nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: countryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From country + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌntɹimən/ 1. Somebody from a certain country. 2. Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman. Example: Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him: Example: You don’t need to wait. Here, there she is. There, there she is right now, embodying the harsh irony that is her existence, because at that moment next week, she will be a queen with fake power visiting a fake kingdom which arguably has more impact on the lives of her countrymen than she does. 3. A man who is a country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits. Example: a countryman boldly averred that "nowt but a hare had come that way" 4. A settled person, as opposed to a traveller. Labels: Ireland
Word: ASSET Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: proselyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/, /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ 1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism. Example: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Example: That evening the young nun lay exhausted between life and death in a brain fever, while all Naples was ringing with the faith, beauty, and fervour of the English proselyte.
Word: proselyte Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/, /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ 1. To proselytize. Labels: transitive
Word: bourne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French borne, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos. Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /boːɹn/, /boən/ 1. A boundary; a limit. Labels: archaic, countable Example: [T]he dread of ſomething after death, / The vndiſcouer'd country, from whoſe borne / No trauiler returnes, puzzels the will, […] Example: [T]hough I did not stop in my advance, yet I went on slowly, like a man who should have passed a bourne unnoticed, and strayed into the country of the dead. 2. A goal or destination. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I passed through many beautiful and majestic scenes; but my eyes were fixed and unobserving. I could only think of the bourne of my travels, and the work which was to occupy me whilst they endured.
Word: bourne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bourne, from Old English burna. Doublet of burn. Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /boːɹn/, /boən/ 1. A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
Word: completo Part of Speech: noun 1. A hot dog with the works. Labels: slang 2. A complete game. Labels: slang
Word: stripling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stripling (“an adolescent, a youth (specifically one who is male); a child”) [and other forms], possibly from strepen (“to remove the clothes of, undress, strip; to peel off; to skin (an animal); to remove; to take something away from someone; to plunder, rob”) (connoting something that is stripped and thin, and yet to reach its full size) + -ling (suffix forming diminutives). Strepen is derived from Old English *strēpan (Anglian), *strīepan, *strīpan, *strȳpan (West Saxon), from Proto-West Germanic *straupijan, from Proto-Germanic *straupijaną (“to strip; to pluck; to wipe”), from *streupaną (“to touch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strew-, *sterw-, *ster- (“a strip; a streak; a beam, ray”)) + *-janą (suffix forming causatives from strong verbs with the sense of ‘to cause to do’). The English word is analysable as strip (“long, narrow piece”) + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/ 1. A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. . Labels: also, attributive, dated, humorous, sometimes Example: And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is. Example: And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities 2. A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off. Example: For there upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediæval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs.
Word: cat food Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The cat ate the cat food.
Word: rubric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/ 1. A heading in a book highlighted in red. 2. A title of a category or a class. Example: That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now. Example: And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.” 3. The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters. Example: All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics. 4. An established rule or custom; a guideline. Example: Whilst this rubric is not written into law, it should always be followed. Example: 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity. 5. A statement of intent. Example: The Government's rubric of "caring for communities" is ridiculous. Example: “It is diabolical for banks and asset managers to invest billions in major fossil fuel companies under the rubric of ‘green investing’ when we need to accelerate investments in non- and low-carbon energy, in carbon efficiency, and in carbon removal technologies,” said Richard Heede at the Climate Accountability Institute. 6. A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper. Example: Do not award marks to candidates who have made rubric errors. Example: In the first prospectus the rubric on this paper began 'Historical sources and materials and how the historian uses them[…]' 7. A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback. Example: We refer to the rubric when marking oral examinations. 8. A flourish after a signature. 9. Red ochre.
