […]
Word: visarga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit विसर्ग (visarga). 1. the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit Labels: Sanskrit Example: XXV of Centamil published by the Tamil Sangam at Madura that in ancient times āytam was represented by visarga.
Word: partaga Part of Speech: noun 1. A cigar of the Partagás brand, from Havana. Example: He accepted a partaga with a very good grace.
Word: calver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calve + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːvə/, /ˈkævɚ/ 1. A cow that produces young.
Word: calver Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller. 1. Of salmon: freshly caught. Example: calver salmon
Word: calver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller. 1. To cut into slices and pickle. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […] Example: Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats. 2. To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: [A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.
Word: halver Part of Speech: noun 1. a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide 2. sharing in halves Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Let's go halvers on the tab tonight. Example: like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's.
Word: palaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)/ 1. A village council meeting. Labels: Africa, countable, uncountable Example: Here we remained four days, on account of a palaver which was held on the following occasion. Example: That night the village warriors held a big palaver to celebrate their victories, and to choose a new chief. 2. Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. Labels: Canada, US, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour—foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of. Example: These remarks were received with a differing demonstration: some of the company declaring that if the Dutchman cared to come round and smoke a pipe they would be glad to see him—perhaps he'd show where the thumbscrews had been put on; others being strongly of the opinion that they didn't want any more advice—they had already had advice enough to turn a donkey's stomach. What they wanted was to put forth their might without any more palaver; to do something, or for some one; to go out somewhere and smash something, on the spot—why not?—that very night. 3. Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: What a palaver! Example: Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them. 4. A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: this country and epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers 5. Disagreement. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: I have no palaver with him. 6. Talk intended to deceive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: palaver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)/ 1. To discuss with much talk. Labels: intransitive Example: “Come, come, Captain Bildad; stop palavering,—away!” and with that, Peleg hurried him over the side, and both dropt into the boat. Example: “That,” he rejoined, “is a way we Americans have. We cannot stop to palaver. What would become of our manifest destiny?” 2. To flatter. Labels: transitive Example: Dodd never spoke to his officers like a ruffian, nor yet palavered them.
Word: Labrador Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/ 1. A geographic region, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in eastern Canada. 2. A geographic region, including the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador and neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec. Labels: historical 3. A peninsula including the province of Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the northern three-fourths of Quebec; in full, the Labrador Peninsula. 4. The Labrador Sea: An arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Labrador. 5. A municipality and town in Pangasinan, Philippines. 6. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Labrador Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/ 1. Ellipsis of Labrador retriever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: hinged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The "not unhinged" sense was created as a back-formation from unhinged. Pronunciation: /hɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. Affixed by a hinge, as a door. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are hinged side buffers, and the centre coupler also is hinged to enable the vehicles to work with ordinary stock. 2. Extremely high on drugs. Labels: not-comparable, slang 3. Of a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge. Labels: not-comparable 4. Sane; not unhinged. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, slang Example: […] we were able to used the creamer again in a slightly more hinged scenario, in our drip coffee from the coffee station.
Word: hinged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The "not unhinged" sense was created as a back-formation from unhinged. Pronunciation: /hɪnd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hinge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ens reale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. real being
Word: Newfoundland and Labrador Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Newfoundland + and + Labrador, which constitute this province. 1. A province in eastern Canada; abbreviation Nfld., Nfld, NL, N.L., N. L., or NF; formerly, Newfoundland (1949–2001). Capital: St. John's.
Word: studium generale Part of Speech: noun 1. a school in which pedagogues with academic titles (doctores, magistri, professores, etc.) could teach students from other countries, and could offer licenses in multiple disciplines (compare to studium particulare). Historians often designate a school's recognition as a studium generale as one of the key characteristics of it being a university. Example: Cambridge was confirmed as a studium generale by Papal Bull in 1318.
Word: hadji Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hajji. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Whence such strangely incorrect opinions could have arisen it is difficult to understand, unless they are derived from Arab priests, or hadjis returned from Mecca, who may have heard of the ancient prowess of the Turkish armies when they made all Europe tremble, and suppose that their character and warlike capacity must be the same at the present time.
