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Word: calm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”). Pronunciation: /kɑm/, /kɑlm/, /kɔm/, /kɔlm/, /kæm/ 1. The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Calm on the seas, and silver sleep, ⁠And waves that sway themselves in rest, ⁠And dead calm in that noble breast Which heaves but with the heaving deep. 2. The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The absence of wind; a period of time without wind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Example: It was a calm ; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod.
Word: calm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”). Pronunciation: /kɑm/, /kɑlm/, /kɔm/, /kɔlm/, /kæm/ 1. To make calm. Labels: transitive Example: to calm a crying baby Example: to calm the passions 2. To become calm. Labels: intransitive
Word: ego Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich. Pronunciation: /ˈiɡo/, /ˈiːɡəʊ/, /ˈɛɡəʊ/, /ˈiɡoʊ/ 1. The self, especially with a sense of self-importance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self. 2. The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle. Example: ‘Everything begins with “I”, you mean. Which is ego,’ said Tom, placing an ankle behind his ear, ‘not id.’ 3. A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Too many gay people "come out" publicly, yet fail to achieve truly healthy egos. They "adjust" to being less than whole or integrated persons. Example: My columns in the early days of the Labour government often featured John Prescott, who was in charge of transport as part of a mega-department created to match his ego. 4. The individual from whose point of view a family tree or pedigree chart is drawn, or the reference point from whom kinship terminology is relative. (Used without the definite article the.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the cousin of ego on the father's side
Word: ego Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich. Pronunciation: /ˈiɡo/, /ˈiːɡəʊ/, /ˈɛɡəʊ/, /ˈiɡoʊ/ 1. To damage someone's ego. Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: agonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡəˌnɪst/, /ˈeɪ̯ɡəˌnɪst/ 1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist. 2. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes. Example: When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist. 3. A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction. Example: Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.
Word: campfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camp + fire. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/, [ˈkʰɛə̯mpˌfaɪ̯ɚ] 1. A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing. Example: Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true. The “Blue-Light Elder” knows ’em well; says he, “That’s Banks — he’s fond of shell; Lord save his soul! We’ll give him” — well, that’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” Silence! Ground arms! Kneel all! Caps off! Old Blue Light’s going to pray. Strangle the fool that dares to scoff: Attention! 'Tis his way. Appealing from his native sod in forma pauperis to God: “Lay bare thine arm, stretch forth thy rod! Amen!” That’s “Stonewall’s Way.” He’s in the saddle now. Fall in! Steady, the whole brigade! Hill’s at the ford, cut off — we’ll win his way out, ball and blade! What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? “Quick step! We’re with him before the morn!” That’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” The sun’s bright lances rout the mists of morning, and by George! Here’s Longstreet struggling in the lists, hemmed in an ugly gorge. Pope and his Yankees, whipped before, “Bay’nets and grape!” hear Stonewall roar; “Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby’s score!” in “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” Ah! Maiden, wait and watch and yearn for news of Stonewall’s band! Ah! Widow read with eyes that burn that ring upon thy hand. Ah! Wife, sew on, pray on, hope on! Thy life shall not be all forlorn. The foe had better ne’er been born that gets in “Stonewall’s Way.” Example: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
Word: cease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede. Pronunciation: /sis/, /siːs/ 1. To stop. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: And with that, his twitching ceased. Example: After a short while, it ceased to rain. 2. To stop doing (something). Labels: formal, transitive Example: And with that, he ceased twitching. 3. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The poor shall never cease out of the land. Example: [...] wherefore ceaſe we then? / Say they who counſel Warr, we are decreed, / Reſerv'd and deſtin'd to Eternal woe;
Word: cease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede. Pronunciation: /sis/, /siːs/ 1. Cessation; extinction (see without cease). Labels: obsolete Example: the cease of majesty
Word: dell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale. Pronunciation: /dɛl/ 1. A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow. Example: To this day they dwell In a lonely dell. Example: In dells and dales, conceal'd from human sight.
Word: dell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin obscure. Originally thieves' cant. Possibly from dell (valley). Compare Dutch del (“trollop, floozie”). Pronunciation: /dɛl/ 1. A young woman; a wench. Labels: obsolete Example: Sweet doxies and dells Example: A Dell is a yonge wenche, able for generation, and not yet knowen or broken by the vpright man.
