nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: louse up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊs ˈʌp/ 1. To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: To be loused up by Humbolt was really a kind of privilege. It was like being the subject of a two-nosed portrait by Picasso, or an eviscerated chicken by Soutine. Example: The recent flu epidemic that loused up all my plans to see Pat Bond. 2. To mistreat (someone). Labels: US, informal
Word: Desderman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Brand name, perhaps from derm- (“skin”). 1. A surgical range of hand disinfectants.
Word: lever arm Part of Speech: noun 1. The distance between the point of application of a force and the axis.
Word: post-rock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + rock. Coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994). 1. A genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody. Labels: uncountable
Word: mogwai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 魔怪 (mo1 gwaai3), 魔鬼 (mo1 gwai2). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɡwaɪ/ 1. A kind of demon held to be harmful to humans. Labels: Chinese
Word: systematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk], /ˌsəs.təˈmɛt.ək/, [ˌsəs.təˈmɛɾ.ək] 1. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure. Example: The existence of a systematic nomenclature for the unknown elements does not deny the right of 'discoverers' of new elements to suggest other names to the Commission after their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community. 2. Methodical; regular and orderly. Labels: broadly Example: Particular note, in this period, should be made of the actions of Joseph Denman, commander of the Northern Division of the Squadron, who went on an absolutely ruthless and systematic campaign along the African coast, burning so-called "slaving factories" to the ground and openly daring anyone who objected to try and stop him. 3. Treating an object as a system or coherent whole. Example: the systematic study of religious beliefs 4. Of or relating to taxonomic classification. 5. Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals. 6. Of, relating to, or being a system. Labels: archaic, literary Example: But the systematic judgment is altogether unprofitable. Its author has not really his eye upon the professed object of his criticism at all, but upon something else, which he wants to prove by means of that object. […] As it is, all that he tells us is that he is no genuine critic, but a man with a system, an advocate. Example: And Paruta’s work also suggests that Venetians in the generation following the battle of Lepanto, although without altogether abandoning systematic views, were tending increasingly to look to history for their understanding of human affairs.
Word: systematic Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk], /ˌsəs.təˈmɛt.ək/, [ˌsəs.təˈmɛɾ.ək] 1. systematically Labels: colloquial Example: "So soon as they've settled all our guns and ships, and smashed our railways, and done all the things they are doing over there, they will begin catching us systematic, picking the best and storing us in cages and things." Example: And say, when them Gogs started out to put a thing through they did it systematic and thorough.
Word: insiccation Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of drying out. Labels: uncountable
Word: molluscivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mollusc Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore English molluscivore From mollusc + -vore. 1. Any creature that eats molluscs.
Word: New York State Part of Speech: name 1. A state of the United States. Example: New York State had two ZIP codes in the top 10 nationally, both in the Hamptons, famous for its high-end beachfront properties. The most expensive ZIP in the state was 11962 (primarily the village of Sagaponack), with a median of $5.995 million, followed by 11976 (mainly Water Mill), a few miles from Sagaponack, with a median of $5.295 million, and 11932 (Bridgehampton), with a median of $3.995 million.
Word: oyes Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of oyez. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oyes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oyez. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oyez Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊˌjeɪ/, /oʊˈjeɪ/, /oʊˈjɛs/ 1. Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three times to secure silence or attentiveness). Example: “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The Banquet is now ready!” called the two Beef Eaters, and in no time at all Palmer Cox’s resourceful Brownies had found a seat for every guest.
Word: oyez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊˌjeɪ/, /oʊˈjeɪ/, /oʊˈjɛs/ 1. A cry of oyez.
Word: oyez Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊˌjeɪ/, /oʊˈjeɪ/, /oʊˈjɛs/ 1. To proclaim with a cry of oyez. Labels: no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past, rare, transitive Example: I truſte you make no queſtion about thoſe dull pated pennifathers, that in ſuch dudgen ſcorne reiected him, drunck deep of the ſowre cup of repentance for it, when the high flight of his lines in common brute was ooyeſſed.
Word: lickety-split Part of Speech: adv Etymology: First attested during the 19th century, in the US, equivalent to lickedy + split, perhaps as a reference to the flick or darting of a snake's forked tongue. The forms lickety-cut and licketie are similarly attested; and forms with t are likely due to Scottish influence. 1. Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety-split. Example: I need tea right now, lickety-split.
Word: doodle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally dialectal, from Low German dudeldopp (“simpleton”). Influenced by dawdle. Compare also German dudeln (“to play (the bagpipe)”). The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. American English dude may be a derivation of doodle. The meaning "fool, simpleton" is intended in the song title "Yankee Doodle", originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of". The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy. Pronunciation: /ˈduːdl̩/, /ˈdud(ə)l/ 1. A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person. Labels: obsolete Example: Mrs. Sneak. Why doodle! jackanapes! harkee, who am I? Sneak. Come, don't go to call names: am I? vhy my vife, and I am your master. Example: Perceval. Weep on! weep on! thou flouted loon, Weep on! weep on! thou gowky doodle! 2. A small mindless sketch, etc. 3. The penis. Labels: childish, slang, sometimes Example: His doodle hung as limp as last month's celery. Example: Her favorite had been when she'd convinced the lascivious guards that Dinah's red hair meant she was a witch, and if they molested her, their doodles would shrivel up between their legs and fall off. Daisy had assured her that no man would risk losing his doodle.
Word: doodle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally dialectal, from Low German dudeldopp (“simpleton”). Influenced by dawdle. Compare also German dudeln (“to play (the bagpipe)”). The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. American English dude may be a derivation of doodle. The meaning "fool, simpleton" is intended in the song title "Yankee Doodle", originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of". The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy. Pronunciation: /ˈduːdl̩/, /ˈdud(ə)l/ 1. To draw or scribble aimlessly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The bored student doodled a submarine in his notebook. Example: The managing director doodled. 2. To engage in something non-seriously; fiddle. Labels: intransitive Example: I've been expecting women's music finally to discover New Wave and technopop, and this album is the evidence that someone has been peaking ^([sic]) at music videos and doodling around with sythesizers. Example: I can tell you that he does indeed spend a lot of time on business and social calls, social chats, doodling around on AOL, and skimming the daily paper while those patients are piling up. 3. To drone like a bagpipe. Labels: Scotland
Word: doodle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Extracted from Labradoodle, itself a blend of labrador and poodle Pronunciation: /ˈduːdl̩/, /ˈdud(ə)l/ 1. Any crossbreed of a poodle with a different breed of dog.
Word: systematics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English systematic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English systematics From systematic + -ics. 1. The study of classification systems and nomenclature. Labels: uncountable Example: Systematics is intended to be the study of "qualitative" and structural aspects of all things in the universe; and if feasible, is designed to absorb eventually the "quantitative approach" of mathematics toward human and physical worlds as well. It is hoped that systematics will be able to develop a quantitative field and thus to enable it to incorporate mathematics into its realm of studies some time in the future. Example: Trees are the central objects of systematic analysis. Taxa are ordered, characters explained, and hypotheses tested on trees. Since systematics informs and draws on other areas of science, there is a diversity of terminology for trees and their components. 2. The classification system of a branch of science, especially the classification of organisms in biology. Labels: uncountable 3. A branch of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of Christian beliefs. It comprises dogmatics, ethics and philosophy of religion. Labels: uncountable Example: Systematics is an effort to understand those specifically theological affirmations that the theologian holds to be true and so regards as doctrines. Example: The seventh functional specialty, systematics, is concerned with promoting an understanding of the realitites affirmed in the previous specialty, doctrines. 4. The place where legal provisions stand as relevant for their interpretation. Labels: uncountable Example: Different kinds of systematic interpretation of statutes affect each other. Construction of a statutory provision depends at the same time on interpretation of other provisions, systematics of the statute, conceptual analysis and theories formulated in legal dogmatics.
Word: same-sex Part of Speech: adj 1. Restricted to members of a single sex. Labels: not-comparable Example: a same-sex school 2. Of, relating to, or between homosexual men or women. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some nations have legalized same-sex marriage. Example: Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.
Word: tie up Part of Speech: verb 1. To secure with rope, string, etc. Example: Don't forget to tie up your hair before you bake. Example: The robbers tied up the bank employees before forcing a way into the vault. 2. To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay. Labels: idiomatic Example: He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now. Example: Just how much traffic was tied up was not immediately determined but in Houston about 150 cars of grain arrived yesterday and could not be transferred to the port because of the Port Terminal Railroad picketing. 3. To complete, finish, or resolve. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'd like to tie up the project before I leave. Example: Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief Elspeth Macdonald said the whitefish fleet could have had to tie up for the entire year because of the recommendation. 4. To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. Example: Don't tie up your capital in aging accounts.
Word: Safar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar), from صَفِرَ (ṣafira, “to be empty”). 1. The second month of the Islamic calendar. 2. A surname, potentially of German or Arabic origin
Word: breather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breathe + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/ 1. Something or someone that breathes. 2. Something or someone that breathes. Labels: specifically Example: Most of us make sense of the world through talk and sight, and breathers represent that most anxiety provoking experience, nothingness with a hint of possibility. 3. A short break; a rest or respite. Labels: colloquial Example: After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill. Example: I took a breather and decided not to ruin my life 4. A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice. 5. That which puts one out of breath, such as vigorous exercise. Labels: colloquial, dated 6. An air inlet path to the crankcase
Word: stand down Part of Speech: verb 1. To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture. Labels: idiomatic Example: They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment. 2. To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The criminal case was launched after the aviation giant’s subsidiary stood down a trained health and safety representative hours after he directed others to cease work. Example: The remaining four locomotives in traffic […] are all expected to be stood down due to their high engine hours, as well as being due exams which the company is not prepared to undertake.
Word: hit on Part of Speech: verb 1. To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc. Labels: slang, transitive Example: That's the third guy that has hit on her tonight. Example: Guys are hitting on them almost all the time. 2. To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He hit on a great idea for improving the design. Example: I think you've just hit right on the solution. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, on. Example: He was hit on his head so strongly that he stumbled forward and then he was severely hit from several sides.
Word: burgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English burjon, burjoun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon (“a bud”)), from Old Frankish *burjō (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to raise up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Old High German burjan, burien, burren (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”), Old English byre (“child, son, descendant”), Albanian buron (“sprout, spring, gush out”). More at bear. Alternate etymology derives Old French burjon (“bud”) from Vulgar Latin *burrionem, accusative of *burrio, from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff”) (presumably from the down covering certain buds). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈbøː.d͡ʒən/ 1. A bud, sprout, or shoot. Labels: obsolete
Word: burgeon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English burjounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjoner, burjuner. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/, /ˈbøː.d͡ʒən/ 1. To grow or expand. Labels: intransitive Example: Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city. 2. To swell to the point of bursting. Labels: intransitive 3. Of plants, to bloom, bud. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: Sha'aban Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Sha'ban. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: go-ahead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from go ahead. As a name for footwear, from the fact that one can't easily step backwards wearing them. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊəˌhɛd/ 1. Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed. Example: You can start as soon as you get the go-ahead from the president. Example: The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation. 2. A flip-flop (footwear). Labels: dated, plural-normally
Word: go-ahead Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from go ahead. As a name for footwear, from the fact that one can't easily step backwards wearing them. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊəˌhɛd/ 1. Progressive; exerting leadership. Labels: comparable Example: I work for a very go-ahead company that's always looking for new ideas. Example: This turbulent ruler was a very go-ahead monarch indeed. He organised a splendid army, well-drilled and well-equipped with modern arms 2. Dashing; energetic. Labels: comparable 3. Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pitcher gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.
Word: LOTO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Lockout-tagout, a safety procedure to ensure that dangerous machines are properly shut off and not started up again prior to the completion of maintenance or servicing work. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Shawwal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَوَّال (šawwāl). 1. The tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
Word: stand one's ground Part of Speech: verb 1. To hold a position in battle. Labels: literally Example: It soon appears that peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers, whose whole life is a preparation for the day of battle, whose nerves have been braced by long familiarity with danger, and whose movements have all the precision of clockwork. 2. To maintain or adhere to an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition. Labels: idiomatic Example: They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue. Example: “What on earth did you think you were doing?” demanded Dad as he kneeled on his son’s bedroom floor. “What on earth do you think you were doing?” replied Frank. Dad did not look pleased that his question had been met by a question, and he stood his ground. “I asked first,” said the man.
Word: all in all Part of Speech: adv 1. Generally, all things considered Labels: modal, not-comparable Example: All in all, it's not a bad little restaurant. Example: There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other. 2. Altogether, in all, with everything included Labels: not-comparable Example: There were twenty absentees all in all. 3. Altogether, wholly, in every way Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: And I perceived no touch of change, ⁠No hint of death in all his frame, ⁠But found him all in all the same, […]
Word: all in all Part of Speech: noun 1. Everything that matters; the only thing of importance. Labels: uncountable Example: […] to realize, by constant faith, the all-sufficiency of his redeeming power and love — to make him all his salvation and all his desire, the Alpha and Omega of all his hope, his all in all. Example: You saw us all in happier days before he married me. I was all in all then to him; or would he have given up his fortune, his family, as he nobly did to make me happy?
Word: Dhul Hijjah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Dhu'l-Hijja. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: go-between Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from go between. 1. An intermediary or middleman. Example: She's the go-between for engineering and manufacturing, so you'll have to ask her if you need to coordinate between the groups. 2. A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards.
Word: at large Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Middle English at large (“at liberty or freedom”) (compare Middle English ben at large (“to be at one's liberty, be free”)). Compare Old French au large (“at liberty” and other senses). 1. On the loose; roaming freely; not confined. Labels: idiomatic Example: For a nervous twenty-four hours, three wanted criminals were at large in the city. Example: The ambassador-at-large was designated to the Middle East as a region, rather than to a specific country. 2. In full, fully. Labels: obsolete Example: The like example I find in Lælius à Fonte Eugubinus, consult. 129 […]. Read in him the story at large. 3. In general; as a whole. Example: Some people support the measure, but the community at large will probably be against it. 4. Having an electorate across multiple districts. Labels: US Example: The city has five city council districts; however, the mayor is elected at large. Example: Although the elections for Boston City Council seats are still seven months away, the race between at-large candidates is beginning to heat up.
Word: with flying colors Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Extremely well; in an exceptional, noteworthy, or extraordinary manner. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: He passed the test with flying colors, as everyone had expected. 2. With very little or no effort; easily.
Word: coordinates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coordinate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coordinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coordinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: quotations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kwoʊˈteɪʃənz/ 1. plural of quotation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hikmah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حِكْمَة (ḥikma). 1. Wisdom and understanding about the divine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Therefore to study hikmah (theosophy) is to undertake a journey towards God; towards divinity; in other words, to al-Haklm Example: Furthermore, the Qur'anic concept of hikmah, or wisdom, together with the concept of kitab, constitute the content of the Divine curriculum (kitab wa hikmah) that different historical societies were initiated into.
Word: Hira Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حِرَاء (ḥirāʔ). 1. the grotto or cave, in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad first received the Qur'an from Gabriel. Example: Visiting the cave of Hira, where the Prophet received his first revelations, and other historically significant mosques and offering namaz at the determined times kept them all occupied.
Word: Husayn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn), from the root ح س ن (ḥ s n). 1. A son of Ali and brother of Hassan; a martyr, and Shi'a Imam. 2. A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims, diminutive of حسن (“Hasan”) meaning good or handsome. 3. A Muslim surname from Arabic derived from the Arabic given name.
Word: Husein Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Husayn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hasan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”). 1. The eldest son of Ali and brother of Husayn, both are Imams. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hassan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”). 1. Alternative form of Hasan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Hassan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic حَسَّان (ḥassān, “doer of good”). 1. A male given name from Arabic. 2. A surname from Arabic. Example: Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said.
Word: Hassan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “cantor”), possibly via Ladino hassan. 1. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
Word: Hassan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Ó hOsáin. 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Hassan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the nearby temple. 1. A district and city in Karnataka, India.
Word: Hamas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”). A few speakers pronounce it with /x/ to imitate Hebrew חַמַאס instead. Pronunciation: /həˈmɑs/, /həˈmæs/ 1. A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization. Example: Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations. Example: [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
Word: Ibada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِبَادَة (ʕibāda, “worship”). 1. service to Allah; sometimes included in the five pillars Labels: uncountable
Word: arkan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān). 1. The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: arkan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkic languages: "lasso", "tether" (:tr:urgan), "rope" (arqan). 1. A Ukrainian folk dance
Word: five pillars Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Five Pillars. Labels: alt-of
Word: loins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɔɪnz/ 1. plural of loin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɔɪnz/ 1. The pubic region. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only 2. The pubic region. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only Example: Neuertheleſſe, thou ſhalt not build the houſe, but thy ſonne that ſhall come foorth out of thy loynes, hee ſhall build the house vnto my Name.
Word: tangata whenua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori tangata whenua (“people of the land”). Pronunciation: /ˌtaŋətə fɛˈnʊə/ 1. Local or indigenous people; specifically, the Maori. Labels: New-Zealand, plural, plural-only Example: In the next two decades, however, the demographic, economic and political impact of the new colonists would transform the country in ways that the tangata whenua could never have foreseen.
Word: iftar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār). Pronunciation: /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/ 1. The evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize. Example: On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.
Word: ihram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām, “prohibition”). 1. The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The clothing worn on such a pilgrimage; one length of cotton cloth around the loins and another thrown over the left shoulder. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ijma' Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”). 1. A universal consensus among fuqaha (Sunni legal scholars) on a point of law; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence. Labels: uncountable
Word: ijtihad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād, “diligence”). 1. The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inforce English reinforce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English re(inforcement) English -o English reo From re(inforcement) + -o. 1. A reinforcement (additional soldiers). Labels: Australia, World-War-I, informal
Word: reo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English entry English re(-entry) English -o English reo From re(-entry) + -o. 1. A re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face). Labels: Australia, informal
Word: reo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re(inforcing) + -o. 1. Steel used to reinforce concrete. Labels: Australia, informal, uncountable
Word: iman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana) Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor. English iman Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana). 1. Pious adherence to the Islamic faith. Labels: uncountable 2. A believer in the Islamic faith. Labels: countable
Word: iman Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of imam. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: infitah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِنْفِتَاح (infitāḥ, “openness”). 1. Egypt's policy, after the 1973 war, of encouraging the private sector and stimulating foreign investment. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: conical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈkɔn.ɪk.əl/, /ˈkɑ.nɪk.əl/, /ko.nɪk.ɐl/ 1. Of or relating to a cone or cones. Example: He anſwers, That this Motion is Conical; and judgeth, that by the Conick path all the Phænomena of Comets can, without any inconveniency, be readily ſolved; even of that, which (by Hiſtory) in fifty days, paſſed through more then the 12 Signs of the Zodiack; And of that, which in two days run through eight Signs: and of another, which in 48 days poſted through all the Signs, contra ſeriem. 2. Shaped like a cone. Example: IN Planes neither equinoctiall nor polar, the equator will be a right line, the tropiques and other parallels of declination will be conicall ſections, ſome of them parabolicall, ſome ellipticall, but the moſt of them hyperbolicall. 3. Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.
Word: conical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈkɔn.ɪk.əl/, /ˈkɑ.nɪk.əl/, /ko.nɪk.ɐl/ 1. A cone-shaped bullet.
Word: intifada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə/ 1. An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government. 2. An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest. 3. An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest. Labels: capitalized, often, specifically Example: Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in mid-May 2000 as Palestinians observed the anniversary of the 1948 nakba—these disturbances paled in comparison to the second intifada, which erupted in the autumn. Example: But unlike the Intifadas that began in 1987 and 2000, when Israel had someone to call to try to turn it off, there is no Palestinian on the other end of the phone this time […]
Word: intefadah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of intifada. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intifadah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of intifada. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ismaeli Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ (ʔismāʕīliyy). 1. A member of branch of Shiite Islam which emphasises secrecy and certain gnostic ideas.
Word: isnad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِسْنَاد (ʔisnād, “support, backing”). 1. a Muslim tradition, specifying the chain of human reporters from the time of Muhammad that authenticates the legitimacy of a hadith (a report of sayings and acts of the prophet)
Word: Jahiliyyah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَهِلَ (jahila) Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Proto-Afroasiatic *-t Proto-Semitic *-at- Arabic ـَة (-a) Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya) Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya)bor. English Jahiliyyah Borrowed from Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”). 1. The supposed condition of ignorance, barbarism and unbelief, that, according to Islamic tradition, was prevalent in Arabia before the coming of Islam. Example: Some valuable chapters are occupied with the drawing of parallels between the Arabian Jāhiliyyah, or pre-Islamic period, and Greek heroic antiquity; some others with the history of Arabic poetry, and an endeavour to define the characteristics of the different periods and their chief representatives.
Word: rubbing strip Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden or hard rubber strip running the part or whole length of a boat's hull to protect it when it locks, moored against other boats, pontoons or jetties.
Word: Łódź Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Lodz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fugazi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin unknown; a number of possibilities have been suggested: * One theory is that it is a corruption of French fougasse (“type of land mine”); flame fougasses were used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. * Less plausibly, it might be from English fugacious (“fleeting”) or cognates such as Italian fugace (“fleeting”). * It has also been suggested that it could be an acronym of “fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in [a body bag]”, but this is more likely a backronym, not the origin (compare FUBAR). Pronunciation: /fuˈɡɑːzi/, /fuˈɡeɪzi/, /fuˈɡɑzi/ 1. Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair. Labels: US, slang Example: The two of them were getting bombed on bami-bam, beer, and joints laced with opium. That made answers to questions a long time in coming. "Hey, man, what the fuck can I tell you," said Robbie finally. "All fugazi over here. All fucked up. Number ten. The worst. Don't matter what goes down in this asshole country, know what I mean? Hey, papa-san, don't believe everything you hear, okay?" Example: We didn't know anything was fugazi* until we got to a certain place in the South China Sea. A loudspeaker came over the air, "This is your captain speaking. Be advised that your destination is Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam."
Word: fugazi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain; said to be of Mafia origin, from the Fugazy Continental limousine company in New York City which was owned by William “Bill” Fugazy, due to its cheesy “look like a rich guy” advertisements of the 1970s and 1980s, or its alleged poor business practices, possibly influenced by Sicilian fu cazzu (“it was nothing”). The word was popularized by the film Donnie Brasco (1997), based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1987) by American former FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone (born 1939) who used the name “Donnie Brasco” as an undercover alias. First use in English appears c. 1974 in the novel Bones of Contention by Nicholas Gage. Pronunciation: /fuˈɡɑːzi/, /fuˈɡeɪzi/, /fuˈɡɑzi/ 1. Fake. Labels: US, slang Example: That broad wouldn't have no fugazy diamonds in her house. We had information the broad didn't have no fake jewelry. It's three fucking carats! Example: JON GRAVELLI: You don't need me to tell you that it's all fugazi; faker than a pair of Vinewood tits.
Word: fugazi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; said to be of Mafia origin, from the Fugazy Continental limousine company in New York City which was owned by William “Bill” Fugazy, due to its cheesy “look like a rich guy” advertisements of the 1970s and 1980s, or its alleged poor business practices, possibly influenced by Sicilian fu cazzu (“it was nothing”). The word was popularized by the film Donnie Brasco (1997), based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1987) by American former FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone (born 1939) who used the name “Donnie Brasco” as an undercover alias. First use in English appears c. 1974 in the novel Bones of Contention by Nicholas Gage. Pronunciation: /fuˈɡɑːzi/, /fuˈɡeɪzi/, /fuˈɡɑzi/ 1. A thing or (less commonly) a person that is fake; a fake, a fraud. Labels: US, slang Example: I took the diamond and looked it over. "I wouldn't get too excited about it," I said, "because this is fake, a fugazy." […] "It's a fugazy," I said. "Take it home for your kid to play with." Example: DONNIE BRASCO [Johnny Depp]: Well, you should give it [a diamond] to someone who don't know any better, because that's a fugazi. / LEFTY [Al Pacino]: That's a fugazi? How do you know it's a fugazi? You haven't looked at it for two seconds.
Word: Ka'ba Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Kaaba. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rhombi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhombus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kafir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Doublet of kaffir. Pronunciation: /ˈkæfə/, /ˈkæfɚ/ 1. A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim. Labels: countable, offensive, slur Example: In his sermon, Amir Hamza espoused extremist and segregationist views. He inferred that non-Muslims are “kafir” (infidels). 2. Ellipsis of kafir corn. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Kafir makes better forage than the duras. Example: Kafir is confined practically to the Southwestern States where, owing to its drought resistant character, it has become an important crop.
Word: ahl al-kitab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic أَهْل اَلْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb, “people of the book”). 1. Synonym of People of the Book. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: kaffir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic كَفَّار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, to hide”); in some (especially early) uses, via Spanish cafre, Dutch kaffer or other European languages. Doublet of kafir. Pronunciation: /ˈkæfə/, /ˈkæfɚ/ 1. In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim. Labels: countable, offensive Example: He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman. 2. A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa. Labels: countable, offensive Example: … the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […]. 3. A black person. Labels: Namibia, Rhodesia, South-Africa, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it. Example: If you ask a Kaffir why he does so-and-so, he will answer—"How can I tell? It has always been done by our forefathers." 4. A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa. Labels: historical, offensive, uncountable Example: This man, seeing a white person enter, moved aside for her, but she saw Joss's eyes on her, and said in kitchen kaffir, ‘No, when you've finished.’ 5. South African mining shares Labels: countable, historical, slang, uncountable Example: Kaffirs bouyant most of last week 6. Ellipsis of kaffir corn. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn. As to the purpose for which the marketed kaffir is used, there is some uncertainty.
Word: kalam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām, “literary speech”). 1. Speculative theology. Labels: uncountable
Word: kalima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima, “word”). 1. the formal content of the shahada (declaration of faith): لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ (lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu llāhi) "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah." Labels: uncountable
Word: shahada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic شَهِدَ (šahida) Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda)bor. English shahada Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”). Pronunciation: /ʃɑˈhɑdə/ 1. The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed); the first of the five pillars of Islam. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Karbala' Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (Karbalāʔ) with misuse of ' in place of the proper symbol ʾ. 1. Alternative form of Karbala. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Karbala Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), of uncertain etymology. 1. A city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims.
Word: Kerbala Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Kerbela. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kerbela Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish كربلا, from Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (Karbalāʔ) of uncertain origin. 1. Synonym of Karbala, a city in Iraq.
Word: Khadija Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja). Pronunciation: /xəˈdiːd͡ʒə/ 1. the first wife of the prophet Muhammad; the mother of Fatima. 2. A female given name from Arabic.
Word: Kharijites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kharijite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Khoja Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ખોજા (khojā), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Ojha, hodja, Hoxha, and Upadhyaya. 1. A surname from Gujarati
Word: Khoja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ખોજા (khojā), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Ojha, hodja, Hoxha, and Upadhyaya. 1. A member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.
Word: Koreish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Quraysh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Koreish Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Quraysh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Quraysh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic قُرَيْش (qurayš). 1. An ancient Bedouin tribe that controlled Mecca at the time of Muhammad and to which he belonged. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: When the message arrived the Quraysh were already preparing for war with Medina. It did not take them long to set out from Mecca with 1,000 men in arms, augmented by 100 cavalry. All the grandees of Mecca were there, including Abu Jahl.
Word: Quraysh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic قُرَيْش (qurayš). 1. The 106th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, named after the aforementioned tribe. Example: In the Quran's chapter 106, often spelled Quraysh in English, God speaks to tribes who are standing defiantly against the Prophet Mohammad: "So let them serve the Lord of this house who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear."
Word: Mahdi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic هَدَى (hadā) Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy)bor. English Mahdi Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːdi/ 1. A leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world. Labels: Sunni Example: Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi. Example: "Of course, my Lord. You asked what they were shouting, though. It was Mahdi! They directed the term at the young master. When they-" "At Paul?" "Yes, my Lord. They've a legend here, a prophecy, that a leader will come to them, a child of a Bene Gesserit, to lead them to true freedom. It follows the familiar messiah pattern." 2. Muhammad b. Hasan al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams, born in 868 AD but believed alive and present in this world in a state of occultation; Similarly to Sunni belief, he will reappear before the end of time.
Word: masjid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d). Doublet of mosque. Pronunciation: /mæsd͡ʒɪd/, /mʌsd͡ʒɪd/ 1. A mosque. Example: Any masjid where the practices are devoted absolutely to The God ALONE. Example: If you assign a place in your home or office for prayer, then it can be considered as your own masjid.
Word: Medina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina. Pronunciation: /məˈdinə/ 1. A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb. 2. A province of Saudi Arabia. 3. A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.
Word: Medina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Medine, from Old English medume (“the middle one”). 1. A river, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight, England; in full, the River Medina. 2. A former borough of the Isle of Wight, England.
Word: Medina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Medina. 1. A river in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County; in full, the Medina River. 2. A surname from Spanish. Example: “It’s a great message that we’re sending not only here in Huntington Park but in other cities as well,” Medina added. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname.