nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: deafness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deefnesse; equivalent to deaf + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfnəs/ 1. The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Paul wet his lips with his tongue, read: “ ‘Think you of I the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? What is there around us that we cannot—’ ” 2. Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: their deafness to her cries
Word: deafen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”) and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfən/ 1. To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. Labels: transitive Example: The head injury deafened her for life. 2. To make soundproof. Labels: transitive Example: to deafen a wall or a floor 3. To stun, as with noise. Labels: dialectal, figuratively, rare, sometimes, transitive Example: Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.
Word: crenelation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crenellation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tranch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French trancher (“to slice”). 1. To carve; to slice. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: tranched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tranch Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of tranche Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion. Pronunciation: /tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/, /tɹɑːnˈzɪ.ʃən/, /-sɪ-/, /-ʒən/ 1. To make a transition. Labels: intransitive 2. To bring through a transition; to change. Labels: transitive Example: The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role. 3. To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender. Labels: intransitive Example: Eric told me that after he transitioned, he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him. Example: And simply being accepted into one of these programs was not a guarantee that one would be allowed to transition. First, the trans person had to undergo extensive, sometimes indefinite, periods of psychotherapy […]
Word: thinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thinkere, equivalent to think + -er. Compare West Frisian tinker (“thinker”), Dutch denker (“thinker”), German Denker (“thinker”), Danish tænker (“thinker”), Swedish tänkare (“thinker”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋ.kə/, [ˈθɪŋ.kə], /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/, [ˈθɪŋ.kɚ] ~ [ˈθɪŋ.kɹ̩] 1. One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating. Example: The doer and the thinker No allowance for the other. 2. An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian. Example: From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.” 3. The brain; the mind. Labels: slang Example: "Well, I tried to do like you and grandfather say; don't use my thinker, use imagination." 4. A poser; a conundrum that requires some thinking. Labels: slang Example: HANK: The NRA is a Washington D.C. based organization. Are you telling me you support Washington D.C.? DALE: That's a thinker.
Word: statesman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From state + -s- + -man, modelled after French homme d'État. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtsmən/ 1. A man who is a leader in national or international affairs. 2. A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state. 3. A man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder. Labels: dialectal
Word: soya bean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soya + bean. 1. Alternative spelling of soybean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wield Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English welden, from the merger of Old English wealdan (“to control, rule”) (strong class 7) and Old English wieldan (“to control, subdue”) (weak). Both verbs derive from Proto-West Germanic *waldan and *waldijan, respectively; and are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”). The reason for the merger was that in Middle English the -d in the stem made it hard to distinguish between strong and weak forms in the past tense. Pronunciation: /wiːld/ 1. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. 2. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively. Example: The question isn't whether AI will reshape human society—it's whether its engineers will wield that power thoughtfully. 3. To command, rule over; to possess or own. Labels: obsolete Example: There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes. There was never a king other than myself who ever commanded such knights. 4. To control, to guide or manage. Labels: obsolete Example: With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends[…]. 5. To carry out, to bring about. Labels: obsolete Example: All is weill done, God wate, weild he hys will.
Word: wield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English welde, from Old English *wield, ġewield (“power, control, dominion”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldi, from Proto-Germanic *waldiz (“power, might, control”). Pronunciation: /wiːld/ 1. Rule, command; power, control, wielding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What boots it if I beat the heathen home, And fold the mountains in my wield, and fire […] Example: […] telling him of the treasures concealed in the cave, of the mysterious ring and tarnhelmet, possessing which he can hold the wield of the world.
Word: falls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɔːlz/, /faːlz/, /fɔlz/, /fɑlz/ 1. A waterfall. Example: Niagara Falls Example: And climbed up through the woods, past the lake island where the white gazebo stood up to its knees in mist, up to where a falls fell melodiously into a deep dark pool.
Word: falls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɔːlz/, /faːlz/, /fɔlz/, /fɑlz/ 1. plural of fall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: falls Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔːlz/, /faːlz/, /fɔlz/, /fɑlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aristocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā, “the rule of the best“, that is, “the best-born”, “nobility”), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best, noblest”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -cracy. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹ.ɪˈstɒk.ɹə.si/, /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/ 1. The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But when Nietzsche has the incredible lack of humour and lack of imagination to ask us to believe that his aristocracy is an aristocracy of strong muscles or an aristocracy of strong wills, it is necessary to point out the truth. It is an aristocracy of weak nerves. Example: That, then, which is called aristocracy in some countries and nobility in others arose out of the governments founded upon conquest. 2. Government by such a class, or a state with such a government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How many false principles have been laid down, how much delusion supported, by reference to the glories of Athens and of Rome! It remained for a later time to observe that those so-called republics were but aristocracy in its most oppressive form; and what are now the people were then positive slaves;... 3. A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prehistory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor. Latin historiader. Old French estoire Old French estorie Old French historiebor. Middle English historie English history English prehistory From pre- (“before”) + history, first attested in the Foreign Quarterly Review in 1836, after the model of prehistoric, from French préhistorique. 1. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Along the way, elders of the Delaware, Lushootseed, Tsimshian, Colville, and Creek tribes have provided a comparative perspective on the long time frame of Keresan prehistory and culture. Example: “We don’t find evidence for that sort of thing anywhere in prehistory.” 2. The study of those times. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era. Labels: countable, excessive, humorous, uncountable Example: I was a town boy through and through. The country belonged to a vague pre-history. 4. The history leading up to some event, condition, etc. Labels: countable, often, uncountable Example: Psychologists... are mostly bad historians, inventing—as Freud has done—their pre-history to suit their theories. Example: One of the challenges of studying any Jewish custom is that we tend to view it in an anachronistic fashion; we think that what we do today is what was always done. Therefore, in this article we shall describe the pre-history of the Bar Mitzvah ceremony, the four basic components of the Bar Mitzvah ceremony before the year 1800 as suggested by Michael Hilton, and six major changes that occurred in modern times.
Word: renaissance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French renaissance. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/, /ˌɹɛnəˈsɒ̃(n)s/, /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/ 1. A rebirth or revival. Example: On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'. Example: The news of her death is shocking, in part, because she was in the midst of a late-career renaissance. It seemed possible that we would see her continue to play some of these characters, not to mention a raft of new ones, for another generation. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance. Labels: alt-of, historical
Word: liberalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.b(ə.)ɹə.lɪz.əm/ 1. The quality of being liberal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whether some distant cousin really belongs to the extended family of liberalisms is a matter of healthy dispute. Example: This poses obvious problems for statistical inference in that what may appear as ‘declines’ in non-white racial liberalism may actually be due to increases in representation of non-black racial/ethnic minorities whose racial attitudes are more conservative. 3. An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But liberalism has no obvious answers to the biggest problems we face: ecological collapse and technological disruption. 4. A school of international relations that emphasises cooperation (such as trade) between polities, as an alternative to power politics, and the geopolitically transformative role of democratisation, as opposed to inherent structural material factors. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imperialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English imperial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English imperialism From imperial + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.ə.lɪ.z(ə)m/, /ɪmˈpɪ.ɹi.əˌlɪ.zəm/ 1. The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone. 2. Any undue extension of political, intellectual, or other forms of authority, particularly in regards to systems that benefit the Western world at the cost of the Global South. Labels: countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable Example: The moral imperialism of the Supreme Court did not end with Chief Justice Warren’s resignation nor with the departures of the Justices who made up his distinctive majority. Example: By contrast, economists of the Chicago School approach [sociology] from a standpoint of the imperialism of economics, in the sense that they advance the study of substructure into the areas of the study of superstructure, by researching it as economics.
Word: diplomacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“a letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpləʊməsi/, /dɪˈploʊməsi/, /dɪˈpləʉməsi/, /dəˈplɐʉməsi/ 1. The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: National diplomacy typically deploys its dexterity to secure advantage for one's nation. Example: Admiral Hackett: Hell of a thing you just pulled off, Commander. Curing the genophage? I never thought I'd see the day. Shepard: Wrex has agreed to help the turians, Admiral. We should get their full support. Admiral Hackett: And the salarians? How did you manage to get them on board? Shepard: Careful diplomacy. Admiral Hackett: Uh-huh… I don’t think I want to know what that means. Doesn't matter. You're starting to put together a real alliance out there. Admiral Hackett: Good work, Commander. Hackett, out. 2. Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As I was talking with many relatives I have in this town I got assaulted with intense probing of whom I was married to, then who is your girlfriend, then it was what do you do for a job? Most of these relatives don't know I'm gay and deflecting these questions put to the test the art of diplomacy.
Word: human rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From human right + -s (suffix forming plural nouns and pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˌhjuːmən ˈɹaɪtz/, /ˌhjumən ˈɹaɪtz/ 1. The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: This trampler upon human rights is — Fashion. Strange that mankind should love a despotism, And while they kick against one kind of rule, Should uncomplainingly endure another,[…] Example: We should not facilely judge China by the American standard of democracy, but its current human rights violations are beyond the pale. At the same time, we should not suspend our relationship because of the human rights issue. If we had always refused to deal with leaders who violated human rights, there would have been no opening to China in 1972.
Word: human rights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From human right + -s (suffix forming plural nouns and pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˌhjuːmən ˈɹaɪtz/, /ˌhjumən ˈɹaɪtz/ 1. plural of human right Labels: form-of, plural
Word: birth control Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Margaret Sanger coined the term "birth control" in 1914, using it in the July 1914 issue of The Woman Rebel, and was criminally indicted for it in August 1914, under the Comstock Law for obscenity in print. 1. Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. Labels: uncountable Example: The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive. 2. Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception). Labels: uncountable
Word: Hinduism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Hindu Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Hinduism From Hindu + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnduɪzəm/ 1. A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mordin: Wheel of life. Popular salarian concept. Similar to human Hinduism in focus on reincarnation. Mordin: Appealing to see life as endless. Fix mistakes in next life. Learn, adapt, improve. Mordin: Refuse to believe life ends here. Too wasteful. Have much more to offer. Mistakes to fix. Cannot end here. Could do so much more.
Word: Sikhism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha)bor. English Sikh Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sikhism From Sikh + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkɪzm̩/, /ˈsɪk-/ 1. A revealed, monotheistic religion originating in northern India, in the 15th century, through Guru Nanak and his successors.
Word: mollydooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from molly (“(dialect) fussy man who does women's work”) + dook (variant of duke (“fist”)) + -er. 1. A left-handed person. Labels: Australia, UK, slang Example: ‘G′day,’ Martin says. ‘So who′s who?’ They don′t answer him. Maybe they can′t talk. ‘I reckon you′re Alan, the mollydooker, and you′re Eddy. Am I right?’ They cringe, don′t know what a ‘mollydooker’ is. Example: I thought to myself how remarkably young Emma looked to be twice Penny′s age, which would make her 35 years of age, and a Mollydooker, Emma was (left handed).
Word: Errol Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transferred from a rare Scottish surname derived from a place name, of unknown meaning. Later interpreted as a variant of Earl in the U.S. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹəl/ 1. A male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn. Example: Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald because she's mad about Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn. Mam says, will you go way outa that, Bridey. I'd never be able to stick my head out the door and say, Errol, Errol, come in for your tea. Sure the poor child would be a laughingstock. 2. A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2522). 3. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
Word: Meryl Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Muriel. Example: “Let Them All Talk” is as breezy as an ocean cruise (pre-Covid), and mostly a welcome excuse to enjoy its three septuagenarian leads – Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest – as they banter their way across the Atlantic.
Word: imperil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- English peril English imperil From im- + peril. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛɹəl/ 1. To put into peril; to place in danger. Labels: transitive Example: […]they occupied the country, expelled the inhabitants, and terminated for ever the rivalry which had so long imperilled their own naval supremacy in Greece. Example: "If Russia mobilises, it is for defence. No nation in the world would dream of attacking Germany, nor has Germany the slightest intention of imperilling her coming supremacy amongst the nations by such crude methods as military enterprise. Servia must be punished, naturally, but to that, in principle, every nation in Europe is agreed. We shall not permit Austria to overstep the mark." 2. To risk or hazard. Labels: transitive
Word: Cheryl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined in the early 20th century, possibly a blend of Cherie or Cherry and Beryl. (See cher for the etymology of Cherie.) Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹəl/, /ˈʃɛɹɪl/ 1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Example: Cheryl is a woman of few interests: she will be watching TV or she'll be out shopping. "Cheryl" is a soft, round, pleasant name. "Cheryl" sounds like a person who listens to classic rock, irons aprons and plays bunko. In fact, she's not an aunt at all. She's a glorified housekeeper.
Word: secret police Part of Speech: noun 1. A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance. Labels: plural, singular Example: 1979, Jello Biafra & John Greenway, "California Über Alles", Dead Kennedys, California Über Alles. Now it is nineteen eighty-four / Knock-knock at your front door / It's the suede denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece Example: Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police.
Word: boomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English boom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boomer From boom + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbymɑ/, /ˈbuːmə(ɹ)/, /ˈbuːmə/, /ˈbumɚ/, /ˈbʉːmə/ 1. Something that makes a booming sound. Example: That's when the Rev let loose one of those great big boomers of a laugh. It was so loud in the closed space, the effect was what Wes imagined it felt like to hear a bullet fired in a car. 2. A device used to bind or tighten chain. 3. A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN. Labels: US, slang Example: Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny. 4. A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.). Labels: UK 5. An adult male kangaroo. 6. A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Labels: Appalachia 7. A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa). 8. A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence. Example: you and i both know that there are some boomers out there who'll consistently hit bronze @ 16ish and assuming they have protected themselves correctly, are some tough players. Example: Economically speaking, the attacker loses every time. So it's a war of the boomers. 9. Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”). Labels: US, alt-of, historical 10. A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work. Labels: US 11. A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence. Example: The doomers and the boomers are consumed by intramural fights, but from a distance they can look like two offshoots of the same tribe: people who are convinced that A.I. is the only thing worth paying attention to.
Word: boomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of baby boomer. Pronunciation: /ˈbymɑ/, /ˈbuːmə(ɹ)/, /ˈbuːmə/, /ˈbumɚ/, /ˈbʉːmə/ 1. A baby boomer. Labels: informal Example: Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Example: To the many Boomers who sensed that something had gone awry in Greatest Generation America, Mad was a glimmer of truth, a benign but trenchant voice against hypocrisy and pretense, a way to laugh at parents who fretted over status symbols and authorities who talked one way but acted another. 2. An elderly person, regardless of generation. Labels: broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over. 3. A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology. Labels: broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone.
Word: licence to crenellate Part of Speech: noun 1. In medieval Britain, a licence, granted by the king, giving permission to fortify a manor house (with crenellations and other fortifying features). Labels: historical
Word: mediaeval Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/, /ˌmiː.diˈiː.vəl/, /ˌmɛdiˈi.vəl/ 1. Alternative spelling of medieval. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative Example: Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern. Example: The earliest known example of a partial rider is the Talia (meaning scout) which occurs in the Great Chess of Timur. It is a transition piece between the mediaeval alfil and the modern bishop, able to move like the bishop without being blocked by a pawn standing in front of it.
Word: mediaeval Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/, /ˌmiː.diˈiː.vəl/, /ˌmɛdiˈi.vəl/ 1. Alternative spelling of medieval. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: shiralee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in print 1892. Later popularised through its use in the title of D'Arcy Niland′s 1955 novel The Shiralee (and two film adaptations, in 1957 and 1987)). Its meaning is no longer well known. Sometimes claimed to be from an (unidentified) Australian Aboriginal language. Alternatively, an anglicisation of Irish tiarálaí (“itinerant roustabout”) which came to be applied to his swag or matilda, and later (inspired by Niland's novel) to mean not only a physical burden but also a psychological one. 1. Burden; load. Labels: uncommon 2. Burden; load. Labels: Australia, colloquial, dated, uncommon Example: The bag of food like a shiralee across his shoulders, the water container stuffed into the looseness of his shirt, the compass, not required for awhile^([sic]) yet, in his side pocket, and the rifle balanced in his hand. Example: 2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 8, “Nothin′. A prickly gecko, mate. He dropped off your shiralee.”
Word: crenellate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French créneler (“to defend with crenels, make crenelated, crenelate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Créneler is derived from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure (modern French créneau)”) + -er (forms verbs of the first conjugation)), further from crene (“notch”) + -el (diminutive-forming sufix), perhaps related to Latin crēna (“incision; notch”) or of gaulish origin. Equivalent to crenel + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛnɛleɪt/, /ˈkɹɛnəˌleɪt/ 1. To furnish with crenelles. 2. To indent; to notch.
Word: crenelate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French crenel. By surface analysis, Old French cren + -el + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈkren.ə.leɪt/ 1. To furnish with crenelles. 2. To indent; to notch. Example: a crenelated leaf
Word: FARC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish FARC, from Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (“Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia”). 1. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964. Example: The US State Department has removed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the acronym the FARC, from its terrorism blacklist, and listed two dissident groups led by former FARC militants.
Word: RSVP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from French RSVP, initialism of répondez s'il vous plaît (literally “respond if it pleases you”). 1. A reply to an invitation.
Word: RSVP Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from French RSVP, initialism of répondez s'il vous plaît (literally “respond if it pleases you”). 1. To reply to an invitation. Labels: intransitive
Word: RSVP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of Resource Reservation Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RSVP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of rapid serial visual presentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RSVP Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of reserve seating via phone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RSVP Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. To reserve a place.
Word: crenelated molding Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.
Word: crenellated moulding Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of indented moulding used in Norman buildings.
Word: bandicoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance. Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/, /ˈbændiˌkut/ 1. Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae. Example: At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires. 2. A bandicoot rat; any of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of rat-like rodents of southeast Asia.
Word: bandicoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Telugu పందికొక్కు (pandikokku), from పంది (pandi, “pig, boar”) + కొక్కు (kokku, “bandicoot”); first used of Asian murids, now called bandicoot rats, thence applied to the Australian marsupials which bear some resemblance. Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪˌkuːt/, /ˈbændiˌkut/ 1. To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed. Labels: Australia, informal Example: ‘Well, the abos ‘bandicooted’ his peanuts.’
Word: bindii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gamilaraay bindayaa. Pronunciation: /bɪn.di/ 1. Any of several weeds with unpleasant burrs: Labels: Australia 2. Any of several weeds with unpleasant burrs: Labels: Australia 3. Any of several weeds with unpleasant burrs: Labels: Australia 4. A burr from one of these weeds. Labels: Australia
Word: allo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of 'allo (“hello”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: allo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of allosexual or alloromantic. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ləʊ/, /ˈæ.loʊ/ 1. Allosexual and/or alloromantic; experiencing sexual and/or romantic attraction. Labels: informal Example: Asking a person to work on themself to have more sex seems natural and intuitive, but imagine asking the allo partner to be celibate. Example: However, being aro adds another layer of urgency. As we get older, a lot of our monogamous allo friends will find their life partner, get married, and have kids.
Word: allo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of allosexual or alloromantic. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ləʊ/, /ˈæ.loʊ/ 1. One who is allosexual and/or alloromantic. Labels: informal Example: Allos might feel infatuated with a new acquaintance or be more attached to their best friend than to any romantic partner, yet they can deny the possibility of romantic feeling because of the lack of sexual attraction. Allos can wave their hand and say, "There are people I want to sleep with, and I don't want to sleep with you, so it's only platonic." Example: Then maybe asexuals wouldn't face negative responses ("You're a late bloomer" or You haven't met the right person" etc.) when they come out to allos.
Word: interline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English interline From inter- + line. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlaɪn/ 1. Between lines. Labels: not-comparable Example: Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate. 2. Between (or with) two airlines. Labels: not-comparable Example: American Airlines and British Airways have an interline agreement to handle each other's baggage and to accept each other's tickets. Example: I had an interline connection from Delta to AA in Dallas/Ft. Worth.
Word: interline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English interline From inter- + line. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlaɪn/ 1. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction. Example: to interline a page or a book Example: Then riſing with Aurora’s Light, / The Muse invok’d, ſit down to write; / Blot out, correct, inſert, refine, / Enlarge, diminiſh, interline; / Be mindful, when Invention fails, / To ſcratch your Head, and bite your Nails. 2. To arrange in alternate lines. Example: When by this way of interlining Latin and Englisſh one with another, he has got a moderate Knowledge of the Latin Tongue, he may then be advanc'd a little farther to the reading of ſome other eaſie Latin Book, […] 3. To imprint or mark with lines. Example: For each contracted frown, / A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow: / Spend but one hour in frowns, and I shall look / Like to a beldam of one hundred years.
Word: Gitmo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From GTMO (Guantanamo), pronounced as if it were a word rather than letter by letter. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪt.məʊ/, /ˈɡɪt.moʊ/ 1. Guantanamo Bay, the US naval base at the eponymous location, on the island of Cuba. Labels: informal 2. The detention center for officially undisclosed persons without charge, process, or recourse; located at the U.S. naval base. Labels: informal
Word: IATA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /aɪˈɑːtə/, /iːˈɑːtə/ 1. Acronym of International Air Transport Association, an airline trade organisation with headquarters in Montreal, Canada and Geneva, Switzerland. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: fam trip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fam (“familiarisation”) + trip. 1. A free (or low cost) trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service. Labels: UK
Word: ARNK Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ARNK: short for Arrival Not Known (a.k.a. arrival unknown): It is a four-letter code sometimes shown as a flight segment on a reservation with multi-flight segments: where the traveler(s) depart from an airport, which they did not fly into with that specific airline (e.g. traveled there by car or used different airline etc.) - For example: if the flights are from IAH>FLL & MIA>IAH (return): -- The ARNK indicator (flight segment placeholder/indicator) is used by the airline to indicate, as confirmation, that the customer has other transport arrangements between the 2 flight segments that are not known to the airline (In essence a confirmation that the flight(s) were not changed/updated incorrectly or deleted by accident by for example user/customer/system etc. but intentional booking by customer). --- For example: IAH>FLL, ARNK, MIA>IAH 1. An unknown or empty sector of an itinerary.
Word: administrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * archaic: Latin administrātus, past participle of administrō. * modern: Back-formation from administration (from Latin administrātiō, also from administrō) (The exact etymology is disputed, see note below.) Pronunciation: /ədˈmɪnɪstɹeɪt/ 1. to administer 2. the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc. Example: The job is to administrate the network.
Word: Eastern Orthodox Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the faith, practices, etc. of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Labels: not-comparable
Word: svastika Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of swastika. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jet lag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt.læɡ/, /ˈd͡ʒet.læːɡ/ 1. A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien’s theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic.
Word: sui Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of suicide. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: sui Part of Speech: verb 1. To commit a suicide attack. Example: I just suied one of the other team.
Word: sulla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੱਲਾ (sullā, “Muslim (derogatory)”). This word is likely a mispronunciation (or perhaps a misspelling in Gurmukhi script) of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, “mullah, Islamic religious leader”), derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), ultimately from Arabic مُلَّا (mullā). It may also be a contraction of Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān, “Muslim”) or Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਾ (muslā, “"carpet kisser", another derogatory term for Muslims, but also refers to a mat or carpet used for Muslim prayers”). 1. A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan. Labels: South-Asia, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: sulla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From genus name Sulla 1. Any of species of genus Sulla (syn. Hedysarum).
Word: grit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: With early modern vowel shortening, from Middle English grete, griet, from Old English grēot, from Proto-West Germanic *greut, from Proto-Germanic *greutą. Compare grist. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪt/ 1. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking. Labels: uncountable Example: The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways. 2. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking. Labels: uncountable 3. Small, hard, inedible particles in food. Labels: uncountable Example: These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them. 4. A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine. Labels: uncountable Example: I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper. 5. A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit. Labels: uncountable 6. Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball. Example: They came to a rising ground , not sharp , but long ; and here youth and grit and sober living told more than ever.
Word: grit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: With early modern vowel shortening, from Middle English grete, griet, from Old English grēot, from Proto-West Germanic *greut, from Proto-Germanic *greutą. Compare grist. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪt/ 1. To clench (one's teeth), particularly in reaction to pain or anger. Labels: ergative, transitive Example: We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it. Example: He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth. 2. To cover with grit. 3. To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread
Word: grit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *gryt (“bran, chaff”), from Old English grytt, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti (“coarsely ground bits”), ablaut variant of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-. See above. Doublet of goetta. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪt/ 1. Husked but unground oats. Labels: plural-normally 2. Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge. Labels: plural-normally Example: grits and eggs Example: ham and grits
Word: minimum connecting time Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight on the same ticket. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Alabama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo, the name for a member of a people native to the area. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/, /ələˈbɑmɑ/, /ˈaləbɑmɑ/, /-bamɑ/ 1. An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A member of these people. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Alabama Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo, the name for a member of a people native to the area. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/, /ələˈbɑmɑ/, /ˈaləbɑmɑ/, /-bamɑ/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham. Example: That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close the one remaining abortion clinic they have in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need to go someplace more progressive like Alabama.” Example: So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” 2. A river in Alabama; flowing 318 miles from the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa near Coosada until its confluence with the Tombigbee, forming the Mobile, near Calvert. 3. A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people. 4. A town in New York; named for the state. 5. Ellipsis of University of Alabama. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: repair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɛə/, [ɹʷɪˈpɛə̯] ~ [ɹʷɪˈpɛː], /ɹɪˈpɛː/, [ɹʷɪˈpɛː], /ɾɪˈpɛː/ 1. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy. Example: to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship Example: to repair a shattered fortune 2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for. Example: to repair a loss or damage Example: I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Word: repair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɛə/, [ɹʷɪˈpɛə̯] ~ [ɹʷɪˈpɛː], /ɹɪˈpɛː/, [ɹʷɪˈpɛː], /ɾɪˈpɛː/ 1. The act of repairing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I took the car to the workshop for repair. Example: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. 2. The act of repairing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To function in conversation, children must develop the ability to appreciate and respond to listener feedback. This developing awareness is evident in sequences during which children provide repairs in response to indications that a message has not been understood. Example: The ability to participate in conversational repair sequences constitutes an integral part of the language acquisition process (Gallagher, 1977; Garvey, 1975). 3. The result of repairing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork. 4. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair. Example: The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.
Word: repair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɛə̯/, [ɹʷɪˈpɛə̯], /ɹəˈpɛə̯/, [ɹʷəˈpɛə̯], /ɹɪˈpɛɚ/ 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. Example: our annual repair to the mountains Example: The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. 2. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt. Example: There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair.
Word: repair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɛə̯/, [ɹʷɪˈpɛə̯], /ɹəˈpɛə̯/, [ɹʷəˈpɛə̯], /ɹɪˈpɛɚ/ 1. To transfer oneself to another place. Example: to repair to sanctuary for safety Example: Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
Word: repair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pair English repair From re- + pair. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːpɛə̯/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯pɛə̯], /ˈɹiːpɛɚ/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯pɛɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷɪi̯pɛɹ̩] 1. To pair again. Example: Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.