nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: social Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social From Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/, /ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/ 1. A festive gathering to foster introductions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They organized a social at the dance club to help people get to know one another. 2. A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married. Labels: Canadian-Prairies, countable, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of social security. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable, with-definite-article Example: Fred hated going down to the social to sign on. 4. Ellipsis of social security number. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: What's your social? [asked so that the asker can look up your account details] 5. A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club. Labels: Ireland, countable, dated, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of social studies. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 7. Ellipsis of social media. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: “I saw that shift, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s the future of social,’” Systrom said. Example: It went mainstream after it was dubbed the "vampire facial" on social. 8. A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto. Labels: Internet, countable, informal Example: Also check out some other experts in this topic — their socials are in the pinned comment below. Example: Close your mouth and delete all your socials tonight.
Word: protection Part of Speech: noun 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 pro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Latin tegō Latin prōtegō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin prōtēctiōder. Old Frenchbor. Middle English English protection From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes. Equivalent to protect + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/ 1. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Raincoats give protection from rain. Example: But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…]. 2. The state of being safe. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A means of keeping or remaining safe. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Coverage. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 8. Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file). Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Synonym of adult protection (“adult incontinence wear”). Labels: countable, euphemistic, rare, uncountable
Word: title Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ̯.təl/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯.tʰəl] ~ [ˈtʰaɪ̯.tʰl̩], /ˈtaɪ̯.ɾəl/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯.ɾəl] ~ [ˈtʰaɪ̯.ɾl̩] 1. The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art. Example: I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song. 2. The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic. 3. A published piece of media. Labels: broadly Example: The retailer carries thousands of titles. Example: Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles. 4. A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book. Labels: broadly Example: Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act 5. An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles. Example: Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death With his former title greet Macbeth. Example: The old man had always favored the match. He liked Clayton, and, being of an old southern family, he put rather an exaggerated value on the advantages of a title, which meant little or nothing to his daughter. 6. Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this. Example: a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title 7. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice. 8. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside. 9. A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance. Labels: in-plural Example: The titles scrolled by too quickly to read. 10. The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports. 11. The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book. Example: With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title. Example: Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one. 12. A long title. Labels: formal 13. A short title. Labels: informal
Word: title Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ̯.təl/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯.tʰəl] ~ [ˈtʰaɪ̯.tʰl̩], /ˈtaɪ̯.ɾəl/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯.ɾəl] ~ [ˈtʰaɪ̯.ɾl̩] 1. To assign a title to; to entitle. Labels: transitive
Word: title Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ̯.təl/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯.tʰəl] ~ [ˈtʰaɪ̯.tʰl̩], /ˈtaɪ̯.ɾəl/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯.ɾəl] ~ [ˈtʰaɪ̯.ɾl̩] 1. Used in the body of a post to indicate that the title has already said all that needs to be said. Labels: Internet
Word: promise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“to send forth, to say beforehand, to promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒmɪs/, /ˈpɹɑmɪs/, /ˈpɹɔmɪs/, [ˈpɹɔ̟mɪs] 1. An oath or affirmation; a vow. Labels: countable Example: When I make a promise, I always stick to it. Example: He broke his promise: he said he'd return my jewellery, but never did. 2. A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. Labels: countable Example: He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned. 3. Reason to expect improvement or success; potential. Labels: uncountable Example: My native country was full of youthful promise. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. 4. A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation. Labels: countable Example: You can often use observables instead of promises to deliver values asynchronously. 5. Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: He […] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.
Word: promise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“to send forth, to say beforehand, to promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒmɪs/, /ˈpɹɑmɪs/, /ˈpɹɔmɪs/, [ˈpɹɔ̟mɪs] 1. To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow. Labels: ambitransitive, ditransitive Example: "You think that I'll take anything." "I know you will, sweet." … "There wasn't going to be any of that. You promised there wouldn't be." "Well, there is now," she said sweetly. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 2. To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The clouds promise rain. Example: I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
Word: undersea Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sea English undersea From under- + sea. 1. Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is not known just what action will be taken against the captain of the undersea boat. Example: "You're right!" she cried. "I'm sure you are." Twenty reasons come back. An undersea tunnel to the little island.
Word: incubate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/ 1. To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions. Labels: transitive Example: The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents incubate and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions. Example: Part of our problem in praying for our children, he suggested, is the time lage, the necessary slow maturation of our prayers. But that's the way of God's rhythm in nature. For instance, the hen must patiently sit on her eggs to incubate them before the baby chicks hatch. 2. To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It was a habit he developed, of incubating and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it. Example: When you've got your theme–let the concept incubate. Walk around with it, sleep on it.
Word: incubate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/ 1. A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.
Word: ARPU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of average revenue per user/unit: the revenue divided by subscribers/subscriptions for a given measure of time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Lifetime ARPU, or the average revenue contributed per user over the lifetime of a product, can provide some insight into the habits of a large group of users within the product.
Word: prescriptivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prescriptive 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 -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English prescriptivism From prescriptive + -ism. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈskɹɪp.tɪ.vɪ.zm̩/, /pɹəˈskɹɪp.tə.vɪ.zm̩/ 1. The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: father figure Part of Speech: noun 1. One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people. Example: Tudjman, the national father-figure, emerged as the improbable and unexpected victor of the wars of the Yugoslav succession of 1991-99. Example: Orphaned at a young age, he found a father figure in the confident and committed al-Bahri.
Word: bottle out Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge. Labels: UK, informal Example: I had really wanted to dive off the 10-metre platform, but in the end I bottled out.
Word: hit the bottle Part of Speech: verb 1. To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: He's been hitting the bottle hard since his wife left him.
Word: greeting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, greet + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ 1. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email. Example: Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings. 2. The action of the verb to greet. Labels: uncountable Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
Word: greeting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, greet + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of greet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bridesmaid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/ 1. A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. Example: I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding. Example: I was promised sex. Everybody said it. You'll be a bridesmaid, you'll get sex, you'll be fighting 'em off. But not so much as a tongue in sight. 2. A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first. Example: He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.
Word: bridesmaid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/ 1. To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. Example: "No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding." Example: And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne.
Word: maid of honor Part of Speech: noun 1. The primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony. 2. An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
Word: howdy Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊdi/ 1. An informal greeting. Labels: US, informal, regional Example: Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
Word: howdy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊdi/ 1. To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy" Labels: transitive Example: I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.
Word: howdy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊdi/ 1. A wife. Labels: Scotland 2. A midwife. Labels: Scotland
Word: what's up Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Popularized by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny as part of his catchphrase “Eh... What’s up, doc?”, as early as 1940. Originally a common greeting from Bugs Bunny creator Tex Avery's neighborhood in Taylor, Texas. 1. What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong? Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, with-up Example: You're looking a bit miserable. What's up? Example: I got a call saying to come straight away. What's up? 2. What's happening? What are you doing? Labels: US, colloquial, idiomatic, with-up Example: Hey, what's up? – Not much, just working. 3. A casual greeting with a meaning similar to hi or nice to meet you. Labels: colloquial, rhetoric Example: Hey, what's up? – Hey! Good to see you.
Word: what's up with Part of Speech: phrase 1. What's wrong with; what's the problem or matter with. Said to express that the behaviour of someone, or operation of something, is out of the ordinary or problematic. Labels: colloquial Example: What’s up with you? Example: What the hell's up with this stupid computer now?! 2. Used to express disbelief or curiosity. Labels: colloquial Example: They raised my electricity rates again. What’s up with that? Example: What’s up with all this new music they’re playing? 3. (The thing that is) the problem or issue with. Labels: colloquial Example: I'll tell you what's up with the Government!
