nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gamboge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin gambogium, cambogium (“resin from trees used to make yellow dye”), from New Latin Gambogia, Cambogia (“Cambodia”). The Latin word was first attested in English as a colour in 1634. Doublet of Cambodia and Kampuchea. Pronunciation: /ɡæmˈbuːʒ/, /-ˈbəʊʒ/, /ɡæmˈbuʒ/, /-ˈboʊʒ/ 1. Any of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Clusiaceæ, or Guttiferæ, a natural order of trees or shrubs belonging to the Dicotyledons (division Thalamifloræ), natives of the humid tropics of S. America. [...] Most of the plants have acrid properties, and yield a yellow resin. Among the chief and common plants of the order are Gambooge (q.v.), Mangosteen fruit (Garcinia Mangostana), [...] 2. The resin of the gamboge tree; a preparation of the resin used as a pigment or for medicinal purposes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gamboge is one of the firſt yellows, which may be made to produce five or six ſorts of Green with verdegreaſe, according as the gambooge is in the greater or leſſer proportion; if it abounds, it will make a tolerable oak green, and being mixt with a greater quantity of verdegreaſe, it will make a fine graſs Green. Example: Concerning the Tree which yields the Gamboge, By Profeſſor J[ames] A. Murray. [...] The tree which yields the true gamboge is, by the natives on the coaſt of Coromandel, called Gokathu, and Bokathu; by Dr. König, it is name Guttæfera vera, and Arbor polygama fructu ceraſiformi eduli. [...] This tree grows in Siam and Ceylon: in the months of June and July, the natives break off ſome of the leaves and young ſhoots, and a yellow juice drops from the wound, of the conſiſtence of cream, which is collected in cocoa-nut ſhells, and afterwards dried by the ſun. 3. A deep yellow colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have always heard, and red, that Nature is one of the chief beauties of poetry; and lo! behold an example!—for I merely turned into rhyme the pitiful ravings of two love-lorn maids, most tenderly sensible to the charms of a pair of black moustachios relieved with deep gamboges. Example: My attention was fixed for the moment on two fair Hellenes; then on an elderly female with black head-dress fringed with gambooge, and a smart lassie in a hat, with nez retroussé and sprightly eyes.
Word: gamboge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin gambogium, cambogium (“resin from trees used to make yellow dye”), from New Latin Gambogia, Cambogia (“Cambodia”). The Latin word was first attested in English as a colour in 1634. Doublet of Cambodia and Kampuchea. Pronunciation: /ɡæmˈbuːʒ/, /-ˈbəʊʒ/, /ɡæmˈbuʒ/, /-ˈboʊʒ/ 1. Of a deep yellow colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cab stopped, and out jumped a man in a coarse Petersham great coat, whitey-brown neckerchief, faded black suit, gambooge-coloured top-boots, and one of those large crowned hats, formerly seldom met with, but now very generally patronised by gentlemen and costermongers. Example: Beg your pardon, Sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere.
Word: kelly green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American coinage, in reference to the Irish surname Kelly and the association of Ireland with the color green. 1. A bright green colour. Labels: uncountable Example: They were on their way to a clambake, a Friday night with friends at the marina. Wearing a kelly green tennis dress with white espadrilles, she was carrying a sheet cake resembling a flag, blueberries and strawberries as the stars and stripes arranged across a layer of whipped cream.
Word: hunter green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: hunter + green 1. A dark green colour. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is not, thank God, hunter green, the green that for a decade now has permeated every product line from polo shirts to potato peeler handles
Word: hunter green Part of Speech: adj Etymology: hunter + green 1. Of a dark green colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midnight blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark blue color, almost black.
Word: midnight blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a dark blue color, almost black. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sky blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day. Example: “Hi! Kostandi!” called out an old sailor in a sky-blue cloak. “How are things with you?”
