nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: broker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkī (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook + -er. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊkə/, /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ 1. A mediator between a buyer and seller. Example: It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested. Example: Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online. 2. A stockbroker. 3. A mediator in general, one who liaises between two or more parties to attempt to achieve an outcome of some kind. Example: The peace plan was representative of Benedict's inability to appear as a neutral broker of peace 4. An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
Word: broker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkī (“use, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook + -er. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊkə/, /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ 1. To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction. Labels: intransitive 2. To act as a broker in; to bring about through brokering or negotiation; to arrange or negotiate. Labels: transitive Example: When you first arrived on Menae, I had a hard time seeing how you flying off with one of our best generals would benefit our fight against the Reapers. However, as I now watch turian and krogan fighters working together to take down a Reaper destroyer, I must admit I am impressed. You've brokered an alliance that many thought impossible. Example: In Armando Iannucci’s sitcom The Thick of It, government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker brokers a peace with his opposition counterpart.
Word: gloom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”). Pronunciation: /ɡluːm/, /ɡlum/ 1. Darkness, dimness, or obscurity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: the gloom of a forest, or of midnight Example: Here was a surprise, and a sad one for me, for I perceived that I had slept away a day, and that the sun was setting for another night. And yet it mattered little, for night or daytime there was no light to help me in this horrible place; and though my eyes had grown accustomed to the gloom, I could make out nothing to show me where to work. 2. A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A sudden little river crossed my path / As unexpected as a serpent comes. / No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms— / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof—to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes. Example: Although it's always crowded You still can find some room For broken-hearted lovers To cry there in their gloom. 3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. 4. A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gloom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”). Pronunciation: /ɡluːm/, /ɡlum/ 1. To be dark or gloomy. Labels: intransitive Example: Here, while the proud their long drawn pomps diſplay, / There the black gibbet glooms beſide the way. Example: Around all the dark forest gloomed. 2. To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent. Labels: intransitive Example: Her face gathers, furrows, glooms; arching eyebrows wrinkle into horizontals, and a tinge of bitterness unsmooths the cheek and robs the lip of sweetened grace. She is evidently perturbed. Example: Ciss was a big, dark-complexioned, pug-faced young woman who seemed to be glooming about something. 3. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. Labels: transitive Example: A black yew gloom'd the stagnant air. 4. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Labels: transitive Example: For see you not, dear love, / Such a mood as that, which lately gloom'd / Your fancy when you saw me following you, / Must make me fear still more you are not mine, […] Example: Good Heaven! What ſorrows gloom'd that parting day, / That called them from their native walks away; […] 5. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Word: outreach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English reach English outreach From out- + reach. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɹiːtʃ/ 1. The act of reaching out. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of reaching out. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The extent or length of one's reach. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act or practice of visiting and providing services (of a charity, church, or other organization) to people who might not otherwise have access to those services. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He is involved in social outreach, education and environmental initiatives. Example: an outreach program for people who cannot read
Word: outreach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English reach English outreach From out- + reach. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈɹiːtʃ/ 1. To reach further than. Labels: transitive 2. To surpass or exceed. Labels: transitive 3. To go too far. Labels: intransitive 4. To provide charitable or religious services to people who would otherwise not have access to those services. Labels: intransitive
Word: normative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English normative From Latin norma + -ative. Compare French normatif. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːmətɪv/, /ˈnoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv], /ˈnoːmətɪv/, /ˈnoːmətəv/ 1. Of or pertaining to a norm or standard. 2. Conforming to a norm or norms. Example: normative behaviour 3. Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm. Example: normative grammar
Word: normative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English normative From Latin norma + -ative. Compare French normatif. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːmətɪv/, /ˈnoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv], /ˈnoːmətɪv/, /ˈnoːmətəv/ 1. A regulation imposed to preserve a norm. Example: Most important are the so-called economic normatives. They either specify the minimal efficiency of productive resources utilization or regulate the distribution of the enterprises revenue.
