nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lodgings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋz/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋz/ 1. plural of lodging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lodgings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋz/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋz/ 1. A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. 2. An official residence. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: instincts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.stɪŋkts/ 1. plural of instinct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prejudices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪsɪz/ 1. plural of prejudice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prejudices Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prejudice Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attendants Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndənts/ 1. plural of attendant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exercises Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sə.saɪ.zɪz/, /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪ.zɪz/, /ˈek.sə.sɑe.zɪz/, /ˈek.sə.saɪ.zəz/ 1. plural of exercise Labels: form-of, plural 2. A ceremony or assembly: opening exercises; graduation exercises.
Word: exercises Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sə.saɪ.zɪz/, /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪ.zɪz/, /ˈek.sə.sɑe.zɪz/, /ˈek.sə.saɪ.zəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exercise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: evenings Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From evening + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare with Dutch avonds, Low German avends, German abends. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvnɪŋz/ 1. In the evening, during the evening. Labels: dated, informal, not-comparable Example: He had ordered her not to go out evenings, and warned her that she must never let him catch her in company with a young man, who was paying attention to her belonging to Colonel Lloyd.
Word: evenings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvnɪŋz/ 1. plural of evening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈleɪbɚz/, /ˈleɪbəz/ 1. plural of labor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈleɪbɚz/, /ˈleɪbəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of labor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kaʊz/ 1. plural of cow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kaʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kaʊz/ 1. Alternative form of kouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: superconductor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + conductor, calque of Dutch suprageleider (modern spelling supergeleider). 1. A substance that has no resistance to conducting an electric current
Word: value added tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A tax levied on the added value that results from the exchange of goods and services.
Word: value-added tax Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of value added tax. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For example, its two biggest deficit-cutting ideas are on the tax side, eliminating all itemized deductions for income taxes (raising $3.42 trillion over 10 years) and imposing a European-style value-added tax (VAT) of 5% on goods and services (raising $3.38 trillion over 10 years).
Word: back-pedal Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of backpedal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: smooch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch/smooch”), Alemannic German Schmutz, Schmützle (“a kiss, a smooch”). Pronunciation: /smuːt͡ʃ/, /smut͡ʃ/, /smʉːt͡ʃ/ 1. A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek. Labels: informal Example: Ideally with exercise at 6am and then schmooches with my daughter Olympia. If I’m lucky I squeeze in a breakfast at Orphans Kitchen with some of my favourite people, and then off to work I go! 2. Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex. Labels: New-York, derogatory, slang Example: And tell Nay-Nay come shake up the room Lil Gotti call thotty, that bitch is a smooch (That bitch is a smoochie)
Word: smooch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch/smooch”), Alemannic German Schmutz, Schmützle (“a kiss, a smooch”). Pronunciation: /smuːt͡ʃ/, /smut͡ʃ/, /smʉːt͡ʃ/ 1. To kiss. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: They smooched in the doorway. Example: […] [Britney] Spears and NSYNCer Justin Timberlake smooching. 2. To steal. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: Have either of you ever made a couple of quids at once in your puff before—pinching goods from the back of delivery vans and smooching lead off empty houses?
Word: smooch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of smutch. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Then she said that the paper stained everything it touched, that she had found yellow smooches on all my clothes and John's, and she wished we would be more careful!
Word: smooch Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of smutch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: PFC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of private first class. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC. 2. Initialism of prefrontal cortex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Another recent study found that in a delayed recognition working memory task, after affecting the functional connectivity between the PFC and the parahippocampal place area with a task designed to produce interference, older adults were unable to regain connectivity to preinterference levels, unlike younger adults who could. Example: To quote George W. Bush, within the frontal cortex, it's the PFC that is “the decider.” 3. Initialism of perfluorocarbon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target. 4. Initialism of preference for consistency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of power factor correction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of perfect fit content. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: By 2023, according to a review of charts and messages shared on the company Slack, over 100 official playlists were made almost entirely of PFC, […].
Word: coif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kuppō (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”). Pronunciation: /kwɑf/, /kɔɪf/ 1. A hairdo. Example: He decides to muscle in on the act, styling his hair after Kirk’s signature coif (“the stupidest haircut I’ve ever seen,” says one character), trolling college girls on social media and proclaiming himself a “master-debater”. 2. A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. Labels: historical 3. A similar item of mail armour covering the head. Labels: historical 4. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. Example: From point and saucy ermine down / To the plain coif and russet gown. Example: c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers The judges, […] although they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.
Word: coif Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English coifen, from Old French coifier, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /kwɑf/, /kɔɪf/ 1. To style or arrange hair. Labels: transitive Example: Circe’s this craft, the trim-coifed goddess. Example: But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.
Word: backpedal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + pedal. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌpɛdəɫ/ 1. To pedal backwards on a bicycle. Labels: intransitive Example: The road was on a hill and the boy was going down the slope, and as he flashed by he started backpedalling very quickly so that the free-wheeling mechanism of his bike made a loud whirring sound. 2. To step backwards. Labels: intransitive Example: The player had to backpedal before catching the ball. 3. To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal. Example: The best car sound of 1999 is that of a new Rover 75 being furiously backpedalled through the motoring page of the Sunday Times.
Word: backpedal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + pedal. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌpɛdəɫ/ 1. An act of backpedalling (in any sense). Example: He should come out of his backpedal and turn to run only when a receiver threatens to get behind him in the zone. Example: They were doing 50 yards of lunges, 50 yards of backpedals, sprinting for 50 yards and power walking one mile around the track to help him reach his target heart rate.
Word: middling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/, /ˈmɪdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre. Example: The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling. Example: […] I cannot think it unreaſonable, […] to imagin the ſame natural cauſes may ſometimes act in t'other extreme likewiſe, and model Humane Bodies from a peculiar Energy in the ſeminal Principles, or a more perfect and through concoction in the Stomach, and other Viſcera, whence may proceed a peculiar and extraordinary nutritive faculty in the humours, for the furthering augmentation; or ſtill from ſome other more latent Spring, or ſecret Influence, to ariſe to ſuch a growth as fully to equal twice the heighth of (what we may then properly call) a middling ſtature, taking the word in the moſt ſtrict ſenſe. 2. In fairly good health. Labels: UK, colloquial, regional Example: I am in a middling Way, between Healthy and Sick, hardly ever without a little Giddineſs or Deafneſs, and ſometimes both: So much for that. Example: “And how’s that chest of yours?” demanded Mrs. Morel. / He smiled again, with his blue eyes rather sunny. / “Oh, it’s very middlin’,” he said.
Word: middling Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/, /ˈmɪdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Fairly, moderately, somewhat. Labels: UK, colloquial, regional Example: St. Jerom ſeated, a middling ſized upright plate, from J. Palma, dated 1596. I think this is one of the fineſt prints by this great maſter. The drawing is admirable, and the engraving is executed with the utmoſt freedom. Example: Iwami, otherwise Sekisju, is two days journey long, going from ſouth to north, a middling good country, producing plenty of cannib, and affording ſome ſalt. 2. Not too badly, with modest success. Labels: UK, colloquial, regional
Word: middling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/, /ˈmɪdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality. Example: Middlings are less likely to adopt worker commitment than are Leaders, but the two groups are equally likely to adopt organisational responsibility. […] Middlings have not been able to effectively implement innovative environmental programmes and proactive social programmes. 2. Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality. Labels: in-plural Example: The war had been significantly financed by the poor and the middling, who purchased bonds that quickly devalued from wartime inflation; debt speculators had bought much of this debt at a fraction of the original cost.
Word: stubble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌb.əl/ 1. Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: Lord (ſayth he) Put them as a wheele and a ſtoble before the face of the wynde. For as the ſtoble, whyle the wynde bloweth wauereth and flyethe aboue in the ayre, nowe hygh nowe lowe, but anone as the wynde paſſeth it falleth adowne to the erthe and lyeth there ſtylle.
Word: stubble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌb.əl/ 1. To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble. Example: Here a system ( if it may be called a system ) of stubbling prevails — wheat succeeding wheat for a series of years, and without any material diminution of the yield. Example: In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed.
