nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fingerprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger + print. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ 1. To take somebody's fingerprints. Labels: transitive Example: The jail staff fingerprints its inmates routinely Example: Too often, the union says, farmers feel the police response is inadequate and the sentencing too lenient. It’s a view seemingly shared by one of the latest victims of bee rustling, Norfolk bee keeper Simon Greenwood, who told the Observer that police had taken some photos of the scene, fingerprinted a can and then sent him a letter to say no further action was being taken. 2. To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements. Labels: transitive Example: Analytical results from this combination of leach tests are tools that allow the investigator to quantify (fingerprint) which geochemical components could be expected in runoff from these piles if they were leached by a cloudburst... Example: A significant disadvantage of DNA fingerprinting that excludes conventional methods of population genetic analysis is an absence of genetic interpretation of hybridization fragment origin.
Word: pornography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pornographie. By surface analysis, porno- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, /pɔɹˈnɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ 1. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Many websites have a complete ban on pornography. Example: 1929, D. H. Lawrence, Pornography and Obscenity, pamphlet, republished in 1998, Michael Herbert (editor), D. H. Lawrence: Selected Critical Writings, Oxford University Press, page 294, What is pornography to one man is the laughter of genius to another. 2. The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: "It's true," Vanya now, "look at the forms of capitalist expression. Pornographies of love, erotic love, Christian love, boy-and-his-dog, pornographies of sunsets, pornographies of killing, and pornographies of deduction — ahh, that sigh when we guess the murderer — all these novels, these films and songs and they lull us with, they're approaches, more comfortable and less so, to that Absolute Comfort." A pause to allow Rudi a quick and sour grin, "The self-induced orgasm." 3. The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something. Labels: humorous, uncountable, usually Example: In The Four Pillars of Wisdom, he devotes a well-deserved chapter to the financial press and its weakness for "financial pornography"—lurid coverage of star money managers.
Word: pornography Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French pornographie. By surface analysis, porno- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, /pɔɹˈnɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ 1. To turn into pornography. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: Their very being is so pornographied by automated content filters that they are largely barred from sexual expression online. Example: [JD] Vance also expressed concerns about the use of AI technology, adding that it was being used to fuel “hyper-pornographied slop”, sources at the meeting said.
Word: possessive adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective expressing possession. Example: "My", "its" and "his" are possessive adjectives.
Word: pornographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pórnē Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)lbor. French pornographiebor. English pornography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pornographic From pornography + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔː(ɹ)nəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity. Example: Trying to write honestly about pornographic films is like trying to tie one's shoe while walking: it's practically impossible without sacrificing stride and balance and a certain amount of ordinary dignity, the sort one uses with bank tellers who question a signature. Example: The intent to make the "MMR question" as serious as possible resulted in an almost pornographic obsession with suffering children.
Word: pornographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pornographic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English pornographically From pornographic + -ally. 1. In a pornographic manner. Example: When I talk of men producing and using pornography and women being portrayed in pornography, I do not suggest that all men use pornography, that no woman produces pornography or that only women are ever portrayed pornographically. Example: Westwood inevitably succumbed to the allure of the dress, but her vision was in latex, cut indecently low in the neck and pornographically short in hem. 2. Having extreme or explicit content, whether or not the content is sexual in nature. Example: That movie is pornographically violent.
Word: pornographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pornography + -er or porno- + -grapher. Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)ˈnɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/ 1. One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. Example: Clearly, if pornographers could still use the name without any sexual connotation in the late-nineteenth century, it is likely that many conventional writers in this period were completely unaware that fanny carried a sexual meaning. Example: The real-life cast of characters grew to include bikers, gamblers, a brutal money lender named Butchie (Andrew Dice Clay) and assorted bottom feeders like Gauthier’s accomplice Milton Ingley (Nick Offerman), a pornographer in the San Fernando Valley.
Word: porno Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːnəʊ/ 1. Pornographic. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: That's a porno film. Example: For reasons that still baffle me, “Deep Throat” became the one porno film in New York chic to see and to seen at, even before the court case, even before Earl Wilson wrote about it.
Word: porno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːnəʊ/ 1. Pornography. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: In any case, porno is littered—porno is heaped—with the deaths of feelings. 2. A pornographic film. Labels: countable, informal Example: They watched a few pornos. 3. A pornographic magazine. Labels: countable, informal Example: He flipped through the porno.
