nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: usquebaugh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: [Alt: A glass with a round bottom which tappers to the lip, served with usquebaugh.] Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der. Proto-Celtic *udenskyos Old Irish uisce Irish uisce Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Celtic *biwos Proto-Celtic *-tūts Proto-Celtic *biwotūts Old Irish bethu Irish beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq. Irish uisce beathabor. ▲ Old Irish uisce Scottish Gaelic uisge ▲ Old Irish bethu Scottish Gaelic beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq. Scottish Gaelic uisge-beathabor. English usquebaugh Borrowed from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (“whiskey or whisky”, literally “water of life”) (a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“distilled alcohol, liquor”, literally “water of life”)), from Irish uisce, Scottish Gaelic uisge (“water”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”)) + Irish beatha, Scottish Gaelic beatha (“life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)), Doublet of whiskey and whisky. Pronunciation: /ˈʌs.kwɪ.bɔː/, /ˈʌs.kwəˌbɔ/, /-ˌbɑ/, /ˈuːs.kə.bæ.hə/, /ˈuːʃ-/ 1. Whiskey or whisky. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: [R]emember the Lo[rd] Admyrall [Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham] and the Lord Threasurer [Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset] with a couple of Pugges or some vscough baugh or some such toyes, it would shew that you do not neglect them, whoe, I protest, are to you wonderfull kynde. Example: [I]f you ſcape vvith life, and take a fagot boat, and a bottle of Vſquebaugh, come home poore men, like a type of Theames Street ſtinking of pitch and poore Iohn.
Word: NGC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Gallery of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Nintendo GameCube. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: New General Catalogue Part of Speech: name 1. A catalogue of deep sky objects compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer using observations mostly from William Herschel. It contains nearly 8,000 objects, known as the NGC objects. Objects in the catalogue are numbered, and the letters NGC are prepended to these numbers, as in NGC 224 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or NGC 6205 (the globular cluster in Hercules).
Word: quarter moon Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of the intermediate stages between the new and full moons.
Word: light speed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lightspeed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: artel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian артель (artelʹ). Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɛl/, /ɑːɹˈtɛl/ 1. A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective. Labels: historical Example: This essentially urban lifestyle, modelled on the factory artel, did much to alienate the local peasantry […]
Word: ustulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ustulare (“burn, scorch, sear”) (with the suffix -ation added), from ust-, past participle stem of uro (“burn”). By surface analysis, ustulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ʌstjʊˈleɪʃən/ 1. An act of burning, especially roasting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A burning sensation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”), from mǣl (“speech, talk, conversation; dispute, contest, battle”) and māl (“suit, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay”), both from Proto-Germanic *mahlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), alteration of *maþlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to meet, encounter”). Cognate with Scots mele (“to speak, converse, tell”), Danish mæle (“to speak, utter”), Icelandic mæla (“to speak, say”), Old High German mahalōn (“to charge, accuse, proscecute”), German vermählen (“to wed, marry”). More at blackmail. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. To say (something); to speak, to tell. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: mell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”), from mǣl (“speech, talk, conversation; dispute, contest, battle”) and māl (“suit, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay”), both from Proto-Germanic *mahlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), alteration of *maþlą (“meeting, congress, speech”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to meet, encounter”). Cognate with Scots mele (“to speak, converse, tell”), Danish mæle (“to speak, utter”), Icelandic mæla (“to speak, say”), Old High German mahalōn (“to charge, accuse, proscecute”), German vermählen (“to wed, marry”). More at blackmail. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. Discourse; conversation. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: mell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mellen, medlen, from Old French meller, mesler (“to mix, mingle”). Doublet of meddle. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete Example: For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell. Example: Here is a great deale of good matter, / loſt for lacke of telling, / Now ſicker I see, thou doeſt but clatter: / harme may come of melling.
Word: mell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mel, mell, melle, from Latin mell-, mel. Doublet of mel. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. Honey. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Her ſmyles were ſober, and her lookes were chearfull vnto all: / And ſuch as neither wanton ſeeme, noꝛ waward, mell, noꝛ gall.
