nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: determine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn/, /dɪˈtɝmɪn/, /ˌdɛ.təɹˈmɪn/, /dɛˈtəɹ.mɪn/ 1. To set the boundaries or limits of. Example: [God] hath determined the times before appointed. Example: The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. 2. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. 3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle. Example: The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. Example: something divinely beautiful […] that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life 4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to. Example: The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately. 5. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide. Example: The court has determined the cause. 6. To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead. Example: I determined to go home at once. 7. To define or limit by adding a differentia. 8. To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Novv, vvhere is hee, that vvill not ſtay ſo long Till his Friend ſickneſſe hath determin'd me? Example: […] whose assemblies are continued […] for the space of seven moons, after which their authority determines, and writs are issued for new elections.
Word: schism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scisme, from Old French cisme or scisme, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”). Doublet of schisma. Compare chasm. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɪzəm/ (and still is among the clergy); the pronunciations /ˈʃɪzəm/, /ˈskɪzəm/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schedule. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪzəm/, /ˈsɪzəm/, /ˈʃɪzəm/ 1. A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord. Example: A schism broke the organization into two rivals. Example: Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film. 2. A movement or organization that splits off from a larger body. Example: He founded a schism that eventually rivaled the original organization in size. 3. A formal division or split within a religious body. Example: The schism between Sunnis and Shias happened quite early in Islamic history. Example: The ordinations could prove to be the first significant crisis for Pope Leo because they provoke a schism – an intentional rupture of the church’s unity. 4. A split within Christianity whereby a group is no longer in communion with the Church or its ecclesiastical authorities, but shares essentially the same beliefs; in other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.
Word: schism Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scisme, from Old French cisme or scisme, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”). Doublet of schisma. Compare chasm. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɪzəm/ (and still is among the clergy); the pronunciations /ˈʃɪzəm/, /ˈskɪzəm/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schedule. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪzəm/, /ˈsɪzəm/, /ˈʃɪzəm/ 1. To split, divide (a group or organization). Labels: transitive Example: “This is going to schism Maga terribly online,” Kirk said. “You're going to see—I don't want to say a Maga civil war, but it's going to be a Maga online food fight that is going to be very hard to navigate.”
Word: impatient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ 1. Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. Example: She dances when she becomes impatient. Example: The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. 2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something. Example: For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […] 3. Not to be borne; unendurable. Labels: obsolete Example: Dismayed with so defperate deadly wound, And eke impatient of unwonted payne, He lowdly bray'd with beastly yelling sownd 4. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience. Example: impatient speeches or replies Example: What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?
Word: impatiently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impatient Middle English -ly English -ly English impatiently From impatient + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/ 1. In an impatient manner. Example: Stella was waiting impatiently for the delivery to come. Example: He watched his corn impatiently for two days, and, as it did not come up, he thought he would plant it again with beans. He ought to have waited longer.
Word: big toe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From big + toe. 1. The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, toe. Example: Our SoCal fave? Bigfoot toting a surfboard to hang 10 very big toes.
Word: fount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain. Pronunciation: /faʊnt/, /fɒnt/, /fɑnt/ 1. Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: VVhy ſhould the vvorme intrude the maiden bud? / Or hatefull Kuckcovves [cuckoos] hatch in Sparrovvs neſts? / Or Todes infect faire founts vvith venome mud? / […] / But no perfection is ſo abſolute, / That ſome impuritie doth not pollute. Example: [T]his top-proud fellovv, / […] / From ſincere motions, by Intelligence, / And proofes as cleere as Founts in Iuly, vvhen / VVee ſee each graine of grauell; I doe knovv / To be corrupt and treaſonous. 2. A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer. Labels: archaic, broadly Example: A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge, Mass. Manufacturers of Poultry Water Founts. Capacities one quart, two quarts, three quarts, and four quarts. For sale, wholesale and retail. Example: On north side an alley six feet wide whole length of building, partitioned as follows: 1st, Feed troughs and water founts; above these, at proper height, two tiers of nest boxes, one above the other— […] 3. That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source. Labels: figuratively Example: He is a real fount of knowledge! Example: This was the ſad beginning of our woes / that was from hell on wretched mortalls hurld / & from this fount did all thoſe miſchiefes flow / whoſe inundation drowneth all the world.