Word: rubric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/ 1. Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics. Example: VVhat tho' my Name ſtood rubric on the vvalls? / Or plaiſter'd poſts, vvith Claps in capitals? 2. Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
Word: rubric Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/ 1. To adorn with red; to redden. Labels: transitive Example: That Cavalier who Rubricks his Executions with the Bloud he hath drawn by the instrument of Extortion from the Poor. 2. To organize or classify into rubrics. Labels: transitive
Word: Strategic Defense Initiative Part of Speech: name 1. A system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. Labels: historical
Word: trash out Part of Speech: verb 1. To criticize a person in a ranting way or manner. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Friday night I crashed your party. / Saturday I said I'm sorry. / Sunday came 'n' [you] trashed me out again. 2. To stop working; to crap out. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: My computer trashed out again. 3. To remove trash and other items from an abandoned house. Labels: transitive Example: The bank hired me to trash this house out. 4. To ruin (a place) with vandalism, garbage, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The rock band trashed out the hotel room. 5. To make (a place or thing) trashy or low-class. Labels: transitive Example: They're going to trash out the neighborhood. 6. To insult, demean and criticize (someone). Labels: transitive Example: You shouldn't trash people out like that. 7. Misspelling of thrash out. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: seki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese セキ (seki). 1. In the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location
Word: Dora Part of Speech: name Etymology: A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century. Sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora. Pronunciation: /ˈdoɹ.ə/, /ˈdɔː.ɹə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: "I think," said Robert, after waiting in vain for his cousin to speak, "that I shall call you Dorothy. It is a much prettier name than Dora." "No, thank you," said Dorothy, quickly; "Dora is good enough for the common purposes of life."
Word: straight A Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to one who makes straight A's. Labels: not-comparable Example: a straight A student Example: Should I try to be a straight A student? "If you are, then you think too much."
Word: bullet ant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bullet + ant. From being an ant having a poisonous stinging bite, whose pain is described to be comparable to being hit by a bullet. 1. A stinging ant (Paraponera clavata) the toxin of which causes intense pain for about a day, native to Central and South America. Labels: informal
Word: electronica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English -a English electronica From electronic + -a (“Latin singular suffix”). 1. Any of a wide range of electronic music genres. Labels: uncountable Example: By mid-decade, electronica began to chart, in the music of acts such as Bjork, Chemical Brothers, and Moby, and the resources of electronica were integrated into other non-pop styles, such as the industrial music of Trent Reznor […] Example: New Age music […] like all musics, has its margins, and these are blurred with ambient, techno, and other electronica. 2. Electronic items in general. Labels: uncountable 3. The data trail of an individual on the public internet. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: echoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of echo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: echoing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that echoes. Example: The opposition of Popery there, is like the last echoings of the thunder dying upon the ear.
Word: -ard Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Cognate with Middle High German -hart. More at hard. 1. Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”). Labels: morpheme Example: drunk + -ard → drunkard Example: dull + -ard → dullard
Word: -arium Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -ārium. Doublet of -ary. Pronunciation: /-ˈɛə̯ɹ.iː.əm/, /-ˈɛːɹ.iː.əm/, /-ˈeə̯ɹ.iː.əm/, /-ˈeɹ.i.əm/, /-ˈɛɹ.i.əm/ 1. A place associated with a specified thing. Labels: morpheme 2. A device associated with a specified function. Labels: morpheme
Word: backlist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + list. 1. A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles. 2. Expected to achieve years of adequate sales while on a backlist, and to be profitable on that basis, even if predicted not to sell in huge numbers when new. Labels: attributive Example: The celebrity tell-all has been proposed as a frontlist title, whereas the cookbook has been proposed as a backlist title and the food history book as a midlist title.
Word: backlist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + list. 1. To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer. Labels: transitive Example: I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have been backlisted. 2. To place (a book) on a backlist. Labels: transitive
Word: Kathleen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine. Pronunciation: /ˈkæθˌlin/ 1. A female given name from Irish. Example: Kathleen mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill, The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking, Kathleen mavourneen, what slumbering still? 2. An unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada. 3. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States. 4. A census-designated place in Florida, United States; named for early settler Catherine Prine. 5. A ghost town in Western Australia, Australia.
Word: Katharine Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant spelling of Catherine, based on the folk etymology that it would derive from Greek καθαρός (katharos "pure"). 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Petruchio.Good morrow, Kate; for that's your name, I hear. Katharina.Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing: They call me Katharine that do talk of me.
Word: Cathy Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkæθi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century. Example: It was named Catherine, but he never called it the name in full, as he had never called the first Catherine short, probably because Heathcliff had a habit of doing so. The little one was always Cathy, it formed to him a distinction from the mother, and yet, a connection with her; ( - - - ) Example: 'Cathy sounds like the name of a truck-stop waitress,' she overheard her father-in-law tell Adam after they returned from their honeymoon. 'Tell her to call herself Cat and, for Christ's sake, get her to stop biting her lip all the time.'
Word: Alexa Part of Speech: name Etymology: * From Alex + -a. A feminine form of Alex. * A female given name, clipping of Alexandra. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe. 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: feminine, form-of 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: diminutive, form-of 4. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Create an upbeat mix for your life’s soundtrack. Easier yet, tell Alexa to play songs from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s or whatever musical genre that is your motivational call-to-arms.
