nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: yabby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈjæb.i/ 1. To show disrespect by denouncing or insulting; to diss. Labels: Nigeria, slang, transitive Example: So Abiola invite Fela to his house for a big party, and Fela have to go as they are family—even though Fela had yabbied Abiola in his song "ITT" [International Thief Thief]. And it's true, Abiola duped the country for that money—everybody knows it.
Word: frisson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French frisson. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.sɔ̃ː/, /fɹiˈsoʊn/, /fɹiˈsõʊn/ 1. A sudden surge of excitement. Example: I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category. Example: As a perversion of freedom it was, like any perversion, erotic; as alienation it carried the frisson of having just missed the brass ring, a sensation that always brought one back for more. 2. A shiver; a thrill. Example: Whenever the villain's theme played in the movie I felt a sudden frisson down my back. Example: All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that’s what kept you turning the pages.
Word: guy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, which also came to refer to effigies of his image burned annually on Guy Fawkes Night. The name Guy is from Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz. Cognate with Italian Guido. Doublet of guido. Pronunciation: /ɡaɪ/, [ɡaɪ], [ɡɑj], [ɡəj], [ɡɑɪ] 1. An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November). Labels: Ireland, UK 2. A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright". Labels: dated Example: “But shan’t I look a guy?” “Not a bit of it. Jist the very kick!” Example: I am always a perfect guy, whatever I wear, when I sit against a red curtain. You men say that a woman always knows when she’s good-looking, but I am happy to say I know when I look a guy. 3. A man or boy; a fellow. Labels: colloquial Example: “You don't say so? I thought he was some guy from Pennsylvania.” Example: "Hi, guys. Did you have a fun time at school?" said Katherine. "Yeah we did," said Stacy. 4. A person (see usage notes). Labels: especially, in-plural Example: You know, I don't believe any girl ever had any better friends than you two guys Example: My “Guys” actually constitute a collection of people that range from my nearest and dearest girlfriends, my immediate and extended family, co-workers and acquaintances that care. 5. Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy. Labels: colloquial Example: The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy. Example: I just want to play with my guys. My guys are my friends, they're stuffed animals or little action figures I have a lot of them. 6. dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man. Labels: informal, term-of-address Example: Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya? 7. Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity) Labels: colloquial Example: This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage. Example: This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x.
Word: guy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, which also came to refer to effigies of his image burned annually on Guy Fawkes Night. The name Guy is from Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz. Cognate with Italian Guido. Doublet of guido. Pronunciation: /ɡaɪ/, [ɡaɪ], [ɡɑj], [ɡəj], [ɡɑɪ] 1. To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November. Labels: intransitive 2. To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo. Labels: transitive Example: The dusky hunters "guyed" the palefaces who could not do as well as they with their primitive weapons, even though the fire spouted from the iron tubes and the balls that could not be seen by the eye carried death farther than did the missiles launched by the natives. Example: Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser). 3. To play in a comedic manner. Labels: transitive Example: To guy the speech in the manner of an old-fashioned 'ham' for cheap laughs....
Word: guy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide. Pronunciation: /ɡaɪ/, [ɡaɪ], [ɡɑj], [ɡəj], [ɡɑɪ] 1. A guide; a leader or conductor. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering. 3. A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship, a suspension bridge, or a utility pole).
Word: guy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide. Pronunciation: /ɡaɪ/, [ɡaɪ], [ɡɑj], [ɡəj], [ɡɑɪ] 1. To equip with a support cable.
Word: blast cell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”). 1. A cell that produces something, such as a fibroblast or osteoblast. 2. An undifferentiated or immature cell.
Word: NO Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of normally open. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Novus Ordo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Torino Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Torino. Doublet of Turin. 1. Alternative form of Turin: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of Turin: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Italian. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of 9253 Torino: an asteroid in Solar System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: ancora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ancora. Doublet of anchor and anker. 1. Either of the symbols ⟨⸔⟩, ⟨⸕⟩ found in marginal notes to mark missing text.
Word: oligonucleotide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)der. English oligo- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nucleotide English oligonucleotide From oligo- + nucleotide. 1. A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs.
Word: nucleotide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nucleotide From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/, /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌtaɪd/ 1. The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group. Example: With a genome of only 400 million or so nucleotide bases, the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes rubripes, has the smallest known genome of any vertebrate animal. […] But the region of DNA between the landmarks can be a million or more nucleotides long. Example: Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.
Word: nucleoside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from nucleo- + (glyc)oside. Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd/, /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌsaɪd/ 1. an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.
Word: glucoside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glucose + -ide (1865-70). 1. A glycoside that yields glucose after hydrolysis.
Word: glycoside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glycose + -ide, 1925–1930. Morphologically from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + -ose + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaɪ.kə(ʊ)ˌsaɪd/, /ˈɡlaɪ.kəˌsaɪd/, /ˈɡlaɪ.koʊˌsaɪd/ 1. A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.
Word: glucose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucose From French, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”). By surface analysis, gluco- + -ose; note that -ose is derived from the word glucose. Pronunciation: /ˈɡluː.kəʊz/, /ˈɡluː.kəʊs/, /ˈɡlu.koʊs/, /ˈɡlu.koʊz/ 1. A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sucrose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle French sucre French sucre Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English sucrose From French sucre (“sugar”) + English -ose. By surface analysis, sucr- (“sugar”) + -ose. Pronunciation: /ˈsukɹoʊs/, /ˈsuːkɹəʊz/, /ˈsjuːkɹəʊz/ 1. A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products. Example: Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.
Word: fructose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌk.təʊz/, /ˈfɹʊk.təʊz/, /ˈfɹʌk.toʊs/, /ˈfɹʊk.toʊs/, /ˈfɹuk.toʊs/ 1. A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: -ose Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position. Pronunciation: /-əʊs/, /-oʊs/ 1. full of Labels: morpheme Example: comatose (full of sleep)
Word: -ose Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose Back-formation from glucose. Pronunciation: /-əʊs/, /-əʊz/, /-oʊs/, /-oʊz/ 1. Used to form the names of sugars. Labels: morpheme 2. Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown. Labels: morpheme
Word: skister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ski Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English skister From ski + -ster. 1. A skier (person who skis).
Word: sheather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schethere. By surface analysis, sheath + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiː.θə/, /ˈʃiː.θəɹ/ 1. One who makes sheaths. 2. One who sheathes.
Word: albariza Part of Speech: noun 1. A white porous chalky soil found in some regions of Andalusia, Spain and on which sherry vineyards are often planted. Labels: uncountable
Word: genizah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew גְּנִיזָה (g'nizá, “archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah”) (plural גְּנִיזוֹת (g'nizót)), from Old Persian *ganzam, from Old Median *ganǰam (“depository; treasure”). Pronunciation: /ɡɛˈniːzə/, /ɡɛˈnizə/ 1. A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery. Labels: Jewish Example: The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896. Example: In the year 1870 the Russian Minister of Public Worship purchased from the well-known Karaite traveller and archaeologist Abraham Firkowitsch his collection of Samaritan MSS. for the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg. It consists almost exclusively of fragments, this circumstance arising from the fact that the collector during his stay in Nablus and Egypt completely ransacked the Samaritan Genizoth (that is to say, the garrets and cellars of the synagogues whither their worn-out books were conveyed), thus acquiring several fragments of Samaritan Pentateuch rolls— […]
Word: agrimi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek αγρίμι (agrími). 1. A type of goat with long horns that curl back, native to Crete, subspecies Capra hircus cretica, sometimes Capra aegagrus cretica et al.
Word: guys Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡaɪz/ 1. plural of guy Labels: form-of, plural 2. Used to address a group of people regardless of gender. Labels: colloquial Example: Hi guys!
Word: guys Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡaɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of guy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: -th Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t (abstract nominal suffix), from Old English -þ, -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to (“-th”, abstract nominal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂. Cognate with Scots -th, West Frisian -te, Dutch -te, Low German -de, Danish -de, Swedish -d, Icelandic -ð, -d, Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa), Latin -itās (“-ty, -ity”). See -ity, -t. Pronunciation: /-θ/ 1. Used to form nouns from verbs of action. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: grow + -th → growth Example: heal + -th → health 2. Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives. Labels: morpheme Example: warm + -th → warmth Example: long + -th → length
Word: -th Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t (ordinal suffix), from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, -oþe, derived from a Proto-Indo-European superlative suffix. Pronunciation: /-θ/ 1. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”. Labels: morpheme Example: the 4th/Fourth of July Example: Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location. 2. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”. Labels: morpheme Example: The nth term of a geometrical progression whose first term is a and common ratio is r is given by ar#123;n-1#125;. 3. Used to form the denominator of a fraction. Labels: morpheme Example: one seventh; three tenths
Word: -th Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -eth, -th, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ. Pronunciation: /-θ/ 1. A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs. Labels: archaic, morpheme Example: come → cometh Example: have → hath
Word: bean counter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from German Erbsenzähler (literally “pea counter”). 1. A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, mildly Example: As any good bean counter will tell you, it costs money to treat people at a hospital. Example: And, in our case, the accounting firm of Halpern & Mantovani, CPA, in Encino, Calif., Chais' chief bean counter, pumped out the quarterly statements as if it were all rock solid.
Word: neurocybernetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English cybernetics English neurocybernetics From neuro- + cybernetics. 1. The scientific discipline of control in neurological systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: colic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ɪk/ 1. Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers. 2. Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: colic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ɪk/ 1. Relating to the colon; colonic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: E. coli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli. Pronunciation: /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/ 1. Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria. Labels: uncountable Example: We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.
Word: enteritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enter- + -itis. Pronunciation: /ˌɛn.təˈɹaɪ.təs/ 1. Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chamomile Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of camomile. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable
Word: camomile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English camamille, first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Late Latin camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, literally “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/, /ˈkæ.məˌmil/ 1. An asteracean plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples: Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 2. An asteracean plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples: Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. Any of several other similar plants. (See below) Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of camomile tea. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile: Two birds, one stone.
Word: German chamomile Part of Speech: noun 1. An annual plant, Matricaria recutita, of the aster family, which is the type of camomile most used for tea. Labels: uncountable
Word: sacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sack + -er. 1. A person who sacks or plunders. Example: Direptor & vexator vrbis. Cicer[o]. A spoy[l]er and sacker of a citie. Example: Do not some by Honour mean Good-Nature and Humanity, which weak Minds call Virtues? How then! Must we deny it to the Great, the Brave, the Noble, to the Sackers of Towns, the Plunderers of Provinces, and the Conquerors of Kingdoms? Were not these Men of Honour? 2. A person who fills or makes sacks or bags. Example: 1929, P. D. Peterson, Through the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota, Pierre, SD: J. Fred Olander, Chapter 5 “Cement Plant,” p. 41, There are two men, known as sackers who, with the use of machinery, can fill 15,000 to 20,000 sacks a day. 3. A person who fills or makes sacks or bags. Example: Know a grocery sacker with a pension like that? 4. A machine or device for filling sacks. Example: 1950, E. D. Gordon and W. M. Hurst, Artificial Drying of Forage Crops, Washington: DC, United States Department of Agriculture, Circular No. 443, p. 20, The feeder conveys the chopped alfalfa to the drying-drum—from the drum the dried forage is conveyed through one or more cooling cyclones to a hammer mill—then through one or more cyclones for further cooling and finally to a sacker. 5. A person who sacks or fires (dismisses someone from a job or position). Example: Romanov was a serial sacker of managers, picked the team himself at times from Vilnius […] Example: In just six days, Labour’s leader has gone from chino-clad hero of the peace and love brigade to intolerant sacker of pro-Europeans in his ranks. 6. A baseman (player positioned at or near a base). Labels: in-compounds Example: The ball crossed the base before he did, but it bounded between the third sacker’s feet, and score two was marked up for Hollis Creek, with nobody out! Example: 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, New York: Time Reading Program, 1966, “Batter Up!” p. 56, About forty years ago Pop was the third sacker for the old Sox when they got into their first World Series after twenty years. 7. A player who sacks (tackles the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass). Example: The loss of last year’s leading sacker, Kerry Hyder Jr., for the season with an Achilles injury is still problematic.
Word: sacker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of saker (cannon) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slutty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slut Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slutty From slut + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌti/ 1. Of, resembling, or suitable for, a slut. Labels: informal Example: The makeup, high heels and short skirt made her look so slutty. Example: In a time when most women went around wearing baggy dresses and stringy hair, Cleopatra stood out. Her trademark look, featuring slutty makeup and Cher-like bangs, got many Egyptian men quite hot and bothered.
Word: fruitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːtləs/, /ˈfɹutləs/, /ˈfɹʉːtləs/ 1. Bearing no fruit; barren. Example: [S]he [Rachel Carson] also warned of falls in which "there was no pollination and there would be no fruit." […] The entomologist Stephen L. Buchmann and the crop ecologist Gary Paul Nabhan amplified Carson's warning in their 1996 book, The Forgotten Pollinators. They predicted fruitless falls unless our land-use patterns changed fast. But few people paid attention. 2. Unproductive, useless. Labels: figuratively Example: The unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless. Example: Here alſo ſprong that goodly golden fruit, / With which Acontius got his louer trew, / Whom he had long time ſought with fruitleſſe ſuit; […] 3. Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile. Labels: archaic, figuratively Example: The fruitless woman desperately wanted to have children. Example: According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah. 4. Of a diet, etc.: without fruit. Labels: rare Example: The first fruits of the season were eagerly sought after, and everybody was thankful that once more dread winter with its unvarying monotony of fruitless meals was a thing of the past. Example: Bearing this fact in mind will help dispel the confusion and apparent contradictions that surround us in the field of nutrition—the many individual claims as to the ideal diet, for instance, the high-carbohydrate diet, the milkless diet, the breadless diet, the meatless diet, the fruit diet or the fruitless diet, the high-protein or the low-protein diet, and innumerable variations.
Word: -less Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (compare lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from *laisiz, *laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos, Low German -los, German -los, Danish -løs, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at loose. Pronunciation: /ləs/, /lɪs/ 1. Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable, usually Example: aweless, skill-less, artless, doubtless, countless, soulless, will-less, tireless. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
Word: greeking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From greek + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːkɪŋ/ 1. Nonsense text or graphics inserted into a document as a placeholder to create a dummy layout, or to demonstrate a type font; the practice of using such placeholder text or graphics. Labels: uncountable Example: If text gets smaller than this value, [Adobe] Illustrator shows the text blocks as gray bars, an operation called greeking. Both type size and view size figure into the equation, so that 6-point type greeks at 100-percent view size and 12-point type greeks at 50 percent. Greeking speeds the screen display because gray bars are easier to draw than individual characters. Example: Designers have long worked with a concept known as greeking. Greeking is a method of drawing gray bars to represent blocks of text rather than taking the time to image them all on the screen. […] Unless you really want to see every character of every word at every size, there's hardly any reason to turn greeking off.
Word: greeking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From greek + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of greek. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: omission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃ.ən/, /oʊˈmɪʃ.ən/ 1. The act of omitting. Labels: uncountable Example: Scots was not ‘banned’ outright — impossible anyway with so many Scots-speaking teachers but, like Gaelic, marginalised by omission. 2. The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do. Labels: uncountable Example: E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission. 3. An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out. Labels: countable Example: The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship. 4. Something not done or neglected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team. 5. The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: omit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”. Pronunciation: /əʊˈmɪt/, /əˈmɪt/, /oʊˈmɪt/ 1. To leave out or exclude. Labels: transitive 2. To fail to perform. Labels: intransitive Example: She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it. She never left anything of value in it, and she found that it was to her advantage if people didn’t have to break anything in order to find that out. 3. To delete or remove; to strike. Labels: transitive Example: In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships). 4. To neglect or take no notice of. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: imbue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”). Compare imbibe. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbjuː/, /ɪmˈbju/ 1. To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea. Labels: transitive Example: The patriarchal lives of my protectors caused these impressions to take a firm hold on my mind; perhaps, if my first introduction to humanity had been made by a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter, I should have been imbued with different sensations. 2. To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality. Labels: transitive Example: The shirt was imbued with his scent. Example: I might leave the answering of one part of the objection to physicians and chymists, who teach, that the antimonial glass and cup imbue wine and other liquors with a strong emetic quality, without any sensible loss of weight. 3. In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality. Example: The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.
Word: immediate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmiː.dɪət/, /ɪˈmiː.d͡ʒɪt/, /ɪˈmi.di.ɪt/, /ɪˈmi.di.ət/, /ɪˈmiːdi.ɪt/ 1. Happening right away, instantly, with no delay. Example: Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link. Example: Assemble we immediate council. 2. Very close; direct or adjacent. Example: immediate family; immediate vicinity Example: You are the most immediate to our throne, 3. Manifestly true; requiring no argument. 4. Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location). 5. Used to denote that a transmission is urgent. Example: Bravo Three, this Bravo Six. Immediate! We are coming under fire from the north from an unknown enemy, over! 6. An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified). Example: Hotel Two-Niner, this is Bravo Six. Immediate suppression at grid November-Kilo four-five-three two-one-five. Danger Close. I authenticate Golf Echo, over.
Word: Ñuñoa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Ñuñoa, from Mapudungun. 1. A commune in northeastern Santiago, Chile.
Word: vampiric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English vampiric From vampire + -ic. Pronunciation: /væmˈpɪɹɪk/ 1. Having the traits of a vampire. Example: (Admittedly, the fact that Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s vampiric treasury secretary, was a Fury Road executive producer complicates this whole parallel. I don’t know what to do with that. Even pieces of shit can, I suppose, be involved with great things from time to time.)
Word: vampiric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English vampiric From vampire + -ic. Pronunciation: /væmˈpɪɹɪk/ 1. A vampire or vampire-like creature. Example: Vampirics kill to eat, not to play. Mostly. Example: You should know Jakob; you are one of the oldest Vampirics we have here besides Braedon and me.
Word: justice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia. Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɐs.tɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɐs.təs/ 1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the justice of a description Example: This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips. 2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Justice was served. 3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to demand justice 4. The civil power dealing with law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ministry of Justice Example: the justice system 5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court Example: Gee, I guess that’s up to the justices. Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence. 6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
Word: falsehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English falshede, from false + -hede, equivalent to false + -hood. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒlsˌhʊd/ 1. The property of being false. Labels: uncountable Example: Every such idiom is what is known as a truth function, and is characterized by the fact that the truth or falsehood of the complex statement which it generates is uniquely determined by the truth or falsehood of the several statements which it combines. 2. A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie. Labels: countable Example: Don't tell falsehoods. Example: The fact checking, which started Sunday, stands in stark contrast to the he-said, she-said nature of most television chatfests, even though PolitiFact’s work takes place well after the facts and possible falsehoods are first uttered on TV. 3. Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of lying. Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable Example: THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN INFLICTED ON GEHAZI, FOR HIS FALSEHOOD AND COVETOUSNESS. Example: O mortal, eschew falsehood and flattery. Death flayeth and killeth the false one: The apostate suffereth for his falsehood and pride; he is tormented in both worlds. Renounce slander and envy of others.
Word: swashbuckler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swash + buckler. 1. A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant swordplay. Example: Phillips, in his New World of Words defines, to swash, to make fly about; to clash, or make a noise with swords; and a swash-buckler, a vain glorious sword player or fencer, a meer braggadochoe, a vapouring fellow. 2. A daring adventurer. 3. A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone.
Word: Norman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first. In addition, the generally accepted meaning, a person from Normandy or one of the many French-speaking invaders to Britain, was used chiefly by Anglo-Norman and Old French, though it originally referred to any Scandinavian of the time. See also Northman. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹmən/, /ˈnɔːmən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Normandy, France. 2. A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066. 3. A Northman. Labels: rare 4. Norman French in the Middle Ages.
Word: Norman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first. In addition, the generally accepted meaning, a person from Normandy or one of the many French-speaking invaders to Britain, was used chiefly by Anglo-Norman and Old French, though it originally referred to any Scandinavian of the time. See also Northman. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹmən/, /ˈnɔːmən/ 1. The langue d'oïl variant, closely related to the French of Île-de-France (i.e. Paris), spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands, and was for several centuries the ruling language of England (see Anglo-Norman). 2. A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym], for someone from Normandy, or for a Viking (Northman). 3. A male given name from Old English used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century. Example: "Let him be named Norman", said the lady; "it was the name of him who last - it was the name of the youngest son of Macalbin." Example: "Yes," she said, "the husband is pretty ex." And then, for no reason at all, she added: "His name is Norman." Bill nodded solemnly. "I see why you left him." Rosie began to giggle and clapped her hands to her mouth. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Norman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first. In addition, the generally accepted meaning, a person from Normandy or one of the many French-speaking invaders to Britain, was used chiefly by Anglo-Norman and Old French, though it originally referred to any Scandinavian of the time. See also Northman. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹmən/, /ˈnɔːmən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Normandy or its inhabitants (present or past). Labels: not-comparable Example: The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building. 2. Relating to the Norman language or the dialect of French spoken in Normandy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Norman vocabulary 3. Relating to the Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans after the Norman Conquest, characterized by large arches and heavy columns. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having a counterintuitive design that confuses users about proper operation; after Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things (1988). Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: Darn Norman door! I thought I had to push, but I actually had to pull.
Word: wrong side out Part of Speech: adv 1. Of a garment, etc, having its inner or hidden side on the outside and vice versa. Labels: not-comparable Example: We all struggled frantically into our clothes, […] getting them wrong-side-out and upside-down, as a rule. Example: She began to remove her sweaty clothes, but noticed for the first time that she had her chambray shirt on wrongside out. 2. Reversed, changed diametrically, by analogy with a garment that is wrong side out. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: When I inform'd him, then he call'd me sot, And told me I had turn'd the wrong side out.
Word: Anglo-Norman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo- + Norman. Pronunciation: /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈnɔː.mən/, /ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈnɔːɹ.mən/ 1. Pertaining to the period of Norman rule of England, 1066–1154. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to Normans in England after the Norman Conquest. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to their language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Anglo-Norman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + Norman. Pronunciation: /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈnɔː.mən/, /ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈnɔːɹ.mən/ 1. A Norman who settled in England after the Norman Conquest, or a descendant of one.
Word: Anglo-Norman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Anglo- + Norman. Pronunciation: /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈnɔː.mən/, /ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈnɔːɹ.mən/ 1. The Old French dialect spoken in England by the ruling classes after the Norman Conquest, or the form of this dialect used in English law until the 17th century.
Word: glorious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin glōriōsus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/, /ˈɡloɹ.i.əs/, /ˈɡloː.ɹi.əs/, /ˈɡlɒ.ɹi.əs/ 1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory. Example: glorious deeds Example: Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, / The spirit-stirring drum, th’ ear-piercing fife, / The royal banner, and all quality, / Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war! 2. Excellent, wonderful; delightful. Example: These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. Example: Borini missed another glorious opportunity to give his side the lead after brilliant set-up play by Sterling, but with only the exposed keeper to beat, he struck the post. 3. Bright or shining; Example: And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage / Until the golden circuit on my head, / Like to the glorious sun’s transparent beams, / Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw. 4. Eager for glory or distinction Labels: obsolete Example: [...] but most miserable / Is the desire that’s glorious: blest be those, / How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, / Which seasons comfort. […] 5. Excessively proud or boastful. Labels: obsolete Example: Make heauen to frowne and euery fixed ſtarre To ſucke vp poiſon from the Mooriſh Fens, And poure it in this glorious Tyrants throat. 6. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: During his Office, Treaſon vvas no Crime. / The Sons of Belial had a Glorious Time: / For Shimei, though not prodigal of pelf, / Yet lov'd his vvicked Neighbour as himſelf. Example: Kings may be bleſt, but Tam was glorious, / O'er a' the ills o' life victorious!
Word: sword-breaker Part of Speech: noun 1. A short sword or dagger with a deeply notched or toothed blade, or with secondary projections, designed to catch or grapple an opponent's weapon. Example: The deepest indentations are in the so-called Sword-breakers (brise-épées), mostly of the fifteenth century. 2. A notch or projection on a dagger, etc., designed to catch an opponent's weapon. Labels: uncommon Example: The dagger has the triangular knuckle-guard peculiar to the period, also straight quillons, fluted pommel and similar grip; the blade is 18 in. long, 2 in. wide at the hilt, where it is furnished with two sword-breakers.
Word: backsword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + sword. 1. A sword with one sharp edge. Example: It [the dáo of the Nágá tribe, south-east of Assam] is a thick, heavy backsword, eighteen inches long, with a bevel where the point should be, worn at the waist in a half-scabbard of wood, and used for digging as well as killing. 2. A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements. Labels: UK, dated 3. The game in which the stick is used. Labels: UK, dated Example: One afternoon, as the missionary and I were sitting outside our tents, my attention was attracted towards a group of sepahis engaged under a banyantree, playing the game of backsword […]
Word: quillon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French quillon (literally “little ninepin”), from quille (“club; ninepin, skittle”) (from the similar appearance) + -on (diminutive suffix). Quille is derived from Middle High German kegel (“club”), from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil (“pile, pole, stake; peg, pin”), from *kagō (“bush, shrub”) + *-il (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪlən/, /ˈkijɔ̃/, /ˈkwɪlənz/ 1. Synonym of crossguard (“a metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword”). Example: Holonym: hilt Example: The Sword of State which is carried before the King at the opening of Parliament is quite a different weapon. It is a long, two-handed sword, with a gold hilt and quillion, and is encased in a crimson velvet scabbard. […] The quillion of the sword is formed of an elongated lion on one side, and a similarly maltreated unicorn on the other. 2. Either of the two arms of a crossguard. Labels: in-plural Example: Holonyms: crossguard, guard < hilt Example: The guard against the cut is technically called the cross[-]guard[…]. This section is composed of one or more bars projecting from the hilt between tang and blade, and receiving the edge of the adversary's weapon should it happen to glance or to glide downwards. The quillons may be either straight[…]—that is, disposed at right angles—or curved[…].
Word: gloria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gloria. Doublet of glory. 1. A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A doxology. Labels: countable Example: The glorias, canticles, and some translations of popular hymns are admirably sung; I do not know that I ever heard congregational singing more effective.
Word: wootz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably from a misreading of wook, an English transcription of (the root of) Kannada ಉಕ್ಕು (ukku),ಉರ್ಕು (urku, “steel”), Telugu ఉక్కు (ukku, “steel”); akin to Tamil உருகு (uruku, “to melt”) and உருக்கு (urukku, “melted thing, steel”). Pronunciation: /wuːts/ 1. A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The celebrated wootz or steel of India, made in little cakes of only about two pounds weight, possesses qualities which no European steel can surpass. Example: The ferrum Indicum of the Classics may still be represented by the famous Wootz or Wutz, the 'natural Indian steel,' still so much prized for Sword-blades in Persia and Afghanistan.