nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slavery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English -er English slaver Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slavery From slaver + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslævəɹi/, /ˈslævɹi/ 1. Covered in slaver; slobbery. Example: The giant snow bear, the wolf with slavery jaws or the claws of the silent great cats were all a part. Creatures of man's oldest nightmares were the other side of that face.
Word: share Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel. Pronunciation: /ʃɛə/, /ʃɛː/, /ʃɛɚ/, /ʃeː/, /ʃeə/ 1. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. Example: Each of the robbers took a share of the loot. Example: The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience. 2. A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability. 3. A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network. Example: Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share. 4. The action of sharing something with other people via social media. Example: Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows. 5. The sharebone or pubis. Example: 1606: translation by Philemon Holland of Suetonius, De vita Cæsarum [Domitian 17] — [H]ee stabbed him beneth in the very share neere unto his privie parts.
Word: share Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel. Pronunciation: /ʃɛə/, /ʃɛː/, /ʃɛɚ/, /ʃeː/, /ʃeə/ 1. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume. 2. To have or use in common. Example: to share a shelter with another Example: They share a language. 3. To divide and distribute. Example: [S]uppose I ſhare my Fortune equally between my own Children, and a Stranger whom I take into my Protection; will that be a Method to unite them? 4. To tell to another. Example: He shared his story with the press. Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] offering services that let you[…]“share the things you love with the world” and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. 5. To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media. Example: to share a folder, a screen Example: to share a video, a playlist
Word: share Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear. Pronunciation: /ʃɛə/, /ʃɛː/, /ʃɛɚ/, /ʃeː/, /ʃeə/ 1. The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine. Example: The golden harvest, of a mellow brown, Upturn'd so lately by the fearful share.
Word: share Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear. Pronunciation: /ʃɛə/, /ʃɛː/, /ʃɛɚ/, /ʃeː/, /ʃeə/ 1. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The shar'd visage hangs on equal sides.
Word: DML Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Dimensional Markup Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Data Manipulation Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: DML consists of four commonly used statements: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE.
Word: DML Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Modern Languages, a terminal degree similar to both the D.A. (Doctor of Arts) and Ph.D. in Foreign Languages. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Latvian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latvian Latvijabor. English Latvia Middle English -n English -n English Latvian From Latvia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈlætvi.ən/, /ˈlɑːtvi.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Latvian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latvian Latvijabor. English Latvia Middle English -n English -n English Latvian From Latvia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈlætvi.ən/, /ˈlɑːtvi.ən/ 1. The official language of Latvia; Lettish. Labels: uncountable 2. A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent. Labels: countable
Word: yearly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly (adjectival suffix) or -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarliks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɪɹli/, /ˈjɪɚli/, /ˈjɪəɹli/, /ˈjɪəli/ 1. Happening once every year. Labels: not-comparable Example: Christmas is a yearly celebration. Example: We deep-clean the kitchen lustrally, on a five-yearly basis. 2. Over the course of one year Labels: not-comparable Example: a yearly income
Word: yearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly (adjectival suffix) or -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarliks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɪɹli/, /ˈjɪɚli/, /ˈjɪəɹli/, /ˈjɪəli/ 1. Once a year. Labels: not-comparable 2. Every year. Labels: not-comparable Example: With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!
Word: yearly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly (adjectival suffix) or -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarliks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɪɹli/, /ˈjɪɚli/, /ˈjɪəɹli/, /ˈjɪəli/ 1. Something that is published once a year.
Word: transcendence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transcend + -ence. Pronunciation: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndəns/ 1. The act of surpassing usual limits. Labels: countable 2. The state of being beyond the range of normal perception. Labels: uncountable 3. The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity. Labels: uncountable 4. Superior excellence; supereminence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity as its controlling principle 5. The property of being a transcendental number. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: zoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology. * Sense 5 is a clipping of zoophile or zoophilia. Pronunciation: /zuː/, /zʉw/ 1. A park where live animals are exhibited. Labels: countable Example: The London Zoo was built in 1828. Example: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity. 2. Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic. Labels: countable, figuratively, informal Example: The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas. 3. A large and varied collection of something. Labels: countable, figuratively, informal Example: After his insightful book The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Spoto published The Dark Side of Genius, a portrayal of the elderly director as a lonely man who was a veritable zoo of desires, suspicions, fears, and addictions (food, drink, romantic infatuation, and filmmaking). Example: From this point on, an entire zoo of possibilities arose: strange stars, different families of neutron stars, hybrid stars, etc. 4. The jungle. Labels: US, countable, slang Example: I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides. 5. Clipping of zoophile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal Example: Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation. Example: Bestiality or zoophilia—whatever we decide to call it—is one of the most pressing issues for all domesticated animals, […] From the scanty research available, the following picture emerges: the majority of zoos are male, though certainly not all; […] 6. Clipping of zoophile. Labels: broadly, informal, uncountable
Word: universalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English universal 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 universalism From universal + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːnəˈvɝsəlˌɪzəm/, /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlˌɪzəm/ 1. The state of being universal; universality. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The concept or belief that some ideas have universal application or applicability. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The belief that all souls can attain salvation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Alternative form of Unitarian Universalism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: brain drain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada. 1. The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more developed nations. Labels: idiomatic Example: Fortunately, the often-discussed problem of "the brain drain" is not as serious in agriculture as in most other fields, particularly the "hard sciences." Example: Former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins provided a timely reminder of why Britain needs HS2 in a letter to The Times on September 25, in which he asked: "Why are so few FTSE 100 companies based outside the South East? Why is there such a brain drain of graduates from the North? Why do northern cities underperform compared with their European counterparts? 2. A Jackson-Pratt drain. Labels: informal
Word: brain drain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by spokesmen for the Royal Society of London in the early 1950s to describe the outflow of scientists and technologists to the United States and Canada. 1. Of a nation or society, to be deprived of educated or talented people, who in turn migrate to larger cities or more developed nations. Labels: idiomatic, transitive, uncommon 2. To become mentally or psychologically fatigued or exhausted. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon
Word: bald Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology relates it to Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). Pronunciation: /bɔːld/, /boːld/, /bəʊld/, [bɒʊld], [bɒld] 1. Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers. Example: My uncle is bald. Example: The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. 2. Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers. Labels: specifically Example: a bald man with a moustache Example: “I am getting balder and balder trying to figure these things out,” he said at an event in Washington, D.C. on Monday where he acknowledged – as he has before – that he would not run outside the Democratic party establishment. 3. Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head. 4. Of hair, nonexistent. Example: All my grandmothers are bald, all the way back to Tilly. Grandma Tilly from 1721. Full head of bald hair. 5. Lacking any covering. Labels: figuratively Example: The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter. 6. Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away. Labels: figuratively 7. Of a statement or account, unembellished. Labels: figuratively Example: Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy. Example: The NYSDOT, through the DSEIS, makes a bald assertion in the DSEIS, but does not explain in detail, why it feels that the Short Bypass Tunnel provides a more appropriate and respectful setting for the WTC Memorial. 8. Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided. Labels: figuratively Example: The plaintiff in this case must satisfy the judge that she has visible means, the mere bald statement that she has visible means is not suflicient. Example: The question regarding this issue is whether the applicant raised sufficient doubts regarding adoption and use of the official mark by the respondent as to have the effect that the respondent's bald assertion is not enough to provide evidence that the official mark was adopted and used or whether a negative inference should be drawn from the failure of the respondent to provide further evidence.
Word: bald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology relates it to Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). Pronunciation: /bɔːld/, /boːld/, /bəʊld/, [bɒʊld], [bɒld] 1. A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Labels: Appalachia 2. A bald person. Labels: uncommon Example: Brn hair eyes & stache sks same 28-38 for gd times fun frndship & or possibly more near Waltham area no balds drugs queens kinky scenes fats or pot smokg.
Word: bald Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology relates it to Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). Pronunciation: /bɔːld/, /boːld/, /bəʊld/, [bɒʊld], [bɒld] 1. To become bald. Labels: intransitive 2. To make bald. Labels: transitive Example: He looked like a new Army recruit. "You've balded me!" he cried. He was so mad and hurt. He told Mom he wasn't going back to school until his hair grew out.
Word: feckless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots feckless, variant of Scots fectless (“ineffectual”) (an aphetic variant of effectless), equivalent to effect + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛkləs/, /ˈfɛklɪs/ 1. Lacking purpose. Example: It is the beauty of great games when they are played at their highest level and the extraordinary thing now is that we do not have to trawl back through all the years of your inexorable progress from feckless beach boy to master sportsman. 2. Without skill, ineffective, incompetent. Example: This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver. Example: “Lana, when I want you to talk, I will tell you. And until then, zip it.” “Wha-- what did I do?” “Nothing.” “Yeah, Lana.” “Which is why these feckless idiots lost 200 kilos of cocaine.” “Yeah, Lan-- oh. OK. Technically. But then we stole a plane loaded with, like, twice as much cocaine.” “Is this the part where you tell me to look under my seat?” 3. Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way. Example: China is “proving to be a feckless friend for its authoritarian allies,” Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China under President Joe Biden, wrote on X. 4. Lacking vitality. Labels: UK, archaic
Word: grandee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande. Pronunciation: /ɡɹænˈdiː/ 1. A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal. Example: Grandees of Spain are of two sorts, this Honour being sometimes personal, sometimes hereditary. The first, the King bids be covered themselves; the second, themselves and Heirs for ever. This is all the Ceremony in making a Grandee, neither do any other priviledges belong to it; so that it is but a Chimerical and Airy Honour, without any profit; they which marry the Heiress of a Family of a Grandee of Spain, that is such hereditarily, become Grandees in right of their Wives. 2. A person of high rank. Labels: broadly Example: I indicated a chair, and he sat down. This grandee was the grandson of an American of considerable note in his day, and not wholly forgotten yet,—a man who came so near being a great man that he was quite generally accounted one while he lived. Example: Whereupon most did desist; but some, secreting their cigars in the hollow of their hands, took whiffs by stealth, and blushed to find it fame; while others, who were such grandees and big pots that their own convenience was the first and foremost desideratum, continued to smoke with lordliness and indifference.
Word: querulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“to complain”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/, /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs/, /ˈkwiːɹ(j)ələs/ 1. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining. Example: “Nay, you said as much before,” said the querulous old man, “and yet I was put forth from Kinross, and pillaged by troopers on the road.—[…]” Example: "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.
Word: equanimity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“even; calm; fair”) + animus (“mind, soul”) + -itās. By surface analysis, equ- + anim(us) + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/, /ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪti/ 1. The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity. Example: In the very heart of the herd the din was terrific. It was almost dizzying in its effect. I paused and smiled reassuringly at Maud, for I had recovered my equanimity sooner than she.
Word: draconian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Dracō (stem Dracōn-) + -ian, from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn), after the Athenian lawmaker Draco, known for making harsh laws. See δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”). Pronunciation: /dɹəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹækˈəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹækˈoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Very severe, cruel, or harsh. Example: The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today. Example: The conflict in the countryside resulted in a far more draconian punishment. The Southern Cross flag flew over the camps of striking shearers, who in revenge for their victimisation burned grass, fences, buildings and even riverboats[…]
Word: draconian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dracō (“dragon”) (stem dracōn-) + -ian. Pronunciation: /dɹəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹækˈəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹækˈoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a dragon. Labels: obsolete Example: The dragon came low to the earth. It defied every image of a draconian being Kulp had ever seen. Example: A large sandwyrm (which isn't to be confused with a sandworm) popped its draconian head from the earth.
Word: draconian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dracō (“dragon”) (stem dracōn-) + -ian. Pronunciation: /dɹəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹækˈəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/, /dɹækˈoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A creature resembling a dragon. Example: ... Draconians are fast. They'll fly to meet us no doubt. I remember after a few moments that the human queen is here as well. I call out to her, “Human queen, you are rescued by the Draconians. Come forth and know that you are safe under[…] Example: ... Draconians keep for pets . Vithacan - Symbionts that attach themselves to other creatures and survive off their emotional energy . Soul suckers is a disrespectful term for their race . Zelerians Race of squid like creatures with few[…]
Word: execrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis. Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/, /ˈɛksəkɹəbl/, /ˈɛkskɹəbl/ 1. Of the poorest quality. Example: As execrable as the Supreme Court’s decisions have been, they are of a piece with the conservative rulings from lower court judges who see no issue with laundering a revanchist policy agenda through contorted rulings. 2. Hateful, disgusting. Example: But is an enemy so execrable, that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible. Example: The arcanely evil words of that despicable, loathsome, suppressed, vile, pululating ^([sic]), odious, nictating, repellent, repugnant, noxious, abhorrent, abominable, tory, execrable, nauseous work, Ye Boke of Guts, moved as if on a conveyor belt before his eyes.
Word: nostrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin nostrum (“ours”), nominative neuter of noster (“our, ours”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɒs.tɹəm/, /ˈnɑ.stɹəm/ 1. A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects. Example: Near-synonyms: paternoster, patent medicine, snake oil Example: Nay, he would sometimes retire hither to take his beer, and it was not without difficulty that he was prevented from forcing Jones to take his beer too: for no quack ever held his nostrum to be a more general panacea than he did this; which, he said, had more virtue in it than was in all the physic in an apothecary's shop. 2. An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action. Labels: broadly Example: reformers of church charities [...made] known […] their different nostrums for setting Hiram's Hospital on its feet again. Example: And not because some clatch of bureaucrats in Strasbourg or Luxembourg have issued yet another directive, but because Europeans are recognising that 19th century nostrums are not solutions to 21st century problems—on the contrary, they are the problem—and it's time to encourage competition, risk taking, democracy and meritocracy, and, dare I say it, dreaming about a different, better future.
Word: somnambulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a back-formation from somnambulism. Pronunciation: /sɒmˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/, /sɑmˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/, /sɑmˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/, /səmˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/ 1. To walk while sleeping. Labels: intransitive
Word: rigmarole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ragman roll (“long list; catalogue”). Recorded since c1736. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/, /ˈɹɪɡməɹoʊl/ 1. A long and complicated formal procedure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days? Example: “Happy Father's Day! Birdhouse is coming along great. 'Course, the city inspector's riding me about zoning laws, and my electrician's putting me through the whole rigmarole.” “Steve, you've made peace with never being with a woman, right?” “Uh, yeah.” 2. Confused and incoherent talk; nonsense. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: If you are alluding to Dostoevski’s worst novels, then, indeed, I dislike intensely The Karamazov Brothers and the ghastly Crime and Punishment rigmarole. Example: Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call rigmarole.
Word: rigmarole Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ragman roll (“long list; catalogue”). Recorded since c1736. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/, /ˈɹɪɡməɹoʊl/ 1. Characterized by rigmarole; prolix; tedious. Example: This is a most rigmarole letter, for after each sentence, I take breath[…] Example: "This officer has ended at last," said the Prime Minister. "Another story of calamity, and told in a very rigmarole way, I must confess; but he never can shorten his reports by only inserting the weighty matter. 'Reports annexed,' indeed!—yes, six of them; and underneath sixteen other reports—all, no doubt, much in the same strain."
Word: prosaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/, /pɹoʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose. Example: The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry. 2. Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry. Example: I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late. 3. Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring. Labels: usually Example: His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it. Example: She lived a prosaic life.
Word: malfeasance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“to do evil”), from Latin malefaciō (“to do evil”), from male (“evilly”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Pronunciation: /ˌmælˈfiːzəns/ 1. Wrongdoing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan. 2. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.
Word: Jakarta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian Jakarta, from Sanskrit जयकर्ता (jayakartā, “that which causes victory”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈkɑː(ɹ)tə/, [d͡ʒəˈkʰaɹɾə] 1. A province and capital city of Indonesia. Example: And in fact, forgetting the past was easy to do in Indonesia. Jakarta was still a sleepy backwater in those days, with few buildings over four or five stories high, cycle rickshaws outnumbering cars, the city center and wealthier sections of town—with their colonial elegance and lush, well-tended lawns—quickly giving way to clots of small villages with unpaved roads and open sewers, dusty markets, and shanties of mud and brick and plywood and corrugated iron that tumbled down gentle banks to murky rivers where families bathed and washed laundry like pilgrims in the Ganges. Example: Authorities in the capital of Jakarta adopted a similar idea earlier this month. A man there was required to sit in a coffin in public after being caught not wearing a mask. 2. The Indonesian government. Labels: metonymically Example: In an effort to make sure the referendum would not take place or that the Timorese would at least approve the outcome desired by Jakarta, the Indonesians launched yet another campaign of terror and killings, the violence dramatically increasing in the months before the UN agreement and culminating in the weeks after the vote on August 30.
Word: Java Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/ 1. An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia. 2. An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language. Example: The awesome power of RSS delivered to me this morning a link to a new blog post by Robert X Cringeley. The post, The second coming of Java got me thinking. 3. JavaScript (by confusion with Java). Labels: proscribed Example: In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java alert which says that field two should have a value and then a java alert which says that field one should have a value and then a java... get the picture ?
Word: Java Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/ 1. A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
Word: Jerusalem Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Hierusalem or Old French Jherusalem or Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/, /d͡ʒəˈɹuːzələm/ 1. A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Palestinian man rammed a mechanical digger into several cars and a bus in the centre of Jerusalem yesterday in the second such attack this month and injured 16 people before he was shot dead at the wheel. 2. A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Juneau Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Juneau. The Alaskan city was named after Joe Juneau, whose French surname derives from jeune (“young”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒuːnəʊ/ 1. A surname from French. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kabul Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul), of unknown origin. See the Persian entry for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːbəl/, /ˈkaːˌbʊl/, /kəˈbuːl/ 1. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Example: Mr. Biden declared that he believed with “all of my heart” that he had made a wise decision. But he appeared defiant as he sought to counter a torrent of criticism from Democrats and Republicans — and from some families of the service members killed in Kabul last week — for his handling of the withdrawal. The president refused to offer any sort of mea culpa on Tuesday, even as the Taliban celebrated their “independence” from America with gunfire in the streets of Kabul. 2. A province of Afghanistan. 3. A river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan.
Word: Kathmandu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”). Pronunciation: /ˌkæt.mænˈduː/, /ˌkæt.mænˈdu/ 1. The capital city of Nepal. Example: Nepal’s new road connecting the Everest region to Kathmandu promises to transform travel and commerce, fueling hopes for economic growth while raising environmental concerns.
Word: Khartoum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm, “elephant trunk”), but more likely from Arabic قُرْطُم (qurṭum, “safflower”). Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/ 1. The capital city of Sudan. Example: But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deeply embedded elsewhere in Sudan and attempting to form a parallel government, analysts warn there is little likelihood of a swift resolution to the war.
Word: Kiev Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), which folk-etymology derives from the name of city's legendary founder Kyi. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Russian кий (kij)). See also at the article about Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːɛv/, /ˈkiːɛf/, /ˈkiːɪv/, /ˈkjɛv/, /ˈkjɛf/ 1. Alternative form of Kyiv: 2. Alternative form of Kyiv: 3. Alternative form of Kyiv: Labels: metonymically 4. Synonym of Kievan Rus: a former principality in Europe centered on Kyiv. Labels: historical
Word: Kiev Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), which folk-etymology derives from the name of city's legendary founder Kyi. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Russian кий (kij)). See also at the article about Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːɛv/, /ˈkiːɛf/, /ˈkiːɪv/, /ˈkjɛv/, /ˈkjɛf/ 1. Alternative form of kiev (“chicken Kiev or similar dish”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chicken Kiev.
Word: Lagos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”). Piecewise doublet of Lakes. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪɡɒs/ 1. The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State. Example: ‘Lagos is just a noise-making place with too much light and glass.’ Example: “Covid has ramped up the level of work we do because hospitals are too busy,” he told CNN over the phone from his home in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city. 2. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City. 3. A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.
Word: La Paz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish La Paz (literally “the peace”). Pronunciation: /lə ˈpæz/ 1. The capital city of Bolivia. Example: La Paz and Sucre dispute which city should be the capital. Santa Cruz, in the east, clamors for autonomy. 2. A department in Bolivia. Capital: La Paz. 3. The capital city of Baja California Sur, Mexico. 4. A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. 5. A neighbourhood of Keene, Kern County, California, United States. 6. A town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States, named after the Bolivian city. 7. A department of El Salvador.
Word: Lhasa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa). Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːsə/ 1. The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Example: The earliest historical relic of the Tibetans—like that of many, perhaps of most, other races—is a weather-beaten stone, the Do-ring. It stands in the center of Lhasa, across the courtyard in front of the western doors of the Cathedral or Jokang, beneath the famous willow-tree. Example: The 37bn-yuan ($5.7bn) track extends from the region’s capital Lhasa eastward to the city of Nyingchi, which is Tibetan for “Throne of the Sun”.
Word: tomato sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A thick sauce made from tomatoes for pasta etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Russian Tomato Sauce will keep, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for 10 days. Example: Classical tomato sauce, as explained by Escoffier, is made with a roux, but this is rarely done in modern kitchens. 2. Tomato ketchup, used as a condiment. Labels: Australia, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, New-Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, uncountable, usually Example: A plastic tomato sauce bottle, which could have been cut in half to make a flower pot, was quickly surveyed along with other trophies, and received the death sentence. “In the bin, Bob.” Example: 1980 January-May, Laurence Le Guay, Cruising World, page 98, I quickly learned that there is a hell of a difference between tomato sauce and ketchup and that there is an even greater difference when it comes to mayonnaise: real American or the pseudo Australian — and I had always believed this to be a French concoction.
Word: temple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin. Displaced native Old English ealh. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ 1. A house of worship, especially: Example: The temple of Zeus was very large. Example: As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples. It is my impression that Lukang has more temples than do most Taiwanese communities of equivalent size. By temple I mean a structure that houses an image, altar, and incense pot, and is freely accessible to the general public. In speaking of the 39 temples of Lukang, I am omitting the numerous small shrines to the unknown dead (Yu Ying Kung), buildings dedicated to ancestors rather than deities (two), Christian churches (four), incense-burner associations that keep their incense pot or image in private homes, and private shrines such as the domestic altars of tang-ki (spirit mediums) or the shrine of the now defunct Ch'üan-chou guild, found in the back room of a drugstore endowed with the guild property.[...]Lukang, seen in comparative perspective, has a lot of temples. 2. A house of worship, especially: Labels: Judaism Example: How often do you go to temple? 3. A house of worship, especially: Labels: Mormonism 4. A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. 5. Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. Labels: figuratively 6. Any place seen as an important centre for some activity. Labels: figuratively Example: a temple of commerce; a temple of drinking and dining 7. Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for. Labels: figuratively Example: My body is my temple. Example: For nature crescent does not grow alone In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal. 8. A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together. Labels: figuratively Example: Again Abdullah listened intently, his eyes closed, his ten fingers forming a temple of his hands in front of him.
Word: temple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin. Displaced native Old English ealh. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ 1. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god Labels: transitive Example: though the Heathen (in many places) Templed and adored this drunken God
Word: temple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la, from Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”). See temporal bone. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ 1. The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. Example: Then Iael Hebers wife, tooke a naile of the tent, and tooke an hammer in her hand, and went softly vnto him, and smote the naile into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: (for he was fast asleepe, and weary;) so he died. Example: Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture. 2. Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
Word: temple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin templum (“a small timber, a purlin”); compare templet and template. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ 1. A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Word: hallmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1721. From hall + mark, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the site of the assay office, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles. The general sense of “mark of quality” first recorded 1864. Use as a verb from 1773. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlmɑːk/, /ˈhɔlmɑɹk/, [ˈhɑɫmɑɹk] 1. A distinguishing characteristic. Labels: figuratively Example: You know what a university is, and a university degree? It is the necessary hallmark of a man who wants to do anything in teaching. Example: The inference appears to be that there is some subtle connection between immorality and art, as if the handling of the lewd, or the depicting of it, were in some sort the hallmark of the true artist. 2. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals. Example: It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.
Word: hallmark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1721. From hall + mark, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the site of the assay office, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles. The general sense of “mark of quality” first recorded 1864. Use as a verb from 1773. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlmɑːk/, /ˈhɔlmɑɹk/, [ˈhɑɫmɑɹk] 1. To provide or stamp with a hallmark. Example: The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked. Example: […]everything on my plate those forks and fishslicers were hallmarked silver too I wish I had some I could easily have slipped a couple into my muff when I was playing with them[…]
Word: Mountie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mounted + -ie. 1. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Labels: Canada, informal 2. A member of the North West Mounted Police Labels: Canada, historical, informal 3. A law officer, particularly one patrolling rural highways. Labels: US, informal
Word: solstice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Latin sōl Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin sōlstitiumlbor. Old French solsticebor. Middle English solstice English solstice From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.stɪs/, /ˈsəʊl.stɪs/, /ˈsɑl.stɪs/, /ˈsoʊl.stɪs/ 1. One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest. Example: The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.
Word: Liguria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Occitan Ligúria, from Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus). Pronunciation: /lɪˈɡjʊəɹiə/, /lɪˈɡjʊɹiə/ 1. An administrative region of northwest Italy.
Word: Limassol Part of Speech: name 1. A city and port in Cyprus.