nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Auckland Part of Speech: name Etymology: After William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, patron of the founder of the city, after Bishop Auckland, formerly North Auckland in the UK, the site of Auckland Castle, from Ackland, possibly from Old Norse alka (“auk”) or from Middle English ak (“oak”) + land; similar, if not the same, to Oakland. In view of an earlier form, Alclit, this may represent an adaptation of a Cumbric [Term?] form, equivalent to Proto-Brythonic *alo- (“rock”) + Proto-Brythonic *clọ:tā, a river name. Pronunciation: /ˈoːklənd/, /ˈɔːklənd/, /ˈɔklənd/, /ˈɑklənd/ 1. A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country. Example: Sam Ruthe had the eyes of thousands on him when he stepped onto a running track in Auckland just over a week ago. 2. A region of New Zealand which includes the city, situated between the Northland region to the north and the Waikato region to the south. 3. A territorial authority and unitary authority for the Auckland Region of New Zealand; in full, Auckland Council. 4. The government of New Zealand. Labels: metonymically
Word: vegetative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/ 1. Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. 2. Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction. Example: In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified. 3. Physically inactive. 4. Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.
Word: inactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈæktɪv/ 1. Not active, temporarily or permanently. Example: The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant. Example: Inactive user accounts may be deleted after 90 days. 2. Not engaging in physical activity. Example: […] exercise in general will lead to dramatic improvements in comparison with an inactive lifestyle. 3. Not functioning or operating; broken down Example: The photocopier is inactive pending repair. 4. Retired from duty or service. Example: Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list. 5. Relatively inert. Example: Aluminium is inactive towards water. 6. Showing no optical activity in polarized light. Example: Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.
Word: inactive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈæktɪv/ 1. A person who does not take action. Example: Typically inactives are poorly educated older women. Their lack of education is overwhelmingly the key factor in assigning the inactives to a life devoid of political activity of any sort.
Word: donnée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French donnée. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒneɪ/ 1. A given; in a literary work, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. Example: We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, what the French call his donnée; our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it. Example: There is also some similarity between the general subject of both, which is that favourite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own.
Word: -itude Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude Borrowed from Middle French -itude, from Latin -(i)tūdō. By surface analysis, -i- + -tude. Pronunciation: /ɪˈtjuːd/, [ɪˈtʰjʊu̯d], /ɪˈt͡ʃuːd/, [ɪˈt͡ʃʊu̯d], /ɪˈtud/ 1. Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality. Labels: morpheme Example: apt + -itude → aptitude Example: inept + -itude → ineptitude
Word: -ful Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful Inherited from Middle English -ful, -full, from Old English -ful, -full (“full of; -ful”), from Proto-Germanic *-fullaz (“-ful”), from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”); see full. Cognate with Scots -fu, Saterland Frisian -ful (“-ful”), West Frisian -fol (“-ful”), Dutch -vol (“-ful”), German -voll (“-ful”), Swedish -full (“-ful”), Danish -fuld (“-ful”), Icelandic -fullur, -fyllur (“-ful”). Pronunciation: /fʊl/, /fəl/, [fl̩] 1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun. Labels: morpheme Example: sin + -ful → sinful
Word: -ful Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, -full, from Proto-Germanic *fullō, *fullijô (“filling”). Pronunciation: /fʊl/, /fəl/, [fl̩] 1. Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun”. Labels: morpheme Example: bowl + -ful → bowlful Example: hand + -ful → handful
Word: -kinesis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion, movement”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”). Pronunciation: /kɪˈniːsɪs/ 1. movement, motion Labels: morpheme
Word: -onym Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. New Latinder. English -onym From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”); compare also -onymy § Etymology. 1. word Labels: morpheme 2. name Labels: morpheme
Word: -polis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. English -polis Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). 1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities. Labels: morpheme
Word: -philia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”). Pronunciation: /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /-ˈfiː.li.ə/ 1. Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something). Labels: morpheme Example: Afrophilia = a love of Africa or African people Example: Teleiophilia = a love of adults 2. Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia. Labels: morpheme
Word: -scope Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”). Pronunciation: /-skəʊp/, /-skoʊp/ 1. Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination. Labels: morpheme
Word: optical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From optic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɒptɪkəl/, /ˈɑptɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to sight; visual. Example: Strabismus is an optical defect. 2. Designed to assist or enhance sight Example: A microscope is an optical instrument. 3. Of or relating to optics. Example: Refraction is an optical effect. 4. Of or relating to visible light. Example: Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy. 5. Incorporating light-sensitive devices. Example: An optical switch opens the door automatically.
Word: optical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From optic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɒptɪkəl/, /ˈɑptɪkəl/ 1. Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film. Example: It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour). Example: If you plan to output back to film, opticals and effects can be shot on film or generated by computer and then transferred to film.
Word: persistent vegetative state Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition of patients with severe brain damage in whom coma has progressed to a state of wakefulness without awareness.
Word: persistent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist + -ent. Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪstənt/, /pɚˈsɪstənt/ 1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go. Example: She has had a persistent cough for weeks. Example: The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. 2. Insistently repetitive. Example: There was a persistent knocking on the door. 3. Indefinitely continuous. Example: There have been persistent rumours for years. Example: Although many individuals seek meaningful social connection, they face persistent barriers to sustaining relationships, including communication difficulties, social rejection, loneliness, and limited social opportunities (Elmose, 2019; Mendelson et al., 2016; Sosnowy et al., 2019). The gap between social motivation and real-life opportunities for social interaction may contribute to persistent social isolation in this population. 4. Lasting past maturity without falling off. Example: Pine cones have persistent scales. Example: The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes. 5. Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it. Example: Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program. 6. Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function 7. non-transient.
Word: -aemia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”). 1. Blood; presence in blood (of a substance denoted by an affixed combining form); state or condition of the blood. Labels: UK, morpheme
Word: -phone Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); related to fame and fable. Some terms ending in phone, such as textphone, are actually compounds made with phone. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n/, /ˈfoʊ̯n/, /ˈfɔʊ̯n/, /ˈfəʉ̯n/, /ˈfɐ̞ʉ̯n/ 1. A type of sound. Labels: morpheme Example: allophone; homophone 2. A device that makes a sound. Labels: morpheme Example: aerophone; saxophone 3. Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language. Labels: morpheme Example: Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone 4. Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language. Labels: morpheme Example: Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
Word: -ship Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪp/, [ˈʃʰɪp] 1. Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: fellow → fellowship Example: owner → ownership
Word: -wise Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise From Middle English -wis (“-wise”), from Old English -wīs (“-wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *-wīs (“-wise”), from Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz (“-wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise, skilled, knowledgeable”), related to Old English wīs, wīse (“manner, way, fashion”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -wiese (“-wise”), Dutch -wijs (“-wise”), German -weise (“-wise”), Danish -vis (“-wise”), Norwegian -vis (“-wise”), Swedish -vis (“-wise”), Yiddish ־ווײַז (-vayz, “-wise”). More at wise (“way, manner”). Pronunciation: /waɪz/ 1. In the direction or orientation of. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: The gaoler slowly turned the key clockwise. 2. In the manner of. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: You need to follow the instructions carefully; otherwise, the project may not turn out. Example: Contrariwise, it could be a good idea. 3. In the matter of; with regard to. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: This morning looks promising, weather-wise. Example: They had parents in India—that much Octavian had learned in the neighbourhood; the children, beyond grouping themselves garment-wise into sexes, a girl and two boys, carried their life-story no further on his behoof. 4. One at a time, or one thing at a time. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: Add the reagent dropwise to the solution.
Word: piece of furniture Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of furniture; any item, such as a table or cupboard, that constitutes furniture.
Word: power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From a letter written by Lord Acton in 1887. 1. The corrupting influence of power is total when one's power is total.
Word: Shazia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic شَاذِيَّة (šāḏiyya, “rare, precious, unique”). 1. A female given name from Arabic.
Word: bummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.mɚ/ 1. A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. Labels: historical, obsolete 2. An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: “If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something. 3. A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Word: bummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bummer From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.mɚ/ 1. A disappointment, a pity, a shame. Labels: colloquial Example: That's a total bummer. Example: Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer / Well what a bummer / I can think of a lot worse places to be 2. A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip. Labels: dated, slang Example: This young man never had a bummer in some 33 LSD trips. Every one of the them was a delight—everything under control. He needed only to snap his fingers, and down he came, anytime. But on Voyage 34, he finally met himself coming down an up staircase, and the encounter was crushing.
Word: bummer Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree English bum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bummer From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.mɚ/ 1. Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment). Labels: colloquial
Word: bummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bummer From bum (“engage in anal sex”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.mɚ/ 1. A gay man. Labels: UK, derogatory, offensive, slang Example: You know, the kind of guy who would, if he wasn't gay, probably be shouting ‘Oi, gay boy!’ or ‘You bummer!’ or even ‘Oi, paki!’ or what have you. They're not enlightened.
Word: bummer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bum Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English bummer From bum + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.mɚ/ 1. comparative form of bum: more bum Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Arie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אַרְיֵה (aryé, “lion”). 1. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: FOK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fill or kill. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of feeling of knowing (“the sense that one has the answer to a question before one retrieves it from memory; described in the psychological experiments of Lynne M. Reder”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: daft Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”), from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”). Related to Old English dafnian, dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”). Doublet of deft. Compare silly which originally meant “blessed; good, innocent; pitiful; weak”, but now means “laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance; mentally simple, foolish”. Unrelated to, though perhaps influenced by, daff (“fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)”) (past form daffed). Pronunciation: /dɑːft/, /dæft/ 1. Foolish, silly, stupid. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, informal Example: a daft idea Example: Thou art the daftest fuill that ever I saw. / Trows thou, man, be the law to get remeid / Of men of kirk? Na, nocht till thou be deid. 2. Crazy, insane, mad. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, informal Example: "Ow, he is just a wood harum-scarum creature, that wad never take to his studies;—daft, sir, clean daft." / […] / "[W]owff—a wee bit by the East-Nook or sae; it's a common case—the ae half of the warld thinks t'other daft. I have met with folks in my day, that thought I was daft mysell;[…]" / "I cannot make out a word of his cursed brogue," said the Cumbrian justice; "can you, neighbour—eh? What can he mean by deft?" / "He means mad", said the party appealed to, thrown off his guard by impatience of this protracted discussion. Example: The boy gathered himself up, shook his shaggy head, and, said, in a piteous tone: 'Davie's daft!' 'Davie's daft!' He then kicked the poor idiot till his cries attracted the attention of the guests, some of whom immediately came to the spot: […] 3. Gentle, meek, mild. Labels: obsolete Example: There's mirth in the barn and the ha', the ha', / There's mirth in the barn and the ha': / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride's daftest of a', of a', / And our young bride's daftest of a'.
Word: perpetual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English perpetuel, from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetuālis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from petō. Pronunciation: /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/, /pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/, /pəˈpɛtjʊəl/ 1. Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time. Labels: not-comparable 2. Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration. Labels: not-comparable Example: perpetual copyright 3. Continuing; uninterrupted. Labels: not-comparable Example: "And yet," returned Francesca, "the secret of Arden's sufferings seems to have been in himself. From earliest youth he indulged in vain contrasts and repinings, and even his very love was selfish and cruel. Think how much happiness he lost by his perpetual exaggerations!" Example: There are perpetual requests for changes as new payloads and new demands and modifications are suggested by the users. 4. Flowering throughout the growing season. Labels: not-comparable Example: By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers. Example: The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.
Word: perpetual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English perpetuel, from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetuālis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from petō. Pronunciation: /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/, /pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/, /pəˈpɛtjʊəl/ 1. Ellipsis of perpetual check. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: illiterate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪtəɹət/, /ɪˈlɪtɹət/ 1. Unable to read and write. Example: About half of the population in Ethiopia is illiterate. Example: If publique Aſſemblies of Divines cannot agree upon a right vvay, private Conventicles of illeterate men, vvill ſoon finde a vvrong. Bivious demurres breed devious reſolutions. Paſſengers to heaven are in haſte, and vvill vvalk one vvay or other. 2. Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. Example: Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are. Example: He's illiterate […] Seriously, how did he get into RI? 3. Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing. Example: Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion. 4. Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject. Example: technologically illiterate, economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate
Word: illiterate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪtəɹət/, /ɪˈlɪtɹət/ 1. An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how. Example: We might also provide education plus reading and writing services to adult illiterates. 2. A person ignorant about a given subject. (The relevant subject is usually named as a noun adjunct.) Example: Their government is run by business illiterates. Example: Sometimes a mathematical illiterate is called an innumerate.
Word: preach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”). Pronunciation: /pɹiːt͡ʃ/, /pɹit͡ʃ/ 1. To give a sermon. Labels: intransitive Example: Our pastor can preach very well. Example: One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 2. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. Labels: transitive Example: The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hathe ſent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore,[…] 3. To advise or recommend earnestly. Labels: transitive Example: My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…] 4. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. Labels: transitive Example: The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…] 5. To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner. Labels: intransitive Example: Papa, don't preach, I'm in trouble, deep / Papa, don't preach, I've been losing sleep
Word: preach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”). Pronunciation: /pɹiːt͡ʃ/, /pɹit͡ʃ/ 1. A religious discourse. Labels: obsolete Example: he make peace in his preaches and play with esteem
Word: preach Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”). Pronunciation: /pɹiːt͡ʃ/, /pɹit͡ʃ/ 1. Used to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking). Labels: slang Example: – If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!
Word: postmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + master. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/ 1. The head of a post office. Example: With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue. 2. The administrator of an electronic mail system. Labels: Internet 3. A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist. Labels: UK 4. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses. Labels: archaic
Word: colleague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒliːɡ/, /ˈkɑliɡ/, /ˈkɔliːɡ/, /kəˈliɡ/, /kɔˈliːɡ/ 1. A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate. Example: Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.[…]Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
Word: colleague Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒliːɡ/, /ˈkɑliɡ/, /ˈkɔliːɡ/, /kəˈliɡ/, /kɔˈliːɡ/ 1. To unite or associate with another or with others. Labels: transitive Example: Young Fortinbras, Holding a weak supposal of our worth ...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage, ...hath not failed to pester us with message Importing the surrender of those lands Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)
Word: is the Pope Catholic Part of Speech: phrase 1. A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes. Labels: colloquial, rhetoric Example: Would you like to go to the beach? ― Is the Pope Catholic?
Word: poustinia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Russian пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert”). 1. In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage. Example: Yes, that "doing something more" can be the poustinia: an entry into the desert, a lonely place, a silent place, where one can lift the two arms of prayer and penance to God in atonement, intercession, reparation for one's sins and those of one's brothers.... To go into the poustinia means to listen to God. It means entering into kenosis—the emptying of oneself.
Word: poustinik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian пусты́нник (pustýnnik, “hermit, anchoret, anchorite”), from пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert, wilderness”). 1. A person dwelling in a poustinia. Example: It is difficult to simply relate this man, and other poustiniki that I came to know through my lifetime, with what is called a "hermit." There was some kind of difference. The poustinik seemed to be more available. There was a gracious hospitality about him, as if he were never disturbed by anyone who came to visit him.
Word: A roll Part of Speech: noun 1. The primary footage for non-narrative or interview-based film, usually involving talking heads or footage that directly relates to the moment. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enlightened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈlaɪtənd/ 1. Educated or informed. 2. Made aware of something. 3. Freed from illusion. Example: Yet in the worst, there is still a divine spark of Universal consciousness buried deep within them, and in the best people, except for the enlightened ones, there is still the seed of selfishness. 4. Extraordinarily wise; having an exceedingly great wisdom. Example: An enlightened mind does not need external authority. Example: Such were the sources of an opulence which we must do Raleigh the credit to say was expended not on debauchery or display, but in the most enlightened efforts to extend tlie field of English commercial enterprise beyond the Atlantic.
Word: enlightened Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈlaɪtənd/ 1. Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism
Word: enlightened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈlaɪtənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of enlighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Adoo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَدُو (ʕadū, “enemy; foe”). 1. A guerrilla movement in Oman, ca. 1970 C.E.
Word: AFK Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ ɛf ˈkeɪ/ 1. Initialism of away from keyboard, i.e. away from one's computer; idle. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I'm gonna go AFK in a few mins Example: See, I usually do this kind of thing from my computer, but this time I wanted to do it AFK.
Word: accounting profit Part of Speech: noun 1. The total revenue minus costs properly chargeable against goods sold.
Word: acousto-optic effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A photoelastic effect produced by ultrasonic waves in a transparent material. Labels: singular, singular-only
Word: aestivate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of estivate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agree to disagree Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept each other's opinions and cease arguing; to peacefully acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached. Labels: idiomatic Example: I know we’re never going to agree on the merits of vegetarianism, so let’s agree to disagree, shall we? Example: By 1849, they agreed amicably to disagree, and McCormick bought the Ogden and Jones half of the business for $65,000.
Word: amelioration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of making better. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past! 2. An improvement. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: pre-amelioration Example: post-amelioration
Word: ampelography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ampélographie, from ampelo- (“vine”) + -graphy. 1. The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis. Labels: uncountable Example: She is the American apostle of Pierre Galet, a Frenchman whose internationally recognized contribution to ampelography, or the science of classifying grape vines, rests on identifying leaf design and the appearance of a vine's growing tips. Example: Scientists are just now devising a genetic test to distinguish one rootstock from another. Until they do, the only recourse is the arcane art of ampelography, in which the vines are identified by physical appearance. Like art authenticators, ampelographers practice a craft that they would have others think is a science.
Word: analysand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From analyse + -and. 1. A person who undergoes psychoanalysis; one who is analysed.
Word: anaplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anaplasty Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anaplastic From anaplasty + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈplæstɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to plastic surgery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hamsa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חַמְסָה (khámsa), from Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, “five”), used among Jews of Arabic origin for the fingers on the hand. Pronunciation: /ˈhæm.sə/, /ˈhɑm.sə/ 1. The Hand of Fatima. Example: Reverence for the amulets cuts across religious boundaries. Jews come for Kabbalistic bracelets, glass hamsas or strings of ceramic pomegranates. Example: Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized the world over.
Word: anfractuosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin anfractuosus (“winding”). 1. A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here endeth the doctrine of the right-angled sphericalls, the whole diatyposis wherof is in the Equisolea or hippocrepidian diagram, whose most intricate amfractuosities, renvoys, various mixture of analogies, and perturbat situation of proportionall termes, cannot choose but be pervious to the understanding of any judicious reader that hath perused this comment aright. Example: Amfractuosity. 2. One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The vayne goeth aboue the artier, but not right lyne as other parts doe, but in anfractuosities, like unto a Woodbine. Example: The first or most anterior anfractuosity on the superior surface of the brain is longitudinal, and being the continuation and termination of the principal one on the inferior surface, it extends a very short distance from before backwards.
Word: angulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Latin angulātus, from angulus (“angle”) + -ātus. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡjʊlət/, /ˈæŋɡjələt/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋɡjələt/, /ˈɛ̃ŋɡjələt/ 1. Shaped with corners or angles. Example: angulate leaves
Word: angulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin angulāt-, the past participial stem of angulō. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡjʊleɪt/, /ˈæŋɡjəleɪ̯t/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋɡjəleɪ̯t/, /ˈɛ̃ŋɡjəleɪ̯t/ 1. To make, or to become, angular. Example: The platinum shaft connecting the ribbon to the piston base is a rounded wire and can be easily angulated after placement of the prosthesis for optimal incus to fenestra reach.
Word: anthroponosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, anthropo- + -osis; compare also zoonosis. 1. Any disease that is spread from humans to animals.
Word: anthropophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anthropo- + -philic. 1. Preferring human beings to other animals. It especially alludes to (i) bloodsucking arthropods such as mosquitos, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an animal host; and (ii) dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans.
Word: Archenemy Part of Speech: name 1. Satan
Word: apolitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + political. 1. Having no interest or involvement in politics. Example: The Queen is an apolitical figure. 2. Having no political relevance or function. Example: The PM's visit to the school was entirely apolitical. 3. Politically neutral, unbiased, nonaligned and free from party politics. Example: My colleagues and I come to this task with open minds, we are apolitical and independent of any political party. Example: What, exactly, the criteria for this designation will be remains unclear but the ultimate aim, some analysts suspect, is to purge officers deemed insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump – a litmus test, they warn, that’s incompatible with an apolitical military.
Word: apolitical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + political. 1. A person with no involvement or no interest in politics. 2. An unbiased candidate or voter, free of a party platform. 3. A neutral or uncommitted person.
Word: armature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/, /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.tjʊɚ/ 1. A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively. 2. Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment. 3. The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat. 4. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core. 5. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer. 6. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit. 7. A supporting framework in a sculpture. 8. A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models. 9. A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle. 10. Any apparatus for defence. 11. The frame of a pair of glasses. Example: It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.
Word: armature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/, /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑɹ.mə.tjʊɚ/ 1. To provide with an armature (any sense). Example: T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed. Example: "Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.
Word: covert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊvɜːt/, /kəʊˈvɜːt/, /ˈkʌvət/, /ˈkoʊvɚt/, /koʊˈvɜɹt/ 1. Secret, surreptitious, concealed. Labels: figuratively Example: covert operations Example: how covert matters may be best disclosed 2. Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered. Labels: archaic Example: Within that wood there was a covert glade, Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […] Example: to plant a covert alley 3. Under coverture. Labels: historical Example: feme covert Example: […] a separate use for a woman cannot be created unless she is covert, or unless in immediate contemplation of her marriage.
Word: covert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvət/, /ˈkəʊvɜːt/, /ˈkoʊvɚt/, /ˈkʌvɚt/, /ˈkʌvɚ/ 1. A covering. 2. A disguise. 3. A hiding place. 4. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide. 5. A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers. Example: When he felt the trappings being taken off him, so that he was in hunting order, Cully did make some movements as if to rouse. He raised his crest, his shoulder coverts and the soft feathers of his thighs.
Word: sermon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin sermō, sermōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *sermō, from *ser- (“to bind”) + *-mō. Displaced native Old English wordpredicung, literally word + preaching. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.mən/, /ˈsɝ.mən/ 1. Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter. Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 2. A lengthy speech of reproval.
Word: sermon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sermonen, from Old French sermoner, from sermon (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.mən/, /ˈsɝ.mən/ 1. To discourse to or of, as in a sermon. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: January 23 1583, Edmund Spenser, letter to Walter Raleigh To some I know this methode will seem displeasaunt, which had rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large, as they use, then thus clowdily enwrapped in allegorical devises 2. To tutor; to lecture. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: Come, sermon me no further.
Word: arm-twisting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arm + twisting. 1. The use of personal pressure to persuade Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The use of political pressure to gain support Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: discretize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English discrete Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English discretize From discrete + -ize. 1. To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation. Labels: transitive 2. To represent (any spectrum of reality) as a set of discrete categories or classes; to categorize (a spectral aspect of reality) by lumping together some of its finer distinctions. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: A rainbow truly contains thousands of color values but can usually be discretized by human sentience into bands of primary and secondary colors.
Word: undergrowth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + growth. Cognate with West Frisian ûndergroei (“undergrowth”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌndɚˌɡɹoʊθ/ 1. The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: tangled undergrowth Example: clear the undergrowth
Word: art journal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From art + journal. 1. A collection of words and images in a diary that chronicles the ideas, memories, and thoughts of an artist.
Word: asteriscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin asteriscus. Doublet of asterisk. 1. One of the otoliths found in the lagena of many nonmammalian vertebrates.
Word: airy fairy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in 1830 in his poem Lilian. Pronunciation: /ˈeəɹi feəɹi/ 1. Insubstantial. Labels: derogatory, informal 2. Impractical. Labels: derogatory, informal