nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: waver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈweɪvə/, /ˈweɪvəɹ/ 1. One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave. Example: I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd. Example: The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers. 2. A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy. 3. A tool used to make hair wavy. 4. In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion. Labels: historical 5. Synonym of waverer (“one who feels or shows doubt or indecision; a vacillator”). Labels: obsolete Example: [N]o waver in Judgment, have I, though Gods mercy, ever been; but a conſtant aſſertor of, and ſufferer for my ſatisfiedneſs in, and adheſion to, the piety and probity of my breeding and belief, vvhich vvas ever, yet is, and I hope, through Gods grace, to death ſhall be, in point of Religion according to the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church of England.
Word: waver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain, possibly from waive (“(obsolete) to disregard, overlook”). According to the Oxford English Dictionary the early forms waiver, wayver, weaver indicate that the word is probably not derived from wave (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈweɪvə/, /ˈweɪvəɹ/ 1. A sapling or other young tree left standing when other trees around it have been felled. Labels: dated, dialectal Example: It is a very ordinary Copſe vvhich vvill not afford three or four Firſts, that is, Beſts; fourteen Seconds; tvvelve Thirds; eight VVavers, &c. according to vvhich proportions the ſizes of young Trees in Copſing are to ſucceed one another. Example: In some parts of this County, considerable pains seem to be taken in the use of the Falling Axe[…], to form the stools or stumps left in the ground in Spring Woods, rather round at top, to shoot off the wet and preserve the butt from decay, where young shoots or wavers are expected from them: […] the sooner the young waver, or wavers especially, if more than one are left for Trees, attaches itself to and entirely depends on one of the healthy lateral roots[…], by the entire decay of the core or centre, the better is the future prospect of such wavers, as to making good Trees, […]
Word: falter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English falteren (“to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught”), further origin unknown. Probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“to hesitate, be puzzled, be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒltə/, /ˈfɔːltə/, /ˈfɔltəɹ/, [ˈfɔl.tɚ], /ˈfɑltəɹ/ 1. An unsteadiness. Example: Tom, who isn't paying much attention, is suddenly caught by the falter in his voice as he reads the two lines—
Word: falter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English falteren (“to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught”), further origin unknown. Probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“to hesitate, be puzzled, be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒltə/, /ˈfɔːltə/, /ˈfɔltəɹ/, [ˈfɔl.tɚ], /ˈfɑltəɹ/ 1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. Example: He found his legs falter. Example: Considering the results of the study, today John may be buoyed at the clear trend of increasing numbers of new “lishes” for each successive decade since the 1950s, and the fact that nothing in the data suggests this trend is likely to falter. 2. To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Example: With faltering speech and visage incomposed. 3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought. Example: Here indeed the power of distinctly conceiving of space and distance falters. 4. To stumble. 5. To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause). Labels: figuratively Example: And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. Example: The most important foreign policy problem I faced was that of signaling to the world what kind of man I was and what sort of policies I intended to carry out. It was important that there be no hesitancy on my part — nothing to indicate that the U.S. government had faltered. It was equally important for the world to understand that I intended to continue the government's established foreign policies and maintain the alliances of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy — policies of firmness on the one hand and an effort to thaw the Cold War on the other. 6. To hesitate in purpose or action. Example: Ere her native king / Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. 7. To cleanse or sift, as barley. Example: Barley[…]clean falter'd from Hairs
Word: totter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒtə/, /ˈtɑtɚ/ 1. To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall. Labels: intransitive Example: The baby tottered from the table to the chair. Example: The old man tottered out of the pub into the street. 2. To be on the brink of collapse. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: […]the folly of this Iland, they ſay there's but fiue vpon this Iſle ; we are three of them, if th' other two be brain'd like vs, the State totters. Example: By the latter part of 1848, the throne of Hudson the Railway King who had been called in in 1845 as a superman to save the Eastern Counties Railway, was tottering to its fall, [...]. 3. To collect junk or scrap. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: totter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒtə/, /ˈtɑtɚ/ 1. An unsteady movement or gait. Labels: intransitive 2. A rag and bone man. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: crescent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant. The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛz.ənt/, /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/ 1. The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points. 2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially: 3. Something shaped like a crescent, especially: 4. Something shaped like a crescent, especially: Example: The Turkish flag features a white star and crescent on red base. 5. Something shaped like a crescent, especially: 6. A crescent spanner. Labels: New-Zealand 7. Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Labels: historical Example: Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent 8. A crescentspot butterfly.