Word: wassup Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wəˈsʌp/, /wɒˈsʌp/ 1. what's up? (as a greeting) Labels: US, slang
Word: stultify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/, /ˈstʌltəfaɪ/ 1. To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting. Labels: transitive Example: Bureaucracy and over-regulation have stultified the economy. Example: From the economic point of view, the concentration of future construction into a dozen or so standard classes should be for the good, provided it is not adhered to too rigidly, and allowed to stultify progress in design and further efforts to improve the efficiency of the steam locomotive, which still remains the simplest and most reliable of machines ever invented by man. 2. To make useless or worthless. Labels: dated, transitive Example: His business plan was stultified by new technologies. Example: Here was a disaster—her ingenious scheme completely stultified. 3. To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. Labels: dated, transitive Example: The politicians continued to stultify themselves. Example: Was the House to stultify itself by agreeing to the opposite principles of these opposed Bills? 4. To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: And although, as hath been observed, according to the strict rules of law no person is allows to stultify himself, yet it seems that even at law the contracts of idiots and lunaticks, after office found, and the party legally commited, are void […]
Word: CV Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. * (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice * (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”). 1. Initialism of curriculum vitae. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of combat vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of construction vessel Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of container vessel; a container ship Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of commercial vehicle Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Abbreviation of cellevision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Initialism of catalog value. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of cardinal vowel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN) Labels: US, countable, uncountable 11. Initialism of cataclysmic variable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of countervailing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of cross-validation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of coronavirus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of constant velocity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Initialism of constant velocity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 18. Initialism of computer vision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 19. Initialism of cock vore. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CV Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. * (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice * (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”). 1. Abbreviation of Carmel Valley, a city in San Diego county, immediately inland from Del Mar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: CV Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation. * (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice * (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”). 1. Initialism of cardiovascular. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: CV disease; CV risk 2. Initialism of costovertebral. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: CV angle
Word: fugue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga. Pronunciation: /ˈfyɡ/, /ˈfjuːɡ/ 1. A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody. 2. Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. Example: Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices. 3. A fugue state.
Word: fugue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga. Pronunciation: /ˈfyɡ/, /ˈfjuːɡ/ 1. To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc. 2. To spend time in a dissociative fugue state. Labels: intransitive Example: And most of them women, and these only stayed in a fugue state for a relatively short time, like a couple of hours or a couple of days. As far as we know Malenov fugued for close to twenty years. Example: Fugue states can have phases—it's possible she fugued from the start, and only woke to what was happening on that bus.
Word: traino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From train + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæenəʉ/, /ˈtɹeɪnoʊ/, /ˈtɹeɪnəʊ/ 1. A train station. Labels: Australia, informal
Word: bottle-o Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin buttis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Late Latin butticula Old French boteillebor. Middle English botel English bottle English -o English bottle-o From bottle + -o (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒtələʊ/, [ˈbɔɾl̩əʉ] 1. A bottle shop. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal 2. A door-to-door trader in used bottles. Labels: Australia, informal, obsolete Example: For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen. Example: a. 1922, Henry Lawson, 1984, Leonard Cronin (editor), A Fantasy of Man: Henry Lawson Complete Works, 1901-1922, Part 2, page 546, Time was when my old friend, Benno the bottle-o, drew his turn-out into the shade of the big old fig-trees under the church at the top of the hill, and went back and thrashed the most notoriously brutal driver well and good.
Word: paradiddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. May be related to [Attic] Greek, παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) 1) to give into the hands (of another) 2) to give over into (one's) power or use 2a) to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl/ 1. A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left.’ Example: I mean, as a drummer, you're sitting at a practice pad for hours on end, doing paradiddles and all the exercises you learn for your craft.
Word: paradiddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. May be related to [Attic] Greek, παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) 1) to give into the hands (of another) 2) to give over into (one's) power or use 2a) to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl/ 1. To produce percussive sounds of this kind.
