nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: boast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bosten, from bost (“boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity”), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Scots bost, boist (“to threaten, brag, boast”), Anglo-Norman bost (“ostentation”) (from Germanic). Related to Norwegian baus (“proud, bold, daring”), dialectal German baustern (“to swell”), German böse (“evil, bad, angry”), Dutch boos (“evil, wicked, angry”), West Frisian boas (“bad, wicked, angry, shrewd, clever”). Compare also dialectal Norwegian bausta, busta (“to rush onward, make a noise”). Possible doublet of boost. Compare typologically puffy, Russian напы́щенный (napýščennyj), наду́тый (nadútyj). Pronunciation: /bəʊst/, /boʊst/ 1. To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself. Labels: intransitive Example: On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry. 2. (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Labels: transitive Example: Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds. Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. 3. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. Labels: obsolete Example: In God we boast all the day long. 4. To play a boast shot. 5. To possess (a special and desirable quality). Labels: transitive Example: The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea. Example: His family boasted a famous name.
Word: boast Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bəʊst/, /boʊst/ 1. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. 2. To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Word: extol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstəʊl/, /ɪkˈstɒl/, /ɪkˈstoʊl/ 1. To praise; to make high. Labels: transitive Example: Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. Example: It not only congratulates the Pope, but panegyrizes his Holiness, extols the college of cardinals and the bishops of Italy, calls upon the ashes of the martyrs to rejoice, apostrophizes Peter and Paul, and pays many fine compliments to happy Britain, although dissentient from the Romish faith;—it then reverts, in conclusion, to the Pope, and ends with intreating his blessing and assuring him of the prayers of his Irish congratulators.
Word: curls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curls Part of Speech: noun 1. Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: curls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of curl Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: curl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), connected to *krūsą (“curl”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian Bokmål krøll (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to grind, crush, gnash”). Pronunciation: /kɜːl/, [kʰəːɫ], /kɜɹl/, [kʰɝɫ], /kʌrl/ 1. To cause to move in a curve. Labels: transitive Example: He picked the ball up about forty yards out on the left wing, left a trail of Arsenal defenders in his wake, and curled the ball round Geoff Barnett as he came right out into the far corner. Example: Campbell should have scored but missed with a header from four yards at the far post before Taylor-Fletcher came close to adding a second when he curled an effort over the stranded Reina, who should have been punished for a poor clearance. 2. To make into a curl or spiral. Labels: transitive Example: She curls her spine; she wedges a pillow between her knees. 3. To assume the shape of a curl or spiral. Labels: intransitive Example: It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment. 4. To move in curves. Labels: intransitive Example: Clouds curled down from the mountains. Example: The ball curled to a stop within six inches of the hole. 5. To take part in the sport of curling. Labels: intransitive Example: I curl at my local club every weekend. 6. To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps. Labels: transitive Example: When curling the weight, bring the barbell up toward the chin, then return it to its starting position. Keep your elbows and upper arms as immobile as possible to isolate the biceps. 7. To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets. Example: But curl their locks with bodkins and with braids Example: There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…]. 8. To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament. Example: Thicker than the snakie locks / That curld Megæra. Example: Curling with metaphors a plain intention. 9. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. Example: Seas would be pools without the brushing air / To curl the waves. 10. To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
Word: choirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boorish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English boor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English boorish From boor + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/ 1. Behaving as a boor; rough in manners. Example: May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity. Example: I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?
Word: blush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”). Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃ/, [ˈblʌʃ] 1. To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment. Labels: intransitive Example: The love scene made him blush to the roots of his hair / to the tips of his ears. Example: He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him. 2. To be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed (to do something). Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: While Cato lives, Caesar will blush to see Mankind enslaved, and be ashamed of Empire. Example: He never blushed to rob a slave mother of her children, no matter how young or small. 3. To become red or pink. Labels: intransitive Example: The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush, 4. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to pinken; to make rosy. Labels: transitive Example: [the ghost] with the heart there cools and ne’er returneth To blush and beautify the cheek again. 5. To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade). Labels: copulative Example: When he saw it, he blushed a beet red. Example: I wasn't surprised, but it was embarrassing enough that I blushed a little pink. 6. To express or make known by blushing. Labels: transitive Example: Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation. Example: I’ll blush you thanks. 7. To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers. Labels: intransitive Example: The garden was full of blossoms that blushed in myriad shades to form a beautiful carpet of color. Example: Full many a Flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its Sweetness on the desart Air. 8. To glance with the eye, cast a glance. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 9. Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions. Labels: intransitive Example: Blushing is caused by doping under high relative humidity conditions. Example: Why is retarder used in dope when the dope is being sprayed in humid conditions? The retarder slows the drying of the dope and keeps it from blushing.
Word: blush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown; attested in the late 15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃ/, [ˈblʌʃ] 1. The collective noun for a group of boys. Example: a blush of boys Example: I took the Red Cross senior lifesaving test, the one girl in a blush of boys taking the course.
Word: redden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red English -en English redden From red + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdn̩/ 1. To become red or redder. Labels: intransitive Example: But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over. Example: Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood. 2. To make red or redder. Labels: transitive Example: God redden your pale blood! Example: […] If the cloud that hangs Upon the heart and round the mind Cleared from the north and in that height The sun appeared and reddened great Belshazzar's brow, O, ruler, rude With rubies then, attend me now.
Word: chopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chop 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 chopper From chop + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɒp.ə/, /ˈtʃɔp.ə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ 1. Something that chops 2. Something that chops 3. Something that chops 4. Something that chops 5. A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside. 6. A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs. Labels: informal Example: Meronym: apehangers 7. Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another. 8. A high-bouncing batted ball. 9. The penis. Labels: slang 10. An assault rifle or carbine, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47). Labels: slang Example: My chopper sing like Sia, make a bitch sick diarrhea. 11. The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Labels: Canada, US 12. A rapper who raps in a fast-paced rhyming style.
Word: chopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' "Angel of Mercy" helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɒp.ə/, /ˈtʃɔp.ə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ 1. A helicopter. Labels: informal Example: There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps And rigs of every size. Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears And choppers filled the skies.
Word: chopper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the onomatopoeia for the "chop-chop" sound emitted by the main rotor blades of the Bell 47 'OH-13 Sioux' "Angel of Mercy" helicopter, encountered by troops during the Korean War. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɒp.ə/, /ˈtʃɔp.ə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ 1. To travel or transport by helicopter. Labels: informal Example: They lifted Catholics. Civil Rights guys, mostly. Low-level nationalists. Choppered them off to some interrogation centre outside Belfast.
Word: embarrassment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embarrassment From embarrass + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əs.mənt/ 1. A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The desired effect [of affectionate teasing] is a look of pleasurable embarrassment, as if you administered a compliment. Anyone who doesn't stop teasing immediately upon producing real embarrassment, anger or tears is not really teasing. 2. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family. Example: Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm. 3. A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are over 5,000 Americans now in Paris, many artists, singers, musicians, writers, and actors, so many, indeed, the committee could hardly pick a program from an embarrassment of volunteers. Example: The landscape presented an embarrassment of riches for the industrial archaeologist, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century remains were still visible in abundance 4. A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]and render them more intelligible than all the commentaries which have been written on them, for they generally render the authour more obscure, and lead the reader into greater embarrassments, by what they explain, than by what they leave untouched. 5. Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Difficulty in financial matters; poverty. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 7. A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda) Labels: collective, countable, uncountable
Word: backward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d/, /ˈbækwɚd/ 1. At, near or towards the rear of something. Example: The passenger turned around and walked backward, towards the tail of the aircraft. 2. In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing. Example: He tilted his head backward. Example: The grandfather clock toppled backward and crashed to the ground. 3. In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement. Example: In reverse gear the wheel turns backward. 4. Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state. Labels: figuratively Example: This project seems to be going backward. Example: The work went backward. 5. In a reversed orientation; back to front. Example: He had his cap on backward. 6. In a reversed order or sequence. Example: A palindrome reads the same backward as forward. 7. Toward or into the past. Example: As we begin the new millennium, it behoves us to look backward as well as forward. 8. In the past. Labels: obsolete 9. By way of reflection; reflexively. Example: the Mind can backward caſt Upon herself, her understanding Light Example: It was still possible — perhaps it might be inevitable — for him to accept frankly the altered conditions, and avow Baldassarre's existence; but hardly without casting an unpleasant light backward on his original reticence[…]
Word: backward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d/, /ˈbækwɚd/ 1. The state behind or past. Example: In the dark backward and abysm of time.
Word: backward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d/, /ˈbækwɚd/ 1. To keep back, to delay, to retard. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: lorra Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Reduction of lot of. Representing a clipped or slurred pronunciation, especially associated with a stereotypical Liverpudlian pronunciation popularised by British singer and TV personality Cilla Black. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹə/ 1. Contraction of lot of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: We're gonna have a lorra fun tonight, chuck!
Word: Liverpudlian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of Liverpool + puddle (as a pun on a puddle being a small pool) + -ian. Pronunciation: /lɪvəˈpʌdlɪ.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Liverpool in England.
Word: Liverpudlian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Liverpool + puddle (as a pun on a puddle being a small pool) + -ian. Pronunciation: /lɪvəˈpʌdlɪ.ən/ 1. A native or resident of Liverpool in England. 2. someone connected with Liverpool Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Word: pensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/ 1. Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. Example: He sat in pensive silence, weighing his options carefully. 2. Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. Example: The author’s tone grows pensive in the final chapters. 3. Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness. Example: Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce Example: Through the deep grass the faces of the three children glowed like pensive moons.
Word: be bothered Part of Speech: verb 1. To have the enthusiasm (to do something). Example: I can't be bothered to clean the house today. Example: He can't be bothered drying all those dishes.
Word: calcinosis cutis Part of Speech: noun 1. a group of disorders wherein calcium deposits form in the skin Labels: uncountable
Word: bovver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Represents a nonstandard or dialectal (in particular Cockney) pronunciation of bother. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒvə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of bother. Labels: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Example: No need to tell me, I'd recognize that Cockney accent anywhere! “I'm in a bit of bovver,” he said. “Do me a favour and go to the shelter and do the necessary for Trixie.” 2. Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs. Labels: UK, countable, slang, uncountable Example: In London there are some thirty gangs of “bovver birds,” violence-prone girls who roam the streets in packs attacking almost any vulnerable object for no apparent reason other than the sheer thrill of it.
Word: bovver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Represents a nonstandard or dialectal (in particular Cockney) pronunciation of bother. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒvə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of bother. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "You specials," Nigel said disgustedly. "I don't know why I bovver, really I don't." Example: "I don't bovver," he said, with a cross look in the direction of his brother and sister Rochesters.
Word: bovver Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Represents a nonstandard or dialectal (in particular Cockney) pronunciation of bother. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒvə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of bother. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: rozzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 19th century UK. Etymology unknown. Possibly a play on the given name of Sir Robert Peel, founder of the Metropolitan Police Service. Compare peeler, bobby. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒzə(ɹ)/ 1. A police officer. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated, slang Example: "Another wrong un," says the carman. "Hi, Mr. Graham!"—and up walks a rozzer and buckles me tight. Example: If the rozzers was to see him in bona clobber they'd take him for a gun.
Word: dystrophic calcification Part of Speech: noun 1. The mineralization of soft tissues occurring without a systemic mineral imbalance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ranine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rānīnus, from rāna (“frog”) + -īnus (“of or pertaining to”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪˌnaɪn/ 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a frog. 2. Relating to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, relating to the region where the swelling occurs, especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.
Word: ranine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rānīnus, from rāna (“frog”) + -īnus (“of or pertaining to”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪˌnaɪn/ 1. A frog of the subfamily Raninae. Example: In the Cenozoic, extensive radiation took place in this family in Africa among the endemic phrynobatrachines, arthroleptines, hemisines, and the more wide-ranging ranines. Example: Two major invasions into Eurasia are postulated: the first involving the Raninae, which gave rise to (a) those ranines that eventually dispersed to the New World and (b) the Platymantinae of Southeast Asia and Australasia, and the second involving the Rhacophorinae. 2. A ranine artery or vein. Labels: archaic Example: The tongue is largely supplied by blood vessels, its arteries being branches of the ranine and labial, and its veins emptying into the great linguals which proceed to the external jugular; […] Example: The lingual, the ranine, and the lower part of the facial vein, together with the common facial and the anterior and posterior divisions of the temporo-maxillary vein, were full of pus, the external jugular having been removed at the operation.
Word: sally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English saly, from Old English saliġ, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow. Pronunciation: /ˈsæli/ 1. A willow. 2. Any tree that resembles a willow. 3. An object made from the wood of a willow.
Word: sally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæli/ 1. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy. Example: The rest of his horsemen the Duke sent to his campe, bicause they heard a great noise there, and doubted the enimies sally, and indeede they had issued foorth thrise, but were alwaies repulsed, especially through the valiantns of the English men that the Duke left there behind him [...] Example: The besieged made another Sally, and killed several of the Enemy at Penyburn-Hill, but were forced to Retreat, being pressed by the Enemies Horse, who charged us on all sides. 2. A sudden rushing forth. Example: Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies. 3. A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor. Labels: figuratively Example: Till then she had never formed an idea of one so gifted and so charming. She listened with astonishment to her companion's gay sallies, and answers, as piquant as they were ready. Example: Bull snuffed; he never paid any attention to her sallies but he heard them. 4. An excursion or side trip. Example: Everyone shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that […] goes still round in the same track. 5. A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
Word: sally Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæli/ 1. To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position). Labels: intransitive Example: The troops sallied in desperation. Example: A feeding strategy of some birds is to sally out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch. 2. To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth"). Labels: intransitive Example: So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied out after the old budgy ragman, determined to ease him of his load at the very first lonesome corner I could track him to. Example: Adverse comment begins with uncomplimentary observations on the somewhat harder seats, then reaches a crescendo when it is discovered that the perverse and unhurried train is actually going to wait for another connection which is running late, instead of sallying forth at once for the benefit of those already on board and leaving latecomers stranded. 3. To venture off the beaten path. Labels: intransitive
Word: sally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus 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 salvō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin salvātiō Old French salvacionbor. Middle English savacioun English salvation Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sally From salvation + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsæli/ 1. A member of the Salvation Army. Labels: New-Zealand, slang
Word: sally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈsæli/ 1. A kind of stonefly. 2. A wren.
Word: sally Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæli/ 1. The crystalline or powdered form of MDA. Labels: Canada, US, slang
Word: tigrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tigrīnus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪˌɡɹaɪn/, /ˈtaɪˌɡɹɪn/, /ˈtaɪˌɡɹən/, /ˈtaɪˌɡɹin/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger. Example: Near-synonyms: tigerlike, tigerish (sometimes synonymous)
Word: arboreal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/, /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tree. Example: High and sacred, in good troth, is the power of the microcosmical spirit, which without any arboreal trunck produceth a true Cherry: Example: The sleek Brazilian jaguar Does not in its arboreal gloom Distil so rank a feline smell As Grishkin in a drawing-room. 2. Living in or among trees. Example: If the harvest mouse had been more strictly arboreal, it would perhaps have had its tail rendered structurally prehensile, as is the case with some members of the same order. Example: An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees. 3. Covered or filled with trees. Example: The breadth of the arboreal landscape requires a longer list of living creatures, and creatures of greater bulk. Example: She married him, and the two of them settled down in this quiet, arboreal part of Kensington:
Word: arboreal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/, /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ 1. Any tree-dwelling creature. Example: So, by learning to use their eyes to more and more advantage the arboreals added another treasure to the foundation of human intelligence.
Word: Rickenbacker Part of Speech: name 1. An electric guitar (of the Rickenbacker brand).
Word: femina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fēmina (“woman”), perhaps via Italian femmina. Doublet of feme, femme, and hembra. 1. A wing feather from a female ostrich. Example: The numbers are given here to show all the whites together, and then the feminas, &c.; but in sending them to market it is better to arrange the numbers so that a lot of whites are followed by a lot of feminas, then a lot of whites again, then a lot of fancy colours, then whites again, and so on right through. Example: Feathers. — The auctions will comprise 3168 cases, containing 58,000lbs., against 53,800lb. in last sales. There was a good demand, and white and white and light Femina best quality were firm, seconds and inferior 10s. to 15s. per lb. higher.
Word: complicated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/, /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈkɒm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɒm.plɪˌkeɪ.ɾɪd] 1. Difficult or convoluted. Example: It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon. Example: But there always is in my mind something at once ludicrous and mournful in a crowd congregated for the purpose of amusement. What discontent, what vanity, move the complicated wheels of the social machine! 2. Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Word: complicated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/, /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈkɒm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɒm.plɪˌkeɪ.ɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of complicate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
Word: complicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the early 17th century; borrowed from Latin complicātus, perfect passive participle of complicō (“to fold together, fold up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“with, together with, in the company of, in connection with, along with, together, and”) + plicō (“to fold, wind, coil”); see plaid, and compare complex. See also Middle English complicate (“involved”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/, /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/ 1. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. Labels: transitive Example: Let us, however, put aside for the moment the mendacities and forgeries which complicate the question of Lucifer, and let us approach Palladism from an altogether different side. 2. To involve in a convoluted matter. Labels: transitive Example: Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding. Example: John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced. 3. To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication. Labels: transitive Example: Masked or larvate malaria, like pernicious malaria, needs complete overhauling. Nearly every disease in the category has been confounded with malaria and classed as larvate. This heterogeneous group has been expanded to embrace diseases unrelated to malaria, diseases complicating malaria, and symptoms and sequelæ of malaria.
Word: complicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the early 17th century; borrowed from Latin complicātus, perfect passive participle of complicō (“to fold together, fold up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“with, together with, in the company of, in connection with, along with, together, and”) + plicō (“to fold, wind, coil”); see plaid, and compare complex. See also Middle English complicate (“involved”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmplɪkət/ 1. Intertwined. Labels: obsolete 2. Complex, complicated. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: How poor ? how rich ? how abject ? how auguſt ? ¶ How complicat ? how wonderful is Man ?
Word: tripartite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tripartītus. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈpɑːtaɪt/, /tɹaɪˈpɑɹtaɪt/ 1. In three parts. Labels: not-comparable 2. Done by three parties (as an agreement). Labels: not-comparable
Word: callous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləs/ 1. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others. Labels: figuratively Example: She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig. Example: Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing. 2. Having calluses, or relating to calluses. Labels: literally
Word: callous Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləs/ 1. Alternative form of callus. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hanson was beginning to feel annoyance at the suddenly cocksure and unsympathetic girl, but he stood fully erect and flexed his muscles. There wasn't even a trace of bedsoreness, though he had been flat on his back long enough to grow callouses.
