nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: adulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/ 1. To flatter effusively. Labels: transitive
Word: cock tease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock (“penis”) + tease. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkˌtiːz/, /ˈkɑkˌtiːz/ 1. A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an implied promise of sexual intercourse. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: That bird is a total cock tease; she's been winding blokes up all night.
Word: reaccept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō 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 acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept English reaccept From re- + accept. Pronunciation: /ˌɹi.əkˈsɛpt/ 1. To accept again.
Word: reaccepts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccept Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reaccepting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reaccept Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reaccepted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reaccept Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: money supply Part of Speech: noun 1. The total amount of money (bills, coins, loans, credit, and other liquid instruments) in a particular economy.
Word: M0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of money supply, the amount of coin and banknotes in circulation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: M1 Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of cash in circulation plus the amount in bank accounts. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. The number two, as the first Mersenne prime. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Apple M1, a system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2020. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: M2 Part of Speech: noun 1. (money supply) The amount of cash in circulation plus bank accounts, savings accounts and small deposits. Labels: US 2. major second 3. The number three as the second Mersenne prime. 4. Apple M2, a system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2022.
Word: M3 Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of cash, all bank accounts, etc., plus foreign currency in circulation. Labels: US 2. major third
Word: M3 Part of Speech: noun 1. an ISO metric screw thread size for screws with a nominal outer diameter of 3 millimetres 2. a compact executive car model manufactured by BMW Example: BMW has softened the resonance considerably since we sampled an M3 on the autobahn a year ago, but this engine remains a howler. Example: The result is an M3 that feels edgier, ready to change direction the instant the driver demands it.
Word: commix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English commixt, commixte, commyxt (past participle), from Latin commixtus, past participle of commisceō, with the -t later re-analyzed as the past participial ending; equivalent to com- + mix, modelled on Latin commisceō. 1. To mix separate things together. Labels: transitive Example: Thalaba strove, but the thread Was woven by magic hands, And in his cheek the flush of shame Arose, commixt with fear. Example: Admiration and rapture had been so commixed, so intensely excited, that those restraints existing in polished life, the punctilios practised, the etiquette preserved,—all, in the tumultuous thoughts of Harcourt, were banished, accounted but as cold reserve and useless forms. 2. To become mixed; to amalgamate. Labels: intransitive
Word: compendious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium. 1. containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized Example: AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s. This compendious work, which, with its index, runs to 637 pages, aims to list chronologically the developments of the British railway system. 2. briefly describing a body of knowledge
Word: complementizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From complementize + -er. 1. A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. Example: Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction Example: "That" is a complementizer in the sentence "Mary believes that it is raining".
Word: heiferette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heifer + -ette. 1. A female bovine, usually more than six months of age and less than two years of age, that has had no more than one calf.
Word: adopter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adopt 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 adopter From adopt + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈdɒp.tə/, /əˈdɑp.tɚ/ 1. one who adopts Example: Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype – form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the average smartphone.
Word: platonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English platonic 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 platonically From platonic + -ally. 1. In a platonic manner.
Word: nine one one Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of 9-1-1. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gumball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gum + ball. Pronunciation: /ɡʌmbɔl/, /ɡʌmbɑl/, /ɡʌmbɔːl/ 1. Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar. Example: Remember those clear globe dispensers with gumballs for a penny? 2. A silly, laughable person. Labels: slang Example: When he drinks too much he's a gumball. 3. The flashing lights on top of a police car. Labels: US, slang 4. The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.
Word: piece of clothing Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of clothing; any item, such as a shirt or a sock, that constitutes clothing.
Word: cowlick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊˌlɪk/, /ˈkælɪk/ 1. An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex. Example: We would touch strangers discreetly, feathering down their cowlicks.
Word: IMAO Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Coined in contrast to IMHO (“in my humble opinion”). 1. Initialism of in my arrogant opinion. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism
Word: have one's cake and eat it too Part of Speech: verb 1. To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use). Labels: idiomatic Example: It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!
