nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: senile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnaɪl/, /ˈsinaɪl/ 1. Of, or relating to old age. Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. 2. Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering. Labels: offensive, often Example: Her mother was senile, but they called it dementia now.
Word: senile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnaɪl/, /ˈsinaɪl/ 1. A person who is senile. Labels: dated Example: Seniles differ markedly in their early adult intelligence level, and in their social, vocational, and educational histories.
Word: parlour Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːlə/, /ˈpɑɹlɚ/, /ˈpaːlɔː/ 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor. Example: Will you walk into my parlour, said a Spider to a Fly; / 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy. Example: At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Word: doddering Part of Speech: adj 1. Mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile. Labels: not-comparable Example: You great fat, blasted, blear-eyed, blundering, thundering, brainless, God-forsaken, doddering, damned fool! Example: Treat the doddering old fool with sympathy.
Word: doddering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dodder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doddering Part of Speech: noun 1. A shaking or trembling movement, as of old age. Example: Now that he was next in line to the minister of state security himself, an 82 year old man whose dodderings Fang graciously covered up to save everyone's face, Fang had a huge problem.
Word: gladius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”). Doublet of glaive. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlæd.i.əs/ 1. A Roman sword roughly two feet long. Labels: historical Example: Finally, the Romans made the gladius—sharp, of highly-tempered steel, and strongly piercing—the first real sword (Figs. 17, 18, 19), of which only five specimens are now known to exist. Example: The gladius was effective either for cutting or for thrusting and was used by legionaries and auxiliaries. 2. A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material. Example: From the Cretaceous of North America fossilised gladii in the enigmatic genus Tusoteuthis have been estimated to give a mantle length (body size) of 1.8m, just less than that of the giant squid’s.
Word: incwala Part of Speech: noun 1. A Swazi ceremony that marks the first fruits of the harvest
Word: AOB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Any other business. 2. Away on break.
Word: amputation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”). Pronunciation: /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/, [ˌɛəmpjʊˈteɪʃən], /ˌæmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/, /ˌɛmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/ 1. surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: back formation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of back-formation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rose geranium Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several pelargoniums having leaves with a rose scent, including important sources of rosewater and of rose fragrances. Although said to be the species Pelargonium graveolens, Pelargonium capitatum and Pelargonium radens, the rose geraniums in cultivation are pretty much all hybrids, with those species among the parents.
Word: flowering plant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm.
Word: turtledove Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turtle dove. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: woodpigeon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wood pigeon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: collared dove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that the species is a dove with a black collar around its neck. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒ.ləd ˈdʌv/, /ˌkɑ.lɚd ˈdʌv/ 1. A bird of the species Streptopelia decaocto.
Word: passenger pigeon Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird of the extinct species †Ectopistes migratorius, formerly endemic to North America. Example: Martha was a remnant of a species that had once dominated North America; it is estimated that there were as many as four billion – yes, billion – passenger pigeons when the Europeans arrived. Example: Revive & Restore, a branch of the Long Now Foundation, is currently attempting to de-extinct the passenger pigeon in a project called The Great Comeback.
Word: crowned pigeon Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various species of large, ground-feeding, pigeons of the New Guinea genus Goura, distinguished by elaborate crests.
Word: arson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹsən/, /ˈɑːsən/ 1. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: carry out an arson attack Example: Arson, like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.
Word: arson Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French arson, from the verb ardoir, from Latin ardeō (“to burn”). Compare ardent. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹsən/, /ˈɑːsən/ 1. To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner. Labels: India, transitive
Word: arson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arsoun, from Old French arçon, from Vulgar Latin *arciō (“saddlebow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”); compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção, and Spanish arzón. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹsən/, /ˈɑːsən/ 1. A saddlebow. Labels: obsolete Example: The kyng of Englande mounted on a freſhe courſer, the trapper of clothe of golde, of Tiſſue, the Arſon mantell wiſe[…] Example: Arcione, the arſon or ſaddle bowe.
Word: Messer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler. * An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”). 1. A surname.
Word: ginseng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 人參 /人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”). Doublet of ninzin. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/, [ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ], /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪŋ/, [ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪ̟ŋ], /ˈd͡ʒɪnsæŋ/ 1. Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season. Example: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
Word: moonquake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + quake, after the pattern of earthquake. 1. A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake. Example: Moonquakes and meteorite strikes could damage a reactor, but the chances are slim.
Word: sycamore maple Part of Speech: noun 1. The British and European sycamore tree, Acer pseudoplatanus. Labels: US 2. An American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis)
Word: acer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Acer, from Latin acer (“maple tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsə/, /ˈeɪsɚ/, /ˈɑkɛɚ/ 1. A plant of the genus Acer; a maple. Example: In the plantations to which we allude, there were also some American acers and the Norway maple, exhibiting dark reds and rich yellows.
Word: acer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of acre. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fyrst Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of first. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: vika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Pijin vika, from Vangunu [Term?], a Solomon Islands language. 1. A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
Word: which's Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From which + -'s (possessive clitic). 1. Of which; alternative to inanimate sense of “whose”. Labels: colloquial, nonstandard, proscribed Example: Do you happen to know if - gosh, I've forgotten his name - from the zoo film unit is still operating at that little film studio which's name I've also forgot? 2. Of or pertaining to [some noun phrase ending with] which. Example: Whereas we are informed that the small pox prevails at New York, Connecticut, &c, the preventing of which’s coming into this place is of the utmost consequence, all persons are hereby notified that orders are given by us for all vessells coming into this port to hoist a jack at the main topmast head, […] Example: The yield is comparable to the best corporate securities, each of which’s principal is relatively safe.
Word: which's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From which + is. 1. contraction of which is Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: I didn’t ask for installation but they still charge me the installation which’s fine for me. Example: “Which’s the best man?” continued the young lady with the dark blue eyes.
Word: justiciability Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability (of a subject matter) to be evaluated and resolved by the courts. Labels: uncountable
Word: justiciable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French justiciable. 1. Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.
Word: invariably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English invariable Middle English -ly English -ly English invariably From invariable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bli/, /ɪnˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bli/, /ɪnˈvɛ(ə).ɹə.bli/ 1. Every time; always, without change. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is invariably late for meetings. Example: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Word: violently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English violently; equivalent to violent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/ 1. In a violent manner. 2. To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely. Example: I found myself violently disagreeing with him. Example: Arthur started to choke violently on his drink.
Word: positively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English positively, equivalent to positive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv.li/, /ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/, /ˌpɒz.ɪˈtɪv.li/, /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.li/ 1. In a positive manner. Example: He approached the interview positively. Example: There’s nothing – not. one. thing. – that Trump could do or say that would be received positively by TDSers. 2. With certainty. Labels: modal Example: I will positively be there at 8 a.m. Example: The carriage nearly overturned, and he saw her eyes blaze at him, and she positively hissed, “I suppose you are enjoying this?” 3. Absolutely; utterly. Example: […] Easter Sunday, for all its traditions, is a gladless day in London. There is positively nothing to do. Example: She talked and laughed and positively forgot until he had come in (just as she had imagined) that Pearl Fulton had not turned up. 4. Very. Example: I had a positively wonderful time. Example: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
Word: specially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English specialli, specially, equivalent to special + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛʃəli/ 1. For a special purpose, person, or occasion. Labels: not-comparable Example: We had this cake made specially for your birthday. Example: The train is waiting specially for a high-ranking diplomat. 2. extremely Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: She's specially good at running. 3. in particular Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: I love all animals, specially cute furry ones.
Word: faithfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English feithfulli, equivalent to faithful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪθfəli/ 1. In a faithful manner. Example: The CD reproduces music faithfully. Example: I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years. 2. A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific. Labels: US
Word: frankly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frank Middle English -ly English -ly English frankly From frank + -ly. Pronunciation: /fɹæŋkli/, [ˈfɹʷæŋkllɪi̯] ~ [ˈfɹʷæŋklɪ], /ˈfɹaŋklɪj/, /ˈfɹaŋkli/, /ˈfɾaŋkli/ 1. In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt. Example: to speak frankly Example: He spoke frankly about the economy. 2. In truth, to tell the truth. Example: Most of what they said was, frankly, a pack of lies. Example: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 3. To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident. Example: frankly septic Example: frankly psychotic
Word: infinitely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English infinite Middle English -ly English -ly English infinitely From infinite + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/ 1. In an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly. 2. To a surpassingly large extent. Example: He is infinitely more capable than John. Example: Today, computer databases and corpora infinitely increase the ease of this type of research, but the collecting process remains essentially the same.
Word: curiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/, /ˈkjɔːɹi.əs.li/, /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/, /ˈkjɝ.i.əs.li/ 1. In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively. Example: The children peeped curiously into the attic room. 2. Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way. Example: Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar. Example: Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers.
Word: peculiarly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English peculiar Middle English -ly English -ly English peculiarly From peculiar + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɪˈkjuljɚli/, /pɪˈkjuːljəli/ 1. Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally. Example: He has a peculiarly strong accent. Example: This racehorse is peculiarly fast. 2. Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally. Example: One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed, any animal endued with life. Example: I feel that the Progressive Party should appeal peculiarly to the young men--and therefore to the boys--who ought to be the next generation of voters. 3. Such as to be strange or odd. Example: His nose is peculiarly bent. 4. Such as to be strange or odd. Example: He dresses peculiarly. 5. Such as to be strange or odd. Example: Peculiarly, his hat is on upside-down. 6. Such as to be strange or odd. Example: Peculiarly, he left through the window. Example: Peculiarly, he sat bolt upright and shouted "Geronimo!" whenever John Wayne appeared. 7. Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place. 8. Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place. Example: Having red hair and freckles is a characteristic that is peculiarly Northern European. Example: She was carried home quite exhausted; the only sign she gave of consciousness was, that when they were about to take her to the room which had formerly been her own, she raised her head, and feebly insisted on being taken to her uncle's. Every thing there was peculiarly his, and there she had gazed, for the last time, on his inanimate features; in that room she could call up his image more distinctly than elsewhere.
Word: tenderly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tender Middle English -ly English -ly English tenderly From tender + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dɚ.li/, /ˈtɛn.də.li/ 1. In a tender manner; gently; sweetly. Example: and the hour striking at which I was oblig'd to dispatch my young man, I tenderly advised him of the necessity there was for parting Example: After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?”
Word: wonderfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wonderfully, wunderfullie, wonderfulliche, equivalent to wonderful + -ly. Pronunciation: /wʌn.də(ɹ).fli/ 1. In a wonderful manner. Example: He entertained us wonderfully. Example: We're so wonderfully, wonderfully / Wonderfully, wonderfully pretty 2. In a wonderful manner. Example: On a clear night, the Montana sky is wonderfully vast and full of stars. Example: It was wonderfully stormy and dark on the night when the ship went down.
Word: beautifully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From beautiful + -ly, circa 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuː.tɪ.f(ə.)li/ 1. In a beautiful manner. Example: The intercom system worked beautifully, despite the fact that the ear plugs were designed for human rather than kzinti ears. Example: Tom Cleverley had one of his better games, the highlight being a beautifully weighted pass to send Walcott away for his goal, and Rooney probably did as well as might have been anticipated given this was his first start in a competitive match since April.
Word: honestly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ɪst.li/, /ˈɑ.nɪst.li/, /ˈɑ.nəst.li/ 1. In an honest manner. Example: He answered the questions honestly. Example: You honestly quit your tools; quit a most muddy confused coil of sore work, short rations, of sorrows, dispiritments and contradictions, having now honestly done with it all; — and await, not entirely in a distracted manner, what the Supreme Powers, and the Silences and the Eternities may have to say to you. 2. Frankly, to be honest. Example: Honestly, I didn't believe a word she said. Example: Under a popular Instagram post rounding up some of the most amusing memes generated from her BAFTAs performance, the actress commented on Monday, “Honestly I love this.” 3. Expresses mild surprise or hesitation about one's own conclusion. Labels: informal Example: Alright, can I play, like, here at least? Maybe ENTIA?, I guess ENTIA. Or INIA?, maybe just INIA honestly, for 29. I think that's better than ENTIA here, the T seems pretty valuable, I really want to try to bingo.