Word: fount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of font, influenced by fount (etymology 1) being a synonym of font (“natural source of water, spring”). Pronunciation: /fɒnt/, /faʊnt/, /fɑnt/ 1. Archaic spelling of font. Labels: UK, alt-of, archaic Example: Of each Body he provides a Fount ſuitable to ſuch ſorts of VVork as he deſigns to do; But he provides not an equal vvieght^([sic – meaning weight]) of every Fount; Becauſe all theſe Bodies are not in equal uſe: For the Long-Primmer, Pica and Engliſh are the Bodies that are generally moſt uſed; And therefore he provides very large Founts of theſe, viz. of the Long-Primmer in a ſmall Printing-Houſe; Five hundred Pounds vveight Romain and Italica, vvhereof One hundred and fifty Pounds may be Italica. Example: Founts are large or ſmall, according to the demand of the printer. vvho orders them by the hundred vveight, or by ſheets. VVhen a printer orders a fount of five hundred, he means that the fount, conſiſting of letters, points, ſpaces, quadrates, &c. ſhall vveigh 500 ℔. […] [A] fount does not contain an equal number of a and b, or of b and c, &c. the letter-founders have therefore a lift or tariff, or as the French call it, a police, by vvhich they regulate the proportions betvveen the different ſorts of characters that compoſe a fount; […]
Word: fount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of found. 1. Alternative form of found (past tense of find) Labels: Southern, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: eco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- From French éco-, from Latin oeco-, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːkəʊ/, /ˈɛkoʊ/ 1. ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense) Labels: morpheme 2. economy Labels: morpheme
Word: ecto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós)der. English ecto- From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”). Sense 2 ("ghost-related") is a reinterpretation of this prefix in the word ectoplasm (“paranormal substance believed to be involved in the materialization of the dead”), for the etymology of which see there. Pronunciation: /ɛktoʊ-/ 1. Outside. Labels: morpheme 2. Ghost-related. Labels: morpheme Example: ecto-blaster, ectometer Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ecto-.
Word: eigen- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Germanic *aiganą Proto-Germanic *aiganaz Proto-West Germanic *aigan Old High German eigan Middle High German eigen German eigenbor. English eigen- Borrowed from German eigen (“own”). Many of the compounds represent partial translations from German, e.g. eigenvalue from German Eigenwert. Doublet of own. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ.ɡən-/ 1. Forms terms pertaining to or related to eigenvectors, eigenvalues; especially for naming mathematical objects which are not affected by a given linear transformation except for by scalar multiplication. Labels: morpheme
Word: electro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Initially from French électro- and Latin electro-, ultimately from electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”). Equivalent to and later based upon electric, electricity, &c. + -o-. 1. Combining form of electricity. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme 2. Combining form of electric and electrical. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme 3. Combining form of electronic. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: em- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: See en- § Etymology. 1. The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation. Labels: morpheme
Word: en- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English en- (“en-, in-”). Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”) and Frankish *in-, *int-, *anda-; but also from an alteration of in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in”). Both the Latin and the Germanic forms are from Proto-Indo-European *en (“in, into”). Intensive use of Old French en-, an- is due to confluence with Frankish *an- and *in- (intensive prefixes), related to Old English on- and in- (intensive prefixes). More at in-, on-. Pronunciation: /ɛn-/, /ɪn-/, /ən-/ 1. Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective Labels: morpheme Example: embathe, enquire, enlist 2. Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective Labels: morpheme Example: embark, enplane, enthrone 3. Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective Labels: morpheme Example: enclothe, embalm, enseam 4. to become Labels: morpheme Example: enslave, embetter, engloom 5. provide with Labels: morpheme Example: empower 6. an intensifier Labels: morpheme Example: entangle, enwisen, enhance
Word: Macau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from Hokkien. See Portuguese Macau for more info. Pronunciation: /məˈkaʊ/ 1. A city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong. Example: Open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Macau's 35 casinos entertain around 30 million visitors each year, making over 30 billion euros in revenue. These are figures which make the US gambling city of Las Vegas look like a desert village.[…] Macau is the only place in China where gambling is officially permitted. Until the end of 1999, the peninsula was a Portuguese colony. Since it was handed back to China, the city of 600,000 people located at the mouth of the Pearl River has been a largely autonomous Special Administrative Region (SAR). Example: At the height of the Covid wave, some mainland residents ventured across the border to the Chinese territory of Macau to find foreign-made mRNA vaccines. 2. a former Portuguese colony in modern southern China between 1557 and 1999. Labels: historical Example: When you depart from Macau to ye other coaſt, you must put out at the Eaſt chanel, if the wind bee Northweſt, if not, then you cannot paſſe, that way, but you muſt ſayle thorough the ſouthweſt chanel, which is a good way to paſſe out, running from the point of Varella, right unto the land on the other ſide of Macau,[…] Example: SOuthward from the County of Quancheufu, lie many ſmall Iſlands in the Sea ; on one of which, being a little hanging Iſle, or rather a Rock, joyn'd to a great Iſland, lieth the City Makao, otherwiſe call'd Amacao, Machao, and Makau, poſſeſs'd by the Portugueſe, on a Promontory, ſo naturally Fortifi'd, that it is almoſt invincible.
Word: equi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- From Latin aequi-, from aequus. See also equ-. 1. Equal, equally. Labels: morpheme
Word: endo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”). Pronunciation: /ɛn.də(ʊ)/, /ɛn.doʊ/ 1. Alternative form of end-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: ento- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós)der. English ento- Derived from Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós). 1. Synonym of end-. Labels: morpheme
Word: ethno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company, later a people, nation”). Pronunciation: /ɛθnoʊ/ 1. race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings). Labels: morpheme
Word: château Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1730–40. Unadapted borrowing from French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and castle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæ.təʊ/, /ʃæˈtəʊ/, /ʃæˈtoʊ/ 1. A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house. 2. Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle. Example: Luisa has reread Sixsmith’s letters a dozen or so times or more in the last day and a half. They disturb her. A university friend of Sixsmith’s, Robert Frobisher, wrote the series in the summer of 1931 during a prolonged stay at a château in Belgium. 3. An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.
Word: chateau Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of château. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What he had formerly been in France I had not a notion. All I knew was that he was said to possess a chateau.
Word: till Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a contraction of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- (“against; toward; up to”) also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til (“to, till”), Danish til (“to”), Swedish till (“to, till”), Icelandic til (“to, till”). Also related to Old English til (“good”), German Ziel (“goal”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til, “something fitting or suitable”). Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). Example: She stayed till the very end. Example: I have to work till eight o'clock tonight. 2. Before (a certain time or event). Example: It's twenty till two. (1:40) Example: Is that the town-clock striking? / I think that it is to-night / My fever will reach its crisis, / There are long hours yet till light. 3. To, up to (physically). Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: They led him till his tent Example: She, poor bird, as all forlorn / Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn / And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, / To to hear it was great pity. 4. To, toward (in attitude). Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: "Well, Georgey," said he, "and soa you're leaving t'ould hoose at last?" - "Heigh, Johnny, my lad, I'm forced tull it; for that damned Boggart torments us soa, we can neither rest neet nor day for't." Example: "Here's at you old hoss!" hiccupped I, with a friendly pitch in the way of a nod at Rice. "Go it, young grampus, that's me! Here's till ye, my infant progidy!" replied he, as he clinked his glass against mine. 5. So that (something may happen). Labels: dialectal Example: 1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.
Word: till Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a contraction of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- (“against; toward; up to”) also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til (“to, till”), Danish til (“to”), Swedish till (“to, till”), Icelandic til (“to, till”). Also related to Old English til (“good”), German Ziel (“goal”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til, “something fitting or suitable”). Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. Until, until the time that. Example: Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try. Example: I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.
Word: till Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lure, decoy”) and fortyllan (“to draw away”); related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“to lure, attract”). Alternatively, Middle English tylle is from Anglo-Norman tylle (“compartment”), from Old French tille (“compartment, shelter on a ship”), from Old Norse þilja (“plank”). Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. A cash register. Labels: UK Example: I got most of the money to pay for all this by stealing. It was very wrong. Today I'm so finickity that I fired one of my staff for nicking twenty-pence worth of curtain hangers from Barkers because he couldn't be bothered to wait at the till queue. 2. A removable box within a cash register containing the money. Example: Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe. Example: When you've finished serving that customer could you jump off please? We need to take the till. 3. The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift. Example: My count of my till was 30 dollars short. 4. A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller. 5. A tray or drawer in a chest. Labels: obsolete
Word: till Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tilyen, from Old English tilian. Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). Labels: transitive 2. To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops. Labels: transitive Example: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 3. To cultivate soil. Labels: intransitive 4. To prepare; to get. Labels: obsolete Example: Nor knowes a trappe nor snare to till
Word: till Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer. Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders 2. manure or other material used to fertilize land Labels: dialectal
Word: till Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tylle; shortened from lentile (English lentil). Pronunciation: /tɪl/ 1. A vetch; a tare.
Word: until Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtɪl/, /ənˈtɪl/, /ʊnˈtɪl/, /ɪnˈtɪl/, /ˈʌntəl/ 1. Up to the time of (something happening); pending. Example: If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. 2. Up to (a certain place) Example: Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left. 3. Before (a time). Example: I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West. Example: Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion." 4. To; physically towards. Labels: obsolete Example: He rousd himselfe full blith, and hastned them untill. 5. Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out. Example: Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until. Example: A celebration of his life will also be held at Pete's Tavern 16705 Florida Blvd on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 2pm until and at TJ's Lounge 11585 Plank Road on Sunday, March 4, 2018 from 2pm until. He is survived by his children, […]
Word: until Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtɪl/, /ənˈtɪl/, /ʊnˈtɪl/, /ɪnˈtɪl/, /ˈʌntəl/ 1. Up to the time that (a condition becomes true). Example: Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment. Example: It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted. 2. Before (a condition becoming true). Example: It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
Word: denture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit. 2. An artificial replacement of one or more teeth. Example: After the mouth surgery, she was fitted with a denture. 3. A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth. Labels: in-plural, often
Word: ambidexterity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dating from the 17th century C.E.; ambidexter + -ity, from Medieval Latin adjective ambidexter (“utilising both hands normally”), from Latin ambi- + dexter (“right, handy, opportune”). 1. The property of being equally skillful with each hand. Labels: uncountable 2. Superior cleverness or adaptability. Labels: uncountable
Word: chemotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) ▲ Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English chemotherapy From chemo- + therapy. Pronunciation: /ˌkiːməʊˈθɛɹəpi/ 1. Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Atkins Nutritional Approach Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after American medical doctor Robert Atkins. 1. Synonym of Atkins diet.
Word: email Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic Proto-Indo-European *molko-der.? Thracianbor.? Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail English electronic mailabbr. English email The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. First attested in the 1970s. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːmeɪl/, /ˈiˌmeɪl/ 1. A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format. Labels: uncountable Example: He sent me his details via email. Example: The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart. 2. The quantity of messages sent through an email system. Labels: uncountable Example: I am searching through my old email. Example: My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs! 3. A message being sent through email. Labels: countable Example: He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting. Example: I archive my old emails using a cloud-based service. 4. An email address. Labels: countable, informal Example: What’s your email? Example: In this system, your username is your email.
Word: email Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic Proto-Indo-European *molko-der.? Thracianbor.? Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail English electronic mailabbr. English email The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. First attested in the 1970s. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːmeɪl/, /ˈiˌmeɪl/ 1. To send an email or emails to. Labels: transitive Example: She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project. 2. To send (data) through email. Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: I’ll email you the link. Example: He emailed the file out to everyone. 3. To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails. Labels: intransitive Example: Most teenagers seem to spend almost the whole day emailing and surfing the Web.
Word: email Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (“enamel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”). Doublet of smalt, smalto, and schmaltz. Pronunciation: /ɛˈmeɪl/ 1. Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”). Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Set Naples courser to an asse, / Fine emerawde vnto greene glasse: / Set rich rubye to redd emayle, / The raven's plume to peacocke's tayle: / [...] / There shall no less an oddes be seene, / In myne from everye other Queene! Example: It is reported, that the Pope long ſince gaue them [the people of Iceland] a diſpenſation to receiue the Sacrament in ale, inſomuch as for their vnceſſant froſts there, no wine but was turned to red emayle, as ſoone as euer it came amongſt them.
Word: webmail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From web + mail. 1. A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a remote web server, in such a way that it is accessible through a web browser. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail are well-known webmail services. 2. The email thus stored. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I'm going to check my webmail.
Word: oaken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊk.ən/ 1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness. Labels: not-comparable Example: Captain Jemmy, taking up three bottles one after another and finding them all empty, ordered up three more, and drew his chair up to the hearth, where he sat kicking the oaken logs viciously with his long legs. Example: His knuckles are tattooed, his hands the oaken tools of the boxer he still is, now as a coach.
Word: hero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”); if so, related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ/, [ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ~ˈçɪə.ɹəʊ], /ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/, /ˈhiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈhɛɹ.oʊ/ 1. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds. Example: My mom died a hero on duty. Example: "I'm no hero," insists freckle-faced 14-year-old Freddie Hanberry. But to many of the young cancer patients, nurses and staff at University Medical Center here, he is as close as you can get. The "hero" talk began when a national magazine featured Hanberry, who has leukemia, in a special section called "100 New American Heroes." 2. A role model. 3. The protagonist in a work of fiction. Example: However, even this great hero of the story is somewhat of a simpleton (when he lets himself be crucially deceived by Peacock Ravana in Vibhisana's shape), and a weakling (when in spite of all his strength he is almost beaten by his own son, one of the rākṣasas) Example: Satan is wrongly called the hero of Paradise Lost. He is really the villain-hero or the counter-hero 4. The current player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”). Example: Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board. 5. A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses. Labels: New-York 6. The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie. Labels: attributive Example: The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food. Example: Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption. 7. The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold. 8. The standout component of a dish; the part of a dish that should take center stage on the palate.
Word: hero Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”); if so, related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ/, [ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ~ˈçɪə.ɹəʊ], /ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/, /ˈhiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈhɛɹ.oʊ/ 1. To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist). Labels: informal, intransitive Example: “I don’t think so.” He grinned hugely, revealing smoker’s teeth and halitosis that would fell a rhino. “I don’t think you want to be heroing off just yet. I don’t think you've had a good time in ages.” 2. To praise or laud. Labels: transitive 3. To bring attention to; to highlight; to spotlight. Labels: transitive
Word: felicitous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From felicity + -ous. Pronunciation: /fəˈlɪsɪtəs/ 1. Characterized by felicity. Example: Walter again pursued his way, lost in a very mixed reverie; sometimes writhing under an idea of degradation, in thus making a trade of his talents; and then, again, somewhat consoled by the pride of art; for how many felicitous and stinging epigrams arose in his mind! Example: As a post-prandial speaker, however, Thackeray was undeniably the reverse of felicitous. 2. Characterized by felicity. Example: There are a variety of charms, of various kinds, for which there are no names and no particular uses; but they are considered felicitous, and are therefore worn by the poorer classes, who cannot buy the more valuable charms. 3. Characterized by felicity. Example: The same chronicler [John Capgrave] makes Henry of Agincourt die a day earlier than he really did, apparently only for the purpose of manufacturing a sort of coincidence. 'His end fell well on the feast of Saint Felix, for he was felicitous in all things—felicitous in endowing the church, felicitous in ordering more clearly the divine offices, felicitous in the administration of justice, and in fine, felicitous in all his life.['] Example: He is looking the very picture of health, and on the whole his dreams are felicitous. For instance, last night he dreamt that he had been buying strawberries as large as gourds. It proves the magnificent vitality of his dreams. 4. Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context. Example: This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous. Example: The aim of this paper is to compare rst [rhetorical structure theory], sdrt [segmented discourse representation theory] and discourse dependency dags [directed acyclic graphs] with respect to the following question: do these formalisms allow the representation of all the discourse structures which correspond to felicitous discourses and exclude those which correspond to infelicitous discourses?
Word: dystopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/, /dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/, /dɪsˈtɐʉpiə/ 1. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As novelist, he knows, too, that when he sees the future, it will not work—he will automatically be creating a “dystopia” (no one creates utopias any more: even the utopias of the past look like dystopias to us). Example: 2. FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY/THE BOMB/THE FUTURE—Progress run amok, either in the form of cybernetic creatures that turn against their masters, or future dystopiae in which society is controlled by technology. 2. Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia. Example: 2. Dystopiæ of separate organs.
Word: shakuhachi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from 尺 (tsyhek, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (peat, “eight”), corresponding to the standard length of the instrument (approximately 55 centimeters). Pronunciation: /ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/ 1. A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute. Example: Sampled shakuhachi sounds on the E-mu Emulator II were heard in the 1980s in TV ads and also appeared prominently in popular songs, as in the opening section of Peter Gabriel's 1986 “Sledgehammer,”[…]
Word: print Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪnt/ 1. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications. Labels: not-comparable Example: a print edition of a book
Word: print Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪnt/ 1. To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine. Labels: transitive Example: Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines. Example: Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions. 2. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image. Example: The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface. 3. To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Print your name here and sign below. Example: I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print. 4. To publish in a book, newspaper, etc. Labels: ambitransitive Example: How could they print an unfounded rumour like that? Example: From the moment he prints, he must expect to hear no more truth. 5. To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns. Labels: transitive Example: to print calico 6. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something. Labels: transitive Example: A look will print a thought that never may remove. Example: Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, / Which in that field young Edward's sword did print. 7. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. Labels: transitive Example: Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, / That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. 8. To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it. Labels: intransitive, slang 9. To display a string on the terminal. Labels: transitive Example: However, when you print the string you can see only 11 characters (c, a, r, ', s,, w, h, e, e, l). Example: On the RHS side we write the current date to the variable date and print it to the terminal window, followed by the string "Chris coming home...." . 10. To produce an observable value. Labels: ambitransitive Example: On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history. 11. To fingerprint (a person). Labels: transitive Example: Maybe we'll get lucky; maybe he was printed for some minor infraction in some backwater town.
Word: print Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪnt/ 1. Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. Labels: uncountable Example: Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print. Example: TV and the Internet haven't killed print. 2. Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. Labels: uncountable Example: Write in print using block letters. 3. The letters forming the text of a document. Labels: uncountable Example: The print is too small for me to read. 4. A newspaper. Labels: countable Example: I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since. Now I know none of the names in the public prints […] 5. A visible impression on a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page. 6. A fingerprint. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Did the police find any prints at the scene? 7. A footprint. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets. 9. A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A copy of a film that can be projected. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The poor are very unreasonable; a kind look and word often go farther in winning upon their affection than even a piece of coarse flannel, or a remnant of dark print. 12. A plaster cast in bas relief. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A datum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reference index is calculated using monthly CPI prints but with a lag of between two and three months. 14. A pattern or design. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many designers consider leopard print rugs and carpeting to be classic floor coverings whose popularity spans centuries and continents. 15. A pat of butter, especially one pressed with a die. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a print of fresh butter were now produced, and Molly helped the mistress with her own hands.
Word: dactylography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dactylo- + -graphy. 1. The science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify people. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of finger rings. Labels: uncountable
Word: porn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pórnē Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)lbor. French pornographiebor. English pornographyclip. English porn Clipping of pornography. First attested in the mid-20th century. Pronunciation: /pɔːn/, /pɔɹn/ 1. Pornography. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer. Example: Underground boards also carried handy programs for "scanning" telephone codes and raiding credit card companies, as well as the usual obnoxious galaxy of pirated software, cracked passwords, blue-box schematics, intrusion manuals, anarchy files, porn files, and so forth. 2. A pornographic work. Labels: countable, in-plural, informal, usually Example: There are anywhere from ten to twelve chapters in the average porn, so that many blank pages can be inserted. Example: — I’ve got it at home. Anyway, there was this gap between the final two porns. 3. Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: car porn Example: gun porn 4. Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something. Labels: humorous, informal, often, uncountable, usually
Word: fingerprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + print. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ 1. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual. 2. The pattern left on a surface where an uncovered fingertip has touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface. Example: Nervously, he wiped the gun of fingerprints real and imaginary with the stocking-covered fingers. Example: The crime scene investigator has the responsibility of collecting latent fingerprints. 3. A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something. Labels: broadly Example: acoustic fingerprint Example: Most pharmacopoeial monographs of medicinal plants include TLC as method for identification based on a chromatographic fingerprint, which consists of a sequence of characteristic substance zones. 4. A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography. 5. A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement. Labels: figuratively Example: And continue to ask yourself the question, could the incredible complexity of the human body with its multitudinous specialized functions have come into being completely by chance or is it another fingerprint of God?