Word: darning needle Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning. 2. A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
Word: bradytroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brady- + -troph. 1. A strain of an organism or cell tissue that exhibits slow metabolism.
Word: stinkweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stink + weed. 1. Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any other noxious plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: test drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase. Example: And with an on-the-road price in the region of £15,300, the Primera 1.8S represents solid rather than really tempting value, since £200 more will buy you the more powerful and arguably more stylish Honda Accord 1.8iS. But even so, this new Primera is still well worth a test drive. 2. Any preliminary assessment of something through use. Labels: figuratively
Word: test drive Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase. Labels: transitive 2. To establish a preliminary assessment of something through its use. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: anorchid Part of Speech: adj 1. Lacking testicles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sirius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), usually taken from σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹi.əs/ 1. A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer. 2. The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A. Labels: specifically
Word: clarence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become William IV of the United Kingdom. 1. A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers.
Word: Clarence Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece. Pronunciation: /ˈklæɹəns/ 1. A ducal title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the English and British royal families Example: Warwick. Richard, I will create thee Duke of Gloucester; And George, of Clarence; Warwick, as ourself, Shall do and undo as him pleaseth best. Richard. Let me be Duke of Clarence, George of Gloucester, For Gloucester's dukedom is too ominous. 2. An English surname. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: There is one of the novels of Miss Edgeworth - we forget which - in which a gentleman of the name of Harvey figures as a hero. Harvey! Only fancy John, Peter, or William Harvey as the hero of a novel! But Miss Edgeworth was too well acquaintanced with the philosophy of names to commit such a blunder: she made the individual Clarence Harvey, and the name has never to this day been objected to even among the female teens. Example: Got rather a silly name. Like a hotel. You know, the Royal Clarence. That's his name. Clarence." 4. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 5. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 6. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 7. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 8. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 9. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 10. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 11. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 12. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 13. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 14. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 15. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 16. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 17. A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British. 18. A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British. 19. A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British. 20. A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British.
Word: eruditely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English erudite Middle English -ly English -ly English eruditely From erudite + -ly. 1. In a learned or scholarly manner. Example: Learning was in his blood, for his great-grandfather, Sir Robert Jermyn, Bt., had been an anthropologist of note, whilst his great-great-great-grandfather, Sir Wade Jermyn, was one of the earliest explorers of the Congo region, and had written eruditely of its tribes, animals, and supposed antiquities.
Word: acrimoniousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acrimonious 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 acrimoniousness From acrimonious + -ness. 1. The quality of being acrimonious. Labels: uncountable
Word: activeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active 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 activeness From active + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being active. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Erickson et al. proposed a visualization method of representing the activenesses of discussions by the positions of circles that correspond to participants.
Word: actuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctus 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 āctuō Medieval Latin āctuātusder. English actuate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English actuation From actuate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪʃən/, /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪʃn̩/ 1. The act of putting into motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks. Example: All the outside passenger doors are fitted with drop windows and outside actuation locks, and each end of the car has a Pullman type gangway.
Word: acyclovir Part of Speech: noun 1. US and UK spelling of aciclovir. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tac Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tæk/ 1. The drug cannabis. Labels: Geordie, slang, uncountable
Word: tac Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tæk/ 1. Abbreviation of tactical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: adamantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adamant Middle English -ly English -ly English adamantly From adamant + -ly. 1. In an immovable or inflexible manner. Example: She is adamantly denying the allegations.
Word: adenoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adenoid + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the adenoids. 2. Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids. Example: There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return. Example: Metzger, acting on instructions in the will, had retained this amiable, slightly adenoidal expert, for a percent of his valuation, to inventory and appraise Inverarity's stamp collection.
Word: geon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by J. A. Wheeler from gravitational electromagnetic entity. 1. A hypothetical electromagnetic or gravitational wave held together in a confined region by the gravitational attraction of its own field energy.
Word: geon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geometric + -on. 1. Any of a group of basic geometric forms capable of being recognised as a component of a real object.
