nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ichimon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 一門. 1. Any of the five groups that most heya belong to.
Word: touch wood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a folk practice of unclear origin. 1. To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Touching wood possibly has reference to (a) the cross, or (b) the altar rails in days when criminals could take sanctuary in churches. Example: Very few patients for whom I provided psychiatric treatment ended their lives by suicide, but I became increasingly convinced that my residency instructor who touched wood because none of his patients had killed themselves had not been treating many seriously mentally ill patients for any extended period of time.
Word: touch wood Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From a folk practice of unclear origin. 1. Hopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said. Labels: Australia, India, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, idiomatic Example: And the reds are going to avoid relegation this year, touch wood. Example: If it′s ever me (Jesus Christ, touch wood!), I don′t want you bringing me flowers.
Word: white pepper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whyte peper, equivalent to white + pepper. 1. A spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: peppercorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peppercorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ichomage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of oichomage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Poohsticks Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pooh + sticks, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) in his book The House at Pooh Corner (1928): see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːstɪks/, /ˈpustɪks/ 1. A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side. Example: And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest. […] Now one day Pooh and Piglet and Rabbit and Roo were all playing Poohsticks together.
Word: claims Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kleɪmz/ 1. plural of claim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: claims Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kleɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of claim Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oichomage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 大銀杏髷 (oo-ichō-mage, literally “gingko topknot”). 1. The elaborate hairstyle, resembling a gingko leaf, worn by sekitori during bouts and on ceremonial occasions.
Word: finds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪndz/ 1. plural of find Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /faɪndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of find Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: moons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inspired Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspaɪɹd/, /ɪnˈspaɪəd/ 1. Having excellence through inspiration. Example: The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded. Example: New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point. 2. Filled with inspiration or motivated. Example: The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece. Example: He was inspired to learn to fly. 3. Infused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine. Example: Korean shamans are thought to be capable of inspired speech, in which they convey the words of the gods. Example: The point which I wish to establish is this, that the whole prediction of the future establishment of the religion of the Gospel was an inspired prediction, a prediction answerable to the highest test of a supernatural prescience. 4. Drawn into the lungs; inhaled. 5. Inflated. Labels: obsolete
Word: inspired Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspaɪɹd/, /ɪnˈspaɪəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of inspire. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Government-inspired rumors Example: But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
Word: juryo-kaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 十両格 (jūryō-kaku). 1. the rank of gyoji who officiates a bout involving a rikishi from the juryo division
Word: pooh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Originally onomatopoeic ("perhaps ancient" according to Online Etymology Dictionary) for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, onomatopoeic for the sound of flatulating and defecating, and by interjections of disgust similar to phew, pee-ew. Interjection for an unpleasant smell possibly linked to French puer (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /phuː/, /puː/, /pu/ 1. Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. Example: I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh. Example: Pooh, ha, ha, ha, I know you envy me. 2. Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell. Example: Pooh!... How you smell of tobacco. 3. Alternative form of poo: a minced oath for 'shit'. Labels: alt-of, alternative, euphemistic Example: Mom offers everybody fudge and says ‘Oh, pooh!’ when she gets upset.
Word: pooh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally onomatopoeic ("perhaps ancient" according to Online Etymology Dictionary) for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, onomatopoeic for the sound of flatulating and defecating, and by interjections of disgust similar to phew, pee-ew. Interjection for an unpleasant smell possibly linked to French puer (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /phuː/, /puː/, /pu/ 1. An instance of saying "pooh". Labels: countable Example: She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes. Example: A thing which causes many ‘poohs’ and ‘pishes’. 2. Alternative form of poo: feces. Labels: alt-of, alternative, childish, uncountable Example: ‘You're rather in the pooh with the Adelaide police.’ ‘How much do I stink with them?’ 3. Alternative form of poo: A piece of feces; an act of defecation. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, childish, countable
Word: pooh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally onomatopoeic ("perhaps ancient" according to Online Etymology Dictionary) for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, onomatopoeic for the sound of flatulating and defecating, and by interjections of disgust similar to phew, pee-ew. Interjection for an unpleasant smell possibly linked to French puer (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /phuː/, /puː/, /pu/ 1. To say "pooh". Labels: intransitive Example: The wrimouth'd Crittick... That mewes, and puh's and shakes his brainelesse head... Example: The Doctor... pshaw'd and pooh'd for some time. 2. To say "pooh" to. Labels: transitive Example: ‘Pooh! pooh!’ re-echoed his mother, ‘don't pooh me, John.’ 3. Alternative form of poo: To defecate or dirty something with feces. Labels: alt-of, alternative, childish, intransitive Example: My cat poohed in here. Example: We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.