Word: unexceptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional English unexceptional From un- + exceptional. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ 1. Not exceptional. Example: Uncle Shemp was alarmingly unexceptional. He had no detectable lifestyle, and his only accomplishment was the fact that he was a lifelong member of the general public. Example: In the other direction, treatments that were decried in their time as paving the road to hell, including vaccination, transfusions, anesthesia, artificial insemination, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilization, have become unexceptional boons to human well-being.
Word: band-aid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid. Pronunciation: /ˈbændeɪd/ 1. An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound. Labels: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US 2. A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. Labels: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US, idiomatic, informal Example: It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.
Word: band-aid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid. Pronunciation: /ˈbændeɪd/ 1. To apply an adhesive bandage. Labels: transitive Example: As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows. 2. To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message. Example: This is where the addictions theorists and therapists fail (perhaps for lack of nerve): they never strongly suggest that their critique should become the basis for concerted, collective therapy as well as individual therapy. They can't. To do so would mean risking their own dependency upon the system and upon the rewards they receive for band-aiding it.
Word: up-and-comer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to be even more successful in the future. Labels: idiomatic
Word: venerated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of venerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: venerated Part of Speech: adj 1. Regarded with deep respect from others.
Word: suffer fools gladly Part of Speech: verb 1. To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people. Labels: idiomatic Example: For ye ſuffre foles gladly be cauſe that ye youre ſelves are wyſe. Example: He [Henry Sweet] was, I believe, not in the least an illnatured man: very much the opposite, I should say; but he would not suffer fools gladly.
Word: soft g Part of Speech: noun 1. The g sound pronounced /dʒ/ as in gem, giraffe and generation (or sometimes or /ʒ/ as in genre).
Word: hard g Part of Speech: noun 1. The plosive /g/ sound in words such as get, log and give. Example: Hard g at last found his cap and again became Hard G, after which the fight was renewed.
Word: conciliatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions. Example: Lady Anne checked herself, for she heard a carriage stop at the door, and her daughters enter the house; and she had not made up her mind as to the turn she should give to their conciliatory visit. Example: Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
Word: nervous breakdown Part of Speech: noun 1. An attack of a psychological disorder such as anxiety or depression which is so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally. Example: 1887, George Gissing, Thyrza There was organic disease, and there was what is vaguely called nervous breakdown; it was too clear that Mr. Newthorpe must count upon very moderate activity either of mind or body henceforth. Example: 1915, P. G. Wodehouse, Something New ...will you kindly think up at your earliest convenience some plan for politely ejecting this Mr Chalmers of yours from our humble home?--because if you don't, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. 2. A psychological disorder usually characterized by panic attacks and aggressiveness, related to the Hispanic ataque de nervios. Labels: Philippines
Word: gips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Elliott Part of Speech: name Etymology: English surname derived from a Middle English diminutive of Elie, Old French form of Elias or Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh". As a Scottish surname it may also represent Gaelic Elloch from a word meaning a dam or bank. Pronunciation: /ˈɛliːət/, /ˈɛlɪjət/ 1. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flip burgers Part of Speech: verb 1. To be employed in a low-paid menial job, especially one in a fast-food restaurant. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: My hand was aching to slap that silly heifer. I told her to take her trifling ass down to Burger King and get herself a job flipping burgers […]
Word: bug spray Part of Speech: noun 1. Insecticide in aerosol form for killing household pests. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This can of bug spray says that it "kills most bugs in seconds" and that you should avoid getting any of it on yourself and should wash and launder thoroughly if that happens, although it is not poisonous to humans. 2. Insect repellent in aerosol form, such as one sprays on one's clothing and/or skin to keep away mosquitoes, gnats, flies, midges, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This can of bug spray says that it is nontoxic to humans and pets and that you should periodically reapply it to your arms and clothing as needed.
Word: gas pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A device at a gas station that dispenses gasoline. Labels: Canada, US
Word: turgor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (“to be swollen”) + -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root). 1. Turgidity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cuttings in a vase lost their turgor, incapable of drawing up the water and nutrients that once kept them supple.
Word: pocket door Part of Speech: noun 1. A door that slides into the wall.
Word: quadrillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quadrillion + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /kwɒdˈrɪl.i.ənθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadrillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadrillion + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /kwɒdˈrɪl.i.ənθ/ 1. The person or thing in the quadrillionth position. 2. One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole.
Word: double-decker bus Part of Speech: noun 1. A bus that has two levels (decks) of seating. Example: Meronym: top deck Example: And if a double-decker bus / Crashes into us
Word: bikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bikes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bike Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: microwaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microwave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microwaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of microwave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bicycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bicycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bicycles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bicycle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: syndoche Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of synecdoche. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: toponomy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of toponymy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: univocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin ūnivocus + -al. By surface analysis, uni- + vocal. Pronunciation: /juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/, /juːˈnɪvək(ə)l/, /juːnɪˈvoʊkəl/ 1. Having only one possible meaning. Labels: not-comparable, rhetoric Example: There were, he argued, some words, such as ‘fat’ or ‘exhausted’, that could not apply to God, but if such terms as ‘being’, ‘goodness’ or ‘wisdom’ were not univocal of God and creatures, ‘one could not naturally have any concept of God – which is false.’ 2. Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Eunoia is a univocal lipogram — an anomalous narrative, in which each vowel appears by itself in its own chapter, telling a story in its own voice. Example: I read through the dictionary five times to extract an extensive lexicon of univocal words containing only one of the five vowels. 3. Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. Labels: not-comparable Example: But I am much pleased at the repetition of the divine favour to you in the like instances; that God hath given you another testimony of his love to your person, and care of your family ; it is an engagement to you of new degrees of duty, which you cannot but superadde to the former, because the principle is genuine and prolific, and all the emanations of grace are univocal and alike. Example: It is not indeed impossible, that from the sperm of a cock, hen, or other animal, being once in putrescence, either from incubation or otherwise, some generation may ensue; not univocal and of the same species, but some imperfect or monstrous production […] 5. Unequivocal; indubitable. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is no blessed soul goes to heaven but he makes a general joy in all the mansions where the saints do dwell, and in all the chapels where the angels sing ; and the joys of religion are not univocal, but productive of rare and accidental and preternatural pleasures ; for the music of holy hymns delights the ear and refreshes the spirit, and makes the very bones of the saints to rejoice. Example: These scenarios should not be seen as unambiguous, univocal solutions, and it would be wrong to treat any of them as such; rather, they are just meant to spell out a range of possibilities.
Word: univocal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin ūnivocus + -al. By surface analysis, uni- + vocal. Pronunciation: /juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/, /juːˈnɪvək(ə)l/, /juːnɪˈvoʊkəl/ 1. A word having only one meaning. 2. A document containing instances of only one vowel. Example: The univocal is by no means the preserve of the nineteenth century. Georges Perec's 1972 novella Les revenentes complemented his earlier lipogrammatic work by being a univocalic piece in which the letter e is the only vowel used.
Word: if push comes to shove Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of when push comes to shove Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: red flag Part of Speech: noun 1. A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies. Labels: literally Example: Some chanted: "Pride, pride, national pride" and "Poland should be national not red or rainbow-coloured", in a reference to the red flag of the Soviet Union and the symbol of gay pride. 2. A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies. Labels: literally Example: Typically, a red flag is used when it rains or when the safety of the clean-up crews is in danger because there is too much debris or oil on the track. Example: A red flag may be waved after a bad start or if a rider is injured. If you see a red flag, stop immediately and return to the starting line. 3. A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Improper formatting is a red flag to look for other problems with the data. Example: The first major red flag with Barbara was her use of emojis. After our second session, in which I listed my many negative qualities, she said my long-term mission was to accept myself – a statement she ended with a winking face. 4. Something that will enrage a particular person; a red rag. Labels: US, idiomatic 5. A flag formerly used by a railway guard to warn the driver not to start the train. Labels: UK
Word: oh well Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ wɛl/, /ˈoʊ wɛl/ 1. An expression of mild disappointment or resignation: too bad; it's a pity; what can you do; it is what it is. Labels: idiomatic Example: I didn’t know the store closes at five on Thursdays. Oh well, I’ll have to come back tomorrow. Example: Oh well, I guess.
Word: come around Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/, [kʰɐ.məˈɹaʊnd], [kʰʌ.məˈɹaʊnd], [ka.məˈɹæʊnd] 1. To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first. Labels: idiomatic Example: Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way. 2. To regain consciousness after a faint etc. 3. To visit or arrive for a visit.
Word: Bible Belt Part of Speech: name Etymology: First used by American journalist H. L. Mencken, who wrote in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1924 that "the old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt." 1. An area where socially conservative Protestant Christianity is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bible Belt. 2. An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture.
Word: intracellular 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 cellular English intracellular From intra- + cellular. 1. Inside or within a cell. Labels: not-comparable Example: an intracellular process
Word: turgidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin turgidusbor. English turgid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English turgidity From turgid + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being turgid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Thebes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai), from two different sources. The name of the Greek city is further derived from Ionic-Attic Θήβη (Thḗbē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀣 (te-qa /⁠Tʰēgʷā⁠/), from Proto-Hellenic *Tʰēgʷā, while the name of the Egyptian city is from Egyptian Demotic Egyptian tꜣ-jpy (“Thebes”, literally “the temple”), from earlier Egyptian tꜣ (“the”) + i-p:t-O45 (jpt, “Luxor”, literally “inner sanctum”). Pronunciation: /θiːbz/ 1. A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity. 2. An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
Word: respirocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of respirocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zaporozhye Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje), the Russian form of Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja). 1. Alternative form of Zaporizhzhia: 2. Alternative form of Zaporizhzhia: 3. Alternative form of Zaporizhzhia: 4. Alternative form of Zaporizhzhia: Labels: historical
Word: respirocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English respire Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English respirocyte From respire + -o- + -cyte. 1. An artificial red blood cell manufactured using nanotechnology.
Word: febrifuge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew. Source of -fuge. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/ 1. Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”). Example: ...therein it differs not from the mode of operation, which we observe in the famous peruvian febrifuge. Example: Ah, my boy, you forget the card index! Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls...
Word: antipyretic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + pyretic. Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/ 1. That reduces fever. Labels: not-comparable Example: The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala. Example: Hailed as a general remedy against fevers, it spurred hot debate among seventeenth-century medical professionals, especially in England. The bark, which includes among other active ingredients quinine, has a mild antipyretic effect and a far stronger impact in cases of malaria.
Word: antipyretic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + pyretic. Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/ 1. A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
Word: Pesach Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paska, and paskha. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛsɑːx/, /ˈpeɪsɑːx/ 1. The Jewish festival of Passover.
Word: protecting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of protect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: protecting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛktɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: launched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɔːnt͡ʃt/, /loːnt͡ʃt/, /lɔnt͡ʃt/, /lɑnt͡ʃt/, /lɒnt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of launch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bookshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + shop. 1. A shop that sells books.
Word: messengers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒɚz/, /ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒəz/ 1. plural of messenger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roared Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɔːd/, /ɹɔɹd/, /ɹo(ː)ɹd/, /ɹoəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of roar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lemongrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lemon + grass. 1. One of various species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon, especially Cymbopogon citratus, which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used in cooking, for tea, and for fragrance. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf. 2. Sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae). Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable, usually
Word: fixer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fix Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fixer From fix + -er. 1. Agent noun of fix: one who, or that which, fixes. Labels: agent, form-of 2. A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions. Example: The fixer removes the undeveloped silver salts from the film, rendering it no longer sensitive to light. Pour the fixer — at a temperature within plus or minus 5° F of the developer's — into the tank, using the amount specified by the tank directions. Agitate with ten inversions initially and then for 10 seconds out of every minute for the remainder of the fixing time. The fixing time is not as critical as the developing lime, but stay within the time range suggested in the fixer directions. 3. A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper and/or unlawful means. Example: The CEO and his fixer are left alone. “Our friend,” begins Grimaldi, “Lloyd Hooks. He worries me.” Bill Smoke considers this. “Any angles?” “He’s got a spring like he’s holding four aces. I don’t like it. Watch him.” 4. Someone who is often paid that helps a customer cut through red tape, especially for government processes or applications. Labels: Philippines, broadly 5. A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit. Example: A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.' 6. A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services. Example: Yet at the same time, this is also the source of what journalists see as one of the major risks involved in dependence on the fixer: the fixer may determine, to some extent, what the journalist sees. It is at this point that differences between journalists become apparent in the interviews – they give different evaluations of the risks. Clearly, this is a point of tension in their understanding of the situation: the prime positive qualities of the fixer are also the potentially negative ones. 7. A fixer-upper. Labels: US 8. A drug dealer or user. Labels: slang Example: He'd say things like, “Now, I don’t want you in Harlem!” He was afraid I'd meet the wrong people in Harlem; fixers, junkies, people like that.
Word: failsafe Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of fail-safe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: failsafe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fail-safe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Each of the proposed failsafes may, in specific cases, be effective in slowing or preventing the introgression of alleles of concern from domesticated plants into natural populations.
Word: failsafe Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of fail-safe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2013, Madeline Ashby, iD He was failsafing, too.
Word: choreography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reshaping of earlier choregraphy, a borrowing from French chorégraphie, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, “written form (of a word, etc.), spelling”). By surface analysis, choreo- + -graphy. Both choregraphy and choreography replaced earlier chorography in the dance sense (from χορός (khorós, “dance ring, round dance”) + -γραφία (-graphía); compare Greek χορογραφία (chorografía)), which had been used in 1710 as a translation of the same French term. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/, /ˌkɒɹiˈɒɡɹəfi/ 1. The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet. Labels: uncountable Example: She has staged many successful ballets, so her choreography skills must be excellent. 2. The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the delicate choreography of a marathon transplant operation involving several surgical suites 4. The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution. Labels: uncountable Example: The show's singing and acting was excellent, but the choreography was dull and poorly-done. 5. The representation of these movements by a series of symbols. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I've written down the choreography for y'all to take a look at. 6. The notation used to construct this record. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Take a look at this, it's the choreography for our next show. 7. An organised display by fans in the stadium, involving props such as flags, banners, musical instruments and pyrotechnics. Labels: countable Example: This style of support is highly ritualistic and is typified by choreographies of flags, banners, pyrotechnics and chants that extol the virtues of their club. Example: For example, Inter ultras displayed an impressive choreography of the Madonnina, the statue of the Madonna that sits atop Milan's cathedral, bedecked in Inter colours.
Word: chihuahua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Chihuahua. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪ.waʊ(w).ə/, /t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua. Labels: alt-of
Word: carotid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin carōtides, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/, /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/ 1. Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head. Example: I shoot Mr. Marlow twice, severing jugulars and cartoids with near surgical precision. He will die watching me take what is his away from him. This is my design.
Word: carotid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin carōtides, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɒt.ɪd/, /kəˈɹɑt.ɪd/ 1. Of or pertaining to the carotid artery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bullcrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + crap. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlkɹæp/ 1. Bullshit. Labels: mildly, uncountable, vulgar Example: R&B rap is bullcrap is what I'm dumpin'
Word: bullcrap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bull + crap. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlkɹæp/ 1. To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive. Labels: ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar
Word: budding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiŋ/ 1. Beginning to develop. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's a budding deejay. Example: The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the budding engineer all they themselves knew.
Word: budding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiŋ/ 1. The development of buds on a plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The result of this practice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whatever the mode of origin, buddings from a particular bud-parent have been found to agree in habit and general characteristics, while all buddings develop similar features which distinguish them from seedling trees.
Word: budding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bud Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a- + rouse. Pronunciation: /əˈɹaʊz/, /əˈɹæɔz/ 1. To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique. Labels: transitive Example: to arouse compassion, jealousy, or anger Example: Those insults aroused me to anger. 2. To sexually stimulate. Labels: transitive Example: […] grinding against their partners like burlesque performers, which even in parody Terry found erotic—reminding him of the Persian belly dancer he'd seen at the college, whose sensual dancing aroused him despite her claim of high art. 3. To sexually stimulate. Labels: euphemistic, transitive Example: I can't wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times. 4. To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse. Labels: transitive Example: He kenned not whether it was devil or mortal, but flung himself on the roadside and lay like a corp for an hour or more, till the rain aroused him. Example: 1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America. I have no idea who you are, but I thank you for arousing me.
Word: volant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French volant, present participle of voler (“to fly”), from Latin volāre. Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊlənt/, /ˈvoʊlənt/ 1. Having extended wings as if flying. Labels: not-comparable Example: Crest - A horseshoe ar. betw. two wings volant sa. Farrer Example: A demi-ostrich, wings volant proper. 2. Represented as unsupported in the air. Labels: not-comparable Example: A martlet volant. Motto - In Deo solo spes mea. Kay 3. Flying, or able to fly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Alexander the Great […] lanced himself in manner of a Star Volant in the Air, leaping out of the East into the West, […] 4. Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble. Labels: not-comparable Example: he turned to catch through the trees a flitting glimpse of her light dress, her volant attitude, as she sped silently and secretly back to the waiting group on the porch.
Word: unsung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sung English unsung From un- + sung. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈsʌŋ/ 1. Which has not been lauded or appreciated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The backstage crew of the movie were the unsung heroes. Example: Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area. 2. Not sung. Labels: not-comparable Example: The third hymn remained unsung.