Word: broom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English brom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West Germanic *brām (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- ‘edge’. Related to brim, brink. Replaced English besom (from Old English besma (“broom, rod”)), which is now restricted in meaning to a particular kind of broom. (shotgun): So called because it is (like the cleaning utensil) long and held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front. Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/, /bɹʊm/, /bɹʉwm/, /bɹɵm/, /bɹum/ 1. A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. Labels: countable Example: Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head) Example: 'Smuggling was a way of life here, with no stigma attached,' David explained. His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms. 'Brooms?' I asked him in disbelief. 'Yes, ordinary sorghum brooms, which were in short supply in Communist Yugoslavia, like many other basic household goods,' he said with a smile. 2. An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper. Labels: countable 3. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot. 4. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] and thy broom groves, Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn […] 5. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A firearm; especially, a shotgun. Labels: countable, rare, slang, uncountable Example: So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom Example: I just got the drop, there is an opp OFB step with the broom
Word: broom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English brom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West Germanic *brām (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- ‘edge’. Related to brim, brink. Replaced English besom (from Old English besma (“broom, rod”)), which is now restricted in meaning to a particular kind of broom. (shotgun): So called because it is (like the cleaning utensil) long and held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front. Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/, /bɹʊm/, /bɹʉwm/, /bɹɵm/, /bɹum/ 1. To sweep with a broom. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: […] Sidi, I was busy in the exercise of my functions, occupied in brooming the front of the stables, when who should come but Hhamed Ould Denéï on horseback, at full gallop, as if he were going to break his neck. […] Example: It was but this morning at eight, when poor Molly, was brooming the steps, and the baker paying her by no means unmerited compliments, that my landlady came whirling out of the ground-floor front, and sent the poor girl whimpering into the kitchen. 2. To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane. 3. To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life. Labels: figuratively Example: April 2002 Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn, speaking to his son Harry, in the film "Spider-Man" A word to the "not-so-wise" about your girlfriend. Do what you need to with her, then broom her fast. Example: let the employee leave on his own, or the boss must broom him. If you hire, or inherit, able people, and you groom them, you won't have to broom them. Groom, broom, and watch your company zoom.
Word: broom Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/, /bɹʊm/, /bɹʉwm/, /bɹɵm/, /bɹum/ 1. Alternative form of bream (“to clean a ship's bottom”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: broom Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/, /bɹʊm/, /bɹʉwm/, /bɹɵm/, /bɹum/ 1. Alternative form of brrm (“sound of a car engine”) (often used reduplicatively) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I'm in me mum's car, broom broom
Word: radical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *wréh₂ds Inherited from Middle English radical, from Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”). Compare grassroots. Pronunciation: /ˈɹædɪkəl/, /ˈɹadɪkəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the root of a plant. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the root of a word. Labels: not-comparable 3. Produced using the root of the tongue. Labels: not-comparable 4. Relating to a radix or mathematical root. Example: a radical quantity; a radical sign 5. Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something. Example: The most determined exertions of that authority, against them, only showed their radical independence. 6. Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter. Example: His beliefs are radical. 7. Thoroughgoing; far-reaching. Example: The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed. Example: Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force. 8. Involving free radicals. Labels: not-comparable 9. Excellent; awesome. Labels: slang Example: That was a radical jump!
Word: radical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *wréh₂ds Inherited from Middle English radical, from Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”). Compare grassroots. Pronunciation: /ˈɹædɪkəl/, /ˈɹadɪkəl/ 1. A root (of a number or quantity). 2. In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character used to index it. Often, but not always, this is also the portion indicating meaning; compare the following sense. 3. In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character used to index it. Often, but not always, this is also the portion indicating meaning; compare the following sense. Labels: common, proscribed Example: The boy recognised the Chinese characters, though the calligraphy looked a bit strange, as if drawn by someone who had seen them and copied them out radical by radical without knowing what they meant. 4. In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations. 5. In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root. 6. A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit. 7. A free radical. 8. Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I. 9. Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good". 10. The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module. 11. The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer. 12. A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism). Labels: historical 13. A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics. Labels: historical 14. A person with radical opinions.
