nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: avast Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably borrowed from Dutch hou vast, houd vast (“hold fast!”), from houd (imperative of houden, “to hold”) + vast (“fast, firm, tight”). Doublet of hold fast. Pronunciation: /əˈvɑːst/, /-ˈvæst/, /əˈvæst/ 1. Hold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist! Example: Then pull avvay, hoa up, hoa up, hoa up, ſo avaſt there, Sir. Example: Avaſt, brother, avaſt! ſheer off—Yo ho! you turnkey, vvhy don't you keep a better look out? here's one of your crazy priſoners broke from his laſhings, I do ſuppoſe. 2. Listen! Pay attention! Labels: informal Example: Avast, ye landlubbers! Example: [“Pirate Talk: How to Make It Work for You”, page 35] Avast—"Stop and give attention." It can be used in a sense of surprise: "Whoa! Get a load of that!" when a beautiful woman walks into the room. "Avast! Check out the bowsprit on that fine beauty!" you might say. […] [“Cap’n Slappy’s Practical Parrot Pointers”, page 166] Arrrr! Avast, Cap'n Slappy. Does ye know where the treasure of the Sierra Madre be buried? If ye don't tell me its whereabouts, I'll have to swing ye from the yardarm, matey.
Word: avaunce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French avancer (“to move forward”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɔːns/, /əˈvɑːns/ 1. To advance; to profit. Labels: obsolete Example: And so besechyng you, to take on you the defense of this booke, to auaunce the good that may come of it by your allowance and furtherance to publike vse and benefite...
Word: avaunt Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɔːnt/ 1. Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence. Labels: archaic Example: Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […] Example: Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion
Word: avaunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɔːnt/ 1. A vaunt; a boast. Labels: obsolete
Word: avaunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɔːnt/ 1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. Labels: obsolete Example: But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt 2. To depart; to move away. Labels: obsolete Example: That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion. 3. To vaunt; to boast. Labels: archaic
Word: ave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ave. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːveɪ/, /ˈæveɪ/, /ˈeɪvi/ 1. An Ave Maria. Example: Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying And kneel and say an ave there for me. 2. A reverential salutation.
Word: ave Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Latin ave. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːveɪ/, /ˈæveɪ/, /ˈeɪvi/ 1. A reverential salutation.
Word: ave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. Pronunciation: /æv/ 1. Abbreviation of avenue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Eleven blocks up the ave from his parents but a different city. 2. Abbreviation of average. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: avel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti Proto-Italic *welnō Latin vellō Latin āvellōbor. English avel Borrowed from Latin āvellō. Pronunciation: /əˈvɛl/ 1. To pull away. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: avel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew אבל (avel). 1. A mourner. Labels: Judaism
Word: avellane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian avellana (“filbert”), from Latin Avella or Abella, a city of Campania. 1. In the form of four unhusked filberts. Labels: not-comparable Example: an avellane cross
Word: avellane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian avellana (“filbert”), from Latin Avella or Abella, a city of Campania. 1. An unhusked hazel filbert. Example: Cross double fruitagée, or a mascle with four fruitages, or avellanes, joined to the points thereof in cross. See Pl. 5, fig. 19.
Word: Ave Maria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Ave Maria, Ave Marie, Ave Mary(e), from Latin Avē Marīa. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːveɪ̯ məˈɹiːə/ 1. Hail Mary (Catholic prayer, part of the rosary)
Word: avenaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin avena + -aceous 1. Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
Word: avenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French avenage, from avene, from Latin avena (“oats”). 1. A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: avener Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: avenge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vim Latin dīcere Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vindicāre Old French vengier Old French avengierbor. Middle English avengen English avenge Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier. Pronunciation: /əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ 1. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. Labels: transitive Example: to avenge the murder of his brother Example: Avenge O Lord thy ſlaughter'd Saints, whoſe bones / Lie ſcatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold, 2. To revenge oneself (on or upon someone). Labels: reflexive 3. To take vengeance. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Thou shalt not auenge nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord. 4. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: thy judgment in avenging thine enemies
Word: avenge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vim Latin dīcere Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vindicāre Old French vengier Old French avengierbor. Middle English avengen English avenge Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier. Pronunciation: /əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ 1. An act of vengeance; a revenge. Labels: archaic
Word: avengeance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English avenge Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English avengeance From avenge + -ance. 1. vengeance. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: avengeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From avenge + -ful? 1. vengeful Labels: obsolete
Word: avengement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English avenge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English avengement From avenge + -ment. 1. The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Nought may thee save from heavens avengement. Example: God's avengement of his repulse at Hull
Word: avenger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avengere; equivalent to avenge + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/ 1. One who avenges or vindicates. Example: an avenger of blood 2. One who takes vengeance.
Word: avengeress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From avenger + -ess. Compare Middle English vengeresses pl, vengerisse pl, vengerousses pl, veniouresse, veynjowresse, from Anglo-Norman vengeresse, vengerresse. 1. A female avenger. Labels: rare Example: That cruell Queene avengeresse Example: Here you see the torch of Althaea, the avengeress; she was a good sister, but a bad mother.
Word: avenious Part of Speech: adj 1. Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: avens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avence, from Anglo-Norman avance, Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia (“a kind of clover”). Pronunciation: /ˈævɪnz/ 1. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. 2. A plant of the genus Dryas.
Word: aventail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail (“air-hole”), from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex (“out”) + ventus (“wind”). Related to ventail. Pronunciation: /ˈævənteɪl/ 1. A curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders. Example: […] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense […] 2. Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).
Word: Aventine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Aventinus. Pronunciation: /ˈævəntaɪn/ 1. Pertaining to the Aventine Hill, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Aventine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Aventinus. Pronunciation: /ˈævəntaɪn/ 1. A post of security or defense. Labels: poetic
Word: Aventine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Aventinus. Pronunciation: /ˈævəntaɪn/ 1. Clipping of Aventine Hill. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: aventre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French venter (“to cast to the wind”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɛntɚ/ 1. To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: She mightily aventred towards one , And downe him smot ere well aware he weare
Word: aventure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See adventure. 1. accident; chance; adventure Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: aventure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See adventure. 1. Obsolete form of adventure. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: aventurine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French aventurine, from Italian avventurino, from avventurare (“to venture; to make lucky or prosperous”), from avventura (“chance; adventure, venture”) + -are (suffix forming the infinitive of most regular verbs), apparently so named because it was discovered by accident in Murano, Italy, when brass or copper filings were dropped into melted glass (see, however, the 1843 quotation). Pronunciation: /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/, /əˈvɛn.tjʊə.ɹɪn/, /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃəˌɹin/ 1. A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [pages 244–245] Aventurine is a brown glass flux, containing very small glittering particles, which give it a peculiarly glittering appearance. It was formerly manufactured into objects of art and ornament at Murano near Venice. [...] The statements which are found respecting it in technological works, according to which it is obtained by fusing down with glass minute particles of gold, copper, brass, mica, or talc, are not correct, as the microscopic examination of aventurine plainly shows. [page 246] There can be no doubt therefore that the crystals in the aventurine consist of metallic copper, which were separated in a crystalline state from the fused glass containing oxide of copper by the addition of some reducing substance. Example: With 40 grms. of the bichromate, the fusion is decidedly more difficult, and the glass is filled with extremely brilliant crystals. Those persons who saw specimens of this glass, at once compared it to Venetian aventurine, and called it chrome aventurine, which name I propose to retain. [...] Chrome aventurine sparkles in the sun and in strongly lighted places; in this respect it is surpassed by diamond alone. It is harder than common glass, which it scratches and cuts easily, and is especially harder than the Venetian aventurine; hence its greater value. 2. A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: The Sandaresus, an Arabian stone, classed by Pliny [the Elder] among the Carbunculi, seems to have been our Aventurine, for he describes it as full of golden stars shining through a transparent substance, not from the surface, but from within the body of the stone. The true Aventurine, or Goldie-stone, is a brownish semi-transparent quartz, full of specks of yellow mica. Example: Aventurine is a variety of grainy quartz,—not quarts of rye whiskey, which there is too much of a venture in,—but quartz of silica, gold-spangled throughout with flakes of yellow mica. [...] There are two kinds of natural aventurine; the one with its spangles of yellow mica is well known as Muscovite talc. It was found on the shores of the White Sea in old times, and is now met with often in the mines of Silesia, in Bohemia, in France, and in Siberia. The other variety, more highly esteemed, is found in Spain and in Scotland. [...] Dealers have given the name of aventurine to a species of feldspar having the same external characteristics, and sold for the genuine, though a much softer stone. Such dealers are not honest.
Word: aver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Early Medieval Latin advērō, a verb derived from Latin vērus (“true”). Compare Modern French avérer. Pronunciation: /əˈvɜː/, /əˈvɝ/ 1. To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner. Labels: ambitransitive Example: A rare thing to ſee a yong man or woman, that liues idlely, and fares well, of what condition ſoeuer, not to bee in loue. Vbicumqꝫ ſecuritas, ibi libido dominatur, luſt & ſecurity domineere together, as Sᵗ Hierome auerreth. Example: Now as to the Scriptures being the Word of God, and evidently known to be ſo, or evidencing themſelves to be ſo, and that of right, and properly they are to be ſo called; all which thou J. O. very abſolutely averreſt, […] 2. To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made). Labels: ambitransitive 3. To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] I return'd with ſimular proofe enough, / To make the Noble Leonatus mad, / By wounding his beleefe in her Renowne, / With tokens thus, and thus: auerring notes / Of Chamber-hanging, Pictures, this her Bracelet / (Oh cunning how I got) nay ſome markes / Of ſecret on her perſon, that he could not / But thinke her bond of Chaſtity quite crack'd, / I hauing tane the forfeyt. Example: Upon a time the Body summon'd all the Members to meet in the Guild for the common good (as Aesops Chronicles averre many stranger Accidents) the head by right takes the first seat, and next to it a huge and monstrous Wen little lesse than the Head it selfe, growing to it by a narrower excrescency.
Word: aver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either: * from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin habēre (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, *ǵʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”); or * from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪvə/, /ˈeɪvɚ/ 1. A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal 2. An old, useless horse; a nag. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, dialectal Example: […] Gilbert has but two half-starved cowardly peasants to follow him, and but an auld jaded aver to ride upon, fitter for the plough than for manly service; […]
Word: avercorn Part of Speech: noun 1. A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. Labels: uncountable
Word: averment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer). 1. The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And for some of these averments, he added, substantiating proof was not far. 2. verification; establishment by evidence. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Avernian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.
Word: Avernian Part of Speech: name 1. A European land mammal age from 29.2 to 23.03 million years ago, a subdivision of the Oligocene.
Word: averpenny Part of Speech: noun 1. Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Averroism Part of Speech: noun 1. The tenets of the Averroists, having to do with the doctrine of monopsychism. Example: The first concerns the problem that Latin Averroism presented to Western philosophy in connection with its doctrine that there is only one mind for all human beings—a doctrine that has come to be called monopsychism.
Word: Averroist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Averroes, one name of a celebrated Arabian philosopher who held the doctrine of monopsychism, + -ist. 1. Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the Renaissance.
Word: averruncate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin āverruncāre (“to avert”), from āb (“off”) + verruncāre (“to turn”), but interpreted as being āb + ēruncāre (“to weed out”), and spelled accordingly. Pronunciation: /ævəˈɹʌŋkeɪt/ 1. To avert; to ward off. Labels: rare, transitive 2. To root up. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Unless by providential wit, / Or force, we averruncate it.
Word: averruncation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English averruncate 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 -ion English averruncation From averruncate + -ion. 1. (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil). Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable Example: Quest[ion]. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull ? Answ[er]. [etc.] Example: BY Theurgick or Telestick Rites they conceived that they could procure a communication with the good Dæmons, and expulsion or averruncation of the bad. 2. Eradication, uprooting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aversation Part of Speech: noun 1. A turning from with dislike; aversion. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: averse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind. Example: The board is not averse to further talks. Example: “I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, […] is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.” 2. Turned away or backward. Example: The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave. 3. Lying on the opposite side (to or from). Labels: obsolete 4. Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.
Word: averse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. To turn away. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: […] and, in this panegyrick of the Teutonick blood, I have so prolixly insisted, not only to vindicate our own, as being a stream of the same, and to evince the nobility thereof, but withal to convince the folly of those wretches among us, who aversing ours do so much adhere unto, and dote upon descents from France and Normandy. Example: The inconveniences aversing from clandestine marriages are pointedly depicted in the last two lines, teaching lessons of morality to all romantic babies.
Word: aversely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English averse Middle English -ly English -ly English aversely From averse + -ly. 1. Backward; in a backward direction Example: emitted aversely 2. With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
Word: averseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English averse Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English averseness From averse + -ness. 1. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Oh the stubburnnesse of iniquitie, and mans auersenesse from his maker. Example: […] the Fondness or Averseness of the Child to some Servants […] will at any time let one know, whether their Love to the Baby is uniform and the same, when one is absent, as present.
Word: aversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio. Pronunciation: /əˈvɜːʒən/, /əˈvɜːʃən/, /əˈvɝʒən/ 1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip. Example: Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear. 2. An object of dislike or repugnance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine. 3. The act of turning away from an object. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: avert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /əˈvɝt/, /əˈvɜːt/ 1. To turn aside or away. Labels: transitive Example: I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password. Example: When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. 2. To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. Labels: transitive Example: How can the danger be averted? Example: Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. 3. To turn away. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.
Word: averted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈvɝtɪd/, /əˈvɜːtɪd/ 1. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling. Example: It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…] 2. Turned or directed away (from something). Labels: also Example: [...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]
Word: averted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈvɝtɪd/, /əˈvɜːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of avert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: averter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From avert + -er. 1. One who, or that which, averts. Example: averters of evil
Word: avertible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English avert Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English avertible From avert + -ible. 1. Capable of being averted; preventable.
Word: avertiment Part of Speech: noun 1. advertisement (public notice). Labels: obsolete Example: And by whom this law was abrogated, or how long after, I do not find ; but that those other causes remained in force as long as the Greek empire subsisted, and were assented to by that church, is to be read in the canons and edicts compared by Photius the patriarch, with the avertiments of Balsamon and Matthaeus Monachus thereon.
Word: Avesta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Iranian Persian اوستا (avestâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /⁠abestāg⁠/), of uncertain meaning. Pronunciation: /əˈvɛstə/ 1. The primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
Word: Avesta Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Iranian Persian اوستا (avestâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp(y)stʾk' /⁠abestāg⁠/), of uncertain meaning. Pronunciation: /əˈvɛstə/ 1. Avestan language. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: Avesta Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Dalarna county, Sweden.
Word: avian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪvi.ən/ 1. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures. Labels: not-comparable
Word: avian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪvi.ən/ 1. A bird. 2. A bird-like or flying creature. 3. Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics. Labels: slang
Word: aviary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aviārium, from avis (“bird”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪvɪəɹi/, /ˈeɪviˌɛəɹi/ 1. A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
Word: aviation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French aviation, derived from Latin avis (“bird”). By surface analysis, avi- + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˌav.iː-/, /ˌæv.iː-/, /ˌeɪ̯.viˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˌæv.i-/ 1. The art or science of making and flying aircraft. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The history of aviation is full of daring pioneers. Example: He works in the aviation industry as a pilot. 3. Industry that produces aircraft. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Aircraft. Labels: collective, uncountable, usually 5. A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: aviator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French aviateur. 1. An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot. Example: Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh. Example: Two missing US Navy aviators have been declared dead, several days after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington, during a training flight, the Navy said Sunday. 2. An experimenter in aviation. Labels: obsolete 3. A flying machine. Labels: obsolete
Word: avicular Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aviculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avisbor. English avi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English aviculture From avi- + culture. 1. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry) Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: birdkeeping
Word: avidious Part of Speech: adj 1. avid; eager; greedy. Labels: obsolete
Word: avidiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English avidious Middle English -ly English -ly English avidiously From avidious + -ly. 1. eagerly; greedily. Labels: obsolete
Word: avidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity. Pronunciation: /əˈvɪdɪti/ 1. Greediness; strong appetite. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: to eat with avidity Example: Still, there was an inquiry after me, the 'who was she?' that never can, that never must be answered; and it was pursued with only the more avidity, because my accomplishments proved that I had been expensively educated, and nature had stamped me with her own kindly distinctions. 3. The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: avie Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From French à l'envie. 1. emulously Labels: obsolete
Word: avifauna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”). 1. The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Avignon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Avignon, Occitan Avinhon. Pronunciation: /ˈævɪnjɒn/ 1. A city, the capital of Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Word: Avignon berry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Avignon in France. 1. The fruit of rock buckthorn, or Avignon buckthorn, of the species Rhamnus saxatilis, Rhamnus infectorius, and others of the same genus, used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow.
Word: avile Part of Speech: verb 1. To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Want makes us know the price of what we avile.
Word: avise Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of advise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched bee, Auise thee well, and chaunge thy wilfull mood, Example: Be auis’d sir, and passe good humours:
Word: aviseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From avise + -ful. 1. Obsolete form of adviceful. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: avisement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of advisement. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: avision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avisioun, from Old French avision. 1. A vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature. Labels: obsolete Example: When the Emperour with great humilitie had thus earnestly prayed, the same night after, by the great mercy of God, an auision was shewed vnto hym to his comforte. Wherin it séemed, that [302] béeing solemnly cited to appere, he heard a voyce from heauen, as it were of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst, saying: Bring me hither Mauricius. Example: Obelisci or Pyramids[…]The First of them was instituted by Mitres[…]being commanded by avision to make it[…]
Word: aviso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish aviso (“advice”). Doublet of advice. 1. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence. Example: I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets. 2. A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat. 3. A mid-sized colonial warship.
Word: avocat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French avocat (lawyer). 1. An advocate; a lawyer.
Word: avocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin avoco, avocatus. Doublet of avoke. 1. To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal. Labels: obsolete Example: Stage-playes and dancing avocate and with-hold men from Gods worſhip Example: for what is a scholar, but one who retireth his person, and avocateth his mind from other occupations and worldly entertainment
Word: avocative Part of Speech: adj 1. Calling off. Labels: obsolete
Word: avocative Part of Speech: noun 1. That which calls aside; a dissuasive. Labels: obsolete
Word: avoset Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of avocet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: avoidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English avoid Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English avoidable From avoid + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. 2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped. Example: The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable. Example: Beyond the avoidable deaths that are already visible, something ominous is happening below the surface in crisis zones.
Word: avoidable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English avoid Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English avoidable From avoid + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/ 1. Something that can or should be avoided. Example: Though Mrs Golson re-appeared regularly at the Twyborns', she was on my list of avoidables from the night of the corked moustache until she sprang upon us yesterday.
Word: avoidance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance. Pronunciation: /əˈvɔɪdəns/ 1. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. Labels: uncountable, usually 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. 2. The act of annulling; annulment. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 3. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 4. The act of dismissing a person. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 5. The act of quitting a position or benefice. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 6. The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: In the Upper Gallery too I wish that there may be, if the Place will yield it, some Fountains running in divers Places from the Wall, with some fine Avoidances.
Word: avoider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From avoid + -er. 1. One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. 2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
Word: avoidless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English avoid Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English avoidless From avoid + -less. 1. Unavoidable; inevitable. Labels: rare
Word: avoirdupois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avoir de pois, aver de peis, haburdy poyse, haburdepays, haburdepeyse, from Old French aveir + de + peis (“asset of weight”), influenced by Middle French avoir + du + pois; compare French poids (“weight”). Pronunciation: /ˌævədəˈpɔɪz/, /ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː/, /ˌævɚdəˈpɔɪz/ 1. The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 2. The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 3. Weight; heaviness. Labels: humorous, uncountable, usually Example: It seems humanly reasonable that the three of us can woman-handle a mere man of your elderly and insulting avoirdupois. Example: The detective sergeant, who was called Munro, more than made up for Cullen's advance in the avoirdupois department. Lean to the point of emaciation, Munro was also a paragon of contemporary fashion. He was clad in a hideous brown suit […] 4. Merchandise. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: From that mountain go men to the city of Thauriso that was wont to be clept Taxis, that is a full fair city and a great, and one of the best that is in the world for merchandise; thither come all merchants for to buy avoirdupois, and it is in the land of the Emperor of Persia.
Word: COIN Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of counterinsurgency. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: isiZulu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ́- Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀- Zulu ísi- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu isíZulubor. English isiZulu Borrowed from Zulu isíZulu. 1. Synonym of Zulu (“Zulu language”)
Word: adj. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of adjective. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: adj. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of adjustment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, no-plural 2. Abbreviation of adjunct. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, no-plural
Word: adj. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of adjacent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of adjusted. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: adv. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of adverb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: c. Part of Speech: prep Etymology: In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”). 1. Abbreviation of circa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.
Word: c. Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”). 1. Abbreviation of chapter or chapters. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)… 2. Abbreviation of city. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of cancer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal 4. Abbreviation of cent or cents. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of century. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: 17th c. 6. Abbreviation of cell phone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 7. Abbreviation of copyright. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Published: 1913, c.1909
Word: æ Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /iː/, /ɛ/ 1. The letter ash, a ligature of vowels a and e. Labels: dated, letter, lowercase
Word: ciel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ceil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heavens Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvənz/, [ˈhɛvn̩z] 1. The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars. Labels: often, plural, plural-only Example: For what obſcured light the heauens did grant,[…] Example: […]the Heauens, which are carryed in 24 houres from Eaſt to Weſt,[…] 2. plural of heaven: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed. Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only Example: Like the Buddhas, they [the Jains] believe that there is a plurality of heavens and hells; Example: Christ's coming from the heavens has entered into the life of humanity as the Founder of the world to come. 3. plural of heaven: the near sky of the weather, etc. Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only, rare 4. plural of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence. Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only, rare Example: […]after that thou ſhalt haue knowen that the heauens doe rule.
Word: heavens Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvənz/, [ˈhɛvn̩z] 1. An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. Example: “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
Word: heavens Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvənz/, [ˈhɛvn̩z] 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heaven Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feu, from Middle French fé (“fief”), fié, fief, fieu, from Latin feodum. Pronunciation: /fjuː/ 1. Land held in feudal tenure. Labels: historical
Word: feu Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English feu, from Middle French fé (“fief”), fié, fief, fieu, from Latin feodum. Pronunciation: /fjuː/ 1. To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure. Labels: transitive Example: 1813, "Keith", Entry in Nicholas Carlisle, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Volume II, unnumbered page, The Village of OLD KEITH is of ancient date, having been partly feued by the predecessors of the Family of Forbes, and partly feued by the Ministers, and stands upon the glebe: this Village is greatly on the decline, and almost a ruin.—About the year 1750, the late Lord FINDLATER divided a barren Muir, and feued it out in small lots […] . Example: 1841, Alexander Dunlop, J. M. Bell, John Murray, James Donaldson (reporters), Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Volume 3, 2nd Series, page 620, The prohibition of feuing beyond a certain extent was clearly implied; […] .
Word: lieu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Italic *stlokos? Old Latin stlocus Latin locus Old French leu Middle French lieubor. English lieu Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of. Pronunciation: /ljuː/, /luː/ 1. A place or stead. Labels: uncountable
Word: benzine Part of Speech: noun 1. benzene Labels: uncountable, usually 2. any flammable petroleum distillate used as a solvent or fuel Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: benzin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of benzine. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: Pushtu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Pashto. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hetty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From het + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛti/ 1. A heterosexual. Labels: slang
Word: hetty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From het + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛti/ 1. Heterosexual. Labels: slang
Word: hurl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle. Pronunciation: /hɜːl/, /hɝl/, /høːl/, /hʌɾl/, /heːl/ 1. To throw (something) with force. Labels: transitive Example: Thou shalt have Preists immers’t in lust and gluttony And bishops three times married, thy cathedrals The Seats where Prayer and hospitality Should dwel, shall be the taverns Where Drunken bowles incessantly goe round In leud debauch and midnight dice are hurld, The beds wherein the wearied Pilgrim us’d To ease his crippled Limbs, he now shall find Possess’t with Women, nurses, she attandants, And a Dishonest brood of ugly children. Example: I was standing on the edge of the conning-tower, when a heavy palm suddenly struck me between the shoulders and hurled me forward into space. The drop to the triangular deck forward of the conning-tower might easily have broken a leg for me, or I might have slipped off onto the deck and rolled overboard; but fate was upon my side, as I was only slightly bruised. 2. To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target. Labels: transitive Example: The gangs hurled abuse at each other. Example: Tarzan on his part never lost an opportunity to show that he fully reciprocated his foster father's sentiments, and whenever he could safely annoy him or make faces at him or hurl insults upon him from the safety of his mother's arms, or the slender branches of the higher trees, he did so. 3. To participate in the sport of hurling. Labels: intransitive Example: Their cause was helped after the senior footballers were unexpectedly dumped out of the running for the Sam Maguire, meaning Aidan Walsh is available to hurl full-time with the young Rebels -- Walsh scored 1-1 in the semi-final victory over reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary. 4. To vomit. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I shake and bake the world Rearrange like the chemical Jheri curl, drink til I hurl 5. To twist or turn. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: On Nicias a philosopher having his shoes stolen from him, may they, said he, fit his feet that took them away. A wish at the first view very harmless, but there was that in it which poisoned his charity into a malicious revenge. For he himself had hurled or crooked feet, so that in effect he wished the thief to be lame. 6. To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl. Labels: obsolete 7. To convey in a wheeled vehicle. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, transitive
Word: hurl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hurlen, of onomatopoeic origin; compare hurry, hurtle. Pronunciation: /hɜːl/, /hɝl/, /høːl/, /hʌɾl/, /heːl/ 1. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling. Labels: countable Example: He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres. Example: The Gods, with horror and amaze, look’d down, Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent; Mountain on mountain thrown, With threatening hurl, that shook th’ aethereal [var.: aerial] firmament! 2. The act of vomiting. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Open the window! I've gotta take a hurl. 3. Vomit. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: WAYNE: What I'd really like to do is something extraordinary. Something big. […] But I'll probably end up working at Great America, mopping up hurl and lung butter. 4. The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley. Labels: countable 5. A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc. Labels: Scotland, Ulster, countable, slang Example: Maybe you can give me a hurl in the Bentley one day, when you're in the vicinity. 6. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 7. A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring. Labels: countable, obsolete