Word: mell Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. The last grain cut at harvest; kern Labels: uncountable
Word: mell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant form of maul. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood. Labels: dialectal 2. A mace or club. Labels: obsolete 3. A chairman's hammer. Labels: obsolete
Word: vavasour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vavasour, from Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor, perhaps from vassus vassōrum (“vassal of vassals”). Pronunciation: /ˈvavəsʊə/, /ˈvavəsɔː/, /ˈvavəsə/, /ˈvævəsʊɹ/, /ˈvævəsɚ/ 1. a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly Labels: historical Example: Fiddler’s Green is missing? That is passing strange, Lucien. He is, after all, vavasour of his own dominion. And always so… reliable.
Word: AWB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of airwaybill. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AWB Part of Speech: name 1. Australian Wheat Board. Labels: initialism 2. Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Labels: US, initialism 3. Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. Labels: South-Africa, initialism 4. AutoWikiBrowser.
Word: thrash metal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɹæʃ ˌmɛtəl/ 1. A subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by fast tempos, technical precision, alternate picking, extended guitar solos, and aggressive vocals. Labels: uncountable
Word: tocopherol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”) + φέρειν (phérein, “to bear or carry”) + -ol. 1. Any of several isomers of the principal component of vitamin E, each containing a chromanol ring and an isoprene side-chain.
Word: chromanol Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such as tocopherol
Word: Mycenae Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Mycenae, Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι (Mukênai), the name of the Ancient Greek city, from Μυκήνη (Mukḗnē), a nymph in Greek mythology who lived around Mycenae. Doublet of Mykines. Two traditional etymologies exist: * According to Pausanias, Perseus, the legendary founder of the city, named it either after the cap of the sheath of his sword or after a mushroom he had plucked on the site (either way, the term would derive from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs)). * Homer connected the name to the abovementioned Mycene (or Mykene), daughter of Inachus, first King of Argos (Odyssey, 2.120). Homer was not alone in identifying Inachus as a river god, and thus Mycene as a nymph. Pronunciation: /maɪˈsiːniː/ 1. An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 B.C.E. Example: 1958, Alan John Bayard Wace, Elizabeth Bayard French, The Mycenae Tablets II, American Philosophical Society, page 1, The excavators of Mycenae added in 1953 and 1954 important new materials to the small but excellent archives of Mycenae. Example: 1992 [Routledge], Richard Tomlinson, From Mycenae to Constantinople, 2003, Taylor & Francis e-Library, page 31, In 479 BC the citizen army of Mycenae marched to Plataea in Boeotia to join the other mainland Greek cities in inflicting the final defeat which terminated Xerxes' invasion of Greece.
Word: ventail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ventaile (“mail over lower face and neck; lower front piece of helmet; air hole in helmet”), from Old French ventaille (“lower opening in helmet for air”). Related to aventail. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.teɪl/ 1. Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”). Labels: historical Example: Having unhorsed this enemy and hacked him into submission, the knight rips off his foe's helmet and turns down the mail ventail (protecting the vulnerable throat), perhaps pounds the fellow's face a bit with the pommel of his sword; ... Example: Finally, the Carolingian byrnie might have had a mail ventail, or bib, hanging from the neck that, when raised and attached to the helmet, provided neck and lower face protection. The ventail is specifically mentioned twice in the ... 2. The movable front part of a medieval helmet, originally including the visor but later specifically the separate lower section. Labels: historical Example: A comely knight, all arm'd in complete wize, / Through whose bright ventayle lifted vp on hye / His manly face [...] Lookt foorth [...]. Example: The helmet, in its improved state, was composed of two parts; the headpiece, which was strengthened within by several circles of iron; and the visor or ventail, which (as the names imply) was a sort of grating to see or breathe through, so contrived as by sliding in a groove, or turning on a pivot, to be raised or lowered […] 3. A vent or breathing-hole in a medieval helmet, for the admission of air. Labels: historical, rare Example: 398. ventayles : a pun on ventails, 'something acting as a sail or fan', and ventails, the air holes or vents in the vizor of a helmet. Example: Here would be Sir Gawaine sitting on his antagonist's chest, and finishing him off, through the ventails of his helm, with the long sharp poniard called the Mercy of God. There would be a couple of knights who had suffocated themselves in their own helms during the course of a battle, a misfortune which frequently happened in those days of violent exercise and small vents.
Word: -grapher Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “I draw, write or describe”) + -er. 1. someone who writes about a specified subject, or in a specified manner Labels: morpheme 2. a machine which notates a specified subject Labels: morpheme
Word: -gyny Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female”). 1. the state of having a specific number of wives Labels: morpheme 2. a situation with respect to female plant organs Labels: morpheme 3. having a specified number or type of female plant organs Labels: morpheme
Word: amphiarthrotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to amphiarthrosis.
Word: amphiarthrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís)lbor. English amphi- English arthrosis English amphiarthrosis From amphi- + arthrosis. 1. The type of movable joint in animals in which the surfaces of bones are connected by ligaments or cartilage.
Word: ampotis Part of Speech: noun 1. The ebb of the tide.
Word: amrell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ameral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French ameral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). 1. Obsolete form of admiral. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: anesthesiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anesthesiology + -ist. 1. A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia. Labels: Canada, US
Word: anaesthetist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anaesthet(ize) + -ist. Pronunciation: /əˈniːsθətɪst/, /əˈnɛsθətɪst/ 1. Alternative spelling of anesthetist; an anaesthesiologist. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: champaign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmpeɪn/ 1. Open countryside, or an area of open countryside. Labels: archaic Example: Thenne ſyre Gawayne was ſore greued with theſe wordes / and pulled oute his ſwerd and ſmote of his hede / And therwith torned theyr horſes and rode ouer waters and thurgh woodes tyl they came to theyre buſſhement / where as ſyr Lyonel and ſyr Bedeuer were houyng / The romayns folowed faſt after on horſbak and on foote ouer a chãpayn vnto a wood […] Example: Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich'd / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady. 2. A battlefield. Labels: obsolete
Word: champaign Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmpeɪn/ 1. Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat. Example: They are ſeated alongſt the ſea-coaſt, encompaſſed toward the land with huge and ſteepie mountains, having betweene both, a hundred leagues or there abouts of open and champaine ground. Example: A fine champagne country, well stored with corn.
Word: anodize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English anode Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English anodize From anode + -ize. 1. to coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either as protection or decoration
Word: electrolytically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English electrolytic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English electrolytically From electrolytic + -ally. 1. by means of electrolysis
Word: appetizing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of French appétissant, French -ant being equivalent to -ing. See also appetite Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/ 1. That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite. Example: This food looks so appetizing. Example: The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. 2. Appealing or enticing. Labels: broadly
Word: appetizing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French appétissant, French -ant being equivalent to -ing. See also appetite Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/ 1. any food traditionally eaten with a bagel, as an accompaniment, topping or filling; including dairy products and pareve but not meat Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And of all the foods that are represented in the city, perhaps none has remained so tied to Jewish tradition and identity as appetizings. Example: Alina Sheffi, a slicer at Russ & Daughters, stands at her usual spot in the long, narrow space behind the glass display case full of cream cheese, sides of lox, pickled herring, white fish, schmaltz, and all other manner of appetizing.
Word: appetizing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of French appétissant, French -ant being equivalent to -ing. See also appetite Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of appetize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appetising Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of appetizing. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Plain and unexciting, perhaps, but they are solid, well cooked, appetising and filling, and moreover cheap.
Word: appetising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of appetise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aquatint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”). Pronunciation: /ˈækwətɪnt/ 1. A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour. Example: Aquatint is a laborious process that involves acids and resistants and emphasizes tone over line. 2. An etching or print made using this method. Example: Been thinking of my grandfather, whose wayward brilliance skipped my father’s generation. Once, he showed me an aquatint of a certain Siamese temple.
Word: aquatint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”). Pronunciation: /ˈækwətɪnt/ 1. To make such etchings.
Word: astragalocalcaneal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astragalo- + calcaneal. By surface analysis, astragalocalc(aneum) + -aneal. 1. Describing the fusion of the astragalus and calcaneum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Circinus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin circinus (“a pair of compasses”) 1. A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.
Word: stomacher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English stomakere, stomachere, perhaps after Anglo-Norman *estomachier. Equivalent to stomach + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌməkə/, /ˈstʌmətʃə/ 1. A type of men's waistcoat. Labels: obsolete 2. An ornamental cloth, often embellished with embroidery or jewelry, worn over the chest by women beneath their bodices or by men and women as the central part of an open shirt, blouse, or jacket. Labels: historical Example: And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher [translating פְּתִיגִיל] a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. Example: Stomacher brooch of brilliants and fine oriental pearls. 3. A similar item of mail worn over and protecting the stomach. Example: Over it he placed a chain mail stomacher. Then, atop all, he strapped on an item of shaped metal he called a tace. “There,”he said at last. “She might knock the windout of you, but she won't kill you.” Example: Irritated to find his way barred by a brace of Englishmen, Victoire took one below the ear and the other low down, through the mail stomacher, before tramping on into the shade of a tree and sitting down with his back to the trunk. 4. A blow to the stomach. Example: Thomas resenting such ungenerous behaviour, bestowed such a stomacher upon the officious intermeddler, as discomposed the whole œconomy of his entrails, and obliged him to discharge the interjection ah! with demonstration of great anguish and amazement.
Word: focusing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfəʉ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfɐʉ.kə.səŋ/ 1. Used for or pertaining to focusing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the direction of attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or purpose over time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: focusing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfəʉ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfɐʉ.kə.səŋ/ 1. The action or concentration of attention or energy on something. Labels: uncountable 2. The act or action of bringing something into focus or attention. Labels: uncountable
Word: focusing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfəʉ.kə.sɪŋ/, /ˈfɐʉ.kə.səŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of focus Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: augmented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd/, /ɔɡˈmɛntəd/, /ɑɡˈmɛntəd/ 1. Increased in number, amount or strength. 2. Increased in number, amount or strength. Example: augmented reality Example: augmented surgery 3. Increased by a semitone.
Word: augmented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd/, /ɔɡˈmɛntəd/, /ɑɡˈmɛntəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of augment Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: automotive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive English automotive From auto- + motive. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv/, /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɔɾəˈmoʊɾɪv], /ˌɑtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɑɾəˈmoʊɾɪv] 1. Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or relating to motor vehicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. Example: “You can look back 15, 20 years to when GM’s China operations was its life preserver. It certainly isn’t now. It’s a money pit,” said Jeff Schuster, global vice president of automotive research at research firm GlobalData. “Every international brand is suffering in China.”
Word: automotive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive English automotive From auto- + motive. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv/, /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɔɾəˈmoʊɾɪv], /ˌɑtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɑɾəˈmoʊɾɪv] 1. A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts. 2. The field, business, or market segment that concerns automobiles, especially their manufacture. Example: His business is a machine shop that works mainly in automotive, aerospace, and medical.
Word: autoschediastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτοσχεδιάζω (autoskhediázō, “to act or speak extemporaneously”), from αὐτοσχέδιος (autoskhédios, “personally near, offhand”). Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.təʊ.skɛ.diˈæs.tɪk/, /ˌɔː.tə.skɛ.diˈæs.tɪk/ 1. impromptu, improvised, ex tempore or offhand Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: distrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹeɪn/, /di-ˈstrān/ 1. To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress. Labels: obsolete Example: But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […] Example: Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms. 2. To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to distrain a person by his goods and chattels 3. To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt. Labels: intransitive 4. To pull off, tear apart. Labels: obsolete Example: For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.
Word: Columba Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity. Pronunciation: /kəˈlʌm.bə/, /ˈkɒ.ləm.bə/, /ˈkɑ.ləm.bə/ 1. Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages. 2. Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba. 3. A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
Word: ritual servitude Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of holding human beings in slavery for religious purposes Labels: uncountable Example: Ritual servitude is practiced in parts of Ghana.
