nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: turn turtle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from the fact that turning a turtle and placing it on its back renders it helpless. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːn ˈtɜːtəl/, /ˈtɝn ˈtɝtəl/, [-ɾəl] 1. To capture a turtle by turning it onto its back. Labels: historical, intransitive Example: Before Noon, the next Day, I sent off the Master, Mr. Aikin, and a Party to the Island, victualled for a week, to turn Turtle. The Evening brought us light breezes with fine pleasant Weather; and the Cutter came back with a couple of Turtle, which we served out as before. Example: No ships' crews are now allowed to turn turtle, which is converted into a government monopoly; and two pounds ten shillings is the fixed price for each. 2. Especially of a boat or ship, or some other vehicle: to turn upside down. Labels: intransitive Example: Gymnastics of every description, even the Kroo canoe afforded its mite towards the general hilarity, by turning turtle with the awkward aspirants for paddling fame. Example: This brig is American—the schooner alongside is a Spaniard, that turned turtle in a tornado, about six-and-thirty hours since, and on which we have been hard at work trying to raise her, since the gale which succeeded the tornado has blown its pipe out. 3. To fail; to go belly up. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: On a day-to-day basis, his [Bill Hartack's] business turned turtle; some years he wouldn't even win a hundred races. But at Derby time, he was still the jockey of choice, in demand for many of the major trainers. 4. To become upset. Labels: dated, idiomatic 5. To roll upside down with one's surfboard (usually a longboard) to allow a wave, especially a wave that has already broken, to pass over. Labels: intransitive Example: As you encounter waves on the way out, you have five ways of getting past them: […] Turn turtle. Turn upside down and hang onto the rails (i.e., the edges) near the nose of the board, pulling it downward, so that the oncoming wave pushes on this slanted shield, forcing you and the forward part of the board downward[…].
Word: wind swell Part of Speech: noun 1. Waves generated by local winds. Example: Ground swell is sometimes defined as having a period (the average time between the crests of two consecutive waves) of more than 15 seconds, while a locally generated wind swell can be defined as having a period of 11 seconds or less.
Word: ground swell Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of groundswell. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This is reflected in the ground swell of unease and criticism reported by our opinion poll evidence this morning, and in recent election results, such as those last week in Hamilton and Wigan. Example: Beachbreaks excepted, ground swells generally produce high-quality surf.
Word: genteel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, gentile, and jaunty. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛnˈtiːl/ 1. Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. Example: Genteel America was handicapped by meagerness of soul, thinness of temper, paucity of talent. 2. Polite and well-mannered. Example: Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herſelf, if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once the knot is tied. 3. Stylish or elegant. 4. Aristocratic.
Word: lata Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of latah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: non-commissioned officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word. Example: A platoon sergeant may only be a non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.
Word: noncom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of non-commissioned. 1. A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy). Example: Noncoms in uniform photograph you, full-face and profile; they take your fingerprints.
Word: flyleaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly English leaf English flyleaf From fly + leaf. Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪˌlif/ 1. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book. Example: The flyleaf of Alice Walker's The Color Purple calls the book "honest, poignant, laughing, defiant...a story about heroic lives, love, and the nature of god.... It breaks new ground in fiction with its portrayal of women." Example: The scribbles on the margins, the occasional date on the flyleaf, the faded bus ticket marking a page for a reason today mysterious, all try to remind me of who I was then. 2. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book. Example: Holonym: endpaper
Word: shitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shit + -less. Compare scare the shit out of. 1. Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below. Labels: not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: The movie The Ring scared me shitless as a child.
Word: give a shit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From give + a + shit. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪv ə ˌʃɪt/ 1. To care (about something or anything); especially, to care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker. Labels: vulgar Example: You're going to get me fired? I don't give a shit! Example: "Do it badly," said the man, "who cares? Who gives a shit?"
Word: intimidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intimidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intimidating Part of Speech: adj 1. Threatening, producing feelings of fear or timidity.
Word: all-in Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of all in. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: all-in Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of all in. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: "Condor" adds to the attractions of its speed an extremely competitive all-in price, irrespective both of the type of goods loaded and of the distance from Hendon or Gushetfaulds of the consignor or consignee [...].
Word: all-in Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of all in. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: backroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of back + room Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌɹuːm/, /ˈbækˌɹʊm/, /ˈbækˌɹum/ 1. A room near the rear of a premises. Labels: attributive, figuratively, often Example: Near-synonym: smoke-filled room (meeting place of crooked insiders) Example: backroom deals 2. A room near the rear of a premises. Example: We had thought that they were out of the old model, but somebody checked in the backroom and found a case of them.
Word: exemplary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use appears before 1450. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/, /ɛɡ-/ 1. Deserving honour, respect and admiration. Example: To answer these questions we must look more closely at the exemplary achievements of [David] Politzer, [David] Gross and [Frank] Wilcek. Here we will see the severe problems facing theorists in both the theoretical and phenomenological exploitation of QCD [quantum chromodynamics]. 2. Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect. Example: Her behaviour was always exemplary. Example: The Archbishops and Bishops, next under the King, have the government of the Church and affairs ecclesiastical: be not, Sir, a mean to prefer any to those places for any by-respect; but only such as for their learning, gravity, and worth are deserving: and whose lives and doctrine are and ought to be exemplary. 3. Serving as a warning; monitory. Example: exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages Example: For certain torts exemplary damages may be awarded to punish the defendant for cynically committing them and other remedies are available which are purely restitutionary in effect, notably restitutionary damages and money had and received. 4. Providing an example or illustration. Example: [T]ill he infect and poison that age, and spoil that time that he lives in by his exemplary sins, till he be pestis secularis, the plague of that age, peccator secularis, the proverbial sinner of that age, and so be a sinner of a hundred years, till in his actions he have been, or in his desires be, or in the foreknowledge of God would be a sinner of a hundred years, an inveterate, an incorrigible, an everlasting sinner, yet God comes not to curse him. Example: [...] I want to round off my consideration of poststructuralist geographies by pursuing origami as the exemplary art of spatial science.
Word: exemplary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplārium. By surface analysis, example + -ary. First use appears before 1425. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/, /ɛɡ-/ 1. An example, or typical instance. Labels: obsolete Example: [I]n the place by M. Hesk. alledged, denyeth that Baſill calleth breade & wine ἀντίτυπα, or exemplaria, exemplaries of the bodie and bloud of Chriſt after the conſecration, which is an impudent lye; for before the conſecration there are no ſacraments, and ſo no exemplars of the bodie and bloud of Chriſte: therefore if he called them exemplars, it muſt needs be when they are ſacraments, & yᵗ is after conſecration: [...] 2. A copy of a book or a piece of writing. Labels: obsolete Example: Farther, more part of the exemplaries, curiouſly ſought by me, and fortunately found in ſundry places of this your dominion, hath bene emprinted in Germany, and now be in the preſſes chefley of Frobenus, [...]
Word: countless Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English countless From count + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntləs/ 1. A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable. Example: There are countless stars in the sky. Example: He endured countless insults hurled at him before people finally respected him for his courage and his great ability as a baseball player.
Word: countless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English countless From count + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntləs/ 1. Synonym of uncountable. Labels: not-comparable Example: The stars in the sky are countless. 2. Too large to be counted to. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just stop and think deeply for a moment and realize the countless number of the grains of sand of the seashore; the countless number of drops of water that go to make up the waters of the earth; […]
Word: dismember Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/ 1. To remove the limbs of. Labels: transitive Example: Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person. 2. To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces. Labels: transitive Example: The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims. Example: The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
Word: difficile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/, /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/ 1. Hard to work with; stubborn. Labels: obsolete 2. Difficult. Labels: obsolete Example: […] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.
Word: sommelier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden carrying wine”), from somme (“pack”) + -ier (suffix forming the names of jobs). somme is from Vulgar Latin *sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/, /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/, /ˌsɔməlˈjeɪ/, /soʊˈmɑːliˌeɪ/ 1. The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server. Example: The sommelier recommended the perfect wine, opened the bottle with panache, and served it into glasses. Example: A Sommelier or wine steward organizes a restaurant's entire wine program, from tasting to pairing of wines with foods the chef might prepare according to seasonal meat, seafood, and produce availability, to ordering and keeping inventory, staying on top of local, domestic, and foreign releases, and educating waitstaff about wines and their nuances. […] A Sommelier must make novice wine drinkers comfortable and explain wine complexities simply, while knowing wines well enough to satisfy the most demanding customer.
Word: sommelier Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden carrying wine”), from somme (“pack”) + -ier (suffix forming the names of jobs). somme is from Vulgar Latin *sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/, /ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/, /ˌsɔməlˈjeɪ/, /soʊˈmɑːliˌeɪ/ 1. To act as a sommelier. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: The final nerve-wracking task involved “sommeliering” throughout a gourmet lunch for judges and wine writers – and answering the tricky questions which were inevitably thrown their way.
Word: deconsecration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English consecration English deconsecration From de- + consecration. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒnsəˈkɹeɪʃən/ 1. The undoing of consecration; a desecration or defilement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Prakash Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa, “light”). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit. It is a common name among Indic races, mostly Hindus, with some usage among Jains, Sikhs and recently Indic Christians.
Word: electrical resistance Part of Speech: noun 1. The opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alpha male Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally used in scientific research of hierarchies in social animals, the term is now often applied to men with dominating characteristics. Already in some use during the 1990s, it was further popularized by Neil Strauss in The Game (2005). 1. The dominant male in a group of animals. 2. A dominant, assertive, protective, oftentimes successful, leadership-type man or male. Labels: broadly Example: Alpha male investing Aggressive stock-picker on the prowl for less risky financial plan Stanley Richards may have been a latecomer to investing, but he's made up for lost time by aggressively buying Example: This alpha-male status gives him the highest opportunity to mate with many of the best genetic examples of the females in his liking
Word: alpha male Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally used in scientific research of hierarchies in social animals, the term is now often applied to men with dominating characteristics. Already in some use during the 1990s, it was further popularized by Neil Strauss in The Game (2005). 1. Exhibiting the characteristics of a dominant male; dominant, assertive, and protective. Example: You don't get more alpha male than this, I thought.
Word: order of precedence Part of Speech: noun 1. A ranking of items by a chosen attribute, especially a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of people in royal courts and in governments.
Word: α-naphthol Part of Speech: noun 1. A substituted naphthalene with a hydroxyl group in the α position. Labels: uncountable
Word: implicitly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English implicit Middle English -ly English -ly English implicitly From implicit + -ly. 1. In an implicit or implied manner. Example: tell someone implicitly Example: He was punished for asking for answers implicitly during the exam. 2. Without doubting or questioning.
Word: menpo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 面頬 (menpō). 1. The face mask of a Samurai warrior.
Word: herbaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-dʰ? Latin herba Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin herbāceusbor. English herbaceous Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”). By surface analysis, herb + -aceous. Pronunciation: /hə(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.ʃəs/, /(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Not woody, lacking lignified tissues. Example: […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration. Example: Iversen holds that these changes indicate the arrival of farmers, the phase of Landnam or land occupation, that the charcoal comes from clearance fires; that herbaceous pollen suggests the opening-up of the land; cereals, fields; the plantains, weeds; and birch and hazel, regeneration of the forests after the exhaustion of the plot. 2. Not woody in flavor. 3. Feeding on herbs and soft plants. Labels: dated Example: The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.
Word: orchidomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orchid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mania English orchidomania From orchid + -o- + -mania. 1. An obsession with orchids; enthusiasm for raising or collecting orchids, especially in the Victorian era. Labels: uncountable
Word: blaeberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bloberi; equivalent to blae (“bluish gray”) + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪb(ə)ɹi/ 1. The bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
Word: cantaloupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf". Named after Cantalupo in Sabina, a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/, /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/ 1. Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types: Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable 2. Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types: Labels: Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon. 3. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts. Labels: countable, plural-normally, slang Example: Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes. Example: "I tell you I kept crossing my legs and lighting cigarettes, just hoping he'd notice me. But no. Instead he notices something sitting at a table. He sees a great big pair of cantaloupes sticking out from under a blouse."
Word: dewberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dew + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈdjuː.b(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.b(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈduˌbɛɹ.i/, /ˈd͡ʒʉː.b(ə.)ɹi/ 1. Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground. 2. Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground. 3. The purple to black berries of these plants.
Word: mantelpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mantel + piece. Pronunciation: /ˈmæntlpiːs/ 1. A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace. Example: The medium was leaning with her elbow on the mantel piece, austere and aloof.
Word: backroom boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who has an anonymous support role in an organization, especially a technician or scientist; a boffin. Labels: UK Example: Holonym: backroom staff
Word: scarpe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] Argent, three bendlets engrailed sable; over all a scarpe gules - BLAGE, Kent. Example: Bonfiglioli : Bendy sinister of eight or and gules. Later on this is surmounted of a bend of France ancient, an augmentation, no doubt. Another representation gives : Or, three scarps gules, with the same bend of France ancient surmounting.
Word: Dhivehi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dhivehi ދިވެހި (divehi). Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɛ.hiː/, /dɪˈveɪ.hiː/ 1. An Indo-Aryan language, the official language of the Republic of Maldives. Labels: uncountable
Word: anaphoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰφέρω (ănăphérō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰφορᾱ́ (ănăphorā́)bor. English anaphora Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anaphoric From anaphora + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈfɔːɹɪk/, /ənˈæfəɹɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to, an anaphora.
Word: allseed Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several plants, not closely related, that produce many seeds, such as 2. Any of several plants, not closely related, that produce many seeds, such as 3. Any of several plants, not closely related, that produce many seeds, such as 4. Any of several plants, not closely related, that produce many seeds, such as
Word: albaspine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin albus (“white”) + spine. Cognate with French aubépine. 1. The hawthorn.
Word: albata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin albata (“whitened”), the past participle of albāre (“to whiten”), from albus (“white”) + -āre (suffix forming verbs). 1. A white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc Labels: uncountable
Word: alpha and omega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alpha and omega, first and final letters of the Greek Alphabet, from Revelation 1:8, see quotations. Translation of Ancient Greek τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (tò álpha kaì tò ô). 1. The first and last; the beginning and end. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Example: the alpha and omega of science
Word: alpha and omega Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From alpha and omega, first and final letters of the Greek Alphabet, from Revelation 1:8, see quotations. Translation of Ancient Greek τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (tò álpha kaì tò ô). 1. An exclamation denoting surprise. Example: "Alpha and Omega, will you look at that!"
Word: weeding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of weed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weeding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwiːdɪŋ/ 1. The removal of weeds; the process by which something is weeded. Example: My garden requires regular weedings.
Word: albugo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin albūgō, from albus (“white”). 1. A leucoma. Labels: dated
Word: archiepiscopate Part of Speech: noun 1. an archbishopric
Word: archbishopric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erchebischopriche, from Old English arċebisċeoprīce, arċebisċoprīċe, equivalent to archbishop + -ric. Pronunciation: /ɑːt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/, /ɑɹt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/ 1. The rank or office of an archbishop. Example: Near-synonym: see Example: A bishop of Bath […] was considered after due reflection to be an unsuitable man for the Archbishopric, because he had too many illegitimate children—not some, but too many. 2. The jurisdiction of an archbishop. Example: St. Salvadore in the Bahia los todos Santos, is an Archbishoprick and Seat of the Viceroy, the chief Port of Trade for Importation […]
Word: ascertained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌæsəˈteɪnd/, /ˌæsɚˈteɪnd/, /ˌæsəˈtæɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ascertain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alpha wave Part of Speech: noun 1. An electrical signal produced by the brain while the subject is relaxed.
Word: alpha emitter Part of Speech: noun 1. a radioactive substance that decays by emitting alpha particles
Word: alpha ray Part of Speech: noun 1. A stream of alpha particles: a single ray of alpha radiation. Example: Holonyms: alpha radiation < electromagnetic radiation, EMR < radiation
Word: instanciating Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of instantiating. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: instantiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of instantiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: instantiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin instāntia + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, instance + -ate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstænʃieɪt/ 1. To represent (a concept, theme, or principle) by an instance. Labels: transitive Example: To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document. Example: In the eighteenth century, this was instantiated in writings which developed the view that ‘savages’ exhibited more virtue and moral nobility than their conquerors. 2. To create an object (an instance) of a specific class. Labels: transitive Example: To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.
Word: instanciate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of instantiate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interminably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English interminable Middle English -ly English -ly English interminably From interminable + -ly. 1. in an interminable manner; (seemingly) endlessly Labels: not-comparable
Word: instantiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A coinage of the twentieth century, from instantiate + -ion, itself coined in 1946 from instance + -ate. The latter, in the sense "a case, an example", from Middle English instance, from Medieval Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence; also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from Latin īnstāns (“urgent”); see English instant. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc. Labels: uncountable 2. Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance. Labels: countable Example: I can name numerous instantiations of this gift of luck at work in my hostʼs life. 3. A creation of an instance of some class or template. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: pudge Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pʌd͡ʒ/ 1. Something short and fat. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Excess body fat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2002, extract from Christine Lincoln, Sap Rising, in Marita Golden, E. Lynn Harris (editors), Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing, Random House (Broadway Books), page 676, The smell of her skin and hair after I have given her a bath, me nibbling at the layers of pudge on her legs and arms, around her neck—I drown in the scent of all that innocence. Example: Their faces are long and graceful and missing the pudge of the others.
Word: palmy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From palm + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːmi/, /ˈpɑːl.mi/ 1. Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees. Example: From Greenland’s icy mountains, From India’s coral strand, Where Afric’s sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error’s chain. 2. Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving. Labels: figuratively Example: Elliston was, in his day, the Napoleon of Drury Lane; but, like the conqueror at Austerlitz, he suffered his declensions, and the Surrey became to him a Saint Helena. However, once an eagle always an eagle; and Robert William was no less aquiline in the day of adversity than in his palmy time of patent prosperity. Example: “It must have been just like the palmy days of the British Drama.” 3. Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. Labels: obsolete
Word: quadripartite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin quadripartītus (“divided into four parts”). 1. Divided into four parts. Labels: not-comparable Example: The walk down to the Underground station is equally easy, as you pass through the restored undercroft along an arcade of two-way spanning 'quadripartite' arches. 2. Involving four parties or participants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadripartite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quadripartītus (“divided into four parts”). 1. A treatise divided into four parts.
Word: creepy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen English creep Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creepy From creep + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːpi/, /ˈkɹipi/ 1. Moving by creeping along. Example: creepy-crawlies Example: The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens, / And ink in unfailing supplies: / While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens, / And watched them with wondering eyes. 2. Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin. Labels: informal Example: creepy ghosts 3. Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior. Labels: informal 4. Causing discomfort through exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior. Labels: especially, informal Example: That creepy old man keeps leering at me! Example: "He doesn't look creepy," I said. "Kind of nerdy, in a harmless way. "Looks can be deceiving. See that camera? He was always going around with that camera, snapping pictures. Some girls caught him trying to get 'up skirt' shots while they sat at their desks.[…]" 5. Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out. Labels: informal, uncommon Example: “I felt creepy and afraid,” continued the other, with conviction. “I had the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. […]
Word: creepy-peepy Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, portable television camera used for taking candid, close-up shots outside of a studio environment. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: compound interest Part of Speech: noun 1. Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest. Example: Arithmetic books published during the fifteenth and first half of the sixteenth centuries have little to say about interest although the practice of calculating compound interest was old at that time.
Word: fanboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈfænˌbɔɪ/ 1. A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media). Labels: derogatory, often, slang Example: (It's in the nature of comic book fanboy obsessiveness that all of these Eras and Ages and such have been religiously chronicled; it's equally in their nature that no two fanboys can ever agree about anything about any of these Ages and Eras; everything is up for debate, eternally and in microscopic detail.) Example: Six years and seven titles later, their company, Top Cow, is the third-biggest-grossing comic line, thanks mainly to a pair of blood-soaked, modern-day Gothics that have been a hit both with fanboys and a growing number of women.
Word: fanboy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fan + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈfænˌbɔɪ/ 1. To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: James has a tendency to fanboy when something he likes is done wrong. Example: 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, New York: Penguin, [Acknowledgements], To Yusef Komunyakaa, thank you for […] tolerating my fanboying when, by luck, I sat down beside you one rainy night in a West Village theater […] and kept yapping about everything and nothing at all.
Word: overdog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + dog, modelled on earlier underdog. 1. someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field Example: Yet Truman, facing the resistance of his own State Department, was frequently irritated by Zionist lobbying and was wary of any sign of the Jewish underdogs becoming the bullying overdogs:
Word: bindaas Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Transliteration of Bombay Hindi बिंदास (bindās), from Marathi बिनधास्त (bindhāsta, literally “without fear”). 1. Independent and carefree; admirable, cool. Labels: India, informal Example: 'So … how come you aren't scared?' Sheila laughed, 'Who me? Forget it. I'm far too bindaas. […] Example: Well, I play Sonia, extremely modern, hip, bindaas, tough and can take care of herself. My look suits the character.
Word: clueful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clue + -ful, by analogy with clueless. Pronunciation: /ˈkluː.fəl/ 1. Knowledgeable and well-informed. Labels: informal Example: While the mentorship opportunities in recent startup hubs like Berlin and Stockholm have increased dramatically in recent years, the mentors in Silicon Valley are still some of the most experienced and clueful in the world (let's call that factor "X"). Example: It's rare for a television series about technology to get anything right about how computers work, let alone how hackers do their jobs. But in a pop culture landscape flooded with shows like CSI: Cyber and Scorpion, the CBS show Person of Interest stood out as smart, relevant, and mostly clueful about how networked devices actually function.
Word: clueless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clue Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English clueless From clue + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈkluː.ləs/ 1. Without any clues or hints. Labels: literally Example: The shifting shapes mimicked the dilemma of the nearly clueless mystery of the Higgins Grove murders. As soon as the picture formed into something recognizable, it morphed into something else. 2. Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious. Labels: figuratively
Word: greige Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, adjective), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”). The noun is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, noun), from Italian greggio: see above. The spelling of the word is probably influenced by beige, likely because it was thought to be a blend of grey and beige. Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪʒ/, /ɡɹɛʒ/, /ɡɹeɪ/ 1. Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rolls of greige cloth sat on the factory floor waiting to be printed. 2. Of a colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric, between grey and beige. Labels: not-comparable Example: To those who still deludedly think they prefer Star Wars over Ghostbusters, all I need to ask you is this: you don't really want to be a Jedi, do you? In a greige cowl, getting off with your sister, without a single gag across three films? Example: “There he was … juiceless, on a greige banquette, staring up at my perfect terrace.[…]”
Word: greige Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, adjective), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”). The noun is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, noun), from Italian greggio: see above. The spelling of the word is probably influenced by beige, likely because it was thought to be a blend of grey and beige. Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪʒ/, /ɡɹɛʒ/, /ɡɹeɪ/ 1. A colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric between grey and beige, closely akin to taupe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brilliant, sparkling reds will complement the bright, new beauty of Fall fashions and accent the subtle reserve of pale Priority beiges and greiges. Example: The rise of the neutral family of greige colors has put the decorating emphasis squarely on accents. The August issue of Better Homes & Gardens, for example, features an article showing which accents look best with greiges and other popular colors. 2. Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; greige goods. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: Hinglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Hindi + English. 1. A variety of English spoken by native Hindi speakers, using many Hindi words or constructions. Example: English still has a place, though usually in the form of Hinglish, a blend of Hindi and "the sort of language used by Rex Harrison and David Niven". Example: "Today, young Indians in the new middle class think of English as a skill." . . . Many mix Hindi and English—Hinglish, it is called—often switching in midsentence. 2. Hindustani written in the Latin alphabet, often also mixed with English words or phrases Labels: colloquial
Word: Labradoodle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Labrador + poodle. Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.ɹəˌduː.dl̩/ 1. A dog that is a cross between a Labrador and a poodle. Example: Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend. There is the goldendoodle, labradoodle, maltipoo, schnoodle, shihpoo, and the puggle, a mix of a pug and a beagle. Example: Participating pooches must be between 12-20 weeks old at the time of taping. This year, two labradoodles, a pomsky and a corgi are among members the Central Florida contingent.
Word: molecular gastronomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1988 by Oxford physicist Nicholas Kurti and INRA chemist Hervé This. Publicly disseminated by Elizabeth Cawdry Thomas and Nicholas Kurti in 1992. 1. The use of scientific principles and practices in cooking and food preparation. Labels: uncountable
Word: offshoring Part of Speech: noun 1. The location of a business in another country for tax purposes or lowering production costs, as the labor. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: offshoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of offshore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: balti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu بالٹی (baalti, “pail”), originally coined by Birmingham restaurateur Afzal Butt because English people had difficulty pronouncing karahi, the name of the dish used for cooking this food. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːl.ti/ 1. A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani cuisine Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A style of curry traditionally cooked in a balti pan, typically stir-fried and served with a relatively dry sauce. Labels: uncountable Example: For in time, balti became an enduring British cultural entity all of its own—even as Jim Davidson and his fellow bullies lapsed into obscurity. 3. A dish cooked in this style. Labels: countable
Word: balti house Part of Speech: noun 1. A curry house in which balti food is served. Labels: UK
Word: curry house Part of Speech: noun 1. A restaurant serving curries, especially (UK) an Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi restaurant of this kind. Example: Part surf shack and part Thai curry house — small, yet full of energy and life — order anything from the menu and watch it being cooked right in front of you, often in large woks. Example: The smell of fresh asphalt hangs heavy in the air at Dore & Totley station. It's even powerful enough to overcome the usual delightful aromas emanating from the well-known curry house which occupies the original platform building.
Word: Balti Part of Speech: noun 1. A people who live in Baltistan, Gilgit and Kargil.
Word: Balti Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: sweet basil Part of Speech: noun 1. An herb used for seasoning (Ocimum basilicum)
Word: saltimbocca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian saltimbocca, univerbation of saltare (“to leap”) + in (“into”) + bocca (“mouth”). 1. An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: burnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnɪt/, /ˈbɜːnət/, /ˈbɚnɪt/, /ˈbɚnət/ 1. Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans. 2. Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.
Word: bog-standard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown, but probably derived from a corruption of box-standard under influence from bog (“toilet”), possibly via bog-wheel (“Cambridge slang for bicycle”), or from bog (“unsettled swampland”) in reference to a lack of sophistication or polish. Sometimes folk etymologized as separately deriving from bog (“toilet”) + standard after a supposed similarity among chamberpots or toilets (despite box-standard predating it by a century and bog's original use only in reference to latrines and outhouses) or from the unattested acronym BOG, allegedly short for British or German, referring to the supposed dominance of British and German engineering during Victorian times. Pronunciation: /ˌbɒɡˈstændəd/ 1. Utterly basic, ordinary, or standard; unremarkable, unexceptional, etc. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Bog standard Sprite, 1959, two owners. Example: She was ‘bog standard’—meaning straight from the production line without modifications.
Word: bomber jacket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Similar to jackets worn by bomber crews in WWII. 1. A short leather jacket, with an elasticated waist and cuffs, a fleece collar and a zip front. Example: Richard Kastleman[…] said in a recent interview that “the men's bomber jacket has become like the buttondown shirt. It's become a basic item for men.”
Word: bouncy castle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbaʊnsi ˈkɑːsəl/, /ˌbaʊnsɪ ˈkɑːsəl/, /ˌbaʊnsi ˈkæsəl/ 1. Synonym of bouncing castle. Labels: Canada, New-Zealand, UK
Word: chattering classes Part of Speech: noun 1. Educated people with liberal opinions and attitudes. Labels: UK, plural, plural-normally Example: Those advocating permanent WFH [working from home] most vocally tend to be salaried, with 'nice houses', gardens, partners and families, and probably a home office. They are the same chattering class which will crucially decide, how others (who maybe live in small flats, laptop on a kitchen table, 23 floors from the ground) will work.
Word: riposte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpəʊst/, /ɹɪˈpoʊst/ 1. A thrust given in return after parrying an attack. 2. A counter-attack in any combat or any sport. Labels: broadly Example: Some context is required. Moldova were weak at the back and blunt up front, and have failed to score in six matches stretching back to last October, with only hints at English complacency offering them glimpses of summoning a riposte. 3. A quick and usually witty response to a taunt. Labels: figuratively Example: This face-saving reminds us of some American ripostes a few months back when their space rockets seemed disinclined to leave the earth very far behind; after all, they said, the Russians are only chucking heavy machinery at the moon, whereas we're trying to be more sophisticated and get a sewing-machine up there. Example: Watson’s letter was a riposte to the accusation made on Tuesday by Corbyn’s campaign that he was “peddling conspiracy theories” after he said in a Guardian interview that Labour was at risk from “Trotskyist entryists”. 4. An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
Word: riposte Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpəʊst/, /ɹɪˈpoʊst/ 1. To attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack. 2. To respond quickly; particularly if the response is humorous. Example: I left him and went to a tavern by the quays where the college bucks were drinking and singing hymns. There was Giles who invited old men back to his college apartments for games. Members of the rowing club riposted, for God's sake, man, clean up your life.