nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rancor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin rancor Old French rancorbor. Middle English rancour English rancor First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from which also English rancid. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ̞ŋkə/, /ˈɹæ̝ŋkɚ/, /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋkɚ/, /ˈɹɛ̃ŋkɚ/ 1. To rankle or fester. Labels: US, archaic
Word: rentier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French rente Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French rentierbor. English rentier Borrowed from French rentier. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/, /ɹɑ̃ˈtjeɪ/ 1. An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments. Example: If today’s capitalists are mere lazy rentiers who contribute nothing to the production process, don’t they deserve to be downgraded to the status of feudal landlords?
Word: Belarussian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Belarusian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Belarussian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Belarusian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Belarussian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Belarusian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Faroese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Faroe + -ese, from Faroese Føroyar. Pronunciation: /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/, /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/, /fæɹoʊˈiz/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Faroese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Faroe + -ese, from Faroese Føroyar. Pronunciation: /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/, /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/, /fæɹoʊˈiz/ 1. The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Word: Faroese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Faroe + -ese, from Faroese Føroyar. Pronunciation: /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/, /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/, /fæɹoʊˈiz/ 1. A person from the Faroe Islands; a Faroe Islander. Labels: in-plural
Word: philosophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/ 1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment. 2. An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster. Labels: derogatory Example: Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.
Word: epistrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ). Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪstrəfi/ 1. The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose. 2. An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form.
Word: acalephe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈlif/ 1. Alternative form of acaleph. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The acalephe passes through both the infusorial stage and the polype stage...
Word: Beelzebub Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested as Old English Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebūb, the Vulgate's form of Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord”), mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as “the god of Ekron”. Pronunciation: /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/, /ˈbilzɪbʌb/ 1. A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron. Example: But when the Phariſees heard it, they ſaid, This fellow doeth not caſt out deuils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils. 2. Satan, the Devil. Example: Mamma mia, let me go / Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
Word: Beelzebul Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Beelzebub. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), from the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”). See also Old Norse gat, Swedish and Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ̯t/, /ˈɡæɪ̯t/, [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯t], /ɡet/, /ɡeːt/ 1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate. Labels: transitive 2. To punish (a student) by not allowing to leave the college grounds. Labels: dated, historical, transitive Example: You climbed the wall, for which you ought to be gated; and finally, you came in blotto, for which you ought to be sent down. Example: “I’ve missed two lectures already,” remarked Maurice, who was breakfasting in his pyjamas. “Cut them all — he’ll only gate you.” 3. To open (a closed ion channel). Labels: transitive 4. To furnish with a gate. Labels: transitive 5. To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating. Labels: transitive 6. To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something). Labels: transitive Example: Lillian walked the halls wearing a shirt plastered with what she assured everyone was a memetic stun agent; it looked just like the kill agent gating access to the SCP-001 database file, but as she patiently explained to McInnis, in art, context is everything.
Word: gate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Cognate with Danish gade, Swedish gata, German Gasse (“lane”). Doublet of gait. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ̯t/, /ˈɡæɪ̯t/, [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯t], /ɡet/, /ɡeːt/ 1. A way, path. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: I was going to be an honest man; but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and then a woman, in my gate. Example: "Stand out o' my gate, wife, for, d'ye see, I am rather in a haste, Jean Linton." 2. A journey. Labels: obsolete Example: […] nought regarding, they kept on their gate, / And all her vaine allurements did forsake […] 3. A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street". Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 4. Manner; gait. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: puka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (“hole”). Pronunciation: /ˈpuːkə/ 1. A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
Word: puka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish púca (“hobgoblin”). Pronunciation: /ˈpuːkə/ 1. Alternative form of pooka. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In contrast, the puca (faeries) of Celtic folklore instill a similar psychological fear in those who believe in them just as the devil in Christianity creates fear in Christians
Word: puka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori puka. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːkə/ 1. The evergreen tree Meryta sinclairii, endemic to New Zealand. 2. The epiphytic plant Griselinia lucida, native to New Zealand.
Word: breve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”). Pronunciation: /bɹiːv/, /bɹɛv/ 1. A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short. 2. A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve. 3. Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court. Example: But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your only memorial among old play bills, letters requesting a meeting of the Faculty, rules of the Speculative Society, syllabus' of lectures—all the miscellaneous contents of a young lawyer's pocket, which contains every thing but brieves and bank-notes? 4. A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.
Word: breve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian breve. 1. An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.
Word: kea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori kea. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːə/, /ˈkeɪə/, /kɪə/ 1. Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.
Word: kai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori kai. Doublet of makan (via Malay) in Malaysian and Singaporean English varieties. Pronunciation: /kaɪ̯/ 1. Food. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, uncountable Example: Actually, I'm not sure I like these new hangis using the foil, it tends to stop the juices getting through to the stones and I reckon the hangi kai is drier to the palate. Example: Got to go now and get some kai.
Word: z-variant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the three dimensions visualized for the character space. The x-axis separates characters by semantics (function and meaning, e.g. A from B), the y-axis separates them by their abstract shape (general form, e.g. uppercase A from lowercase a), and the z-axis by their apparent shape (minor details such as typeface, e.g. printed from handwritten a). 1. A variant Han character, theoretically unifiable under the Han unification policy but encoded separately for backwards compatibility.
Word: wai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ไหว้ (wâi, “a gesture of thanks”). Pronunciation: /waɪ/, /weɪ/ 1. A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
Word: wai Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Phonetic respelling of why. Pronunciation: /waɪ/, /weɪ/ 1. why (a purposeful misspelling) Labels: Internet, not-comparable
Word: position Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose. Pronunciation: /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, [pəˈzɪʃ.n̩], /pəˈzəʃ.ən/, [pəˈzəʃ.n̩], /poːˈziː.ʃən/ 1. A place or location. Example: Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed. 2. A post of employment; a job. 3. A status or rank. Example: Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army. 4. An opinion, stand, or stance. Example: My position on this issue is unchanged. Example: The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law. 5. A posture. Example: Stand in this position, with your arms at your side. 6. A situation suitable to perform some action. Labels: figuratively Example: The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm. 7. A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player. Example: Stop running all over the field and play your position! 8. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution. Example: long position Example: naked position 9. A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price. 10. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error. 11. The full state of a chess game at any given turn. Example: The following problem-like position occurred in an over-the-board game at a base in Korea: 12. The order in which players are seated around the table. 13. A pin; a connector.
Word: position Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose. Pronunciation: /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, [pəˈzɪʃ.n̩], /pəˈzəʃ.ən/, [pəˈzəʃ.n̩], /poːˈziː.ʃən/ 1. To put into place. Example: While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.
Word: longa Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long. 1. Belonging to; of, in, at, to. Example: This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia. Example: He wait longa river.
Word: longa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin longa. 1. A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes.
Word: fajita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish fajita, diminutive of faja (“strip, band”). Pronunciation: /fəˈhiːtə/ 1. A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.
Word: falafel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper. Pronunciation: /fəˈlɑːfəl/, /fəˈlæfəl/, /fəˈlɒfəl/, /fəˈlɑfəl/ 1. A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita. Labels: uncountable Example: There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel. Example: Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal. 2. A pita with falafel balls as a filling. Labels: countable Example: I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together. Example: Here, close-cropped future soldiers would learn how to introduce themselves to strangers, the proper way to order a falafel and a Coke, how to shout Get out of the car. 3. A single falafel ball. Labels: countable Example: The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.
Word: gormless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) + -less (“without”), from Old Norse gaum, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaumō (“heed, attention”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːmləs/ 1. Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it? Example: But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter.
Word: Diaspora Part of Speech: name Etymology: See diaspora. 1. The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel. Example: According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively and considers the settlement of Jews in Israel as essential, the vast majority of American Jews would not be considered Zionists. 2. The Jews so dispersed. Labels: collective 3. A similar dispersion. Labels: broadly
Word: cmavo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Mandarin 小 (ciau) English small (smal) Hindi लघु (lagu) Russian малый (mal) Arabic قَلِيل (kalil) blend Lojban cmalu Lojban valsi blend Lojban cmavobor. English cmavo Borrowed from Lojban cmavo. Pronunciation: /ˈʃmɑːvo/ 1. Function word(s), i.e., structural words. Labels: Lojban Example: Cmavo are connective, syncategorematic words. They are roughly comparable to English conjunctions, prepositions, articles, numerals, and some adverbs.
Word: nonillion Part of Speech: num Etymology: From French nonillion. By surface analysis, non- (“nine”) + -illion. 1. 10³⁰. Labels: US Example: As we have seen that one nought goes to each potency, for the thirtieth potency we will have for the denominator one followed by thirty noughts; or the original drop of drug in one nonillion drops of alcohol! Example: Do ya not be knowin' that there are 10 nonillion atoms within the likes of us? 2. 10⁵⁴. Labels: dated Example: The first six figures from the right hand are called the unit period, the next six the million period, after which the trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, and nonillion periods, follow in their order. Example: There may be stars placed at a distance from us so remote, that a body moving with a volicity (sic.) of a nonillion of miles in one second of time, would occupy a nonillion of years in passing from them to our earth!! [Footnote: A nonillion is a million nine times repeated; Its value is equal to unity followed by 54 cyphers.]
Word: nonillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French nonillion. By surface analysis, non- (“nine”) + -illion. 1. An unspecified very large number. Labels: excessive Example: Who are a million, a trillion, a nonillion young men? All are standing. I am standing. We are wedged in and on and over and under each other. Sardines. Example: How about a year, or a lifetime, or a really long time, like umpteen-jillion-quadtrillion-nonillion-decillion-billion years? Now that would be a long time in the fire
Word: vocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vocātiōnembor. Old French vocationbor. Middle English vocacioun English vocation From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō. Pronunciation: /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/, /voʊˈkeɪʃən/, /vəʉˈkæɪʃən/, /vɐʉˈkæɪʃən/ 1. A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle. Labels: Ecclesiastical, countable, uncountable Example: The Catholic Church supports and teaches us that there are three vocations: the single life, married life, and the religious life or priesthood. 2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nursing is a vocation that many people find horrendous.
Word: niente Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian niente. Pronunciation: /niˈɛn.teɪ/ 1. totally silent, as a musical direction (abbreviated to n. or ∅ in sheet music) Labels: not-comparable
Word: cable length Part of Speech: noun 1. One tenth of a nautical mile.
Word: byte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer. Pronunciation: /baɪt/ 1. A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word. 2. A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values. Example: The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code. Example: If you look at the photograph of the interior of the Spectrum[…], you will see that there is one ROM chip, and 16 smaller RAM chips. These chips give the Spectrum its memory. The memory consists of 65536 storage units that each contain one byte (a number from 0 to 255).
Word: tabnab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nautical slang of obscure origin. Attested from the 20th century. Compare nab and possibly table. 1. A small item of food offered at break times, normally the morning break. Labels: Navy, UK, slang Example: He comes outside when weather's fine / To hang his singlets on the line, / And then returns - he needs no bell - / The scouse, or Sunday's duff to share; / The stokers tabnabs need his care; / The sea sounds far away in there, / Ssssssssh, like the hush in a conch-shell.
Word: scion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from Frankish *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ċīþ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon kīth (“sprout; germ”), Old High German kīdi (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪən/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /ˈsaɪ.ɑn/ 1. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. Example: No senate seats in council for the dead; no scion of a time honoured dynasty pants to rule over the inhabitants of a charnel house; the general's hand is cold, and the soldier has his untimely grave dug in his native fields, unhonoured, though in youth. Example: Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends. 2. The heir to a throne. 3. A guardian. 4. A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense. Example: [If] you finde a certaine miſlike or conſumption in the plant, you ſhall immediatly vvith a ſharp knife cut the plant off ſlope-vviſe upvvard, about three fingers from the ground, and ſo let it reſt till the next ſpring, at vvhich time you ſhall behold nevv cyons iſſue from the roote, […] Example: He used to think that the plums in this country weren’t good enough, and so he has reformed them, grafting scion to rootstock.
Word: smoko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊkəʊ/ 1. A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work to have a smoke, or (more generally) to take a small rest, snack etc. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial Example: We saw the innards of a submarine, and afterwards, at smoke-oh, I entertained the men with my story of the bagman's battle with John Oliver O'Dowd. Example: 2005, Lexie Simmons, Darrell Lewis, Kajirri, the Bush Missus, Central Queensland University Press, page 16, This area was the general meeting place for all the Aboriginal workers who had some time to spare. The house girls took their smoko or lunch there and were soon joined by everyone else who′d stopped work after the smoko or lunchtime bell. 2. A tea break or coffee break with cakes, snacks, etc.
Word: incursion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin incursiō. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/, /ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʃən/ 1. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense. 2. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense. Example: Fascinating though the journey is to the traveller, for many years this section of the line was a source of considerable anxiety to the maintenance engineers, and on more than one occasion landslips and incursions of the sea resulted in the railway being closed for several days. 3. A function hosted within an educational institution, especially by or for students, for recreation, research, education or a display of works. Labels: Australia
Word: transmogrify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 17th century; origin uncertain, but possibly from transmigure, transmigrate. It is also possible that this word is a formation derived from maugre, hence it originally signified the "evil eye", but under the influence of the former etymologies shifted its meaning to its sense of "transformation". Another possibility is a humorous blending of transfigure and modify. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈmɒɡɹɪfaɪ/, /tɹænzˈmɑɡɹɪfaɪ/ 1. To substantially or completely alter the form of. Labels: humorous, often, transitive Example: Our present Governors (who have transmografide Monarchy into a Free State) ... Example: Separateness in selfist thought is transmogrified into a perverted freedom (or set of freedoms), themselves devoid of attendant responsibilities. 2. To completely alter one's form. Labels: humorous, intransitive, often Example: "Just set the dial to "Calvin", and I'll transmogrify back to a boy." Example: But 'Hamilton,' directed by Thomas Kail and starring Mr. Miranda, might just be about worth it—at least to anyone who wants proof that the American musical is not only surviving but also evolving in ways that should allow it to thrive and transmogrify in years to come.
Word: schesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σχέσις (skhésis, “state, condition, attitude”), from ἔχω (ékhō). See scheme. Pronunciation: /ˈskiːsɪs/ 1. General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: For if that Mind which has Existing in it self from all Eternity, all the Simple Essences of Things , and conſequently , all their poſſible Scheſes or Habitudes, should ever change, there would arise a new Schesis in this Mind that was not before Example: Each of you have been inducted into that subtle Psycho-cosmic schesis which we term, En; a state of profound zootic subjection, which renders somatic organisms susceptible to the potent empire of what is called, in the terrestro-astral plane, substantial imitation;
Word: sciomachy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sciamachy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: seeksorrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seek + sorrow. 1. A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor. Example: In a bicentennial comment for Newsweek, he took issue with those who played the role of Seeksorrow. The Yale literary magazine had written him asking if he thought things were going to get worse […] Example: When my parents drove us up to Stratford, Ontario, to see a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the word seeksorrow leapt out at me from the stage, and I've loved it ever since.
Word: sitzkrieg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), a pun on Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtskɹiːɡ/, /ˈzɪtskɹiːɡ/ 1. Warfare without any military operations or campaigns; a stalemate.
Word: sockdolager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, 1827 US, presumably fanciful variant of sock (“to hit”); compare contemporary fanciful American coinages. Various speculative etymologies have been suggested, such as corruption of doxology, due to this occurring at the end of church worship, hence “finality”. Pronunciation: [ˌsɑkˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ] 1. A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: He’ll come off as badly as a feller I once hit a sledge hammer lick over the head—a real sogdolloger. Example: There is but one ‘sogdollager’ in the universe, and that is in Lake Oswego. 2. Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: Hey, Al, thought I'd call you from the locker room out here at Green Hills. Just made a sockdolager hole in one! A hole in one, Al! (etc.) 3. A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. Labels: US
Word: somniloquous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined based on Latin somnus (“sleep”) + loquor (“to talk”). 1. Talking while asleep. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sophomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sopho- + -mania. 1. A delusion of having superior intelligence. Labels: uncountable
Word: indubitably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English indubitable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English indubitably From indubitable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjuː.bɪ.tə.bli/, /ɪnˈdu.bɪ.tə.bli/ 1. In a manner that leaves no possibility of doubt. Example: Near-synonyms: verifiably, provably Example: Now his first suspicion was indubitably confirmed.
Word: spadassin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French spadassin, itself from Italian spadaccino (“swordsman”). 1. a fighter, duelist.
Word: fine Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯n/, /ˈfaːn/, /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ 1. Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way. Example: Everything worked out fine. 2. Finely; elegantly; delicately. Labels: colloquial, dated, dialectal 3. In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
Word: fine Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯n/, /ˈfaːn/, /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ 1. Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement. 2. Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.
Word: fine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯n/, /ˈfaːn/, /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ 1. Fine champagne; French brandy. Example: We had dined at l'Avenue's, and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going. Example: ‘Darling,’ Lois told her, ‘don't get depressed. Have another fine.’ 2. Something that is fine; fine particles. Labels: plural-normally Example: They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
Word: fine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯n/, /ˈfaːn/, /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ 1. To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. Labels: transitive Example: to fine gold Example: 1666 (written), 1681 (published), Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England It hath been fined and refined by […] learned men. 2. To become finer, purer, or cleaner. Labels: intransitive 3. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. Example: The tools to be used for this surface tillage are those that comminute or fine the soil most completely without compacting it or leaving it in ridges or in furrows 4. To change by fine gradations. Example: to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually Example: I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. 5. To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration. Labels: transitive 6. To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off). Labels: dated, intransitive Example: I watched her [the ship] […] gradually fining down in the westward until I lost sight of her hull.
Word: fine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis. Pronunciation: /faɪn/ 1. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. Example: The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years. Example: The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 2. Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal. Labels: obsolete 3. A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it. Example: Fine if you've…
Word: fine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis. Pronunciation: /faɪn/ 1. To issue a fine as punishment to (someone). Labels: transitive Example: She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed. 2. To pay a fine. Labels: intransitive Example: Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry.
Word: fine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian fine (“end”). French fin. Doublet of fin and finis. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːneɪ/ 1. The end of a musical composition. 2. The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
Word: fine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb). 1. To finish; to cease. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To cause to cease; to stop. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: fine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb). 1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. Labels: obsolete Example: And secret feare, to see their fatall fine Example: Is this the fine of his fines? 2. A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. Example: To cause them to pay more rent or a gretter fyne than they haue ben acustomed to do in tyme past. 3. A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. Labels: UK
Word: spelunc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spelunk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: theomachy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεομαχία (theomakhía, “battle of the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”). Equivalent to theo- + -machy. Pronunciation: /θiˈɑm.ə.ki/, /θiˈɒm.ə.ki/ 1. A fight against the gods, as the mythological battle of the giants against the gods. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A battle among gods. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Opposition to divine will. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tirailleur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tirailler (“to skirmish”). 1. An infantry soldier.
Word: tribade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French tribade, and its source, Latin tribad-, from Koine Greek τριβάς (tribás), from Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪbəd/, /tɹɪˈbɑːd/ 1. A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian. Example: Go, cramp dull Mars, light Venus, when he snorts, / Or with thy tribade trine invent new sports; / Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts. Example: A century later, however, homosexuality among English women seems to have been regarded by the French as common, and Bacchaumont[…] added: "Her taste for women will there find attractive satisfaction, for though Paris furnishes many tribades it is said that London is herein superior."
Word: Sapphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Sappho (Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ)) + -ic, whence Latin Sapphicus. Sense related to sexuality alludes to Sappho's poetry discussing love between women (see also lesbian). Pronunciation: /ˈsæf.ɪk/ 1. Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl. Labels: not-comparable 3. Alternative letter-case form of sapphic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Sapphic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sappho (Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ)) + -ic, whence Latin Sapphicus. Sense related to sexuality alludes to Sappho's poetry discussing love between women (see also lesbian). Pronunciation: /ˈsæf.ɪk/ 1. A Sapphic verse. Example: His Sapphics, on the story of Bacchus and Ariadne, are easy, elegant, and poetical. Example: The first line (which goes by the name of Aristophanes) is a Sapphic without the initial trochees. 2. A person who is sapphic. Example: 'Very good,” he said, 'although I must confess that the older I get, the less I am able to enjoy the company of women – except of course our own dear Enid who is so notorious a Sapphic as to be virtually hors concours. Example: There are many of us (yes, even in Utah) who are more style-conscious, socially involved and culturally aware Sapphics than the common opinion dictates.
Word: rach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rache, racche, rachche, from Old English ræċċ. Pronunciation: /ɹætʃ/ 1. a dog that hunts by scent Labels: dialectal
Word: rapparee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Irish rapaire, variant of ropaire (“cutpurse”). 1. A bandit or brigand. Labels: Ireland, archaic, historical Example: And then he would relate stories of banshees, and robberies, and ghosts, and hair-breadth escapes, and 'rapparees,' and adventures in the wars of King James, which he heard told in his nonage by the old folk, long vanished, who remembered those troubles.
Word: mel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of melody. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
Word: mel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products. Labels: uncountable
Word: salamandroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)bor. Latin salamandra Anglo-Norman salamandrebor. Middle English salamandre English salamander English -oid English salamandroid From salamander + -oid. 1. like a salamander
Word: salamandroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)bor. Latin salamandra Anglo-Norman salamandrebor. Middle English salamandre English salamander English -oid English salamandroid From salamander + -oid. 1. Any salamander of the suborder Salamandroidea.
Word: scelerat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French scélérat, from Latin scelerātus, past participle of scelerāre (“to pollute, defile”), from scelus (“crime”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləɹət/, /ˈsɛləɹæt/ 1. A criminal, a villain. Labels: obsolete Example: Hence it is, that Scelerats, can by no Arts, nor any Amuſements hovv violent ſoever, ſtifle the Cries of a vvounded Conſcience; […]
Word: septemfluous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adapted borrowing of Classical Latin septemfluus + -ous. 1. Flowing in seven streams. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: No; drown'd they muſt be in ſeptemfluous Nile. Example: And just once before we part, Bertha, let me take you in my arms and to my bosom, and a septemfluous flood of divinest joy will ever fill my soul, in recollection of this hour, which is extremely sad; yet infinitely sweet, if my lips may again press yours.
Word: spiral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”). Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪɹəl/, /ˈspɑɪɹəl/ 1. A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. 2. A helix. Labels: informal 3. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once. Example: My beloved friends and family who sustained and grounded me as I fell into the rabbit hole of this project or down the spiral of new parenthood. 4. A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.
Word: spiral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”). Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪɹəl/, /ˈspɑɪɹəl/ 1. Helical, like a spiral. Labels: not-comparable Example: The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.
Word: spiral Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”). Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪɹəl/, /ˈspɑɪɹəl/ 1. To move along the path of a spiral or helix. Labels: intransitive Example: The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree. 2. To cause something to spiral. Labels: transitive Example: You need to learn how to spiral a ball. 3. To increase continually. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Her debts were spiralling out of control. Example: Excessive contrarianism against the liberal establishment has also resulted in slopulism spiralling off into the most moronic of conspiracy theories. 4. To decline mentally. Labels: intransitive Example: She spiralled into a deep depression.
Word: Odessa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The city was on the former Turkish territory of Yedisan, which may have influenced the choice of name. Yedisan means "seven titles" i.e. tribes, from yedi + san. Pronunciation: /əʊˈdɛsə/, /oʊˈdɛsə/ 1. A locale in Ukraine: 2. A locale in Ukraine: 3. A locale in Ukraine: 4. A locale in Canada: 5. A locale in Canada: 6. A locale in the United States: 7. A locale in the United States: 8. A locale in the United States: 9. A locale in the United States: 10. A locale in the United States: 11. A locale in the United States: 12. A locale in the United States: 13. A locale in the United States: 14. A locale in the United States: 15. A locale in the United States: 16. A locale in the United States:
Word: Odessa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from the placename, with usage influenced by the name Odysseus. Pronunciation: /əʊˈdɛsə/, /oʊˈdɛsə/ 1. A female given name. Example: George Bixler, cashier, and Miss Odessa Moser, bookkeeper, were not suspicious when three men entered the bank at 10:15 A. M. wearing firemen's blue jackets and jumpers and with their faces smeared as though with engine grease. Example: The marriage of Miss Odessa Elizabeth Milford, daughter of J. Davis Milford of Columbus, Ga., and the late Mrs. Milford, to Theodore John Hahn, son of Mrs. Theodore F. Hahn and the late Rev. John Hahn of Baltimore, took place this afternoon at Brown Memorial Church with the Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, officiating.
Word: Texas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.səs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/, /ˈtek.səs/ 1. A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston. Example: The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […] Example: Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months. 2. Several places in the United States: 3. Several places in the United States: 4. Several places in the United States: 5. Several places in the United States: 6. Several places in the United States: 7. Several places in the United States: 8. Several places in the United States: 9. Several places in the United States: 10. Several places in the United States: 11. A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Queensland town. 12. A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the New South Wales locality. 13. The University of Texas at Austin. 14. A unisex given name transferred from the place name. Labels: rare 15. A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846. Labels: historical 16. A surname.
Word: scotch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch. Pronunciation: /skɒt͡ʃ/, /skɑt͡ʃ/ 1. A surface cut or abrasion. 2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch. 3. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping. Example: a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground Example: He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.
Word: scotch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch. Pronunciation: /skɒt͡ʃ/, /skɑt͡ʃ/ 1. To cut or score; to wound superficially. Labels: transitive Example: We have scotched the snake, not killed it. 2. To prevent (something) from being successful. Labels: transitive Example: The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach. 3. To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor. Labels: transitive Example: The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation. Example: Other declassified files from the 1960s show that the Northern Ireland government discussed a proposed tunnel to Scotland. Several district councils and a US firm, Technical Studies Inc, championed the idea, but Stormont officials scotched it as impractical and too expensive. 4. To block a wheel or other round object. Labels: transitive Example: The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels. Example: The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose. 5. To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument. Labels: transitive 6. To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads. Labels: transitive Example: Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. http://www.google.com/patents?id=DXdGAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP3&vq=scotched&dq=scotching 7. To clothe or cover up. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: scotch Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /skɒt͡ʃ/, /skɑt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scotch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɒt͡ʃ/, /skɑt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
Word: scotch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 3M's Scotch tape. Pronunciation: /skɒt͡ʃ/, /skɑt͡ʃ/ 1. Scotch tape. Labels: uncountable
Word: scotch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 3M's Scotch tape. Pronunciation: /skɒt͡ʃ/, /skɑt͡ʃ/ 1. To rape. Labels: Australian, slang, transitive