Word: callous Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləs/ 1. Alternative form of callus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: indifferent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Latin indifferēns Old French indifferent English indifferent From Old French indifferent, from Latin indifferens. By surface analysis, in- + different. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪf.ɹənt/, /ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/ 1. Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic. Example: He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way. Example: “I must not hope to be ever situated as you are, in the midst of every dearest connexion, and therefore I cannot expect that simply growing older should make me indifferent about letters.” / “Indifferent! Oh! no—I never conceived you could become indifferent. Letters are no matter of indifference; they are generally a very positive curse.” 2. Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care. Example: She responded with an indifferent shrug. Example: Donald appeared not to see her at all, and answered her wise little remarks with curtly indifferent monosyllables […] 3. Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage). Example: The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible. Example: The Blue Jays' performance has been indifferent this season. 4. Having no preference. Example: I am indifferent between the two plans. Example: Let Guilt or Fear / Disturb Man’s Rest: Cato knows neither of ’em, / Indiff’rent in his Choice to sleep or die. 5. Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly. Labels: dated Example: On October 7, 1640, the Massachusetts General Court attempted to solve the problem by a law stating that property seized for debts was to be assessed "at such prizes [prices] as the same shalbee valewed [shall be valued] at by 3 understanding and indifferent men, to bee chosen, the one by the creditor, another by the debtor, and the third by the marshall […]" 6. Not making a difference; without significance or importance. Example: Even if one appliance consumes an indifferent amount of energy when left on stand-by overnight, together they can represent 10% of the electricity demand of a household. Example: […] But I am arm’d, / And dangers are to me indifferent. 7. Being in the state of neutral equilibrium. 8. Not different; matching. Labels: obsolete Example: […] let their heads be sleekly comb’d, their blue coats brush’d and their garters of an indifferent knit
Word: indifferent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Latin indifferēns Old French indifferent English indifferent From Old French indifferent, from Latin indifferens. By surface analysis, in- + different. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪf.ɹənt/, /ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/ 1. A person who is indifferent or apathetic.
Word: indifferent Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Latin indifferēns Old French indifferent English indifferent From Old French indifferent, from Latin indifferens. By surface analysis, in- + different. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪf.ɹənt/, /ɪnˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/ 1. To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly. Labels: obsolete Example: The face of the Moon appearing to me to be full of indifferent high mountains. Example: Get thee [to] a Nunry, why wouldst thou be a breeder of ſinners, I am my ſelfe indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse mee of ſuch things, that it were better my Mother had not bourne mee […] 2. Without distinction or preference for some over others. Labels: obsolete Example: Newton. My Maſters, you that be the chiefeſt of the rout, The King intreats you kindly here by me, To come and ſpeake with him a word or two. Iacke Straw. Sirra, if the King would any thinge with vs, Tell him the way is indifferent to meete vs. Newton. You are too many to be talkt with all, […]
Word: orotund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₁óh₃s The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ōre rotundō (“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”) (whence English ore rotundo), possibly influenced by rotund (“having a curved, round, or spherical shape; (figurative) of sound: full and rich”). Ōre rotundō is composed of ōre (the ablative singular of ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + rotundō (the ablative singular of rotundus (“circular, round”) (possibly from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -undus (suffix forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹə(ʊ)tʌnd/, /ˈɔː-/, /ˈɔɹə(ʊ)ˌtʌnd/ 1. Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc. 2. Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful. Labels: broadly 3. Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: A series of U.N. and government officials spoke. And spoke. And spoke. Their words were grand, their sentences endless. In orotund turns of phrase—indeed, in spiraling helices of phrase; in snarled fishing lines of phrase; in endless small intestines of phrase—the speakers ingeniously explored and invented connections between qwerty, alphabetical filing, and socioeconomic advance. Example: He would also, you can't help thinking, have approved [Alan] Hollinghurst's discriminating eye and perhaps even enjoyed the half-facetious, half-adoring tributes Nick pays to his famously orotund late style, the "plums of periphrasis" Nick likes to slip into his conversation.