Word: sky blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Milk excessively diluted with water, or from which the cream was too closely skimmed. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: Hence, Suffolk dairy wives run mad for cream, And leave their milk with nothing but the name; Its name derision and reproach pursue, And strangers tell of three-times-skimm'd sky-blue. Example: To be sure, your Aunt Betsey lives in a brick house, and has a sight of furniture, […] yet she has all her bread to buy by the loaf, and the milk is sky-blue; as to cream, I don't believe they ever heard on't.
Word: royal blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep, bright blue colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This engine was used for hauling Viceregal trains, and was painted royal blue.
Word: royal blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a deep, bright blue colour.
Word: slate blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark, bluish-grey colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slate blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a dark, bluish-grey colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eggshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡʃɛl/ 1. The shell around an egg. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes. 2. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eggshell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡʃɛl/ 1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell. Example: The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish. 2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell. Example: eggshell porcelain 3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell. Example: This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.
Word: forest green Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark green colour, like that of forest foliage.
Word: forest green Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a dark green colour, like that of forest foliage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: olive drab Part of Speech: noun 1. A greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive; almost invariably with a matte finish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Cloth of an olive drab colour, used often for military uniforms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: olive drab Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: peacock blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A brilliant, dark blue-green colour, like the plumage of a peacock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: peacock blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a brilliant blue-green colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jo read the following words, inscribed in peacock blue ink, in a near cursive hand.
Word: powder blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A very pale blue colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis. Example: She took the ice, looking very appealing in powder blue with a traily skirt.
Word: powder blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a very pale blue colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reseda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːdə/, /ˈɹɛsɪdə/, /ɹəˈsidə/ 1. Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata). Example: Reſeda […] An herbe that hath a ſtalke like knots and joynts, a leafe like a nettle, and white in the middle. Example: This genus of plants, of which we have twelve species, was named Reseda by the ancients, from resedare to assuage, because some of the species were esteemed good for mitigating pains; and we learn from Pliny, that the Reseda was considered to possess even the power of charming away many disorders. He tells us […] that when it was used to resolve swellings, or to assuage inflammations, it was the custom to repeat the following words, thrice spitting on the ground at each repetition:— / "Reseda, cause these maladies to cease: knowest thou, knowest thou, who hath driven these pullets here? Let the roots have neither head nor foot." 2. Mignonette (Reseda odorata). Labels: specifically Example: About the middle of this month, if the ſeaſon proves favourable, you may plant out your hardy annuals, ſuch as Marvel of Peru, Sweet Sultan, China After or Starwort, Sweet Reſeda called Mignonette d'Egypt, French and African Marigolds, Female Balſamine, Capſicum, Brown Jolly, and ſeveral other ſorts, which, if artfully diſpoſed, will afford an agreeable pleaſure, after the beauty of ſpring is paſt; […] Example: Reseda or mignonette is grown in the Grasse region [of France]. The tendency for green notes in recent years has given fresh interest to the reseda note. Absolute oil of reseda has an odour recalling that of violet leaves, but with a rather fine 'powdery' background and a suggestion of rose and a little basil. 3. A pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette. Example: This number contains a lis of the manufacturers of tinctorial chemicals to whom prizes have been awarded at the Vienna Exhibition. We find no English name in the catalogue. There are receipts for dyeing wool a bright green; for a finish for pack-thread; for a reseda on genappe; a brown on silk; a printing black on cotton yarn; a blue-black on old cotton, velvets, and velveteens; a chamois and rose on old goods with cotton warps, saffranin on a sumach mordant being recommended for the latter; a black on mixed woollen and silk; a dark green on wool; a cheap violet on woollen piece-goods.
Word: reseda Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːdə/, /ˈɹɛsɪdə/, /ɹəˈsidə/ 1. Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette. Labels: not-comparable Example: By mixing a weaker bath than the one indicated the cotton dyes up a dark green, and the wool acquires a dull and weak reseda shade. Example: Sateens a 1s. 4½d., 32in. wide, will be very useful, and always look nice, whether as whole or part dresses. There is one of French grey that has a most satin like surface, and another of reseda shade, which is again likely to have a run as a fashionable colour.
Word: sea green Part of Speech: noun 1. A blue-green colour, mostly green. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sea green Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a blue-green colour, mostly green. Labels: not-comparable
Word: breeding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ 1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In analysing the ecological conditions of an animal population we have above all to focus our attention upon the most sensitive stages within the life cycle of the animal, that is, the period of breeding and larval development. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. 2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of copulation in animals. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Nurture; education; formation of manners. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had her breeding at my father's charge. 6. Descent; pedigree; extraction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your dog has good breeding. Example: Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. 7. Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: breeding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ 1. Of, relating to or used for breeding. Labels: not-comparable Example: Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Word: breeding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of breed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
Word: apple-green Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright green colour with a light tint of yellow, like that of a Granny Smith apple. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: New bills always seemed to have such a lovely pale green colour, apple-green.
Word: apple-green Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an apple-green colour.
Word: Alice blue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt), who favoured the colour and made it fashionable in the US. 1. A pale blue colour. Labels: uncountable
Word: Alice blue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the name of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt), who favoured the colour and made it fashionable in the US. 1. Of a pale blue colour.
Word: blasé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French blasé (“blasé, jaded”), past participle of blaser (“to blunt, dull”), from Middle Dutch blâsen (“to blow, sound, brag”), from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow; to bleat, cry”). Cognate with German blasen (“to blow”), English blaze (“to blow”), English blast. Pronunciation: /ˈblɑːzeɪ/, /ˌblɑˈzeɪ/ 1. Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity. Example: "Are people who are blasé ever in love? Just see how badly you play your part!" said Madame Wilson, laughingly; […] "Let us now speak seriously, my dear Scipion; yes, I believe you to be blasé—but blasé as regards all false pleasures, all deceptive enjoyments.[…]" Example: It is the habit of heartlessly pecking at these that shows a soul that is blasé. Of late, for example, it has been a fashion with a small minority of British writers to assert their culture by a very supercilious demeanour towards an idea which ought, beyond all others, to be sacred in this island—the idea of Liberty.
Word: nonchalant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/, /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/ 1. Casually calm and relaxed. Example: We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude. Example: On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant. 2. Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached. Example: He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
Word: superhet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of superheterodyne receiver. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəˈhɛt/, /ˌsupɚˈhɛt/ 1. Superheterodyne receiver.
Word: superheterodyne receiver Part of Speech: noun 1. A radio receiver that mixes (beats or heterodynes) a locally produced frequency with the incoming frequency
Word: supersonic heterodyne receiver Part of Speech: noun 1. superheterodyne receiver
Word: authentication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin authenticōbor. English authenticate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English authentication From authenticate + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ɑˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ɔˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ 1. Something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something; or the process of doing so. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: document authentication Example: strong authentication 2. Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: digital authentication Example: Online banking uses two-factor authentication. 3. A hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swazzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swatchel, probably from German schwätzeln, from schwatzen. Pronunciation: /ˈswɒz(ə)l/ 1. A device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances
Word: swazzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From swatchel, probably from German schwätzeln, from schwatzen. Pronunciation: /ˈswɒz(ə)l/ 1. To speak using a swazzle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Of course there was more to swazzling than what I could do instinctively. I had to learn to switch from the swazzled voice of Punch to the pantomime-dame voice of Judy. Example: In the background, Mr Punch could be heard swazzling, “That's the way to do it!”
Word: allegiance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English alegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), variant of Old French ligeance, from lige (“vassal, liegeman”). More at liege. Pronunciation: /əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/ 1. Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation or of a subordinate to a superior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With what a feeling of joyful security did her heart go back to its old allegiance! Till now she had scarcely been aware of its strength, for she had known it but by its disappointment—now she fully admitted that early and passionate emotion with which Robert Evelyn had inspired her was indeed her destiny;... Example: It was always going to be a hot occasion for Declan Rice and Jack Grealish, the one-time Ireland internationals who subsequently switched their allegiances.
