nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bric-à-brac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bric-a-brac. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: Yes: I think he is a good fellow: rather miscellaneous and bric-à-brac, but likable. Example: Haven't an affair in the world, […] except a quarrel with a bric-à-brac man.
Word: disambiguation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambigu(ous) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ambiguation English disambiguation From dis- + ambiguation. Pronunciation: /dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/ 1. The removal of ambiguity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses. Example: Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division. 2. A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sysop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of system + operator. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsˌɒp/, /ˈsaɪsˌɒp/ 1. A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board. Labels: Internet 2. An administrator on a wiki.
Word: sysop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of system + operator. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsˌɒp/, /ˈsaɪsˌɒp/ 1. To work as a sysop. Labels: intransitive Example: Another major chunk of time goes into computer work - entering the data which is dumped on my desk at irregular intervals by the other IPM programs, tidying up the database, and sysopping on our micro-based bulletin board system. 2. To grant someone sysop privileges. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: biblist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Bible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English biblist From Bible + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪblɪst/ 1. One who holds the Bible as the sole rule of faith. 2. A biblical scholar; a biblicist.
Word: technicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English technical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English technicality From technical + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/ 1. The quality or state of being technical. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum. Example: Ha and Hyland suggest that technicality is not binary and it is not always possible to say that a word is technical or not. 2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the technicalities of the sect Example: [T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […] 3. A minor detail, rule, law, etc., seemingly insignificant to a non-specialist but which has significant consequences in larger matters. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These are some of the "Reversible Errors" on which a new trial can be had and are often spoken of by misinformed business men as "technicalities," as when they say a certain gangster "got off on a technicality" or "got a new trial on a technicality." Example: Mommsen believed that Claudius had been an augur who was ordered by a chief pontiff Metellus to inaugurate Sulpicius son of Servius as a priest, that Claudius declined on grounds of a religious technicality, that Claudius was subsequently fined by the chief pontiff, and that Claudius appealed the fine.
Word: technical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛk.nɪ.kl̩], /ˈtɛt.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛt.nɪ.kl̩], /ˈtɛ.nɪ.kəl/ 1. Specifically related to a particular discipline. Example: Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense. Example: By granting the appeal, the court is directly taking on the merits of a controversy that it largely avoided earlier this year, when it sided with Trump on technical grounds dealing with how the challenges to the policy were handled by lower courts. 2. Specifically related to a particular discipline. Labels: broadly Example: This part of the article is going to be quite technical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic. 3. Of or related to technology. Example: Since the 1940s there had been many technical advancements, and a Mach 3 interceptor was no longer a mere pipe dream. 4. Technically minded; adept with science and technology. Example: Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that. 5. Relating to, or requiring, technique. Example: The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration. Example: Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints. 6. Relating to, or requiring, technique. Example: technical climbing Example: It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound. 7. Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors. Example: The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition. 8. In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully. Example: Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was a technical trespass.
Word: technical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛk.nɪ.kl̩], /ˈtɛt.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛt.nɪ.kl̩], /ˈtɛ.nɪ.kəl/ 1. A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said. 2. Ellipsis of technical foul. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 3. A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of technical school. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Ellipsis of technical course. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of technical examination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 7. Ellipsis of technical rehearsal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Word: applied mathematics Part of Speech: noun 1. Mathematics that is used to solve problems in other sciences such as physics, engineering or electronics. Labels: uncountable
Word: bargain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow. Compare French barguigner and Portuguese barganhar. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːɡən/, /-ɡɪn/, /ˈbɑːɹɡən/ 1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration. Example: A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. 2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. Example: […]And when your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you, Even at that time I may be married too. 3. An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price 4. A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase. Example: to buy (something) at a bargain Example: At that price, it’s not just a bargain, it’s a steal. 5. The thing stipulated or purchased. Example: If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.
Word: bargain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow. Compare French barguigner and Portuguese barganhar. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːɡən/, /-ɡɪn/, /ˈbɑːɹɡən/ 1. To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; to haggle. Labels: intransitive Example: They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug. Example: So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. United we bargain, divided we beg 2. To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade Labels: transitive
Word: interred Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been interred. Labels: not-comparable 2. Located. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inter Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I Richard's body have interred new, and on it have bestow'd more contrite tears than from it issu'd forced drops of blood...
Word: grave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grave, grafe, from Old English græf, grafu (“cave, grave, trench”), from Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with West Frisian grêf (“grave”), Dutch graf (“grave”), Low German Graf (“a grave”), Graff, German Grab (“grave”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian grav (“grave”), Icelandic gröf (“grave”). Related to groove. Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had lain in the grave four days. Example: Let mee not be ashamed, O Lord, for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the graue. 2. Any place of interment. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. Any place containing one or more corpses. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Death, destruction. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: […]Meeting is pleasure, parting is a grief; / An inconstant lover is worse than a thief; / A thief can but rob you, and take all you have, / An inconstant lover will bring you to the grave![…] Example: […]balanced on the biggest wave you race towards an early grave. 5. Deceased people; the dead. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: "Hold your jaw, woman! I've had enough to vex me to-day without you startin' your tantrums. You're jealous of the grave. That's wot's the matter with you." "And her brats can insult me as they like - me that 'as cared for you these five years."
Word: grave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Danish grave (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”), Icelandic grafa (“to dig”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. To dig. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He hath graven and digged up a pit. 2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. Example: Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks. 3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to grave an image 4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: O! may they graven in thy heart remain. 5. To entomb; to bury. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […]And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. 6. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: grave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French grave, a learned borrowing from Latin gravis (“heavy, important”). Compare Old French greve (“terrible, dreadful”). Doublet of grief. Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness. Example: [Mercuti] Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. 2. Low in pitch, tone etc. Example: The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone. 3. Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. Example: Israel’s behaviour is doing grave damage to the Palestinian people and to any hope for peace. Example: Khrushchev made a grave miscalculation when he failed to appreciate the growing opposition to his power and overestimated the support of his bureaucracy. 4. Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) Labels: dated 5. Influential, important; authoritative. Labels: obsolete Example: An illiterate fool sits in a mans seat; and the common people hold him learned, grave, and wise.
Word: grave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French grave, a learned borrowing from Latin gravis (“heavy, important”). Compare Old French greve (“terrible, dreadful”). Doublet of grief. Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.
Word: grave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English greyve. Doublet of graaf (borrowed from the Dutch cognate graaf (“count, earl”)) and graf (borrowed from the German cognate Graf (“count, earl”)). Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. A count, prefect, or person holding office. Labels: historical
Word: grave Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves were formerly used for this purpose. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: grave Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪv/, /ɡɹɑːv/ 1. A kilogram. Labels: obsolete Example: At the origin of the metric system the new unit of weight was called the grave, and was equivalent to the kilogram. The denomination grave would in some respects have been preferable to kilogram.
Word: sweaty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈswɛti/, [ˈswɛɾi] 1. Covered in sweat. Example: John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes. Example: In that a Snayl or Dodman, vvhich is not only not vvarm, but to our feeling, very cold, is fain to brood its as cold svveatty eggs, neſted upon a cold vvet earth, beſpievving them about vvith the fuzze of a cold clammy froth, in coldish [d]raughty vveather, and all making vvay to a kind and timely hatching of them: […] I dare undertake to light ſooner of that vvarmth and reek and air, that vvill hatch an hens egge, than that cold and devv and clammineſs, that goes to the hatching of a ſnails. 2. Having a tendency to sweat. Example: She had never met someone so sweaty. 3. Likely to cause one to sweat. Example: It was a hot and sweaty day. 4. Caused by sweat. Example: That sweaty odour is disgusting. 5. Strenuous; laborious; exhausting. Example: He resented being asked to do such a sweaty task. 6. Extremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning. Labels: slang Example: Watch out for that sweaty team. Example: I'm going to try as hard as I—I'm going to be the sweatiest fucking tryhard in this server. I'm going to kill you. 7. Attracting many extremely competitive players. Labels: slang Example: I stick to casual because ranked lobbies are way too sweaty. Example: The mode caters to competitive players by offering increased health and larger lobby sizes. However, some players argue the game mode is extremely "sweaty."
Word: sweaty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈswɛti/, [ˈswɛɾi] 1. One who is sweaty. Example: For example a conscious attemp at separating the "hots and sweaties" from the “bibs and tuckers” is often desirable amount according to which activity areas he/she has used. Example: Crowd ranges from post-gym sweaties to locals. 2. Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: After lessons I went down town with O'Hara and William, we bought a bow and arrows and some sweaties, when we came home we practised with our bow and arrows and played marbles. Example: Designer Hanna Andersson specializes in comfortable, round-the-clock children's clothes: snugglies and “sweaties" (indefatigable sportswear) made of cotton trikā, a combed-cotton rib-knit in bright colors and bold stripes.
Word: sweaty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Influenced by the similarity of the spelling of sweety, and the humorous contrast between their meanings. Pronunciation: /ˈswɛti/, [ˈswɛɾi] 1. Deliberate misspelling of sweety, a term of familiar address. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, derogatory, humorous, misspelling, sometimes
Word: sweatshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweat (“to extract money, labour, etc.”, verb) + shop. Pronunciation: /ˈswɛtˌʃɒp/, /ˈswɛtˌʃɑp/ 1. A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. Example: I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision.
Word: naut. Part of Speech: adj 1. Nautical. Labels: abbreviation
Word: nautical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nautique + -al, from Latin nauticus (“of or relating to sailors”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós). Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl/, [ˈnɔː.tɪ.kl̩], /ˈnɔ.tɪ.kəl/, [ˈnɔ.ɾɪ.kl̩], /ˈnɑ.tɪ.kəl/ 1. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: nautical charts Example: I was mostly unfamiliar with the nautical terms used in the sailing documentary.
Word: seamen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmɛn/ 1. plural of seaman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seaman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”). Equivalent to sea + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmən/ 1. Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel. Example: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. […] Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat. 2. A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman. Labels: Navy, UK 3. An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice. Labels: Navy, US 4. A merman; the male of the mermaid. Example: , Book III not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
Word: encyc. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of encyclopedia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: “The teachers are attempting to make the kids use research skills by using other books for their answers. Encycs. sometimes are an easy copout for a lazy student”; […]
Word: departmentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English department Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English departmentation From department + -ation. 1. The process of classifying an organization on the basis of departments or similar activities, to facilitate planning and control. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Alice Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old High German Adalheidbor. Old French Alysbor. Middle English Alice English Alice From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”). Doublet of Adelaide. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ɪs/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages popular in England since the Middle Ages. Example: "My name is Alice, but—" "It's a stupid name enough!" Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently. "What does it mean?" "Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully. "Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh, "my name means the shape I am—and a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost." Example: She was heavenly to look at, and graceful, both in and out of water. She was a sculptress. She was christened 'Alice', but she used to deny that she was really an Alice. I agreed. Everybody agreed. Sometime in a dream maybe I will find out what her real name was. 2. The person or system that sends a message to another person or system conventionally known as Bob. Example: Alice sends the message, "I am Alice," to Bob. Bob chooses a nonce, N and sends it to Alice. Alice encrypts the nonce using Alice and Bob's symmetric secret key, K#95;#123;A-B#125;, and sends the encrypted nonce, K#95;#123;A-B#125;(N) back to Bob. Example: Alice opens her lantern, Bob opens his the instant he sees Alice's, and Alice notes the time T that passes between the moment she opens hers and the moment she sees the light returning to her from Bob's. 3. The city of Alice Springs, Australia. Labels: Australia, often, slang, with-definite-article Example: At that point in my second visit to the Alice, I'd been there only a day.[…] they're doing Australia in two weeks, with a few days each for Sydney, the Alice and the Rock, Kakadu and Cairns. Example: In 1892 my Chinese grandfather lived in Alice. 4. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. 5. A city in North Dakota. 6. A city, the county seat of Jim Wells County, Texas.
Word: Big Brother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the nominal leader of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. Unwarranted, invasive, and discreet surveillance, especially of a people by its government. Example: Some people are worried about marketing calls at dinnertime or junk mail or spam, while others are more concerned about Big Brother. Example: When one mentions the concepts of identity and governance in the same breath, a virtually autonomic response from many is the concern that a governmental big brother will soon be looking over their shoulders. 2. Any omnipresent authority or figurehead representing oppressive control. Example: Holonym: the System Example: In the late 1960s and early 1970s, at the height of public concern over the emergence of a Big Brother society, privacy activism shared features in common with some of the hard-line environmental campaigns of the 1990s.
Word: big brother Part of Speech: noun 1. A sibling's older brother. Labels: childish, often Example: If you don't give me back my toys I'll tell my big brother! 2. Something that is bigger in comparison. Labels: figuratively Example: While the little MTU Vee-12s in the Class 800 bi-mode generating units have lower overall emissions than their big brothers in the Class 43 IC125 power cars, in the case of CO₂, when you burn a litre of diesel fuel you get 2.8kg of CO₂. [a possible error in the original text] 3. early mobile phones (in China) Labels: figuratively Example: Due to the size of Big Brother and the fact that people who used it were mostly big brothers in the business world, this thing quickly became a status symbol. 4. Alternative form of Big Brother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: big sister Part of Speech: noun 1. A sibling's older sister. Labels: childish, often
Word: little brother Part of Speech: noun 1. A younger brother. Labels: informal
Word: little sister Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of younger sister. Labels: informal Example: Hey little sister, what have you done? / Hey little sister, who’s the only one? / Hey little sister, who’s your superman? / Hey little sister, who’s the one you want? / Hey little sister, shotgun!
Word: Brer Rabbit Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/ 1. The hero of the Uncle Remus stories. Example: who believe that Microsoft actually wants to be broken up (the Brer Rabbit solution), 2. Any specific rabbit; used to personify a rabbit in a story Example: BRER RABBIT came pacing down the road, lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity, just as sassy as a jaybird. And then he saw Chester the dog, who might just as well have been Brer Fox. 3. Any trickster, or unusually quick and clever, figure. Example: Mr. Smith, the Brer Rabbit of House of Commons Leaders, "lay low and said nuffin." Example: He was the "Br'er Rabbit" of politics — he lay low so that the hunters of the other side could not see him to point their guns at him.
Word: Cinderella Part of Speech: name Etymology: From cinder + Italian -ella, as in little cinder girl. Compare French Cendrillon. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪndəˈɹɛlə/ 1. A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. 2. The main character in this story, a mistreated and impoverished girl. Example: The girls look like Southern belles or Cinderellas. The prom’s theme is Cinderellian: “Until Midnight.” Little, clear slippers sit on the 30 cloth- and candle-covered tables on the tarp-covered gymnasium floor. Example: Womanly duties, as Joan thought of them, were fine for girls who imagined themselves as Cinderellas or Sleeping Beauties, good girls rewarded for menial housework and, in the case of Sleeping Beauty, a passivity so profound it was deaf, dumb, blind, and comatose. 3. A female given name originating as a coinage. Labels: rare
Word: Cinderella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cinder + Italian -ella, as in little cinder girl. Compare French Cendrillon. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪndəˈɹɛlə/ 1. A mistreated and impoverished girl. Labels: figuratively 2. Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team. Labels: attributive 3. Something neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service. Labels: attributive Example: Cinderella State Example: The Cinderella of the present trio is the Freshwater, which is laid up in the winter months, when one or other of her ugly sisters is sufficient to cope with the service. 4. A procedure or surgery to reshape the feet. Labels: attributive, colloquial, informal Example: For Dr. Sadrieh (who was wearing made-to-order Gucci brogues), foot surgery is a fusion of medicine and fairy tale. At his practice, you don’t have a bunionectomy; you have a Cinderella procedure. Example: By the mid-1930s prominent members of society, including the aristocracy, were paying hefty fees for this Cinderella surgery, correcting double chins, reshaping noses and smoothing wrinkles and creases, even having stomach tucks. 5. A stamp or stamp-like label issued for purposes other than postal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues. 6. A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces. Labels: derogatory, rare
Word: rematch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English match English rematch From re- + match. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.mætʃ/ 1. A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest. Example: After being beaten in pool by Melanie, John asked for a rematch. 2. A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship. Example: The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for the rematch. Example: It was Affleck who canceled their 2003 wedding four days before the event, citing the attendant media circus, but when they canceled the rematch, a planned wedding at his Georgia estate, it was by mutual consent.
Word: rematch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English match English rematch From re- + match. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈmætʃ/ 1. To bring opponents together for such a contest. 2. To stage such a contest. 3. To match again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.
Word: aitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca. The source is unclear, but may descend from the vowelless alphabetic sequence ha ka 'H, K' (becoming [aka] when the [h] ceased to be pronounced), as K had low frequency in Late Latin. Doublet of ecchi. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter H/h. Example: The word hour is written with a silent aitch. Example: Cockneys drop their aitches.
Word: sportsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English sportsman From sports + -man. 1. A man who engages in sports; an athlete. Labels: UK Example: On the contrary, the difference between the worse male and female sportsmen was 54 ms. Among the male sportsmen [...]. Among the female sportsmen [...] Example: In both cases the female sportsmen were Nordic skiers. 2. A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing. Labels: dated Example: At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock. 3. A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).
Word: Yugoslavian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Yugoslavia + -an. 1. Of or relating to Yugoslavia. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Yugoslavian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yugoslavia + -an. 1. A native of Yugoslavia. Labels: historical
Word: physiogony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physio- + -gony. 1. The production or generation of nature. Labels: uncountable
Word: lank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain). Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋk/, [ˈlæŋk], /ˈleɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈleɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈlɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈlɛ̃ŋk] 1. To become lank. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: […] on the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look on: and all this— It wounds thine honour that I speak it now— Was borne so like a soldier, that thy cheek So much as lank’d not.
Word: lank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain). Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋk/, [ˈlæŋk], /ˈleɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈleɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈlɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈlɛ̃ŋk] 1. A clump of lank hair. Example: Then he sat down on the edge of the bed and, his auburn hair coming down in glossy lanks over his right temple, his striped tie dangling out of the front of his gray jacket, his bulky gray-flanneled knees parted, zestfully opened the book.
Word: oblique Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”). Pronunciation: /əˈbliːk/, /oʊˈbliːk/, /ɑbˈlaɪk/, /ɒbˈlaɪk/ 1. Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. Example: Italic fonts are sometimes described as oblique in typographic terminology. Example: when it has a Direction oblique to that of the former Motion, it is either added to, or subtracted from the former Motion 2. Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing. Example: The email from HR obliquely informed her that some complaints about her had been received. Example: This mode of oblique research, where a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. 3. Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt. Example: For the love we bear our friends, / Tho nere so strongly grounded, / Hath in it certain oblique ends / If to the bottome sounded Example: Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye / That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy 4. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. Example: His natural affection in a direct line was strong; in an oblique, but weak; for no man ever loved Children more, or a Brother less. 5. Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other. Example: Leaves long, lanceolate, tapering upward from the middle to an acute point, […] secondaries very oblique, distinct, alternate, parallel, curved in transversing the blade 6. Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal. Example: Oblique and sinker roots will normally be under a greater compression stress than lateral roots. 7. Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative). 8. Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc. Example: They found out obliquely that she had heard from HR about the comments and was taking some time to absorb the sting of an implied reprimand. 9. Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends. Example: In passing from the minor third to unison, the motion ought to be oblique, but from the major third to unison the motion ought to be similar
Word: oblique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”). Pronunciation: /əˈbliːk/, /oʊˈbliːk/, /ɑbˈlaɪk/, /ɒbˈlaɪk/ 1. An oblique line. 2. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. Example: Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique. Example: Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines. 3. The oblique case. 4. The musculus obliquus externus abdominis or also obliquus internus abdominis.
Word: oblique Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”). Pronunciation: /əˈbliːk/, /oʊˈbliːk/, /ɑbˈlaɪk/, /ɒbˈlaɪk/ 1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew. Labels: intransitive Example: he sat upon the edge of his chair […] and achieved a communication with his plate by projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine 2. To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left. 3. To slant (text, etc.) at an angle. Labels: transitive
Word: schools Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skuːlz/, /skulz/ 1. plural of school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schools Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skuːlz/, /skulz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of school Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acca Part of Speech: noun 1. An accumulator bet. Labels: slang
Word: acca Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic. Labels: Australia, slang Example: […] a faintly anglophiliac university atmosphere: the polarities threaten to split the character apart. The tensions would have been particularly interesting if the accas hadn't been so corrupt. Example: […] academics (or accas as the Aussies call them) […]
Word: great-great-grandmother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English great- Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *grautaz Proto-West Germanic *graut Old English grēat Middle English grete English great English grandmother English great-great-grandmother From great- + great + grandmother. 1. The mother of someone’s great-grandparent.
Word: great-great-grandfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English great- Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *grautaz Proto-West Germanic *graut Old English grēat Middle English grete English great English grandfather English great-great-grandfather From great- + great + grandfather. 1. The father of someone's great-grandparent.
Word: thunderstorm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + storm. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/, /ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːm/ 1. A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow. Example: I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.
Word: roast beef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roast + beef. Doublet of rosbif, a reborrowing. 1. Beef cooked by roasting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A cut of beef that has been roasted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I tell the waiter, 'We'll have two roast beefs, one well-done, the other medium rare.' Example: But the cars & trucks held cartons of roast chickens, slabs of cheeses, loaves of bread, racks of hotdogs, case upon case of soft drinks, cases of bottled sparkling water, pies, cakes, roast beefs & baked hams. 3. A cut of beef intended for roasting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two or three times a week I had to deliver fifteen- or twenty-pound roast beefs to delis around the Bronx so that they could cook them and slice them up for sandwiches. Example: We had a freezer up until maybe two years ago. We used to pack a lot of roast beefs. 4. A portion of roasted beef. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Because there, in the middle of the table, among the roast beefs on rolls,[…]
Word: cable television Part of Speech: noun 1. Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception. Labels: uncountable
Word: too bad Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Shortening of "That is too bad" or "It is too bad that..." 1. That's a pity. Labels: idiomatic Example: You can't come to the party? Too bad. Example: Foxtrot B I L LA MENDE IT'S TOO BAD " PAIGE " DOESN'T RHYME WITH " GODZILLA . ' There once was a girl named Paige ... who was frequently filled with rage ....One day she decided to be more peaceful and quiet ...Now no one ever says, Paige, act your age... 2. It is sad that. Labels: idiomatic Example: Too bad you can't come to the party. 3. A mocking expression of uncaring or schadenfreude as an answer to someone when upset. Labels: idiomatic, sarcastic
Word: goodly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk Old English gōdlīċ Middle English goodlich English goodly From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdli/ 1. Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable. Labels: dated Example: Her goodly thighs, whoſe glory did appear, / Like a triumphal Arch,[…] Example: The diuell can cite Scripture for his purpoſe, / An euill ſoule producing holy witneſſe, / Is like a villaine with a ſmiling cheeke, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O what a goodly outſide falſehood hath. 2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough. Example: a goodly sum of money Example: walking at a goodly pace
Word: goodly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English goodly, goodliche, gōdliche, from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from the adjective; equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Middle High German guotlīche, güetlīche. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdli/ 1. In a goodly way; courteously, graciously. Labels: obsolete Example: Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone Example: Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall […] 2. Well; excellently. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: For love of vertue and of martial praise; To which though nobly ye inclined are, (As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies) Example: I know doin' marriage is tough and hard to pull off for a long time, but from what I has been led to believe, you two was doin' it quite goodly. As goodly as a huntin' shootin' fishin' filmin' drinkin' Englishy can do with a gyratin' pumpin' singin' lookin' wearinv Yankee-doodle icon. It was seemin' to be good together.
Word: James Bond Part of Speech: name Etymology: The fictional character was named after ornithologist James Bond (Ian Fleming was an avid birdwatcher). 1. A fictional British spy in the novels of Ian Fleming and the motion pictures based on these novels, famous for his suavity, ingenuity, ruthlessness and supply of gadgets. Example: He understood the threat. But the capability of the C.I.A.’s Directorate of Operations was far less than advertised. The Directorate of Operations would like people to think it’s a great James Bond operation, but for years it essentially assigned officers undercover as diplomats to attend cocktail parties.
Word: James Bond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The fictional character was named after ornithologist James Bond (Ian Fleming was an avid birdwatcher). 1. A secret agent of similar ability to the fictional James Bond.
Word: Romeo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/ 1. A male given name from the Romance languages. 2. One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Romeo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/ 1. A boyfriend. Labels: colloquial Example: Have you met her latest Romeo yet? 2. A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic. Example: Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance. Example: So you think you're a Romeo / You're playing a part in a picture-show / Well, take the long way home 3. A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women. 4. A womanizer. Labels: derogatory
Word: Juliet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːlɪɛt/, /ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt/, /ˈd͡ʒuliət/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: "All I ask," she says, fitting the cigarette into a holder, "is that you don't call me Juli-et. I cannot abide Juli-et. It maddens me!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here, we say Joolyut. Joolyut. Joolyut. Say it for me." 2. One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Example: For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. 3. A woman who is or is with a great lover. 4. By analogy with the Shakespeare character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own. 5. The sixth moon of the planet Uranus.
Word: Count Dracula Part of Speech: name 1. The fictional vampire in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Word: Dracula Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹækjʊlə/, /ˈdɹækjələ/ 1. The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. 2. A former prince of Wallachia.
Word: Dracula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹækjʊlə/, /ˈdɹækjələ/ 1. Any vampire. Labels: nonstandard Example: But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something.