Word: crescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant. The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛz.ənt/, /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/ 1. marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon. Labels: dated, literary, not-comparable, rare Example: For nature creſſant does not grovve alone / In thevvs and bulkes, but as this temple vvaxes, / The invvard ſervice of the minde and ſoule / Grovves vvide vvithal, […] Example: O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. 2. Shaped like a crescent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
Word: crescent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant. The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛz.ənt/, /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/ 1. To form a crescent shape Labels: transitive Example: A dark wood crescents more than half the lawn 2. To decorate with crescents. Labels: transitive
Word: bicephalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English -cephalous English bicephalous From bi- + -cephalous. 1. Having two heads. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Fertile Crescent Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/, /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/ 1. A crescent-shaped geographic region of fertile land in the Middle East in Western Asia, stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and Cyprus. Labels: historical Example: This great semicircle, for lack of a name, may be called the fertile crescent. Example: The Fertile Crescent has always been in close touch with the other parts of the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, the Arabian peninsula, and Egypt.
Word: catur Part of Speech: noun 1. A light rowboat used on the coast of Malabar in the early days of the Portuguese. Labels: historical
Word: lunate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈluːneɪt/ 1. Shaped like a crescent. Example: a lunate beak
Word: lunate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈluːneɪt/ 1. A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period. 2. The lunate bone.
Word: semilunar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English lunar English semilunar From semi- + lunar. 1. Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semilunar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English lunar English semilunar From semi- + lunar. 1. The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.
Word: stammer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble. Pronunciation: /ˈstæmə/, /ˈstæmɚ/ 1. To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech. Labels: intransitive 2. To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy. Labels: transitive Example: He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology. Example: The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them.
Word: stammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble. Pronunciation: /ˈstæmə/, /ˈstæmɚ/ 1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech. Example: She said goodbye in a stammer. 2. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer
Word: stutter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”). Pronunciation: /ˈstʌtɚ/, /ˈstʌtə/ 1. To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He stuttered a few words of thanks. 2. To expel a gas with difficulty. Labels: intransitive Example: I was stuttering after the marathon. Example: The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
Word: stutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”). Pronunciation: /ˈstʌtɚ/, /ˈstʌtə/ 1. A speech disorder characterized by stuttering. 2. One who stutters. Labels: obsolete Example: 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.
Word: weltanschauung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Weltanschauung. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛlt.ɑːnˌʃaʊ.ʊŋ/, /-æn-/, /-əŋ/ 1. A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview. Example: Your background and experiences must give you a unique weltanschauung.
Word: meaning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean + -ing. Cognate with Scots mening (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning”), West Frisian miening (“opinion, mind”), Dutch mening (“view, opinion, judgement”), German Meinung (“opinion, view, mind, idea”), Danish and Swedish mening (“meaning, sense, sentence, opinion”), Icelandic meining (“meaning”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/, /ˈmi.nɪŋ/, [ˈmɪi.nɪŋ], /ˈmiː.nəŋ/ 1. The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics." 2. The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: meaningfulness, point, purpose, significance, use Example: the meaning of life 4. Intention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong hand. Example: […] there was nothing in the house, what there was, was broken, the last people must have lived like pigs, what could the meaning of the landlord be?
Word: meaning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mean + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/, /ˈmi.nɪŋ/, [ˈmɪi.nɪŋ], /ˈmiː.nəŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mean Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Chinghung, meaning “City of the Dawn” in the Tai language, the capital of the Hsishuangpanna Tai Autonomous Chou, lies in an agricultural area on the lower Lantsang. Example: Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
Word: meaning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mean + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/, /ˈmi.nɪŋ/, [ˈmɪi.nɪŋ], /ˈmiː.nəŋ/ 1. Having a (specified) intention. Example: Well/ill meaning. 2. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful. Example: I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised. Example: There was a meaning pause, broken by old Stein again clapping his hands.