Word: kachi-koshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 勝ち越し. 1. a majority of wins in an honbasho; reflects positively on the rikishi's ranking
Word: make-koshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 負け越し (makekoshi). 1. a majority of losses in a honbasho; reflects negatively on the rikishi's ranking
Word: kanjin-sumo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 勧進相撲 (kanjin-zumō), with zumō changed to its usual English form sumo. 1. The historic form of sumo that developed into the modern sport. Labels: uncountable
Word: tigons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tigon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Celia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It. 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Rosalind: But what will you be called? Celia: Something that hath a reference to my state: No longer Celia, but Aliena. Example: The British author Celia Dodd, who recently updated her 2011 book, “The Empty Nest: How to Survive and Stay Close to Your Adult Child,” told me that dads often seem to be coping fine with the transition but might be struggling the most.
Word: Celia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Celia. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: kensho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 懸賞. 1. Prize money given to encourage rikishi by sponsors. Labels: uncountable
Word: Mile High Club Part of Speech: name 1. A notional club that one joins by having sex aboard an aircraft. Labels: humorous Example: “My husband and I had joined the mile high club before, so to be able to do it privately was great,” she said in a phone interview.
Word: Delia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δηλίᾱ (Dēlíā), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːlɪə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Sentiment hallows the vowels of Delia;/Sweet simplicity breathes from Rose; Example: "I'm Delia Grinstead," she told him. - - - "I don't believe I've ever run into a Delia before." "Well, it's Cordelia, really. My father named me that." 2. A village in Alberta, Canada. 3. A city in Kansas. 4. A municipality of Sicily, Italy.
Word: reach for the stars Part of Speech: verb 1. To have high hopes; to be ambitious. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Tell Richard I saw the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers and they're all so deeply unattractive. Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender, female paratrooper? Am I reaching for the stars here? Not really.
Word: nosey parker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, 1890. 1. An overly inquisitive or prying person. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial Example: Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
Word: nosey parker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, 1890. 1. To snoop; to behave in an inquisitive manner. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: "I don't want to 'nosey parker'," he said, "but police have got to be told if there's anything wrong..." Example: Alleyn is no dabbler or dilettante whose hobby is criminology and who nosey parkers around and chases ambulances to break the grip of boredom with a spot of adventure.
Word: kinboshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 金星 (kinboshi, “gold star”). 1. An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
Word: kinjite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 禁じ手 (kinjite), from 禁じる (kinjiru, “to forbid”) + 手 (te, “hand”). 1. A foul or forbidden move.
Word: kimarite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 決まり手. 1. any of the 82 techniques that may be used to win a match
Word: kimarite-gakari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 決まり手係. 1. The official who announces the winner of the torikumi and the kimarite used.
Word: torikumi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 取組. 1. a sumo bout
Word: torikumi-hyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 取組表 (torikumi-hyō, literally “bout table”). 1. The programme of bouts in a day at a tournament.
Word: 999 Part of Speech: name Etymology: Established in the United Kingdom as the first emergency service number in the world, initially chosen because of its suitability at a time of rotary-dial telephones. Pronunciation: /naɪn.naɪn.naɪn/, /trɪpəl.naɪn/, /naɪnz/ 1. The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles. Example: I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911? You mean 999... I mean 999! That's the American one! Yeah! Example: When you call 999 in the UK, the operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Which service?" 2. The telephone number for law enforcement in Singapore, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Botswana, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago. 3. The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Malawi and Tonga. 4. The telephone number for ambulance services in Poland.
Word: 999 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Established in the United Kingdom as the first emergency service number in the world, initially chosen because of its suitability at a time of rotary-dial telephones. Pronunciation: /naɪn.naɪn.naɪn/, /trɪpəl.naɪn/, /naɪnz/ 1. Emergency services; emergency service personnel. Labels: Hong-Kong, Ireland, Singapore, UK, colloquial, metonymically, uncountable
Word: koen-kai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 後援会 (kōenkai). 1. a sumo fan club, either for a heya or for a particular rikishi; a useful source of money
Word: kokugi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 国技, meaning "national sport". 1. sumo Labels: uncountable
Word: MP4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of MPEG-4 Part 14, a file format for playing music and videos. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Typically, the art object that gets NFT’d is a digital file — maybe a JPEG image or an MP4 video — that lives on some hard drive, and that looks or sounds precisely the way it would have in the decades before NFTs came along.
Word: ozumo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大相撲 (grand sumo). 1. professional sumo wrestling Labels: uncountable
Word: maezumo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 前相撲, literally "before sumo". 1. The unofficial rank of beginners etc.
Word: makuuchi dohyo-iri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 幕内土俵入り (makuuchi dohyō-iri, literally “makuuchi ring-entering”). 1. A group ring-entering ceremony performed by all members of the makuuchi division, except the yokozuna, after the juryo bouts.
Word: makuuchi-kaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 幕内格 (makuuchi-kaku). 1. The gyoji who referees bouts involving a rikishi from the makuuchi division.
Word: masu-seki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 升席 (masuseki). 1. The expensive seats, holding four people, on the ground floor of the arena. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: matawari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 股割. 1. A form of exercise in which a rikishi sits on the ground with his legs wide apart, then lowers his torso to touch the ground between his legs. Labels: uncountable
Word: elegante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French élégante. 1. A fashionable lady. Labels: dated
Word: matta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 待った (まった, matta). 1. The false start of a bout due to mutual misunderstanding.
Word: mizuhiki-maku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 水引幕 (mizuhiki-maku). 1. The curtain that hangs from the yakata, symbolizing the movement of clouds and the passing of time.
Word: mono-ii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 物言い (mono-ii, literally “talk of things”). 1. a conference among the shimpan to reconsider a referee's decision
Word: shimpan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 審判 (shinpan, しんぱん), from Middle Chinese 審判 (ʃim-pʰàn "to judge", "to try") (compare Mandarin shěnpàn 审判). 1. the four judges, sitting at each cardinal point Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Liberal Democrat Part of Speech: noun 1. a member of the Liberal Democrats political party Labels: Australian, UK
Word: shiranui-gata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 不知火型 (shiranuigata). 1. The less common ring-entering ceremony performed by yokozuna, consisting only of offensive moves.
Word: unryu-gata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 雲龍型 (unryū-gata). 1. The normal ring-entering ceremony performed by yokozuna, consisting of both offensive and defensive moves.
Word: myoseki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 名跡 (myōseki). 1. Any of the 105 names available to sumo oyakata.
Word: nage-waza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 投げ技. 1. Any of the 12 throwing techniques.
Word: farrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *farow, *fargh (found only in the plural faren), from Old English fearh (“piglet”), from Proto-West Germanic *farh, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”). See also Old High German farah, Middle Irish orc (“piglet”), Latin porcus, Proto-Slavic *porsę (“pig, piglet”), Lithuanian par̃šas, Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (pər^əsa). Doublet of pork. Pronunciation: /ˈfæɹəʊ/, /ˈfæɹoʊ/, /ˈfɛɹoʊ/ 1. A litter of piglets. Example: Aha! I know you, gammer! Hamlet, revenge! The old sow that eats her farrow! Example: At full speed he ran into a pigsty, where a sow was lying on her side with a farrow of eleven tugging at her.
Word: farrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English farwen, from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈfæɹəʊ/, /ˈfæɹoʊ/, /ˈfɛɹoʊ/ 1. To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
Word: farrow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Cognate with Old English fearr (“bull”). Pronunciation: /ˈfæɹəʊ/, /ˈfæɹoʊ/, /ˈfɛɹoʊ/ 1. Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intracranial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English cranial English intracranial From intra- + cranial. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈkɹeɪniəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the brain or inside of the head; within the cranium. Labels: not-comparable Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. Example: The doctors attributed the intracranial haemorrhage to a domestic accident to a fall Lula had in October while taking a shower in the Alvorada Palace, the official presidential residence in Brasília.
Word: mustang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌˌstæŋ/, /ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ], /ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ/, [ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ] 1. A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west. Example: The mustang pony, the invariable companion of the inhabitant of the prairie, whether he is rich or poor, is a little creature, apparently narrow-chested, and small across the loins. Example: Having ridden a distance of two or three miles, Garey slackened his pace, and put the mustang to a slow walk. 2. A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War. Labels: US, slang Example: He is a product of the merchant marine and is one of the officers called "Mustangs" who entered the navy during the Civil War. Example: He was the son of a famous artist, and was what we termed a "mustang" officer, who had come into the navy from the merchant service during the Civil War. 3. A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person. Labels: US, slang Example: […] and the chief engineer is a "mustang" — that is, an officer who has risen from the ranks of enlisted men. Example: Mustang— Officer who came up through the ranks. None better.
Word: mustang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌˌstæŋ/, /ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ], /ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ/, [ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ] 1. To hunt mustangs (wild horses), either for military use or for slaughter as pet food. Labels: US
Word: the early bird gets the worm Part of Speech: proverb Pronunciation: /ði ˈɜɹli ˈbɜɹd ɡɛts ðə wɜɹm/ 1. Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are available only to the first competitors.
Word: untamed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈteɪmd/ 1. Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact. Example: The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans. Example: Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.
Word: contributions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃənz/, /ˌkɒntɹɪˈbjuːʃənz/ 1. plural of contribution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conducted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈdʌktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of conduct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: amokoscisia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pseudo-Grecism, from amok + -o- + Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + -ia. Schmidt (1984), who probably coined the term, gives the derivation as "amuck^([sic]) (in a state of frenzy) + schizo (slit)". 1. A sexual frenzy accompanied by a desire to mutilate women. Labels: uncountable Example: Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […] Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:amokoscisia.
Word: peregrinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin peregrinari (“to live or travel abroad”). See also peregrine and pilgrim. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɹəˌneɪt/ 1. To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries. Labels: intransitive Example: You know the inveterate peregrinating habits of the club, and can judge, from your own besetting propensity to change your residence monthly, how difficult it might prove to resist the temptation of traversing a soil that is still virgin, so far as the perambulating feet of the members of our fraternity are concerned. Example: 1935, G. de Purucker, The Esoteric Tradition, Part Two http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN1417982810&id=xgoCsmI375EC&pg=PA765&lpg=PA765&dq=peregrinate&sig=pi0MJ50aG19SYuBfTLHF6TSE4nI He came first to recognise, then finally to know and to feel, that just as the atoms of his own physical body peregrinate by efflux and influx in and out of his body, so does he as a human ‘life-atom’ or human Monad peregrinate by unceasing influx and efflux in and out of the regular series of his earth-lives which succeed one another uninterruptedly during his sojourn in a Planetary Round on this globe Earth of the planetary chain, and much, very much, more. 2. To travel through a specific place. Labels: transitive Example: 1876, Edward S. Wheeler, Scheyichbi and the Strand http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN1417920904&id=LCyGcTb-Af8C&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=peregrinates&sig=JqFzQzvC5TOwqRCgiL9-NKEoQxI History records no popular tumult, except of tongues, about the matter, but Jesse Hand never fully regained the regard of some people, and jealousy and distrust, like a curse, followed his new-fangled equipage; and though he and his generation are long since dead, yet the writer hath knowledge of traditions that, still drawn by attenuated and discouraged equines, a very Wandering Jew of vehicles, Jesse Hand’s carriage still peregrinates, at a toilsome pace, the interminable, sandy, woodland roads of Jersey. Example: It is no longer hindered by any pride of race and can truthfully declare its readiness to “peregrinate every condition of man—with equal joy the lowest.”
Word: peregrinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin peregrinatus (“having travelled abroad”), past participle of peregrinari. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɹəˌneɪt/ 1. Peregrine; having travelled; exotic, foreign. Labels: rare Example: His humour is loftie, his diſcourſe peremptorie: his tongue fyled, his eye ambitious, his gate maieſticall and his general behauiour vaine, rediculous, & thraſonicall. He is too picked, too ſpruce, too affected, to od, as it were, too peregrinat as I may call it. Example: Imagine this figure, grotesque, peregrinate, and to the eye of a peasant certainly diabolical, then perch it on the stile in the midst of those green English fields, and in sight of that primitive English village; there let it sit straddling, its long legs dangling down, a short German pipe emitting clouds from one corner of those sardonic lips, its dark eyes glaring through the spectacles full upon the Parson, yet askant upon Lenny Fairfield. Lenny Fairfield looked exceedingly frightened.
Word: aphantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Ancient Greek φάς (phás) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aphantic From a- + Ancient Greek φάς (phás, “speaking”) + English -ic. 1. Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.
Word: langsyne Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From auld lang syne. 1. Yesteryear, in the old days, some time ago. Labels: not-comparable, poetic
Word: langsyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auld lang syne. 1. Yesteryear, the old days; auld lang syne. Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable
Word: fourchette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French fourche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French fourchettebor. English fourchette Borrowed from French fourchette. Pronunciation: /fɔːˈʃɛt/ 1. A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi). 2. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove. 3. An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum. 4. The wishbone or furculum of birds 5. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. 6. The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
Word: satellites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of satellite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: satellites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of satellite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Gray code Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Bell Labs researcher Frank Gray, who invented this system in 1953. 1. A binary coding system in which successive values differ in just one digit position.
Word: red pepper Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌpɛp.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet. 2. Spicy pepper. Labels: US Example: Crushed red pepper flakes add zest to pizza.
Word: supposititious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin suppositus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin suppositīciusbor. English supposititious Borrowed from Latin suppositīcius. Pronunciation: /səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs/, /səˌpɑzəˈtɪʃəs/ 1. Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake. Labels: obsolete Example: [...] the said pretended Testament was supposititious, & contriued by such as meant to defraud both the heires female of the said king Henrie the 8. as well as these of his eldest sister [...] Example: But it may bee some will here obiect and say; that the Haire, and Loue-lockes which they weare, are supposititious, false, and counterfeit, and not their owne: therefore they violate no Law of God, nor Nature, since the long Haire they vse, is but borrowed, and aduenticious, their owne being short enough: perchance, but little or none at all. 2. Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist. Labels: obsolete Example: His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and supposititious reliques. Example: 1836, Edgar Allan Poe, Review of Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay, and other Poems and Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alnwick Castle, with other Poems in Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, No. 5, April 1836, pp. 327-328, … we discover in all men a disposition to look with reverence upon superiority, whether real or supposititious. 3. Supposed or hypothetical. Labels: archaic Example: You might hope to get some other nonsensical belief into the head of George Gradgrind, or Augustus Gradgrind, or John Gradgrind, or Joseph Gradgrind (all supposititious, non-existent persons), but into the head of Thomas Gradgrind—no, sir! Example: Far more extravagant (insanior) yet is the idea of the whirling of the supposititious primum mobile, which is still higher, deeper, more immeasurable; and yet this incomprehensible primum mobile would have to be of matter, of enormous altitude, and far surpassing all the creation below in mass, for else it could not make the whole universe down to the earth revolve from east to west, and we should have to accept a universal force, an unending despotism, in the governance of the stars, and a hateful tyranny.
Word: fishermen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɚmən/, /ˈfɪʃəmən/ 1. plural of fisherman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gold standard Part of Speech: noun 1. A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold. Example: In countries that accepted the gold standard, currency could be exchanged at a bank for a fixed weight of gold. 2. The highest or most reliable benchmark against which all others in a category are judged or measured. Labels: figuratively Example: The OED is the gold standard for English dictionaries. Example: YC’s gold standard for revenue growth is ten per cent a week, which compounds to 142x a year.
Word: Mae West Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the actress and sex symbol Mae West, who was well known during the war. The inflatable front was taken to be like her busty figure. 1. A type of life jacket used by Allied forces in World War II having an inflatable rubber bag on the chest of the wearer. Labels: informal Example: The most successful form of shark repellent, according to US Naval Research Laboratory tests, was a combination of copper acetate and a dark nigrosine dye, and cakes of this mixture were apparently now attached to the Mae Wests of all the US Armed Forces.
Word: greenback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + back. 1. Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve. Labels: US 2. The United States dollar. 3. A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department. Labels: historical 4. A wave that has not yet begun to break. Example: When the surfer has passed the point where the waves are breaking, and is among the waves which are known as “greenbacks”, he may either dive through them or float over them, […]
Word: conducts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conduct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conducts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conduct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Claytons Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a non-alcoholic drink called Claytons named after the Clayton brothers and promoted in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s as “the drink you have when you′re not having a drink”. The drink itself did not impress consumers and is now all but forgotten. 1. Inferior substitute, unsatisfactory compromise, or ersatz. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, not-comparable Example: Cheer up bro, it was a Claytons test anyway. Example: AFL Game Day's Hamish McLaughlin summed up the summer perfectly last Sunday: "There's been new coaches, new presidents, new captains, good trades, ugly trades, suspended CEOs, suspended football managers and coaches, player managers fined, drug allegations, ASADA, WADA, the ACC, capped rotations, Clayton's tanking, the tanking you're having when you're not really having tanking.
Word: Claytons Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Clayton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Clayton's Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Clayton + -'s. 1. Alternative form of Claytons. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative, informal, not-comparable
Word: Clayton's Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Clayton + -'s. 1. A city in Contra Costa, California, United States; Former name of Clayton.
Word: Maccas Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Macca's (“McDonald's”). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative, slang Example: “Then of course there′s Maccas food, which is uniformly mediocre no matter where you go.” Example: Because it was the first-ever Maccas to open in Australia, to commemorate its last day there was going to be a never-seen-before special. It read: ‘bring this flyer in and get a Big Mac for fifty cents’. Fifty cents! Whoo-hoooo! 2. "Macaronis", a surf break in Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Labels: slang
Word: pot boiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The figurative sense comes from the notion that the writer's or artist's output is enough to provide sustenance; compare breadwinner, put food on the table, and keep the lights on. 1. A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc.), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, mildly Example: Arists and novelists of a certain stamp joke about ‘pot-boilers’, the name facetiously given to hasty, worthless pictures and books[…] Example: No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. The picture the artist paints for love is his greatest work. The pot-boiler is always something to live down. 2. A stone used to transfer heat from a fire into a vessel of water, so as to heat the contents.
Word: touchback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably: touchdown + back 1. The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone. Example: The ball sailed into the end zone for a touchback and the Eagles had possession on the 20-yard line. https://web.archive.org/web/20060111202354/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/gameday/postGameArchive.jsp?id=16746
Word: differential diagnosis Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Case reports in arthropathies less often rely on macroscopy alone[…]. A factor here is that these tend to concentrate on the rarer forms of arthritis […] that require careful differential diagnosis for which the radiological appearance is often critical. 2. A list of possible causes of a primary symptom or a collection of symptoms. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2000 August 15, Harry D. McKinnon and Thomas Howard, “Evaluating the Febrile Patient with a Rash”, in American Family Physician, American Academy of Family Physicians, page 804, The differential diagnosis for febrile patients with a rash is extensive.
Word: Müllerian duct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after German physiologist Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858), who described the ducts in 1830. 1. A paired structure found in mammals including humans that develops in the early stages of embryonic development and contribute to the formation of internal female reproductive organs; precursor to the upper vagina, uterus, and Fallopian tubes.
Word: paramesonephric duct Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Müllerian duct.
Word: Mullerian duct Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Müllerian duct. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: halfpipe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of half-pipe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Burrows Part of Speech: name 1. An English topographical surname, a variant of Burroughs. 2. A community in the Rural Municipality of Willowdale No. 153, Saskatchewan, Canada. 3. An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. 4. A township in Platte County, Nebraska, United States.
Word: sashichigai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 差し違い (sashi-chigai). 1. a decision by the shimpan to overturn the decision of the gyoji
Word: Klein bottle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Kleinsche Flasche, named after German mathematician Felix Klein (1849–1925), who first described such a surface in 1882. 1. The closed manifold obtained by identifying the boundary components of the annulus so that the resultant surface is nonorientable. Example: At this level Atman and Brahman are like a Klein bottle or a Möbius strip: there is no edge where one can say that this is Atman, but this is Brahman. 2. A physical bottle, usually of blown glass, made to resemble said shape.
Word: seigen jikan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 制限時間. 1. The time allocated for the shikiri rituals before the beginning of each bout. Labels: uncountable
Word: Burroughs Part of Speech: name 1. An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort. Example: Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution. 2. A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.
Word: Burroughs Part of Speech: name 1. An area of Barnet borough, London, England; named for the rabbit warrens there.
Word: Shreveport Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the parish seat of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Word: on the square Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Honest and open. Labels: idiomatic 2. A discreet, unassuming reference to freemasonry. Example: "Are you on the square?" (meaning: "are you a freemason like myself?")
Word: art speak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: art + speak. 1. Alternative spelling of artspeak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: artspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art English -speak English artspeak From art + -speak. 1. The specialist vocabulary and language associated with art and artists, especially when seen as complicated or pretentious. Labels: derogatory, often, uncountable Example: Mr. Quinn[…] was uptown exploring the new $26 million, 40,000 square foot museum addition because he takes students to museums as part of a course he teaches in New York on what to say about paintings—artspeak. Example: Complication is what artspeak is all about. It seeks to confer status and worth on an artist's work by insisting on its obscurity, which it conveys through a grey porridge of abstract nouns.
Word: Liberal Democrats Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the merger of the Liberals and the Social Democrats. 1. A centrist political party Labels: UK 2. A right-wing libertarian political party Labels: Australian
Word: Liberal Democrats Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the merger of the Liberals and the Social Democrats. 1. plural of Liberal Democrat Labels: Australian, UK, form-of, plural
Word: greaseball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin crassus~grassus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English -ball English greaseball From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair. 1. A person of Italian descent. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: (Italian) 2. Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: Do you think I wanted to walk across that stage and get my diploma and look down and see that fat greaseball sitting there? […] I got into a fraternity, too. It wasn’t one of the good ones, not with a name like Pinzetti, but a fraternity all the same. 3. A mechanic. Labels: slang 4. A biker, a tough. Labels: slang 5. A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal. Labels: slang
Word: goombah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Neapolitan cumpà and Sicilian cumpari (“buddy, pal”, akin to Italian compare, Spanish compadre, from Latin compater, literally “godfather”), a word often used to refer to “family friends” or friends close enough to be considered an “aunt” or “uncle”, though not related by blood. To an English-speaking ear, the unaspirated stops of Southern Italian dialects (especially Neapolitan) are interpreted as voiced stops, yielding goombah. Compare South American Spanish cumpa. Doublet of compadre, compeer, and compere. Pronunciation: /ˈɡumbɑ/, /ɡuːmˈbɑː/ 1. A person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime) Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur 2. A companion, pal, close friend, or associate, especially among Italian-American men. It sometimes has the connotation of an older friend who acts as a patron, protector or adviser. Labels: US, slang
Word: goombah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gumbe, a Jamaican drum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”). Contrary to popular belief, the term is not an acronym of without passport or working off passage, which are backronyms derived from the term. First attested in New York City around 1906, eventually also spreading to Canada, Australia, and Britain. Pronunciation: /wɒp/, /wɑp/ 1. An person of Italian descent. Labels: ethnic, slur Example: Detective J.J. McVea of the Charles street station, who arrested the boys, says that the robbery of the safe was a remarkable one and showed no trace of amateurism. It was committed by four boys. Besides Lyons and Murphy, he says, there were in it Albert Moquin, 14 years old, of 68 West Third street, and one whom Lyons calls “Oscar the Wop,” or “Oscar the Dago.” Example: There was a time, not very long ago, when you couldn't find a Wop -- that means an Italian in the latest downtown dialect -- in Danny's resort even by using a microscope. But to-day it's different. The members of the Five Points gang, all dark skinned sons of Sicily, grew tired of flitting from place to place, with no set rendezvous for their nightly gatherings. A number of the Pointers used to frequent the place, and it wasn't long before the entire gang became regulars.
Word: wop Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɒp/, /wɑp/ 1. Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: DDD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The authors found a significant decrease in the defined daily doses (DDD) of antibiotics in both units B and C, but not in unit A. Although just a single center study, this illustrates the impact that ID specialist approval can have on antibiotic use. 7. Initialism of degenerative disc disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: DAD Part of Speech: noun 1. A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium. 2. Acronym of diffuse alveolar damage. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of Dutch angel dragon. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
Word: DAD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf (early title of Dragon Age: The Veilguard). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: Currently replaying in preparation for DAD, and the Josiemance is still as lovely as I remember.
Word: AAD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Academy of Dentists. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of American Academy of Dermatology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Australian Antarctic Division. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For the next four or five years, a special drill designed at the AAD will slice through the ice pulling up 3-metre cores at a time until the drill hits bedrock, almost 3km down. […] The idea to go chasing the world’s oldest ice was included in a 2013 report from Dr Tony Press, the former AAD director and Antarctic scientist who set out what Australia’s priorities on the vast continent should be. 4. Initialism of Azure Active Directory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AAD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Aircraft Assignment Directive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of automatic activation device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Anti-aircraft division. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Army Air Defense. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Airborne Assault Division. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Armored Automobile Detachment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism