nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: palæontological Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of paleontological. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In the first part of the Report by Mr. Billings, we have a very able analytical review of the palæontological relations of the Anticosti rocks.
Word: turkophone Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Turkophone. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: turkophone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Turkophone. Labels: alt-of
Word: Turkophone Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Turkic languages or the speakers of these languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Turkophone Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who speaks a Turkic language.
Word: ægophony Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of egophony. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ægophonic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of egophonic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: In support of this view may be mentioned the fact that the ægophonic sound, though apparently clearer, is often distinctly feebler than the normal voice‐resonance to be heard over the healthy lung.
Word: ægagri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ægagrus Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: ægilopic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of egilopic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He took the seeds of the ægilops ovata, a rough grass, native of Southern France and Italy, and after twelve successive years’ cultivation it became perfect wheat, and not a single plant ever reverted to its former ægilopic character.
Word: Klaipėda Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Klaipėda County, Lithuania.
Word: Klaipeda Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Klaipėda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: æstuating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of æstuate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Šiauliai Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ʃaʊˈleɪ/ 1. A city in Lithuania.
Word: broadbills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broadbill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broadbands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broadband Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Siauliai Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Šiauliai. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Panevėžys Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Lithuania.
Word: Panevezys Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Panevėžys. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Czestochowa Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Częstochowa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pædication Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of pedication. Labels: alt-of, rare, uncountable
Word: peritonæum Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of peritonaeum. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: This surface of the bladder may be punctured above the pubes without wounding the peritonæum.
Word: peritonæal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peritonæ(um) + -al. 1. Obsolete typography of peritonaeal. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: peritonæa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peritonæum Labels: form-of, plural Example: 2. That sepsis is not so likely to occur in these peritonæa as in laparotomy in healthy ones, on account of the pathological changes which have taken place in the membranes.
Word: fæculence Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of feculence. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: 12th.—Seven to eight stools in twenty‐four hours; no more sloughs; a little fæculence and blood.
Word: præcentor Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of precentor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The pieces of gold were probably fees for the officials; the fee of the præcentor or leader of the choir was of old a mark of gold (8 ounces).
Word: precentrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praecentrīx. By surface analysis, precentor + -trix. 1. A female precentor. Labels: no-plural
Word: præcentrix Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of precentrix. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete Example: Many a writer of the middle ages refers to the exquisite singing of the nuns, who, under the superintendence of the præcentrix, occupied their respective stalls, which were opposite each other, and the service was chanted by alternative choirs, the præcentrix, who occupied the stall opposite the superior, leading, just as the precentor leads in cathedrals.
Word: overtalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + talk. 1. To talk too much. Labels: intransitive 2. To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over. Labels: transitive 3. To overstate; overexaggerate; talk up to seem greater than what is actual. Labels: transitive Example: […] and he panted like a young faan in her fust race with the hounds, for he was overtalkin' his strength, and I feered he would die for sartin ef he didn't fetch up a bit and git rested; […]
Word: overtalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + talk. 1. Excessive talking. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prælections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prælection Labels: form-of, plural Example: At this time the Calvinistic controversy was at its height, and James I, who was much interested in it, was attracted to Davenant by the fame which his prælections as Margaret professor had obtained.
Word: prælection Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of prelection. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: intalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + talk. 1. Internalised talk or speech; talk associated with a particular group, company, or occupation; jargon. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] describes her annoyance at being expected to respond to a leer 'out of business hours' and her account of her discussions and gossip with another young prostitute and her landlady (who has retired from the streets) bear all the marks of occupational 'intalk'. Example: So dense is the philly intalk and so laden with wisdom is the philosophy that undergirds the intalk that the editors of Nation Conscious Rap went to an indigenous north Philly philosopher whose [...] 2. Internal talk, communication, reasoning, or musing. Labels: uncountable Example: Intalk is generally activated from within, yet it is a result of outside influences. Intalk is when either or both sides of the brain is/are engaged in mental conversation.
Word: connexional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From connexion + -al. 1. Dated spelling of connectional. Labels: UK, not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to a connexion. Labels: not-comparable Example: As a partial result of this feeling of brotherhood, strengthened by a closely knit system as to policy and operation, the Methodist Church manifested a splendid spirit of connexional unity.