Word: geon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of geological + eon. 1. A large unit of time, used to measure gradual geological change.
Word: substantially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English substantial Middle English -ly English -ly English substantially From substantial + -ly. 1. In a strong or substantial manner; considerably. Example: For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began. 2. To a great extent; in essence; essentially. 3. Without material qualifications.
Word: Alyssa Part of Speech: name Etymology: A 20th-century invention. Possible origins: * From alyss(um) (“a plant of the genus Alyssum”) + -a. * From Alicia, of Germanic origin. * From Elissa. Pronunciation: /əˈlɪs.ə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s. Example: The leading lady's name is Alyssa Aldine - I think Aldine sounds like nice people; I suppose because the Aldine editions of books are so famous. Example: And throughout most of his days and nights, daydreamed about Brady's mother, liking everything about her. Particularly her name. Alyssa. Over and over, her name whispered inside his head. Alyssa. Alyssa. Beautiful.
Word: on the qui vive Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Partial calque of French sur le qui-vive (“in a state of heightened vigilance”). 1. In a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle. Example: The political influence wielded by many of the court ladies, and especially by the first lady-in-waiting (mother of the present Emperor), bears a certain resemblance to that which the eunuchs wielded under the later Manchus at the court of Peking. […] And behind the 30 ladies-in-waiting there are the rank and file of female palace attendants, some 300, all of Kyoto stock—quite sufficient to keep any conscientious chamberlain on the qui vive. Example: The question of who pressed the bell that sounded in Erskine's room, in the night, was a great source of worry to Watt, for a time, and kept him awake at night, on the qui vive.
Word: behaviouralist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English behavioural 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 behaviouralist From behavioural + -ist. 1. relating to behaviouralism. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: behaviouralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English behavioural 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 behaviouralist From behavioural + -ist. 1. Alternative spelling of behavioralist. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: sponging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sponge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!
Word: sponging Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of a sponge. Example: I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.
Word: computer literate Part of Speech: adj 1. Able to operate a personal computer and its associated software and hardware, and to understand most of the underlying concepts (but not necessarily the electronics, or a programming language).
Word: computer literacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From computer + literacy. Pronunciation: /kəmˌpjuːtə ˈlɪt(ə)rəsi/, /kəmˌpjutəɹ ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəsi/, [-ɾ(ə)ɹə-] 1. The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the underlying electronics or a programming language). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: squalling Part of Speech: verb 1. Present participle and gerund of squall. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one. Example: Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.
Word: squalling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who squalls; a crying or wailing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But my attention was suddenly called from my own situation, by the most appalling shouts and squallings proceeding from the back of the carriage. Example: “Cease thy squalling, thou shrew!”
Word: oord Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of urad. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: a'ight Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of aight. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: birds of a feather flock together Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: The expression appears to have surfaced in the 16th century, allegedly a literal translation of Plato's Republic. In 1545, William Turner wrote a version of the expression in the Rescuing of Romish Fox: "Byrdes of on kynde and color flok and flye allwayes together." One can, however, also compare the expression to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 27:9: "Birds resort unto their like." 1. People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with. Labels: idiomatic Example: So, in London, birds of a feather must flock together, willy nilly, silk hat and frock coat must go with white gloves and brown sables, peaky blinder and “choker" must associate with crop fringed hair, ear curls, and rakish three feathered hat.
Word: penning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnɪŋ/, /ˈpɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: penning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnɪŋ/, /ˈpɪnɪŋ/ 1. Writing; literary composition. Example: the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer
Word: penning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnɪŋ/, /ˈpɪnɪŋ/ 1. An old currency unit, the Swedish penning. Labels: historical
Word: Land of the Long White Cloud Part of Speech: name Etymology: Loose calque of Māori Aotearoa, from ao (“cloud, daytime, world”), tea (“white”), and roa (“long, tall”). Allegedly the first English-language mention was in the February, 1916, New Zealand School Journal (King, 2004). Probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage. 1. New Zealand. Labels: poetic
Word: pund Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nécessaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nécessaire. 1. Alternative spelling of necessaire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mudar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मदार (madār). 1. Any shrub of two species of milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally: Labels: uncountable 2. Any shrub of two species of milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally: Labels: uncountable
Word: Kiseri Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania, one of the Chaga dialects.
Word: drub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”). Pronunciation: /dɹʌb/, /dɹʊb/ 1. Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal. Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, uncountable, usually
Word: drub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1625, of uncertain origin: * Perhaps from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”), * or perhaps originally from a dialectal word (Kent) drab, variant of drop, dryp, drib (“to beat”), from Middle English drepen (preterit drop, drap, drape (“struck, killed”)) from Old English drepan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, bump, strike, slay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb⁽ʰ⁾- (“to strike, crush, kill”). * Linguist Guus Kroonen suggests that it reflects the Proto-Germanic verb *drubbōną, iterative to *drabaną (“to hit, hew”), as found in Norwegian drubba (“to fall over”). Akin to Old Frisian drop (“a blow, beat”), Old High German treffan (“to hit”), Old Norse drepa (“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare also dub. More at drape. Pronunciation: /dɹʌb/, /dɹʊb/ 1. To beat (someone or something) with a stick. Labels: transitive 2. To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush. Labels: transitive 3. To forcefully teach something. Labels: transitive 4. To criticize harshly; to excoriate. Labels: transitive
Word: scarification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio. See scarify for more. Pronunciation: /ˌskɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌskaɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: originalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English original 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 originalist From original + -ist. 1. One who has, or tends to have, original ideas. Example: It seems to us, however, according to the rate at which novels have lately been published, that unless some great reformer or originalist shall, establish a new school, or unless some new principle of concoction be employed, by which the appetite for fresh stimulants may be satisfied, novel readers must soon become insensible to the charms of fiction, […] Example: His language is natural and happily wedded to his vivifying conceptions; and last but not least, he is quite unaffected and far above attempts at imitation, that is, he is a true originalist. 2. One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way. Example: This preference for dynamic or evolutionary interpretation over originalist interpretation is reflected in the structure of the Vienna Convention itself; subsequent agreements and understandings between the parties, as well as any relevant rules of international law (obviously including custom, which is necessarily evolutionary) are primary, obligatory sources of treaty interpretation according to Article 31, […] Example: So even if drafters' concrete intentions or meta-intentions are closer to the notion of state consent, the originalist is wrong to assume that this notion underpins human rights treaties. 3. One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way. Example: Before explicating the possibility of a non-textualist strategy let me address Philipse's arguments in favour of textualism as appropriate method in theology. Some of these arguments appeal to the religious traditions, and thus suggest that a believer qua believer (rather than qua historian) has to be originalist. 4. One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way. Labels: US Example: In any event, this professorial detonation, especially coming as it does from hardline Federalist Society constitutional originalists, has set the cat among the Republican pigeons. Example: “Barrett’s critique of originalism definitely signals what seems to be a growing rift among the originalists on the court about the proper way to use history,” said Tom Wolf, a constitutional law expert with the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s law school.
Word: self-delusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English delusion English self-delusion From self- + delusion. 1. The act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This self-delusion is even more the case with Trotsky, whose bloodstained intolerance is generally passed over because the 1960s student generation pretended then, and pretends still, that Trotsky was in some way a freedom-loving, Gulag-free alternative to Stalin.