Word: stipend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English stipend, stipende (“salary, wage”) [and other forms], from Old French stipende, stipendie, from Latin stīpendium (“contribution; dues; impost, tax; tribute; military pay or stipend; military service”), from *stipipendium, *stippendium, from stips (“alms; contribution, donation, gift”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“erect; stiff”)) + pendere (the present active infinitive of pendō (“to cause to hang down or suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (hence) to pay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin; to stretch”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian stipendio * Portuguese estipêndio * Spanish estipendio Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪpɛnd/, /-pn̩d/, /ˈstaɪˌpɛnd/, /-pənd/, /ˈstɑe̯pend/ 1. A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. Labels: archaic Example: He ſent for Ariſtotle (the greateſt Philoſopher in his time, & beſt learned) to teach his ſonne, vnto vvhom he gaue honorable ſtipend. Example: For Cynthia doth in ſciences abound, / And giues to their profeſſors ſtipends large. 2. Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax. Labels: broadly Example: My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses. Example: The Romaynes, […] appointed alſo the Cenſores to allovv out of the common butche^([sic – meaning hutche]) yearely ſtipendes, for the findings of certaine geeſe; […] 3. A scholarship granted to a student. Labels: broadly 4. Money which is earned; an income. Labels: obsolete Example: And that knights competency you haue gotten / VVith care and labour: he vvith luſt and idleneſſe / VVill bring into the ſtypend of a begger; […] 5. A one-off payment for a service provided. Labels: obsolete Example: ["H]e [Jesus] vvas man, he took upon him our ſins;" Not the vvork of ſin, I mean not ſo, not to do it, not to commit it, but to purge it, to cleanſe it, to bear the ſtipend of it: […] Example: This fight vvas ſo vvell performed, that a report vvent currant, of Castor and Pollux, tvvo Gods, vvho came on milke-vvhite Steeds, to be eye vvitneſſes of their valour, and fellovv helpers of their victorie; for the Generall conſecrated a Temple to them, as a ſtipend for their paines.
Word: stipend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English stipend, stipende (“salary, wage”) [and other forms], from Old French stipende, stipendie, from Latin stīpendium (“contribution; dues; impost, tax; tribute; military pay or stipend; military service”), from *stipipendium, *stippendium, from stips (“alms; contribution, donation, gift”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“erect; stiff”)) + pendere (the present active infinitive of pendō (“to cause to hang down or suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (hence) to pay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin; to stretch”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian stipendio * Portuguese estipêndio * Spanish estipendio Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪpɛnd/, /-pn̩d/, /ˈstaɪˌpɛnd/, /-pənd/, /ˈstɑe̯pend/ 1. To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.). Labels: historical, obsolete, transitive Example: I, Sir, am a Phyſician, and am ſtipended in this Iland to bee ſo to the Gouernours of it: and I am much more carefull of their health, then of mine ovvn; ſtudying night & day, and vveighing the complexion of the Gouernour, that I may hit the better vpon the curing him, vvhenſoeuer hee falls ſicke: […] Example: The recently discovered "Letters of Daniel Defoe," existing in the Record Office, leave no doubt of the Government practice of suborning and stipending newspaper proprietors and writers connected with them was as old as the times of the "Mercurius Politicus," and other contemporaneous newspapers under Defoe's management and influence.
Word: White Legend Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Spanish Leyenda Blanca, based on Black Legend. 1. A set of pro-Hispanic ideas attempting to counterbalance the anti-Hispanic Black Legend (Spanish Leyenda Negra).
Word: gasket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæs.kɪt/ 1. A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place. 2. Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. Example: Three major types of oil-pan gaskets are available: cork/ neoprene composition, neoprene and Hypalon Duraprene. Most professionals prefer cork/neoprene gaskets because the oil-pan bolts seem to lose their torque with the others. 3. A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration. 4. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid.
Word: gasket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæs.kɪt/ 1. To fit a gasket 2. To seal with a gasket
Word: blow a gasket Part of Speech: verb 1. To become very angry or upset. Labels: informal Example: Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.
Word: Black Legend Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Spanish Leyenda Negra (literally “Black Legend”). 1. The depiction of Spain and Spaniards (or, by extension, all Hispanics and their countries of origin) as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical, especially concerning the colonial period from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Example: […]if the black legend seemed to be fading at last, the horrors of the Civil War revived it with a vengeance. Never was a conflict fought more bitterly. Example: Here the problem is aggravated by the mutually reinforcing influences of the ‘black legend’ of Spanish greed and cruelty, and the contrasting myth of the American Indian as ‘noble savage’.
Word: virgin forest Part of Speech: noun 1. A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest.
Word: left and right Part of Speech: noun 1. Two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun. Labels: uncountable Example: Apparently a left-and-a-right in hunting parlance meant to shoot and kill two birds or animals in quick succession, first with your left barrel and then with your right.
Word: left and right Part of Speech: adv 1. All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively. Labels: Canada, US, figuratively, not-comparable Example: You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight. Example: And then all the distributions come in and they screw it all up. Because they break binary compatibility left and right
Word: enervation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French énervation. 1. Act of enervating; debilitation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. State of being enervated; debility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His early-morning alertness had gradually given way to bad-tempered enervation as the sun went down, and now his legs dragged, his shoulders slumped as he walked, and even from here I could hear his breath wheezing out of his nose.
Word: madras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Madras, former name of the Indian city Chennai, where it was first produced. Pronunciation: /məˈdɹæs/, /ˈmædɹəs/ 1. A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow Madras turban […] crouched against the wall. Example: The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers 2. A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
Word: frenemy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of friend + enemy. Invented independently multiple times. Attested in 1952 without any scare quotes or self-referential apology, clearly suggesting that the writer expected his audience to be unsurprised by encountering the word, but used by other writers in 1979 and 1992 in ways that indicate that those writers considered it a nonce blend and expected that their audiences would view it that way too; these examples are evidence that the word existed for many decades during which it was not yet widely familiar or established (which it now is). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛ.nɪ.mi/ 1. Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend. Labels: humorous, sometimes Example: Painting with a bland stroke, hardly mixing color on palette or canvas, working neatly, quickly, deftly, and a bit hygienically—like an Old World gentleman—over his “spontaneous” projects—indeed, “tickling” his way along, to borrow frenemy Picasso's devastating verb—he [Henri Matisse] seems never to be deeply involved or even slightly carried away by his work. Example: Another enemy / Not even a frenemy. 2. A fair-weather friend who is also a rival. Labels: humorous, sometimes Example: So, we're definitely not going to be friends with Ferguson? Maybe we can be frenemies. A love-hate relationship's the next best thing.
Word: frienemy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnəmi/ 1. Alternative form of frenemy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: enervator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enervate + -or. 1. Something or someone that causes enervation.
Word: enervative Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing enervation.
Word: statuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin statuāria (ars) (“(art) of sculpture”), feminine of the adjective statuārius (“of statues”). Pronunciation: /ˈstæ.t͡ʃʊə.ɹi/, /ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi/ 1. The craft of making statues. Labels: uncountable 2. Statues considered collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: Simply on aesthetic grounds I can almost applaud the Victorians’ fig obsessed Bowdlerisation of Greek and Roman statuary.
Word: statuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin statuārius (“maker of statues”). Pronunciation: /ˈstæ.t͡ʃʊə.ɹi/, /ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi/ 1. A person who makes or deals in statues.
Word: statuary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the noun or the Latin adjective statuārius (“of statues”). Pronunciation: /ˈstæ.t͡ʃʊə.ɹi/, /ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of statues. Example: He [Francis Bacon] lyeth interred in the Church of St. Michael at St. Albans in Hartfordſhire, and hath there a fair ſtatuary monument erected for him of white Marble at the coſt of Sir Thomas Meautis, his ancient ſervant, who was not neerer to him living then dead: […] Example: There is the lady’s own book, complete without a teacher—showing how the waist should be boddiced; the parasol handled; the statuary attitudes; the Parisian curtsy; the prettiest toss of the head, and swing of the train.
Word: skerry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Pronunciation: /ˈskɛɹi/ 1. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms. Example: The Seal (phoca vitulina, Lin. Syft.) which is here generally known by the name of selchy, is very common on most of our low shores, but particularly on those of the small holms and remote skerries, where it is frequently seen reposing and basking in the sun [...]. Example: His companions were very unwilling to leave him on the skerries, perhaps to perish, but the surge increased so fast that after many unsuccessful attempts to bring the boat in close to the stacks, they were obliged to depart and leave the unfortunate man to his fate.
Word: skewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”). Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.ə/, /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ 1. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. Example: Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade. 2. Food served on a skewer. 3. A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, exposes a less valuable piece.
Word: skewer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”). Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.ə/, /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ 1. To impale on a skewer. 2. To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it. 3. To severely mock or discredit. Labels: figuratively Example: Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework. Example: A journalist outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday displaying one of the many tabloid covers skewering Mr. Johnson.
Word: skewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skew + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.ə/, /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ 1. That which skews something. Labels: rare
Word: skewer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skew + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.ə/, /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ 1. comparative form of skew: more skew Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: windup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from wind up. 1. Alternative form of wind-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: If you don't mind windup, spring-driven cameras, the Bolex 16s are good nonsync cameras.
Word: windup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from wind up. 1. Alternative form of wind-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: emeritus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ēmeritus (“(having been) earned, (having been) merited; (having been) served, having done one’s service”), the perfect passive participle of ēmereō (“to earn, merit; to gain by service; (military) to complete one’s obligation to serve, to serve out one’s time”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + mereō (“to deserve, merit; to acquire, earn, get, obtain; to render service to; to serve”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot; to assign”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural form emeriti is borrowed from Latin ēmeritī. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/, /əˈmɛɹətəs/ 1. Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title. Labels: not-comparable, often, postpositional Example: emeritus professor professor emeritus professors emeritae Example: pontiff emeritus
Word: emeritus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ēmeritus (“(having been) earned, (having been) merited; (having been) served, having done one’s service”), the perfect passive participle of ēmereō (“to earn, merit; to gain by service; (military) to complete one’s obligation to serve, to serve out one’s time”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + mereō (“to deserve, merit; to acquire, earn, get, obtain; to render service to; to serve”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot; to assign”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural form emeriti is borrowed from Latin ēmeritī. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/, /əˈmɛɹətəs/, /ɪˈmɛɹɪtaɪ/, /əˈmɛɹətaɪ/ 1. A (male) person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title. Example: Martin Engels said: “I am not posted on dyke-bridges, but if it is a Dutch scheme there may be something in it. That engineer made a mistake by calling the city officials emerituses. He should not call people names if he wants the Municipal Council to build his twenty-four-million-dollar bridge. If the Tammany organization wants to build a dyke-bridge, I’m for it.” Example: Now, we have no criticism for college presidents and emerituses as such. A man may be all that and still be a pretty good fellow—whatever the effect might be on his character and happiness. But there is one thing certain—no one man can know it all. 2. An honorific version of a previous title. Labels: rare Example: With a string of “emerituses” behind his name, last of which was acquired with the Welfare society resignation, [George Q.] Sheppard now lives in retirement in his home at The Hill, 722 King street. Example: NOW THE VENERABLE and distinguished First National Bank bossman has joined a distinguished league. To my knowledge, he shares his honors with two other distinguished Orlandoans — Dr. J. Powell Tucker, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church, and J. C. Brossier, editor emeritus of the Orlando Evening Star. And now that Dr. and Mrs. Tucker have returned home from a month’s vacation trip, the good doctor can sit down today with Mr. Allen and Mr. Brossier and they can talk about their emerituses.
Word: prefab Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A clipping. 1. Prefabricated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prefab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipping. 1. A prefabricated building. Example: Having donned our PPE, we walk through the site to the prefab that controls access to the tunnel. 2. A prefabricated section of a building. 3. A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use. Labels: UK 4. A reusable object in a video game world.
Word: prefab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A clipping. 1. To prefabricate. Labels: transitive
Word: placard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English placard (“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plaquart (“a placard, a writing pasted on a wall”), from the Old French verb plaquer, plaquier (“to stick or paste, roughcast”), from Middle Dutch placken, plecken (“to glue or fasten, plaster, patch”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“a piece of cloth, patch”), equivalent to plaque + -ard. Related to Middle Low German placken (“to smear with lime or clay, plaster”), Saterland Frisian Plak, Plakke (“a hit, smack, slap”), German Placken (“a spot, patch”), Icelandic plagg (“a document”), Hebrew פלקט (plakat, “a large sheet of paper, typically with a photo or writing, posted on the wall”), English play. Compare also Modern Dutch plakkaat (“placard”), Saterland Frisian Plakoat (“a placard, poster”). More at play. Pronunciation: /ˈplæk.ɑːd/, /ˈplæk.ɑɹd/ 1. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place. Example: Especially from Mr. Borthrop Trumbull, a distinguished bachelor and auctioneer of those parts, much concerned in the sale of land and cattle: a public character, indeed, whose name was seen on widely distributed placards, and who might reasonably be sorry for those who did not know of him. Example: He brought out the placard, which was quite a work of art. It was nearly two feet long, printed on calendered paper, with a selection of colors so bright that they shone even in the moonlight. 2. A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. Labels: obsolete Example: All placards or edicts are published in his name. 3. Permission given by authority; a license. Labels: obsolete Example: to give a placard to do something 4. An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour. Labels: historical 5. A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later. Labels: historical 6. The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.
Word: placard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English placard (“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plaquart (“a placard, a writing pasted on a wall”), from the Old French verb plaquer, plaquier (“to stick or paste, roughcast”), from Middle Dutch placken, plecken (“to glue or fasten, plaster, patch”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“a piece of cloth, patch”), equivalent to plaque + -ard. Related to Middle Low German placken (“to smear with lime or clay, plaster”), Saterland Frisian Plak, Plakke (“a hit, smack, slap”), German Placken (“a spot, patch”), Icelandic plagg (“a document”), Hebrew פלקט (plakat, “a large sheet of paper, typically with a photo or writing, posted on the wall”), English play. Compare also Modern Dutch plakkaat (“placard”), Saterland Frisian Plakoat (“a placard, poster”). More at play. Pronunciation: /ˈplæk.ɑːd/, /ˈplæk.ɑɹd/ 1. To affix a placard to, or mark with a placard nearby. Example: The inner walls of the church were placarded with large mural tablets of copper, bearing engraved inscriptions celebrating the merits of old Heilbronn worthies of two or three centuries ago, […] Example: The mail coaches were placarded PEACE WITH FRANCE in large capitals, and the drivers all wore a sprig of laurel, as an emblem of peace, in their hats. 2. To announce with placards. Example: to placard a sale Example: These men, who have already caused you so much harm, whom you yourselves dispersed on the 31st of October, are placarding their intention to protect you against the Prussians, who have only made an appearance within our walls, […]
Word: anesthesiology Part of Speech: noun 1. The science of administering anesthetics. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable
Word: fulminant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulmin(ate) + -ant or fulmine + -ant. 1. That fulminates. Labels: not-comparable 2. Appearing quickly and with destructive effects. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: Fulminant hepatitis seems to be more common in females than in males (11).[…]In contrast to common belief, Chalmers (17) has shown that physical exercise during infectious hepatitis does not increase the risk of a fulminant course of disease. Example: When his liver function was measured, an acute, fulminant hepatitis was discovered.
Word: fulminant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulmin(ate) + -ant or fulmine + -ant. 1. A thunderbolt. 2. An explosive. Example: The excessive danger in handling fulminants was not balanced by any prospective reward.
Word: cerealogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cereal Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English cerealogy From cereal + -logy. 1. Alternative form of cereology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: There is no university with a department of cerealogy, and consequently anyone may call him- or herself a "cerealogist," even after one single visit to a crop circle. Example: Despite film showing the two men creating highly complex crop circles, the momentum behind cerealogy was too strong to be stopped by any admission of English eccentricity.
Word: asunder Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to pieces; alone, separately; distinct in kind, different”), asondri (“distinct, separate”), onsunder, onsondre (“apart, asunder; alone, separately; especially, particularly (?)”), from Old English onsundrum, on sundur (“asunder, apart, privately”), probably from on- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + sundor, sunder (“alone, apart; separately; privately”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, separate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) + sunder (“(obsolete except dialectal) different; separate”). cognates * Danish sønder * Dutch zonder * Faroese sundur * German sonder * Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō) * Icelandic sundur * Norwegian Bokmål sunder, sønder * Swedish sönder Pronunciation: /əˈsʌndə/, /əˈsʌndəɹ/ 1. Of two or more people or things: Labels: archaic, literary Example: Page. I vvarrant you, hee's the man ſhould fight vvith him. / […] [Robert] Shal[low]. It appeares ſo by his vveapons: keep them aſunder: […] Example: Heer's a coyle to keep fire and tovv a ſunder. 2. Of two or more people or things: Labels: archaic, literary Example: Our hartes ſwelled, as that they ſhoulde breake / The fire of loue, was ſo ſore kept vnder / When I from her, ſhoulde departe aſunder Example: Thoughe the lordes departed euery daye vnagreed⸝ yet they departed a ſõder [a sonder] right amiably⸝ for euery daye they poynted to mete agayne the nexte day⸝ bothe parties truſtyng at laſt to cõclude [conclude] on ſome good poynt. 3. Into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively, literary Example: to crack asunder torn asunder Example: And he [Judas Iscariot] hath nowe poſſeſſed a plott of grounde with the rewarde off iniquyte. And when he was hanged⸝ braſt [burst] a ſondre in the myddes⸝ and all his bowels guſſhed out. 4. Apart from other people; individually, separately; specifically, in private, privately. Labels: archaic, literary, obsolete Example: […] I was of the ſame Jeſus Chriſt inſtitute: ſo this préeminence may I lawfully chalenge, that Chriſt choſe them, what tyme he was to our bodily infirmities ſubiect, but me called to be a ſondre to be his preacher, what tyme he had put of all condicions of mannes weakenes. Example: [I]t vvas Employment enough for us to keep them [the prisoners] aſſunder, and ſupply them vvith Victuals. 5. Chiefly in the form to know asunder: in a manner distinguishable from other similar things. Labels: archaic, literary, obsolete Example: Ye summond our kynge,—why dyd ye so? / […] / Know ye not suger and salt asonder? / Your sumner to saucy, to malapert, / Your harrold in armes not yet halfe experte. Example: Foure ſorts of Marle be found in this VVeald, knovvne aſunder by the difference of colours, and thereby alſo differing in degrees of goodneſſe one from the other: […]
Word: asunder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to pieces; alone, separately; distinct in kind, different”), asondri (“distinct, separate”), onsunder, onsondre (“apart, asunder; alone, separately; especially, particularly (?)”), from Old English onsundrum, on sundur (“asunder, apart, privately”), probably from on- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + sundor, sunder (“alone, apart; separately; privately”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, separate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) + sunder (“(obsolete except dialectal) different; separate”). cognates * Danish sønder * Dutch zonder * Faroese sundur * German sonder * Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō) * Icelandic sundur * Norwegian Bokmål sunder, sønder * Swedish sönder Pronunciation: /əˈsʌndə/, /əˈsʌndəɹ/ 1. Different, unlike. Labels: archaic, literary, obsolete Example: Moth[er]: I cannot blame thee. / But it greeues thee more that Villaine liues. / Iul[iet]: VVhat Villaine Madame? / Moth: That Villaine Romeo. / Iul: Villaine and he are manie miles a ſunder.
Word: asunder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English asondren (“to alienate; to separate; to depart; to part company; to disappear”), from Old English asundran, āsundrian (“to disjoin; to separate; to sunder, put asunder; to sever”) (possibly influenced by onsundrum (adverb): see etymology 1), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out”)) + sundrian (“to separate, sunder”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate, sunder”), from *sundraz (“alone, separate”) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives)). Pronunciation: /əˈsʌndə/, /əˈsʌndəɹ/ 1. To set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder. Labels: archaic, literary, transitive Example: A plough beetle, ploughſtaff, to further the plough, / great clod to a ſunder that breaketh ſo rough: […] Example: Thou could not be perſvvaded that my vvittes / Could once retire ſo farre from ſence aſondred, […]
Word: attaché Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French attaché (literally “attached”). Pronunciation: /əˈtæʃeɪ/, /ˌætæˈʃeɪ/ 1. A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role. Example: Little did anyone suspect that the military attaché was one of the world's craftiest spies. Example: One of the commercial attachés of the Department of Commerce in South America transmits the name and address of an engineer who desires to receive full information relative to an automotor for an interurban railway.
Word: baklava Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possibly from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (baɣlaɣ-a, “bundle, package”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.lə.və/, /ˈbɑk.lə.və/, /bəˈklɑː.və/, /ˈbɑk.ləˌvɑː/, /ˌbɑk.ləˈvɑː/ 1. A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It meant lifting tea towels off trays in her Muslim neighbours’ kitchens to help herself to sticky triangles of baklava, half lemon slices pressed into the syrupy pastry filled with walnuts and raisins.
Word: boggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɡ.əl/, /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈbɔɡ.əl/ 1. (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast. Example: The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination. 2. To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused. Labels: intransitive Example: He boggled at the surprising news. Example: The mind boggles. 3. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm. Labels: transitive Example: The vastness of space really boggles the mind. Example: The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike. 4. To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch Labels: US, dialectal 5. To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I would be loth to exchange consciences with them, and boggle so with God Almighty; but these men by a new kind of Metaphysick have found out a way to abstract the Person of the King from his Office to make his Soveraigntie a kinde of Platonick Idea hovering in the aire, while they visibly attempt to assail and destroy his person […] 6. To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing. Labels: intransitive
Word: boggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɡ.əl/, /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈbɔɡ.əl/ 1. A scruple or objection. Labels: dated 2. A bungle; a botched situation. Labels: dated
Word: boggle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɡ.əl/, /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈbɔɡ.əl/ 1. Alternative form of bogle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mystify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/ 1. To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. Labels: transitive Example: Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years. Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
Word: hardened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdn̩d/, /ˈhɑɹd(ə)nd/ 1. simple past and past participle of harden Labels: form-of, participle, past