Word: efficacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French efficacieux (whence -acious), from Latin efficāx (“efficacious”) + -ous, from efficere (“to effect, to accomplish”); see effect. Pronunciation: /ˌɛf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɛf.əˈkeɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌef.əˈkæɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Effective; possessing efficacy. Labels: formal Example: This medicine is efficacious. Example: For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.
Word: public library Part of Speech: noun 1. A library provided essentially as a public service rather than as a commercial venture.
Word: mummy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.i/, /ˈməm.mi/ 1. An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes. Labels: countable Example: 1832, Royal Society (Great Britain), Abstracts of The Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From 1800 to 1830 inclusive, Volume 1: 1800-1814, page 201, […] Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfect mummy of an Ibis, which forms the chief subject of the present paper. Example: Leo was the first to discover what these burdens were. `Great heaven!' he said, `they are corpses on fire!' I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire. 2. A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. Labels: broadly, countable Example: For many, mummies fascinate more than repel. Our horrific connotations lie not so much with the mummy itself, but in associated fears. The mummy serves, of course, as a general reminder of our own mortality and our fear of death, but this alone is not enough to make it a monster. 3. Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body. Labels: broadly, countable Example: 'Mummy,' that is pounded ancient Egyptian, is, I believe, a pigment much used by artists, and especially by those of them who direct their talents to the reproduction of the works of the old masters. 4. Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body. (countable, uncountable, now rare) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc. Labels: archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable 5. A pulp. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Imagine twenty thouſand of them breaking into the midſt of an European Army, confounding the Ranks, overturning the Carriages, battering the Warriors Faces into Mummy, by terrible Yerks from their hinder Hoofs. Example: Going up to him, therefore, he laid hold on his lance, and breaking it, began to thresh him so severely, that, in spite of the resistance of his armour, he was almost beaten into mummy […]. 6. A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Yet another scatological medicament was obtained from mummy, the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt). Example: Nonetheless, his book advertises many Paracelsian remedies, including laudanum, mummy, antimony and mercury. 7. A sort of wax used in grafting. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: mummy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.i/, /ˈməm.mi/ 1. To mummify. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: mummy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mum + -y (diminutive suffix), related to mom and mommy, from mother. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.i/, /ˈməm.mi/ 1. mother. Labels: India, New-England, UK, childish, usually Example: “Oh, mummy, would you like the loveliest daughter-in-law in the world? Oh, mummy, I must marry Flora Dewsley. But I know I am not nearly good enough, mummy. She knows nothing of the world and its wickedness, and I — Well, mummy, at school, a fellow learns everything. And no man is perfect, is he, mummy?[…]” Example: Meeting mummy after this visit was not exactly easy.
Word: elixir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin elixir (“philosopher's stone”), from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr, “philosopher's stone”), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “powder for drying wounds”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪksə(ɹ)/, /ə-/, /-ɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A liquid which converts lead to gold. Example: For Chinese alchemists, gold held the key to the Elixir, the Eastern equivalent of the Philosopher's Stone. 2. A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life. 3. The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea. Labels: broadly Example: The silver-bullet cancer cures of yesterday’s newsmagazine covers, like interferon and angiogenesis inhibitors, disappointed the breathless expectations, as have elixirs such as antioxidants, Vioxx, and hormone replacement therapy. 4. A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste. Example: The subcommittee's report to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry shows that the action of somnos is practically identical with that of a 5 per cent elixir of hydrated chloral.
Word: amulet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/ 1. A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits. Example: The soldier wore an amulet for protection. Example: An ancient amulet was discovered in the ruins.
Word: spawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”). Pronunciation: /spɔːn/, /spɔn/, /spɑn/ 1. To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. Labels: transitive Example: A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year. 2. To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers. Labels: transitive 3. To bring forth in general. Labels: transitive Example: The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request. Example: Weather Underground, a covert organization that spawned countless other would-be revolutionary cadres - the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), the Black Liberation Army, the May 19 Communist Organization each of which 4. To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn. Labels: transitive 5. To plant with fungal spawn. Labels: transitive 6. To deposit (numerous) eggs in water. Labels: intransitive Example: Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn. 7. To reproduce, especially in large numbers. Labels: intransitive 8. To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time. Labels: ergative Example: We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning. 9. To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, unexpectedly and seemingly out of nowhere. Labels: Internet, ergative, figuratively Example: Where did he come from? Bro just spawned in. Example: Mavs fans really be spawning out of nowhere. 10. Of a person or non-egglaying animal: to be born. Labels: Internet, figuratively, humorous, intransitive Example: That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life. Example: I spawned in Turkey. I wasn't given an option on difficulty. It was automatically set on the hardest.
Word: spawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above). Pronunciation: /spɔːn/, /spɔn/, /spɑn/ 1. The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any germ or seed, even a figurative source. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This dreadful idea is the spawn of a large business conglomerate. 4. Any germ or seed, even a figurative source. Labels: countable, derogatory, often, uncountable Example: Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man. 5. The buds or branches produced from underground stems. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Synonym of spawn point. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vampire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of dhampir and oupire. Pronunciation: /ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈvɛ̃ə̯̃m.paɪɚ] 1. A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. Example: Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology. Example: [I]n the Village of Medreyga in Hungary, certain dead Bodies (call'd there Vampyres) had kill'd several Persons by sucking out all their Blood: That Arnold Paul, an Heyduke, having kill'd four Persons after he was dead, his Body was taken up 40 Days after, which bled at the Nose, Mouth and Ears: That, according to Custom, they drove a Stake thro' his Heart, at which he gave horrid Groan, and lost a great deal of Blood. And that all such as have been tormented or kill'd by Vampyres, become Vampyres when they are dead. 2. A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on. Labels: colloquial, humorous, usually Example: Near-synonyms: heliophobe, goth Example: Somehow I doubt that Kelly will want to go surfing with us — she's such a vampire that she might recoil from the sun, lol! 3. A person with the medical condition porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth. Labels: colloquial, offensive 4. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) 5. A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: emotional vampire Example: You have to be careful what you tell her, because she's such a vampire for drama. 6. A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men. Labels: dated Example: "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated. 7. A medical technician who works with patients' blood; especially, a phlebotomist. Labels: US, slang Example: Only one technician in the hospital lab, in all we have encountered, uses it. […] Eric makes no complaints other than those directed at the vampires. Brenda and I do. Example: "I draw blood from patients, and then I take it back to the lab and analyze it. Sometimes, the vampires do all the sticks, that is to say the lab assistants do all the blood collections." He grinned. "We have our own language at the lab." 8. Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one. Labels: US, slang Example: Vampire. Vampire. Vampire. Battle stations.
Word: vampire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of dhampir and oupire. Pronunciation: /ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈvɛ̃ə̯̃m.paɪɚ] 1. To drain of energy or resources. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: pariah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”) or from Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), from പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ, “drummer”), from പറ (paṟa, “drum”). Parai in Tamil or Para in Malayalam refers to a type of large drum designed to announce the king’s notices to the public. The people who made a living using the parai were called paraiyar; in the caste-based society, they were in the lower strata, hence the derisive paraiah and pariah. Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit पर (para, “distant; outsider”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹaɪə/ 1. Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society. Example: What is this smoking that it should be considered a crime? I believe in my heart that women are jealous of it, as of a rival. They speak of it as of some secret, awful vice that seizes upon a man, and makes him a Pariah from genteel society. Example: I’m a pariah, outlawed from Time Lord society. 2. A similarly despised group of people or species of animal. Labels: figuratively Example: As ecological conditions became unfavorable for pig raising, there was no alternative function which could redeem its existence. The creature became not only useless, but worse than useless—harmful, a curse to touch or merely to see—a pariah animal. Example: This scenario could lead to war crimes the scale of which has not been seen in Europe since the Nazis — crimes that would make Vladimir Putin, his cronies and Russia as a country all global pariahs. 3. Ellipsis of pariah dog (“an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: ellen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, power, courage”). Cognate with Middle High German ellen (“strength, manhood”), Middle Low German ellen (“strength, power, courage, vigor, bravery”), Icelandic elja (“endurance, energy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ən/ 1. Zeal. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Strength; courage. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 3. Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace. Labels: uncountable
Word: williwaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. 1. A strong gust of cold wind. Example: The breeze in this case was the infamous north-Chicago williwaw that sometimes blows outward and bleacherward at Wrigley Field.
Word: Claudia Part of Speech: name Etymology: In use from the 16th century. Borrowed from Latin Claudia. Pronunciation: /ˈklɔː.di.ə/, /ˈklaʊ.di.ə/ 1. A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Claudius. Example: Make ſpede to come befoꝛe winter. Eubolus gretith the / and Pudes / and Linus / and Claudia / and all the bꝛethꝛen. Example: Claudia is really Mummy, but she does not like being Mummy so you have to say Claudia. […] Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang – whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
Word: woofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woof + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊfɚ/ 1. A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound. 2. A dog. Labels: Internet
Word: woofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From WWOOF. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊfɚ/ 1. Synonym of wwoofer. Example: On the Big Island, for example, many samll. farming operations depend on unpaid labor such as 'woofers', to fulfill their labour needs cheaply. Woofers are those who labour on organic farms within the World Organization of Organic Farms (WOOF) Network.
Word: delete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious. Doublet of delible and deleble. Pronunciation: /dɪˈliːt/, /diˈliːt/, /dəˈliːt/ 1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. Labels: transitive Example: Early on in the model year [1968] Pontiac experienced some production problems [in producing polyurethane bumpers] regarding fit, matching paint color, and bonding the material to the base metal. As a result, 2,108 1968 GTOs left the factory with chrome bumpers borrowed from the LeMans. These cars had a special option on their order sheets called "Endura bumper delete." Everyone wanted the Endura bumpers and no one ordered that option of his or her own free will. As soon as Pontiac worked out the production problems the chrome bumpers disappeared for good and "Endura bumper delete" disappeared from the option list. 2. To defeat or dominate. Labels: Internet, slang Example: Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me. 3. To kill or murder. Labels: slang, transitive Example: "Go find this guy, Alex," Conch had said. "And delete him." Example: "[…]The less we discover about him, the more we are convinced he needs to be deleted..." […] "Yes. In other words I kill a terrorist, right?"
Word: delete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. The computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious. Doublet of delible and deleble. Pronunciation: /dɪˈliːt/, /diˈliːt/, /dəˈliːt/ 1. A deletion. Example: Cascading updates and cascading deletes are useful features of the SQL Server database engine. 2. A remainder of a music or video release. Example: One CRIA official pegs the total record sales of deletes and imports as high as 30 percent for 1976 Example: The industry also continues to discuss how the new GATT will serve to prevent a flood of deletes into the market 3. Alternative letter-case form of Delete. Labels: alt-of, uncountable 4. The delete character (U+007F or %7F).
Word: dime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime. Pronunciation: /daɪm/ 1. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents. Labels: Canada, US Example: The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down. 2. A small amount of money. Labels: Canada, US Example: She didn't spend a dime. 3. An assist. Labels: Philippines, US 4. A playing card with the rank of ten. Labels: slang 5. Ten dollars. Labels: slang 6. A thousand dollars. Labels: slang Example: At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000. 7. A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags. Labels: slang 8. A ten-year prison sentence. Labels: slang Example: These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison. 9. Payment responsibility. Labels: slang Example: Are you traveling on the company's dime? 10. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale). Labels: US, slang Example: Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes. Example: Wait in line for drinks, it’s another time out / Made out on the floor with a couple dimes 11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback. 12. A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch. Labels: Canadian
Word: dime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s. Pronunciation: /daɪm/ 1. To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously. Labels: US, slang Example: Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana. 2. To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level). Labels: US, slang Example: I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.