Word: Quorn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire. Pronunciation: /kwɔːn/, /k(w)ɔɹn/ 1. A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire. Labels: with-definite-article Example: The House of More has a pretty Georgian paneling through most of the rooms, but in the dining room the walls are level and painted a dull stone color. […] Some photographs of the Quorn hung over the mantelpiece, and five or six drab ancestors filled up the remaining space. Example: I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney. 2. A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616). 3. A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia. 4. A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat. Example: It is now easier for a vegetarian to eat sufficient protein because of products such as Quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein. Example: April brings the main course: a medley of asparagus tips, shiitake mushrooms, and the featured ingredient, an unlikely hybrid of life-giving wholesomeness and bio-industrial hubris known as Quorn.
Word: ambos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oilcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oil + cloth. 1. A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A substitute for the bath-room is a large piece of oilcloth, which can be laid upon the floor of the ordinary dressing-room. Upon this may be placed the bath-tub or basin. Example: Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table.
Word: islet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French islette. By surface analysis, is(le) + -let. Mostly displaced native Middle English eyt, eit and Middle English holm, holme (See eyot and holm for more). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.lət/ 1. A small island. Example: There is an islet on the other side of this body of water. 2. An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.
Word: virii Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪɹaɪ/, /ˈvaɪɹaɪˌaɪ/, /ˈvɪɹiːˌiː/ 1. plural of virus Labels: form-of, plural, proscribed
Word: clinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”). Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ 1. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She left the road at the little shed where he whom she still regarded as her father used to keep his tricycle, and walked up the clinker path towards the house. 2. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The coal was terrible stuff—Indian, Abdul told me. The "dart" was used often and I saw some monster clinkers. Example: Cold and grim sat that malevolent brute the furnace, greedy, bottomless—its grate bars clenched over clinkers which no shaker could dislodge. 4. An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Hardened volcanic lava. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This wall of rock, which had no doubt once formed the lip of the crater, was about a mile and a half thick, and still covered with clinker. Example: Nobody could pretend that a huge slope of clinker is aesthetically pleasing. 6. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clinker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”). Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ 1. To convert or be converted into clinker. Labels: ambitransitive Example: This burning has baked and clinkered the adjacent strata, producing a very resistant formation, which rises with conspicuous abruptness from the flat terrace underlain by the soft Lebo shale member. Example: The use of coal with a low ash fusion temperature (1204°C, or 2200°F) caused frequent clinkering on the grate during initial tests. The clinkering stopped when the coal was replaced with one having a higher fusion temperature […]
Word: clinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clink 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 clinker From clink + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ 1. Someone or something that clinks. 2. Fetters. Labels: in-plural 3. A mistake or blunder. Labels: slang
Word: clinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clincher. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ 1. A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: clinker planking; a clinker dinghy
Word: Bogota Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Bogotá, from Chibcha. Pronunciation: /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/ 1. Alternative spelling of Bogotá: the capital city of Colombia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bogotá Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Bogotá, from Chibcha. Pronunciation: /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/, /ˌbɒɡəˈtɑː/ 1. The capital city of Colombia.
Word: amazonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English amazonian From Amazon + -ian. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Amazonian Labels: alt-of
Word: Atlanta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic? English Atlanta Supposedly the feminine form of Atlantic. Pronunciation: /ætˈlæntə/, [ætˈlæɾ̃ə], [ætˈlænə] 1. The capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia. Example: As far as I know, Atlanta doesn’t have any famous buildings. You might even say that there are no skyscrapers. Sky reachers maybe, not sky scrapers. Regardless, the city is as enchanting as my mother’s face. Example: In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending church was arrested after ICE agents arrived, pastor Luis Ortiz told CNN. He said he was in the middle of his sermon when he noticed a couple of members of his church escort the man out. 2. A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3. A community in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. 4. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, United States. 6. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. 7. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. 8. A small city in Logan County, Illinois. 9. A small town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. 10. A tiny city in Cowley County, Kansas. 11. An unincorporated community in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States. 12. A village in Winn Parish, Louisiana. 13. A census-designated place, the county seat of Montmorency County, Michigan. 14. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. 15. A tiny city in Macon County, Missouri. 16. A village in Phelps County, Nebraska. 17. A hamlet in the town of Cohocton, Steuben County, New York. 18. An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. 19. A city in Cass County, Texas. 20. A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
Word: Muscat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَسْقَط (masqaṭ). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskæt/ 1. The capital city of Oman.