Word: hajji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı), from Classical Persian حَاجِی (hājī), from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj, “person who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæ.dʒi/, /ˈhɑː.dʒi/, /ˈhɑ.dʒi/ 1. An honorific given to a Muslim who has participated in a hajj. 2. A person from the Middle East and North Africa. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur 3. A Muslim. Labels: US, derogatory, slang, slur
Word: tchotchke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish טשאַטשקע (tshatshke, “ornament; trinket; toy; (figurative) attractive girl or woman”), from a Slavic language and probably ultimately imitative of a baby’s utterances. Slavic cognates * Polish cacko (“toy; knick-knack, trinket; pretty thing”), from caca (“nice thing”), and czaczko (“(obsolete) toy; trinket; pretty thing”) * Russian ца́цка (cácka, “(informal) knick-knack, trinket; (dated) toy”), from ца́ца (cáca, “toy; trinket; well-behaved child; nice person; conceited person”) * Ukrainian ца́цка (cácka, “(dated) toy; ornament, trinket; conceited person; well-dressed person”), from ца́ца (cáca, “toy; well-behaved child; conceited person; attractive woman”) Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɒt͡ʃkə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑt͡ʃkə/, /-ki/ 1. A small ornament of minor value; a knick-knack, a trinket. Labels: US, informal Example: We're stuck with: 14 Provincial & Modern Kitchen chairs— […] 23 assorted Lamps and miscellaneous "Tchotchkes"! Help us unload. Example: Barbra Streisand's ambition: to open a knick-knack shop called "Tchotchkes" (Yiddish for "knick-knacks") … 2. An attractive girl or woman. Labels: US, dated, figuratively, informal Example: My mother is still convinced that her little boy doesn't eat enough (I've gained 15 pounds the last six months), and that he doesn't get enough sleep (I average a good nine hours a night), […] She is always giving me advice, chiding me for the error of my ways, warning me not to drive too fast, and in general behaving as if her tsatske hasn't got enough sense to get in out of the rain. Example: He looked Elinor over appraisingly as she seated herself on the banquette between him and Jake. "A real tsatskeh," he said with approval.
Word: Alps Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Alpēsder. Middle French Alpesbor. Middle English Alpes English Alps From Middle English Alpes, from Old English Alpis, ultimately from Latin Alpēs; in later use partly via French. Compare German Alpen (“alps”, plurale tantum), German Alp (“mountainous pasture”). Pronunciation: /ælps/ 1. A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Romaic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek ρωμαίικος (romaíikos), from ρωμαϊκός (romaïkós), from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαϊκός (Rhōmaïkós). Cf. Koine Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), meaning "Roman". 1. The modern Greek language, deriving from terminology designating speakers of Greek from the former Byzantine Empire. Labels: obsolete
Word: Romaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Greek ρωμαίικος (romaíikos), from ρωμαϊκός (romaïkós), from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαϊκός (Rhōmaïkós). Cf. Koine Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), meaning "Roman". 1. Of or pertaining to the Byzantine Empire, its inhabitants, or its language. Labels: archaic 2. Of or pertaining to modern Greece, its inhabitants, or its language. Labels: obsolete
Word: -kin Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-West Germanic *kuni Old English cynna Middle English -kin English -kin From Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds. 1. Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like. Labels: dialectal, morpheme, not-comparable Example: alkin Example: Dutchkin 2. Used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: otakukin Example: otherkin
Word: -kin Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -kin, -ken (also as -ke, -k), perhaps from Old English -ca, but more likely from Middle Dutch -ken (compare cognate Middle English -chen, -chin, from Old English -ċen), apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-ik, *-uk (> Old English -oc) + *-īn (compare Old English -en). Cognate with Dutch -ken, Low German -ken, German -chen, Old English -ċen. More at -ock, -en. 1. Forming diminutives of nouns. Labels: archaic, morpheme
Word: invention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion. Displaced native Old English orþanc. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ 1. Something invented. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time. Example: I’m afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper’s invention. 2. The act of inventing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages. Example: Invention, or the Genius of Hiſtoricizing and framing a Noble Idea upon the Subject one vvould Paint, is a particular Talent, not to be acquir'd by Study or Labour; but is properly a certain ardor exciting the Imagination, prompting and enabling it to Act. 3. The capacity to invent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it. 4. A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I particularly like the inventions in C-minor. Example: INVENTION. A term used by J. S. Bach, and probably by him only, for small pianoforte pieces — 15 in 2 parts and 15 in 3 parts — each developing a single idea, and in some measure answering to the Impromptu of a later day. 5. The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
Word: color charge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a loose analogy to the set of primary colors. The charge property has nothing to do with visible color. 1. In the Standard Model of particle physics, a property possessed by quarks, antiquarks, and gluons that determine rules for how these particles may interact. There are three pairs of colors and anticolors: red, green, blue, and their corresponding anti-colors (e.g. anti-red). Labels: US, countable, particle, uncountable
Word: quark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology 1 sense 1 (“subatomic particle”) was coined by the American physicist Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) in 1963, apparently an arbitrary word. Subsequently, in a letter dated 27 June 1978 to the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement, Gell-Mann associated the word with the sentence “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (1939) and indicated that he pronounced the word /kwɔɹk/, reasoning that the sentence referred to a call in a pub for “three quarts”. However, the context in the book indicates that quark is probably a variant of quawk (“harsh call of a bird”) and was intended by Joyce to be pronounced /kwɑːk/, the modern pronunciation. Pronunciation: /kwɑːk/, /kwɑɹk/, /kwɔɹk/ 1. In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas. Labels: particle Example: A simpler and more elegant scheme can be constructed if we allow non-integral values for the charges. We can dispense entirely with the basic baryon b if we assign to the triplet t the following properties: spin #92;frac#123;1#125;#123;2#125;, z#61;#123;-#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;3 Example: There are six known quarks in nature, the up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and the top quark. The quarks are arranged in three pairs or "generations". Each member of a pair may be transformed into its partner via the charged-current weak interaction. Together with the six known leptons (the electron, muon, tau, and their associated neutrinos), the six quarks constitute all of the known luminous matter in the universe. The understanding of the properties of the quarks and leptons and their interactions is therefore of paramount importance. 2. An integer that uniquely identifies a text string. Labels: broadly Example: Two functions are provided to convert between strings and quarks: XrmStringToQuark and XrmQuarkToString […] The second takes a quark as its parameter and returns a pointer to its associated string; it is used primarily for debugging and runtime error messages. 3. A nonsense, trivial text string. Labels: broadly, slang
Word: quark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: [Alt: A spoonful of quark cheese served with tomato slices on a plate] Borrowed from German Quark (“cottage cheese; curds; curd cheese”). Doublet of tvorog and twaróg. Pronunciation: /kwɑːk/, /kvɑːk/, /kwɑɹk/ 1. A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries. Labels: uncountable
Word: quark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of the squawk. Pronunciation: /kwɑːk/, /kwɑɹk/ 1. The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). Labels: informal
Word: flavour Part of Speech: noun 1. British standard spelling of flavor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The flavour of this apple pie is delicious. Example: Flavour was added to the pudding.
Word: flavour Part of Speech: verb 1. British standard spelling of flavor. Example: Food writer Annie Bell goes in the opposite direction in her gorgeous Christmas book, presenting "an homage to nut roast" in the form of a large, flat cake of blanched spinach, flavoured with thyme and lemon juice, filled with goat's cheese, and topped with toasted breadcrumbs.
Word: flavor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin flātor Vulgar Latin *flātorder. Old French flaorbor. Middle English savourinflu. Middle English flavour English flavor From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪvə/, /ˈfleɪvɚ/, /ˈflæɪvə/ 1. The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The flavor of this apple pie is delicious. 2. Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Flavor was added to the pudding. 3. A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc). Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy? Example: My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile. 4. The characteristic quality of something. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: the flavor of an experience Example: I'd like to read from a pair of letters that we got recently at GCN to give you the flavor of the issues gay prisoners have to deal with. 5. A kind or type. Labels: US, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable Example: Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system. 6. Style. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Who brings the flavor? / That's me, that's me / Who brings the flavor? / That's me. I got it 7. One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon). Labels: US, countable, particle, uncountable 8. The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance. Labels: US, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the flavor of a rose Example: It was damp, it was not free from dry rot, there was a flavour of rats in it, and it was the gloomy victim of that indescribable decay which settles on all the work of man’s hands whenever it’s not turned to man’s account.
Word: flavor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin flātor Vulgar Latin *flātorder. Old French flaorbor. Middle English savourinflu. Middle English flavour English flavor From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪvə/, /ˈfleɪvɚ/, /ˈflæɪvə/ 1. To add flavoring to something. Labels: US, transitive
Word: scatback Part of Speech: noun 1. A small lightweight running back valued for speed rather than power.
Word: kettle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”). (watch): Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛ.təl/, [ˈkʰɛtᵊɫ̩], [ˈkʰɛɾɫ̩], /ˈkɪtəl/, /ˈkɛʈɪl/ 1. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. Example: To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on. Example: There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove. 2. The quantity held by a kettle. 3. A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs. Example: Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea. 4. A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole. 5. A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. Labels: collective Example: a kettle of hawks Example: Kettles can consist of thousands of birds migrating together. 6. A steam locomotive. Labels: slang 7. A kettledrum. 8. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area. 9. A watch (timepiece). Labels: slang 10. A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process. 11. A type of encirclement. Example: Near-synonym: cauldron 12. Ellipsis of kettle of fish. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: cauldron, pickle; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation Example: Well, we're really in a kettle now, aren't we?
Word: kettle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”). (watch): Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛ.təl/, [ˈkʰɛtᵊɫ̩], [ˈkʰɛɾɫ̩], /ˈkɪtəl/, /ˈkɛʈɪl/ 1. To contain demonstrators in a confined area. Example: Life for senior officers has been made much easier by the use of counter-terrorism powers, which enable them to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating. Example: A couple of the initial pepper spray incidents went viral on YouTube, one showing very young women screaming hysterically while penned—or is the term for this ‘kettled’?—by bright orange police mesh. 2. Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault. Labels: intransitive
Word: kettle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɛ.təl/, [ˈkʰɛtᵊɫ̩], [ˈkʰɛɾɫ̩], /ˈkɪtəl/, /ˈkɛʈɪl/ 1. Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teakettle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea + kettle. Pronunciation: /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/ 1. A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages. Example: Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices. Example: “Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”