Word: Jersey girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman, usually from New Jersey, characterized as loud and wearing bright clothing, excessive make-up, big hair and oversized gaudy earrings. Labels: derogatory
Word: origami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmi/, /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɑːmɪj/, /ˌoɹəˈɡɑmi/, [ˌoɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi], /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɐːmi/ 1. The Japanese art of paper folding. Labels: uncountable Example: JongRak was a 10-year-old boy whose hands, eyes, and questions were all about origami: “Teacher, do you know how to fold a jumping frog?” With his deft little hands, he would teach me and the class how to fold a sunflower and a cicada. At some point, every kid’s little hands and pockets were filled with tiny origami models. 2. A piece of art made by folding paper. Labels: countable Example: The production notes are folded like the funny origamis that I made in grammar school (only I used to write boy's names inside each section). 3. The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products. Labels: uncountable 4. The materials science that studies origami applications in various material. Labels: uncountable 5. The mathematics field that studies folding two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional structures, using folds and creases akin to those in the art of origami. Labels: uncountable
Word: origami Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmi/, /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɑːmɪj/, /ˌoɹəˈɡɑmi/, [ˌoɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi], /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɐːmi/ 1. To construct by means of decorative paper folding. Labels: transitive Example: He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.
Word: immiserate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from immiseration. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɪzəɹeɪt/ 1. To impoverish (someone); to make someone sink into misery. Labels: transitive Example: By far the most powerful dynamic conception of capitalism as a system wracked by unavoidable change is the classic Marxian view in which a working class is first immiserated, then disciplined, finally goaded beyond endurance by a system that systematically exploits and deceives it. Example: The fun, pleasurable aspect of playbor troubles scholars because it seems to suggest that playborers are not exploited; exploitation is supposed to be immiserating, not fun.
Word: beanie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-? Proto-Germanic *babnōder.? Proto-Germanic *baunō Proto-West Germanic *baunu Old English bēan Middle English bene English bean Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English beanie From bean (“the head”) + -ie (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.ni/ 1. A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool. Labels: uncommon Example: Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie. Example: The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the hole appear, still felt the tiny slug passing through, still felt the quivering impact and the explosive exit. She felt the next three as well, and then she was standing over a cowering woman in a black leather jacket and beanie with a look of complete and total bafflement on her face. 2. A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. Labels: uncommon 3. A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing. Labels: informal, uncommon
Word: zed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew ז (zayin) with influence from βῆτα (bêta), ἦτα (êta) and θῆτα (thêta). The letter had a rare usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German, Italian, and Finnish pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta. Cognate to Spanish zeta, German Zett, French zède, Italian zeta, and perhaps Portuguese zê. Pronunciation: /zɛd/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland Example: Zzz...With all those ʻzedsʼ I'll be sending you to sleep. 2. Something Z-shaped. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, in-compounds Example: zed-bar 3. Sleep. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, colloquial, plural-normally Example: I'm going to go get some zeds. 4. A zombie. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, slang Example: A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.
Word: zed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew ז (zayin) with influence from βῆτα (bêta), ἦτα (êta) and θῆτα (thêta). The letter had a rare usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German, Italian, and Finnish pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta. Cognate to Spanish zeta, German Zett, French zède, Italian zeta, and perhaps Portuguese zê. Pronunciation: /zɛd/ 1. To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.) Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, intransitive Example: Zedding hogs. Sleep sippers and spitters. Look at 'em cooking in their own snoring heat. One nose after another. Example: I guess I must have zedded, for I find a police officer, the same one that nicked me, shaking me. 2. To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive, rare Example: We were zedding hell-bells up the hill towards Cervione, with a bank of road metal and a precipice on our left... Example: Licking his lips, his hand zedded on my thigh and he commented, penetratingly, that it wasn't pussy, but that driving the unmade road wasn't at all bad.
Word: virama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “stop”). 1. A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel. Example: a Devanagari example: क (ka) + ् = क् (k) 2. A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
Word: candrabindu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu, literally “moon dot”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː/, /t͡ʃɔndɹəbɪnduː/ 1. A diacritic used in Indic scripts like Devanagari (ँ), Bengali (ঁ), Gurmukhi ( ਁ), Gujarati (ઁ), Odia (ଁ), and Telugu (ఁ) scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka") Example: Devanagari: कँ Example: Bengali: কঁ
Word: solitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English solitude, from Old French solitude, from Latin sōlitūdō. By surface analysis, sole + -itude. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/, /ˈsɔlɪˌt͡ʃʉwd/, /ˈsɔlɪˌtjʉwd/, /ˈsɑlɪˌtud/ 1. Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires. Example: Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible. 2. A lonely or deserted place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease! He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace. Example: [S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.
