nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: eagerly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English egerly; equivalent to eager + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈiɡɚli/, /ˈiːɡəli/ 1. In an eager manner. Example: Heidi had been listening eagerly, with shining eyes. Example: The world’s favorite airport and Asian mega-hub, Singapore Changi, is eagerly working towards opening its new Jewel and Terminal 5.
Word: lightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche, from Old English lēohtlīċe, equivalent to light + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtli/ 1. In a light manner. Example: As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly. Example: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Word: undoubtedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English undoutedly, equivalent to undoubted + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/, /ʌnˈdaʊtɪbli/ 1. Without doubt; definitely. Example: The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked. Example: He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.
Word: indirectly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English inderectely, indirectly, equivalent to indirect + -ly or in- + directly. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪˈɹɛk(t).li/, /ˌɪn.daɪˈɹɛk(t).li/, /ˌɪn.dɪˈɹek(t).li/, /ˌɪn.dɑɪˈɹek(t).li/ 1. In an indirect manner. Example: His alcoholism had a direct effect on his health, and indirectly caused problems for others. Example: At laſt a new Ceſſation of Hoſtilities upon theſe Points was reſolved on; yet the Hatred continues, and the War goes on, though more covertly, and more indirectly than before.
Word: comparatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin comparātīvusbor. Old French comparatifbor. Middle English comparatif English comparative Middle English -ly English -ly English comparatively From comparative + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/ 1. In a comparative manner. Example: And yet I suppose that my life has been, comparatively speaking, a happy one. Example: Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently. 2. When compared to other entities. Example: Never did I see a more dreary and depressing scene. Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground[.] Example: In freewayless areas like the Northwest, traffic jams are comparatively fewer – encouraged by the lack of a highway, more people have been riding buses.
Word: gratefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grateful Middle English -ly English -ly English gratefully From grateful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtfəli/ 1. In a grateful manner. Example: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’ Example: The patients were all treated at the Duchess of Kent Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital, Sandy Bay, Hong Kong, and the work of all colleagues, nursing staff and collaborators in this study is gratefully acknowledged.
Word: justly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English just Middle English -ly English -ly English justly From just + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒʌstli/ 1. In a just or fair manner; rightfully. Example: His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome. Example: Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits. 2. With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly. Example: But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide. 3. With great precision; accurately, exactly. Labels: obsolete Example: It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.
Word: deadly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ (adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *dauþalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dauþalīkaz (“deadly”, literally “deathly”). By surface analysis, dead + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian dodelk (“deadly”), West Frisian deadlik (“deadly”), Dutch dodelijk (“deadly”), German tödlich (“deadly”), Swedish dödlig (“deadly, fatal, mortal”), Icelandic dauðlegur (“mortal”). The adverb is from Middle English dedliche, from Old English dēadlīċe (adverb), from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdli/ 1. Subject to death; mortal. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: […]he ſuffred hym ſelfe to be made mortall and dedly, that innocent & gyltles in hym ſelfe: he myght be ſlayne & deye for the gylty man. Example: ❧ That when the iournay / of this dedly life / My ſely ghoſte / hath finiſhed and thence[…] 2. Causing death; lethal. Example: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them. Example: […] others search for new and deadlier gases, or for soluble poisons capable of being produced in such quantities as to destroy the vegetation of whole continents […] 3. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile. Example: deadly enemies Example: […]diſmount thy tucke, be yare in thy preparation, for thy aſſaylant is quick, skilfull and deadly. 4. Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.). Example: Its deadly aim at vast distances, which condition of the mechanical power brought has made it the dread of the sepoys, who term it "the gun that kills without making any sound," contrasts strangely with the performances of Brown Bess of old, which at any range beyond a hundred yards was so uncertain in its aim that it has been calculated that the soldier shot away the weight in lead of every man that he hit. Example: For him the gibbet shall be built; For him the stake prepared: Him shall the scorn and wrath of men Pursue with deadly aim ; And malice, envy, spite and lies, Shall desecrate his name. 5. Very boring. Labels: informal Example: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!” Example: “Then my father died. He left me very badly off. I had to go and live with some old aunts in Yorkshire.” She shuddered. “You will understand me when I say that it was a deadly life for a girl brought up as I had been. The narrowness, the deadly monotony of it, almost drove me mad.” 6. Excellent, awesome, cool. Labels: Ireland, Newfoundland, informal
Word: deadly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ (adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *dauþalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dauþalīkaz (“deadly”, literally “deathly”). By surface analysis, dead + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian dodelk (“deadly”), West Frisian deadlik (“deadly”), Dutch dodelijk (“deadly”), German tödlich (“deadly”), Swedish dödlig (“deadly, fatal, mortal”), Icelandic dauðlegur (“mortal”). The adverb is from Middle English dedliche, from Old English dēadlīċe (adverb), from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdli/ 1. Fatally, mortally. Labels: obsolete Example: [P]erceiving himſelfe deadly wounded by a ſhot received in his body, being by his men perſwaded to come off and retire himſelfe from out the throng, anſwered, he would not now ſo neere his end, beginne to turne his face from his enemie[…] 2. In a way which suggests death. Example: Her face suddenly became deadly white. 3. Extremely, incredibly. Example: Though deadly weary, till ſpectators do / At once part and call them good boys too[…] Example: John had got an impreſſion that Lewis was ſo deadly cunning a man, that he was afraid to venture himſelf alone with him.
Word: namely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English namely, nameliche, namelike, equivalent to name + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian nämmelk, West Frisian nammentlik, Dutch namelijk, German Low German nämlich, German nämlich, Danish nemlig, Swedish nämligen, Icelandic nefnilega. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪmli/ 1. Specifically; that is to say. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some of the students — namely Paul, Alice and Jake — seem to have trouble with geometry. Example: There are three ways to do it, namely the right way, the wrong way and the Army way. 2. Especially, above all. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / and namely with la beale Isoud / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber
Word: namely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English namely, namly, equivalent to name + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪmli/ 1. Notable, distinguished; famous, renowned; well-known. Example: […] and certainly there was no namelier king in Scotland for building churches and developing the communities of the land into free towns or burghs.
Word: strangely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/ 1. In a strange or coincidental manner. Example: Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar. Example: Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle. 2. Surprisingly, wonderfully. Labels: archaic Example: […]all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test[…]
Word: tax-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tax Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English tax-free From tax + -free. 1. exempt from taxation Labels: not-comparable Example: If your income qualifies you to contribute to a Roth IRA, you can contribute up to $7,000 this year ($8,000 if you’re at least 50) with after-tax savings. That money will grow untaxed until retirement, at which point your withdrawals will be tax-free and penalty-free after age 59-1/2, assuming the account has been open for at least five years.
Word: tax haven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of tax + haven. 1. A jurisdiction that levies low tax rates on certain economic activities, especially to attract wealthy individuals and foreign businesses. Example: Such colonies claim to be "more British than the British", except that they pay no UK tax and act as tax havens for funds from Britain. Gibraltar has made a particular specialism of internet gambling.
Word: kisses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɪsɪz/ 1. plural of kiss Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of kisse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kisses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kiss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cochlea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.li.ə/, /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/, /ˈkɑ.kli.ə/ 1. The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses. 2. A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
Word: Midi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Midi (literally “south”). 1. A cultural region referring to the south of France; approximately corresponding to the regions where Occitan is or was spoken. Example: Some thousands of French Huguenots settled in the South between 1670 and the end of the seventeenth century; but these immigrants included many French of the Midi, so that the newcomers tended to intensify characteristics already developing in the native population under climatic influences. Example: For sale: 75-acre peach and grape farm in the Midi, France - £595,000. Farmhouse included. […] Not surprisingly, the average age of French farmers has dropped from 55 to 40 during the past 15 years. But even so, the owner of the Midi farm has discovered the hard way that a move across the channel is not without risk.
Word: midi Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a hemline at mid-calf length. Labels: not-comparable Example: midi skirt
Word: midi Part of Speech: noun 1. A coat, skirt, or boot having such a hemline. Example: Vogue recommends mixing midis – ie wearing the midi-boot with the midi-skirt – which is one option (very Marni), as is the current silhouette on the high street. 2. Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”).
Word: maxi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini. 1. Having a hemline at ankle length. 2. Being of the largest size in its category of items. Example: It will be observed that on each of the mini runs there are more hits than on either of the maxi runs. Example: The chance to shelter additional current income for future retirement is what makes the "maxi” plan attractive.
Word: maxi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini. 1. A dress, coat or skirt having a maxi hemline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your upcoming Instagram beach photos are begging you to snag this bright orange maxi. BEGGING. Like, oof! Do you see that high slit? 10/10. No notes. 2. A Bitcoin maximalist; one who is extremely dedicated to investing in Bitcoin. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: I used to be a diehard maxi, but now I'm less optimistic about the future of Bitcoin. Example: But in general, the speaker lineup is heavy on maxis. That doesn't reflect the makeup of the crowd, and it certainly doesn't reflect everyone who ventured to Miami. 3. Abbreviation of maxi boat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of maxi single. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: We release maxis at the local price in the most important territories — Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, etc. 5. Abbreviation of maxipad. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: We did it, maxi users. We made you a maxier maxi. We put in a special reserve protection system: more absorbent material precisely where you need it most (but not bulkier). 6. Abbreviation of maxicomputer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
Word: chiromancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chiromancy + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪɹə(ʊ)mænsə/, /ˈkaɪɹəˌmænsɚ/, /-ɹoʊ-/ 1. One who practices chiromancy; a palm reader. Example: The ſcumme of the people partake of the Chyromancer; they will ſee the hand, to judge the heart: but how many are there who preſent themſelves before God with hands of gold, and hearts of clay? Example: Hippocrates Prince of Phyſick, ſayes, that the Phyſician cannot be accompliſhed in his Art, if he have not the knowledge of Aſtrologie; ſo I may ſay that the Chiromancer is not perfect nor accompliſhed if he have not Phyſiognomie, which is Scienta quâ natura hominum ex aſpectu corporis judicatur, […]
Word: delusory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈluːzəɹi/ 1. tending to delude
Word: sickle-cell anaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sickle-cell anemia. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: infarct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnfarctus, tu-stem derivation of īnfarciō. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɑɹkt/ 1. An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis. Example: After RSE treatment for 90 days, there was no comparable fibrosis in noninfarct and infarct regions.
Word: pivotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pivot + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪvɪtəl/, /ˈpɪvətəl/, [ˈpɪvɪɾəl], [ˈpɪvəɾəl] 1. Of, relating to, or being a pivot. 2. Being of crucial importance; central, key. Labels: figuratively Example: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]. Example: "Crucially, HS2 is already playing a pivotal role in helping Britain's post-pandemic economic recovery.
Word: cilice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cilice, from Latin cilicium (“clothing made of goatskin”), from Cilicia where it originates from. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪs/ 1. A garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair worn close to the skin used by members of various Christian traditions as a self-imposed means of penance (repentance) and mortification of the flesh. Example: It was deemed meritorious to disfigure the body by neglect and filth, to extenuate it by fasting and watchfulness, to lacerate it with stripes, and to fret the wounds with cilices of horsehair. 2. A leather strap studded with metallic barbs that cut into flesh as a constant reminder of Christ's suffering. Example: All she had done was give Teena a cilice, a barbed metal chain she was to tie around her thigh for two hours every day, and a discipline, a rope whip with knotted ends she was to use on her back when she prayed the Hail Mary.
Word: myocardial infarction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (of) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle). 1. Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.
Word: heart attack Part of Speech: noun 1. An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue. Example: Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday. 2. A major fright. Labels: figuratively Example: She'll have a heart attack when she sees that! 3. Death or failure. Labels: figuratively Example: My computer had a heart attack when I tried to get it to run that program.
Word: coronary thrombosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction. Labels: uncountable
Word: chastise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chastisen, from Old French chastier, from Latin castīgō. See also the doublets chasten and castigate and cf. also chaste. Pronunciation: /tʃæˈstaɪz/, /ˈt͡ʃæstaɪz/, /t͡ʃæˈstaɪz/ 1. To punish, especially by corporal punishment. Labels: transitive Example: And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Example: An army was sent to chastise an unoffending people; to subdue an imaginary insurrection. 2. To castigate; to scold or censure. Labels: transitive Example: She feels definitely that Lung Shing is her town, and is not hesitant to chastise people who she thinks are not behaving properly—such as, for example, a woman using loud, vulgar language on the street—although in so doing she may only turn the direction of abuse on herself. Example: Only last year Attorney General Edwin Meese chastised the Supreme Court for a series of decisions based on the legal doctrine of “indoctrination”—that is, that the 14th Amendment requires the states to respect the prohibitions on abuse of power that the Bill of Rights had originally applied to the federal government.
Word: flex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”). Pronunciation: /flɛks/ 1. Flexibility, pliancy. Labels: uncountable 2. An act of flexing. Labels: countable Example: The hills become more rounded. The slopes are either the stooped shoulders of an aging colossus or the muscular flexes of a geologic youngster, but they are pleasant, comforting. This landscape is what most would think of […] 3. Any flexible insulated electrical wiring. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable 4. A flexible insulated electrical cord. Labels: countable Example: 'That's enough,' said Le Chiffre. 'Tie his arms and put him in the car. Here,' he threw a roll of flex to the man. Example: The books lent her by Dr Grimble on period furniture and ceramics interested her deeply, and she studied them at night in the silence of the shop, where she had a flex and a reading lamp installed at her own expense. 5. Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube. Labels: uncountable Example: Flex is quick and cheaper to install than metallic systems, but it yields higher pressure loss than other types of ducts and requires runs of less than 15 feet, minimal turns and elimination of kinks. 6. A point of inflection. Labels: countable 7. An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive. Labels: countable, slang Example: Getting together with other power players at Masa is the ultimate flex of conspicuous consumption. […] A party of five or more requires a deposit of $200 per person at least one week prior to the reservation. Example: It's an achievement to stand out from other Marvel movies in terms of special effects, but this whole movie feels like a flex for those computer wizards.
Word: flex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”). Pronunciation: /flɛks/ 1. To bend something. Labels: transitive Example: The board flexes as you step on it. 2. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints. Labels: transitive 3. To move part of the body using one's muscles. Labels: transitive 4. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength. Labels: intransitive Example: He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?" 5. To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something). Labels: slang, transitive Example: I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks 6. To flaunt one's superiority; to show off. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I shook my head, wondering if I was gonna have to knock Pimp on his ass. "I don't know where," I flexed on him with my height advantage, "you getting all this 'soft' bullshit from, dawg, but you just keep fuckin around. I can show you gangsta better than I can tell you." Example: They say it's lonely at the top, but this the best shit ever / Hey, don't you see me out here shinin'? Bitch I'm barely flexin'
Word: Arrente Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Arrernte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trysail Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, strong triangular sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather. Example: I have worked like a Trojan all day, and the idea is realized. Margaret helped me out with suggestions, and Tom Spink did the sailorizing. Over our head, from the jiggermast, the steel stays that carry the three jigger-trysails descend high above the break of the poop and across the main deck to the mizzenmast.
Word: ces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bestial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛs.ti.əl/, /ˈbɛs.t͡ʃəl/, /ˈbis.t͡ʃəl/ 1. Beast-like. Labels: figuratively, literally Example: Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. Example: By thee adulterous lust was driven from men / Among the bestial herds to range […]
Word: bestial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestayle, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin bēstiālia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin bēstiālis. 1. Cattle. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: […] much must depend upon the way in which bestial are bought or reared, and the state of the markets when they are sold.
Word: Daugavpils Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latvian Daugavpils, from Latvian Daugava + pils (“castle”). 1. A city in Latvia, on the Daugava River.
Word: Kiruna Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden.
Word: Luleå Part of Speech: name 1. A city and municipality, the capital of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
Word: sweetie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet English -ie English sweetie From sweet + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈswiːti/, /ˈswi.ti/ 1. A person who is much loved. Labels: often, term-of-address Example: "But... Do you feel better now?" "Much better, sweetie, thank you. Now I get to be a girl everyday."^([sic]) 2. A sweetheart. 3. A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel. 4. A sweet; a candy. Labels: UK, childish Example: Can I have a box of sweeties for being a good boy?
Word: The Mall Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the game pall mall, once played there. The American landmark is named after the avenue in London. Pronunciation: /ðə mæl/, /ðə mɔl/, /ðə mɑl/ 1. A wide avenue in London leading from Trafalgar Square and Admiralty Arch to Buckingham Palace; used as a ceremonial route. 2. The National Mall, a national park in downtown Washington DC.
Word: Pall Mall Part of Speech: name Etymology: From pall mall, the name of a game once played there. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl ˌmæl/ 1. A fashionable street in Westminster, leading from Trafalgar Square, via the Haymarket, to St James; it is the home of many select gentlemen's clubs. Example: Costigan informed Milly, that when she was gone, Major Pendennis told him in his double-faced Pall Mall polite manner, that young Arthur had no fortune at all, 2. An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States, named after Pall Mall in London. 3. A thoroughfare in Bendigo, Victoria.
Word: Pall Mall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pall mall, the name of a game once played there. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl ˌmæl/ 1. A cigarette of the British Pall Mall brand. Example: “You did smoke, though.” / “Yes.” / “Pall Malls?” / Thad had been raising his can of soda. It stopped six inches shy of his mouth. “How did you know that?” […] “But not that I smoked Pall Mall cigarettes for fifteen years,” Thad said.
Word: pall mall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pallemaille, pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio (“ball-hammer”), from Italian palla (“ball”) and maglio (“hammer”). Pronunciation: /ˌpælˈmæl/ 1. A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: rennet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rennet, from Old English *rynnet, *ġerynnet, from Proto-West Germanic *garunniþu (“coagulation, curdling, rennet”), cognate with Old Saxon girunnida (“a running together, coagulation”), Old High German girunnida (“rennet, coagulation”), Middle High German gerinnede (“that which is curdled”). Compare also Middle English renelesse, renels, renlys, rendlys (“rennet”), Middle Dutch rinsel, runsel (“rennet”), German Rennsel; further to Middle English irennen (“to curdle; to run”), Old English ġerennan (“to coagulate”), Old High German girunst (“rennet”), German gerinnen (“to coagulate; congeal”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnɪt/ 1. An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rennet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicized form of reinette. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnɪt/ 1. Alternative form of reinette. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The choice of treats is between a sweet mandarin orange and maybe a lumpy rennet apple. Nothing is packaged; there is only food here in this market, most of it requiring washing and chopping and cooking.
Word: schemie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scheme + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈskiː.mi/ 1. Alternative form of schemey. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, derogatory Example: They’d rather gie a merchant school old boy with severe brain damage a job in nuclear engineering than gie a schemie wi a Ph. D. a post as a cleaner in an abattoir. Example: 1996, Irvine Welsh, Ecstasy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=CmpypjdQsHYC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&sig=mN8q7rZDRlShy3Ao9hRg-Q1j-Ns Stupidity and sleaze, that’s what it is. Schemie windows. Ah look at the world through schemie windows.
Word: embolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, stopper”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛmbələs/ 1. An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel. 2. The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct. Example: Those spiders with a simple bulb insert most of this; those with a complex palp insert only the embolus, which in some species is very long […]
Word: embolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolf Virchow. From Old French embolisme (“intercalation of days in a calendar to correct errors”), from Late Latin embolismus, from Ancient Greek ἐμβολισμός (embolismós, “intercalary”), from ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to insert, throw in”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛmbəlɪzəm/, [ˈɛmbɫ̩ɪzm̩] 1. An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream. 2. The insertion or intercalation of days into the calendar in order to correct the error arising from the difference between the civil year and the solar year. Example: Authorities differ as to the manner in which the Arabs practised embolism: some say, they added a month to every third year; others, that they intercalated seven months in a period of nineteen years ; and others, nine months in twenty-four years. 3. An intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer. 4. The variable body of a liturgical preface, between the protocol and eschatocol, typically stating the motive for worship on a given day.
Word: sudden infant death syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. The sudden and unexplained death of an infant aged one month to one year, normally while sleeping. Labels: uncountable
Word: ostracise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: You then moſt Noble Equivocations and Alluſions, whom Rhetorick would Oſtraciſe, ſeek Revenge for your Baniſhment; [...] Example: The inflexible advocate[s] of the people's rights, were either expelled the Senate Chamber, ostracised, or immolated on the reeking altars of patriotism, by the encrimsoned sword of slaughtering persecution.
Word: triatic stay Part of Speech: noun 1. A stay connecting the mastheads of a multi-masted rig such as a schooner or ketch.
Word: trestle tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure attached to a mast to support the top and the heel of a topmast.
Word: proedria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek προεδρία (proedría). 1. The grassy area that separated the orchestra from the audience; or the front rows of the audience. 2. The right to sit in front seats at the theatre, public games, etc
Word: curate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivation of the perfect passive participle of cūrō. Doublet of curato. Equivalent to cure + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊəɹət/, /-ɹɪt/, /ˈkjʊɹɪt/ 1. An assistant rector or vicar. 2. A parish priest. 3. An assistant barman. Labels: Ireland Example: ‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed. He put his penny on the counter and, leaving the curate to grope for it in the gloom, retreated out of the snug as furtively as he had entered it.
Word: curate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from curator on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kjʊəˈɹeɪt/, /kjʊˈɹeɪt/, /ˈkjʊɹeɪt/ 1. To act as a curator for. Labels: transitive Example: She curated the traveling exhibition. Example: They carefully curated the recovered artifacts. 2. To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: What I love about DVRs is that they really allow you to curate your experience of television. Example: During the past five years I had the good fortune to be editor of Poetry Northwest. The magazine's mission includes curating a dialogue between poetry, the other arts, and civic life. 3. To work or act as a curator. Labels: intransitive Example: Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.
Word: curate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cur(ium) + -ate. 1. An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
Word: belligerence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From belligerent + -ence. 1. The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war or violence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. 2. A feeling of aggression and hostility, characterized by an urge for confrontation and provocation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius ? Proto-Indo-European *swer- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *swerjos? Latin sērius Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin sēriōsus Old French serieuxbor. Middle English seryows English serious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English seriousness From serious + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹiəsnəs/, /ˈsɪəɹiəsnəs/ 1. The state or quality of being serious. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.” Example: ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
Word: TIFF Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /tɪf/ 1. Acronym of tagged image file format. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: TIFF Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɪf/ 1. An image stored in the TIFF format. 2. A file using TIFF file format
Word: SVG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: an archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Scalable Vector Graphics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Schroder Venture Group. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Sun Valley Gardens, a nudist club in Pelham, Ontario, Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. The station code of Stevenage railway station in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
Word: SVG Part of Speech: noun 1. A graphic stored in the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format. Example: In this chapter we will cover: […] • Creating SVGs with popular image editing packages and services • Inserting SVGs into a page with img and object tags […] 2. Abbreviation of saphenous vein graft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: awkwardness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos Proto-Germanic *abuhaz Old Norse ǫfugrder. Middle English awke English awk Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English awkward Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English awkwardness From awkward + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin. 2. The quality of an embarrassing situation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: piggy bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored. 2. Any supply of money or savings. Labels: figuratively
Word: anti-abortion Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of antiabortion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + -phile. Modern coinage; attested since 1930s. Popularized by Clifton Fadiman on American TV quiz show Information Please in 1952. Pronunciation: /ˈtjʊəɹəfaɪl/, /ˈtʊəɹəfaɪl/ 1. A gourmet/connoisseur of cheese. Example: After all, I’ve spent 15 years following the U.S. cheese scene, first as a lone blogger and now as an author of two cheese books, so I’ve put in my time as a turophile. I don’t let anyone conflate “American cheese” with Kraft Singles—not when there is so much good craft cheese being made stateside. Cheese has come a long way in the U.S. since its production became industrialized in the 1800s, when we began pooling our milk supply to pump out cheap factory-made blocks. It took a brave band of dairy dames in the 1970s and ’80s—fondly known as “the goat ladies” in cheese circles—to kick off a full-blown artisan movement around the country.
Word: democratically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Partly from democratical + -ly (suffix forming adverbs), and from democratic + -ally (variant of -ly), modelled after Middle French democratiquement (modern French démocratiquement). Pronunciation: /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪkli/, /ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkli/, /ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkəli/, [-ɾə-] 1. In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy. Example: a democratically elected leader Example: [T]hey ſee that they vvere not ſummoned ariſtocratically to a ſenate houſe of lords and great States, but invited democratically and after a popular manner to ſupper, vvhere the pooreſt may take his place vvith the richeſt, like as in the ſtate of a citie and common-vvealth, called Democratie.
Word: donor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur). Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊnə/, /ˈdoʊnɚ/, /ˈdəʉnə/, /ˈdɐʉnə/ 1. One who makes a donation. Example: The charity raised $2,000 from various donors. Example: The hospital is seeking an organ donor. 2. An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts. Example: You'll need to lengthen the plug for the fan switch and swap its connector for that of the donor. 3. A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor. Example: a carbonyl donor molecule
Word: doctored Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/ 1. Altered; falsified; skewed; manipulated. Labels: idiomatic Example: doctored statistics Example: President Trump sued CBS in a federal court alleging that the interview was deceptively “doctored” to help Harris beat Trump. CBS insisted that it was not doctored. 2. Repaired.
Word: doctored Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/ 1. past participle of doctor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tigecycline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to the brand name Tygacil, may comes from (bu)ty(l) + g(lycyl) + a(mino)- + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”). 1. A glycylcycline antibiotic. Labels: uncountable
Word: bald eagle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the white markings on its head and tail. Pronunciation: /ˌbɔːlˈdiːɡəl/ 1. Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.
Word: American eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle characterized by notable white head plumage, native to North America and national bird of the United States of America.
Word: electrocardiogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + cardio- + -gram, Modelled on German Electrocardiogramm(modern German Elektrokardiogramm) Pronunciation: /əˌlɛktɹəˈkɑɹdi.əˌɡɹæm/ 1. The recording that an electrocardiograph produces.
Word: cardiogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English cardiogram From cardio- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹ.di.oʊ.ɡɹæm/, /ˈkɑɹ.di.ə.ɡɹæm/ 1. The visual output an electrocardiograph produces
Word: electrocardiograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English electrocardiograph From electro- + cardio- + -graph. 1. A device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities that measures electric potentials on the surface of the body and creates a record (electrocardiogram) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity.
Word: IHOP Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of International House of Pancakes, a US-based restaurant chain. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: During that time of my life I went to the IHOP every evening, heading over on my bike at exactly seven and returning at exactly nine.
Word: Hase Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German hase (“hare”), from Old High German haso. 1. A surname.
Word: Hase Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Hase, from earlier Haase. Not from the noun meaning “hare”, but related to its ultimate source: from Old Saxon hasu, from Proto-West Germanic *hasu (“grey”). 1. A river in Lower Saxony, Germany
Word: antimodernist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + modernist. 1. Opposing modernism.
Word: antimodernist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + modernist. 1. One who opposes modernism.
Word: anti-racism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of antiracism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: apomixis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Apomixis, from apo- + mixis. 1. Plant reproduction without fertilization. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apple wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apple + wine. Compare German Apfelwein, Dutch appelwijn, Old English æppelwīn. 1. An alcoholic beverage made from apples; cider. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: harelip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hare + lip. 1. A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare.
Word: harelip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hare + lip. 1. To curse (as if by causing a harelip), Labels: transitive Example: I don't care if it harelips the governor. Example: I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek!
Word: alphabetized Part of Speech: adj 1. American and Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetised. Labels: not-comparable
Word: alphabetized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alphabetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cleft lip Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkleft ˈlɪp/ 1. harelip
Word: bestowal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bestow + -al. Pronunciation: /bɪˈstəʊ.əl/, /bɪˈstoʊ.əl/ 1. The act of bestowing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Elation mingled with something faintly apologetic in the abrupt bestowal of the baronet's unexpected confidence.
Word: bhoy Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of boy. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling 2. A tough, a thug.
Word: bhoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boy + -h-. 1. Boy. Labels: dated, humorous, slang Example: Whilst he was searching Luna in an attempt to spot Ego, the two Irish Bhoys tried to focus the other 'scope on the bedroom of a brunette opposite. Example: Refreshed from my little rest, I am left to guard the turrets as the bhoy goes to fetch his beloved who has returned from her daily toils
Word: bhoy Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From boy + -h-. 1. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing. Labels: dated, humorous, slang Example: assumed that the clot howling in a McCormick tenor and interspersing his shrieks with "Oh Bhoy! Oh Bhoy!" was my best friend and co-editor Example: Philadelphia in '53 had repercussions because they couldn't have anything resembling dancing or music. They had people parading around in costume in the meeting hall with the chairs still there. Hoo Bhoy!