Word: radically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From radical + -ly or radix (“root”) + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˈɹædɪkli/ 1. In a radical manner; fundamentally; very. Example: two radically different political groups Example: The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees. 2. At the root. Example: "Clot" and "clod" are radically the same word. Example: This [Algonquian] language [family] is spoken by all the Indians throughout New England. Every tribe, as that of Stockbridge, that of Farmington, that of New London, &c. has a different dialect [i.e. language], but the language [family] is radically the same.
Word: tech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of technology, technician, and technique. Pronunciation: /tɛk/, [tʰɛk] 1. Technology. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: I can't understand all this new tech. Example: Remember, something that seems straightforward to you can be very scary to people who don't have enough info or tech knowledge to provide a context or meaning on their own. 2. Technology. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power. Example: Tech stocks are down on Nasdaq. 3. Technician; technologist. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The service writers collaborate with the techs and communicate with the customers. Example: A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle. 4. Technique. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 5. Technical college; technical school. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech. Example: In high school, he attended the tech program, studying construction trades. 6. Clipping of technical rehearsal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Example: Despite his early preparation, the three-week tech period is Nigrini’s only opportunity to make his vision come to fruition. Example: Typically when you’re developing a musical you have hours of rehearsal and hours of tech, […] and everyone’s tired of the show by the end. 7. Clipping of technical inspection Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: tech Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of technology, technician, and technique. Pronunciation: /tɛk/, [tʰɛk] 1. To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack).
Word: flash mob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story about cheap teleportation in the future. 1. A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse. Example: Called into being on short notice by Web sites and e-mail distribution lists, flash mobs meet at an appointed time, engage in some organized spontaneity for a few minutes, then rapidly disperse. The activities are innocent, if mysterious, and tend to bring together loose groupings of surprisingly conventional looking young adults.
Word: iced cream Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of ice cream. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: Atkins Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Atkin English -'s English -s English Atkins From Atkin + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈætkɪnz/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Atkin (Adam)". Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of the Atkins diet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of the Atkins Nutritional Approach. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Atkins Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈætkɪnz/ 1. plural of Atkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət/, /ˈdiːət/ 1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. Example: The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo. Example: It is common policy to order no more diet than will be used within one month. 2. A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. Labels: countable Example: He's been on a diet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis. Example: The doctor put me on a low-salt diet. 3. Any habitual intake or consumption. Labels: broadly Example: He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years. Example: Last week the aging video game retailer emerged as the hottest stock on Wall Street, a story just unexpected and absurd enough to fill the new Trump-shaped void in our nation’s media diet.
Word: diet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət/, /ˈdiːət/ 1. Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such. Labels: not-comparable Example: diet soda Example: Many grocery chains offer premium-priced lean or diet hamburger; but the fat content is usually at least 10 percent, sometimes 15 percent or more. 2. Having certain traits subtracted. Labels: figuratively, informal, not-comparable Example: You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. "Christianity Lite", diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal.
Word: diet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dieten, dyeten, diȝeten, from Old French dïeter and Medieval Latin diētāre. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət/, /ˈdiːət/ 1. To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health. Labels: intransitive Example: I've been dieting for six months, and I've lost some weight. 2. To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet. Labels: dated, transitive Example: they will diet themselves, feed and live alone. Example: When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he was dieted, stimulated, and tonicked. 3. To eat; to take one's meals. Labels: obsolete Example: Let him[…]diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth. 4. To cause to take food; to feed. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But partly led to diet my revenge […].
Word: diet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət/, /ˈdiːət/ 1. A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly. Labels: capitalized, usually Example: the National Diet of Japan Example: They were given representation in some important diet committees. 2. A session of exams. Labels: Scotland Example: Normally the diet begins towards the end of April. 3. A criminal proceeding in court. 4. A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland. Labels: Scotland Example: a diet of worship
Word: necrophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887). Pronunciation: /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/ 1. A pathological attraction to dead bodies. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Sexual activity with corpses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A woman in Sweden has been accused of necrophilia after investigators found some 100 skeleton parts in her apartment. Example: Mann was a vocal leader in the group, and she was particularly outspoken about an incident in which the school's rugby team engaged in chants calling for violence against women -- including rape and necrophilia. 3. A pathological fascination with death. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tower of Babel Part of Speech: name 1. A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another.
Word: Tower of Babel Part of Speech: noun 1. A visionary and impractical plan. Labels: figuratively 2. Alternative letter-case form of tower of Babel. Labels: alt-of
Word: 'til Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From a misunderstanding of till as an aphetic form of until. Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. Alternative spelling of till; until. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 'til Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From a misunderstanding of till as an aphetic form of until. Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. Alternative spelling of till; until. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ferro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Latin ferrum (“iron”). 1. ferrous Labels: morpheme 2. ferrous: Labels: morpheme 3. ferrous: Labels: morpheme
Word: fluor- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of fluoro- used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: fluoro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- From Latin fluor + English -o-. 1. containing fluorine Labels: morpheme 2. fluorescent Labels: morpheme
Word: for- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English for-, vor-, ver-, from Old English for-, fer-, fær-, fyr- (“far, away, completely”, prefix), from the merger of Proto-Germanic *fra- ("away, away from"; see fro, from) and Proto-Germanic *fur-, *far- (“through, completely, fully”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per-, *pr-. Cognate with Scots for-, West Frisian fer-, for-, Dutch ver-, German ver-, Swedish för-, Danish for-, Norwegian for-, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-), Latin pro-. More at for. Pronunciation: /fɔː(ɹ)/, /fə(ɹ)/ 1. Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forsteal Example: forloppin 2. Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting oneself. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forsing Example: forwander 3. Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forhang Example: forthink 4. Wrongly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forteach Example: forswear 5. Neglectfully: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forslip Example: forslug 6. Very: intensifying adjectives. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forblack Example: forswollen 7. Making: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: fordote Example: forguilt 8. Excessively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forwax Example: forgrow 9. Excluding: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forjudge Example: forshut 10. Intensively Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forbeat Example: fordread 11. Thoroughly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: forgrow Example: forbathe
Word: for- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Old English for-, which is identical with the preposition "for". In "Old English and Middle English it occurs frequently as a variant of fore- prefix, with the senses ‘before’, ‘in front’, ‘on behalf of’, etc.; cf. Old English for-, forecuman to come before, Middle English forganger and foreganger n." 1. Alternative form of fore-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: forstand Example: fordede
Word: for- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: "Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out." 1. Outside, out. Labels: morpheme, rare Example: foreclose Example: forprise
Word: fore- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English fore-, from Old English fore-, from Proto-West Germanic *forē-, from Proto-Germanic *fura-, *furai- (“before, in front of, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, formerly; through, throughout”). Akin to Old Saxon and Old High German fora-, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰- (faura-) (see 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (faura)), Dutch voor- (“fore-”). Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foːɹ/, /foə/ 1. Before with respect to time; earlier. Labels: morpheme Example: foreshadow Example: forewarn 2. Before with respect to time; earlier. Labels: morpheme Example: foredawn Example: foreday 3. Before with respect to time; earlier. Labels: morpheme Example: forebirth Example: foreking 4. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: forebooth Example: foregear 5. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: forecabin Example: forebridge 6. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: forebrain Example: forehoof 7. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: forebeam Example: forefront 8. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: forebody Example: forecourt 9. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: foredune Example: foreland 10. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior. Labels: morpheme Example: forebeach Example: forefield 11. Forward in direction. Labels: morpheme Example: foredawn Example: foreglimpse 12. Forward in direction. Labels: morpheme Example: forehearth Example: forebite 13. Forward in direction. Labels: morpheme Example: forecry Example: forehand 14. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead. Labels: morpheme Example: foredescribed Example: forebook 15. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead. Labels: morpheme Example: forebell Example: forefinger 16. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead. Labels: morpheme Example: forehand Example: forechoice 17. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead. Labels: morpheme Example: forecolour Example: forehand 18. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead. Labels: morpheme Example: forebear Example: forefather
Word: fore- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Used to indicate error, exclusion, or inadequacy; Alternative form of for-. Labels: morpheme Example: forelay
Word: fore- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: "Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out." 1. Alternative form of for-: outside, out. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: foreclose
Word: franco- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative letter-case form of Franco-. Labels: alt-of, morpheme
Word: -gamy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek -γαμία (-gamía), from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). Pronunciation: /-ɡəmi/ 1. Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable 2. Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable
Word: -gamous Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “union, marriage”), equivalent to -gamy + -ous. Pronunciation: /-ɡəməs/ 1. Having the specified number or form of marriage. Labels: morpheme 2. Having the specified form of reproduction, or reproductive organs. Labels: morpheme
Word: -fold Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -fold, -fald, -fauld, from Old English -feald (“-fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *-poltos (“-fold”), from *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Dutch -voud, Swedish -faldig (“-fold”), Latin -plus, -plex, Ancient Greek -παλτος (-paltos), -πλος (-plos), -πλόος (-plóos). More at fold. 1. Used to make adjectives meaning "times". Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: There has been a threefold increase in inflation ( = inflation is three times what it was before) Example: The cancer tissue in two of the ... specimens ... exhibited a dramatic 23-fold increase in the laminin-receptor-mRNA levels. 2. Used to make adverbs meaning "times". Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: Inflation has increased threefold ( = inflation is three times what it was before) Example: A publication ... entitled "The Sixth Financial and Economical Annual of Japan" ... issued in 1906 ... says: ¶ "...[O]ur export trade had in ... thirty-two years increased thirty-four-fold with Asia, twenty-three-fold with America, and five-fold with Europe[.]
Word: -gate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of president Richard Nixon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the suffix first appeared in a 1973 article in the National Lampoon magazine which referenced a rumoured "Volgagate". The suffix was promoted by New York Times columnist William Safire, who coined several -gate words beginning in 1974. 1. Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals. Labels: morpheme Example: "-Ghazi" also shares convenient linguistic parallels with "-gate." They're both scandals that typify their category; they're both location names; they both start with the letter "g"; and they are both short enough to be used in headlines and attached to nouns identifying the scandal. Example: Back in college, [Maddi] Filliater said she tweeted at a local sandwich shop about some alleged brown lettuce, and the business responded angrily: Why didn't she bring up the problem in person instead of attacking them on the Internet? Her friends refer to the incident as "LettuceGate."
Word: -gate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of president Richard Nixon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the suffix first appeared in a 1973 article in the National Lampoon magazine which referenced a rumoured "Volgagate". The suffix was promoted by New York Times columnist William Safire, who coined several -gate words beginning in 1974. 1. A scandal. Labels: informal Example: The George Washington Bridge lane closings started as a "-ghazi" and then became a "-gate." […] The Obama era is chock full of "-ghazis"—Solyndraghazi, ObamaPhoneghazi, NewBlackPanthersghazi, Umbrellaghazi, and of course Benghazi—but few "-gates" (Snowdengate and Websitegate, come to mind).
Word: -gate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu). The reduced pronunciation /-ɡət/ reflects the regular phonological development, as the unstressed suffix did not undergo Middle English open‐syllable lengthening (remaining /-ɡatə/). The full pronunciation /-ɡeɪt/ results from secondary stress or analogy with the independent noun gate. Pronunciation: /-ɡeɪt/, /-ɡət/ 1. Used to form place names. Labels: morpheme
Word: electromechanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English electromechanical From electro- + mechanical. 1. Related to both electricity (or electronics) and mechanics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electromechanical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English electromechanical From electro- + mechanical. 1. An electromechanical component or device.
Word: electrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English -al English electrical From electric + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/ 1. Related to electricity (or electronics) Example: For our final example let us finish the problem posed in the introduction to this chapter. The ideas and formulas needed will be familiar to electrical students, and would be handy for nonelectricals to know as well.
Word: electrical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English -al English electrical From electric + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/ 1. An electrical engineer.
Word: mechanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al. Pronunciation: /məˈkænɪkəl/, /məˈkænəkəl/ 1. Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar. Labels: archaic Example: Thy Doll, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, Is in base durance and contagious prison, Haled thither by most mechanical and dirty hand. Example: all manner of silks were already become so vile and abject, that was any man seene to weare them, he was presently judged to be some countrie fellow, or mechanicall man. 2. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter). Example: mechanical engineering 3. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines). Example: mechanical dictionary 4. Done by machine. Example: mechanical task 5. Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine. Example: mechanical arm 6. As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic. Labels: figuratively Example: a mechanical reply to a question 7. Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless. Example: The pianist was too mechanical. Example: Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. 8. Handy with machines. Labels: informal Example: Why don't you ask Joe to fix it? He's very mechanical. 9. Relating to the mechanics of a game. Example: the mechanical aspects of a trading card game Example: Having the mechanical imperative of scenery improving your park rating helps motivate me, admittedly, but I still appreciate the power and potential in the toolset.