Word: electromagnetic wave Part of Speech: noun 1. Electromagnetic radiation, such as light and radio waves.
Word: electromagnetic spectrum Part of Speech: noun 1. The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays, to X-rays through visible light, infrared, to radio waves.
Word: infrared radiation Part of Speech: noun 1. Electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength approximately between 1 micrometre and 1 millimetre; perceived as heat. Labels: uncountable
Word: visible light Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that is visible to the human eye. Labels: uncountable
Word: optical spectrum Part of Speech: noun 1. The colours of the rainbow. 2. The distribution of colours produced when white light passes through a prism. 3. The range of frequencies of visible light.
Word: white light Part of Speech: noun 1. Light, having a mixture of frequencies, being perceived as having no specific colour; such as sunlight. Labels: uncountable 2. A white-coloured light or lamp Labels: countable 3. The believed entrance to the afterlife, as occasionally reported of near-death experiences. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Word: unkept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English kept English unkept From un- + kept. 1. Not kept (especially of promises). Labels: not-comparable 2. Not well-cared for, not well-kept, not tidy or well-maintained Labels: not-comparable
Word: unkept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reanalysis of obsolete kempt to kept, keep in the sense “maintain (a coiffure)”. Compare uncombed. 1. Misspelling of unkempt. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Jolly Roger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from jolly + Roger (“dialectal nickname for the Devil”). Pronunciation: /ˌdʒɒli ˈɹɒdʒə/, /ˌdʒɑli ˈɹɑdʒɚ/ 1. The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. Example: A Day or two after they parted, [Francis] Spriggs was choſe Captain by the reſt, and a black Enſign was made, which they called Jolly Roger, with the ſame Device that Captain [Edward] Low carried, viz. a white Skeliton in the Middle of it, with a Dart in one Hand ſtriking a bleeding Heart, and in the other, an Hour Glaſs; when this was finiſhed and hoiſted, they fired all their Guns to ſalute their Captain and themſelves, and then looked out for Prey. Example: The Hispaniola still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger—the black flag of piracy—flying from her peak.
Word: skull and crossbones Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌskʌl n̩ ˈkɹɒsbəʊnz/, /ˌskʌl n̩ ˈkɹɔsboʊnz/, /-ˈkɹɑs-/ 1. A depiction of a human skull and two crossed femurs (thighbones), a symbol of death traditionally used on the Jolly Roger pirate flag, but now used on chemical containers and other hazardous items as an indicator of warning of toxicity or other life-threatening dangers or risks. Example: In an obscure corner of the town stands a house of extreme antiquity, over the door of which are still to be seen a skull and crossbones. Example: She stood within the chamber, and gazed around her; no signs by which an Inquisitor of old could have detected the Scholar of the Black Arts were visible. No crucibles and caldrons, no brass-bound volumes and ciphered girdles, no skulls and crossbones.
Word: maye Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of may. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: It is no part of my purpose to make gain from this work. I had hoped to publish it in permanent form and distribute it among my friends as a present but it has grown to such proportions that that will not be practicable and I do hope that I maye be able to sell enough copies at about cost to materially assist in the publication.
Word: goldeneye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From golden + eye. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊldənaɪ/ 1. Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage. 2. Any of several lacewings of the family Chrysopidae. 3. Any of several flowering plants of the subtribe Helianthinae.
Word: auguste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French auguste, from German (dumme) August. Pronunciation: /aʊˈɡuːst/, /ɔːˈɡuːst/, /ɔːˈɡəst/, /-(ˈ)ɡʊst/ 1. A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface. Example: It had been used for clownish mock-disappearences, one auguste looking for another through endlessly circling blackness, an apparatus not now much in use.
Word: seaduck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + duck. 1. Any large duck found in coastal waters, especially those of the subfamily Merginae.
Word: sea duck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of seaduck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Carib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Caribe, likely from a Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”). Doublet of cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Galibi, Garifuna, and Kari'na. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹɪb/, /ˈkɛɹɪb/, /ˈkeɹɪb/ 1. A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles. Example: Mr. Dougherty had intended to make the outing with his unwonted wife an inconspicuous one. Uxoriousness was a weakness that the precepts of the Caribs did not countenance. 2. A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles. Example: Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s. 3. A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles. 4. A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles.
Word: Carib Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Caribe, likely from a Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”). Doublet of cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Galibi, Garifuna, and Kari'na. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹɪb/, /ˈkɛɹɪb/, /ˈkeɹɪb/ 1. Any of the languages of these people. 2. Any of the languages of these people. 3. Any of the languages of these people.
Word: hangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: friable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“to crumble”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/ 1. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. Example: Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago. Example: This light, friable type of material offered excellent insulation against both desert heat and also the cold of darkness during the winter. 2. Of soil, loose and large-grained in consistency. Example: Sand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable. Example: So while two men under his directions were digging the grave with sticks in the friable granitic soil, he superintended the costume of the other actors in the drama. 3. Of a poison, likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk. Example: It is when asbestos-containing products are friable that hazardous asbestos fibers are likely to be released and sent airborne. 4. Of a number: smooth, that factors completely into small prime numbers.
Word: tribunal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Old French tribunal, from Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”), from tribus (“tribe”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈbjunəl/, /tɹəˈbjunəl/, /tɹaɪˈbjuːnəl/, /tɹɪˈbjuːnəl/ 1. An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law. Example: Having now so amply declared unto thee most of the principal things of this thrice-renowned and illustrious city, I will briefly by way of an epitome mention most of the other particulars thereof, and so finally shut up this narration: there are reported to be in Venice and the circumjacent islands two hundred churches in which are one hundred forth-three pairs of organs, fifty-four monasteries, twenty-six nunneries, fifty-six tribunals or places of judgment, seventeen hospitals, six companies or fraternities, whereof I have before spoken; one hundred and sixty-five marble statues of worthy personages, partly equestrial, partly pedestrial, which are erected in sundry places of the city, to the honour of those that either at home have prudently administered the commonweal, or abroad valiantly fought for the same. 2. A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners. Labels: Philippines, historical
Word: impressionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French impressionnisme English impressionism From French impressionnisme. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛʃənɪzəm/ 1. An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A style that used imagery and symbolism to portray the poet's impressions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: freeform Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of free-form. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: freeform Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of free-form. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ekki Part of Speech: noun 1. The hard timber of the tree Lophira alata. Labels: uncountable Example: Refurbishment was carried out during a ten-day blockade. It entailed replacing timber elements with ekki hardwood, and more than 300 metal straps or bolts with stainless steel components.
Word: finna Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reduction of fixing to. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪn(n)ə/ 1. A modal used to express a desire or future action. Labels: Southern-US, auxiliary Example: I'm finna go to the store. Example: Aw, dude, you finna get yo' ass whooped, mufucka.
Word: body politic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From body + politic (postpositive adjective), calque of Latin corpus polīticum. 1. The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized. Labels: figuratively Example: In Bodies Politique the power of the Repreſentative is alwaies Limited: And that which preſcribeth the Limits thereof, is the Power Soveraign. Example: In contrast to all other groups, the Jews were defined and their position determined by the body politic. 2. The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions. Labels: figuratively 3. A corporation. Labels: archaic
Word: Maskat Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Muscat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: vehemently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vehement Middle English -ly English -ly English vehemently From vehement + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ə.məntli/ 1. In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude. Example: vehemently opposed Example: The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.
Word: grogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɒɡɹəm/, /ˈɡɹɑɡɹəm/ 1. A strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Are not your Frenchmen neate? Fine, as you ſee, / I have but one frenchman, looke, hee followes mee. / Certes they are neatly cloth'd. I, of this minde am, / Your only wearing is your Grogaram; / Not ſo Sir, I have more. Example: Tell him, if he will, / He ſhall ha' the grogran's, at the rate I told him, / And I will meet him, on the Exchange, anon. 2. A garment made from this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [W]ould you, Lady Alma, refuse to purchase a new gown, when by length of time your old grogram was worn to tatters, or grown so unfashionable as to excite ridicule in the very boys as you go to church?
Word: hinterland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Hinterland, from hinter (“behind”) + Land (“land”), cognate to English hinder (“back, rear”) + land. First used in English in 1888 by George Chisholm in his work Handbook of Commercial Geography originally as hinderland, but the current spelling (following German) became more popular. The term is characteristic of a thalassocratic analysis of space (from the point of view of a nation with maritime supremacy, such as 19th-century Britain). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪntə(ɹ)ˌlænd/, /-lənd/ 1. The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland. 2. The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A remote or undeveloped area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the film, Hanks is a veteran traversing the Texas hinterlands during the Reconstruction period when he stumbles upon a lost young white girl (Helena Zengel) who only speaks Kiowa, and is forced to undergo a dangerous journey to bring the orphan to her family. 4. That which is unknown or unexplored about someone. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: shadow 5. An area of land far from the sea. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: shadowland Example: This approach utilizes concepts such as naming, describing, contrasting and equating to access the hinterland between structure and meaning, and to map out the subtle ways in which texts can naturalise the ideology of the perfect female form.
Word: rule of law Part of Speech: noun 1. The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it. Labels: capitalized, often, uncountable 2. The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles. Labels: uncountable 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rule, law. Labels: uncountable Example: The rule of law whereby it is a crime for a person to commit suicide is hereby abrogated. Example: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— […] “rule of law” includes written law; […]
Word: actus reus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin āctus reus (“guilty act”), from Latin āctus (“act”) + reus (“guilty”); after Late Latin and English mens rea. Pronunciation: /ˌaktəsˈɹeɪəs/, /ˌaktəsˈɹiːəs/ 1. The act or acts constituting a criminal offense, as distinguished from the intentions or state of mind of the perpetrator (mens rea). Example: It is hornbook criminal law that criminal offenses are defined in terms of an actus reus (criminal act) and a mens rea (criminal mind). Example: A brute emotional reflex to the actus reus, the bad act (‘She killed her husband! Shame!’), could trigger an urge for retribution regardless of her intention.
Word: kalendar Part of Speech: noun 1. A liturgical calendar. 2. Archaic form of calendar. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: kalendar Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of calendar. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: precaution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈkɔːʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃən/, [pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃn̩] 1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: his life was saved by precaution Example: July 2, 1826, John Henry Newman, The Philosophical Temper, First Enjoined by the Gospel The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. 2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to take precautions against risks of accident Example: Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.
Word: precaution Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈkɔːʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/, /pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃən/, [pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃn̩] 1. To warn or caution beforehand. Labels: transitive 2. To take precaution against. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: Amazon lily Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæməˌzɑn ˈlɪli/ 1. A bulbous plant, Eucharis amazonica, of the family Amaryllidaceae, having tight, compact rosettes of glossy green leaves and tall spikes of white, fragrant flowers. 2. A giant water lily, Victoria amazonica, with circular leaves of up to 8 feet in diameter having large white female flowers that bloom at night, and change to pink male ones the next night.
Word: locket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French loquet, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman loc, itself from Old English loc, whence lock. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒkɪt/, /ˈlɑkɪt/ 1. A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. 2. The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard. Labels: archaic 3. A small white marking on a cat's coat.
Word: rounded down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of round down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rounded down Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a real number, converted to an integer by having its fractional component removed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rounded up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of round up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rounded up Part of Speech: adj 1. Of cattle etc.: gathered together as a group. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a real number: converted to an integer by having 0.5 added to it, and the result being rounded down. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bockwurst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Bockwurst. 1. A large frankfurter (type of German sausage).
Word: free form Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of free-form. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: talar Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the talus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: talar Part of Speech: noun 1. An ankle-length robe.
Word: sell like hot cakes Part of Speech: verb Etymology: After the proverbial popularity of pancakes in 19th-century America. 1. To be sold quickly in large numbers or amounts. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes. Example: You're living in a disco / Forget about the rat race / Let's do the Milkshake / Selling like a hotcake
Word: cake crumbs Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, crumbs. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Hardly anything. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: All that was left of his business were a few measly cake crumbs.