Word: average Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic عَوَار (ʕawār) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Proto-Afroasiatic *-t Proto-Semitic *-at- Arabic ـَة (-a) Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya) Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya)bor.? Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habēre Old Italian avére Old Italian -ìa ? Old Italian avariabor. Old French avarie Middle French avarie Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English average Not entirely certain. The oldest meaning in English is “customs duty”. Borrowed from Middle French avarie (“damage to ship or cargo”), from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria where it is first attested in the 12th century in the context of Mediterranean trade. From there most sources trace it to Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, “to lose an eye”), but the OED gives it a Romance derivation from Italian avere (“property, goods”) or the like. The English suffix -age was added in analogy to words like damage. Pronunciation: /ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈæv.ɚ.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈæv.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Constituting or relating to the average. Labels: not-comparable Example: The average age of the participants was 18.5. 2. Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. Example: I soon found I was only an average chess player. 3. Typical. Example: The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product. Example: We tend to think that exceptionally attractive men and women are outstanding but the fact is that they are more average than most. 4. Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor. Labels: informal Example: The graphics, sound, and most everything else are all very average. However, the main thing that brings this game down are the controls - they feel very clumsy and awkward at times. Example: But what the vast majority of the populace doesn′t realise is the fact that he′s only on TV because he became famous from one case, Winona Ryder's, which, by the way, he lost because he′s only a very average attorney.
Word: average Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic عَوَار (ʕawār) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Proto-Afroasiatic *-t Proto-Semitic *-at- Arabic ـَة (-a) Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya) Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya)bor.? Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habēre Old Italian avére Old Italian -ìa ? Old Italian avariabor. Old French avarie Middle French avarie Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English average Not entirely certain. The oldest meaning in English is “customs duty”. Borrowed from Middle French avarie (“damage to ship or cargo”), from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria where it is first attested in the 12th century in the context of Mediterranean trade. From there most sources trace it to Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, “to lose an eye”), but the OED gives it a Romance derivation from Italian avere (“property, goods”) or the like. The English suffix -age was added in analogy to words like damage. Pronunciation: /ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈæv.ɚ.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈæv.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean. Labels: transitive Example: If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18. 2. Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of. Labels: transitive Example: The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C. Example: I averaged 75% in my examinations this year. 3. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion. Labels: transitive Example: to average a loss 4. To be, generally or on average. Labels: intransitive Example: Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build […]
Word: average Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old French averder. Middle English aver Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age Middle English average English average From Middle English average, from Medieval Latin averagium, from aver (“horse or other beast of burden, service required from the same”) from Old English eafor (“obligation to carry goods and convey messages for one's lord”) from aferian (“to remove, take away”); + -age. 1. The feudal service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: fluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”). Pronunciation: /ˈfluːənt/, /ˈfluənt/, /ˈfljuːɛnt/, /flɪu̯ənt/ 1. That flows; flowing, liquid. Example: fluent handwriting Example: For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent[…]. 2. Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently. Example: She's fluent in French. Example: The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 3. Being or relating to a fluent interface. Example: The payment processor offers a fluent API.
Word: fluent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”). Pronunciation: /ˈfluːənt/, /ˈfluənt/, /ˈfljuːɛnt/, /flɪu̯ənt/ 1. A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions. Labels: obsolete
Word: arithmetic mean Part of Speech: noun 1. The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number. Example: Near-synonym: average (often synonymous when not otherwise specified, but see the usage note) Example: The arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 2, 3 and 6 is (3#43;6#43;2#43;3#43;6)#92;div 5#61;4.
Word: geometric mean Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of central tendency of a set of n values computed by extracting the nth root of the product of the values. Example: The geometric mean of 2, 4 and 1 is √ = 2 Example: The geometric mean of the arithmetic mean and the harmonic mean is the geometric mean. In symbols: if A(x,y)#61;#123;x#43;y#92;over 2#125;, H(x,y)#61;#123;2xy#92;overx#43;y#125;, and G(x,y)#61;#92;sqrt#123;xy#125;, then G(A(x,y),H(x,y))#61;#92;sqrt#58;Template#58;x#43;y#92;over 2#125;#92;cdot#123;2xy#92;overx#43;y#61;#92;sqrt#123;xy#125;#61;G(x,y).
Word: median Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.di.ən/, /ˈmi.di.ən/, [ˈmɪi.di.ən], /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jən/ 1. A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm. Labels: archaic Example: Why is not our jugular or throat-veine as much at our command as the mediane [translating mediane]? Example: The Greeks prescribe the median or middle vein to be opened, and so much blood to be taken away as the patient may well spare, and the cut that is made must be wide enough. 2. A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side. 3. A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. 4. The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic. Labels: US Example: Seen from street level, the median was clean most days. From the third floor you peered over the benches and trees and saw the trash crowding the subway ventilation grates and paving stones.
Word: median Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.di.ən/, /ˈmi.di.ən/, [ˈmɪi.di.ən], /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jən/ 1. Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something). Labels: not-comparable 2. In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cellariiform, the orifices nearly confined to the convex frontal and lateral surfaces; the basal surface with a strong median calcareous keel, almost concealed by a flat membranous epitheca, which covers the whole zoarium […] 3. Having the median as its value. Labels: not-comparable
Word: key off Part of Speech: verb 1. To take something as a controlling input datum. Example: This logic keys off the user's social security number. 2. To turn off something (e.g. a car) using a key. Example: She keyed off the ignition and went into the house.
Word: hot cross bun Part of Speech: noun 1. A bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross marked on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Christian countries. Example: The Australian has deemed proper to insert in its colums, however exquisite and multiplied the pun may be thought. We allude to that very conspicuous satire upon that new but most indefatigable Magistrate, Captain George Bunn. "Hot cross Buns" — "Hot cross Buns" — We do not see the wit Sir?
Word: Good Friday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From good (“holy”); compare good tide to refer to Christmas or Shrovetide (e.g. Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects), Good Wednesday, and the Good Book to refer to the Bible. Earlier called Old English Langa-Friġedæġ (“Long Friday”). Pronunciation: /ɡʊd fɹaɪːdɛɪ/ 1. The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: Holy Week < Eastertime Example: But Good Friday soon restored to lord Nelville all those religious emotions, the want of which he so much regretted on the preceding days.
Word: crucify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucefier, from Late Latin crucificō, from Latin crucifigō. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/ 1. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. Labels: transitive 2. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. Labels: excessive, transitive Example: After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media. Example: Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. 3. To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. Labels: excessive, informal, transitive Example: West Ham beat Manchester City five nil–they crucified them!
Word: crucifixion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crucifixioun, from Late Latin noun of process crucifīxiō, from perfect passive participle crucifīxus (“fixed to a cross”), from crux (“cross”) + fīgō. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹuːsɪˈfɪkʃən/ 1. An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rome used crucifixions as a deterrent, and standard for the 'vilest' crimes, such as slave rebellion. Example: Centurion: Stabbed? Takes a second. Crucifixion lasts hours! It's a slow, horrible death! / Matthias: Well, at least it gets you out in the open air. 2. An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable 3. The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position. Labels: colloquial, countable, historical, uncountable 4. An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The suspects' hostile interrogation amounted to a public crucifixion.
Word: crucifix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crucifix, from Old French crocefis (French crucifix), from Latin crucifixus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuː.sɪˌfɪks/ 1. A wooden structure used for crucifixions, as by the Romans. Example: Also the candles flickering in the blood-red sconces are black and the body on the crucifix is that of a full-breasted woman. 2. An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church. Example: Plain crosses are preferred by Protestants, but crucifixes by Catholics. 3. The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
Word: pence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peniesder. English pence 14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny. Pronunciation: /pɛns/, /pəns/ 1. plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mimeme, equivalent to mime + -eme. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Shortened (after gene) from mimeme (compare English phoneme), anglicized as if from a noun derived from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) with the deverbal suffix -μα (-ma), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitation, copy”). The concept was later applied to the Internet by Mike Godwin. Pronunciation: /miːm/ 1. Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. Example: Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches. Example: For most of the population, the media system is, I think, a different one. It's not just the case that it tries to entertain them. It tries to entertain them through memes, which will intensify attitudes that support the interests of elites. 2. Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. Labels: Internet Example: He posted a meme that went viral within a few hours on social media. Example: He stuck memes on the wall to campaign for the position of President. 3. A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text. Labels: Internet Example: This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image. Example: I'm always posting memes on the groupchat. 4. Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that. Example: I can't believe I fell for the bulking meme. 5. Something not to be taken seriously; a joke. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that. Example: Jogging is a meme. 6. A work produced and shared in response to a prompt or suggestion within an online group. Labels: Internet Example: kink meme Example: anon meme
Word: meme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of mimeme, equivalent to mime + -eme. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Shortened (after gene) from mimeme (compare English phoneme), anglicized as if from a noun derived from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) with the deverbal suffix -μα (-ma), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitation, copy”). The concept was later applied to the Internet by Mike Godwin. Pronunciation: /miːm/ 1. To create and use humorous memes. Labels: Internet, intransitive Example: Yesterday afternoon four kids went to the hospital for injuries resulting from memeing in front of a local cafe. Faith Hilling, Taylor Swifting. These are things that will get you killed! Example: One axiom commonly seen on /pol/ is "The Left Can't Meme"; in other words, left-wing meme jokes aren't funny. 2. To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: Scott Greer, a deputy editor of the Daily Caller, tweeted, “Cernovich memed #SickHillary into reality. Never doubt the power of memes.” Example: David Moyes succeeding Slaven Bilić as West Ham United manager is being memed into existence by the internet, Football Burp understands. 3. To joke around. Labels: Internet, broadly, intransitive Example: actually, it wasn't my mental functioning. i'm just meming. Example: “[P]ewdiepie is, once again, doing exactly what neo-nazis want,” Kotaku reporter Nathan Grayson commented on Twitter in response to the incident. “[W]hether he’s just meming or he ascribes to these values, it doesn’t matter. [W]hat matters is that he normalizes these ideas as jokes on THE platform where kids increasingly get their first exposure to the world at large.”
Word: meme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mémé (“granny”). 1. granny; nana Labels: informal Example: When my parents got a divorce my dad washed his hands of my mom and me. He just pretended neither she nor I existed. If it weren't for my Meme, I would have lost all contact with the Atwood family after the divorce. Example: Then there was my Meme, my father's mother. She was one of the most wonderful, loving, craziest, funniest people I ever had in my life.
Word: shilling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der. Proto-Germanic *skiljaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *skillingaz Old English sċilling Middle English schilling English shilling From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. Compare typologically Russian рубль (rublʹ) (akin to руби́ть (rubítʹ)), полти́на (poltína), полти́нник (poltínnik) (akin to Proto-Slavic *tęti). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ 1. A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling. Labels: historical Example: A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair. 2. The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. 3. A currency in the United States, differing in value between states. Labels: US, historical 4. The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar. Labels: US, historical 5. Alternative form of schilling, a coin formerly used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: The smaller silver coins of Europe, such as the solidus or German shilling, the mark, and others never found their way east in any quantity on account of their small size and value. 6. Alternative form of skilling, a coin formerly used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: And without that profit an employee with my salary can make only a poor living and not be able to save one Danish shilling.
Word: shilling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing"). Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium. Labels: intransitive Example: The cork bobbed gently in the calm water. Example: The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water. 2. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water. Labels: transitive Example: I bobbed my head underwater and saw the goldfish. Example: bob one’s head 3. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water. Labels: transitive, with-on Example: She bobbed on his knob. 4. To curtsy. 5. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. Example: And if any man hapned, by longe sittynge, to slepe, or, by any other countenance, to shewe him selfe to be weary, he was sodaynly bobbed on the face by the seruantes of Nero, […] Example: Lo, lo, lo, lo, what modicums of wit he vtters, his euaſions haue eares thus long, I haue bobd his braine more then he has beate my bones. 6. Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”). Labels: intransitive Example: After they had had supper Frank said, Do you remember those men whom we saw near Norwich, who sat in small boats all the night long, and with a line in each hand, bobbed for eels?
Word: bob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing"). Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement. Example: a bob of the head 2. A curtsy. 3. A bobber (buoyant fishing device). Example: Or yellow bobs turn’d up before the plough / Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enough. 4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Word: bob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bobbe (“a cluster (of fruit); a twig with its leaves, a spray”), perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Irish baban "tassel, cluster," Gaelic babag). Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. A bob haircut. Example: Whether your hair covers your head in short curls, a pert pixie cut, smooth braids, or a long bob, do yourself a good turn by finding the styles which are most becoming to you. 2. Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it. Example: Ecod! I have got them. Here they are. My cousin Con's necklaces, bobs and all. 3. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line. 4. The docked tail of a horse. 5. The short runner of a sled. 6. A bobsleigh. 7. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc. 8. A working beam in a steam engine. 9. A particular style of ringing changes on bells. 10. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist. 11. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. Labels: obsolete Example: A plain brown bob he wore. 12. The refrain of a song. Labels: obsolete Example: Ay, Ay, and Then to Bed, ſays the Bride. This Girl did but ſpeak the Widows Mind; for let Fleſh and Blood pretend what it will, to Bed, to Bed, will be the Bob of the Song. 13. A short line ending a stanza of a poem. 14. A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt. Labels: obsolete Example: Hee, that a Foole doth very wiſely hit, Doth very fooliſhly, although he ſmart, Seeme ſenſeleſſe of the bob.
Word: bob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bobbe (“a cluster (of fruit); a twig with its leaves, a spray”), perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Irish baban "tassel, cluster," Gaelic babag). Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. To cut (hair) into a bob haircut. Labels: transitive Example: I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it? Example: [Shangai Lily:]There's only one thing I wouldn't have done, Doc. [Harvey:] What, for instance? [Shangai Lily:] I wouldn't have bobbed my hair. 2. To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop. Labels: transitive 3. To bobsleigh.
Word: bob Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. A shilling. Labels: Australia, Kenya, New-Zealand, UK, dated, historical, slang Example: One of the bottlenosed fraternity it was went by the name of James Wought alias Saphiro alias Spark and Spiro, put an ad in the papers saying he'd give a passage to Canada for twenty bob. Example: “’Ere y’are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown]^([sic]) for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.” 2. A 10-cent coin, ten cents. Labels: Australia, dated, slang 3. An unspecified small amount of money. Labels: slang Example: A great many visitors are expected. They will take pictures of each other under the cherry blossoms and—the Chamber of Commerce hopes—spend a few bobs for hot logs, gasoline, eastern finery and souvenirs of the nation’s capital. Example: It was a Molotov cocktail to dispose of my mortal remains. “Cor, what a beauty.” “Hello, somebody’s thrown a match into a box of fireworks; easy to do.” “A few bobs’ worth of whizzers gone up there, Mabel.”
Word: bob Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. Clipping of shishkabob. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: bob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of blitter object. Pronunciation: /bɒb/, /bɑb/ 1. A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers. Example: The bob list determines the drawing priority […] Example: IMHO, youd ^([sic]) be better doing other things with the CPU and letting the blitter draw bobs, esp on a machine with fast ram.
Word: decimalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decimal English -ise English decimalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English decimalisation From decimalise + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛsɪməlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. Conversion to a decimal system. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In these days of decimalization and metrication it is a pity that SI units were not used as this will date a very useful little book prematurely. 2. Specifically, conversion of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: decimalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decimal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English decimalization From decimal + -ization. 1. Alternative spelling of decimalisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: new pence Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of new penny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæɡ/, [ˈkʰɹʷæɡ], /ˈkɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock. Labels: Northern-England, countable, uncountable Example: "Have, then, thy wish!"—he whistled shrill, / And he was answered from the hill; / Wild as the scream of the curlieu, / From crag to crag the signal flew. Example: Break, break, break, / At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! / But the tender grace of a day that is dead / Will never come back to me. 2. A rough, broken fragment of rock. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee. Labels: uncountable
Word: crag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of craw. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæɡ/, [ˈkʰɹʷæɡ], /ˈkɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. The neck or throat. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: new penny Part of Speech: noun 1. Following decimalisation, the name given to the coin worth one hundredth of a pound; now known simply as the penny. Symbol: p Labels: Ireland, UK, dated
Word: bob haircut Part of Speech: noun 1. A women's haircut in which both the bangs and back are cut in a straight line, with the back generally off the neck.
Word: sai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 釵 (sai). Pronunciation: /saɪ/ 1. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
Word: sai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”). 1. A sajou; a capuchin (monkey).