nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: colloquium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquium English colloquium From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium. Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊkwiəm/ 1. A colloquy; a meeting for discussion. Example: Contemporary philology has had a growing interest in the period and in the epitomai again, which has been proved by several colloquiums, monographs on the subject. 2. An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting. 3. An address to an academic meeting or seminar. 4. That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff. 5. A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy Example: Colloquia are books in Latin for teaching the Latin language as though it were alive and spoken. They are Latin books in the form of scripted conversations. This Latin and Greek textbook gives little daily conversations about familiar things, like waking up, dressing, going to school and so on. ... Scholars during the time of the great Latin revival deliberately set out to copy this methodology, and from the late 1400's, right through to the early 1900's, a large number of dialogues and student level readers were written. Example: These are the first colloquia for learners that I’m aware of. They aren’t the flowery dialogues of the later Renaissance authors like Pontanus, but they are the only colloquia we have by a native speaker of the Latin language and a great way to experience Roman Latin of a colloquial register. They are written for schoolchildren who were either Greek speakers learning Latin or Latin speakers learning Greek, and generally deal with activities in the ancient classroom the daily lives of young Romans.
Word: batu Part of Speech: noun 1. The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth. Labels: Hawaii, colloquial, uncountable
Word: soil science Part of Speech: noun 1. The scientific study of the formation, classification, mapping, and the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Labels: uncountable
Word: soil pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. A pipe that carries off liquid wastes from a toilet
Word: soil chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of soil science that deals with the chemical properties, constituents and reactions within soils. Labels: uncountable
Word: soil conservation Part of Speech: noun 1. Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation. Labels: uncountable 2. A combination of all soil management and land use methods that protect against degradation. Labels: uncountable 3. The sub-discipline of soil science that deals with soil conservation (1) and (2). Labels: uncountable
Word: soil biochemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. The subdiscipline of soil science that studies chemical reactions, activities and products of soil microorganisms. Labels: uncountable
Word: runoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run off. 1. That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The next series of high tides or large waves will tend to rebuild the berm and redam the stream. Ultimately, increased runoff due to fall or winter rains will raise the stream level to the point where it breaks through. 2. Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake. Example: Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River and its basin's fisheries and farmland. 3. A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote. Example: It is one of the left's best ever results and will raise momentum for next month's final runoff where only the two candidates will compete against each other.
Word: soil genesis Part of Speech: noun 1. The mode of soil formation. Labels: uncountable 2. The subdiscipline of soil science that deals with soil genesis, with special reference to the soil-forming factors responsible for development of the solum, or true soil: time, parent material, topography, climate, and organisms. Labels: uncountable
Word: soil management Part of Speech: noun 1. The sum total of all operations, practices and treatments used to protect soil and enhance its performance. Labels: uncountable
Word: tillage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Land cultivated in this way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. 3. The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soil microbiology Part of Speech: noun 1. The subdiscipline of soil science that studies the functions and activities of soil-based microorganisms. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + -genic. 1. Pertaining to processes that add, transfer, transform, or remove soil constituents. Labels: not-comparable
Word: padi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paddy (“type of rice”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of paddy (“flooded field for growing rice”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: propel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, to move”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɛl/, /pɹəˈpel/ 1. To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward. Labels: transitive Example: When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail. Example: This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine. 2. To provide an impetus for nonphysical change; to cause to arrive to a certain situation or result. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards, Example: Black women helped propel Harris and president-elect Joe Biden to victory by elevating turnout in places like Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
Word: pedology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped-der. Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon)der. English pedo- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English pedology From pedo- (“soil”) + -ology. 1. The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παιδ- (paid-)lbor. English pedo- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English pedology From pedo- (“child”) or -logy. 1. The study of the behaviour and development of children. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped-der. Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon)der. English pedo- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English pedology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pedologist From pedology + -ist. 1. A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed. 2. A scientist who specializes in pedology (soil science). 3. A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems.
Word: pedologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παιδ- (paid-)lbor. English pedo- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English pedology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pedologist From pedology + -ist. 1. A scientist who specializes in pedology (child development).
Word: open design Part of Speech: noun 1. The collaborative design of things, especially of open source software, through use of publicly shared design information. Labels: uncountable
Word: soil scientist Part of Speech: noun 1. A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural and man-made systems.
Word: soil physics Part of Speech: noun 1. The sub-discipline of soil science that studies the physical properties of the soil, with particular emphasis on soil moisture potential, water movement and solute transport. Labels: uncountable
Word: soil mineralogy Part of Speech: noun 1. The subdiscipline of soil science that studies the solid inorganic phases controlling physicochemical processes in soils and sediments. Labels: uncountable
Word: edaphology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”) + -logy. By surface analysis, edapho- + log + -y or edaph- + -olog + -y or edaph- + -o- + log + -y. 1. The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices. Labels: uncountable
Word: fuck around Part of Speech: verb 1. To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Quit fucking around and get back to work! Example: Stop fucking around! Just get a move on! 2. To fool around. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: He was just fucking around. Example: Looks that I fuck around for anything. 3. To have sex with many partners. Labels: rare, slang, vulgar Example: After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around. Example: I sat in a sauna soon after, perusing a sexy fellow athlete who fucks around a lot and who had made it clear she could be seduced. 4. To horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: screwball comedy Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of motion picture or play where opposites are juxtaposed; characterized by snappy dialog, and a blend of sophistication and slapstick Labels: uncountable 2. A motion picture or play of this genre. Labels: countable
Word: Bond girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From James Bond + girl. 1. One of the beautiful, seductive young women who appear in James Bond movies. Example: Sam scowled. 'I hate villains who call me Miss Jones,' she told him. 'It makes me feel like a Bond girl.' Example: When a lunch companion suggested that she might not want to take the Halle Berry route should she be nominated for an Oscar for "Monster," and win — soul-searching performance followed by a turn as a Bond girl — Theron threw her head back and howled. 2. A beautiful, seductive young woman.
Word: key exchange Part of Speech: noun 1. An exchange of peers' keys at the initialization phase of connection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reciprocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/ 1. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way. Labels: not-comparable Example: reciprocal love Example: reciprocal duties 2. Mutually interchangeable. Labels: not-comparable Example: These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined. 3. Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive. Labels: not-comparable 4. Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reciprocal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/ 1. The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction. Example: 0.5 is the reciprocal of 2. 2. A construction expressing mutual action. Example: Depending on where reciprocalization applies (syntax vs. lexicon), the relevant reciprocal verbs are claimed to exhibit specific properties, in particular: (i) syntactic reciprocals are fully productive whereas lexical reciprocals have only limited productivity; […]
Word: veganism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English vegetarian English vegan 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 veganism From vegan + -ism. 1. A way of life which strictly avoids animal products and services involving the use of living animals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Besides being a dietary choice, veganism is a challenging and powerful lifestyle Example: The purpose of veganism is to create a more just and compassionate society 2. Strict vegetarianism; the practice of eating neither meat nor other animal products, such as fish, milk and milk products, eggs, and honey. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: miniaturization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English miniaturization From miniature + -ization. 1. The act or process of miniaturizing or making smaller. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that has been miniaturized or made smaller. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bratwurst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Bratwurst. The word is partly from braten (“to fry”) + Wurst (“sausage”), and partly from an older Middle High German brātwurst, in which brāt is an unrelated word meaning “ground meat” (compare German Brät). In modern German, the term Bratwurst is used almost exclusively for sausages fried or to be fried. 1. A small (typically pork) sausage, usually served fried. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yesterday we had bratwurst for dinner. Example: 2012, Lindsey Galloway, (bbc.co.uk) A German enclave in central Texas For just-right spiced bratwurst and sausage, try Opa’s Smoked Meats, a family-owned shop that uses original German recipes passed down the generations and always has samples on hand. Finish off any meal with a stop at Chocolat, one of the few chocolate shops in the US that uses a classic European technique known as “liqueur praliné”, where a delicate sugar casting encases liquor, espresso, wine or other liquid fillings. The casting is then covered in chocolate to make a confection that must be eaten whole, lest the encased liquid come dribbling out.
Word: agrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agro- + -logy, modelled after French agrologie. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹɒlədʒi/, /əˈɡɹɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: Earth.—We have to examine its nature in connection with its products; this is the object of a technologic science, derived from mineralogy, and to which we give the name Agrology. Example: The subject of agriculture will in this school be considered under (1) agrology, or the study of the surface of the earth as to its origin, composition, and physical and chemical properties, […] 2. The science and art of agriculture. Labels: Canada, uncountable, usually Example: Viewed in this light, agrology possesses a three-way interest, between the member, the agricultural industry and society. Example: It is appreciated that had these organizations not existed, comparable progress to advance the status of professional agrology would not have been made.
Word: edaphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”) + -ic. By surface analysis, edaph- + -ic. 1. Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus, temporal inactive geophiles, such as the caterpillars of many butterfly species, only bury in the ground for nymphosis; even so they constitute an important food source for other edaphic species.
Word: malicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Middle English ivelwilled and ivelwilly (“malicious”), related to Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”). By surface analysis, malice + -ious. Pronunciation: /məˈlɪʃəs/ 1. Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice. Example: He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones. Example: And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.
Word: lightning rod Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ ˌɹɒd/ 1. A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning. Example: "My special business is to travel the country for orders for lightning-rods. This is my specimen rod;" tapping his staff; "I have the best of references"-fumbling in his pockets. "In Criggan last month, I put up three-and-twenty rods on only five buildings." 2. A person or thing that is a target for negative reactions and distracts criticism from another target. Labels: figuratively Example: Another factor was that when the two governments changed Stormont’s rules in 2006 they left the dual premiership as the “lightning rod for other difficulties”, said [Brendan] O’Leary. Example: Though hardly a novel claim nowadays[…] it made [Jean] Twenge a lightning rod in the research world, where some academics remain skeptical of the panic over smartphones.
Word: pedon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + -on. 1. A three-dimensional body of soil with dimensions large enough to permit the study of individual soil horizons.
Word: acotyledonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English cotyledonous English acotyledonous From a- + cotyledonous. 1. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: physicochemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English physico- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English physicochemical From physico- + chemical. 1. Dependent on the joint action of both physical and chemical processes. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to physical chemistry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kerfuffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”) Pronunciation: /kəˈfʌfəl/, /kɚˈfʌfəl/ 1. A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. Labels: Commonwealth, informal Example: You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act[…] Example: There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere.
Word: kerfuffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”) Pronunciation: /kəˈfʌfəl/, /kɚˈfʌfəl/ 1. To make a disorderly outburst or commotion. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, transitive
Word: soil classification Part of Speech: noun 1. The subdiscipline of soil science that deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics developed during soil genesis as well as criteria that dictate choices in land use and soil management.
Word: trip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp. Pronunciation: /tɹɪp/, [tʰɹɪp], [t͡ʃɹɪp], /tɹəp/, [tʰɹəp] 1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt. Example: We make annual trips to the museum. Example: I took a weekend trip to Seville. 2. A stumble or misstep. Example: He was injured due to a trip down the stairs. 3. An error; a failure; a mistake. Labels: archaic, figuratively Example: Imperfect words, with childish trips. Example: Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. 4. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. Labels: colloquial Example: He had a strange trip after taking LSD. Example: Unlike other accepted stimuli, from nicotine to liquor, the hallucinogens promise those who take the “trip” a magic-carpet escape from dull reality in which perceptions are heightened, sense distorted, and the imagination permanently bedazzled with ecstatic visions of teleological verity. 5. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition. Labels: broadly Example: ego trip Example: power trip 6. A faux pas, a social error. 7. A mechanical cutout device. 8. A trip-switch or cut-out. Example: It's dark because the trip operated. 9. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. Example: His heart bounded as he sometimes could distinctly hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door. 10. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing. Example: It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. Example: And watches with a trip his foe to foil. 11. A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
Word: trip Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp. Pronunciation: /tɹɪp/, [tʰɹɪp], [t͡ʃɹɪp], /tɹəp/, [tʰɹəp] 1. Of or relating to trips (three of a kind). Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: trip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tryppe, from Old French trippe. Possibly related to troop. 1. A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete 2. A troop of men; a host. Labels: obsolete 3. A flock of wigeons.
Word: Roman mile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Roman + mile 1. An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also "mile" from Latin mille, "1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280 feet.
Word: schizophonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by R. Murray Schafer. From schizo- + -phonia. 1. The condition of sound being separable from its source. Labels: uncountable
Word: pointless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pointles, poynteles, poyntlees. By surface analysis, point + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪntləs/ 1. Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end. Example: a pointless sword Example: a pointless knife 2. Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. Example: a pointless remark Example: The sequel to the film was even more pointless than the original 3. Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim. Example: Since the decision has already been made, further discussion seems pointless. 4. Having no points Example: After four matches and four defeats, United remain pointless at the foot of the table. 5. Without points. Example: a pointless topology 6. Point-free; employing the tacit programming paradigm. Labels: derogatory
Word: impolite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- + polite. Pronunciation: /ɪmpəˈlaɪt/ 1. Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
Word: bluntly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English blunt Middle English -ly English -ly English bluntly From blunt + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌntli/ 1. In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Example: Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth? Example: To put it bluntly, they are going to have to start defending a heck of a lot better than they have been, otherwise their season - and top-flight status - could well be over before they know it.
Word: corrosive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French corrosif. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/, /kəˈɹoʊsɪv/, /kəˈɹəʉsɪv/, /kəˈɹɐʉsəv/ 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. Example: Care is no cure, but corrosive. 3. Destroying or undermining something gradually.
Word: corrosive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French corrosif. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/, /kəˈɹoʊsɪv/, /kəˈɹəʉsɪv/, /kəˈɹɐʉsəv/ 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. 2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
Word: epenthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “to put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/ 1. The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: origin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo. Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/, /ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/, /ˈoɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/, /ˈoɹ.ə.d͡ʒɪn/, [ˈoɹ.d͡ʒɪn] 1. The beginning of something. Example: place of origin Example: trace the origin of something 2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc. Example: It is clear that the origin of the truth would be an admirable criterion of this sort, if only the various origins could be discriminated from one another from this point of view, and the history of dogmatic opinion shows that origin has always been a favorite test. Origin in immediate intuition; origin in pontifical authority; origin in supernatural revelation, as by vision, hearing, or unaccountable impression; origin in direct possession by a higher spirit, expressing itself in prophecy and warning; origin in automatic utterance generally,—these origins have been stock warrants for the truth of one opinion after another which we find represented in religious history. Example: Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself. 3. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect. 4. The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle. 5. An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates. 6. Ancestry. Labels: in-plural
Word: wormfood Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of worm food. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: white marriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French mariage blanc. “White” is the traditional symbol of purity and therefore of virginity. It may also refer to the absence of hymenal blood on the couple’s sheets. 1. An unconsummated marriage. Labels: idiomatic
Word: uberous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed from Latin uber (“full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive”) and the suffix -ous. 1. Fruitful. Labels: archaic Example: Each feminine delight of florid lip, / Eyes brimming o'er and brow bowed down with love, / Marmoreal neck and bosom uberous,— […]
Word: ubiquarian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.bɪˈkwɛə.ɹɪən/, /ˌju.bɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. Ubiquitous. Labels: archaic Example: 1785, William Cowper, The Task, a Poem Have ye, ye sage intendants of the whole, An ubiquarian presence and controul, Elisha's eye, that when Gehazi stray'd Went with him, and saw all the game he play'd? 2. Alternative form of ubiquitarian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ubiquarian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.bɪˈkwɛə.ɹɪən/, /ˌju.bɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. Obsolete form of ubiquitarian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: udal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Icelandic óðal. More at odal. Pronunciation: /ˈjudəl/ 1. Allodial, inalienable. Labels: Orkney, Shetland, not-comparable
Word: udal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Icelandic óðal. More at odal. Pronunciation: /ˈjudəl/ 1. A freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right. Labels: Orkney, Shetland, countable, uncountable
Word: ugsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ugsom, equivalent to ug + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈʌɡsəm/ 1. Ugly; horrible; disgusting; offensive, loathsome, repellent. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: This is hell, this is the image of death, this is hell, ſuch an euil fauored face, ſuch an ugſom countenance, ſuche an horrible viſage our ſauiour Chriſt ſaw of death and hell in the gardein. Example: Still, it's a cosy country, / unracked by riots or strikes / and backward at drug-taking: / I've heard of a dozen lands / where life sounds far more ugsome, / fitter goals for your disgust.
Word: uberty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French uberté, from Latin ūbertās, from ūber. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːbəti/, /ˈjubɚti/ 1. Fertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: 'And yiff a tre with frut be ovirlade'/In his epistles he seith, as ye may see,/'Both braunche and bough wol enclyne and fade,/And greyne oppressith to moche vberte:/Right so it farith of fals felicite,/That of his weighte mesure doth exceede/Than of a fal gretly is to dreede'. Example: to this day they yet enjoy that naturall ubertie and fruitfulnesse, which without labouring toyle, doth in such plenteous abundance furnish them with all necessary things […].
Word: ulnar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uln- + ar. 1. Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow Labels: not-comparable
Word: ulna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell. Pronunciation: /ˈʌlnə/ 1. The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
Word: ulodendron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of various trees known only as fossils from the Pennsylvanian period, and belonging to the genus Ulodendron.
Word: ulotrichous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὖλος (oûlos, “crisp, curly”) + -τριχος (-trikhos, “haired”). 1. Having woolly hair.
Word: ultimately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ultimate Middle English -ly English -ly English ultimately From ultimate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.lɪ/, /ˈʌl.tɪ.mət.li/, /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/, [ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪɾ.li], /ˈʌl.tə.mət.li/ 1. Indicating the last item. Labels: not-comparable Example: Firstly,… Secondly,… Ultimately,… 2. Indicating the most important action. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week. 3. In the end; finally. Labels: not-comparable Example: That Wolves reached half-time on level terms had much to do with the ultimately luckless Hennessey, who was in action in the opening minute to tip away Samir Nasri's shot following a City corner. 4. Used to indicate the etymon at which a given etymological derivation terminates. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cognate to Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser. Ultimately cognate to standard High German Wasser. Example: Shortened from maxiature, ultimately from Latin maximus ("large").
Word: ultion Part of Speech: noun 1. revenge Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Thus to Return upon our Adversaries is a healing way of Revenge, and to do good for evil a soft and melting ultion, a method Taught from Heaven to keep all smooth on Earth.
Word: ultraist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ultraist From ultra + -ist. 1. One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes
Word: ultroneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ultroneus, from ultro (“to the further side, on his part, of one's own accord”). See ultra-. 1. spontaneous; voluntary Labels: archaic
Word: umbel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently. Pronunciation: /ʌmbəl/ 1. A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre. 2. The pileus of certain fungi.
Word: umbellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From umbel + -ar. 1. Of, pertaining to, bearing or having the form of an umbel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: umbellic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin umbella (“a sunshade, parasol, umbrella”) + -ic. 1. umbellar Labels: not-comparable 2. pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants, such as umbellic acid Labels: not-comparable
Word: conjunctivitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conjunctiva Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English conjunctivitis From conjunctiva + -itis. Pronunciation: /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋktɪˈvaɪtɪs/ 1. An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phoney Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of phony. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: phoney Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phony. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phoney Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of phony. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”). Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊni/ 1. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. Labels: informal Example: A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one. Example: […] one wonders whether the function of statistical techniques in the social sciences is not primarily to provide a machinery for producing phoney corroborations and thereby a semblance of ‘scientific progress’ where, in fact, there is nothing but an increase in pseudo-intellectual garbage.
Word: phony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”). Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊni/ 1. A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. Labels: informal Example: He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony. Example: What a deal that was. You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were. 2. A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. Labels: informal Example: He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says. 3. Anything fraudulent or fake. Labels: informal Example: One name was a phony, but the other was the true name. The clerk remembered the man who had filed the tags since he acquired two sets of plates with different names.
Word: phony Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”). Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊni/ 1. To fake. Labels: informal
Word: dissembler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A modification of earlier dissimuler (from Middle English dissimulour) after resemble and semblance; equivalent to dissemble + -er. 1. Someone who dissembles. Example: [T]he Earl vvas the vvorſe Philoſopher, being a great Reſenter and a vveak Diſſembler of the leaſt diſgrace: […] Example: [Winston] Churchill, in this telling, was not just a racist but a hypocrite, a dissembler, a narcissist, an opportunist, an imperialist, a drunk, a strategic bungler, a tax dodger, a neglectful father, a credit-hogging author, a terrible judge of character and, most of all, a masterful mythmaker.
Word: pretender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin praetendōbor. Anglo-Norman pretendreder. English pretend Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English pretender From pretend + -er. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/ 1. One who intends or purposes. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Pretensor, a pretender, he that purposeth. Example: Pretendente, a pretendent, a pretender, an intender, a meaner. 2. One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions. Example: By how straight a Rule […] must that Pretender carry himselfe, who is to saile thorow the sea of this world, hoping for a fortune from another mans hand? Example: […]; to consider the direct purposes of God against his enemies, rather than the sinister supplantations of pretenders to places in court; […] 3. One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions. Labels: obsolete Example: He, of the two pretenders, that best loves me. Example: An Earles daughter, […] whose mother not allowing him to come as a pretender shee made apointmentt with him and mett him att her cousin’s howse. 4. One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions. Example: If inteſtine Broils allarm the Hive, / (For two Pretenders oft for Empire ſtrive) Example: I Think it necessary to acquaint you, that I have received Advices this Morning from Ostend, that the French Fleet sailed from Dunkirk, Tuesday at three in the Morning, Northward, with the Pretender on board; as also, that Sir George Byng had notice of it the same Day at ten: And he being very much superior to the Enemy both in Number and Strength, I make no question, but, by God’s Blessing, he will soon be able to give a good Account of them. 5. One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite. Example: A pretender / To the art, I truely honor, and ſubſcribe / To your maieſties opinion. Example: Make it a feast, and perfit your great injustice / In the surrendringe up this false pretender / To the correction of the law, […] 6. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
Word: pretender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English tender English pretender From pre- + tender. 1. To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance. Labels: uncommon Example: The LPM coordinates closely with the EPM and the case attorney throughout the pretendering period. The Licensing Assistant (LA) in the assigned project branch requests that a project number be assigned by the Records Facilities[…] Example: Long-term delivery items were pretendered and purchased by the Government of the Northwest Territories in early 1975. Pretendered items included the polyethylene pipe and Victaulic couplings, a portable gasoline engine driven pump[…]
Word: gargoyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French gargouille, from Latin. Doublet of gargle. The Académie Française suggests the first attestation as gargoule in 1294. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːɡɔɪl/, /ˈɡɑɹɡɔɪl/ 1. A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. Example: As we went, however, I took the precaution of noting our route as well as I could; and this was not so very difficult, owing to the extraordinary and most fantastic shape of the rocks that were strewn about, many of which in that dim light looked more like the grim faces carven upon mediæval gargoyles than ordinary boulders. Example: From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead. 2. Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building. Example: The long-closed G.W.R. station alongside has a decidedly derelict-looking frontage, with eight gargoyles or figureheads still clinging to the portico. 3. A fictional winged monster. Example: Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyle's momentum drove them both over the side. 4. An ugly woman. Labels: derogatory Example: Above all, in what reckless moment had she encouraged that person and her gargoyle of a mother to move to Mayfair, and set up house around the corner?
Word: disassembler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disassemble + -er. 1. A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.