nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hollow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulhwą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólḱwos. Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Related to hole. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/, /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɔlo/, /ˈhɒlou/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. A small valley between mountains. Example: He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies. Example: c. 1710–20, Matthew Prior, The First Hymn Of Callimachus: To Jupiter Forests grew upon the barren hollows. 2. A sunken area on a surface. Example: He held the chick in the hollow of his hand. 3. An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial. Example: a hollow in a tree trunk 4. A feeling of emptiness. Labels: figuratively Example: a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
Word: hollow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulhwą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólḱwos. Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Related to hole. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/, /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɔlo/, /ˈhɒlou/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. to make a hole in something; to excavate Labels: transitive
Word: hollow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English holowe, holwe, holuȝ, holgh, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/, /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɔlo/, /ˈhɒlou/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. Having an empty space or cavity inside. Example: a hollow tree; a hollow sphere 2. Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched. Example: He let out a hollow moan. Example: Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle: 3. Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless. Labels: figuratively Example: a hollow victory 4. Insincere, devoid of validity; specious. Labels: figuratively Example: a hollow promise Example: "Hey, if anything happens to that, my ass is grass," Y.T. says. She's trying to sound tough and brave, but it's a hollow act in these circumstances. 5. Concave; gaunt; sunken. Example: To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow 6. Pertaining to hollow body position 7. Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”). Example: While most 1974s remain hard, tannic, hollow wines lacking ripeness, flesh, and character, a number of the Graves estates did produce surprisingly spicy, interesting wines.
Word: hollow Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English holowe, holwe, holuȝ, holgh, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/, /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɔlo/, /ˈhɒlou/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: hollow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare holler. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/, /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɔlo/, /ˈhɒlou/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. To call or urge by shouting; to hollo. Example: [T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government. Example: He has hollowed the hounds.
Word: hollow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Compare holler. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊ/, /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɔlo/, /ˈhɒlou/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. Alternative form of hollo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sialocele Part of Speech: noun 1. a ranula
Word: sialolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sialo- + -lith. 1. Technically, a calculus in the salivary ducts causing an obstruction. There are other obstructions of the salivary ducts that are sometimes also referred to (more broadly) as sialoliths, including infectious blockage, stenosis, etc. There are also other substances besides calcium that may be the cause of the obstruction.
Word: hoax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey. Pronunciation: /həʊks/, /hoʊks/ 1. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. Labels: transitive
Word: hoax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey. Pronunciation: /həʊks/, /hoʊks/ 1. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. Example: The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax. Example: The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.
Word: talk to the hand Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that one is not prepared to hear or read anything further from that person. It is often used while simultaneously holding up the hand with the palm facing the speaker. Labels: US, colloquial, dated, sarcastic Example: Oh honey, talk to the hand, the ears ain't listening! Example: Tommy showed Tony the palm of his hand. ‘Tell it to the ’and ’cos the face ain't listening.’
Word: talk to the hand Part of Speech: verb 1. Used to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that one is not prepared to hear or read anything further from that person. It is often used while simultaneously holding up the hand with the palm facing the speaker. Labels: US, colloquial, dated, sarcastic Example: Girl, you can talk to the hand 'cause I ain't listenin' no more. Example: Of all the hand gestures used by Men and women, "talking to the hand” is a gesture that should be exclusively used by women. There isn't anything Manly by making somebody "talk to the hand."
Word: palate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl.ət/, /pəˈleʈ/ 1. The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. 2. The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. Labels: rare 3. The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. 4. The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. Labels: historical Example: I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising ‘Gordon's palates’ (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done for honour to more important subjects. 5. A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors. Labels: figuratively Example: Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. 6. Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something. Labels: figuratively Example: entertain the palates of Nobles 7. Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks. 8. A dainty article of food. Labels: obsolete Example: I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising 'Gordon's palates,' (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done honour to more important subjects.
Word: palate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl.ət/, /pəˈleʈ/ 1. To relish; to find palatable. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: Not palating the taste of her dishonour Example: "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan.
Word: below Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈləʊ/, /bɪˈlaː/, /bɪˈloʊ/, /bɪˈloː(w)/ 1. Lower in spatial position than. Example: One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. Example: The treasure is buried two meters below the surface. 2. Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc. Example: one degree below kings Example: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. 3. Downstream of. Example: The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock. 4. South of. Example: Sudan is below Egypt. 5. Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath. Example: They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were. Example: who thinks no fact below his regard 6. Downstage of. Example: Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
Word: below Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈləʊ/, /bɪˈlaː/, /bɪˈloʊ/, /bɪˈloː(w)/ 1. In or to a lower place. Labels: not-comparable Example: The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below. Example: He was pulled below by a sea monster. 2. In or to a lower place. Labels: not-comparable Example: She lives below, on the ground floor. 3. In or to a lower place. Labels: not-comparable Example: The captain went below to inspect the engine. Example: the landlubbers lying down below 4. Later in the same text. Labels: not-comparable Example: This point is explained below. Example: By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below. 5. Below zero. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was forty degrees below.
Word: palette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet. Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/, /pəˈlɛt/ 1. A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours. 2. A set of colours available to be used (or mixed). Example: Use your mouse to select the colour you want to use from the circular colour palette. 3. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work. Example: The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead. 4. The range of tones or tone colors in a given musical composition or performance. 5. A set of makeup including a variety of colors, often packaged together in a tray. Example: She removed an eyeshadow palette from her bag. 6. A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc. Example: It would be extremely beneficial to have the right subassemblies with the parameters already set available on your tool palette. 7. A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. Labels: historical 8. A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill. 9. Any set or group of limited choices, options, or tasks from all ones that are currently available. Labels: figuratively, uncommon Example: For the San Francisco project, he whittled down the palette to a handful of key surfaces, chief among them French limestone, hard oak, and Danish brick—long, slender, stunning.
Word: gamut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, contraction of Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale. Meaning later extended to mean all the notes of a scale, and then more generally any complete range. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.ət/, /ˈɡæm.ɪt/ 1. A (normally) complete range. Example: I must begin with rudiments of Art / To teach you gamoth in a briefer sort, - - Bian. Why, I am past my gamouth long agoe. Example: The entire gamut of the view's changes should have been known to her; its winter aspect, spring, summer and autumn; how storms came up from the sea; how the moors shuddered and brightened as the clouds went over; she should have noted the red spot where the villas were building; and the criss-cross of lines where the allotments were cut... 2. All the notes in a musical scale. 3. All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.
Word: Hettie Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhɛti/ 1. A variant spelling of Hetty, diminutive of the female given names Henrietta, Esther and Hester.
Word: ridicule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”). The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus. The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ 1. To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of. Labels: transitive Example: His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
Word: ridicule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”). The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus. The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ 1. Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, / Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. Example: When he was young you'd not find him doing well in school, His mind would turn unto the waters. Always the focus of adolescent ridicule, He has no time for farmer's daughters. Alienated from the clique society, A lonely boy finds peace in fishing. 2. An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Example: To the people […] but a trifle, to the king but a ridicule. 3. The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to see the ridicule of this monstrous practice Example: More keenly alive perhaps than any of her sisters to the little ridicules that belonged to Mrs. Palmer's character, she yet saw how small was their importance, and that Mrs. Palmer was not only a better but a happier person than most of those with whom she was acquainted.
Word: ridicule Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”). The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus. The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ 1. ridiculous Labels: obsolete Example: late 17th century, John Aubrey, Brief Lives This action […] became so ridicule.
Word: ridicule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from French ridicule (“reticule”), probably a punning alteration of réticule after ridicule (“ridicule”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ 1. A small woman's handbag; a reticule. Labels: historical, regional Example: […] while paying her own compliments to Mrs. Bates, and appearing to attend to the good old lady’s replies, she saw her with a sort of anxious parade of mystery fold up a letter which she had apparently been reading aloud to Miss Fairfax, and return it into the purple and gold ridicule by her side, […] Example: I hastily drew my empty hand from my Ridicule.
Word: behaviour Part of Speech: noun 1. British standard spelling of behavior. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here. Example: Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.
Word: ladies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.diz/ 1. plural of lady Labels: form-of, plural Example: He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time. 2. genitive of lady Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete Example: The morrow next about the wanted howre, / The Dwarfe cald at the doore of Amyas, / To come forthwith unto his Ladies bowre. Example: Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues. 3. An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens. Labels: slang
Word: ladies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.diz/ 1. A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women. Labels: UK, euphemistic Example: Pardon me, I need to visit the ladies.
Word: gentleman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/, [ˈd͡ʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən] 1. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. Example: I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. Example: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life. 2. Any man. Labels: broadly, polite, term-of-address Example: Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room. 3. A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight. Labels: historical Example: Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself. Example: And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […] 4. An effeminate or oversophisticated man. Labels: derogatory Example: Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman? 5. An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means. Labels: derogatory, historical, sometimes, usually Example: Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States. 6. An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
Word: interweb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Internet + web (“World Wide Web”). The first use of this phrase is disputed. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəˌwɛb/, /ˈɪntɚˌwɛb/ 1. The Internet. Labels: Internet, humorous, in-plural, often Example: "Web Hopper" is an interweb site that enables you to visualize your Web hopping and that of other Net users. Example: Basically anyone who wants to get a license for nefarious purposes, nefarious or at the very least […] unsactioned, they now get to shop around. […] With the interwebs, it's gonna be pretty easy to tell which states […] are the best shopping locations.
Word: -ade Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish -ado, from Latin -āta, feminine form of -ātus, suffix used to create adjectives and nouns. 1. Used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable 2. Indicating a drink made from a given fruit. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: lemonade, limeade, orangeade
Word: -ade Part of Speech: suffix 1. Used to form collectives; see -ad. Labels: morpheme
Word: faggot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos)der. Vulgar Latin *facusder.? Old French fagotbor. Middle English fagot English faggot From Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot (“bundle of sticks”), of uncertain origin. Unlikely from Old Occitan fagot or Italian fagotto, as these appear later than the Old French term. Compare also Italian fangotto and Spanish fajo (“bundle, wad”). Perhaps from a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle of wood”). The senses relating to persons, though possibly originating as an extension of the sense "bundle of sticks" (compare baggage), may have been reinforced by fag, from fagging and/or by faygele, from Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele, “homosexual”, literally “little bird”), related to English fowl. Pronunciation: /ˈfæɡət/, [ˈfæɡət], /ˈfeɪ̯ɡət/, [ˈfeɪ̯ɡət] 1. Alternative form of fagot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glacier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/ 1. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill. Example: They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China. 2. An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round. Example: You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer. 3. Something that moves very slowly Labels: figuratively Example: The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.
Word: glazier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glazier, glasier, glasyer, glasiere, variants (due to influence from words in -yer) of Middle English glaser, equivalent to glass + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡleɪʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡleɪzi.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡleɪʒəɹ/, /ˈɡleɪzi.əɹ/ 1. One who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc. Example: "In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,” says an old writer—of whose works I possess the only copy extant—“it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier."
Word: glazier Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzi.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡleɪzi.əɹ/ 1. comparative form of glazy: more glazy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: conlang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a syllabic abbreviation of constructed language, while the verb is derived from the noun. By surface analysis, con- (“constructed”) + lang or -lang (“language”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnlæŋ/, /ˈkɑnˌlæŋ/, /ˈkɑnˌleɪŋ/ 1. Alternative form of constructed language (“a human language consciously devised by an individual or a small group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as a natural language”) Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial Example: The Klingon language is a conlang created for use in the Star Trek franchise. Example: You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages. […] Others both inside and outside the academic community feel that conlanging veers too easily into the realm of cultural exploitation (viewers of “Game of Thrones” will remember how the portrayal of the Dothraki race on the show, including the conlang the Dothraki people speak, seemed to many like a portrayal of Native Americans as “barbaric” and “exotic”).
Word: conlang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a syllabic abbreviation of constructed language, while the verb is derived from the noun. By surface analysis, con- (“constructed”) + lang or -lang (“language”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnlæŋ/, /ˈkɑnˌlæŋ/, /ˈkɑnˌleɪŋ/ 1. To create or work on a conlang (constructed language). Labels: ambitransitive Example: I've been conlanging since I was nine years old. Example: Brithenig was conlanged with the purpose of looking how Welsh might have developed if it were a Romance language.
Word: Ryan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪən/ 1. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The geneticist said Ryan had a rare genetic disorder called mucopolysaccharidosis I, or MPS I, with a wide-range of symptoms affecting multiple systems in the body. 6. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: on the game Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From game (“fun, a fun activity, the fun of the chase, hunters' prey”), used in reference to sex since Old English and in particular reference to prostitution originally as lady or girl of the game in Early Modern English. In modern contexts, compare with the similar euphemistic use of sport. 1. Working as a thief. Labels: UK, archaic, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: He put her on the game (had her taught thieving). 2. Working as a prostitute. Labels: UK, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: Oh please go on the game. It's a steady job and you'd be working from home. Example: What's he want it for anyway? Don't tell me he's going on the game.
Word: Kolkata Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata); further etymology disputed. More on the Wikipedia page. Pronunciation: /kɒlˈkɑːtə/, /kɔːlˈkɑːtə/, /kolˈkɑtə/ 1. The capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta. 2. A district of West Bengal, India.
Word: DJIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Dow Jones Industrial Average. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bootstrapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bootstrap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bootstrapping Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is bootstrapped.
Word: modello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Italian modellobor. English modello Borrowed from Italian modello. 1. A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork.
Word: mohel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew מוֹהֵל (mohél), but the common pronunciations are borrowed via Yiddish מוהל (moyel). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɪ.əl/, /ˈmɔʊ.ɛl/ 1. The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris. Labels: Judaism
Word: geek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Started as carnival slang, likely from the British dialectal term geck (“a fool, dupe, simpleton”) (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gække, Norwegian gakke, Swedish gäcka). The root still survives in the Dutch adjective noun gek (“crazy" or "crazy person”). Compare gink and also Old Norse gikkr (“a pert, rude person; jester; fool”). Pronunciation: /ɡiːk/, /ɡik/ 1. A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior. Labels: dated Example: I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken. Example: You hand in your ticket / And you go watch the geek / Who immediately walks up to you / When he hears you speak / And says, “How does it feel to / be such a freak?” 2. A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun. Labels: colloquial Example: I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now. Example: Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart. 3. An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers. Labels: broadly, colloquial Example: My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek. Example: I challenge these geeks to show a little spirit and produce an 81 tier bonfire by Friday night. It would also be nice to see a few kegs and some spirit around their awaited creation each night. Until then I rest my case. 4. The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: It is totally counter-intuitive. How do these ubernerds get the cute girls? Is it the ultimate triumph of the Bill Gates era, in which geek is the new cool? Example: "Basically," says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, 'Ain't It Cool News' website], "it's my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in geek that's out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film." 5. An unfashionable or socially undesirable person. Labels: colloquial Example: Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks. Example: But you can't be any geek off the street, gotta be handy with the steel, if you know what I mean, earn your keep.
Word: geek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Started as carnival slang, likely from the British dialectal term geck (“a fool, dupe, simpleton”) (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gække, Norwegian gakke, Swedish gäcka). The root still survives in the Dutch adjective noun gek (“crazy" or "crazy person”). Compare gink and also Old Norse gikkr (“a pert, rude person; jester; fool”). Pronunciation: /ɡiːk/, /ɡik/ 1. To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival. Labels: intransitive Example: Geeking, unsurprisingly, was among the first carnival acts to be outlawed as the 20th century unfurled. 2. To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: It was our first time at a Star Trek convention and we had an amazing time wandering around and geeking. 3. To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I ain't nothin' but a clucker, your typical glass dick suckin' basehead, geekin' motherfucker Example: They know I geek a lot / They don't know I keep a Glock 4. To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine. Labels: broadly, intransitive, slang
Word: geek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably related to keek. Compare German gucken (“look”), kieken (“look”) and the dialectal corruption of Dutch keek (“keek”) (from kijk (“look”)), kijken (“to look”). Australian use from Cornish dialect. Pronunciation: /ɡiːk/, /ɡik/ 1. A look. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: Have a geek at this. Example: Then he says let′s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.
Word: geek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably related to keek. Compare German gucken (“look”), kieken (“look”) and the dialectal corruption of Dutch keek (“keek”) (from kijk (“look”)), kijken (“to look”). Australian use from Cornish dialect. Pronunciation: /ɡiːk/, /ɡik/ 1. To look; to peep; to stare about intently. Labels: Cornwall Example: This gayte bucca-davy, all'ys geekin' round arter a gook. Example: I will geek, I will geek I tell ee; while I have the spirit of a man in me I'll geek.
Word: supper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌpə/, /ˈsʌpɚ/, /ˈsʊpə/, /ˈsʌpəɾ/ 1. An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed! 2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon. Labels: Atlantic-Canada, Canadian-Prairies, Midwestern-US, South-Africa, countable, uncountable Example: We normally have supper at 7. 3. A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips. Labels: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, countable, slang, uncountable Example: a fish supper Example: Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.
Word: supper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌpə/, /ˈsʌpɚ/, /ˈsʊpə/, /ˈsʌpəɾ/ 1. To consume a snack before going to bed. Labels: intransitive 2. To eat dinner. Labels: intransitive 3. To provide (a person or animal) with supper. Labels: transitive Example: Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […] Example: I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.
Word: supper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sup + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌpə/, /ˈsʌpɚ/, /ˈsʊpə/, /ˈsʌpəɾ/ 1. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
Word: golf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp. Pronunciation: /ɡɒlf/, /ɡɒf/, /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/, /ɡolf/ 1. A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. Labels: uncountable Example: In January, China’s state planner said it had ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses in a multi-year campaign launched in 2011 to tackle illegal development in the sector. Golf has also been added to a list of Communist Party disciplinary violations, and is often cited in cases of graft. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: golf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp. Pronunciation: /ɡɒlf/, /ɡɒf/, /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/, /ɡolf/ 1. To play the game of golf. Labels: intransitive Example: Last mystery of all, he learned to golf. 2. To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
Word: savage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic. Pronunciation: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Wild; not cultivated or tamed. Example: a savage wilderness Example: a savage forest 2. Barbaric; not civilized. Example: savage manners Example: I obſerv'd a Place where there had been a Fire made, and a Circle dug in the Earth, like a Cockpit, where it is ſuppoſed the Savage Wretches had ſat down to their inhumane Feaſtings upon the Bodies of their Fellow-Creatures. 3. Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication. 4. Fierce and ferocious. Example: savage beasts Example: a savage spirit 5. Brutal, vicious, or merciless. Example: He gave the dog a savage kick. Example: The woman was killed in a savage manner. 6. Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way. Labels: slang Example: Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill. Example: 'Oops, I did it again': Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's deke was so savage it has a name 7. Unpleasant or unfair. Labels: UK, slang Example: – I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage! 8. Great, brilliant, amazing. Labels: Ireland, US, slang 9. Severe, rude, aggressive. Labels: US, slang Example: – They were so savage to them!
Word: savage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic. Pronunciation: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A member of a traditional, nonindustrialised society or indigenous tribe or other group, typically living closely with nature outside of the infrastructure of urbanized civilization. Labels: derogatory, historical Example: 'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages.' 'They are not savages, Freeman.' 'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.' Example: The natives here, even those who seem to be of pare Papuan race, were much more reserved and taciturn than those of Ké. This is probably because I only saw them as yet among strangers and in small parties. One must see the savage at home to know what he really is. 2. An aggressively defiant person. Labels: figuratively Example: Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day. 3. Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner. Labels: slang Example: It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled "7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage," in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments. Example: "Sometimes they would stay up while she'd have a whole new guy in a relationship," she wrote in a comment. "LMFAO she is a savage." 4. A wild and ferocious beast. Labels: obsolete Example: The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.
Word: savage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic. Pronunciation: /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. Labels: transitive Example: No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong. Example: But that was only the start, because the Fletchers - (obviously) carrying two torpedo launchers - were only launching half-salvos, so one full wave of torpedoes had driven off the cruisers after having savaged the destroyers, aaand then it was a case of, well, here come twenty-five destroyers, here comes^([sic]) two hundred and fifty torpedoes, hello Japanese battleships, dodge this! 2. To criticise vehemently. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: His latest film was savaged by most reviewers. Example: British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 3. To attack with the teeth. Labels: transitive 4. To make savage. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
Word: Jewess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Jewesse, from Old French juiesse, juise; equivalent to Jew + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɛs/, /d͡ʒuːˈɛs/ 1. A female Jew. Labels: dated, humorous Example: And the prominent, if not indeed the principal, part in the system of terrorism applied by the Extraordinary Commissions for Combating Counter-Revolution has been taken by Jews, and in some notable cases by Jewesses. Example: To whom did Ivanhoe tip his lance in gallantry today? To a Jewess named Rebecca, daughter of Isaac, the banker of his tribe. What could he want of the Jews except money for the ransom?
Word: nonce word Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. 1. A word invented for the occasion, especially to create alliteration or a rhyme.
Word: folk etymology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English from the 1880s (Abram Smythe Palmer, 1882), a calque of German Volksetymologie (1820s, in 1821 as Volks-Etymologie in J. A. Schmeller's Die Mundarten Bayerns grammatisch dargestellt). 1. A popular explanation for the origin of a term which has been rejected as false by expert etymologists. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many English folk etymologies involve backronyms. Example: The spelling in 'sovereign' was influenced by folk-etymology association with 'reign'. 2. A modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: SURCEASE owes its form and meaning to a remarkable folk-etymology, as has been pointed out by Prof. Skeat:—"It is obvious, from the usual spelling, that this word is popularly supposed to be allied with cease, with which it has no etymological connexion." Example: Thus hamburger (whose true etymology is 'city of Hamburg' + er 'someone from') has been reanalyzed as ham + burger 'burger made with ham.' [...] Subsequently, on the analogy of this folk etymology, new forms such as cheeseburger, chiliburger, and plain burger have been created.
Word: dry-tool Part of Speech: verb 1. To climb bare rock using ice climbing equipment. 2. To have sexual intercourse without lubricant. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: popular etymology Part of Speech: noun 1. A folk etymology.
Word: unitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English unitary From unit + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪt(ə)ɹi/ 1. Having the quality of oneness. Example: If yes–no questions are CPs containing a null yes–no question operator (a null counterpart of whether) in spec-CP, we can arrive at a unitary characterisation of questions as CPs with an interrogative specifier. 2. That concentrates power in a single body, rather than sharing it with more local bodies. Example: a unitary authority Example: a unitary state 3. That contains an identity element. 4. Whose inverse is equal to its adjoint. Example: The eigenvectors of an orthogonal or unitary operator, corresponding to different eigenvalues, are orthogonal. Example: In essence we are looking for some way to average the individual unitary matrices Uₖ. But a linear combination of unitary matrices does not remain unitary.
Word: unitary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English unitary From unit + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪt(ə)ɹi/ 1. A unitary council. Labels: UK Example: Outside the metropolitan areas most councils (English and Welsh counties, London boroughs, Scottish and Welsh unitaries, and Northern Ireland districts) are now elected en bloc every four years. 2. A unitary matrix or operator. Example: 1980, Michael Reed, Barry Simon, Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics, Volume 1: Functional Analysis, Revised and Expanded Edition page 243, Since ergodicity and mixing are expressible in terms of the induced Koopman unitaries they are not additional invariants. Example: Can unitaries in a unital C*-algebra with real rank zero be approximated by unitaries with finite spectrum?
Word: sec Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɛk/ 1. Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute. Labels: informal Example: It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second). 2. Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Example: Wait a sec! Example: And the sloping of the shoulder / From the slender shapely neck / Makes you long to come behind her and to hold her / Just a sec. 3. Clipping of secretary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, especially Example: shadow sec
Word: kama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”). Pronunciation: /kɑmə/ 1. A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
Word: kama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit काम (kā́ma). Pronunciation: /kɑmə/ 1. The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable Example: The place of kāma or the pursuit of love and pleasure in the balanced Hindu scheme of life derives from the importance attached to the life of the married householder (grhastha). Example: Ancient Indian thought divides the principal aims of human existence into dharma (religion, morality, social obligations), artha (economics, politics, power), and kāma (erotic pleasure, sexual interaction, sexual gratification).
Word: to wit Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Originally, a shortening of that is to wit (“that is to know”); see wit. 1. That is to say; namely; specifically. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: The directors of the company, to wit, Fred Smith and Albert Jones, inform us that… Example: The defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, to wit, cocaine…
Word: y-axis Part of Speech: noun 1. The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables.
Word: z-axis Part of Speech: noun 1. The axis on a graph of at least three dimensions that is usually drawn vertically and usually shows the range of values of a variable dependent on two other variables or the third independent variable.