Word: hit the jackpot Part of Speech: verb 1. To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck. Labels: idiomatic Example: Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields. 2. To be accurate or correct. Labels: idiomatic 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, jackpot.
Word: plateau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter. Pronunciation: /ˈplætəʊ/, /plæˈtoʊ/ 1. A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland. 2. A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity) Example: Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children. 3. An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver. Labels: dated 4. A notable level of attainment or achievement. 5. Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
Word: plateau Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter. Pronunciation: /ˈplætəʊ/, /plæˈtoʊ/ 1. To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off. Labels: intransitive Example: Mr. [Jensen] Huang is nevertheless correct. Adoption has plateaued.
Word: momma's boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mama's boy. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: prairie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/, /ˈpɹɛəɹi/, [ˈpɹɛɹi], /ˈpɹeːɹi/, /ˈpɹeəɹi/ 1. An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America. Example: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
Word: productive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, /pɹəˈdʌk.təv/ 1. Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. 2. Yielding good or useful results; constructive. 3. Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services. 4. Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words. Example: Moreover, this relationship is a productive one, in the sense that when new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous concocted out of gigantic and enormous), then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ginormously) can also be used. And in those exceptional cases where Adverbs do not end in -ly, they generally have the same form as the corresponding Adjective, as with hard, fast, etc. 5. Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract. 6. Of inflammation, producing new tissue. 7. A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x. Example: a productive set
Word: fricking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪkɪŋ/ 1. A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier. Labels: colloquial, euphemistic, not-comparable Example: Throw me a fricking bone here! Example: Geez, how many fricking questions are in this passage?
Word: fricking Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪkɪŋ/ 1. Freaking. Labels: colloquial, euphemistic, not-comparable Example: What are you fricking looking at? Example: He was so fricking drunk, he passed out kneeling in front of the toilet.
Word: profusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio. Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/, /pɹəˈfjuʒən/, /pɹə(ʊ)ˈfjuːʒən/ 1. abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders. 2. lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stick-and-carrot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carrot and stick (more common in UK than in US) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: promising Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/, /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/ 1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. Example: a promising young apprentice Example: The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices.. 2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
Word: promising Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/, /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of promise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: promising Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/, /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/ 1. The act of making a promise. Example: So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
Word: pimps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɪmps/ 1. plural of pimp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pimps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɪmps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pimp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: insides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsaɪdz/ 1. plural of inside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsaɪdz/ 1. guts, intestines, innards Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: have a whale of a time Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare whale (“something or someone excellent”); thus, not just any good time but rather a great time. 1. To enjoy oneself greatly: to have a very good time. Labels: idiomatic Example: We had a whale of a time at the party Saturday night.
Word: parlance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *parlaunce, from Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler (“to talk”) + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.ləns/, /ˈpɑɹ.ləns/ 1. A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […] Example: We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War." 2. Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Its use at a variety of levels, including the individual and organisational level, make it a varied term that has parlance in organisational development, performance management and talent management. 3. Speech, discussion or debate. Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable Example: And without further parlance they fought, […]
Word: X marks the spot Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From a traditional crosslike mark to indicate buried treasure. 1. One will find what one is looking for under an obvious sign for it. Labels: idiomatic
Word: serenade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from Latin serenare, from serenus (“calm”), of uncertain origin (see there). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/ 1. A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening. Example: From me to thee glad serenades, / Dances for thee I propose saluting thee, adornments and feastings for thee, / And the sights of the open landscape and the high-spread sky are fitting, / And life and the fields, and the huge and thoughtful night. Example: A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade / Laying everybody low with a love song that he made 2. An instrumental composition in several movements. Example: “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.
Word: serenade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from Latin serenare, from serenus (“calm”), of uncertain origin (see there). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/ 1. To sing or play a serenade for (someone). Labels: transitive Example: The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance. 2. To woo someone. Labels: broadly
Word: archnemesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-bor. Old English arċe- Middle English arch- English arch- English nemesis English archnemesis From arch- + nemesis. 1. A chief nemesis.