nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: recommence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French recommencer, from Old French recommencier, equivalent to re- + commence. 1. To begin again. Example: The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Example: [...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.
Word: dogfight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + fight. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ.faɪt/, [ˈdɔɡ.fʌɪt], [ˈdɑɡ.fʌɪt] 1. A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters. Example: The two bi-planes swirled around each other like angry wasps in a violent dogfight. 2. A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.
Word: dogfight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog + fight. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ.faɪt/, [ˈdɔɡ.fʌɪt], [ˈdɑɡ.fʌɪt] 1. To engage in a battle between fighter planes. Example: Missiles exhausted, the pilot was forced to close and dogfight with his opponent.
Word: dog-fight Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dogfight. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tulgey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll around 1870 for the Jabberwock poem. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌl.d͡ʒi/, /ˈtʌl.ɡi/ 1. Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood). Labels: not-comparable Example: The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood Example: I battled for a while with Professor Aschloch's tulgey prose – only German poets have ever written lucid German prose – then closed my eyes, wondering bitterly which of my enemies the nice American worked for.
Word: besprenge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English besprengen, from Old English besprenġan, equivalent to be- (“about; all over”) + springe (“to sprinkle”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈspɹɛnd͡ʒ/ 1. To sprinkle or scatter. Example: [T]here vvas brought unto him an horſe named Babylonius, vvhich happening to be ſore vexed vvith a ſuddaine gripe or vvring in his belly, fell dovvne, and vvhiles hee vvas not able to endure the paine, vvallovveth along, and happeneth to beſprent his capariſon and ornaments richly garniſhed vvith gold and precious ſtones. At vvhich ſtrange ſight he tooke great joy, and cryed out, vvith the applauſe of thoſe next about him, That Babylon vvas fallen, and lay along on the ground diſpoyled of all her ornaments. Example: His placidity was fully restored by the appearance of the steaming dishes, with their burden of canary-yellow besprent with green, which dispersed a mild warm fragrance of eggs and butter upon the air.
Word: besprent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bespreynt, from Old English *besprengd, equivalent to be- + sprent. 1. simple past and past participle of besprenge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: besprent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bespreynt, from Old English *besprengd, equivalent to be- + sprent. 1. besprinkled Labels: archaic
Word: professionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English professional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English professionally From professional + -ly. 1. As a professional; for one's paid career. Example: Steve Davis plays snooker professionally. 2. In a professional manner. Example: You handled that customer's complaint very professionally. Example: There is no precredit compassion expressed in “Side Street”: In place of Ray’s protective, implied narrator there is the professionally gruff voice of Paul Kelly, an actor who specialized in coldly professional New York City police detectives.
Word: dutiful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From duty + -ful. 1. Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint. Example: Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told. Example: And when blondes and beautiful are multiple / They become so dull and dutiful 2. Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
Word: faubourg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French faubourg. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊbʊəɡ/ 1. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City. Example: At last a great shout went up ... and that was sign sufficient that the faubourgs were ours. Example: […]in the course of his walk (which led him out toward the faubourgs of Flatbush) he passed long vistas of signboards[…]
Word: audile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Irregular formation from Latin audire + -ilis. By surface analysis, audio + -ile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdaɪl/ 1. A person whose mental imagery consists of sounds.
Word: audile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Irregular formation from Latin audire + -ilis. By surface analysis, audio + -ile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdaɪl/ 1. Pertaining to hearing. Example: 1973: I listened carefully to my audile memory, recalling the exact noise of the shot. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 93) Example: At Indiana University, we were encouraged to read Latin, Greek, German, you know all those things, aloud. That's one of the things I liked about studying languages, that I could actually read them aloud, hear them, experience them on an audile level.
Word: grimly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grymly, grimlich, from Old English grimliċ, corresponding to grim + -ly. Compare grimlike. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪmli/ 1. Grim-looking, grim-natured. Labels: archaic Example: To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […] Example: In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away.
Word: grimly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English grymly, grimliche, from Old English grimlīċe, equivalent to grim + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic grimmliga. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪmli/ 1. In a grim manner. Example: He looked round and shouted grimly, "As soon as the gate is opened, you go out there - running." Example: I looked out my window / The cloud was grimly forming / Waiting for the rain I saw / The one dark cloud forming
Word: chors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: borborigmus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós). Pronunciation: /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ 1. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1973: chilli 'n' trepidation were playing the devil with my small intestines and my borborigmus was often louder than the engine of the Rolls — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 94)
Word: Berlin green Part of Speech: noun 1. Ferric ferricyanide; a complex cyanide with a structure similar to that of Prussian blue, used as a green dye. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A color of oil paint thought to resemble the color of the chemical. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chorred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: incalescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin incalēscēns, present participle of incalēscere, from in + calēscere (“to grow warm”). Pronunciation: /ɪnkəˈlɛsənt/ 1. Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent. Example: From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido.
Word: ashlar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English assheler, acheler, etc., from forms of Old French esselier (“wooden support, traverse beam”), from Medieval Latin ascelāris and assellāris (equivalent to a diminutive of early forms of ais (“plank”)), variant of *axillāris (attested only after the Renaissance), from Latin axilla (“little plank”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”), from axis (“axle, plank”) + -illa (“-ella: forming diminutives”). Pronunciation: /ˈæʃlə/, /ˈæʃlɚ/ 1. Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The four main spans across the waterway are carried on ashlar piers founded on Memel timber piles. Example: Even as I babbled, Jock's massy frame filled the doorway, his ill-hewn ashlar head weaving from side to side, eyes blinking at the light. 2. Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And from the choir itself, where the big hoist was working, came the shouts of the men sweating at the great wheel that swung the cut stones skyward, and the men high overhead on the hurdle-walks, waiting to receive the swinging ashlars and guide them into place. 3. A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: cushdie Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of cushty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cushdy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of cushty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”). Pronunciation: /kʊʃ/, /kʉʃ/ 1. Excellent, very good. Labels: Geordie, slang Example: That car owwer there is propa cush!
Word: cush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cushy. Pronunciation: /kʊʃ/, /kʉʃ/ 1. Cushy. Example: Sherrington recalled that Bush's office in the old ballpark was "not very cush" and not what you would expect for the owner of a major league franchise. Example: “The Dimonds have adjoining suites. It's all very cush.” “Who died and made you manager?” Courtney asked. “I told you, we bellhops run the place. We know where all the skeletons are buried.” Courtney quipped, “From what I've heard of that hotel, that's no figure of speech.”
Word: cush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cushion. Pronunciation: /kʊʃ/, /kʉʃ/ 1. The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly. Labels: colloquial
Word: cush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of cuisse; compare cuish. Pronunciation: /kʊʃ/, /kʉʃ/ 1. Synonym of cuisse (“armor for the thigh”). Example: "[…]a breast and placket, taces, gorget, a burgonet with a buffe or chin peece," and also "Armour richly quilt and graven consisting of a backe, breast, cushes, a paire of kneecops, gorget, a pair of short taces, one burgonet […]" Example: […] quissers or cushes covered with cloth of camaca, for the protection of legs and thighs (I. 649); and lastly, a bequest of a targett or shield (II. 657), and of a bokeler covered with plates of silver ...
Word: cush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of kush. Pronunciation: /kʊʃ/, /kʉʃ/ 1. Alternative spelling of kush (“marijuana”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: “Got caught smoking cush and making out with Franklin Johnson in the memorial garden.” Ugh. This girl has no class. “Did law enforcement press charges?” Lettie asked, concern seeping into her voice. Leave it to Lettie to actually care. Example: You got those cigarettes and cush / You don't ever let me down
Word: myrmecophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myrmeco- + -phagous. 1. Pertaining to the anteater. Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:myrmecophage. 2. Feeding on ants. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Although I made no further study of stomach contents, the myrmecophagous habits of 'Gastrophryne' have come to my attention frequently in the course of routine field work. Individuals kept in confinement for a day or more almost invariably voided feces which consisted mainly or entirely of ant remains, chiefly the heads, as these are most resistant to digestion."
Word: daint Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /deɪnt/ 1. Dainty. Labels: obsolete Example: […] to cherish him with diets daint, She cast to bring him, where he chearen might […]
Word: daint Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /deɪnt/ 1. do not, don't Labels: Geordie 2. didn't Labels: West-Midlands
Word: jazz dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several forms of improvised rhythmic dancing to jazz music. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. tap dance Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: jinricksha Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɪnˈɹɪk.ʃə/ 1. Alternative spelling of jinriksha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jinrikisha Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jinriksha. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So we take our way in two jinrikisha to the Temple Rin-ko-ji, on Kuboyama. We roll swiftly through a mile of many-colored narrow Japanese streets; […] Example: Of course the first thing that struck us were the queer wheelbarrows used by the native population in place of the jinrikishas adopted from Japan for the Europeans.
Word: boiley Part of Speech: noun 1. A meal of milk and bread boiled. Labels: Geordie, uncountable
Word: jump shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump.
Word: atwix Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English atwix, atwixen, from a- + twix, twixt ("among"), from a- + tweox (“twofold”), from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”). 1. between; betwixt Labels: Geordie
Word: Keavy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic Caoimhe (“beautiful, precious”). 1. A female given name from Irish used in Ireland and Scotland.
Word: kiddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kid + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdi/, [ˈkʰɪɾi], [ˈkʰɘɾiː] 1. A small kid (young goat). 2. Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial 3. A man, a fellow; a person. Labels: archaic, slang Example: So what I do kiddies, is work hard, stay in shape, practice. Example: Chazz is a gangland kiddy of the more amiable sort who all his life has wanted to be taken for menacing […]. 4. A low thief. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: kiddy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kid + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdi/, [ˈkʰɪɾi], [ˈkʰɘɾiː] 1. To kid; to hoax or tease. Labels: archaic Example: But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]
Word: kiddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kid + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdi/, [ˈkʰɪɾi], [ˈkʰɘɾiː] 1. Childish. Labels: informal Example: The concept is really old, the graphics look very kiddy, and the creators are making millions off it.
Word: kiddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiddie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of kiddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parch + -ing. 1. Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying. Example: Who can unpitying see the flowery race, / Shed by the morn, their new-flush'd bloom resign, / Before the parching beam? Example: The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air. 2. Very thirsty; parched. Example: Proceed to nearest canteen and there annex liquor stores. March! Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are […] parching.
Word: parching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From parch + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of parch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parch + -ing. 1. The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn. Example: I have already told how we parched sunflower seed; and that I used two or three double-handfuls of seed to a parching. I used two parchings of sunflower seed for one mess of four-vegetables-mixed. 2. The condition of being parched; absolute dryness. Example: Squalid youths with ghastly grin, In hollow bitter roots shall bring, Urine of the unsav'ry goat, To quell the parchings of thy throat.
Word: parches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kvetching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kvetch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kvetching Part of Speech: noun 1. Persistent complaining.
Word: hadaway Part of Speech: intj 1. Begone, be off, go away. Labels: Geordie, Mackem Example: Hadaway wi ye!
Word: maté Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati. Here, as well as in the matë variant, the unetymologically accented e serves the purpose in English of marking that vowel as pronounced, as in latte, rather than silent as in mate. Pronunciation: /ˈmæteɪ/, /ˈmɑteɪ/ 1. An evergreen tree, Ilex paraguariensis, native to South America, cultivated for its leaves. Labels: countable 2. A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant. Labels: uncountable Example: We spent a month in Buenos Aires drinking nothing but maté and Fernet with soda. 3. A cup of this drink. Labels: countable 4. The container used to prepare this drink, traditionally a small calabash. Labels: countable, uncommon Example: The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position.
Word: poppers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Amyl nitrites were originally sold in small glass ampoules wrapped in cloth. Recreational users would crush or "pop" these vials between their fingers to release their vapours, which is thought to be the origin of the slang term. 1. Drugs of the alkyl nitrate class used recreationally as a sexual stimulant, especially among gay men. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Have I been doing too much poppers? Example: Amyl nitrate, colloquially called “poppers” has been implicated in the epidemic among gay men.
Word: poppers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Amyl nitrites were originally sold in small glass ampoules wrapped in cloth. Recreational users would crush or "pop" these vials between their fingers to release their vapours, which is thought to be the origin of the slang term. 1. plural of popper Labels: form-of, plural Example: Poppers are used commonly during social events such as dancing and for muscle relaxation during sex. Poppers are most commonly used in the lesbian and gay population , but have been experimented with by others as well. Example: Hank Wilson, a gay activist in San Francisco who founded the Committee to Monitor Poppers in 1981 , is candid about why poppers are so prevalent.
Word: Matengo Part of Speech: name 1. a language of southern Tanzania
Word: rods Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɒdz/, /ɹɑdz/ 1. plural of rod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rods Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɒdz/, /ɹɑdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mathematizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mathematize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spoons Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spuːnz/ 1. Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on). Labels: archaic, not-comparable, slang Example: "[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced." Example: […] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing.
Word: spoons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spuːnz/ 1. A child's card game. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: spoons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spuːnz/ 1. plural of spoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spoons Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spuːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spoon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mathematize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mathemat(ic) + -ize. 1. To describe in terms of a mathematical equation. Labels: transitive
Word: Matrixism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English matrix 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 Matrixism From matrix + -ism. 1. A minor modern religion based on the science-fiction franchise The Matrix.
Word: Matumbi Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: Kimatuumbi Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Tanzania
Word: maturable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mature Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English maturable From mature + -able. 1. capable of maturing
Word: maturing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mature Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: maugre Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English maugre, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure, grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ɡə/, /ˈmɔɡɚ/ 1. In spite of, notwithstanding. Labels: obsolete Example: He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […] Example: In my mind it is a ſign of a great deal of natural Integrity and inbred Nobleneſs of ſpirit, that maugre the heavineſs of his Complexion that thus ſtrongly bears him dovvn from apprehending ſo concerning Metaphyſicall Truths, yet he retains ſo vivid reſentments of the more sſolid Morality.
Word: maugre Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English maugre, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure, grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ɡə/, /ˈmɔɡɚ/ 1. Notwithstanding, despite everything. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]
Word: maugre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maugre, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure, grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ɡə/, /ˈmɔɡɚ/ 1. Ill will; spite. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Mbunga Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: MCS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By initialism. 1. Initialism of multiple chemical sensitivity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of minimally conscious state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of medium close shot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of mesoscale convective system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of mobile causeway system Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of main character syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MCS Part of Speech: name Etymology: By initialism. 1. Initialism of Marine Conservation Society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: multiple chemical sensitivity Part of Speech: noun 1. a chronic disease caused by a person's inability to tolerate a variety of environmental substances Labels: uncountable
Word: mediagenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From media + -genic, by analogy with photogenic. 1. thought of by the news media as an attractive subject
Word: melomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melo- + -mania, after French mélomanie. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ 1. An abnormal love of music. Labels: uncountable
Word: meroblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meroblast + -ic or mero- + -blastic. 1. that undergoes only partial cleavage Labels: not-comparable
Word: Meru Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit मेरु (Mēru) 1. The abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions. Labels: usually Example: 2003, J. Dina Bagdel, John C. Huntington Buddhist Cosmology: Environment of Meditative Transformation: Mount Meru, John C. Huntington, Dina Bangdel, Robert A. F. Thurman, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, page 66, Buddhist realizations and transformations take place in a sacred meditational space known as Mount Meru, or Sumeru. In Western-language literature, the Mount Meru system is often construed as the "Buddhist universe," but this description is misleading as it implies a singular phenomenon. The Mount Meru system is indeed an expression of Buddhist cosmology, but it describes structure of the cosmos. Example: 2013, Eric Huntington, Portrait of a Landscape: Depictions of the Meru Cosmos in Buddhist Art & Culture, Dissertation, University of Chicago.
Word: Meru Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Meru Ameru 1. The Ameru people of Kenya. 2. The Ameru language. 3. A region and county of Kenya where the Ameru people live.
Word: Meru Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain in Arusha, Tanzania. Labels: usually Example: It was in 1902, six years after the killings, however, that a church and school were built near Akeri, specifically at Nkoaranga on the slopes of Mount Meru (Baroin 1995, 3). 2. A people of northern Tanzania, of the Arumeru district of Arusha region.
Word: Meru Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain in the Indian section of the Himalayas. Labels: usually
Word: Meruimenti Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language
Word: Merutig Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Kenya.
Word: mesoblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mesoblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mesoblastic From mesoblast + -ic. 1. of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast
Word: Namboothiri Part of Speech: noun 1. A Malayali Brahmin of the Nambūdiri subcaste, traditionally the most elite in the Indian state of Kerala, and known for extreme orthodoxy. Example: The Namboothiri are said to be the most orthodox brahmins in India.
Word: mesoblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + -blast. 1. the middle, germinal layer of undifferentiated cells of an early embryo; it becomes the mesoderm
Word: messmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mess + mate. 1. An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship. Example: Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here! Example: The cap’n was displeased at that, but my messmates were all of a mind and landed. 2. Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua. Labels: Australia
Word: metafiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + fiction, coined in 1970 by William H. Gass 1. A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot (1984) and Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor and Chatterton may be described as accomplished examples of historiographic metafiction, the kind of self-conscious, heavily parodic and experimental historical […] Example: In the previous chapter, I presented a heuristic explanation of the development of metafiction. In this chapter, I turn to some texts written before the 1980s to demonstrate that the binary between realism and metafiction is not fixed.
Word: consilience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap”) (modelled after resiliēns (“rebounding”)) + -ence, influenced by concurrent. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1840 in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪ.li.əns/ 1. The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Indeed in all cases in which from propositions of considerable generality, propositions of a still higher degree are obtained, there is a convergence of inductions; and if in one of the lines which thus converge, the steps be rapidly and suddenly made in order to meet the other line, we may consider that we have an example of Consilience. Example: CONSILIENCE of INDUCTIONS takes place when an induction obtained from one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from a different class. This consilience is the test of the truth of the theory in which it occurs. 2. The agreement, co-operation, or overlap of academic disciplines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The common pursuit of Truth is of itself a brotherhood. [...] Surely, were each of us to give utterance to all he feels, we should hear the Chemist, the Astronomer, the Physiologist, the Electrician, the Botanist, the Geologist, all with one accord, and each in the language of his own science, declaring not only the wonderful works of God disclosed in it, but the delight which their disclosure affords him, and the privilege he feels it to be to have aided in it. This is indeed a magnificent induction—a consilience there is no refusing. Example: For centuries consilience has been the mother's milk of the natural sciences. Now it is wholly accepted by the brain sciences and evolutionary biology, the disciplines best poised to serve in turn as bridges to the social sciences and humanities. […] The central idea of the consilience world view is that all tangible phenomena, from the birth of stars to the workings of social institutions, are based on material processes that are ultimately reducible, however long and tortuous the sequences, to the law of physics.
Word: consilient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From consilience, from Latin con- (“together”) + salio (“to leap”). 1. Of academic disciplines, displaying consilience.
Word: consiliences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consilience Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oneironaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oneiro- + -naut. Pronunciation: /əʊˈnaɪɹənɔːt/, /əˈnaɪɹənɔːt/, /oʊˈnaɪɹoʊnɔt/ 1. A person who explores dream worlds, usually associated with lucid dreaming. Example: During a lucid dream it is possible for the dreamer (or “oneironaut,” as LaBerge puts it) to think reasonably clearly, remember the conditions of waking life and act voluntarily, all while remaining soundly, restfully asleep. Example: Without special training, he was a natural “oneironaut” or “dream navigator.” From early childhood, he could control his dreams. He used to “wake up” within a dream. Fully lucid, he was aware he was dreaming.
Word: blackfellow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English fellow English blackfellow From black + fellow. Pronunciation: /ˈblakfɛləʊ/ 1. An Australian Aboriginal, especially a male one. Labels: Australia, ethnic, slur Example: "Me like my country — no much too hot, no much too cold. By and bye, white fellow come — soldier-man come. White fellow say, this our land, that our land — ALL country our land. Black fellow say no! my country no white fellow's country, and black fellow take spear. Example: He was squatting on the ground like a blackfellow, quiet and still and cunning.
Word: when it rains, it pours Part of Speech: proverb 1. Unfortunate events occur in streaks or clusters, often in short periods of time.
Word: Sumerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru)lbor. English Sumer Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sumerian From Sumer + -ian. Pronunciation: /s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən/, /səˈmɪəɹiən/, /sʊˈmɛɹiən/, /səˈmɛɹiən/ 1. Of, from or pertaining to Sumer. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Could be. Anyway, Sumerian culture—the society based on me—was another manifestation of the metavirus. Expect that in this case, it was in a linguistic form rather than DNA." 2. Of, from or pertaining to lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Šumer in Akkadian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sumerian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru)lbor. English Sumer Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sumerian From Sumer + -ian. Pronunciation: /s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən/, /səˈmɪəɹiən/, /sʊˈmɛɹiən/, /səˈmɛɹiən/ 1. A person of Sumer. 2. A native of lower Babylonia, called Šumer in Akkadian.
Word: Sumerian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru)lbor. English Sumer Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sumerian From Sumer + -ian. Pronunciation: /s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən/, /səˈmɪəɹiən/, /sʊˈmɛɹiən/, /səˈmɛɹiən/ 1. The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.
Word: dorus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doru Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of defuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pediment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the earlier form peremint, perhaps a dialectal alteration of pyramid, under the influence of -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/ 1. A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton. Example: Passing the Congregation Shearith Israel on Central Park West (a white whale of a building with a triangular pediment supported by four count ’em four massive Corinthian columns), Professor Solanka scurrying through the downpour remembered the newly bat-mitzvahed thirteen-year-old girl he’d glimpsed through the side door, […] 2. A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface.
Word: Father of Lies Part of Speech: name 1. The devil; Satan. 2. Herodotus, so called because of his controversial works.
Word: metagenic Part of Speech: adj 1. metagenetic Labels: not-comparable
Word: metagenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English genetic English metagenetic From meta- + genetic. 1. Relating to, or produced as a result of metagenesis. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to metagenetics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metagenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + -genesis. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/ 1. The production of sexual and asexual organisms in alternate generations. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: metaphrastic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase; literal in translation
Word: metaphrase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrázomai, “consider after”). By surface analysis, meta- + phrase. 1. A literal, word-for-word translation. 2. An answering phrase; repartee. Example: I'm somewhat dull still in the manly art Of phrase and metaphrase. Why, any man Can carve a score of white Loves out of snow, As Buonarroti down in Florence there, And set them on the wall in some safe shade […]
Word: metaphrase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrázomai, “consider after”). By surface analysis, meta- + phrase. 1. To make such a literal translation.
Word: metaplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or produced by metaplasia. 2. Relating to metaplasticity.
Word: metaplasia Part of Speech: noun 1. The conversion of one type of tissue into another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metazoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English metazoa Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metazoic From metazoa + -ic. 1. Relating to the metazoa. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metazoa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metazoan Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of metazoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: middie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of middy (“midshipman”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang 2. Alternative form of middy (“measure of beer”). Labels: Australia, alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative form of middy (“type of blouse”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: midshipman Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer. 2. A midshipman fish.
Word: navies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of navy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: navvies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of navvy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of navvie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: navvies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of navvy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: middleaged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of middle-aged. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: middle ground Part of Speech: noun 1. A compromised position between extremes. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: You need to find the middle ground between the two extremes. Example: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days). 2. The middle distance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mid-morning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English morning English mid-morning From mid- + morning. 1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the midmorning. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-morning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English morning English mid-morning From mid- + morning. 1. Alternative form of midmorning. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As with other tourist lines, actual peak demand is from mid-morning to late afternoon - 'off peak' in conventional fares jargon. This can (and does) result in overcrowding at off-peak times and near empty trains at 'peak' hours. National one-size-fits-all simply does not apply on the S&C.
Word: midmorning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + morning. Compare Middle English midmorwen, midmorwe (“midmorning”). 1. The middle of the morning. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mill around Part of Speech: verb 1. To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: "I hope you don't think you're going to mill around out here alone," Rowdy said tartly. Example: There were a few eager teens milling around in the parking lot.
Word: Inari Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 稲荷 (Inari). 1. The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success. Labels: Japanese
Word: Inari Part of Speech: name 1. A lake in Lapland, Finland. 2. A municipality of Lapland, Finland. 3. A village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland. 4. A Saami language: the Inari Sami. 5. 1532 Inari, a main belt asteroid.
Word: Kildin Sami Part of Speech: name 1. One of the languages spoken by the Sami people, written using the Cyrillic alphabet (http://www.omniglot.com/writing/saami.htm).
Word: scabrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scabō (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”)) + English -ous; compare French scabreux, Late Latin scabrōsus. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪbɹəs/, /ˈska-/, /ˈskæbɹəs/, /ˈskeɪ-/ 1. Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough. Example: After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections. Example: I was ſurpriz'd to ſee Mars continue quite round, though hardly, to Appearance, disjoin'd from the ſcabrous Edge of the Moon; but that Inſtant I thought it began to loſe its Figure.—Clouds. 2. Disgusting, repellent. Labels: figuratively Example: The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public. Example: This typifies the man, body and soul, who is transformed after Baptism, that is to say, after the entrance of the priest, and then takes up once more the scabrous contaminations of the flesh. 3. Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance. Labels: figuratively Example: Remember a few years ago there was that scabrous movie Snuff? When it played in New York there were enormous protests, huge publicity — and huge crowds and profits at the theater. 4. Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical. Labels: figuratively Example: [A]s his Verse is ſcabrous, and hobbling, and his Words not every where well choſen, the purity of Latin being more corrupted, than in the time of Juvenal, and conſequently of Horace, who writ when the Language was in the heighth of its perfection; ſo his diction is hard; his Figures are generally too bold and daring; and his Tropes, particularly his Metaphors, inſufferably ſtrain'd. Example: In January 1826 Stendhal wrote for The New Monthly Review a lengthy account of a novel called Olivier which was then the talk of the Paris salons. The author of this highly romantic, scabrous and worthless fiction was Henri de la Touche, but all believed, as the publisher intended that they should, that Olivier was from the pen of the famous Mme [Claire] de Duras […] 5. Difficult, thorny, troublesome, requiring tact. Labels: figuratively Example: These were things which gave him [Louis XI of France] no concern; and he went on alone, without taking any advice, in the scabrous path of novelty, turning his back on antiquity, and laughing at it. When solemnly remonstrated with by its most venerable representatives, he smiled and shrugged his shoulders. 6. Covered with a crust of dirt or grime. Labels: US, figuratively Example: She twisted her head away from him and stared at the scabrous papered wall beside the bed. 7. Having scabers.
Word: scurfy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scurf + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɜː(ɹ)fi/ 1. Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf. Example: Many of these natives, especially the lower classes, and fishermen, have their skins disfigured in a singular manner, by a sort of scurfy disease, similar to the ring-worm, or rather to a person whose skin was peeling off from the effects of the sun. Example: "[A]nd who do you think were sittting there? Why, my mother and your father of course, both mending boots; and all of a sudden my mother gave your father such a blow with an old boot, that the scurf flew out of his hair!" "There you tell a lie," shouted the princess; "my father never was scurfy!"
Word: scabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scabs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chiggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time-line Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of timeline. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: snooty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsnuːti/, /ˈsnuti/, [-ɾi] 1. Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose. Labels: informal Example: Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket. Example: I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked. 2. Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive. Labels: broadly, informal Example: Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur. Example: The Mercury for 1959 firmly establishes itself as Ford Motor's flashy centerpiece in the middle-price field. […] It's snootier than the Edsel—and snootier than it was, itself, in 1958. 3. Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered. Labels: broadly, informal, uncommon
Word: snooty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsnuːti/, /ˈsnuti/, [-ɾi] 1. Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”). Labels: informal, uncommon Example: Well there was always cliques as far as that goes. You had your snooties and dooties, and people that were down to earth, and it's mixed. Example: Because you never hung around with the city snooties like I did, scooping up the council gossip.
Word: snootier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snooty: more snooty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: snootiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snooty: most snooty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: infanteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish infante (“soldier”) + -eer. 1. A soldier employed in any infantry role; an infantryman. Labels: Canada, UK Example: The appointment of an infanteer from The Highlanders as the Sovereign's Piper shows that the events following Culloden are no longer raw in the memory. official web site of the British Monarchy
Word: infanteers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infanteer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown goods Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their colour. Consumer electronics equipment formerly had a brown wooden veneer. 1. consumer electronics equipment for entertainment, such as televisions and music centres Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Electronics capabilities led to the emergence of a distinction between "white goods" (the typically enamelled kitchen appliances such as fridges and cookers) and "brown goods" (such as wood- or bakelite-cased record players, radios, and TVs). 2. unbleached cotton textiles Labels: plural, plural-only 3. spirits which are brown in colour, such as whiskey Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In the U.S., there has been a gradual shift from “brown goods” (darker colored drinks, such as whiskey and brandy) to “white goods” (lighter colored drinks, such as gin and vodka).
Word: skort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of skirt + shorts. First attested in the 1950s. 1. A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric. Example: Fashion has given the English language a new word to contend with: “skort,” a hybrid garment consisting of a mid-thigh-length pleated skirt with a matching pair of short bloomers attached underneath. Example: All the major athletic apparel companies now offer skirts, or skorts. (What's the difference between a skort and a running skirt? Nothing, really, but I like the latter term better.)
Word: skorts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skort Labels: form-of, plural