Word: loca Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of locum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drywall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dry + wall. Pronunciation: /ˈdraɪˌwɔːl/, /ˈdraɪˌwɔl/ 1. A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As moldy drywall thudded to the curb in a depressing drumbeat throughout Breezy Point, Queens, Thomas Ryan’s reciprocating saw stood out like a growling declaration of impatience. 2. A wall made of this. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: drywall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dry + wall. Pronunciation: /ˈdraɪˌwɔːl/, /ˈdraɪˌwɔl/ 1. To install and finish drywall. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: meaninglessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English meaningless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English meaninglessness From meaningless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈminɪŋlɪsnɪs/ 1. The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: pointlessness, purposelessness, uselessness 2. Anything that is meaningless. Labels: countable, usually Example: all the little meaninglessnesses of human existence
Word: pulmonary vein Part of Speech: noun 1. In tetrapods, a vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs.
Word: meaninglessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English meaningless Middle English -ly English -ly English meaninglessly From meaningless + -ly. 1. In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
Word: emporia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin emporia. 1. plural of emporium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endocarditis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endocard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English endocarditis From endocard(ium) + -itis. 1. An inflammation of the endocardium and sometimes also the heart valves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: entente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent. Pronunciation: /ɒ̃ˈtɒ̃t/, /ɑnˈtɑnt/ 1. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Word: hatt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
Word: Trokosi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ewe words tro (“god”) + kosi (“female slave”). 1. The practice of ritual servitude in parts of Africa. Example: Trokosi is practiced in the southern Volta Region of Ghana. 2. A person held in ritual servitude under this system. Example: 2001, Mark Wisdom, The Trokosi System, FESLIM, PO Box 25, Adidome, Ghana The trokosi frequently complain that they were abused and dehumanized.
Word: nasus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nāsus (“the nose; the nozzle or spout”). Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.zəs/, /ˈneɪ.səs/ 1. A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense. 2. A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly.
Word: gazania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any flowering plant of the genus Gazania, native to southern Africa.
Word: debark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɑːk/, /di.bɑɹk/ 1. To unload goods from an aircraft or ship. Labels: transitive 2. To disembark. Labels: intransitive
Word: debark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bark English debark From de- + bark (“covering of tree”). Pronunciation: /diːˈbɑːk/, /di.bɑɹk/ 1. To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled. Labels: transitive Example: Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […] Example: On these photographs, the wide strips can be seen debarked from a horse chestnut tree (left) and from a poplar (right). This seems to be typical for trees with high moisture content.
Word: debark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bark English debark From de- + bark (“(of a dog) make the noise”). 1. To devocalize (a dog). Labels: transitive
Word: gentility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French gentilité. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/, /ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/, [ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior. Labels: uncountable Example: 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He is the violence and fear of the boy of my stories, yet the gentility and sensitivity of poetry. Example: A powerful visitors’ bureau has pushed the South Carolina city to the top of “best” lists by selling gentility. Critics say that has come at the expense of history and the city’s Black population. 2. The upper classes, the gentry. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film. Pronunciation: /pɛl/ 1. A fur or hide. 2. A lined cloak or its lining. 3. A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment. Example: 1835, Frederick Devon (editor and translator), Issue Roll of Thomas de Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter, Lord High Treasurer of England, Containing Payments Made out of His Majesty′s Revenue in the 44th Year of King Edward III.: A.D. 1370, page xi, The clerk of the pell (whose office is in the Lord Treasurer′s gift) keepeth the Pells in parchment, called Pelles Receptæ, wherein every teller′s bill, with his name on it, is to be entred; and under every such bill when it is entred, recordatur to be written in open court, for a controlment to charge the teller with so much money as in the said bill is set downe. He also anciently kept another pell, called Pellis Exitus, wherein every dayes issuing of any the moneys paid into the receipt, was to be entered, and by whom and by what warrant, privy seale, or bill, it was paid. 4. A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size. 5. An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.
Word: pell Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɛl/ 1. To pelt; to knock about. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Beat and pell them downe with perches and poles.
Word: ront Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɒnt/ 1. Obsolete form of runt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And after them a rude confused ront Of persons flockt
Word: naivety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From naive + -ity, English analogue of naïveté (naïf + -eté) borrowed from French. Pronunciation: /nɑːˈiːvti/, /nɑːˈiːvəti/ 1. naïveté Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ohm spelled backwards. 1. A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts. Example: Near-synonyms: siemens, S Example: If resistance is measured in ohms, conductance is measured in mhos.
Word: naiveté Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of naïveté. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naivete Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of naïveté. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lett Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of let. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: We grete you well. Wheras the Erle of Murray, and uther Noblemen and Gentlemen of Scotland, came into this our realme, upon our request, and by our saife conduct for their entry and departure, we lett you know, that we have licensed him, and them all, with their traynes, to returne into Scotland, there to continue in their former estates.
Word: nuclear reactor Part of Speech: noun 1. Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes. Example: Meronym: control rod Example: Near-synonym: atomic pile (dated)
Word: tinea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/, /ˈtɪ.ni.ɚ/ 1. A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken.
Word: mesoplastral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English plastral English mesoplastral From meso- + plastral. 1. Describing either of a pair of transverse hexagonal bones in a turtle that lie between the hyoplastral and hypoplastral bones. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Star-Spangled Banner Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a description of the United States flag in Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key. Pronunciation: /ˌstɑː(ɹ)ˌspæŋɡəld ˈbænə(ɹ)/ 1. A nickname for the national flag of the United States of America.
Word: Star-Spangled Banner Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a description of the United States flag in Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key. Pronunciation: /ˌstɑː(ɹ)ˌspæŋɡəld ˈbænə(ɹ)/ 1. The national anthem of the United States of America. Example: In the course of a single lifetime, the average fan will be forced to hear 1,500 fiendishly unattractive women ... take four and a half minutes to butcher “The Star-Spangled Banner”[.] Example: On Monday, February 21, 1972, as a Chinese military band played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Nixon became the first American president to visit China while in office.
Word: major chord Part of Speech: noun 1. Any musical chord which has the tones a major third (as opposed to a minor third) and a perfect fifth above its root, i.e. the notes of a major triad, but possibly containing other intervals, such as a seventh or ninth.
Word: quavering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quaver Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quavering Part of Speech: adj 1. Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quavering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that quavers. Example: the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes
Word: peet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of paw + feet. Pronunciation: /piːt/ 1. A paw, especially a more humanoid-looking one. Labels: Internet, in-plural, slang
Word: Schloss Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schloss. 1. A surname from German.
Word: kell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare caul. Pronunciation: /kɛl/ 1. The caul (membrane) Labels: obsolete 2. That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: I'll have him cut to the kell. 3. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. Labels: obsolete Example: Bury himself in every silkworm's kell
Word: kell Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɛl/ 1. A kiln. Labels: obsolete Example: Kell-drying
Word: kell Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɛl/ 1. Alternative spelling of kale (“broth”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: braze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”), from bræs (“brass”). Pronunciation: /bɹeɪz/ 1. To cover with brass, or as with brass. Labels: transitive
Word: braze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1580s, "to expose to the action of fire", perhaps from French braser (“to solder, weld”), though the sense evolution is difficult to explain. Perhaps the English word is older, being unrecorded in Middle English but borrowed from Old French braser (“to burn”), which fits the meaning more closely. Old French braser derives from Old Norse brasa (“to braze, harden with fire”). Also possible is that the Middle English and English words were borrowed directly from Old Norse. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪz/ 1. To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness. 2. To burn or temper in fire. Labels: obsolete
Word: braze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1580s, "to expose to the action of fire", perhaps from French braser (“to solder, weld”), though the sense evolution is difficult to explain. Perhaps the English word is older, being unrecorded in Middle English but borrowed from Old French braser (“to burn”), which fits the meaning more closely. Old French braser derives from Old Norse brasa (“to braze, harden with fire”). Also possible is that the Middle English and English words were borrowed directly from Old Norse. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪz/ 1. A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore. Example: Roasting the ores is done with the charcoal braze (or fine charcoal from the charring) in heaps of thirty feet width, fifty-feet length and twenty feet height, containing 3,200 tons.
Word: atomic pile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that the first nuclear reactor, at the University of Chicago in 1942-1943, was literally constituted by a tall pile (heap) of graphite moderator blocks. Compare also charcoal pile, a traditional improvised kiln used in charcoal making, which uses a similar basic design to contain a volatile process. The fact that English pile also is related to French pile (“battery”) (with senses of a collection of components and a power source, often both coinstantiated) has also been noted as an interesting nexus of word roots and semantic themes. 1. An early nuclear reactor fueled by uranium and moderated with graphite. Example: 1948 The second atomic pile at the Government's research establishment at Harwell […] is expected to be brought into use this summer – The Times (London), May 11 1948, pg 2 col A
Word: measure theory Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of mathematical analysis, concerned with the theory of integration, that generalizes the intuitive notions of length, area and volume. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: casco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish casco. Doublet of cask and casque. 1. A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a lighter to ferry goods between ship and shore
Word: parricide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ 1. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent. Example: I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […] 2. Someone who commits treason.
Word: parricide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīdium, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ 1. The killing of a relative, especially a parent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation. Example: The production of Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’ was long forbidden, because Don Carlos loved his stepmother; in ‘The Robbers,’ the Father was turned into an uncle, and a stupendous effect was produced by the cry of “Unclecide,” substituted for Parricide. 2. The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enceinte Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French enceinte. 1. Pregnant. Labels: not-comparable Example: And the time was pressing, for the new queen was enceinte, and further concealment was not to be thought of.
Word: enceinte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French enceinte. 1. An enclosure. Example: These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. [...] M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense necropolis that surrounds Jerusalem, like a funeral enceinte. Example: And so across the bridge and into the enceinte of the massive walls, threading their way towards the quarter where the morgue lay. 2. The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress. 3. The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification. Example: S. W. Williams The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.
Word: confessionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English confession English -al English confessional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English confessionalism From confessional + -ism. 1. A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A system of government that proportionally distributes political and institutional power among religious and ethnic communities. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her rendition of "Dry Land" from her first album, Back to the Night, was a poetic fusion of music and lyrics that achieved an intimate tone too often sacrificed to confessionalism by other singers.
Word: hing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɪŋ/ 1. alternative form of hang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, poetic Example: Methought an heav'nly heartsome thing Where dew like diamonds did hing, Example: The peers of Pluto's realm assembled been Amid the palace of their angry King, In hideous forms and shapes, tofore unseen, That fear, death, terror and amazement bring, With ugly paws some trample on the green, Some gnaw the snakes that on their shoulders hing.
Word: hing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi हींग (hīṅg). Pronunciation: /hɪŋ/ 1. Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning. Labels: India, uncountable
Word: chrematistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρῆμα (khrêma, “money”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɹiːməˈtɪstɪk/ 1. Related to wealth as far as it can be calculated in terms of money. Labels: not-comparable Example: Man can remove some of the chrematistic consequences of such disasters and accidents by taking out insurance policies.
Word: curst Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɜː(ɹ)st/ 1. Archaic spelling of cursed. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: "Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!" Example: “Stay back!" She swung the sword at him, praying she could actually use the curst thing.
Word: curst Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɜː(ɹ)st/ 1. Archaic spelling of cursed, simple past and past participle of curse. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: [...] what hangman hands / Pin to his breast a parchment? His own bands / Read it. Poor traitor, spit upon and curst! Example: But alas, we are at the far north end of NJ-and our younger daughter has the thrice curst SATs on Saturday.
Word: hool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of hool(igan). Pronunciation: /ˈhuːl/, /ˈhul/ 1. Clipping of hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Hooligans, sometimes referred to as “hools,” are predominantly a European phenomenon.
Word: volk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans volk. Doublet of folk. 1. The Afrikaner people. Labels: South-Africa, plural, plural-only Example: The lover, Tertius […] is a journalist regarded by many of his family as a traitor to the volk.
Word: volk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English volk, southern form of folk; compare vixen. 1. Alternative form of folk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: Edg. Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore volke paſſe: […] Example: No doubt a mampus of volk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.