Word: honestly Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ɪst.li/, /ˈɑ.nɪst.li/, /ˈɑ.nəst.li/ 1. Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc. Example: Honestly! I want to finish this work and you keep interrupting.
Word: fiercely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fersly; equivalent to fierce + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɹsli/, /ˈfɪəsli/, /ˈfɪːslɪj/, /ˈfɪjəslɪj/, /ˈfiəsli/ 1. In a fierce manner. Example: The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily. Example: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. 2. Extremely; to a large degree. Example: fiercely competitive Example: a fiercely loved woman
Word: principally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English principaly. By surface analysis, principal + -ly. 1. In a primary manner; pertaining to the principal of a matter. Labels: not-comparable Example: The game principally consists in taking and carrying off the ball from the opposite party, after being hurled into the air midway between two high pillars, which are the goasl, and the party who bears off the ball to their pillar, wins the game[…] Example: Timber, hides, furs, and minerals from the north, and grain and other products from the south and the immediate vicinity of the town itself are brought, principally by river, to this point, where the railway cuts the great central waterway of Siberia.
Word: hurriedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hurried Middle English -ly English -ly English hurriedly From hurried + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhɝɪdli/, /ˈhʌɹɪdli/ 1. In a hurried manner. Example: The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them. Example: “In a moment, he has torn the letter into long thin strips, and rolling them up into spills he thrusts them hurriedly in amongst the other spills in the vase on the mantle-piece.”
Word: decidedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English decided Middle English -ly English -ly English decidedly From decided + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/ 1. In a manner which leaves little question; definitely, clearly. Example: In a decidedly petulant manner she sat with crossed arms and a frown. Example: "We progress," said he. "Decidedly we progress." 2. In a decided or final manner; resolutely. Example: ‘We can't,’ said Vera decidedly, ‘we haven't any boats and we're cut off by a raging torrent from any human habitation.’
Word: singularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English singulerly; equivalent to singular + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚli/, /ˈsɪŋɡjʊləli/ 1. Strangely; oddly. Example: He behaved most singularly when we met him last night. 2. Extremely; remarkably. Example: I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years. Example: "There were scraps of verse. I do not profess to be a judge of such things, but they appeared to me to be singularly wanting in merit." 3. In the singular number; in terms of a single thing. 4. solely; only; uniquely Example: A vast number of Iranians will singularly hold Ayatollah Khamenei, who first became leader in 1989, responsible for setting Iran on a collision course with Israel and the US that ultimately brought considerable ruin to his country and people.
Word: wildly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪldli/ 1. In a wild, uncontrolled manner. Example: He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor. Example: Steve Bruce's side have swung from highs to lows in what has been at best a wildly inconsistent start to the season. They experienced a microcosm of this within the opening 45 minutes at the Stadium of Light. 2. To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely. Example: wildly exagerrated Example: The wildly entertaining trip that follows, involving a used Winnebago and an old pickup truck with ropes for seatbelts, has a profound effect on Pedro.
Word: lessen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less + -en (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛsən/, /lɛsˈsɛn/ 1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce. Labels: transitive Example: a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon Charity […] shall lessen his punishment. Example: December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it. 2. To become less. Labels: intransitive
Word: lessen Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less + -en (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛsən/, /lɛsˈsɛn/ 1. unless. Labels: dialectal, nonstandard Example: Ober closed his encomium with the serious statement that “Lessen he could marry Miss Jennie he would be a bachelor the balance of his life," to which the drayman replied that " If Oi were Miss Janie Oi'd black yer oi the minute ye thought of such a thing. The oidee." Example: She was fine-looking; he couldn't find a fault with her 'lessen he made it up.
Word: comfortably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English comfortable Middle English -ly English -ly English comfortably From comfortable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmftɚbli/, /ˈkʌmfɚtəbli/, /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli/ 1. In a comfortable manner. Example: I snuggled comfortably into the blankets. Example: Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion. 2. Easily; without effort or difficulty. Example: Messi was the next to test Cech with a header from Sanchez's cross, the Chelsea keeper gathering the effort comfortably as Barcelona once more failed to produce the final touch to accompany their artistic approach work. Example: A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.
Word: vaguely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vague Middle English -ly English -ly English vaguely From vague + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡli/ 1. In a vague manner. Example: He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost. Example: The youth pointed vaguely. "Over there," he replied. 2. Loosely; more or less; somewhat. Example: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
Word: nominally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal Middle English -ly English -ly English nominally From nominal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒmɪnəli/, /ˈnɑmɪnəli/ 1. In a nominal manner; in name only. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis). 2. Slightly. Labels: not-comparable 3. As a noun. Labels: not-comparable Example: In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv. Example: In the first phase, the grasp of an abstraction, the concept 'size' does not function nominally, rather it provides a way of thinking the quality of something.
Word: remarkably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English remarkable Middle English -ly English -ly English remarkably From remarkable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/, /ɹɪˈmɑːkəbli/ 1. In a remarkable manner. Example: He performed the piece remarkably, offering novel interpretations to its nearly cliched passages. 2. To a noteworthy extent. Example: That dog is remarkably fierce. Example: Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife. 3. Used to draw special attention to a proposition. Example: Remarkably, three State assembly elections were decided by a total of fewer than one hundred votes.
Word: cautiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cautious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English cautiously From cautious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːʃəsli/, /ˈkɑʃəsli/ 1. In a cautious manner. Example: He said cautiously, "I do not think it right, Imperator."
Word: warmly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English warm Middle English -ly English -ly English warmly From warm + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔɹmli/, /ˈwɔːmli/ 1. In a manner that maintains warm temperature. Example: Be sure to dress warmly today! Example: When praying in winter — and the winter in Regensburg was very cold — one should not shorten the prayers. He who is not warmly dressed, should go home. 2. In a warm, friendly manner. Example: I said so - I said so warmly, for I felt that the Professor was an ill-used man. 3. With emotion, especially some anger; somewhat hotly. Labels: dated Example: One evening in particular, about a week after Colonel Brandon left the country, his heart seemed more than usually open to every feeling of attachment to the objects around him; and on Mrs. Dashwood’s happening to mention her design of improving the cottage in the spring, he warmly opposed every alteration of a place which affection had established as perfect with him. “What!” he exclaimed⁠—“improve this dear cottage! No. That I will never consent to. Not a stone must be added to its walls, not an inch to its size, if my feelings are regarded.” Example: Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her. This was too much. “You are mistaken, Elinor,” said she warmly, “in supposing I know very little of Willoughby."
Word: seemingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English semyngly, equivalent to seeming + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmɪŋli/, /ˈsimɪŋli/ 1. As it appears; apparently. Example: […] an object, seemingly like those which we have experienced, may be attended with different or contrary effects. Example: Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being immediately off likewise, sat down again, seemingly inclined for more chat. He began speaking of Harriet, and speaking of her with more voluntary praise than Emma had ever heard before. 2. In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety. Example: It was possibly chagrin at this neglect that caused James to omit the most ordinary courtesies to the few gentlemen who had behaved seemingly:[…]. Example: […]was restored to his throne but only on the understanding that he behave seemingly.
Word: richly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English richely, from Old English rīċlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkīlīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijalīkô; by surface analysis, rich + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃli/ 1. In a luxurious manner; full of majesty or expression: Example: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 2. In a luxurious manner; full of majesty or expression: 3. Done advantageously, done as to be wealthy. 4. Thoroughly, totally; in an ample manner. Example: a richly deserved comeuppance
Word: humbly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbli/ 1. In a humble manner. Example: I humbly accept this award. Example: Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?
Word: universally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English universally; equivalent to universal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/, /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəli/ 1. In a universal manner. Example: My experience of the people was that they were universally polite, civil, and clean, and during the whole time I spent in the country, I only saw one drunken man. Example: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] . 2. By everyone or by the vast majority of people. Example: The movie was universally praised by its audience. Example: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Word: expressly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English express Middle English -ly English -ly English expressly From express + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɹɛsli/ 1. In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: We were expressly permitted to use the building. See – here is the note from the manager clearly stating that we have permission to use the building. Example: "What do you think of this sentence, my dear Lizzy?" said Jane as she finished it. "Is it not clear enough? Does it not expressly declare that Caroline neither expects nor wishes me to be her sister; […]" 2. Exclusively or specifically. Labels: not-comparable Example: No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, […]
Word: unconsciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From un- + consciously, and more rarely, from unconscious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/ 1. In an unconscious manner; unknowingly Example: Emily had thought she was accustomed to consider Lorraine attached to another; but that vague hope which lingers so unconsciously in the human heart, or not so much hope as uncertainty, that had as yet given no tangible shape to her rival, had ill prepared her to find that rival in her own familiar companion.
Word: insouciance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/ 1. Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So Gelernter, with an insouciance he now regrets, also chose a Lovelace as a namesake—Linda, the lead actress in "Deep Throat." 2. Nonchalance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove.
Word: iconostasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek εἰκονόστασις (eikonóstasis), from εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”) + στάσις (stásis, “fixture”). Pronunciation: /ˌaɪkəˈnɒstəsɪs/ 1. A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church. Example: The golden glitter on the crimson background of the iconostasis, the gilt ornaments of the icons, the silver of the chandeliers and candlesticks, the flagstones of the floor, the mats, the banners above the choir, the steps of the ambo, the ancient books black with age, the cassocks and surplices, were all inundated with light. Example: The altar was hidden behind an Iconostasis. The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.
Word: effectually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English effectual Middle English -ly English -ly English effectually From effectual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛktʃuəli/, /ɪˈfɛktjʊəli/, /ɪˈfɛkt͡ʃuːəli/, /iːˈfɛkt͡ʃʊəli/ 1. In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect. Example: Though the captain had effectually demolished poor Partridge, yet had he not reaped the harvest he hoped for, which was to turn the foundling out of Mr Allworthy's house. Example: Her quick eye detected the cause in a moment; Mr. Courtenaye had just entered the room, though he had not as yet perceived them. Indeed, the position in which Ethel stood effectually screened her from observation; and Henrietta thought she could not do better than stand as they were, thus giving her companion time to recover her outward composure.
Word: intensely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intense Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intensely From intense + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnsli/ 1. In an intense manner. Example: He pursued his studies intensely. 2. To an intense degree, extremely. Example: An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum. Example: You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
Word: unexpectedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unexpected + -ly or un- + expectedly. Pronunciation: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ 1. In an unexpected manner. Example: Near-synonyms: against expectations, against all odds, surprisingly Example: […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her.
Word: unusually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unusual + -ly or un- + usually. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈjuːʒuəli/ 1. In an unusual manner. Example: She's unusually happy for someone who's just broken her leg. Example: My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.
Word: dearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English derely, deorliche, from Old English dēorlīċe (“worthily, richly”), equivalent to dear + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɹli/, /ˈdɪəli/ 1. In a dear or precious manner. Example: the funeral of our dearly beloved sister 2. In a dear or expensive manner. Example: a dearly priced item 3. At great expense; dear. Example: He paid dearly for his mistake. Example: But I take solace in the fact that the public has seen the enormous mountain of evidence proving what Fox did, and Fox paid dearly for it.
Word: painfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪnfəli/ 1. In a painful manner; as if in pain. Example: I limped painfully down the stairs. Example: The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room. 2. Badly; poorly. Labels: informal Example: That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.
Word: carelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English carlēas Middle English careles English careless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English carelessly From careless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹləsli/, /ˈkɛələsli/ 1. Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly. Example: The papers were carelessly strewn on the table. Example: Let us try to imagine the qualms of some Fifth Avenue florist if he could but see so many potential boutonnières, at a dollar apiece, so carelessly heaped up in baskets, lining the dingy pavement. 2. Done without care or attention; inattentively. Example: Distracted by the salesperson, he carelessly read the contract.
Word: bravely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English brave Middle English -ly English -ly English bravely From brave + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪvli/ 1. In a brave manner. Example: The soldiers faced the enemy bravely. Example: Here, here, here's an excellent place; here we may see most bravely: I'll tell you them all by their names as they pass by; but mark Troilus above the rest.
Word: keenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English kenely, kenliche, from Old English cēnlīċe (“keenly, boldly, courageously”), equivalent to keen + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian köinlik (“boldly”), archaic German kühnlich (“bravely”). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːnli/ 1. In a keen manner. Example: watch something keenly Example: We played keenly.
Word: inevitably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inevitable Middle English -ly English -ly English inevitably From inevitable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, /ɪˈnɛvətəbli/ 1. In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Inevitably, all creatures eventually die. Example: The sun inevitably rises. 2. As usual; predictably; as expected. Labels: not-comparable Example: Inevitably, the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lays down her head after a long night shift. Example: The child inevitably began to cry when his mother went to work.
Word: privately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English private Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English privately From private + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪvɪtli/, /ˈpɹaɪvətli/ 1. In a private manner. Example: Arley's ferry boat has been replaced by a single-span pedestrian bridge. This leads to the old Harbour Inn and the impeccably restored railway station, now part of the privately run steam-operated Severn Valley Railway. Example: Alonso and Ferrari may well privately regret the decision to delay their second pit stop until two laps after Maldonado made his on the 24th of 66 laps.
Word: ramen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːmən/, /ˈɹɑmən/ 1. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner. 2. A type of instant noodles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ramen Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːmən/, /ˈɹɑmən/ 1. amen Labels: humorous Example: [...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen. Example: … For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.
Word: tolerably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tolerable Middle English -ly English -ly English tolerably From tolerable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑləɹəbli/, /ˈtɒləɹəbli/ 1. In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated. Example: I don't like the music, but it's tolerably quiet. 2. Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat. Labels: dated Example: With a small knife or larding pin, cut holes in the beef, to receive the bacon thus prepared; place the lardings tolerably thick and even; rub the beef over with the remainder of the seasoning […] Example: At least, he may claim that we should bring to him a tolerably patient and receptive mind, not a repelling, refusive mind; in a word, that we should treat him with decency, if we profess to attend to him at all.
Word: roble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish. 1. California white oak (Quercus lobata). 2. Nothofagus obliqua (syn. Lophozonia obliqua); noble beech.
Word: expurgated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of expurgate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: expurgated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed. Labels: not-comparable Example: In a subsequent expurgated retelling, his complaint that the customer had been a f*cking pain in the ass was reported as "a pain in the rear".
Word: air bubble Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.
Word: spanakopita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modern Greek σπανακόπιτα (spanakópita), from σπανάκι (spanáki, “spinach”) + -ό- (-ó-, linking vowel) + πίτα (píta, “pie”). Usually short for σπανακοτυρόπιτα (spanakotyrópita, “spanakotiropita, spinach and cheese pie”), from same as above and τυρί (tyrí, “cheese”). Pronunciation: /ˌspænəˈkoʊpɪtə/ 1. A Greek dish made with pre-cooked spinach, butter, olive oil, cheese, green onions, egg, and seasoning in phyllo pastry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Soon, she’s toting a tray of miniature spanakopites, wedging it between groups of men and women who all seem to have arrived at once, as if they’ve been brought in a chartered bus to populate the house, to form a small privileged nation. Example: They laughed and enjoyed baking bread, buns and spanakopites (her Mama taught her the art of making filo pastry). 2. The same or similar dishes made without cheese. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of umpire. Pronunciation: /ʌmp/ 1. An umpire. Labels: informal Example: If you take it to court, you're the guy who screams at the ump ’cause they don't like the call at the plate.
Word: ump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of umpire. Pronunciation: /ʌmp/ 1. To act as an umpire (in). Labels: ambitransitive Example: On the block when we were growing up we called him Ronnie the Enforcer because he umped all the stickball games and reffed the hockey.
Word: mint imperials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mint imperial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Amata Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus. 1. A female given name from Latin; always rare in English. 2. The wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia. Labels: Roman
Word: straightaway Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪ/ 1. Alternative form of straightway (“A straight section of a racetrack.”). Labels: alt-of, alternative