Word: grade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪd/, [ɡɹeɪd], [ɡɹɛjd], [ɡɹeːd], [ɡɹæɪd] 1. A rating. Example: This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount. 2. Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: He got a good grade on the test. Example: I gave him a good grade for effort. 3. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality. Example: There are a lot of varieties of diatomaceous earth, so when you are shopping, be sure to get the right stuff! Make sure that you get food grade diatomaceous earth. Some people make 3% of the food they eat be diatomaceous earth. 4. Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb). 5. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage Example: The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent. Example: The incline can be altered to any grade so as to suit the weight of the door or gate to which the butt is attached. 6. A level of primary and secondary education. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year. Example: Clancy starts grade five this year. 7. A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level). Labels: Canada Example: The grade fives are on a field trip. 8. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine). 9. The level of the ground. Example: This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade. 10. A gradian. 11. In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors. 12. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. Example: The whistle of the shot as it cuts the leaves / Of the maples around the church’s eaves— / And the grade of hatchets, fiercely thrown, / On wigwam-log, and tree, and stone. 13. A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade. 14. The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale. 15. An eyeglass prescription. Labels: Philippines
Word: grade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪd/, [ɡɹeɪd], [ɡɹɛjd], [ɡɹeːd], [ɡɹæɪd] 1. To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance. Labels: Canada, US 2. To organize in grades. Example: a graded reader 3. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader. Example: to grade land before building on it Example: The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock. 4. To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out. 5. To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes. 6. To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process). Example: Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy. 7. To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree. Example: He has rightly observed that while -ísimo superlatives are typically prenominal, adjectives graded with the intensifier muy "very" are characteristically postnominal. Example: Adjectives graded for comparative and superlative degree can function both attributively and predicatively. Most descriptive adjectives are gradable: As modifiers of a noun Have you got a larger size? […] 8. To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another. Labels: intransitive Example: And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it. 9. To pass from one school grade into the next. Labels: Canada, dated, intransitive Example: I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room.
Word: megrim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ 1. A headache; a migraine. Labels: archaic 2. A fancy, a whim, a caprice. Labels: archaic 3. See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”). Labels: in-plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.
Word: megrim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/ 1. A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis). Example: MEGRIM (LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS)[…]NOTE: In Ireland,this species is often called "witch", a name that properly belongs to the craigfluke, Glyptocephalus cynaglossus, which is a right-handed flatfish. Both species are marketed as "white sole."
Word: hydrargyrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵ-u-ros or *h₂érǵ-wr̥ ~ h₂r̥ǵ-wén-s Ancient Greek ἄργῠρος (árgŭros) Ancient Greek ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros)bor. Latin hydrargyrusder. New Latin hydrargyrumbor. English hydrargyrum From New Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”). By surface analysis, hydr- + argyr- + -um. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹəm/ 1. Mercury (chemical element). Labels: uncountable Example: Hydrargyrum, Quick-ſilver, a Mineral, of a ſtrange piercing Quality, ſo as to eat thro' Gold, Silver, &c. Example: ‘There is a channel in the spine of her blade, and in it runs a river of hydrargyrum—a metal heavier than iron, though it flows like water.’
Word: grass widow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word appears in the Germanic languages in different forms and senses, evidently being ancient, but the oldest (both 16th century) are English grasse wydowe and Middle Low German grasswēdewe, both meaning “girl who has lost her virginity, harlot”. Therefore “grass” in all likelihood refers to a bedding for premarital sex. Compare the expression green gown (“loss of virginity”). The girl became a “widow” in the sense that she was neither married nor a virgin. The sense then developed through “married woman who has relations in her husband’s absence” to the contemporary, softened meaning. Compare Dutch grasweduwe, Swedish gräsänka, German Strohwitwe. Etymonline cites the book Vocabulary of East Anglia (1830) by Rev. Robert Forby, which records the term in that region as essentially referring to a woman abandoned after an informal marriage. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːs ˌwɪdəʊ/ 1. A married woman whose spouse is away. Example: "Can't help it. I'm a lone, lorn grass-widow, dear, but I will not sleep in my stays." Example: Then Mrs. Gessler shook her head. "Well, you've joined the biggest army on earth. You're the great American institution that never gets mentioned on Fourth of July -- a grass widow with two small children to support. The dirty bastards." 2. An unmarried woman who has had premarital sexual relations; a former mistress. Labels: obsolete
Word: rum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include: * that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, names for rum also attested in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century, * that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer, * that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not originally made with rum), * that it derives from rum ("fine, good") or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, this origin is now considered unlikely) Pronunciation: /ɹʌm/, /ɹʊm/, /ɾʌm/ 1. A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. Labels: uncountable Example: ... I went aboard the Fellowship of 100 and 70 Tuns a Flemish bottom, the Master George Luxon of Bittiford in Devonshire, several of my friends came to bid me farewell, among the rest Captain Thomas Wannerton who drank to me a pint of kill-devil alias Rhum at a draught ... Example: That the former orders concerning rum, sugar, and hammocks be still in force, viz., one half to be forfeited to the King, and one half to the informer. 2. A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. Labels: countable Example: Jake tossed down three rums. 3. A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses. Labels: countable Example: Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums. 4. A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A strange person or thing. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable 6. A country parson. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Word: rum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom. Pronunciation: /ɹʌm/, /ɹʊm/, /ɾʌm/ 1. Fine, excellent, valuable. Labels: obsolete Example: having a rum time 2. Strange, peculiar. Labels: UK, dated, informal Example: a rum idea; a rum fellow Example: "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"
Word: rum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom. Pronunciation: /ɹʌm/, /ɹʊm/, /ɾʌm/ 1. Any odd person or thing. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated
Word: rum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of rummy. Pronunciation: /ɹʌm/, /ɹʊm/, /ɾʌm/ 1. The card game rummy. Labels: rare
Word: motor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“to set in motion”). Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtə/, /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ], /ˈməʉtə/, [ˈməʉɾə] 1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. Example: Near-synonyms: drive, engine (sometimes synonymous) Example: The door can close by itself because there's a small motor built into it. 2. A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles. Example: Nice motor! Example: Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters. 3. A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force. Labels: figuratively 4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work. 5. The controller or prime mover of the universe; God. Labels: archaic, poetic 6. The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine". Labels: slang
Word: motor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“to set in motion”). Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtə/, /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ], /ˈməʉtə/, [ˈməʉɾə] 1. Relating to the ability to move. Labels: not-comparable Example: She has excellent motor skills. 2. Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine). Labels: not-comparable Example: A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.
Word: motor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“to set in motion”). Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtə/, /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ], /ˈməʉtə/, [ˈməʉɾə] 1. To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive. Labels: dated Example: On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth. Example: The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day. 2. To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine. Labels: transitive Example: During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground. 3. To progress at a brisk pace. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring. Example: More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring". 4. To leave. Labels: slang Example: I gotta motor.
Word: fasten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːsn̩/, /ˈfæsn̩/ 1. To attach or connect in a secure manner. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch. Example: Fasten your seat belts! 2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land. Example: to fasten a blow Example: if I can fasten but one cup upon him
Word: pizza bone Part of Speech: noun 1. The thick, generally curved, crust end of a slice of pizza. Labels: US, humorous Example: But the crust (or "pizza bone" as we refer to it at my house)IS the best part of a slice of pizza! Example: If the dough is elastic, rolling into balls and forming into "crusts" would probably yield better results. Besides, then you can regulate the crust's edge (aka the "pizza bone").
Word: podium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.di.əm/, /ˈpoʊ.di.əm/, /ˈpəʉ.di.əm/ 1. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais. 2. A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. Labels: proscribed, sometimes 3. A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize. 4. A result amongst the best three at a competition. Example: Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third. 5. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. 6. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. 7. The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it. 8. A foot or footstalk.
Word: podium Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.di.əm/, /ˈpoʊ.di.əm/, /ˈpəʉ.di.əm/ 1. To finish in the top three at an event or competition. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics. Example: Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.
Word: childbirth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ/ 1. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence) Example: The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before.
Word: suffer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfə/, /ˈsʌfɚ/ 1. To undergo hardship. Labels: intransitive Example: Many artists suffer before becoming famous. 2. To feel pain. Labels: intransitive Example: At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash. 3. To become worse. Labels: intransitive Example: If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer. Example: Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings. 4. To endure, undergo. Labels: transitive Example: I've been suffering your insults for years. Example: We hope you never have to suffer the same pain. 5. To allow. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue. Example: But Iesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come vnto me: for of such is þe kingdome of heauen.
Word: AOT Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of ahead of time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: AOT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of angle off tail (the angle between the flightpaths of the attacking and defending aircraft in a dogfight). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sideburns Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reformed from burnside, named after American Army general Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), noted for his unusual facial hair. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪd.bɜː(ɹ)nz/, /ˈsaɪd.bɚnz/ 1. Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin. Labels: plural, plural-normally