Word: orotund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁óh₃s The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ōre rotundō (“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”) (whence English ore rotundo), possibly influenced by rotund (“having a curved, round, or spherical shape; (figurative) of sound: full and rich”). Ōre rotundō is composed of ōre (the ablative singular of ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + rotundō (the ablative singular of rotundus (“circular, round”) (possibly from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -undus (suffix forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹə(ʊ)tʌnd/, /ˈɔː-/, /ˈɔɹə(ʊ)ˌtʌnd/ 1. A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound. Labels: countable, obsolete 2. The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in speech or writing. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: doofus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s), due to influence from Scots doof (“simpleton”). Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf", with a secondary sense of "idiotic, stupid”). The Low German word is cognate with English deaf. Some have proposed that perhaps dupe played some kind of role in the development of doofus as well. Pronunciation: /ˈduːfəs/ 1. A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang Example: Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News Example: Danny is such a doofus!
Word: womyn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woman and women; respelled so as not to contain the words man or men. Compare myn. 1. Feminist spelling of woman. Labels: rare Example: Summoning all my courage, I touched and kissed a womyn for the first time. I cannot describe what I felt at that moment. Example: I dug with my bare hands through the bullshit where beneath I discovered a womyn. She was an incredibly angry womyn, but a womyn nonetheless. 2. Feminist spelling of women. Labels: rare Example: And I'm sure you know that so many straight womyn are so miserable that "going to the shrink" has become their major occupation, if they can afford it. Example: Likewise, simply dismissing post-operative male-to-female transsexuals as "men," and making an artificial distinction between "women" and "womyn" neither justifies their policy, nor eliminates any of the substantive issues involved.
Word: cyberanarchism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + anarchism. First coined in 1994 by political science student Tomas Kriha in a paper titled Cyberanarchism. 1. The social organisation on the Internet as one without a centralised monopoly on the exercise of force (i.e. without a state). Labels: uncountable
Word: seasonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season English -al English seasonal From season + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzənəl/ 1. Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics. Example: It is a seasonal swimming pool. Example: The cult of the holiday camp has brought seasonal expresses to fresh destinations such as Penychain, in North Wales; over 250,000 people go by train annually to Butlin's holiday camps alone. 2. Appropriate to the season. Example: Q: How's the weather there? A: The wind is pretty stiff, but it's seasonal, so no complaints. Example: Q: Eyewitness News now turns to Steve for a weather update. Steve, what does the coming week have in store for us? A: Well, Stacy, get ready for the return of seasonal temperatures, because our little break from the cold will be coming to an end.
Word: seasonal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season English -al English seasonal From season + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzənəl/ 1. Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.
Word: reimburse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse). Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. To compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf. Labels: transitive Example: The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip. Example: You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed. 2. To recoup (funds spent). Labels: transitive Example: He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay.
Word: utility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ūtilitās, from uti (“to use”). By surface analysis, utile + -ity. Pronunciation: /juːˈtɪlɪti/, /jʊ-/, /jə-/, /-lət-/, /jʉwˈtɪləti/ 1. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The profession has its utility, but I should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it." 2. Something that is useful. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Undoubtedly it can be said that the humble 0-6-0 has been the backbone for general service, or general utility on British railways right from their earliest days, and is likely to remain so. 3. The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The complex includes the usual utilities (gas and electricity) and amenities like wifi and a gym (toilets with toiletries). Example: Elsewhere, utility diversion works are still scheduled to continue, with work to move a gas main on Drummond Street set to begin in early 2025. 6. A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 7. A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a graphics utility; a music utility 8. A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: app, application, program Example: I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files. 9. The ability to play multiple positions. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: Tim Archer got into the utility and drove[.] The car was a 1946 Chevrolet, somewhat battered by four years of station use, a sturdy practical vehicle with a coupé front seat and an open truck body behind.
Word: utility Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ūtilitās, from uti (“to use”). By surface analysis, utile + -ity. Pronunciation: /juːˈtɪlɪti/, /jʊ-/, /jə-/, /-lət-/, /jʉwˈtɪləti/ 1. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider. Example: utility line; utility bill 2. containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc. Example: utility room; utility corridor 3. Functional rather than attractive. Example: "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.