nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: quotidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”). Pronunciation: /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/, /kwoʊˈtɪdiən/ 1. Happening every day; daily. Example: I know that the government's daily idea to solve the country's law and order problem is not meant to be taken too seriously, but every now and again I am moved to raise an eyebrow at the quotidian suggestion. 2. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly. Example: The story or the painting would serve to connect the part with the whole, the event with the myth, the quotidian with the sacred. Example: Tragedy demanded verse, not the quotidian prose of comedy, and verse usually supplied some form of end rhyme. 3. Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc). Example: Quotidian periodicity we find in greater or less degree in nearly all fevers, particularly in fevers associated with suppuration. Example: I regret that the effect of these statements is a denial of the observation of initial quotidian paroxysms following artificial inoculation. 4. Something which is considered humdrum or dull. Example: His life took on a quotidian humdrum. Example: Their careers, although often high paying, prestigious and meaningful (at least to an outsider looking in), had become boring, quotidian, dull, unstimulating, and repetitive.
Word: quotidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”). Pronunciation: /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/, /kwoʊˈtɪdiən/ 1. A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. Labels: archaic, historical Example: If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him some good counsel, for he seemes to haue the Quotidian of Loue vpon him. Example: I myself was, about two years since, strangely cured of a violent quotidian, which all the wonted method of physick had not so much abated, by applying to my wrists a mixture of two handfuls of bay-salt, two handfuls of the freshest English hops, and a quarter of a pound of blue currants […] 2. A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. Labels: historical 3. Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. Labels: usually, with-definite-article Example: More than opposable thumbs and the invention of the flinthead axe, it was our ability to transcend the quotidian by weaving tales of awe and wonder that set us apart from the beasts. Example: Zamenhof realized early on that one of the best ways of bringing Esperanto to life is through translated literature – through rendering in Esperanto events and ideas, conversations and encounters, that have yet to occur in real life in that language. Literary creation has always broadened our experience beyond the quotidian; it can also broaden a language.
Word: prolix Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable”). The verb is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈlɪks/, /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/ 1. Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details. Labels: formal Example: "Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply." Example: People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy. 2. Long; having great length. Labels: obsolete
Word: prolix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable”). The verb is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈlɪks/, /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/ 1. To be tediously lengthy. Labels: rare
Word: -ity Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ite, -itee, from Old French -ite, -ete, -eteit (“-ity”), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Old High German -ida (“-th”), Old English -þo, -þu, -þ (“-th”). More at -th. By surface analysis, -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ty. Pronunciation: /əti/, /ɪti/, [əɾi], [ɾi], [ɪɾi] 1. Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: absurd + -ity → absurdity (“the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment”) Example: anonym(ous) + -ity → anonymity (“the quality or state of being anonymous”) 2. Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: absurd + -ity → [an] absurdity (“that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction”) Example: anonym(ous) + -ity → [an] anonymity (“that which is anonymous”) 3. Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable
Word: -ity Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Variant of -ety, likely an alteration of -edy, equivalent to -ed + -y. Pronunciation: /əti/, /ɪti/, [əɾi], [ɾi], [ɪɾi] 1. Alternative form of -ety. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: hip + -ity → hippity, hippity-hop
Word: quality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒlɪti/, /ˈkwɔlɪtɪj/, /ˈkwɑləti/, [ˈkʰwɑləɾi], /ˈkwɒləti/ 1. The kind, condition, and/or the set of characteristics of something, as opposed to the quantity of something. Labels: countable Example: The lattice structure of a steel profoundly changes its qualities. Example: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […] 2. A single trait. Labels: countable Example: While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers. Example: Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system. 3. Good characteristics in particular; level of excellence; freedom of faults and flaws. Labels: uncountable Example: This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality. Example: Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income. 4. Good worth, good make. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: For this building project we need to use quality materials that will last for many decades. Example: That was a quality game by Jim Smith. 5. Position; status; rank. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The firſt Solemn Embaſſy that the French King ſent to the late King of SIAM, was in the Year 1685, by Monſieur de Chaumont, who went in Quality of Ambaſſador Extraordinary […] 6. High social position. (See also the quality.) Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality. Example: Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth. 7. In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like. Labels: countable Example: To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?". 9. A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content. Labels: UK, countable Example: It is argued that in the last ten years or so, quality broadsheet newspapers have become more like the tabloids. Anthony Sampson has argued that 'the frontier between the qualities and popular papers has virtually disappeared'.
Word: qualitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Equivalent to quality + -ative. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/, /ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.ɾɪv] 1. Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity. Example: Near-synonyms: nonquantitative, unquantitative Example: You may recall that I made a qualitative post about our level 100 talents a little more than a month ago. Now let’s look at them qualitatively. 2. Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound. 3. high-quality Labels: Nigeria
Word: qualitative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Equivalent to quality + -ative. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/, /ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.ɾɪv] 1. Something qualitative.
Word: nigger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier neger, from Middle French nègre (“a black person”), from Spanish negro. Ultimately from Latin niger (“black”), thus a doublet of negro and noir. The expected Modern English pronunciation would be with /iː/; compare neger. The modern pronunciation with /ɪ/ may be due to influence from the Latin etymon (compare the older Southern US pronunciation of negro with /ɪ/), but compare the dialectal American pronunciations of eagle and eager as /ˈɪɡəl/ and /ˈɪɡɚ/. Compare Danish neger, Swedish neger, German Neger, Dutch neger. First use appears c. 1577, in the writings of Edward Hellowes (fl. 1574–1601). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈnɪɡɚ/ 1. To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact, by which means the trees are slowly burned through. Labels: dated, transitive Example: […] he resorted to the practice of “niggering,” as it is called: which is simply laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact; by which means the trees are slowly burned through. Example: The operation was this: they placed smaller logs and dry rubbish across the log and applied fire to them; this was called “niggering”. 2. To exhaust (soil) by cropping it year by year without manure. Labels: dated, transitive 3. To perform in blackface. Labels: intransitive, offensive Example: There is a general agreement that niggering took over from mummering to keep up the old custom. 4. To behave as a stereotypical black person. Labels: intransitive, offensive Example: His father said, “Niggering, I was niggering about. You knew that surely.” Example: Forrest’s rediscovery of his father coincides with his discovery that old Robinson’s “niggering around” produced at least one child of mixed race. 5. To treat as inferior. Labels: offensive, transitive, uncommon Example: The gated community is a powerful tool in the systematic and sustained niggering of local 3rd-world communities - namely, in the book, the Hispanic (mostly wetbacK^([sic])) community[.] Example: > He is on TV saying that he was "abused" by the police and treated like a nigger.
Word: cunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Lexicographer Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”). Pronunciation: /kʌnt/, /kʊnt/ 1. The female genitalia, especially the vulva. Labels: countable, literally, vulgar Example: An' doesn't ter know? Cunt! It's thee down theer; an' what I get when I'm i'side thee, and what tha gets when I'm i'side thee; it's a' as it is, all on't. Example: Ah! This power-house of human misery and ecstasy, the cunt! 2. An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man). Labels: countable, offensive, vulgar Example: Near-synonyms: bitch; see also Thesaurus:jerk Example: The taxi driver wisnae amused. He looked a right cunt. Maist ay them do. The stamp-peyin self-employed ur truly the lowest form ay vermin oan god’s earth. 3. An objectionable object or item. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, vulgar Example: Fix the car? I’ll sort the cunt out at the weekend. 4. An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, vulgar Example: The lines were up past the frozen food now; people had to cut through to get what they wanted and there was much excuse-me-ing and pardon-me-ing. “This is going to be a cunt,” Norton said morosely, and I frowned a little. Example: Certain situations just cry out for it – keys breaking in the lock, not being able to find the starting point in a roll of sticky-tape, running out of bin-bags. The kind of everyday annoyances that Alanis Morissette would define as irony are actually cunts as far as I’m concerned. 5. A woman or any receptive sexual partner, as a source of potential or actual sexual gratification. Labels: countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: I'm going to hit the clubs and see if I can get me some cunt. 6. A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, positive, vulgar Example: Yes, I do remember Dave; he was one funny cunt. Example: Tom's a good cunt: he fixed my car and didn't even charge me for it! 7. The anus of a trans woman. Labels: countable, uncountable, vulgar 8. The inguinal canals of a trans woman. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable, vulgar
Word: cunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Lexicographer Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”). Pronunciation: /kʌnt/, /kʊnt/ 1. To use the word "cunt". Labels: vulgar Example: [...] and boy I can hear every word from behind my tree because that plot of hers is close to the road and she's fucking it and she's cunting it and you never heard a woman talking like that, not sober anyway[...] Example: Anyone whom he told to piss off was grateful not to have been cunted instead. 2. To attack someone. Labels: vulgar Example: Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry was indeed described as "fascist", notably by Pauline Kael, although there is no real evidence that Scorsese's Taxi Driver was "cunted" on first release – on the contrary, despite continuing misgivings about violence, that film was surely widely praised from the very first, getting the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Example: “I wanted him to leave me alone,” Baby said. “I wasn't actually going to, you know.” “Cunt him?” Theo said. Baby flinched. 3. To ruin something; to fuck up. Labels: vulgar Example: ... 'We were going to. Duke gave you the ticket, it was all set. And then you cunted the whole plan, didn't you? You killed the bastard.' Example: “If I'd said things in Russia were cunted, that would mean bad.” 4. To betray someone. Labels: vulgar Example: JOE : You cunted me. ROBERT : Language . Not in here . JOE : You lied . Example: You cunted us, and I'm gonna make you pay, cos you shit on us Pete. 5. To take something into one's vulva or vagina. Labels: vulgar Example: How she cunts his finger as if it were a close friend Example: I am pushing towards him, against him, yearning to open up against his entire face, to cunt him entirely, to feel the full warm liquid merging
Word: cunt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Lexicographer Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”). Pronunciation: /kʌnt/, /kʊnt/ 1. Amazing or very good. Labels: not-comparable, vulgar Example: As noted above, "cunt" or "cunty" has evolved in Ballroom parlance to mean exactly what Banks defines it as: feminine and strong. Example: Look at her like how can you not say cunt[,] she's cunt
Word: comitology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/, /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation. Labels: European-Union, countable, uncountable 2. The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable
Word: dick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings. Pronunciation: /dɪk/ 1. A male person. Labels: countable, obsolete 2. The penis. Labels: countable, informal, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR: "Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police." Example: If you simply stop letting your dick do the talking and listen to what others want, you can avoid a lot of difficult situations. 3. A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk. Labels: countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: That dude is such a dick. Example: She's being such a dick about all this. 4. Absolutely nothing. Labels: Canada, US, slang, uncommon, uncountable, vulgar Example: Last weekend I did dick. Example: Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely… dick. 5. Sexual intercourse with a man. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: You better try and get some dick and take your mind off this bullshit. Example: Much like quicksand, dicksand is what girls get caught in when they're obsessed with their crush, boyfriend, husband, or anyone giving them dick.
Word: dick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings. Pronunciation: /dɪk/ 1. To mistreat or take advantage of somebody. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: dick around Example: dick up 2. To penetrate sexually with a penis. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: Homeboy, throw in the towel / Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell Example: Listen, this old gal we going to see probably don't like liquor and drinking, so be cool. I'm just gon borrow a few bucks off her. I ain't never dicked her or nothing.
Word: dick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening and alteration of detective. Pronunciation: /dɪk/ 1. A detective. Labels: US, dated, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: private dick, railroad dick Example: “I am a detective,” said Hercule Poirot with the modest air of one who says “I am a king.” ¶ “Good God!” The young man seemed seriously taken aback. “Do you mean that girl actually totes about a dumb dick?”
Word: dick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening and alteration of declaration. Pronunciation: /dɪk/ 1. A declaration. Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: "He seems to set a deal of store by her, though. There's some young 'ooman at home, where she lives, I'd take my dying dick."
Word: dick Part of Speech: num Etymology: Borrowed from Cumbric *deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg. Cognate with Welsh deg. Pronunciation: /dɪk/ 1. Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting. Labels: Cumbria, slang, transitive, vulgar
Word: dickhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English dickhead From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest. Compare cockhead, knobhead. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. The glans penis. Labels: literally, slang, vulgar Example: ...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime... 2. A jerk; a mean or rude person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them. Example: ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth. 3. A stupid or useless person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: "Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"
Word: motherfucker Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck 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 fucker English motherfucker Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later. Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod). Pronunciation: /mʌðəˌfʌkə/, /mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/ 1. Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise. Labels: vulgar
Word: motherfucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck 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 fucker English motherfucker Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later. Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod). Pronunciation: /mʌðəˌfʌkə/, /mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/ 1. An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person. Labels: offensive, vulgar Example: Up against the wall, motherfucker. Example: There's an aggressive motherfucker! 2. Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening. Labels: vulgar Example: Check out this motherfucker. Example: Look at that motherfucker. 3. An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. Labels: vulgar Example: War is a motherfucker. Example: Traffic congestion was a motherfucker. 4. An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. Labels: vulgar Example: I jammed my finger in the door yesterday. It hurt like a motherfucker. Example: You mess with me, and I will come at you like a motherfucker. 5. A good very close friend or relative. Labels: vulgar Example: How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker? Example: Who's hanging on, motherfucker? 6. One who engages in incest with their mother. Labels: literally, vulgar Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker. 7. One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own. Labels: literally, vulgar
Word: biblical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin biblicus + -al, equivalent to bible + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to the Bible. Example: Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue. Example: Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind. 2. In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it). Example: biblical morality Example: The biblical teaching is that… 3. Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale. Labels: figuratively Example: of biblical proportions Example: with biblical fury
Word: flatulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French flatulent. Pronunciation: /ˈflætjʊlənt/, /ˈflæt͡ʃʊlənt/, /ˈflæt͡ʃələnt/ 1. Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind. Example: Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry. 2. Causing flatulence. Example: a flatulent food 3. Reminiscent of flatulence. Example: a flatulent smell 4. Empty; vain. Labels: obsolete
Word: fart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-. The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb. Pronunciation: /fɑːt/, /fɑɹt/ 1. To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I? 2. To emit (fumes, gases, etc.). Labels: figuratively, informal, transitive Example: Above his head the funnel farted black soot into the sky. Example: We’ve been stuck behind a Ford Escort farting black smoke for ten minutes.
Word: fart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-. The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb. Pronunciation: /fɑːt/, /fɑɹt/ 1. An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. Labels: informal Example: I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella? Example: Silent farts are often the smelliest. 2. An irritating person; a fool. Labels: derogatory 3. One who is inflexibly meticulous. Labels: Maine
Word: rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I fled; but he pursued (though more, it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage), and, swifter far, Me overtook, his mother, all dismayed, And, in embraces forcible and foul Engendering with me, of that rape begot These yelling monsters […] Example: She was thoughtful and full of consideration without being slavish and without compromising her arrogant spirit. And now he knew that she was profoundly, excitingly sensual, but that the conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape. 2. An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. Labels: countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable 3. An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. Labels: countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable Example: The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore. 4. The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the Rape of Nanjing Example: Ruin'd orphans of thy rapes complain. 5. The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Sat. Traytor, if Rome haue law, or we haue power, Thou and thy Faction shall repent this Rape. Bass. Rape call you it my Lord, to cease my owne, My true betrothed Loue, and now my wife? Example: The tale of the rape of Lucretia, for example, is hardly tellable - as many Roman writers themselves discovered - without raising the question of where seduction ends and rape begins; the rape of the Sabines puts a similar question mark over the distinction between rape and marriage. 6. That which is snatched away. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. / Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore. 7. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: rape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. Labels: transitive Example: The prosecution case was that the men forced the sisters to strip, threw their clothes over the bridge, then raped them and participated in forcing them to jump into the river to their deaths. As he walked off the bridge, Clemons was alleged to have said: "We threw them off. Let's go." Example: "They taught us nothing but how to cheat, curse and abuse. I never killed in cold blood even if I was known as one of the most fearless fighters. Yes, I abducted several children, I robbed and beat, but I never raped." 2. To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.) Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Dr Ashok's eyes had a tendency to pop whenever he wanted to rape your attention. Example: It is six years since my just action to reclaim the armaments raped from here by the Lairds of Dalgetty and Tolly […]. 3. To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct. Labels: transitive Example: Paridell rapeth Hellenore: Malbecco her pursewes: Findes emongst Satyres, whence with him To turne she doth refuse. Example: A Princess rap’d transcends a Navy storm'd. 4. To plunder, to destroy or despoil. Labels: transitive Example: I raped your richest roadstead—I plundered Singapore! Example: They come out here in their perky little foreign cars, fifty pounds of American copper in each one, and tell us we're earth-raping monsters. 5. To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience. Labels: offensive, slang, sometimes Example: I attended, the mothers went around the circle, introducing themselves. They added a brief statement about their own experiences with vaccine for the reporter’s benefit. Dionne said that she felt “raped” when she was forced to give Tate some vaccinations. 6. To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience. Labels: offensive, slang, sometimes Example: My experienced opponent will rape me at chess. 7. To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience. Labels: offensive, slang, sometimes Example: Have you seen the prices in that store lately? I got raped for $20 just buying a sandwich.
Word: rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Generally considered to derive from Old English rāp (“rope”), in reference to the ropes used to delineate the courts that ruled each rape. Compare Dutch reep and the parish of Rope, Cheshire. In the 18th century, Edward Lye proposed derivation from Old Norse hreppr (“tract of land”), but this was rejected by the New English Dictionary and is considered "phonologically impossible" by the English Place-Name Society. Others, considering it improbable that the Normans would have adopted a local word, suggest derivation from Old French raper (“take by force”). See Wikipedia for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England. Labels: historical Example: It seems to me very clear that the rapes of Sussex were divisions already existing there when the Normans landed. Example: There is little, if any, doubt that the division of Sussex into six rapes had been carried out before the Conquest, though the term is not mentioned in any Old English record.
Word: rape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. To make haste; to hasten or hurry. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, reflexive
Word: rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course. Labels: obsolete
Word: rape Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. Quickly; hastily. Labels: obsolete
Word: rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rape, from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus. Example: After the Industrial Revolution, it was discovered that rape also yields oil suitable for lubrication.
Word: rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rape, from rape (“grape stalk, rasper”), from Old French raper, rasper (“to rasp, scratch”), from Old Frankish *raspōn (“to scratch”), related to Old High German raspōn (“to scrape”), Old English ġehrespan (“to strip, spoil”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ̯p/, /ˈɹæɪ̯p/, [ˈɹʷæ̝ɪ̯p] 1. The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fruit plucked in a bunch. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: a rape of grapes Example: rape of Cistus
Word: cataphora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”). Pronunciation: /kætəˈfɔɹə/, /kəˈtæfəɹə/ 1. The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: cum Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cum (“with”). Pronunciation: /kʌm/, /kʊm/ 1. Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or which has changed from one to another. Example: He is too good an actor to need that sort of tomfoolery: the effect will be far better if he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican. Example: One driver-cum-fireman-cum-fitter looks after the three locomotives, [...].
Word: cum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of come, attested (in the basic sense "come, move from further to nearer, arrive") since Old English. The sexual sense of come is attested since the 1650s. In this sense and spelling, attested from 1970s. Pronunciation: /kʌm/ 1. Semen. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, vulgar Example: Jim descends into the murky tunnel; the faint odor of cum permeates the air. Example: Licking a friend's cum off another friend's belly. 2. Female ejaculatory discharge. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, vulgar 3. An ejaculation. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, vulgar
Word: cum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of come, attested (in the basic sense "come, move from further to nearer, arrive") since Old English. The sexual sense of come is attested since the 1650s. In this sense and spelling, attested from 1970s. Pronunciation: /kʌm/ 1. To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm. Labels: colloquial, slang, vulgar Example: Despite claims to the contrary, a woman can cum from anal sex alone. 2. To ejaculate. Labels: colloquial, slang, vulgar Example: Some men cum as much as 10 milliliters. Example: I got no sensation down there, so I don't know when I'm hard, I don't know when I cum. My wife's gotta tell me. 3. Eye dialect spelling of come (“move from further to nearer; arrive”). Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling, vulgar Example: “Where'd he cum from?” the bowman inquired. “That's what we'd like ter know, yer see; where he cum from, and how he happen'd to cum,” responded the steersman. “But he's a jolly good feller, strong as a lion, […]”
Word: cum Part of Speech: adj 1. Clipping of cumulative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar
Word: cum Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of cubic metre. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable, vulgar Example: The density of cement is 1440 kg/cum.
Word: transfinite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite. Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈfaɪnaɪt/ 1. Beyond finite. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to transfinite numbers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transfinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite. Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈfaɪnaɪt/ 1. A transfinite number. Example: An interesting and perhaps essential formal model of this quality is to be found in Cantor's concepts of infinite sets and transfinite cardinals. The laws of ordinary, inductive mathematics do not apply to these, for the 'least part' of such transfinites are equal to the whole, and convey their infinite (i.e. world-like) quality.
Word: uncountable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English countable English uncountable From un- + countable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl̩/ 1. So many as to be incapable of being counted. Labels: not-comparable Example: The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach. Example: Mr. Chambre has since spent uncountable hours and even more uncountable dollars buying upward of 23,000 documents, and he figures to be just hitting speed. 2. Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable. 3. That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns. Example: One meaning in law of the usually uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.
Word: uncountable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English countable English uncountable From un- + countable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl̩/ 1. A noun that is uncountable. Example: But inherent uncountables such as 'stuffs' can be conceptualized in two different ways, depending on whether they are viewed in terms of quantity or in terms of quality.
Word: subsidiarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin subsidiarius. By surface analysis, subsidiary + -ity. Pronunciation: /səbˌsɪdiˈæɹɪti/ 1. The principle that initiative (whether in government, business or religion) ought to reside at the lowest feasible level (i.e. at the local or regional level, instead of the national or supranational level, unless the latter presents clear advantages). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: According to the principle of subsidiarity, government should be as habitative as possible. Government functions must therefore be exercised at the most habitative level, as close as possible to those affected by the exercise of such functions.
Word: proportionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proportional + -ity, from Latin proportionalitas. Pronunciation: /pɹəpɔɹʃəˈnæləti/, /pɹəpɔɹʃɪnˈælɪti/ 1. the property of being proportional Labels: uncountable 2. the principle that government action ought to be proportional to the ends achieved (e.g. the military should not be deployed to stop petty vandalism) Labels: uncountable 3. the degree to which something is in proportion Labels: countable
Word: amoral 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- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral English amoral From a- (“not”) + moral. Pronunciation: /eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/, /eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/, /eɪˈmɑɹ.əl/, /ˈeːˌmɔː.rəl/, /ˈeːˌmɑː.rəl/ 1. Done without consideration for morality or immorality. Example: If free will is a myth, and our actions are the mere amoral outcome of biological luck for which we are not responsible, why not just run amok? 2. Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.
Word: subjectivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English subjective 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 subjectivism From subjective + -ism. Pronunciation: /səbˈd͡ʒɛktəvɪzm̩/ 1. The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Subjectivism takes as its allies the emotions, intuitive insight, imagination, humaneness, art, and a “higher” truth. 3. The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: doctrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/, /ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/, /ˈdɔk.tɹɪn/, /ˈdɒk.tɹən/, [ˈdɔ̟k.tɹən] 1. A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters. Labels: countable Example: The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity. Example: The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism. 2. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine? Example: This one thing do we (compelled by your blaſphemous accuſations) repeat oftener then we would: to the end that indifferent men may ſee what doctrine it is, which you ſo maliciouſly impugne. 3. A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries. Labels: countable Example: the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine
Word: port Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus. Pronunciation: /pɔːt/, /pɔɹt/, /po(ː)ɹt/, /poət/ 1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: peering in maps for ports and piers and roads Example: From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: More broadly, the port is seen as a litmus test for France; if its most multicultural city can foster vast Muslim enclaves viewed with broad suspicion or hostility by the police, then what hope is there elsewhere? 3. The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. Labels: uncountable 4. A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each eight has four ports and four starboards.