Word: outtalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + talk. 1. To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking. Labels: transitive Example: McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond. 2. To outwit by talking. Labels: transitive
Word: outstep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + step. 1. To step or go beyond; exceed; overstep. Labels: transitive Example: “We cannot suppose,” said Emma, smiling, “that Mr. Elton would hesitate to assure you of there being a very musical society in Highbury; and I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive.”
Word: outstep Part of Speech: conj 1. Alternative form of outcept. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: larping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of larp — live action role-playing Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: larper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of LARPer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The tiktok larpers were the worst thing to happen to the VN community. Those people are below 100 IQ lobotomites, that couldn't possibly understand the beauty of the author's philosophical discussion . I am just happy that they didn't find out about Full Metal Daemon Muramasa yet.
Word: connexive Part of Speech: adj 1. connective Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: The logic of the theory, however, would permit a distinction to be drawn between true or originating “first” causes, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the connexive sequences, sometimes called “causes”, that merely depend upon such origins.
Word: connexive Part of Speech: noun 1. connective Labels: dated
Word: spectrum disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms. Example: However, there is no reliable evidence on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom. Example: Today, many researchers believe that compulsive buying should be considered as exhibiting elements of both obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control disorders, calling this theory obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder.
Word: curb appeal Part of Speech: noun 1. The visual attractiveness of a property, typically a house, as viewed from the street. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: [A] brand-new landscaped lawn complete with picket fence boosts the classic home's curb appeal. Example: Among the criteria brokers use to classify office buildings are age, location, curb appeal, tenancy, building infrastructure and ownership. 2. The visual attractiveness of an automobile, as viewed from street level. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Hyundai hopes Genesis will lure the well-heeled with curb appeal even if it lacks snob appeal. Example: The G35's exterior styling . . . looks suitably sporty but lacks the Caddy's curb appeal.
Word: curb-appeal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of curb appeal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: street appeal Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of curb appeal (“the visual attractiveness of a property, typically a house, as viewed from the street”) Labels: idiomatic, uncountable
Word: netheless Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English netheles; by surface analysis, ne + the + less. Compare earlier natheless. 1. Nevertheless. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Therfor the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! he is in thin hond; netheles kepe thou his lijf. Example: Now by my foule, Diggon, I lament / The haplesle mischiefe that has thee hent; / Nethelesse thou feest my lowly faile, / That froward Fortune doth ever availe [...].
Word: Liepaja Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Liepāja. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jūrmala Part of Speech: name 1. A resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia.
Word: Jurmala Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Jūrmala. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amphisbænæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphisbæna Labels: form-of, plural Example: The cestodes are almost entirely unrepresented in the lizards, and only a few forms have been discovered in the curious amphisbænæ and ophidians.
Word: beslabbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beslabber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: strengthed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of strength Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strengthing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strength Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bolixes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bolix Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reoptimizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reoptimize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reoptimizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reoptimize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reoptimized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reoptimize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trolley cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trolley car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absolute means Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absolute mean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expectorations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expectoration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maltery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Oedipally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Oedipal + -ly. 1. Alternative spelling of oedipally. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: statedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stated + -ly. 1. At stated times; regularly. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: As his family increased, he had a minister statedly resident in his house, who discharged both the office of a tutor to his children, and of a chaplain, and who was always treated with a becoming kindness and respect. Example: They were statedly instructed in morality and religion.
Word: sea piece Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seapiece. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: possessive suffixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of possessive suffix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medicine shield Part of Speech: noun 1. A decorated leather shield used by many North American native warriors, believed to protect its owner with its magic power. Labels: historical
Word: string instruments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of string instrument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strike bowlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strike bowler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strike rates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strike rate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stress fractures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stress fracture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streak-backed antshrikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streak-backed antshrike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stopped pipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stopped pipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stompies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stompie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: tuchus + -i Pronunciation: /ˈtʊkaɪ/ 1. plural of tuchus Labels: form-of, humorous, plural
Word: stock tickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock ticker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stomach linings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stomach lining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stochastic processes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stochastic process Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poëtes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poëte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technical tee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: technical (representing technical fabric) + tee (elliptical for tee shirt) 1. A T-shirt made of a technical fabric (such as CoolMax) which draws sweat away from the skin by capillary action. Example: Short sleeves, a sleeveless singlet, or (for women) as little as a sports bra provides the minimum upper-body coverage. While it may look like a classic T-shirt, a short-sleeved top in a technical fabric like CoolMax will pull sweat away from the skin instead of absorbing it like cotton does. This added comfort, combined with sun protection, can make a technical tee a better choice than no shirt at all.
Word: outspeak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + speak. Cognate with Scots outspeak (“to declare, utter, speak out”), Dutch uitspreken (“to pronounce, outspeak”), German aussprechen (“to express, pronounce”). 1. To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than. Labels: transitive 2. To speak out or aloud. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, rare 3. To declare; utter; express; vocalise. Labels: dialectal, rare, transitive
Word: Tolkienites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tolkienite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cinemagoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cinema + going. 1. Attending film screenings at a cinema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cinemagoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cinema + going. 1. Attendance at film screenings at a cinema. Labels: uncountable
Word: Rollo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was always a conflict in Rollo Martins ― between the absurd Christian name and the sturdy Dutch (four generations back) surname. 2. A surname transferred from the given name. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Labarraque's solution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Antoine Germain Labarraque (1777–1850), French chemist and pharmacist. 1. An aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, used as a disinfectant. Labels: uncountable
Word: Klein Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Klein. Pronunciation: /klaɪn/ 1. A surname from German, equivalent to English Small. Example: “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement.
Word: labiodentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin labium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English labio- Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental English labiodental 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 labiodentally From labiodental + -ly. 1. In a labiodental manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: If this were indeed so, the p and b in lip-service, laptop, lapdog, sob-story, adoptive, etc. ought also to be pronounced labiodentally.
Word: Lange Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: Kraus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kraus. 1. A surname
Word: laborsome Part of Speech: adj 1. American standard spelling of laboursome.
Word: labourshed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of laborshed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: laboursheds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labourshed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Krause Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Krause. 1. A surname from German. Example: In a letter to lawmakers from a Treasury Department official, the department confirmed Krause has joined Treasury as a “special government employee” – the same designation that applies to Musk – which means he can only work for the government for 130 days or fewer over the next year.
Word: Schmid Part of Speech: name Etymology: South German surname, variant of Schmidt. 1. A surname from German.
Word: laburnine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laburnum + -ine. 1. A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum. Labels: uncountable
Word: labs on chips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lab on a chip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schmitt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schmitt. 1. A surname from German. Example: Indeed, some have seen echoes of the work of the Nazis’ “crown jurist” and political theorist, Carl Schmitt, in the Trump administration’s domestic policies, particularly his doctrine of “the exception”, which can be used to suspend certain constitutional rights. […] Outside powers – which Schmitt termed “spatially alien powers” – would be “forbidden” to “intervene”.
Word: laceries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laceman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lace + -man. 1. A male dealer in lace. Labels: dated Example: And to say the truth, there is, in all points, great difference between the reasonable passion which women at this age conceive towards men, and the idle and childish liking of a girl to a boy, which is often fixed on the outside only, and on things of little value and no duration; as on cherry-cheeks, small, lily-white hands, sloe-black eyes, flowing locks, downy chins, dapper shapes; nay, sometimes on charms more worthless than these, and less the party's own; such are the outward ornaments of the person, for which men are beholden to the taylor, the laceman, the periwig-maker, the hatter, and the milliner, and not to nature.
Word: lacemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laceman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lackering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lacker Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lackered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lacker Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lackest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lack + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of lack Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: Midori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese みどり (Midori). 1. A sweet, bright green, muskmelon-flavored liqueur made by Suntory. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Midori Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese みどり (Midori). 1. A surname from Japanese. 2. A unisex given name from Japanese.
Word: laconical Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of laconic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: lacklustrely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lacklustre + -ly. 1. Alternative form of lacklusterly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lactamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lactamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Miyoshi Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. 2. A city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Word: stealed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of steal Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: splasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From splash + -er. 1. Someone who splashes. Example: They gave her room, all right, especially if her medium happened to be water color, as Judy was a grand splasher and spared neither water nor paint. 2. A guard to keep off splashes from anything; especially, one of the guards over the wheels of a carriage, locomotive, etc. Labels: dated Example: No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher. 3. A knife used as a weapon. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Juice man up with this 15 inch Like, now I got blood on my splasher
Word: smokey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of smoky. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One day Rodolphe, who had been jugged for some slight choreographic extravagances, stumbled upon an uncle of his, one Monetti, a stove maker and smokey chimney doctor, and sargeant of the National Guard, whom he had not seen for an age. Example: The kind who craves an "alternative to the smokey bar scene," says the studio's Web site, in the form of an "invigorating candlelight yoga class accompanied by great live music."
Word: smokey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for Smokey Bear (“a cartoon Park Ranger”). 1. A state trooper. Example: By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf And them bears was wall-to-wall. Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a bear in the air. Example: The middle position, or "rocking chair," is so called because the drivers in the middle don't have to worry about watching for smokeys. 2. A cop, a police officer. Labels: broadly, slang
Word: slantingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From slanting + -ly. 1. In a slanting orientation; aslant. Example: In consequence of this I could only manage to observe that the leaves of the plant are thrown for a few seconds into boiling water, and then placed in flat iron pans, fixed slantingly in stone-work, where they are slightly roasted by a gentle heat, during which process they are continually stirred by hand. Example: As the clerk spoke he looked slantingly on the page, as a person might do to discover if some writing were dry.
Word: shopful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shop + -ful. 1. The amount that a shop can hold. Example: Fresh butter, salt beef, anchovies, tunny, a shopful of Planchet's commodities, fowls, vegetables, salad, fish from the pond and the river, game from the forest--all the produce, in fact, of the province. Example: Nor did she mean to voice her wishes before a shopful of people who might consider them ambiguous.
Word: shaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shake Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: Up comes the tavern-keeper, and ketchin' holt of my cote coller, shaked me out in the middle of the dinin'-room floor. Example: MRS. MIGAT--A warm greeting, "how doe yow"--"god was naught"--"Hell need not be feared, for she should not burn in ye fire"--The ghost "stracke" "Mrs. Migat sayth she went out to give her calues meat, about fiue weekes since, & goodwif Segr came to her and shaked her by ye arme, & sd she how doe yow, how doe yow, Mrs. Migatt.
Word: shagbark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shag + bark. 1. A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory Example: Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council. Example: They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today. 2. A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.
Word: shagbark hickory Part of Speech: noun 1. A common hickory found in the eastern United States and in southern Canada, Carya ovata.
Word: silentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silent + -ness. 1. silence Labels: archaic, nonstandard, uncountable, usually
Word: simpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From simp + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmpi/ 1. Characteristic of a simp; foolish Example: Shirley Anderson does a fine job with this seemingly simpy character, capturing Therese's twisted wisdom and making her seem eerie and radiant with joy at the same time. Example: She's a new-breed singer-songwriter, straddling the line between smart rocker and simpy coffeehouse philosopher.
Word: sincke Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of sink. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: ZANOBI. If it chaunce that the River hath marde the Foorde, so that the horses sincke, what reamedy have you? Example: Follow the one way, or follow the other, he must either subiect himselfe to a tyrannicall passion, or vndertake a weery and continuall combate, willingly cast himselfe to destruction, or fetter himselfe as it were in stockes, easily sincke with the course of the water, or painefully swimme against the streame.
Word: sincke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sink. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: skaith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots skaith. 1. Alternative form of scathe (“damage”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] the Commissioners of Burghs... meet yearly at Inverkeithing “to treat of the welfare of merchandize, the good rule and statutes for the common profit of burghs, and to provide for remeid upon the skaith and injuries sustained within the burghs.” Example: There never yet was Englishman That came to skaith by me.
Word: transvest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from transvestite. 1. To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex. Labels: formal, uncommon Example: […] both their gender role and their gender status must have been so distinctively androgynous that they probably did not transvest.
Word: sizz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /sɪz/ 1. Fizz, sizzle. Labels: archaic, rare Example: I heard the din of happy voices in the "big house" and the sizz and songs of boiling kettles in the kitchen. Example: Horace: Book III, Ode 13 "O fons Bandusiae, splendidior vitro——" Worthy of flowers and syrups sweet, O fountain of Bandusian onyx, To-morrow shall a goatling's bleat Mix with the sizz of thy carbonics.
Word: sizz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /sɪz/ 1. To fizz, sizzle. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: shadder Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of shadow. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Nex' room my boy lies in the shadder an' dark. Example: We spotted the shadder to a dot."
Word: shadders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shadder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shep Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of ship. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Git on board a shep there, an' go off to some furrin country and make a fortin." 2. starling 3. a German shepherd. Labels: Internet, slang
Word: silverly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From silver + -ly. 1. With a silver appearance or sound. Labels: poetic Example: "This river does not see the naked sky, Till it begins to progress silverly Around the western border of the wood, Whence, from a certain spot, its winding flood Seems at the distance like a crescent moon: And in that nook, the very pride of June, Had I been used to pass my weary eves; The rather for the sun unwilling leaves So dear a picture of his sovereign power, And I could witness his most kingly hour, When he doth lighten up the golden reins, And paces leisurely down amber plains His snorting four. Example: And when night comes, his spirits with chill feet, Winged with white mirth and noiseless mockery, Across men's pallid windows peer and fleet, And smiling silverly Draw with mute fingers on the frosted glass Quaint fairy shapes of iced witcheries, Pale flowers and glinting ferns and frigid trees And meads of mystic grass, Graven in many an austere phantasy.
Word: sogged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sog Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: At half past nine, with the booming drums of the parade sounding up the street, the shivering form of Dwindle Daniels was again sogged down to its original saturation point.
Word: Yoshiyuki Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: peer of the realm Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the House of Lords who is not a life peer. Labels: UK 2. Any member of the hereditary peerage of the United Kingdom, (chiefly) of the Kingdom of England. Labels: UK, historical Example: The proudest Peere in the Realme shall not weare a head on his shoulders vnlesse he pay me tribute. Example: All Peers of the Realm being look'd on as the King's Hereditary constant Counsellors. 3. Any similar member of the nobility of other kingdoms.
Word: beknowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beknow + -ing. 1. Confession; acknowledgement. Labels: uncountable Example: But self-consciousness is also a gift, the capacity to perceive ourselves and creation in relation to each other, to practice the "beknowing" I spoke of in reference to my medieval ancestors and to see the evidences through which God manifests Himself in the world.
Word: beknowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From beknow + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of beknow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Yoshiie Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: safe seats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safe seat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sacroiliacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sacroiliac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yoshikuni Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshitaka Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshitake Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese. 2. A surname from Japanese.
Word: Yoshinari Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshinobu Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: zooecial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zooecium + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to zooecia; having the character of a zooecium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Manichæans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Manichæan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outseek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”). 1. To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research. Labels: transitive Example: […] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […] Example: […] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them.
Word: Manichæan Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of Manichaean. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: Augustin struggled from the Manichæan heresy into catholic orthodoxy, from the freedom of error into the authority of truth ; the Reformers came out of the corruptions and tyranny of the papacy into the freedom of the gospel.
Word: Manichæan Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of Manichaean. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For nine years Augustine remained a Manichæan, living partly in Carthage and partly in Tagaste, engaged in study and teaching.
Word: narrow seas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of narrow sea Labels: form-of, plural 2. Those seas (bodies of ocean water) which surround the British Isles, especially the English Channel. Labels: UK
Word: narrow sea Part of Speech: noun 1. A body of ocean water such as a channel.
Word: Ægæans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ægæan Labels: form-of, plural Example: Yes; the Athenian coins were marked with the image of an ox or owl; the Ægæans impressed a tortoise upon theirs, they have a tradition that money was first coined in their island : I consider this as doubtful, however.
Word: shower curtains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shower curtain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ex vi termini Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin, ēx (“out of”) + vī, ablative singular of vīs (“force”) + terminī, genitive singular of terminus (“word”). 1. by definition Example: Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people—less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their own character. Example: The claim of a privilege seems rather, ex vi termini, to imply a superior power...
Word: Philadelphian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Philadelphia + -an. 1. A person who originates from or lives in Philadelphia. Example: My grandmother was a Philadelphian, having come out from that city after the war. Example: Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward. 2. A member of a 17th-century Protestant religious group in England. Labels: historical
Word: Philadelphian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Philadelphia + -an. 1. Of or relating to Philadelphia. 2. Of or relating to the ancient king Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
Word: Philadelphians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Philadelphian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Piræus Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Piraeus. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: outskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + skin. 1. An outer skin; surface. Example: One way to prepare onion flavoring for a vegetable soup is to take a large onion, remove the outskin, then stick cloves into the onion, and bake until it is nicely browned. Example: But this is only touching the outskin of a very curious subject, to which I hope, some day, to return. 2. The external skin. Example: They suffered from outskin-chafed necks and wrists, […] 3. A skin or pelt of some special description.
Word: outskin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + skin. 1. To surpass in skinning. Labels: transitive Example: There was a big woman in the camp and she could outskin any of the men.
Word: duodecimated Part of Speech: adj 1. duodecimal Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: It has a vernier adapted to the decimated, or the duodecimated division of the unit of length.
Word: duodecimated Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of duodecimate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:duodecimated.
Word: outskip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + skip. 1. To avoid by flight or fleeing; escape. Labels: transitive Example: Thou lost thyself, child Drusus, when thou thoughtst Thou couldst outskip my vengeance; or outstand The power I had to crush thee into air. Example: The right novice of pregnant and aspiring conceit will not outskip any precious gem of invention, or any beautiful flower of elocution that may richly adorn or gallantly bedeck the trim garland of his budding style. 2. To surpass in skipping; surpass in skipping stones. Labels: transitive Example: We had stopped throwing stones in view of anyone except ourselves years ago, after we saw the looks on the adults' faces when we outskipped them.
Word: outstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outstanden, utstanden, equivalent to out- + stand. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutstounde (“to bear, tolerate”), Dutch uitstaan (“to abide, suffer, dree”), German ausstehen (“to stand, endure, abide”), Swedish utstå (“to suffer, endure, pass through”). 1. To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Like Solomon's fool, he outstands all reproof. Example: [T]he Elephas primigenius [woolly mammoth] and some of its associates which were able to outstand the inclemency of that severe period, wandered back over their ancient territory, […] 2. To surpass in standing; stand or remain beyond; outstay. Labels: transitive Example: I have outstood my time, which is material / To the tender of our present. Example: This difficulty […] does not arise from, nor is it peculiar to, revealed religion. It is a difficulty which outstands all systems; […] 3. To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent. Labels: intransitive Example: A lever connected to the cam outstands from the throat block, […] Example: The frog simply outstands from its surroundings due to its dark purplish vibrant color. 4. To stand out to sea. Labels: archaic, intransitive 5. To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: The Judge gave a judgment against the whole boat's crew, I being one of the men, for $30,000. Of course, we did not feel like paying it. I did not; it was none of my fault, but I happened to belong to the same boat, and it outstands there now.
Word: strig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin obscure. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪɡ/ 1. A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant. 2. The tang of a sword-blade. 3. The string of a button. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: strig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin obscure. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪɡ/ 1. To strip the pedical from a plant.
Word: Yoshinori Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshihiko Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshihisa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese よしひさ (Yoshihisa). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: outspeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outspeden (“to hurry out; hasten away; succeed”), equivalent to out- + speed. 1. To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip. Labels: transitive
Word: outspin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + spin. 1. To spin out; finish; exhaust. Labels: transitive Example: […] again and again as if she could not tear herself away, yet each time dancing farther forward, swaying to and fro. Finally, her arms raised, she began twirling around, faster and faster, as if she were trying to outspin time itself. Example: His protective senior staff decided the secretary was being outspun. 2. To exceed in spinning; exceed in spinning thread. Labels: transitive Example: As if we could outspin the Fatal Sisters. Example: Old Cigfolla, who despite stiff joints could outspin any of them, drew out a fine thread of flax.
Word: outshow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outschewen. Compare Dutch uitschouwen (“to view, see”), German ausschauen (“to look, appear; to look out”). By surface analysis, out- + show. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈʃəʊ/, /aʊtˈʃoʊ/ 1. To show or present publicly; exhibit openly. Labels: transitive Example: He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow. Example: And yet the king did all their lookes outshow. 2. To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry. Labels: transitive Example: Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her. Example: Surely it is not vainglory nor a desire simply to outshow other nations which lead to the enormous expenditures involved in every international exposition.
Word: outshow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outschewen. Compare Dutch uitschouwen (“to view, see”), German ausschauen (“to look, appear; to look out”). By surface analysis, out- + show. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈʃəʊ/, /aʊtˈʃoʊ/ 1. The act of openly showing or revealing; display; exhibition. Labels: uncountable Example: We deal only with the facts, the outshow of the theory to which we object. 2. An example. Labels: uncountable Example: For an outshow, the gang of water has two waterstuff unclefts bound to one sourstuff uncleft; the gang of rust has two iron and three sourstuff unclefts; [...]
Word: attituded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attitude (“noun”) + -ed. 1. Having an attitude. Example: [GM:] If he feels that he's not getting [service], then he might just change clerks, you know, get a better attituded clerk, one who will work better. Example: They know that the southerner is in many ways bilingual, bi-mental, bi (if I may say so) attituded; he speaks his own language and the dialect, his own thoughts and the Negro's thoughts; he has a sentiment for the Negro that the northerner cannot diagmose except as detestation and at the same time a sentiment for him that the northerner cannot diagnose except as affection.
Word: attituded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See attitude (verb) 1. simple past and past participle of attitude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outsending Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outsend, equivalent to out- + sending or outsend + -ing. Cognate with Dutch uitsending (“broadcast, emission, transmission”), German Aussendung (“a sending out”), Swedish utsändning (“broadcast”). 1. A message abroad; something that is sent out. Example: […] with that comparison which I think sometimes is the mightiest in our language — that comparison of this successive outsending and inbringing of the worlds by the Creator at the centre of things to the beating of the heart of God. 2. A transmission; broadcast. Example: Active stereoradio function simultaneously with looking at a local videoprogram and a simultaneous outsending of a private videoprogram […]
Word: outsending Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From outsend, equivalent to out- + sending or outsend + -ing. Cognate with Dutch uitsending (“broadcast, emission, transmission”), German Aussendung (“a sending out”), Swedish utsändning (“broadcast”). 1. present participle and gerund of outsend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: listicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of list + article. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstɪkl̩/ 1. An article based around a list. Labels: informal Example: Dishy books! Bruno Mars! Human excrement! Relieve the year that was in handy listicle form, on page 52. Example: "6 TITANIC SURVIVORS WHO SHOULD HAVE DIED." "THESE 9 NAZI ATROCITIES WILL MAKE YOU LOSE FAITH IN HUMANITY." "5 INSANE PLANS FOR FEEDING WEST BERLIN YOU WON’T BELIEVE ARE REAL." These are just some of the lists that the comic strip "XKCD" recently joked would result from retrofitting the twentieth century's most newsworthy events with modern, Internet-style headlines. Despite the growing derision of listicles exemplified by the comic, numbered lists—a venerable media format—have become one of the most ubiquitous ways to package content on the Web.
Word: charticle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of chart + article. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɪkl̩/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːtɪkl̩/ 1. An article based around a chart or informational graphic.
Word: universalizable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of universalisable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hearsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hersum, ihersum, from Old English hīersum, ġehīersum (“obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀisam, *gahauʀisam, equivalent to hear + -some. Cognate with West Frisian hearsum (“obedient”), Dutch gehoorzaam (“obedient, dutiful, law-abiding”), Low German horzaam, hursam (“obedient”), German gehorsam (“obedient, submissive, subdued”), Swedish hörsam (“obedient”). 1. Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout. Labels: rare Example: "[…] Thou dost like a hearsome wife, thou dost ever say." Example: In that he mis-bade (ruled) his monks in many things and the monks meant it lovingly to him and bade him that he should hold (treat) them rightly and love them and they would be faithful to him and hearsome (obedient).
Word: thought out Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of thought-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thought out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of think out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: have one's finger on the pulse Part of Speech: verb 1. To understand (something) well. Labels: intransitive Example: The marketing firm I use has its finger on the consumers' pulse. Example: He has his finger on the pulse of his company, and thinks he needs to hire a few more people in sales and get rid of a few from research and development.
Word: has one's fingers on the pulse Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's fingers on the pulse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: having one's fingers on the pulse Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of have one's fingers on the pulse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: had one's fingers on the pulse Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of have one's fingers on the pulse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Yoshimasa Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshimatsu Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: sandlotters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandlotter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandwich compounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandwich compound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sausage rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sausage roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yoshimi Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese. 2. A male given name from Japanese. 3. A surname from Japanese.
Word: Yoshiyasu Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: cartman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cart + -man. 1. A person who transports goods or people by horse and cart; a carman. Labels: dated Example: No person shall be licensed as a cartman unless he be twenty-one years of age, and the owner of a good horse and cart, over and above all debts due by him. 2. A private garbage collection and haulage worker or contractor. Labels: New-York
Word: cartmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cartman Labels: form-of, plural