Word: ineradicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English eradicable English ineradicable From in- + eradicable. 1. Not able to be eradicated; (of a root, plant, etc.) too deep to remove. Example: The procatarctick causes render the Disease more or less curable: a Consumption of grief, as it moves more slowly than others, so its malign effects are impressed with a more certain and irresistable force; wherefore unless prevented in the bud, takes an ineradicable root. Example: And in the corn, and vines, and meadow-grass, Teemed ineradicable poisonous weeds Draining their growth […]
Word: prob Part of Speech: adv 1. Clipping of probably. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: prob Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of problem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: No prob, I'll fix it tomorrow. Example: firstworldprobs
Word: prev Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of previous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: compatibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin compatibilitās. By surface analysis, compatible + -ity. Pronunciation: /kəmˌpætəˈbɪlɪti/, /kəmˌpætəˈbɪləti/, [kəmˌpæɾəˈbɪləɾi] 1. The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One huge self-inflicted wound the industry is now suffering from is the lack of coupling compatibility. Up to the 1980s virtually everything had compatible drawgear on a given route, so there was every chance of pushing a failed train out of the way. Since privatisation, compatibility has been lost and in the last few years operators seem to have gone out of their way to avoid compatibility. Example: They will feature wider gangways for better wheelchair accessibility, as well as compatibility with platform screen doors - should these ever be introduced in the future. 2. the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Congregationalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Congregational 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 Congregationalist From Congregational + -ist. Pronunciation: /kɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəlɪst/, /kɒŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃənəlɪst/ 1. A member of a Congregational church.
Word: Congregational church Part of Speech: noun 1. Any Protestant church run independently by its own congregation, especially one in the Reformed (Calvinist) and/or Dissenter traditions, such as the United Church of Christ, the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, or the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.
Word: connecting rod Part of Speech: noun 1. A rod, inside a reciprocating engine, that connects a piston to the crankshaft. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: throw a connecting rod [ = when the reciprocating assembly flies apart, rarely] Example: The engine threw a connecting rod at six thousand RPM and "ventilated" the engine block, as they say. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see connecting, rod: any rod that connects two other parts. Labels: sometimes Example: There's a tiny connecting rod that links the actuator to this valve.
Word: connoisseuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French connoisseuse. 1. A female connoisseur. Labels: uncommon
Word: conjuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conjuracioun, from Middle French conjuration, from Old French conjuracion, from Latin coniuratio (“a swearing together, a conspiracy”). Pronunciation: /ˌkʌnd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. Conjuring, legerdemain or magic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event. Example: How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore... 2. A magic trick. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; […] Under this conjuration speak, my lord. Example: An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary 4. A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The conjuration of Catiline.
Word: consonantal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From consonant + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.səˈnæn.təl/, /ˌkɑn.səˈnɛn.təl/, /ˌkɑn.səˈnæn.təl/ 1. Of, relating to, or functioning as a consonant. 2. Containing one or more consonants.
Word: conspirational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English conspiration Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English conspirational From conspiration + -al. 1. Of, or relating to, or involving conspiration; conspiratorial.
Word: constitutively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English constitutive Middle English -ly English -ly English constitutively From constitutive + -ly. 1. in a constitutive manner Labels: not-comparable 2. at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand Labels: not-comparable
Word: co-opetition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of co-operation + competition. 1. Alternative spelling of coopetition Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: corybantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Corybant Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English corybantic From Corybant + -ic. 1. frenetic, ecstatic and orgiastic 2. of or pertaining to a Corybant
Word: crack seed Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a variety of Hawaiian snacks made from preserved fruit.
Word: crambo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Perhaps related to cramp (“difficult”) (adjective). * Perhaps from Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”). 1. A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed. Labels: uncountable Example: I saw in one corner […] a cluster of men and women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes […] which raised a great deal of mirth. 2. A word rhyming with another word. Labels: countable Example: His similes in order set And every crambo he could get.
Word: crimethink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes). Labels: uncountable
Word: crimethink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)
Word: cubeb berry Part of Speech: noun 1. A berry of the tailed pepper (Piper cubeba), eaten as a fruit.
Word: cubeb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːbɛb/ 1. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil. 2. One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment. Example: Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.
Word: culture jamming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From culture jammer, coined by sound collage band Negativland in their album JamCon '84 (1984), by metaphor to jamming a radio signal. 1. Any of various methods of modifying mass media (especially advertisements) to convey a different message. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A growing number of activists believe the time has come for the public to stop asking that some space be left unsponsored, and to begin seizing it back. Culture jamming baldly rejects the idea that marketing — because it buys its way into our public spaces — must be passively accepted as a one-way information flow. Example: Culture jamming is, at root, just a metaphor for stopping the flow of spectacle long enough to adjust your set.
Word: shilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spiritual leader Part of Speech: noun 1. a person who gives religious or sacred leadership, though not necessarily the leader of a religious organization
Word: flavour enhancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flavor enhancer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flavor enhancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance added to a food product to enhance its taste, especially to make it taste more savoury or to add umami
Word: panentheistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English panentheistical Middle English -ly English -ly English panentheistically From panentheistical + -ly. 1. in a panentheistic manner
Word: msg Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of message. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Of the msgs on the voicemail we checked, what surprised us the most were the appointment confirmations from gun ranges and attendance requests from Hasidics seeking a minyan.
Word: msg Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of message. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncommon
Word: panentheistical Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpænɛnθiˈɪstɪkl̩/ 1. of or relating to panentheism
Word: agnostics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agnostic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haz-mat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hazmat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: hazmat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hazardous + material. Pronunciation: /ˈhæzˌmæt/ 1. Hazardous material(s). Labels: US, attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: hazmat suit Example: No, but one day I got a letter in the mail, I opened it up and a puff of powder came all over my face and my chest. […] They said, “Don’t move, stay in the room.” And they got the hazmat people. So they came, they sprayed me down and all that.
Word: predisposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English disposition English predisposition From pre- + disposition. Pronunciation: /ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌpridɪspəˈzɪʃən/ 1. The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hazardous material Part of Speech: noun 1. A material, natural or man-made, which is intrinsically dangerous or otherwise poses a safety hazard, such as materials which are explosive, poisonous, chemically active (including acids and other corrosives), radioactive, or biologically active (including human blood and other medical waste).
Word: dangerous goods Part of Speech: noun 1. Substances, natural or man-made, which are intrinsically dangerous or otherwise pose a safety hazard. Examples include explosives, poisons, and corrosives. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has issued urgent safety advice on maintenance arrangements for wagons which primarily carry dangerous goods, following the derailment of an oil train near Llangennech in South Wales on August 26.
Word: memory lane Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi ˌleɪn/ 1. An imaginary path along which one can take a nostalgic or sentimental journey through one's memories of the past. Labels: idiomatic Example: The speaker took us on a trip down memory lane with his recollections of village life fifty years ago. Example: This is Memory Lane—lonely and drear to some, pleasant and gay to others. ... It was New Year's day in the old town, the most hallowed of holidays on Memory Lane; the day when the wharf was deserted, for everyone, great and small, walked over the Lane, many even to the very end.
Word: scathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scath, scathe [and other forms], from Old Norse skaði (“damage, harm; loss; death; murder”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, scathe; one who causes damage, injurer”, noun) (whence Old English sċeaþa, sċeaþu (“scathe, harm, injury”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t- (“damage, harm”). Cognate with German Schaden (“damage, harm”). cognates * Scots skaith * Dutch schade * German schaden * Norwegian skade * Swedish skada * Icelandic skaði * Polish szkoda * Russian шко́да (škóda) * Belarusian шко́дa (škóda) * Ukrainian шко́да (škóda) Pronunciation: /skeɪð/, /skeɪθ/ 1. Damage, harm, hurt, injury. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: Therefore great Lords bee as your titles vvitnes, / Imperious, and impatient of your vvrongs, / And vvherein Rome hath done you any ſkath, / Let him make treable ſatisfaction. Example: [S]trong ale and noble cheere / t'aſſwage breeme winters ſcathes. 2. Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, dialectal Example: The pride I trampled is now my scathe, / For it tramples me again. 3. An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, obsolete 4. Something to be mourned or regretted. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable Example: They deemed it little scathe indeed / That her coarse homespun ragged weed / Fell off from her round arms and lithe / Laid on the door-post, that a withe / Of willows was her only belt; / And each as he gazed at her felt / As some gift had been given him.