nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: civilly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English cyvyly, equivalent to civil + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪv.əl.i/ 1. In a civil manner; politely. Example: ‘I beg your pardon, Dr. Lanyon,’ he replied civilly enough. ‘What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness.[…]’ Example: Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law. 2. In a manner befitting a citizen. Labels: obsolete Example: WHERE before this Time the ancient Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate and Market-Towns within this Realm of England have been very populous, and chiefly inhabited with Merchants, Artificers and Handicraftſmen, during which Time the Children in the ſaid Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate and Market-Towns, were civilly brought up and inſtructed, and alſo the ſaid Cities, Boroughs and Towns Corporate, kept in good Order and Obeiſance, and the Inhabiters of the ſame well ſet on work, and kept from Idleneſs; […] Example: The people inhabit ſcatteringly here and there, in Dennes or Caverns (rather than Houſes) of Boughes and Leaves of Palme-trees. And becauſe this manner of living ſo diſperſedly, is the cauſe that theſe people remaine in their former ſavageneſſe of mind, and crueltie of life: and withall, inſomuch as it importeth infinite difficulties, to the preaching of the Goſpel, and Civill Government; the Portugals, and the Fathers of the Societie, uſe their beſt endeavours, to reduce them together, in certaine fit and convenient places; where living civilly, they may with the more facilitie be inſtructed by thoſe Fathers in the Rules of Faith, and governed by the Kings Officers. There may alſo be reduced to this Head, thoſe Cities, which have beene builded by Power, and inhabited by the authoritie of great Princes, or famous Common-wealths: […]
Word: civvies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (Apparel): From a clipping of civilian clothes. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪv.iz/ 1. plural of civvy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of civvie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: civvies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (Apparel): From a clipping of civilian clothes. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪv.iz/ 1. Civilian clothes. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: dubbin Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He brought me a pail and a stool, and held out the round tin of dubbin for me to grease the teats.
Word: dubbin Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply dubbin to
Word: dubiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dubietās. 1. Doubtfulness. Labels: uncountable Example: Graham fell in with the scheme without a murmur of dubiety or dissent. 2. A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty. Labels: countable Example: And yet these grim old walls are not a dilettantism and dubiety; they are an earnest fact. It was a most real and serious purpose they were built for! Example: Sterling's dubieties as to continuing at Bordeaux were quickly decided.
Word: dubiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dubiously From dubious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdub.i.əs.li/ 1. In a dubious manner. Example: They had perpetuated a dubiously holy union of Church and State that had refused for centuries to hear the cry of the poor and the oppressed. Example: But, this information is relegated to a footnote, and no examples of dubiously English words are provided. 2. Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty. Example: She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?”
Word: duckbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duck + bill. 1. The duck-billed platypus. Labels: informal 2. A hadrosaur. Labels: informal 3. A fish of the family Percophidae 4. A fish of the family Percophidae 5. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus). 6. A device used to force padlocks. 7. A check valve with two or more flaps, usually shaped like a duck's beak, commonly used in medical applications to prevent contamination due to backflow. 8. A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges. 9. A modern and more streamlined and tighter fitting version of a flat cap. 10. Synonym of American paddlefish. Labels: US
Word: duckpins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duckpin Labels: form-of, plural 2. A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
Word: duckpin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duck + pin. 1. A short, squat form of tenpin.
Word: ductless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English duct Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ductless From duct + -less. 1. Having no duct. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ductless gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Any gland that secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream; especially the endocrine gland
Word: dueler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duel + -er. 1. a person who fights a duel
Word: duelist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English duel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English duelist From duel + -ist. 1. A person who fights a duel.
Word: dumbbell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb (“silent”) + bell (“a resonating instrument”). The term "dumbbell" originated in 16th-century England to describe silent exercise apparatus used in practicing the motions of ringing church bells noiselessly. To aid them in the practice of their physically demanding vocation, bellringers originally used weighted ropes on fixed pulleys to mimic the motion of ringing a church bell; since such apparatus made no noise while imitating the motion of ringing a swinging bell via a fixed pulley, they were called "dumb bells". Later, the rope-and-pulley weights evolved into simple hand-held weights used by ringers for strengthening the shoulder and back muscles heavily used in tower bellringing, and the term "'dumb bell'" evolved into the compound word "'dumbbell'". Pronunciation: /ˈdʌm.bɛl/ 1. A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end. Example: He was exercising with the dumbbells in gym class today. Example: He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters. 2. A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise Labels: obsolete 3. A stupid person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: That's fool's gold, you dumbbell. Iron pyrite. Nobody would give you a dime for a ton of it.
Word: dumbbell curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumbbell + curve, since the shape loosely resembles a dumbbell. 1. Any of a family of closed curves having two lobes; they satisfy the general equation y² = α²(x⁴ - x⁶).
Word: dumbly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dumb Middle English -ly English -ly English dumbly From dumb + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmli/ 1. In a silent way. Example: On the flat behind the mill, dawn-rising Chinamen shogged with nimble bare feet under their yoke-linked watering-cans. These busy brethren, meeting sometimes on the same narrow track, would pause, ant-like, seemingly to dumbly regard one another and their burdens, then, still ant-like, pass silently to their work. Example: I handed it dumbly to my friend, who had the grace to giggle. 2. In an unsmart way. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: dumbness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”). 1. The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak. Labels: dated, offensive, uncountable, usually Example: He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys. 2. Muteness, silence; abstention from speech. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: There was speech in their dumbness. 3. Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret. 4. The quality of being stupid or foolish. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually
Word: hereon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English hēron, equivalent to here + on. Pronunciation: /hɪəɹˈɒn/, /hɪɹˈɑn/, /hɪɹˈɔn/ 1. On this place. Labels: not-comparable Example: To the right of the brink of the precipice, and far over it, projects a narrow ledge. The test of legitimacy in the Ohonoo monarchs is to stand hereon, arms folded, and javelins darting by. 2. To this place. Labels: not-comparable 3. On this subject or basis. Labels: not-comparable Example: [I] of my own free will and accord, do hereby, here at and hereon, solemnly swear that I will always heel, conceal and never improperly reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of, or belonging to [the Masons]. 4. Hereupon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frou-frou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːfɹuː/ 1. A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: The modern frou-frou of satin and gros-de-Naples skirts is nothing to the rustling of brocaded silks. Example: […]the frou-frou of life was lost to her[…]
Word: frou-frou Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːfɹuː/ 1. Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses. 2. Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. Example: They ate in a frou-frou restaurant at the top of a skyscraper. Example: Kinda like a frou-frou dessert at a chichi restaurant, restaurant. 3. Unimportant, silly, useless. Labels: derogatory Example: Bob was off faffing about doing frou-frou nonsense whilst Edwina kept her nose to the grindstone. Example: Barack Obama, out of touch with the working man as usual, has an aggressive program for carbon emissions reductions and has spoken of the need for such frou-frou measures as increased investment in transit infrastructure, intercity rail, and even bicycling.
Word: frou-frou Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːfɹuː/ 1. To move with the sound of rustling dresses. Labels: intransitive, uncommon Example: “Oh, you funny girl! You look so surprised. Confess, now, there's nothing you can hide from me,” and ruffling my hair as she passed she frou-froued out of the room. Example: […]frou-frouing femininities[…]
Word: inestimable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inestimable, from Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“un-”, “not”) + aestimābilis (“estimable”). Equivalent to in- + estimable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɛs.tɪ.mə.bəl/, /ɪnˈɛstɪməbl/ 1. Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Voyager spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond. Example: He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. 2. Venerable, great. Labels: not-comparable Example: On my arrival hither I found a letter from the inestimable Mr. Wythe, by which he informs me that in consequence of a late act of our general assembly he remains the sole judge of the high court of chancery.
Word: yw Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of you're welcome. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: Living legend Miley Cyrus and songwriter/producer/drummer Maxx Morando have recently ratcheted up their PDA, and if you're new here ("here" being their relationship), don't worry about it. We put together a timeline just for you—yw!
Word: denary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English denarie, from the Latin dēnārius, used elliptically for dēnārius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2 below. Doublet of dinar, denar, and denier. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːnəɹi/, /ˈdɛ-/, /dɪˈneəɹi/, /dɪˈnɛɹi/ 1. An ancient coin, the denarius. Example: An hundreth denaries.
Word: denary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1577; from the Latin dēnārius (“containing ten”), from dēnī (“ten each, ten at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Pronunciation: /ˈdiːnəɹi/ 1. Containing ten parts. Labels: not-comparable 2. Based on the number ten (as ternary is based on number 3) Labels: not-comparable
Word: allotheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English theism English allotheism From allo- + theism. 1. Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land. Labels: uncountable Example: I consider that in the first commandment where atheism and polytheism and allotheism are forbidden directly and principally. Example: But we should not forget that the world was yet too young to have arrived at the rigid and sharply-defined systems of polytheism or allotheism to which we are accustomed.
Word: martyrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From martyr + -ology or from Latin martyrologium. 1. The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly Example: It needs further study for what it suggests of the gender dimension to martyrdom and martyrology. 2. The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly Labels: capitalized, often Example: ... we know that Augustine, a monk in the time of Gregory the Great, took with him into England the martyrology of the Roman Church. 3. The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly 4. The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly Labels: Judaism, capitalized, often
Word: take into account Part of Speech: verb 1. To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in. Labels: idiomatic Example: His plan did not take into account the possibility of rain.
Word: cannabidiol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis)bor. Latin cannabislbor. English cannab(is) Latin -i-bor. English -i- English di- English -ol English cannabidiol From cannab(is) + -i- + di- + -ol. Pronunciation: /kan.əb.ɪˈdʌɪ.ɒl/, /kæn.əb.ɪˈdaɪ.ɔl/, /kəˈnæb.ɪˌdaɪˌɔl/ 1. A nonintoxicating cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Example: We’re aware of the growing public interest in cannabis and cannabis-derived products, including cannabidiol (CBD). This increasing public interest in these products makes it even more important with the passage of this law for the FDA to clarify its regulatory authority over these products.
Word: dyscalculia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- (from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”)) + calculate (from Latin calculare). Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskælˈkjuːli.ə/ 1. A learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some educators think requiring students with dyscalculia to study math in high school is a mistake because the dyscalculic students are unlikely to be capable of learning math.
Word: abstract language Part of Speech: noun 1. Words that represent concepts rather than physical things Labels: uncountable
Word: unweaned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English weaned English unweaned From un- + weaned. 1. Not yet weaned; still being suckled. Labels: especially, not-comparable 2. Naive, wet behind the ears, green, inexperienced. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: pound shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop selling household groceries, toys, etc, that are typically priced at a pound each. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: funalicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fun + -a- + -licious. Pronunciation: /fʌnəˈlɪʃəs/ 1. Excitingly fun or enticing. Labels: slang Example: we went to Lake Merritt for Mary Anne's birthday party, which was funalicious. Mmm, curry buns.
Word: phencyclidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine. Pronunciation: /fɛnˈsaɪ.klɪ.diːn/ 1. A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xenagogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξεναγωγός (xenagōgós), from ξένος (xénos, “foreigner; guest; stranger”, noun) (possibly ultimately Pre-Greek) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “(adjective) guiding, leading; (noun) escort, guide”) (from ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to bring along, lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -ός (-ós, suffix forming agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns)). By surface analysis, xen- (prefix meaning ‘relating to foreigners or strangers’) + -agogue (suffix denoting something leading to another thing). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛnəɡɒɡ/, /ˈzɛnəˌɡɑɡ/ 1. One who guides strangers; a guide or tour guide. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: […] I vvill be their Xenagogus, or guide, and firſt ſhevv them our Country of Kent, the inhabitants vvhereof, [Julius] Cæſar himſelf in his Commentaries, confeſſeth to be of all others the moſt full of humanity and gentleneſſe. Example: They are generally excellent Zenagogues or guides through their Countrie.
Word: xenagogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xenagogue by analogy with pedagogy. 1. A guidebook. Labels: rare
Word: xerarch Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to xerosere. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] xerarch succession progress is observed from xeric to the mesic condition. III. Xerarch succession if started on bare rock, pioneer species is lichens. IV. In hydrarch and xerarch succession, progress is observed from mesarch to xerarch[…] 2. Growing in dry places. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dumdum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dum Dum, a city in India where the type of bullet was developed, from Hindi दम दम (dam dam) (Bengali দমদম (domodom)), from Hindi दमदमा (damadmā, “tenaille, a raised mound or battery”). 1. A soft-nosed or hollow point bullet, or a lead bullet incised on the tip with a cross, which expands on impact to cause a greater than normal wound or impact site. Example: He related to us how the savages make bullets from the heart of a very hard wood cured by a special process. These bullets are only effectual when fired from a short range, and when they lodge in the flesh they explode like dumdum bullets. Example: 'The gunman got away without difficulty. You can imagine how they kicked themselves when they saw the gun. Mathis gave me this bullet to show you what you escaped. The nose has been cut with a dum-dum cross.'
Word: dumdum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reduplication of the adjective dumb, spelled in a "dumb" way (eye dialect). 1. An ignorant person; an idiot. Labels: childish, endearing
Word: dumpiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dumpy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dumpiness From dumpy + -ness. 1. The quality of being dumpy Labels: uncountable
Word: dunderhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dunder + head. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌn.də.hɛd/, /ˈdʌn.dɚ.hɛd/ 1. A stupid person; a dunce. Labels: dated Example: You're the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses! Example: Poor old fellow's a dunderhead. That's where it is in a nutshell. Never could make a living. […] Nice old chap as ever lived. Only impractical, dreamy. Gentle as a sheep—and no more capable of running that big, expensive plant than a motherly old ewe.
Word: dunghill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dung + hill. 1. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes. 2. Any wretchedly mean, dirty or loathsome place, situation or condition. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: He raiſeth vp the poore out of the duſt: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill:
Word: duodena Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duodenum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duodenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From duoden- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌduəˈdinəl/, /ˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: duper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dupe + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈduː.pə(ɹ)/, /ˈdu.pɚ/ 1. a person who dupes another
Word: sandman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + -man. The mythological sense may be from German Sandmann, Sandmännchen, as it is apparently first attested in English in the context of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s novella The Sandman (1816). The German is attested in the relevant sense since at least the mid-18th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsænd.mæn/ 1. A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes. Example: This then was the Sandman; but what was his occupation, and what was his purpose ? The nursery-maid being applied to, gave a nursery-maid's explanation, that the Sandman was a bad man, who flung sand in the eyes of little children who did not go to bed. 2. Used as a symbol of the passage of time toward death. 3. A seller of sand. Labels: obsolete Example: 1811, Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies, Henry Mozley (publ.), page 114. While I was out, a sandman, who sells scouring sand, which women use to clean the baths with, passed through our street, and called, Any sand ho !
Word: duplicator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duplicate + -or. 1. A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier. Example: Schools joining the cooperative were assessed an initial membership fee to purchase a high-speed tape duplicator and about 200 tapes.
Word: durum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Latin dūrum, nominative neuter singular of dūrus (“hard”). Doublet of dour and dure. Pronunciation: /ˈdjuːɹəm/, /ˈdʌ.ɹəm/ 1. Ellipsis of durum wheat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, ellipsis, often, uncountable, usually Example: durum pasta Example: durum bread
Word: duskiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dusky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English duskiness From dusky + -ness. 1. The quality of being dusky. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dustiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dusty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dustiness From dusty + -ness. 1. The quality of being dusty Labels: uncountable
Word: dustless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dust Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English dustless From dust + -less. 1. Free of dust. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now motor roads are dustless, The latest steel is rustless, Our tennis courts are sodless, Our new religions, godless. 2. That does not generate dust. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dustpan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dust + pan. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌstpæn/ 1. A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom. Example: When she got downstairs, she would find the house tidy, but dirty. She could not rest until she had thoroughly cleaned; so she went down to the ash-pit with her dustpan.
Word: duteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English duteous Middle English -ly English -ly English duteously From duteous + -ly. 1. in a duteous manner
Word: dutiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English duty Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dutiable From duty + -able. 1. On which duty must be paid when imported or sold. Labels: not-comparable Example: Flax handkerchiefs composed in chief value of edgings and insertings of cotton lace made on the Lever or Gothrough machine are properly dutiable at the rate of 70 per cent […]
Word: dutiable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English duty Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dutiable From duty + -able. 1. Any dutiable item.
Word: dutifulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dutiful Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dutifulness From dutiful + -ness. 1. The state of being dutiful. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: duty-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English duty Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English duty-free From duty + -free. 1. Exempt from duty, especially from customs duty. Labels: not-comparable Example: CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.”
Word: duty-free Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English duty Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English duty-free From duty + -free. 1. A duty-free article, especially part of the allowance of such goods allowed to be imported. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We brought back so much duty-free we could hardly walk. 2. A shop where duty-free goods can be bought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Have you been to Melbourne airport's duty-free?
Word: Russes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Russ Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weedle Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of wheedle. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: social informatics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of information and communication tools in cultural or institutional contexts.
Word: revue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French revue (literally “review”). Doublet of review, which it replaced in these senses. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈvjuː/, /ɹɪˈvjuː/ 1. A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied. 2. Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.
Word: revues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remailer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From remail + -er. 1. An email service that forwards on the text of emails without identifying information, as a means of providing anonymous email. Labels: Internet
Word: leatherman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leather + man. In the gay subculture sense, since the mid-twentieth century. In the leather dealer sense, since centuries earlier; archaic today. 1. A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual veterans returning from World War II, stressing masculinity in contradiction to androgynous and effeminate gay stereotypes, characterized by a fetish for leather gear and clothing, a sense of hierarchy, and a fraternal, militaristic code of protocol and behavior, often involving BDSM practices. 2. A male leather dealer, leatherworker, or tanner. Labels: archaic
Word: leatherman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the manufacturer, Leatherman Tool Group, named after Timothy Leatherman. 1. A multitool, usually with a plier head as the central implement, that has an array of other implements such as knives, screwdrivers, can openers, files, saws, and so on.
Word: spirituelle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisbor. French spirituellebor. English spirituelle Borrowed from French spirituelle. 1. Showing great grace and delicacy. Labels: dated Example: Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible... Example: Noble in person and in dress and of an unconscious majesty of demeanor, the beauty of the daughter of Marguerite de Valois was far beyond that of the conventional, artful beauties of her day; hers was a spirituelle, eloquent sweetness, […]
Word: spirituelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisbor. French spirituellebor. English spirituelle Borrowed from French spirituelle. 1. An artistic bohemian woman. Labels: dated
Word: spirituelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spirituelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quod erat demonstrandum Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”). 1. which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.
Word: proverbs hunt in pairs Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: proverbs + hunt + in + pairs 1. Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pose English repose English -er English reposer From repose + -er. 1. Someone or something that reposes.
Word: giantess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English geauntesse, geaunesse, from Old French; equivalent to giant + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪəntɛs/ 1. A female giant. Example: He spide far off a mighty Giauntesse / Fast flying, on a Courser dapled gray […] Example: In the corner lay against the wall a stringed instrument not unlike a dulcimer, which, as people believe, the Giantesses used to play on.
Word: giddily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English giddy Middle English -ly English -ly English giddily From giddy + -ly. 1. In a giddy manner. Example: `Little 'un snoozin'!' Jinny remarked, lurching giddily towards her to merrily twirl her fist in the snoozer. Example: When the wind is in the right direction, hang-gliders launch themselves giddily into space from the precipitous bank.
Word: gigantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English gigantic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English gigantically From gigantic + -ally. 1. In a gigantic manner.
Word: girlishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English girlish Middle English -ly English -ly English girlishly From girlish + -ly. 1. In a girlish manner. Example: Ganymede was once a girlishly handsome precocious youth. That one cannot for any considerable number of years go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, and precocious, seems on consideration to be a statement as worthy of credit as the famous syllogistic conclusion, "Socrates was mortal." Example: "What's worse, I suppose I girlishly trilled all this to him, and too often. […]"
Word: antonymy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæntə.nɪm.i/ 1. The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gift-wrap Part of Speech: verb 1. To wrap (something) in decorative wrappings to prepare it for presentation as a gift.
Word: gift-wrap Part of Speech: noun 1. Decorative wrappings for covering a gift. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: giggler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giggle + -er. 1. A person who giggles, or an inanimate object that can emanate laughter. Example: Band concert public square Nebraska city. Flowing and circling dresses, summer-white dresses. Faces, flesh tints flung like sprays of cherry blossoms. And gigglers, God knows, gigglers, rivaling the pony whinnies of the Livery Stable Blues. Example: She was not a giggler, despite her extreme youth, and she smiled the small slow smile that men brought to her face without knowing why.
Word: gilding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gild Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gilding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/ 1. The art of applying gold leaf to a surface. Labels: uncountable 2. Gold leaf. Labels: uncountable 3. A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc. Labels: countable
Word: gilt-edged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having gilded edges. Labels: not-comparable 2. Issued by the Bank of England. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of the highest quality. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then a disastrous back-pass from Christopher Samba presented Drogba with a gilt-edged chance but the Ivorian's shot was saved by Robinson with his legs.
Word: gimbals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gimbal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roial Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of royal. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: gimcrackery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gimcrack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English gimcrackery From gimcrack + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmkɹæk(ə)ɹi/ 1. tastelessness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gimmickry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gimmick + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪmɪkɹi/ 1. Gimmicks collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then, at least, we shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of the entertainment world that beset mankind when he encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry. 2. The use of gimmicks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The fundamental reason educators have become involved in this gimmickry is that they do not seem to understand that unless there is a master plan to cover housing, jobs, and health, every plan for the schools will fall on its face. No piecemeal strategy can work. Example: With colossal chambers filled with elaborately macabre pseudo-scientific devices and ironic pageantry celebrating horror with forced glee, the director takes extravagance for substance and gimmickry for style; the results are show-offy, tasteless, and empty.
Word: gimmicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gimmick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gimmicky From gimmick + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪmɪki/ 1. Resembling, or characteristic of a gimmick. 2. Containing gimmicks. Example: What isn't so gimmicky is the Aggro System, where you draw fire onto yourself by acting aggressive, while your partner sneaks off blindsiding distracted enemies. Aggro depends on how big your current weapon is and how often you act aggressive.
Word: gingery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberi Late Latin gingiberbor. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō Old English gingifer ▲ Old French gingembreinflu. Middle English gingivere Middle English gingere English ginger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gingery From ginger + -y. 1. Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring). Example: gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox Example: The very learned gentleman […] has cooled the natural heat of his gingery complexion in pools and fountains of law […] 2. Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person) Example: The red-haired pilgrim was beside himself with the thought that at least this poor Kurtz had been properly revenged. […] He positively danced, the bloodthirsty little gingery beggar. 3. Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice. Example: a gingery broth / stir-fry Example: Nostalgic, gingery hints of Spanish geranium wafted in her mother’s room […] 4. Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy. Labels: dated Example: The boys have made themselves very popular with the fans here, because a good, gingery gaffe is played all the time, regardless of the score. Example: The recent showing of the locals has been a big disappointment to the fans, the team playing loosely, and the gingery coaching and hustling of Hulswitt has been the only redeeming feature. 5. Ginger, inhibited, cautious. Labels: US, dated Example: I walked slowly, and with an assumed air of careless indifference. I counterfeited the Comanche walk—not that bold free port—the magnificent and inimitable stride, so characteristic of Chippewa and Shawano, of Huron and Iroquois—but the shuffling gingery step of an English jockey; for such in reality is the gait of the Comanche Indian when afoot. Example: They are unanimously shy of Ade in their horn-books for sophomores, and they are gingery in their praise of him in their innumerable review articles.
Word: gingham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪŋ.əm/ 1. A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks. Labels: uncountable Example: And she found that she was not wearing a despised muslin frock! Her dress was gingham!—an adorable plaid with long sleeves, and a patch-pocket low down on the right side! Example: Aunt Elizabeth had produced a terrible gingham apron and an equally terrible gingham sunbonnet from somewhere in the New Moon garret, and made Emily put them on. The apron was a long sack-like garment, high in the neck, with sleeves. 2. A dress made from that material. Labels: countable Example: "We have put on the pale blue silks that we wore at Isabella's wedding; that, however, was Georgiana's thought," continued Helen; "she said it would be impossible to go to church in our pink ginghams." 3. An umbrella. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Example: […] their ginghams stuck under their arms at right angles to their back-bones […]
Word: girlishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English girlish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English girlishness From girlish + -ness. 1. The quality of being girlish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Girlish behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: give-and-take Part of Speech: noun 1. The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions. Labels: uncountable 2. A lively exchange of conversation. Labels: uncountable Example: We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.
Word: give-and-take Part of Speech: adj 1. Transactional; concerning or requiring both concession and apprehension, not given or received without proportional or relative repercussion.
Word: giveback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from give back. 1. A rebate. 2. A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
Word: lock horns Part of Speech: verb 1. To come into conflict. Labels: idiomatic
Word: teshuva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá, literally “return”), from ש־ו־ב (“return”). Pronunciation: /tɛˈʃuːvə/, /tɪ-/, /t͡ʃuːvə/, /tɛʃuːˈvɑː/, /t͡ʃuːˈvɑː/ 1. The Jewish concept of penitence. Labels: Judaism, uncountable Example: The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service. 2. A responsum. Labels: Judaism, uncountable Example: As I maintained in my teshuvah about Kitniyot, just as the original custom of not eating Kitniyot related originally to all the Pilgrim Festivals but the prohibition ended up sticking to Pesaḥ, the same thing happened regarding Shabbat Hagadol.
Word: tefilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew תפילה. Pronunciation: /təˈfɪlə/ 1. Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”). Labels: Judaism, countable, in-plural, often 2. Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer. Labels: Judaism, uncountable Example: Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.
Word: shana tova Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Hebrew שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (shaná tová, “Happy New Year”, literally “good year”). 1. Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Labels: Judaism
Word: one-shot Part of Speech: adj 1. Needing only a single attempt to become effective. Labels: not-comparable Example: A one-shot solution to financial problems 2. Unique; occurring only once. Labels: not-comparable Example: The most effective way to adapt to changing circumstances would be to enter into one-shot deals that would leave the party the freedom to enter into subsequent transactions or not, depending on the then-current circumstances. Example: Given the particular payoffs in Prisoner's Dilemma games, it is always rational to defect on the other player as long as the game is one-shot and not repeated infinitely. Regardless of what the other player does, you get a higher payoff by defecting than cooperating. In one-shot games, there is nothing the other can do to punish you for defecting. 3. Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whether a window is one-shot or not makes little difference from the perspective of the programmer. A one-shot window costs more to make visible but uses less memory when it is not being displayed. Example: Programming experts, on the other hand, might benefit from knowing that blocks are closures, which are one-shot anonymous functions with data attached. 4. Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group. Labels: not-comparable Example: Analysts typically conduct one-shot case studies on unique events of history. Example: The simplest of all pre-experimental group research designs is the one-shot case study, also known as the cross-sectional study. The one-shot case study is appropriate for answering exploratory and descriptive research questions related to what exists at a certain point in time. 5. Pertaining to a single shot. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now the best shooters in the world fired the best rifle in the world, one-shot/one-kill out to one thousand meters. Example: The kills had been one-shot and these enemy, whoever the hell they were, were dead. 6. Pertaining to a single shot. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here it was sucked from tiny one-shot bottles wrapped in coarse paper, taken between drafts of good East German beer. Example: Rodeo struggled up through layers of sleep and saw a jumble of beer cans and one-shot liquor bottles, cold pizza, ripped stockings and underwear and a hash pipe. 7. Pertaining to a single shot. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ask anyone — golf writers, designers, players —and they all agree the coolest thing about the one-shot hole is — you can complete it in one shot. Example: And the real true measure of that was when I got to eighteen, and I had a one-shot lead at the time, and I hit a perfect tee shot—this is the last day, the fondest day, Sunday.