Word: NOFORN Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of not for release to foreign nationals: used as a page header and footer in classified U.S. federal government documents, especially those from the Pentagon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Higgs Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s. Pronunciation: /hɪɡz/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Higgs Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s. Pronunciation: /hɪɡz/ 1. pertaining to the Higgs mechanism/Higgs force Labels: not-comparable
Word: Higgs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s. Pronunciation: /hɪɡz/ 1. Ellipsis of Higgs boson, named for Peter Higgs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The Higgs is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass.
Word: Higgs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s. Pronunciation: /hɪɡz/ 1. to make subject to the Higgs mechanism Example: When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to #92;mathbbZ#95;n.
Word: Uniform Resource Locator Part of Speech: noun 1. A universal address for resources on the internet, which is most commonly used for websites. Labels: Internet
Word: web Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), North Frisian wääb (“web”), Saterland Frisian Wäb (“web”), West Frisian and Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”); also Cornish goghi (“wasps”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”), ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) (whence Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”)), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”), Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”). Pronunciation: /wɛb/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web. Labels: alt-of Example: Let me search the web for that. Example: No, the web probably isn't addictive in the sense that nicotine or heroin are; no, Facebook and Twitter aren't guilty of "killing conversation" or corroding real-life friendship or making children autistic.
Word: web Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), North Frisian wääb (“web”), Saterland Frisian Wäb (“web”), West Frisian and Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”); also Cornish goghi (“wasps”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”), ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) (whence Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”)), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”), Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”). Pronunciation: /wɛb/ 1. To construct or form a web. Labels: intransitive 2. To cover with a web or network. Labels: transitive Example: The canker worm has no shelter upon the tree, but lies out upon the leaf or branch ; this forms itself a house by webbing the corner of a leaf, into which it retreats on the first appearance of danger[…] Example: In the meantime continents were being ribbed with railways, the atmosphere was being webbed with telegraph wires connecting every important commercial centre[…] 3. To ensnare or entangle. Labels: transitive 4. To provide with a web. Labels: transitive 5. To weave. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Item that the Wever whiche shall have the wevyng of eny wollen yerne to be webbed into cloth shall weve werk[…]
Word: format Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“to shape, fashion”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/, /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ 1. The layout of a publication or document. Example: The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work. 2. The form of presentation of something. Labels: broadly 3. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc. Example: The radio station changed the format of its evening program. 4. A file type.
Word: format Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“to shape, fashion”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/, /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ 1. To create or edit the layout of a document. 2. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page. 3. To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process. Example: I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.
Word: formatting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.mæt.iŋ/, /ˈfɔɹ.mæt.iŋ/, [ˈfɔɹ.mæɾ.iŋ], /ˈfoː.mæt.iŋ/ 1. The visual style of a document, including fonts, borders, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The code in a markup language which determines a document's format. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: formatting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.mæt.iŋ/, /ˈfɔɹ.mæt.iŋ/, [ˈfɔɹ.mæɾ.iŋ], /ˈfoː.mæt.iŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of format Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sōlus. 1. alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction) Labels: not-comparable Example: Enter Hector solus. 2. Appearing on its own page. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: 2024, Basant Rathore, Strategic Media Planning and Buying However, within this also, there are options available. Will a Front Page Solus ad work better than a strip ad below the mast head? Will a Top of Column ad work better than […]
Word: fund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnd/ 1. A sum or source of money. Example: the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc. Example: a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students 2. An organization managing such money. 3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund. Example: Several major funds were declared insolvent recently. 4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon. Example: He drew on his immense fund of knowledge. Example: an inexhaustible fund of stories
Word: fund Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnd/ 1. To pay or provide money for. Labels: transitive Example: He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction. 2. To place (money) in a fund. Labels: transitive 3. To form a debt into a stock charged with interest. Labels: transitive
Word: funder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fund Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English funder From fund + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndɚ/ 1. One who funds. Example: I think funding sources do have an impact on the political direction of any organization. An organization that is not politically palatable to the funder is going to lose the funder. That has had an impact on the direction of the gay liberation event. Example: Network Rail's funder in Scotland, Transport Scotland, published a plan in 2020 saying that by 2035 the rail routes to Aberdeen (and to Inverness, Tweedbank and Carlisle via Kilmarnock) would be electrified.