Word: altercate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alter Latin -ic- 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 -ico Latin altercorbor. English altercate Borrowed from Latin altercor. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːltəkeɪt/ 1. To argue, quarrel or wrangle. Labels: intransitive
Word: Herts Part of Speech: name 1. British postal abbreviation of Hertfordshire.
Word: swatchel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See swazzle. Pronunciation: /ˈswɒt͡ʃ(ə)l/ 1. swazzle Labels: dated
Word: betcha Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From bet + -cha. Second sense possibly from bet your rather than bet you. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛt͡ʃə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of bet you. Labels: alt-of, contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling Example: I betcha any money that that's the case. Example: ‘[A]nd I’ll betcha Ignatz here’d think the top of a cocoanut tree nineteen times wonderfuller.’ 2. Can be sure of it. Labels: contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling Example: You betcha! (meaning You can bet your bottom dollar!)
Word: getcha Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Written form of a reduction of get you. get + -cha Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪt͡ʃə/, /ˈɡɛt͡ʃə/ 1. Contraction of get you. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Look out, or Daddy's gonna getcha! Example: We all go through that. Don't let it getcha down. 2. Understand; comprehend. Labels: colloquial, contraction Example: Yeah, I getcha, smarty pants. 3. Contraction of get + your. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Getcha butt over here!
Word: gotcha Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From got + -cha. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒ.tʃə/, /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of got you. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: I gotcha now, ya little twerp. Example: Yeah, I gotcha. Good thinkin'!
Word: gotcha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From got + -cha. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒ.tʃə/, /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/ 1. I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone). Labels: colloquial Example: Gotcha! Go on in... 2. I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution). Labels: colloquial Example: Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again. 3. I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank). Labels: colloquial Example: Gotcha! You never noticed the whoopie cushion! 4. I understand you or what you said. Labels: colloquial Example: Gotcha! You just want me to stay here for now.
Word: gotcha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From got + -cha. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒ.tʃə/, /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/ 1. A potential problem or source of trouble. Labels: colloquial Example: Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas. 2. A potential problem or source of trouble. Labels: colloquial 3. An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception. Labels: colloquial Example: gotcha question Example: They change the number at random intervals and if you miss a sign. What a gotcha! 4. An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way. Labels: colloquial Example: You're asking me a ridiculous hypothetical question that no one can reasonably answer. You need to stop with your gotchas. Example: The gotcha in your second paragraph needs more developing. You don't have enough evidence that the author is contradicting himself. 5. An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle. Labels: colloquial Example: Now here's another few gotchas that you can do to implement it. Example: Wireless was the first gotcha when installing the distro.
Word: hafta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Written form of a reduction of have to. Pronunciation: /ˈhæf.tə/ 1. Contraction of have to (“be required to; must”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction, no-present-participle Example: I hafta fill in my tax return.
Word: hasta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Written form of a reduction of has to. Pronunciation: /ˈhæs.tə/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”). Labels: colloquial, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He hasta visit the doctor.
Word: hasta Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Spanish hasta (“until”), especially hasta luego (“until later”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːstə/ 1. goodbye Labels: colloquial
Word: hasta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)bor. English hasta Borrowed from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌstə/ 1. A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song Example: A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.
Word: hasta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin hasta. 1. A spear carried by early Roman legionaries. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: In Table I the hastae of n and m are regularly vertical and of the same height, while in II a and II b they vary in height and are often out of the perpendicular. Example: In the 12th century in Persia and later in Anatolia a new style of monumental kufic becomes the rule, with the tall hastae of the letters plaited.
Word: kinda Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪndə/, /ˈkaɪnə/ 1. Kind of; somewhat. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: I kinda hafta do this right now. Example: That’s kinda funny.
Word: kinda Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪndə/, /ˈkaɪnə/ 1. Contraction of kind + of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Carmiesha had never once busted him in a lie, and she never had no kinda drama with him and no other chick. She damn sure couldn't say that for Dre. Example: What kinda music do ya want ta play? Do ya want volume or somethin' more subtle?
Word: kinda Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪndə/, /ˈkaɪnə/ 1. Yes in some respects but no in other respects. Example: "Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah." Example: Ah, I see. Meely doesn't tease you. You're best friends, is that right? / Kinda.
Word: kinda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndə/ 1. A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania. Example: In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jolly, who are tracking gene flow in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park.
Word: kindsa Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Written form of a reduction of "kinds of" 1. Contraction of kinds + of, plural of kind of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Four hour flight & I saw the Rocky Mountains & all kindsa shit from the plane, the view was so clear. Example: Manny don't sell one kinda pizza, or two kindsa pizzas, or ten kindsa pizzas.
Word: lemme Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Written form of a reduction of let me. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛmi/ 1. Let me. Labels: colloquial, contraction Example: Lemme go! Example: Hey, lemme see that bag. What’s in there?
Word: mighta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English might substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English haven English have English -a English mighta From might + -a. 1. Pronunciation spelling of might've (“might have”). Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling Example: ‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’
Word: dunno Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Written form of an informal pronunciation of don't know that is a reduction of do not know or does not know. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌnəʊ/, /dəˈnəʊ/, /dəˈnoʊ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know. Labels: alt-of, contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling Example: I dunno the answers to any of those questions, and you dunno and he dunno either. Example: "Where'd he go?" / "Dunno."
Word: dunno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Written form of an informal pronunciation of don't know that is a reduction of do not know or does not know. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌnəʊ/, /dəˈnəʊ/, /dəˈnoʊ/ 1. An utterance of the word dunno.
Word: pseudoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + -scope. 1. An optical instrument that reverses perception of depth. Example: One could easily do this with stereo photographs, but one could also do it by making a pseudoscope, with a short cardboard tube and mirrors, […]
Word: jack-in-the-box Part of Speech: noun 1. Children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank. Example: "Did you venture to call me a liar?" ("No, sir, no!" shouted the accused, and disappeared like a Jack-in-the-box.) Example: “There’s this terrible business to start with. Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! Never know where they won’t turn up next.” 2. A small but powerful kind of screw, used by burglars to break open safes. Labels: historical Example: It was possible, from underneath, to use the old jack-in-the-box safe-breaker's tool which lay in his gasman's bag. 3. A con-man who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money. Labels: obsolete
Word: frisbee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A genericization of the trademark Frisbee. 1. Alternative form of Frisbee (an object) Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable 2. Alternative form of Frisbee (a sport) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: frisbee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A genericization of the trademark Frisbee. 1. Alternative form of Frisbee. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Adrian went up to the stereo, took off the record and frisbee'd it out of the open window. Gary watched it skim across the Court.
Word: scoober Part of Speech: noun 1. a frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown in front of and across the body
Word: scoober Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of scuba. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: hospital pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pass (for schools, military, etc.) exempting one from regular activities, to instead visit a hospital for treatment Labels: literally 2. A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.) Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, figuratively Example: His first touch was horrid – a hospital pass to Juliano Belletti – but from that moment on his eye-catching football was wonderful to witness. Example: Flood popped out a careless off-load deep in the French 22 to allow a clearing kick to snuff out the danger, and when Nick Easter tried to rumble from deep within his own 22 his hospital pass to Tuilagi triggered another knock-on. 3. a promotion or delegation which is likely to end in failure or ignominy; a poisoned chalice Labels: broadly Example: Having identified a problem, he took no action to deal with it. Lacking the courage of our convictions, he gave a hospital pass to the Bank of England, which then had little option but to step in and raise interest rates 4. A throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Labels: figuratively
Word: swill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow. Pronunciation: /swɪl/ 1. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable 2. Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill. 3. Anything disgusting or worthless. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: This new TV show is a worthless load of swill. Example: They have helped foster a corrosive, mean-spirited, angry and divisive atmosphere that May and her lieutenants are too weak to challenge. Into this swill comes Leave financier-in-chief, Arron Banks, who last week announced he was setting up a “Patriotic Alliance” to attempt to unseat 100 Remain-supporting MPs. 4. A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words. 5. Inexpensive beer or alcohol. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara. 6. A badly-thrown pass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow. Pronunciation: /swɪl/ 1. To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess. Labels: transitive Example: […] well-dressed people, of both sexes, […] devouring sliced beef, and swilling port, and punch, and cider […] Example: “It is time lost,” muttered Cedric apart and impatiently, “to speak to him of aught else but that which concerns his appetite! […] he hath no pleasure save to fill, to swill, and to call for more. […]” 2. To wash (something) by flooding with water. Labels: transitive Example: As fearfully as doth a galled rock / O’erhang and jutty his confounded base, / Swill’d with the wild and wasteful ocean. Example: Already, at three o’clock, Kezia, the good-hearted, bad-tempered housemaid, who regarded all people that came to the sale as her personal enemies, the dirt on whose feet was of a peculiarly vile quality, had begun to scrub and swill with an energy much assisted by a continual low muttering […] 3. To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion. Labels: transitive Example: Jimmie looked lovingly at the flask, smelt it, and then, placing it next his ear, swilled it round to hear the splash of liquor. Example: He swilled round the whisky in his glass […] 4. To move around or over a surface. Labels: intransitive Example: […] before them, between the high banks of the Vaal, they saw only a world of brown water, streaked with white froth, hurling down upon them. It rose above the foot-board and swilled to the level of the seat. Example: A flood of fads swilled over all Europe. 5. To inebriate; to fill with drink. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] I should be loath To meet the rudenesse, and swill’d insolence Of such late Wassailers; Example: Have I not kept open house for three days and nights, and swilled yourself and comrades with liquor for a week, and haven’t you all been drunk at my expense for several days? 6. To feed swill to (pigs). Labels: transitive Example: “Carlia, have you swilled the pigs?”
Word: back of beyond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the Scottish novelist Walter Scott’s The Antiquary (1816; see quotation). It is quite possible that Scott anglicised a rural expression rather than coined it himself—something he did numerous times with other phrases. 1. A very remote place. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, informal, usually Example: [Y]ou, wi’ some o’ your auld warld stories, that the mind o’ man canna resist, whirl’d them to the back o’ beyont to look at the auld Roman camp—[…] Example: It was a regular outside bush township, and though the distance oughtn't to have much to say to people's honesty, you'll mostly find that these far-out back-of-beyond places have got men and women to match 'em.
Word: partition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɑːˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩], /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɑɹˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩] 1. An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the partitions of Poland Example: And good from bad find no partition. 2. A part of something that has been divided. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Russian Partition 3. An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs. 5. A vertical structure that divides a room. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions 6. That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass. 7. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lodged in a small partition. 8. The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A section of a hard disk separately formatted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The epicenter of the disturbance is the partition currently housing a [personality construct array] retrieved from Contender AI 05-032 <+> 0816. 10. A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A division of a data stream, such as a messaging queue or topic (often representing a unit of parallelism, and of fault tolerance). Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets). Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A musical score. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: partition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɑːˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩], /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/, [pʰɑɹˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩] 1. To divide something into parts, sections or shares. Labels: transitive Example: to partition a hard drive 2. To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status. Labels: transitive Example: Poland was progressively partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in the late 18th century. 3. To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off. Labels: transitive
Word: biodiversity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English diversity English biodiversity From bio- + diversity. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪə(ʊ)daɪˈvɜːsɪti/, /ˌbaɪoʊdəˈvɚsəti/, [-ɾi], /ˌbaɪoʊdɑɪˈvɚsəti/ 1. The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A drop in global biodiversity is putting our ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns.
Word: disconnect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect English disconnect From dis- + connect. Pronunciation: /dɪskəˈnɛkt/ 1. To sever or interrupt a connection. Labels: transitive Example: My wi-fi got disconnected. Example: Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee. 2. To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source. Labels: transitive 3. Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn. Labels: intransitive
Word: disconnect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect English disconnect From dis- + connect. Pronunciation: /dɪskəˈnɛkt/, /ˈdɪskənɛkt/ 1. A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection. 2. A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit. 3. A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch. Example: There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on. Example: Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate. 4. The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
Word: oodles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from scadoodles (“unspecified large amount, number, or quantity”) (US, slang) (although the Oxford English Dictionary notes this is attested slightly later), or from boodle (“whole collection or lot”) (US, dialectal), caboodle (“large collection of people or things”) (US, slang) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˈuːd(ə)lz/ 1. unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons. Labels: informal, plural, plural-normally Example: "Along the lake where I went camping once there were oodles of a bright purple thing." / "I don't know what that was," my mother said. "I've never lived near the water. The purplest thing around here is joe-pye weed. We can look him up and see if he has any relatives. Come to think of it, the book had a color index." Example: Minimalist yet soothing décor, private pools and steam rooms […] and simply oodles of class make this one of the island's top choices. Honeymoon, anyone?
Word: oodles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈuːd(ə)lz/ 1. plural of oodle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 尺 (shaku). Doublet of chi and chek. 1. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun or ¹/₁₀ of a jō, now standardized as equal to ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter.
Word: biotechnology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English technology English biotechnology From bio- + technology. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk.nɒl.əʊ.dʒi/ 1. The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Japan's strength lies in more traditional biotechnology such as fermentation. Example: The developments in biotechnology, particularly with the basic understanding of genetics, immunology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering and molecular biology, have paved the way for major biotechnology products and processes and have provided tools to the manufacturing and service industry. 2. The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Agricultural biotechnology comprises a collection of scientific techniques, including genetic engineering, that are used to modify and improve plants, animals and microorganisms for human profit. Agricultural biotechnologies are not a substitute for conventional plant and animal breeding, but can be a powerful complement to improving the efficiency and sustainability of agricultural production. Example: 2008, Yutaka Tanaka, Attitude toward Bioethics and Acceptance of Biotechnology, William G. Flynne (editor), Biotechnology and Bioengineering, page 175, The result of study 3 suggests that the factor of bioethics is important not only for the acceptance of biotechnologies themselves, such as gene recombination technology and clone technology, but also the acceptance of foods and products which are produced by the use of biotechnologies. 3. genetic engineering Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Yeshua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/, /jɛˈʃuː.ɐ/ 1. Jesus 2. Joshua
Word: sit out Part of Speech: verb 1. To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit out. Example: I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit it out. 2. To await the cessation of, without taking part. Labels: transitive Example: A large proportion of the millhands sat out the strike in their native villages, sometimes hundreds of miles from Bombay; the remainder survived precariously in the city with the help of casual labour and rations of grain […] Example: He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? 3. To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act. 4. To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails. 5. To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.
Word: sit out Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sitout. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: During seven NAACP-sponsored school “sit outs” or “holidays” in Jacksonville more than 108,000 children had been kept home by their parents to protest segregated schools and other inequities. Example: The bottom wrestler shoots both feet out as in the sit out. 2. Alternative form of sit-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The parent says, “If you don't start picking up your dirty clothes by the time I count to three, you will need to take a sit out.” Example: A SIT OUT is required when there is a half table in the section, such as 8.5, 10.5, or 12.5 tables. There are more N/S Pairs than E/W Pairs or vice versa registered for the game.
Word: high chair Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of highchair. Labels: alt-of, alternative