Word: gastro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gres-der. Ancient Greek γρᾰ́ω (grắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr)der. English gastro- Coined based on Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæstɹəʊ-/, /ˈɡæstɹoʊ-/ 1. Of or relating to the stomach. Labels: morpheme Example: gastroenteritis Example: gastrointestinal 2. Of or relating to cooking. Labels: morpheme Example: gastronomy
Word: gastr- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of gastro-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: gastrectomy
Word: genito- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Relating to the genitals. Labels: morpheme
Word: sever Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”). Doublet of separate, from the past participle of that Latin verb. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv.ɚ/, /ˈsɛv.ə/ 1. To cut free. Labels: transitive Example: After he graduated, he severed all links to his family. Example: to sever the head from the body 2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated. Labels: intransitive Example: No more can I be seuered from your side Example: How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years! 3. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. Labels: intransitive Example: The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. Example: They claimed the right of severing in their challenges. 4. To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate. Example: sever an estate in joint tenancy
Word: plenoptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined circa 1991, Latin plenus (“full”) + optic. 1. Of or relating to all the light, travelling in every direction, in a given space. Labels: not-comparable
Word: -ee Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed. 1. Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done). Labels: morpheme Example: examine + -ee → examinee Example: interview + -ee → interviewee 2. Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action). Labels: morpheme, uncommon Example: absent + -ee → absentee Example: respond + -ee → respondee 3. Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or. Labels: morpheme Example: assign + -ee → assignee Example: legate + -ee → legatee 4. Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure. Labels: morpheme Example: laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee 5. Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun. Labels: morpheme Example: barge + -ee → bargee Example: tender + -ee → tenderee
Word: -ee Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y 1. Used to form diminutives. Labels: morpheme Example: boot + -ee → bootee Example: goat + -ee → goatee
Word: -ee Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Most likely derived from broken English used by Chinese immigrants to America during the 17th to 19th centuries. The -ee was added by those speakers for final consonants in English words that do not exist in Cantonese phonology. 1. Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese. Labels: derogatory, morpheme, offensive Example: "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly. Example: A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?"
Word: -ee Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -y (infinitive suffix). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: toga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed directly from Latin toga, from tegō (“to clothe”). Doublet of toge. The Philippine (and Indonesian) senses are due to the resemblance of the white ceremonial gowns worn by graduates of institutions to the loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊ.ɡə/, /ˈtoʊ.ɡə/ 1. A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. Example: Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga - perhaps too much dice, you know - coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes. 2. A loose wrap gown. 3. cap and gown; ceremonial gown or robe (worn by a graduate, lawyer, judge, professor etc.) Labels: Indonesia, Philippines
Word: presenteeism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From presentee + -ism, after absenteeism, coined by academic Cary Cooper. Pronunciation: /pɹɛ.sənˈtiːˌɪz.m̩/, /ˌpɹɛ.sənˈtiˌɪz.m̩/ 1. The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: Research shows that presenteeism, apart from the obvious danger of contamination of other workers, can lead to longer absence from work later on. Example: Organisations that have noticed an increase in presenteeism are nearly twice as likely to report an increase in stress-related absence and more than twice as likely to report an increase in mental health problems among their staff too.
Word: -ese Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese From Middle English -eys, from Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis and, less often, Late Latin -iscus. Generally used in place of more common equivalent suffixes such as -er and -an on the model of equivalent terms in Italian and Portuguese, particularly for Italian, Portuguese African, and East Asian places first widely discussed in Portuguese and Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈiːz/, /ˈiz/ 1. Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people. Labels: morpheme Example: Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese 2. Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context. Labels: morpheme Example: journal + -ese → journalese Example: legal + -ese → legalese
Word: -ess Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess From Middle English -esse, borrowed from Old French -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). Displaced Old English -en (feminine suffix of nouns). Pronunciation: /ɛs/, /ɪs/, /əs/ 1. Used to form female equivalents. Labels: morpheme Example: actor + -ess → actress Example: chanter + -ess → chantress 2. The wife of. Labels: morpheme Example: alderman + -ess → aldermaness (“alderman’s wife”) Example: duke + -ess → duchess (“duke’s wife”)
Word: -ess Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Old French -esse, from Latin -itia. 1. Used to form nouns from adjectives. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme
Word: -ess Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -eis, a borrowing from Old French -eis, a locative suffix descended from Latin -ensis. The French and Middle English suffixes created nouns describing a freeman of a fortified town, but in Modern English this is found only in proper nouns, particularly in certain surnames. Cognates include Italian -ese, and English English -ese is a doublet. 1. Used to form proper nouns from nouns. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme